Regional studies
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Regional studies
Paperback. Editor(s): Lofgren, Orvar; Wilk, Richard R. Num Pages: 164 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 247 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763505116
- ISBN
- 9788763505116
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.56
€ 43.99
€ 31.56
Hardcover. This work analyzes the image Europe presented to Japan, deliberately or otherwise, from the mid-16th century to the end of the 18th century. It covers developments in Japanese culture and civilization during 300 years of interaction between Japanese and Europeans. Translator(s): Bell, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 276 pages, b&w and colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; GTB; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268027612
- ISBN
- 9780268027612
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Condition: New
€ 43.82
€ 43.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Tiersky, Ronald; Jones, Erik. Series: Europe Today. Num Pages: 488 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JPB; JPH; JPSN2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1008.
- Publisher
- ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442221109
- ISBN
- 9781442221109
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Condition: New
€ 94.97
€ 94.97
Paperback. This text brings together experts from the fields of sociology, political science, geography, psychology and anthropology to examine the intersection of identity and territory in the new Europe. It explores how Europeans see themselves and the impact of globalization on national culture. Editor(s): Berezin, Mabel; Shain, Martin; Schain, Martin (Professor of Politics, New York University, USA). Num Pages: 336 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801874376
- ISBN
- 9780801874376
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.11
€ 34.99
€ 29.11
Europe's Old States and the New World Order: The Politics of Transitio...
Joseph Ruane~Jennifer Todd~Anne Mandeville
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press Dublin
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621427
- ISBN
- 9781900621427
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.85
€ 27.99
€ 24.85
Paperback. * Another highly topical contribution from a world--renowned social thinker. * Examines the European experience against the backdrop of a fast--changing, and divided, world arguing that by sharing its historical lessons, Europe can play a role in the promotion of world peace. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; HBJD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745634036
- ISBN
- 9780745634036
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Condition: New
€ 19.48
€ 19.48
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ College Dublin Pr
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621878
- ISBN
- 9781900621878
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Condition: New
€ 50.08€ 47.07
€ 50.08
€ 47.07
Paperback. How Soviet citizens in the 1920s and 1930s internalized Soviet ways of looking at the world and living their everyday lives. Editor(s): Kiaer, Christina; Naiman, Eric. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 b&w photographs, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217929
- ISBN
- 9780253217929
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. The peoples and cultures of Southeast Asia Editor(s): Adams, Kathleen M.; Gillogly, Kathleen A. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223210
- ISBN
- 9780253223210
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.14
€ 27.99
€ 26.14
Paperback. Examines the notion of modernity as it has been staged in the details of Chinese life. This book explores the theme of 'revaluation' - that is, the way China's move into global capitalism is commoditizing goods and services, from domestic labour to recycling and water resources, in a consumer-oriented society. Editor(s): Dong, Madeleine Yue; Goldstein, Joshua Lewis. Series: Studies in Modernity and National Identity. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986029
- ISBN
- 9780295986029
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Condition: New
€ 44.70
€ 44.70
Hardback. This study examines the everyday politics of a rice farming village in central Luzon. Contending that the faction and patron-client relationships emphasized by conventional studies are but one part of Philippine political life, Kerkvliet offers a portrait of political relationships among villagers. Num Pages: 364 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FMP; GTB; JHM; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742518698
- ISBN
- 9780742518698
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Condition: New
€ 200.27
€ 200.27
Paperback. A timely look at American popular films made between 1973 and 2001 that use Arabs, their landscapes, and their cultures as villainsoand what these depictions of "evil" Arabs reveal about American fears and insecurities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 35 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; APFA; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292713420
- ISBN
- 9780292713420
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.93
€ 24.99
€ 22.93
Paperback. Documents the search for the origins of the iconic "femme fatale" who was depicted as a dangerous, depraved, and deadly woman. This book argues that the evolution of the femme fatale, with both literary and visual links to the biblical Eve figure, came as a response to increasing feminism and the desire by men to halt its spread. Num Pages: 360 pages, 126 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AC; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252073236
- ISBN
- 9780252073236
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.56
€ 34.99
€ 31.56
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992891
- ISBN
- 9780295992891
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Condition: New
€ 118.71
€ 118.71
Paperback. This text raises questions about artistic freedom and censorship. Wu Hung uses the Chinese government's cancellation of the exhibition "It's Me", Beijing 1998, to anchor his analysis of the challenges face by contemporary Chinese artisits and curators. Num Pages: 224 pages, 111 colour plates, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AB; AC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 184 x 22. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935573336
- ISBN
- 9780935573336
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.60
€ 42.99
€ 33.60
Paperback. Develops a theory of how exit-voice dynamics affect collective action in order to identify the processes that spurred the extraordinarily swift and surprisingly bloodless 1989 revolution within the German Democratic Republic. This work compares the East German rebellion with events occurring during the same period in other communist states. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 tables, 17 figures. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337652
- ISBN
- 9780822337652
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. This work shows how the biblical story of suffering and the journey to redemption inspired a pragmatic tradition of racial advocacy among African Americans in the early 19th century. It compares the historical uses of Exodus by black and white Americans and the concepts on "nation" it generated. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; HR; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226298207
- ISBN
- 9780226298207
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.60
€ 35.99
€ 28.60
Paperback. Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970s the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated. This title explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp economic decline. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa S. Num Pages: 343 pages, 7 figures, 7 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; GTB; JFSG; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 343
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217027
- ISBN
- 9780520217027
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.52
€ 35.99
€ 26.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 316 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Premier Book Marketing Ltd Thailand
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789747100648
- ISBN
- 9789747100648
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.05
€ 26.99
€ 25.05
Hardback. This cultural history of Mussolini's dictatorship discusses the meanings of modernity in interwar Italy. The work argues that fascism appealed to many Italian intellectuals as a new model of modernity that would resolve the European crisis as well as long-standing problems of the national past. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 327 pages, 17 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; GTB; HBJD; HBWN; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223639
- ISBN
- 9780520223639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.73€ 45.97
€ 57.73
€ 45.97