Regional studies
Results 313 - 336 of 1298
Regional studies
Paperback. Reveals mask performance as an expression of individual and community identity. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 41 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1H; ASD; GTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216120
- ISBN
- 9780253216120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.55
€ 33.55
Paperback. Memory, Performance and Everyday Life in Postwar Okinawa. Series: Asia-Pacific. 288 pages, 16 b&w photographs. Examines how Okinawans have contested, appropriated, and transformed the burdens and possibilities of the past. This title analyzes the practices of specific performers, showing how memories are recalled, bodies remade, and actions rethought as Okinawans work through the fragments of the past in order to reconstruct the fabric of everyday life. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; AN; GTB; JHMP. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343714
- ISBN
- 9780822343714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.97
€ 36.99
€ 33.97
Paperback. Darkening Mirrors analyzes the complicated relationships between African American identity, as reflected in performances, and the forces of imperialist and racial oppression. Num Pages: 352 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; AN; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822349235
- ISBN
- 9780822349235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.69
€ 50.69
Hardback. Through a study of two important projects of the time - international efforts to determine the exact level of the Dead Sea, and Chesney's Euphrates Expedition to find a quicker route to India - Professor Goren shows how other forces than the interests of empire, were involved. Series: Tauris Historical Geography Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 49 b/w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HBJF; HBTP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848854963
- ISBN
- 9781848854963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.17€ 133.60
€ 149.17
€ 133.60
Hardback. Explores various aspects of chiefly authority in South Sudan from its historical origins and evolution under colonial, postcolonial and military rule, to its current roles and value in the newly independent country. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, 9, 8 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings, 8 black and white, 1 lin. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJ; 3JM; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010674
- ISBN
- 9781847010674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.41
€ 129.41
Hardback. Fifty years later, the murky circumstances and tragic symbolism of Patrice Lumumba's assassination trouble many people around the world. Emmanuel Gerard and Bruce Kuklick reveal a tangled web of international politics in which many people--black and white, well-meaning and ruthless, African, European, and American--bear responsibility for this crime. Num Pages: 252 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJH; HBLW; HBTR; JPHC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725270
- ISBN
- 9780674725270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.85
€ 42.99
€ 36.85
Paperback. Examines the negotiations and controversies that took place during the planning and construction of The Dalles Dam and the profound impact the project had on both the Indian community of Celilo Village and the non-Indian town of The Dalles, intertwined with local concerns that affected the entire American West. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; JFSL9; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 351.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985466
- ISBN
- 9780295985466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.12
€ 24.99
€ 22.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 185 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJP; DSA; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816637119
- ISBN
- 9780816637119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.90
€ 37.90
Paperback. A penetrating look at changing perceptions of health, illness, and debility. Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; GTB; HBJH; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217851
- ISBN
- 9780253217851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.14
€ 25.99
€ 25.14
Hardback. Discusses Anglo-American policy in the Middle East under Kennedy and Johnson, as well as under British Conservative and Labour governments. This title provides a historical background on the Anglo-American Middle East for the 1950s. It analyses Western policy toward Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser, and toward the Arabian Peninsula. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845191184
- ISBN
- 9781845191184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.45
€ 156.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 183 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196790
- ISBN
- 9781845196790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.15
€ 49.15
Paperback. Focuses on the role of African American folk music in Renaissance aesthetic and political debates about racial performance, social memory, and national identity. This book elucidates how spirituals, African American concert music, the blues, and jazz became symbolic sites of social memory and anticipation in the era of the Harlem Renaissance. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325918
- ISBN
- 9780822325918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.69
€ 50.69
Hardcover. Num Pages: 556 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books United States
- Number of pages
- 556
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Edition, 2nd Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591024842
- ISBN
- 9781591024842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.66
€ 32.99
€ 31.66
Paperback. Reviews US immigration policies by pointing to the racial, ethnic, and social struggles over who should be welcomed into the community of citizens. This book shows how shifting visions of America have shaped policies governing asylum, exclusion, amnesty, and border policing. Editor(s): Carrillo, Jo; Hamamoto, Darrell Y.; Torres, Rodolfo D.; White, E.Frances. Series: Mapping Racisms S. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 b&w illustrations, 10 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592132331
- ISBN
- 9781592132331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.82
€ 56.82
Hardback. Nascent debates about democracy in the contemporary developing world are modified by such descriptions as delegative, incomplete or even authoritarian. Nun provides a comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of democracy from ancient Greece to contemporary Latin America. Series: Critical Currents in Latin American Perspective Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742520394
- ISBN
- 9780742520394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.97
€ 126.97
Hardback. This work provides a detailed description of Zhang Junmai's thought and life. It is not only a biography of an important intellectual and minority-party leader, but also a work on the third force between the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalist Party in modern China. Num Pages: 408 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; GTB; JPFF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847687060
- ISBN
- 9780847687060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.31
€ 179.31
Hardback. Latin America has seen a great extension of democratic government over the past twenty years. However democratisation has proved problematic in a number of ways: many Latin American countries have seen little per capita growth; poverty has increased; and political crises have often recurred. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627595
- ISBN
- 9780745627595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.13
€ 95.13
Hardback. They burned bras, draft cards, and even the American flag. But what drove a group of young Americans to democratic revolution in the tumultuous years of the 1960s, and what made them think they could win? This book looks at the motivations and values of the young rebels of the 1960s. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 185 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842051408
- ISBN
- 9780842051408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.73
€ 165.73
Paperback. They burned bras, draft cards, and even the American flag. But what drove a group of young Americans to democratic revolution in the tumultuous years of the 1960s, and what made them think they could win? This book looks at the motivations and values of the young rebels of the 1960s. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842051415
- ISBN
- 9780842051415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.24
€ 63.24
Paperback. Translator(s): Biehl, Freelance Copyeditor Janet. Num Pages: 211 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDT; GTB; HBJF1; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Communalism Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788293064268
- ISBN
- 9788293064268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.10
€ 19.99
€ 18.10
Paperback. A review of the politics and discourses of water use, sharing, and management, and their implications for local livelihoods. This book analyzes contested discourses on such topics as regional hydropower development, floods, and irrigation, along with the broader yet interrelated issues of gender, media, dialogue, and impact assessment. Editor(s): Lebel, Louis; Dore, John; Daniel, Rajesh; Koma, Yang Saing. Num Pages: 283 pages, b/w photos, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789749511251
- ISBN
- 9789749511251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.08
€ 69.08
Paperback. Since 1945, Denmark's policy towards Europe has become one of the most important issues in Danish politics. Part of the Copenhagen Research Project on European Integration (CORE), this book aims to provide the reader with a better understanding of Danish policy towards Europe, taking into account both historical and theoretical aspects. Editor(s): Branner, Hans; Kelstrup, Morten. Num Pages: 441 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 176 x 29. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 441
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778385413
- ISBN
- 9788778385413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.08
€ 27.99
€ 21.08
Paperback. Argues that the creation of such "desiring subjects" is at the core of China's contingent, piece-by-piece reconfiguration of its relationship to a post-socialist, neo-liberal-dominated world. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339472
- ISBN
- 9780822339472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.06
€ 46.06
Paperback. Explores the world of second-generation Indian American youth to learn how they manage the contradictions of gender roles and sexuality, how they handle their "model minority" status and expectations for class mobility in a society that still racializes everyone in terms of black or white. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GTB; JFCA; JFSL1; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566399272
- ISBN
- 9781566399272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.52
€ 39.52