.png){kind=logo}
Regional studies
Results 961 - 980 of 988
Regional studies
Hardback. Provides valuable ethnographic insights into life along some of the most contentious borders in the world. This book includes essays that portray existence at different points across India's northern frontiers and, in one instance, along borders within India. Editor(s): Gellner, David N. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 photographs, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822355427
- ISBN
- 9780822355427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.81
€ 115.81
Paperback. Examines the political nature of culture and specifically literature. This title challenges the way the West has appropriated Africa with a particular emphasis on how 'imperialist' literature has been used to justify its dispossession and degradation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128. 128 pages. This work is an extended exploration of the European impact on African culture, viewed through the most vivid experience available to the author - his own life. It is an extended snapshot of a major writer's childhood, illuminating his roots as an artist. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight: 126.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841953854
- ISBN
- 9781841953854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851095254
- ISBN
- 9781851095254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.92€ 9.97
€ 50.92
€ 9.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Blue Dome Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935295198
- ISBN
- 9781935295198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Hardcover. With China's accession to the World Trade Organization imminent, this book brings together the expert views of scholars, policy?makers and business representatives on the consequences of this historic event. Editor(s): Ash, Robert F. Num Pages: 332 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JP; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780700716616
- ISBN
- 9780700716616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.67
€ 14.67
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Chandos Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843342175
- ISBN
- 9781843342175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 9.62
€ 53.99
€ 9.62
Hardcover. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403939951
- ISBN
- 9781403939951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.72€ 34.67
€ 94.72
€ 34.67
Paperback. In this definitive study of the African diaspora in North America, Toyin Falola offers a causal history of the western dispersion of Africans and its effects on the modern world. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 454 pages, 48 black & white illustrations, 21 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBJH; JFFS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464536
- ISBN
- 9781580464536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.43
€ 52.99
€ 44.43
Paperback. The standard work on this complex period in Arab history is available once again with the addition of a new introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship in the field. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 3F; GTB; HBJF; HBLC; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415240734
- ISBN
- 9780415240734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.22
€ 56.22
Paperback. Provides valuable ethnographic insights into life along some of the most contentious borders in the world. This book includes essays that portray existence at different points across India's northern frontiers and, in one instance, along borders within India. Editor(s): Gellner, David N. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 photographs, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822355564
- ISBN
- 9780822355564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594546778
- ISBN
- 9781594546778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.33€ 56.03
€ 79.33
€ 56.03
Paperback. This work examines the dramatic transformation of one of the most important objects of worship in the Buddhist tradition - the Indian (male) bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, or the embodiment of compassion - into the (female) Chinese Kuan-yin, or the "Goddess of Mercy" Num Pages: 688 pages, 48 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120296
- ISBN
- 9780231120296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.56
€ 54.99
€ 39.56
Paperback. Offers an understanding about motivations of New Zealand and Singapore to enter into other bilateral FTAs and some of the visible impacts observed since their implementation. Editor(s): Sen, Rahul. Num Pages: 61 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 1MBN; GTB; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Publisher
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789812307453
- ISBN
- 9789812307453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.62
€ 28.62
Paperback. A novel by a Kurdish-Iraqi writer that gives voice to contemporary Iraqi women's experiences of political repression, violence, exile, and the yearning for peace. It represents a critique of the violence done to ordinary people by those who hold power both in Iraq and in the West. Translator(s): Cumberbatch, Judy. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; APFA; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292714847
- ISBN
- 9780292714847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.96
€ 23.99
€ 21.96
Hardback. This book provides a fresh account of the major cultural and intellectual trends of the United States in the 1910s, a decade characterised by war, the flowering of modernism, the birth of Hollywood, and Progressive interpretations of culture and society. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748634231
- ISBN
- 9780748634231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.41€ 114.08
€ 118.41
€ 114.08
Hardback. This is the first human geography social atlas of Europe to consider the European economy, culture, history and human and physical geography as a single land mass and a more unified European people. It provides an accessible overview of Europe and a human geography contribution to debates about a wide range of topics. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps (colour). BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; GTB; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 277 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1042.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447313533
- ISBN
- 9781447313533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.07
€ 98.07
Paperback. A biography of Richard Allen, founder of the first major African-American church and the leading black activist of the early American republic. It describes Allen's continually evolving life and thought, setting both in the context of his times. Num Pages: 359 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBJK; HRCC95; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 359
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814758571
- ISBN
- 9780814758571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 309 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1112.
- Publisher
- SA The Good News
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780620583046
- ISBN
- 9780620583046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.58
€ 19.99
€ 18.58
Hardback. Features an analysis of the Asian financial crisis and its impacts on the economies of the region by thirty-five scholars and professionals working in the area. This volume contains a detailed analysis of the root causes of the crisis. It presents the analysis with a quantitative approach and also a more qualitative approach. Editor(s): Hooley, R.; Yoo, J.H.; Dutta, Manoranjan. Series: Research in Asian Economic Studies. Num Pages: 834 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; GTN; KCH; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 67. Weight in Grams: 1300. Series: Research in Asian Economic Studies. 834 pages. Editor(s): Hooley, R.; Yoo, J.H.; Dutta, Manoranjan. Features an analysis of the Asian financial crisis and its impacts on the economies of the region by thirty-five scholars and professionals working in the area. This volume contains a detailed analysis of the root causes of the crisis. It presents the analysis with a quantitative approach and also a more qualitative approach. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; GTN; KCH; KFF. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 67. Weight: 1300.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 834
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762308132
- ISBN
- 9780762308132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.97
€ 133.97
Paperback. Reconstructs the history of South Asian Tantra from the medieval period. This book contains translations from over a dozen Tantras. It is useful for those seeking to understand Tantra and the crucial role it has played in South Asian history, society, culture, and religion. Num Pages: 391 pages, 26 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 391
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226894843
- ISBN
- 9780226894843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.59
€ 44.99
€ 34.59