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Regional studies
Paperback. Challenges advanced language learners to elevate their reading ability to the level necessary for handling real primary sources in an unmediated way Editor(s): Hillenbrand, Margaret; Starr, Chloe. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; DSBH; GTB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991276
- ISBN
- 9780295991276
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.30
€ 42.99
€ 42.30
Paperback. An All-Consuming Century is a rich history of how market goods came to dominate American life over the hundred years between 1900 and 2000 and why for the first time in history there are no practical limits to consumerism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556. Why Commercialism Won in Modern America. 256 pages, 20 halftones. An All-Consuming Century is a rich history of how market goods came to dominate American life over the hundred years between 1900 and 2000 and why for the first time in history there are no practical limits to consumerism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JFFT. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 20. Weight: 556.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113137
- ISBN
- 9780231113137
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 26.95
€ 37.99
€ 26.95
Paperback. The cruel and terrible Kali and the divine lover Krsna are two of Hinduism's most popular deities, representing dramatically different truths about the nature of the sacred. This text shows, however, that the two have more in common than their personalities would suggest. Series: Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212. Dark Visions of the Terrible and the Sublime in Hindu Mythology. With a New Preface. Series: Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions. 178 pages. The cruel and terrible Kali and the divine lover Krsna are two of Hinduism's most popular deities, representing dramatically different truths about the nature of the sacred. This text shows, however, that the two have more in common than their personalities would suggest. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRG. Dimension: 203 x 141 x 11. Weight: 208.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 178
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224766
- ISBN
- 9780520224766
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.88
€ 33.99
€ 24.88
Paperback. A collection of essays that contests diehard Africanist and nativist perspectives as well as some of the key assumptions of post colonial theory. It is suitable for an interdisciplinary arena of scholarship on colonial and post colonial discourse, history, anthropology, philosophy, political science, psychoanalysis, and literary criticism. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 274 pages, 22 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. 274 pages, 24 line illustrations. A collection of essays that contests diehard Africanist and nativist perspectives as well as some of the key assumptions of post colonial theory. It is suitable for an interdisciplinary arena of scholarship on colonial and post colonial discourse, history, anthropology, philosophy, political science, psychoanalysis, and literary criticism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight: 440.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 274
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520204355
- ISBN
- 9780520204355
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.22
€ 34.99
€ 25.22
Paperback. Analyses representations of female and male bodies in the Croatian and Serbian press in the late 1980s, and in early 1990s during the war in which Yugoslavia disintegrated. This book proposes that the Balkan war was not a war between ethnic groups; rather, ethnicity was produced by the war itself. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVW; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339663
- ISBN
- 9780822339663
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.12
€ 30.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. A penetrating look at changing perceptions of health, illness, and debility. Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; GTB; HBJH; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217851
- ISBN
- 9780253217851
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
€ 26.99
€ 26.93
Paperback. How can America be so powerful and yet so innocent? How can a nation so clever at business and selling its products overseas be so oblivious to how outsiders regard it? This book explains to Americans what the world really thinks of their nation and why, and to non-Americans why America is the way it is. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and yellowing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KOC0017836
- ISBN
- 9780747563952
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This Reader provides the student with a selection of key readings from this debate, covering a range of areas including myth, imperialism, the cultural perspective, Marxist interpretation and feminist attitudes. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HPCD; HPCF; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 174 x 23. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748614417
- ISBN
- 9780748614417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.07
€ 41.99
€ 37.07
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€ 14.67
€ 19.99
€ 14.67
Hardback. This title presents an anthropological study of coal mining communities with significant implications for how we understand the globalized world. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKB; GTB; GTF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042321
- ISBN
- 9781849042321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.27
€ 43.27
Paperback. An expert on Cuba, Arnold August offers a revealing view of the conflict between Washington and Havana and the foreign policy of the United States vis-a-vis the island. " BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; GTB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552669655
- ISBN
- 9781552669655
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.35
€ 27.99
€ 24.35
Hardcover. This work focuses on the creation of, and struggle over, urban order in four cities in Eastern and Southern Africa, namely Nairobi, Lusaka, Zanzibar, and Lilongwe, and the workings of power in the planning processes for each city. It covers colonial rule and postcolonial inheritance in these cities Series: Space, Place, and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629726
- ISBN
- 9780815629726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.67
€ 56.67
Paperback. Presents the history of the northern Thai culture and kingdom of Lan Na. This book chronicles the era of the city-states before the rule of Phaya Mangrai, the rise and decline of the Lan Na kingdom, the Burmese rule, the submission to Siamese authority, the impact of Western imperialism, and Lan Na's integration with the rest of the country. Translator(s): Tanratanakul, Chitraporn. Num Pages: 342 pages, 120 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 427.
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 342
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789749575840
- ISBN
- 9789749575840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.59
€ 37.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. Can one explain the power of global capitalism without attributing to capital a logic and coherence it does not have? Can one account for the powers of techno-science in terms that do not merely reproduce its own understanding of the world? This work examines these questions through a series of essays focused on Egypt in the 20th century. Num Pages: 429 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; GTB; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232624
- ISBN
- 9780520232624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.78
€ 40.99
€ 28.78
Paperback. Examines the various ways that blackness is appropriated and performed - toward widely divergent ends - both within and outside African American culture. This title develops from the contention that blackness in the United States is necessarily a politicized identity trope - avowed and disavowed, attractive and repellant, fixed and malleable. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New title
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822331919
- ISBN
- 9780822331919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.38
€ 32.99
€ 32.38
Hardcover. In the 19th century the great expeditionary photographers Chr(45) William Henry Jackson, T H O'Sullivan, and William Bell Chr(45) first photographed American western landscapes for the geological and geographical surveys. This book presents forty-three pairings documenting two periods of geologic and environmental changes. Num Pages: 238 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AJC; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 315 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1708.
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Har/DVD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890134320
- ISBN
- 9780890134320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.32€ 56.18
€ 73.32
€ 56.18
Paperback. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among five thousand working-class families in the neighborhood of al-Zawyia al-Hamra, this study explores how these displaced residents have dealt with the stigma of public housing, the loss of their established community networks, and the diversity of the population in the new location. Num Pages: 226 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 7 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBE; GTB; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338. Space, Relocation and the Politics of Identity in a Global Cairo. 226 pages, 5 b&w photographs, 7 line illustrations, 1 map. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among five thousand working-class families in the neighborhood of al-Zawyia al-Hamra, this study explores how these displaced residents have dealt with the stigma of public housing, the loss of their established community networks, and the diversity of the population in the new location. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBE; GTB; JFS; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight: 338.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520230460
- ISBN
- 9780520230460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. This title brings into sharp focus the merger of celebrity, corporate, power, government and empire which has become an essential part of America's belief in itself as a nation. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278. 8vo.Good copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First paperback edition
- SKU
- KEX0297140
- ISBN
- 9781840465723
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Szanton, David L. Series: Global, Area, and International Archive. Num Pages: 435 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 435
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520245365
- ISBN
- 9780520245365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.25
€ 44.99
€ 31.25
Paperback. In Pink Globalization, Christine Yano examines the creation and rise of Hello Kitty as a part of Japanese Cute-Cool culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353638
- ISBN
- 9780822353638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.18
€ 31.99
€ 30.18