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Paperback. This is the first detailed study in English of the city of Canton (Guangzhou), the cradle of the Chinese revolution, in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; JFC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748209
- ISBN
- 9780804748209
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.45
€ 37.99
€ 34.45
Hardback. Examines the rise of anti-Catholic hostility in early nineteenth-century Vietnam under the Nguyen dynasty. Focusing on, but not limited to, the Cochinchina region, this book explores grassroots experiences of the religion and the conflict between the Nguyen court and missionaries of the Missions Etrangeres de Paris (MEP). Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756518
- ISBN
- 9780804756518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Paperback. Explores how social and economic changes to Chinese society create various cultural values and forms of inequality. This book examines changes to a particular set of jobs - service work, in this case salesclerk work - and the nature of the social interactions involved. It shows how change involves unequal relations between clerks and customers. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758376
- ISBN
- 9780804758376
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
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. "Magliocco impressively corrals the diverse writings and experiences of U.S. neo-pagans into this highly readable and deeply researched ethnographic study.. Highly recommended."-Choice Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HRKP; JHBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218794
- ISBN
- 9780812218794
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239126
- ISBN
- 9780812239126
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Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720783
- ISBN
- 9780814720783
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814729496
- ISBN
- 9780814729496
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Addresses the impact of methamphetamine and, more generally, the war on drugs, on everyday life in the United States Num Pages: 201 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFFH; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732403
- ISBN
- 9780814732403
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. Since its founding, the US has struggled with issues of federalism and states' rights. This book explores the complicated and complicating role of the states in immigration policy and enforcement, including voices from both sides of the debate. Editor(s): Hessick, Carissa Byrne. Series: Citizenship and Migration in the Americas. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814737804
- ISBN
- 9780814737804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Hardback. Explores how Asian Americans figured in the effort to shape the credibility of American democracy during the Cold War, even while their perceived "foreignness" cast them as likely alien subversives Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 285 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBG; HBLW3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814759356
- ISBN
- 9780814759356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.97
€ 71.97
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814770115
- ISBN
- 9780814770115
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Hardback. Suggests that when analysed in accordance with its political and economic impact, the Gulen Movement should be given credit for playing a significant role in Turkey's rise to global prominence Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; GTB; JFSR2; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814770986
- ISBN
- 9780814770986
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Condition: New
€ 71.97
€ 71.97
Paperback. Offers a mosaic of domestic life in one of the world's most fascinating cities and a vivid portrait of the true meaning of home in the 21st-century metropolis Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814771549
- ISBN
- 9780814771549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.21
€ 24.99
€ 23.21
Paperback. An investigation of Latin American culture in the US in a cross section of three generations of Latin American immigrants Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; HBJK; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814788295
- ISBN
- 9780814788295
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. A comparative account of the organized violence in the Caucasus region, looking at four key areas: Chechnya, Karabakh (including Armenia and Azerbaijan), Georgia, and Dagestan Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1DVU; GTB; HBJD; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814797242
- ISBN
- 9780814797242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
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Paperback. Num Pages: 361 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816631827
- ISBN
- 9780816631827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Series: Sport & culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816633869
- ISBN
- 9780816633869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.63
€ 27.99
€ 26.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816636051
- ISBN
- 9780816636051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.72
€ 33.72
Paperback. The helmet-shaped mapiko masks of Mozam-bique have garnered admiration from African art scholars and collectors alike, due to their striking aesthetics and their grotesque allure. This book restores to mapiko its historic and artistic context, charting in detail the transformations of this masquerading tradition throughout the twentieth century. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821420881
- ISBN
- 9780821420881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36