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Paperback. An investigation into how government persists under even the most untenable conditions, based on an analysis of government in Gaza between 1917 and 1967. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 b&w photos, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342403
ISBN
9780822342403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253005731
ISBN
9780253005731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

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

Paperback. Over the last 20 years China's extraordinary rate of economic growth has been driven by the 120-150 million people who have flocked into China's cities from the surrounding countryside ins search of a better life. This book examines the way in which these people live, work, and interact with their urban cousins. Num Pages: 238 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; GTF; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 211 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Monash Asia Institute
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876924478
ISBN
9781876924478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.51

Paperback. Deals with central problem in modern Spanish history-- why did civil war break out in 1936-- arguing that cultural representations of earlier revolution helped trigger the war through focus on social tensions around religion and gender. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DSE; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339434
ISBN
9780822339434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

paperback. Shows how concert parties combined an eclectic array of cultural influences, adapting characters and songs from American movies, popular British ballads, and local storytelling traditions into a spirited blend of comedy and social commentary. Num Pages: 216 pages, 26 b&w photos, 3 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; ASZH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214362
ISBN
9780253214362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. A poignant portrayal of the price of postsocialist transition for industrial workers Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; GTB; JFSC; JHBL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219404
ISBN
9780253219404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.35

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814720783
ISBN
9780814720783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. * The first collection to explore the contribution that geographical thinking can make to our understanding of modern Britain. * Contains thirteen essays by leading scholars in the geography and history of twentieth--century Britain. * Focuses on how and why geographies of Britain have formed and changed over the past century. Editor(s): Gilbert, David; Matless, David; Short, Brian. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631235019
ISBN
9780631235019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.64

Paperback. Orientalism, as explored by Edward Said in 1978, was a far more complex phenomenon than many suspected, being homogenous along the lines of neither culture nor time. This title provides a genealogy for the critique of orientalism by examining the divergence of the British and French colonial experiences. Editor(s): Burke, Edmund, III; Prochaska, Assoc Professor David. Num Pages: 460 pages, 33 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803213425
ISBN
9780803213425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Presents a dialogue between Western and Middle Eastern women. This collection provides substantial extracts from Ottoman, Egyptian and British and American writers - each with a biographical and literary introduction - that trace the development of an intellectual, personal and critical dialogue between women. Num Pages: 296 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; DNF; GTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860649578
ISBN
9781860649578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.95

Paperback. Explores the role of gender on both the home and fighting fronts in Eastern Europe during the First and Second World Wars. This book includes themes such as: the ways in which wartime experiences challenge traditional gender roles; post-war restoration of gender order; collaboration and resistance; the body; and memory and commemoration. Editor(s): Wingfield, Nancy M.; Bucur-Deckard, Maria. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218445
ISBN
9780253218445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

paperback. In 1966, twelve-year-old Fan Shen, a newly minted Red Guard, plunged happily into China's Cultural Revolution. A story of coming of age in the midst of monumental historical upheaval, this work is a memoir of a young man's harrowing experience during a time of terror. It recounts how Shen escaped, again and again, from his appointed fate. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1K; BG; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803293366
ISBN
9780803293366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. The essays in this volume reassess Gandharan Buddhism in light of these findings, utilizing a multidisciplinary approach that illuminates the complex historical and cultural dynamics of the region. Editor(s): Brancaccio, Pia; Behrendt, Kurt A. Series: Asian Religions and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774810814
ISBN
9780774810814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.92

paperback. Analyzing the impact of black abolitionist iconography on early black literature and the formation of black identity, this book argues that the visual offered an alternative to literacy for current and former slaves, whose works mobilize forms of illustration that subvert dominant representations of slavery by both apologists and abolitionists. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 437.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221087
ISBN
9780253221087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

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

€ 86.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816644544
ISBN
9780816644544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.33

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

€ 34.99
€ 31.94

Paperback. Politics and the Diamond Economy in Sierra Leone. Series: African Issues. 248 pages, 12, 6 black and white, 6 line drawing. Argues that corporate neo-colonialism in the diamond trade of Sierra Leone has served to restrict its social and economic growth, excluding and marginalizing it from the club of wealthier nations, and causing it to continue to rely on international aid. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB; KCP; KNAT. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 15. Weight: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
James Currey
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010605
ISBN
9781847010605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.96

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