Regional studies
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Regional studies
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€ 30.81
€ 33.99
€ 30.81
Paperback. Draws on ex-slave narratives, oral histories, written memoirs, and public records to describe how the freedom colonies formed and recreates the lifeways of African Americans who made their living by farming or in skilled trades such as milling. The authors also uncover the forces that led to the decline of the communities from the 1930s onward. Series: Jack & Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 39 b&w photos. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJK; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292706422
- ISBN
- 9780292706422
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Thomas Jager untersucht auf der Grundlage der historischen Kulturanthropologie und der Prozessbetrachtung von Norbert Elias, wie der Funktionsmechanismus der franzosischen Privilegiengesellschaft arbeitet und belegt am Beispiel zahlreicher aktueller Privilegien, dass er auch im Frankreich der Gegenwart noch Gultigkeit hat." Series: Literaturwissenschaft / Kulturwissenschaft. Num Pages: 286 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: GTB; KJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitats-Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824445240
- ISBN
- 9783824445240
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Condition: New
€ 70.06
€ 70.06
paperback. The Shape of Elegance. 80 pages, 52 illustrations, 40 in colour. Inada Artist Frank Okada played a significant role in the modern art history of the Pacific Northwest. Born a Nisei in 1931, he was raised in Seattle's International District and throughout his life retained its influences and his vivid memories in his art. This title notes that Okada created a texture that brought light to a field of colour. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1K; ACXJ; GTB. Dimension: 228 x 254 x 6. Weight: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985664
- ISBN
- 9780295985664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.78
€ 37.78
Hardcover. France experienced four major conflicts in the fifty years between 1914 and 1964: two world wars, and the wars in Indochina and Algeria. In each the role of myth was intricately bound up with memory, hope, belief, and ideas of nation. This is the first book to explore how individual myths were created, sustained, and used for purposes of propaganda Editor(s): Holman, Valerie; Kelly, Debra. Series: Contemporary France Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 maps, 10 ills. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817013
- ISBN
- 9781571817013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.97
€ 153.97
Paperback. First cultural history of post-1940s Mexico to relate issues of representation and meaning to questions of power Editor(s): Joseph, Gilbert M.; Rubenstein, Anne; Zolov, Eric. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 528 pages, 54 photographs, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJH; 3JJP; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6147 x 4039 x 31. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327189
- ISBN
- 9780822327189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.01
€ 36.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585100002
- ISBN
- 9781585100002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.74
€ 24.99
€ 18.74
Hardback. Details the textual background of the Samyuktagama, a collection of Buddhist scriptures arranged by topic, and places Gandhari Samyuktagama Sutras in this context. This volume contains four short sutras that gives an account of meditation practice in Gandhara in the middle of the second century AD. Series: Gandharan Buddhist Texts. Num Pages: 9 illus., 1 color foldout. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HRK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295987729
- ISBN
- 9780295987729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.50
€ 106.50
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FBN; GTB; HBJF1; HPS; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816699490
- ISBN
- 9780816699490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Presents a new approach to the classics of Asian American literature. Editor(s): Zhou, Xiaojing; Najmi, Samina. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 427.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985046
- ISBN
- 9780295985046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.95
€ 36.95
Paperback. This study of colonial memory asks the question, how do once-colonized people remember the colonial period? Drawing on an ethnography of the social practices of remembering and forgetting in one community in Madagascar, the book develops a practice-based approach to social memory. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 378 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HSM; 1K; GTB; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228467
- ISBN
- 9780520228467
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Condition: New
€ 42.20
€ 42.20
Hardback. Illustrates the complexity of social ties among groups and individuals, and their connections with the natural world Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 20 illus., 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; GTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991054
- ISBN
- 9780295991054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.06
€ 137.06
Paperback. Illustrates the complexity of social ties among groups and individuals, and their connections with the natural world Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 illustrations, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; GTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991061
- ISBN
- 9780295991061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.77
€ 37.99
€ 30.77
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.98
€ 75.98
Paperback. 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 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253005779
- ISBN
- 9780253005779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.28
€ 26.99
€ 25.28
Hardcover. Editor(s): Simone, Ernest. Num Pages: 243 pages, tables & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 264 x 20. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608769421
- ISBN
- 9781608769421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.57€ 139.38
€ 205.57
€ 139.38
Hardcover. Editor(s): Simone, Ernest. Num Pages: 255 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 185 x 264 x 21. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608769391
- ISBN
- 9781608769391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.57€ 139.38
€ 205.57
€ 139.38
Paperback. More than four million United States citizens live in five "unincorporated" US territories. The inhabitants of these vestiges of an American empire are denied representation in Congress and cannot vote in presidential elections. This book addresses the problem of the US territories. Editor(s): Burnett, Christina Duffy; Marshall, Burke. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJP; GTB; JPS; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326984
- ISBN
- 9780822326984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. A study of the colonial state's imposition of regimes of sexuality, as seen through archives of law, literature and pornography. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBG; HBLL; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345336
- ISBN
- 9780822345336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.21
€ 31.99
€ 26.21
Hardcover. Food and eating practices are central to current sociological and anthropological concerns about the body, health, consumption, and identity. This study explores the importance of these themes as they intersect with processes of globalization and cultural production within a specific group of consumers, British Sh'ite Iranians. Series: Anthropology of Food and Nutrition. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; GTB; JFC; JFFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817402
- ISBN
- 9781571817402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.08
€ 154.08