Regional studies
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Regional studies
Hardcover. This volume presents research on craft workers within and outside the guild structure of the Muslim Mediterranean world. Individual chapters range from the Ottoman Empire to traditional style crafts in 20th century Turkey and Egypt such as tanning or the manual production of copper vessels. Series: Islamic Mediterranean. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 b/w pictures. BIC Classification: 1FB; AFT; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 37. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860647000
- ISBN
- 9781860647000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.94€ 136.24
€ 153.94
€ 136.24
Paperback. Editor(s): Hammond, Felix N.; Abdulai, Raymond T. Num Pages: 51 pages, tables & graphs. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 142 x 5. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 51
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617289590
- ISBN
- 9781617289590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.40€ 52.08
€ 73.40
€ 52.08
Paperback. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press Seattle
- Number of pages
- 185
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KRS0019066
- ISBN
- 9780295978031
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Explores Germany's relation to the more than two million Turkish immigrants and their descendants living within its borders. This title examines the tensions in Germany between race-based ideologies of blood and belonging on the one hand and ambitions of multicultural tolerance and cosmopolitanism on the other. Num Pages: 440 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822341932
- ISBN
- 9780822341932
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
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
€ 20.99€ 20.79
€ 20.99
€ 20.79
Hardback. This work examines the notion of Europe as expressed in Romanian and British fiction. It surveys symbolic notions of the common cultural links which seem to embody "European identity". In particular, the author examines the shift in post-Iron Curtain literary concepts of this ancient identity. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVWR; DSB; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761817468
- ISBN
- 9780761817468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.21
€ 94.21
paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816644001
- ISBN
- 9780816644001
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.43
€ 27.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. Explores the mid-nineteenth-century rise of mass electoral democracy in the southwestern region of Colombia. This work describes a rich republicanism characterized by legal rights and popular participation, and explains how this vibrant political culture was created by competing subaltern groups. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332244
- ISBN
- 9780822332244
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Offers a look at websites in Malaysia and Singapore that emerged on the margins of the political system to challenge mainsteam media. This title examines arguments that explain their development in terms of technology, and of differing norms of journalism and democracy. It is aimed those interested in politics and media in Malaysia and Singapore. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 1FMS; GTB; JFD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985787
- ISBN
- 9780295985787
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HRAM2; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474417990
- ISBN
- 9781474417990
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
Paperback. Presents a collection of essays on various aspects of the new discipline of Latin American cultural studies. Essays in this work are grouped in five sections focusing on: the theory of Latin American cultural studies; the icons of culture; culture as a commodity; culture as a site of resistance; and everyday cultural practices. Editor(s): Hart, Stephen; Young, Richard A. Num Pages: 362 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340808221
- ISBN
- 9780340808221
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 42.23
€ 44.99
€ 42.23
Paperback. Fully revised and updated, this widely-praised introductory text explores Japan through the prism of three alternative perspectives: Mainstream, revisionist and culturalist. Beginning with the notion of Japan as a 'contested territory' the book focuses on debates about the real nature of Japan's successes and shortcomings. Series: Contemporary States and Societies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17 black & white halftones, 6 black & white tables, 7 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLX; JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- Third Edition, Revised
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248694
- ISBN
- 9780230248694
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.98
€ 46.99
€ 38.98
Contemporary Chinese Societies: Continuity and Change
University Of Pittsburgh Chinese Studies Facu...
Hardback. Introducing students to Chinese society, this CD-ROM features six themes that address issues across several fields in the social sciences and humanities including, unity of diversity; views of time and space; adapting to a changing world; and others. It provides video introductions for each unit; and interactive maps; Web links; and a glossary. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 129 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139823
- ISBN
- 9780231139823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.10€ 67.91
€ 88.10
€ 67.91
Paperback. Explores Wari' conceptions of person, body, and spirit, as well as indigenous understandings of memory and emotion, to explain why the Wari' felt that corpses must be destroyed and why they preferred cannibalism over cremation. This book shows why, in Wari' terms, it was considered the most honorable and compassionate way of treating the dead. Num Pages: 317 pages, 15 halftones, 3 maps, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292712362
- ISBN
- 9780292712362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.66
€ 32.99
€ 29.66
Paperback. This book examines Japan's postwar consumer protection movement, which, organized largely by housewives, led to the passage of basic consumer protection legislation in 1968. Macmillan points to the importance of activity at the local level, the role of minority parties, the limited utility of the courts, and the place of lawyers and academics in providing access to power. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; GTB; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123471
- ISBN
- 9780231123471
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.61
€ 37.99
€ 27.61
Paperback. The Politics of Ecology in Papua New Guinea. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-first Century. 312 pages, 25 illustrations. Presents an ethnographic examination of the social effects of conservation and development efforts in Papua New Guinea. This book focuses on the area that was the site of a biodiversity conservation project. It demonstrates the capacity of ethnography to illuminate the relationship between trans-national processes and individual lives. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1MKLP; GTB; JHMP; RNK. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337492
- ISBN
- 9780822337492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. The arrival of Europeans in the Americas brought with it a demographic catastrophe of vast proportions for the native populations. In this book Livi Bacci argues that the catastrophe was not the inevitable outcome of contact with Europeans but was a function of both the methods of the conquest and the characteristics of the subjugated societies. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640013
- ISBN
- 9780745640013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.35
€ 33.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. The arrival of Europeans in the Americas brought with it a demographic catastrophe of vast proportions for the native populations. In this book Livi Bacci argues that the catastrophe was not the inevitable outcome of contact with Europeans but was a function of both the methods of the conquest and the characteristics of the subjugated societies. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640006
- ISBN
- 9780745640006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.66
€ 75.66
Paperback. A cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt and its material culture, from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDAE; GTB; HDD; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339922
- ISBN
- 9780822339922
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Uses the experiences of Asian Americans to reconfigure the ways in which American history can be understood. This book examines a set of binaries - East and West, black and white, man and woman - that have structured the telling of our nation's history and shaped our ideas of citizenship since the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFFS; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070070
- ISBN
- 9780691070070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61