Regional studies
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Regional studies
Paperback. Documents the search for the origins of the iconic "femme fatale" who was depicted as a dangerous, depraved, and deadly woman. This book argues that the evolution of the femme fatale, with both literary and visual links to the biblical Eve figure, came as a response to increasing feminism and the desire by men to halt its spread. Num Pages: 360 pages, 126 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AC; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 736.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252073236
- ISBN
- 9780252073236
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Paperback. Born to a British father and a Chinese mother, Winnifred Eaton (1875-1954) decided to capitalize on her exotic appearance. This work chronicles the sometimes desperate, sometimes canny, and always bold course of her career as a journalist, a bestselling novelist, and a Hollywood scriptwriting protegee of Carl Laemmle at Universal Studios. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 296 pages, 27 photographs. BIC Classification: 1K; BG; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073885
- ISBN
- 9780252073885
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€ 24.99€ 23.21
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paperback. Until recently, women in the Red Army have only been a small part of the history of the Long March Num Pages: 304 pages, 31. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252074561
- ISBN
- 9780252074561
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€ 30.99€ 27.67
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Paperback. Diverse perspectives on midwestern Native American communities Editor(s): Edmunds, R. David. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 photographs; 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075377
- ISBN
- 9780252075377
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€ 30.99€ 27.67
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Paperback. The cultural and industrial reconstruction of the South, explored through a major figure in early black music Num Pages: 216 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGK; GTB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252075452
- ISBN
- 9780252075452
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€ 30.99€ 27.67
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Paperback. Details colonial authority and progress in rural Africa Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 414 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJ; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253002082
- ISBN
- 9780253002082
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€ 32.99€ 29.90
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Hardback. Details colonial authority and progress in rural Africa Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 414 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJ; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 704.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253002150
- ISBN
- 9780253002150
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€ 92.36
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Hardback. Discusses developing markets for African entrepreneurs Num Pages: 268 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFFS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253002662
- ISBN
- 9780253002662
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Condition: New
€ 82.16
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Hardback. Deals with conservation and development in Madagascar Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b&w, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HSM; GTB; KNAL; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253003096
- ISBN
- 9780253003096
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Condition: New
€ 77.06
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Paperback. Discusses developing markets for African entrepreneurs Num Pages: 268 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFFS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253005731
- ISBN
- 9780253005731
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€ 30.99€ 27.67
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Paperback. Details African populations in motion Editor(s): Kane, Abdoulaye; Leedy, Todd H. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253005762
- ISBN
- 9780253005762
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€ 33.99€ 31.02
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Hardback. Explores how rural populations have secured, contested, and negotiated access to land and how they have organized their communities despite being constantly on the move as farmers or migrant labourers Num Pages: 348 pages, 17 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 682.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253009531
- ISBN
- 9780253009531
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Condition: New
€ 92.36
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Paperback. Explores a rare system of colonialism in Middle Belt Nigeria, where the British outsourced the business of the empire to Hausa-Fulani subcolonials because they considered the area too uncivilized for Indirect Rule. Num Pages: 294 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; GTB; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 395.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780253011619
- ISBN
- 9780253011619
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Paperback. Born in colonial India into a despised caste of former tree climbers, Ayya lost his mother as a child and came of age in a small town in lowland Burma. Forced to flee at the outbreak of World War II, he returned to southern India after a treacherous 1,700-mile journey by rail, boat, bullock cart, and foot. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 359.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012500
- ISBN
- 9780253012500
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€ 25.99€ 24.33
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Paperback. Explores Africa's hostility toward modernity and how that hostility has impeded economic development and social and political transformation. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JPA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5055 x 3277 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012753
- ISBN
- 9780253012753
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€ 26.99€ 25.44
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Paperback. Focuses on the dynamism and diversity of contemporary Africa. This book emphasizes contemporary culture-civil and social issues, art, religion, and the political scene-and provides an overview of significant themes that bear on Africa's place in the world. Editor(s): Grosz-Ngate, Maria; Hanson, John H.; O'Meara, Patrick. Num Pages: 376 pages, 64 b&w illus., 26 color illus., 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Fourth
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012920
- ISBN
- 9780253012920
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€ 26.99€ 25.44
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Paperback. An anthology of historical studies focusing on themes and issues central to the construction of Black masculinities and Black men's history. This book covers themes in the lives of black men that touch on leadership, work and the professions, family and community, sports and the military, and the image of black men in the larger society. Editor(s): Hine, Darlene Clark; Jenkins, Earnestine L. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 503 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 767.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 503
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214607
- ISBN
- 9780253214607
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€ 37.99€ 34.36
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Paperback. Highlights the conflicts and debates that surrounded the 1952 celebration of the 300th anniversary of the landing of Jan Van Riebeeck and the founding of Cape Town, South Africa. This title reveals the expectations of the festival planners and how the festival was engineered and the ANC and other non-Europeans mounted opposition to it. Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 17 b&w photos, 3 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; GTB; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216137
- ISBN
- 9780253216137
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
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Paperback. From the 1940s to the 1980s, Yoruba popular theatre was one of the most spectacularly successful theatres in Africa. This title recounts the history of the Odin Adejo Theatre Company. It uncovers the pulse points of generation, production, and improvisation that merge when a Yoruba popular dram is brought to the stage. Num Pages: 504 pages, 64 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; AN; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 31. Weight in Grams: 628.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216175
- ISBN
- 9780253216175
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€ 37.99€ 34.36
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Paperback. Covers revolutionary women leaders in the Paris Commune. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; GTB; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217059
- ISBN
- 9780253217059
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
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