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Paperback. This text challenges the assumption that African American literature aptly reflects black American social consciousness. It delineates the social and political forces that shaped leading black literary works and shows that divisions between political thinkers prevailed throughout the 20th century. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742509504
- ISBN
- 9780742509504
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Condition: New
€ 79.97
€ 79.97
Hardback. This text offers a complete critical translation and commentary for Ge Hong's (283-343 ce) "Traditions of Divine Transcendents" which gathered together the narratives of those who strove to become transcendents - deathless beings with supernormal powers - in early medieval China. Series: Daoist Classics. Num Pages: 633 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HRKN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 237 x 46. Weight in Grams: 974.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520230347
- ISBN
- 9780520230347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.91€ 80.25
€ 104.91
€ 80.25
paperback. Why does Hamas refuse to recognize the legitimacy of the state of Israel? What makes the Israeli-Palestinian conflict so intractable? Reflecting both Israeli and Palestinian points of view, this volume addresses the two powerful, bitterly contested, competing historical narratives that underpin the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Editor(s): Rotberg, Robert I. Series: Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218575
- ISBN
- 9780253218575
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.56
€ 29.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. The first collection to consider the fraught itineraries of Asian American immigrant histories and how they are inscribed in the production and dissemination of ideas about Asian American foodways. Editor(s): Manalansan, Martin F.; Ku, Robert Ji-Song; Mannur, Anita. Num Pages: 453 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; GTB; JFCV; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 22. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479869251
- ISBN
- 9781479869251
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Examining the Europe's single currency beyond its impact on financial markets and the economy itself, this book offers perspectives on currency change and European convergence. It offers assessments on European affairs as to whether the common currency will reshape the continent's cultures, societies, and political systems; if so, in what ways. Editor(s): Fishman, Robert M.; Messina, Anthony M. Num Pages: 328 pages, 460 tables & figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; GTB; JPSN2; KCBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268028817
- ISBN
- 9780268028817
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardcover. A collection of essays honoring the work of medievalist Robert W. Hanning. Contributors cover a range of fields within medieval studies, from Anglo-Saxon England to twelfth-century European intellectual culture, from Chaucer's age to nineteenth and twentieth-century medievalism, including a section on Italian Renaissance humanism and visual art. Editor(s): Stein, Robert M.; Prior, Sandra Pierson. Num Pages: 504 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; GTB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 38. Weight in Grams: 968.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268041113
- ISBN
- 9780268041113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.64
€ 47.64
Paperback. A collection of the writings of sociologist Robert N. Bellah, including essays that consider the entire sweep of Japanese history and the character of Japanese society and religion. The book features an introduction that brings together intellectual and institutional dimensions of Japanese history. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235984
- ISBN
- 9780520235984
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 149 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 149
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865974098
- ISBN
- 9780865974098
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.00
€ 11.99
€ 11.00
Hardback. Japan differs from other industrialized democracies in having many small, local groups but few large, professionally managed national organizations. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Japan's civil society and a new theory, based on political institutions, to explain why it has developed as it has. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 280 pages, 25 tables, 18 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754286
- ISBN
- 9780804754286
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Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Hardcover. Editor(s): Preger, Robert V. Num Pages: 198 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1FKP; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 182 x 19. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600214691
- ISBN
- 9781600214691
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Condition: New
€ 164.51€ 113.05
€ 164.51
€ 113.05
Hardcover. A revealing biography of a major figure in the Irish Republican Movement Num Pages: 459 pages, 24 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; GTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press Bloomington, IN
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253347084
- ISBN
- 9780253347084
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Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. After a wandering, precarious life during which he produced poems, essays, stories, and novels, Robert Walser (1878-1956) entered an insane asylum, saying, 'I am not here to write, but to be mad'. This work features a collection of fifty translations of short prose pieces that cover the middle to later years of the writer's oeuvre. Num Pages: 211 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DNF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803298330
- ISBN
- 9780803298330
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.63
€ 17.99
€ 17.63
Paperback. Series: Critical American Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 228 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816641291
- ISBN
- 9780816641291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Hardback. This work provides a detailed description of Zhang Junmai's thought and life. It is not only a biography of an important intellectual and minority-party leader, but also a work on the third force between the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalist Party in modern China. Num Pages: 408 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; GTB; JPFF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847687060
- ISBN
- 9780847687060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.06
€ 186.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Telhami, Shibley; Barnett, Michael. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308. 240 pages. Editor(s): Telhami, Shibley; Barnett, Michael (Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA). Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPA. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 15. Weight: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487453
- ISBN
- 9780801487453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.59
€ 36.59
Paperback. This text brings together experts from the fields of sociology, political science, geography, psychology and anthropology to examine the intersection of identity and territory in the new Europe. It explores how Europeans see themselves and the impact of globalization on national culture. Editor(s): Berezin, Mabel; Shain, Martin; Schain, Martin (Professor of Politics, New York University, USA). Num Pages: 336 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801874376
- ISBN
- 9780801874376
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.56
€ 34.99
€ 29.56
Paperback. This book offers a nuanced understanding of the contexts, culturally conditioned rationality, local networks, and innovation in contentious action across the Middle East and North Africa to give the reader a substantive understanding of events in the Arab world before and since 2011. Editor(s): Beinin, Joel; Vairel, Frederic. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHB; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785693
- ISBN
- 9780804785693
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Celebrates the 40th anniversary of the journal "American Studies in Scandinavia", which began publication in 1967. This book is an invitation to develop a dialogue across the Atlantic. Editor(s): Nye, David E. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776742522
- ISBN
- 9788776742522
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.12
€ 27.99
€ 21.12
Paperback. Offers a chronology and orientation of the United States mixed with scholarly insight. This book is a timeline: it organises the political, social, literary, and cultural events of each year of the twentieth century, plus the beginning of the 21st century, with short essays suggesting how these many events fit into larger patterns. Num Pages: 151 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 151
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776742508
- ISBN
- 9788776742508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.80
€ 15.99
€ 12.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804832953
- ISBN
- 9780804832953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.74
€ 19.99
€ 17.74