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paperback. Series: University of Chicago Geography Research Papers S. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; GTB; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226010519
- ISBN
- 9780226010519
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73
paperback. With a focus on Willa Cather's artistic principle of "the thing not named," this book illuminates the contradictions and complexities inherent in notions of identity and shows how her fiction transforms the very categories-regarding gender, sexuality, race, and class-around which most recent Cather scholarship has focused. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; GTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326724
- ISBN
- 9780822326724
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
hardcover. Revolutionizing received opinion of Taoism's origins in light of historic new discoveries, Harold D. Roth has uncovered China's oldest mystical text-the original expression of Taoist philosophy-and presents it here with a complete translation and commentary. Translator(s): Roth, Harold D. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRKN5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115643
- ISBN
- 9780231115643
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Condition: New
€ 141.04
€ 141.04
paperback. For postcolonial Africa, modernization was seen as a necessary outcome of the struggle for independence and as crucial to the success of its newly established states. This book includes 15 essays that address governance, production, and social life; and the role of media. Editor(s): Bloom, Peter J.; Miescher, Stephan F.; Manuh, Takyiwaa. Num Pages: 378 pages, 4 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; GTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012296
- ISBN
- 9780253012296
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.45
€ 37.99
€ 34.45
paperback. Offers a look at American ritual. This title focuses on the Miss America pageant in particular, considering its claim to be an accurate representation of the diversity of contemporary American women. It explores the cultural constructions and legitimations that go on during the long process of the pageant. Num Pages: 290 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSJ; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217911
- ISBN
- 9780520217911
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Shows how Exilic Cubans, a once marginalized group, have risen to power and privilege - distinguishing themselves from other Hispanic communities in the United States - and how religion has figured in their ascension. This work explores intra-Hispanic structures of oppression operating among Cubans in Miami. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 1KJC; GTB; HR; JFSL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238527
- ISBN
- 9780520238527
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Focusing on the body as a site of rupture and signification, this book shifts the paradigm for the study of modernity in the Arab context from questions of representation, translation, and cultural exchange to an engagement with a genealogy of symptoms and affects embodied in texts from the nineteenth-century onward. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251728
- ISBN
- 9780823251728
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Firecracker Interactive Thailand
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789747100310
- ISBN
- 9789747100310
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. Discusses how Chinese conceptions of nationalism were affected by the "discovery" of Hawaii as a centre of the Pacific, the Philippine revolution against the United States, and the relationship between nationality and ethnicity made apparent by the Boer War in South Africa. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328674
- ISBN
- 9780822328674
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
paperback. This is the story of two immigrants, William and Katherine Brueckmann, who started a new life in America's first industrial city, Paterson New Jersey Committed to a socialist dream, they struggled to improve life for fellow immigrants, but their vision of a socialist America was never realized. Num Pages: 205 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHMC; KND; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 9. Weight in Grams: 361.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823221349
- ISBN
- 9780823221349
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
The African Food Crisis. Lessons from the Asian Green Revolution.
. Ed(S): Djurfeldt, Goran; Holmen, Hans; Jirs...
Hardback. Examines why Asia can feed its rapidly growing population, but Africa experiences famine. Editor(s): Djurfeldt, Goran; Holmen, Hans; Jirstrom, Magnus; Larsson, R. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFSF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851999982
- ISBN
- 9780851999982
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Condition: New
€ 147.70
€ 147.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 280. Weight in Grams: 240.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252062261
- ISBN
- 9780252062261
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
hardcover. This book investigates the origins and mechanics of recent Chinese migration, focusing on the work and life of Fujianese migrants in the United Kingdom, Hungary, and Italy, and exploring the many transnational spaces that connect Fujianese across Europe, the United States, and China. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 maps, references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JJPR; 3JM; GTB; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749947
- ISBN
- 9780804749947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
hardcover. This book is about the migrations for family reunion that have taken place in post-1997 Hong Kong between mothers and children living in mainland China and their long-absent husbands and fathers, residents of Hong Kong. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758130
- ISBN
- 9780804758130
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Condition: New
€ 71.97
€ 71.97
Hardcover. Provides original insight into the co-construction of technology and subjectivity as well as the multiple forces that shape contemporary China Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 277 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; GTC; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795262
- ISBN
- 9780814795262
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Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
In its early phase, Subaltern Studies dealt extensively with the issue of community and violence in the context of peasant uprisings. The present volume concentrates on gender and national politics and introduces a wide range of new issues raised by the relations between community, gender and violence. Editor(s): Chatterjee, Partha; Jeganathan, Pradeep. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1FK; 1FM; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123143
- ISBN
- 9780231123143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.40
€ 141.40
A collection of English-language readings on Japan. Containing materials on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion, this book features an introduction to Japanese civilization. It also covers the Tokugawa period to 1868 and addresses the spread of neo-Confucianism and Buddhism and the encounters of Japan and the West. Editor(s): De Bary, Wm. Theodore; Gluck, Carol; Tiedemann, Arthur. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 648 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1135.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Abridged ed
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139168
- ISBN
- 9780231139168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.84
€ 174.84
A collection of English-language readings on Japan. Containing materials on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion, this book features an introduction to Japanese civilization. It also covers the Tokugawa period to 1868 and addresses the spread of neo-Confucianism and Buddhism and the encounters of Japan and the West. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore; Gluck, Carol; Tiedemann, Arthur E. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1046.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Abridged ed
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139182
- ISBN
- 9780231139182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.84
€ 174.84
Paperback. 350 pages. One of the earliest ethnic theatres in America was the Norwegian Theater of Marcus Thrane, established in Chicago in September 1866. This book includes seven translated plays written by Thrane between 1866 and 1884, and covers the entire period of his active professional life in America. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; DD; GTB. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 11. Weight: 400. Translator(s): Leiren, Terje I.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ of Washington Pr
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987989
- ISBN
- 9780295987989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.42
€ 44.42
Hardcover. Deconstructs stereotypes and cultural assumptions made by non- South Asians and South Asians alike Num Pages: 26 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992440
- ISBN
- 9780295992440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.10
€ 141.10