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Regional studies

Paperback. In River of Hope, Omar S. Valerio-Jimenez examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 photos, 10 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532. Forging Identity and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands. 384 pages, 19 photographs, 10 tables, 3 maps. Examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the Lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JFSL; JHMC. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351856
ISBN
9780822351856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.70

Paperback. In Beyond Shandri-La, a former CIA officer provides unique insight into the efforts of the U.S. government and committed U.S. citizens to support a free Tibet. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 376 pages, 22 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJF; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550. America and Tibet's Move into the Twenty-first Century. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. 384 pages, 22 illustrations, 1 map. Beyond Shangri-La provides unique insight into the efforts of the U.S. government and committed U.S. citizens to support a free Tibet. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJF; JHB; JPA. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352341
ISBN
9780822352341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.78

Paperback. A new edition of the earliest English-language account of the Haitian Revolution. Originally published in 1805, the narrative played a significant role in establishing nineteenth-century world opinion of that momentous event. Editor(s): Youngquist, Paul; Pierrot, Gregory. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546. 392 pages, 17 illustrations, 1 map. Editor(s): Youngquist, Paul; Pierrot, Gregory. This new edition of Marcus Rainsford's An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti, the first complete narrative in English of the Haitian Revolution, is the first to appear since the original publication in 1805. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KJH; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 25. Weight: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352884
ISBN
9780822352884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.95

Paperback. Shows how the complex interplay of feminism, nationalism, empire, and modernity helped shape conceptions of the transpacific Filipina Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 2AB; DSBH; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460. The Making of the Modern Filipina. 320 pages, 14 photographs. Shows how the complex interplay of feminism, nationalism, empire, and modernity helped shape conceptions of the transpacific Filipina. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 2AB; DSBH; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353164
ISBN
9780822353164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.41

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353188
ISBN
9780822353188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.46

Hardback. Leviathans at the Gold Mine is an ethnography about the Ipili, an indigenous group in Papua New Guinea; an enormous gold mine operated by an international conglomerate on Ipili land; and the process through which "the Ipili" and "the mine" brought each other into being as entities. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; GTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354949
ISBN
9780822354949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.75

Paperback. Highlighting race as both an overt and underlying force that shaped life in and beyond the Zone, this title details how local traditions and colonial policies interacted and frequently clashed. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 photographs, 1 table, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356783
ISBN
9780822356783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.78

Hardback. The life of Howard Johnson, nicknamed "Stretch" because of his height (6'5"), epitomizes the cultural and political odyssey of a generation of African Americans who transformed the United States from a closed society to a multiracial democracy. Series: Empire State Editions. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; GTB; HBJK; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823256532
ISBN
9780823256532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.57

Hardback. Critics have claimed that Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a primitivist who was uncritically preoccupied with "noble savages," and that he remained oblivious to the African slave trade and so used "slavery" and "freedom" callously. This book demonstrates why these charges are wrong. Series: Just Ideas. Num Pages: 356 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; HPC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 33. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823257294
ISBN
9780823257294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.13

Hardcover. This book contains 19 studies by leading experts in the field of Hungarian political, cultural, economic, and literary history to honor Steven Bela Vardy, America's leading historiographer of Hungary and an internationally renowned scholar of Hungarian immigration studies. Editor(s): Hupchick, Dennis P.; Weisberger, R. William. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVH; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880334525
ISBN
9780880334525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.17

Hardcover. The tenth century Syrian Orthodox scholar Yahya ibn Adi offered encouragement to the effort to promote moral perfection. The text now stands as an important Christian contribution to a strand of moral philosophy that is part of the world of Islam. Translator(s): Griffith, Sidney H. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HP; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
FARMS (imprint of Brigham Young University) United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934893695
ISBN
9780934893695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.89

Paperback. This text raises questions about artistic freedom and censorship. Wu Hung uses the Chinese government's cancellation of the exhibition "It's Me", Beijing 1998, to anchor his analysis of the challenges face by contemporary Chinese artisits and curators. Num Pages: 224 pages, 111 colour plates, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AB; AC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 184 x 22. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573336
ISBN
9780935573336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.80

Paperback. A framework for stabilizing and strengthening inner-city neighbourhoods through the public interpretation of historic landscapes Series Editor(s): Miller, Zane L.; Stradling, David; Bennett, Larry. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439902295
ISBN
9781439902295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.31

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479800971
ISBN
9781479800971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.64

Hardcover. Drawing on historical and ethnographic sources, this volume provides a basic introduction to the study of religion and theology in the Latino/a, Black, and Latin American contexts, and then shows how theology can be reframed to better speak to the concerns of both religious studies and the real people the theologians' work is meant to represent. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479853069
ISBN
9781479853069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.92

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Edition
1 Har/Com
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464093
ISBN
9781580464093
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.61

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BOYE6 United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464376
ISBN
9781580464376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.65

Paperback. Explores the important interconnections involving questions of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality on world screens by examining a range of films, videos, and digital works associated with global Chinese culture. This book includes films and other texts that represent a range of work by media artists working within China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Num Pages: 352 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1K; APFA; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592132782
ISBN
9781592132782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.09

Hardback. This book highlights the role of entrepreneurship, social capital and governance for regional economic development. Editor(s): Karlsson, Charlie; Johansson, Borje; Stough, Roger R. Series: New Horizons in Regional Science Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: GTB; KJH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 239 x 28. Weight in Grams: 770.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781002834
ISBN
9781781002834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.92

Hardback. Discusses Anglo-American policy in the Middle East under Kennedy and Johnson, as well as under British Conservative and Labour governments. This title provides a historical background on the Anglo-American Middle East for the 1950s. It analyses Western policy toward Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser, and toward the Arabian Peninsula. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845191184
ISBN
9781845191184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.22

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