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Hardcover. Using various sources, including diaries and letters, this book contributes to the study of Gertrude Bell's colourful life - exploring the personal passions, desires and relationships that drove her - and to an understanding of the background behind the creation of modern Iraq. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJ; BGH; GTB; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850434153
ISBN
9781850434153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 59.81

Paperback. An anthology of historical studies focusing on themes and issues central to the construction of Black masculinities and Black men's history. This book covers themes in the lives of black men that touch on leadership, work and the professions, family and community, sports and the military, and the image of black men in the larger society. Editor(s): Hine, Darlene Clark; Jenkins, Earnestine L. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 503 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
503
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214607
ISBN
9780253214607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. Discusses major ideas, figures, and schools of thought in philosophy in the African context. While drawing out critical issues in the formation of African philosophy, this book focuses on scholarship and relevant debates that have made African philosophy critical to understanding the rich and complex cultural heritage of the continent. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HP; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221230
ISBN
9780253221230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.21

Paperback. By revealing the ways in which the state and communities dealt with the Great Depression in Japan, this study brings us closer to a comparative, grassroots perspective on how average men and women addressed some of modernity's fundamental questions. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 maps, 9 line drawings, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674012776
ISBN
9780674012776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.69

Paperback. This is an interdisciplinary study of the major cultural and political scenes of a decade marked by dramatic -and sometimes traumatic-change. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPK; DSBH; GTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756631
ISBN
9780804756631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. This gripping biographical study, published here for the first time in paperback, explores the immensely complicated relationship that existed between A.L. Rowse and his native Cornwall. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BG; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897440
ISBN
9780859897440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.97

Paperback. This gripping biographical study, published here for the first time in paperback, explores the immensely complicated relationship that existed between A.L. Rowse and his native Cornwall. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BG; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897983
ISBN
9780859897983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.42

Paperback. Series: Critical American Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 228 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816641291
ISBN
9780816641291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816636051
ISBN
9780816636051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.28

Paperback. An important contribution to the discussion of the Arab lands before European hegemony and a detailed study of a region and power center many scholars identify as the beginning of modern Palestinian history. Series: History & Society of the Modern Middle East. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 graphs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1FBS; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJF1; HBLL; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123273
ISBN
9780231123273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.93

Hardback. An important contribution to the discussion of the Arab lands before European hegemony and a detailed study of a region and power center many scholars identify as the beginning of modern Palestinian history. Series: History & Society of the Modern Middle East. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 graphs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1FBS; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJF1; HBLL; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231123266
ISBN
9780231123266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; GTB; JHB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783605743
ISBN
9781783605743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.60

Paperback. This volume employs a pro and con format to offer an introduction to the affirmative action debate. Part one draws on state and federal court decisions to support affirmative action to counter racial and gender bias and part two cites the same kinds of evidence to argue against affirmative action. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742502109
ISBN
9780742502109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252065392
ISBN
9780252065392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Gladstone, Cary. Num Pages: 210 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FCA; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590331057
ISBN
9781590331057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 34.65

Paperback. Offers a sense of what must happen to bring about a renewed sense of integration and global Frenchness Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1H; GTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006707
ISBN
9780253006707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. Explores Africa's hostility toward modernity and how that hostility has impeded economic development and social and political transformation. This book insists that Africa can renew itself only by fully engaging with democracy and capitalism and by mining its untapped intellectual resources. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JPA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5055 x 3277 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012722
ISBN
9780253012722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

Paperback. Explores Africa's hostility toward modernity and how that hostility has impeded economic development and social and political transformation. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JPA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5055 x 3277 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012753
ISBN
9780253012753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardcover. Contains analytical articles written by acknowledged experts covering the issues affecting the area as a whole. This guide contains a political map of contemporary Africa and a chronological list of the dates of independence of African countries. It provides useful economic and directory data. Num Pages: 1534 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 211 x 45. Weight in Grams: 2070.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1536
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
36th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857433692
ISBN
9781857433692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 696.21

Paperback. The construction and impact of a railway project in Africa Num Pages: 216 pages, 21 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFG; GTB; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223227
ISBN
9780253223227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

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