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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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.26

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.41

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.91

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.04

Hardback. Editor(s): Lynn, Christopher D.; Glaze, Amanda L.; Reed, Laura K.; Evans, William A. Num Pages: 333 pages, 22 colour illustrations, 22 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; GTB; JHB; JNU; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349951383
ISBN
9781349951383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.78

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992891
ISBN
9780295992891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.36

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.51

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.76

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.47

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 133 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 215.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
GWV Fachverlage GmbH Germany
Number of pages
133
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531168692
ISBN
9783531168692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.66

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

€ 58.15
€ 45.84

Paperback. Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Num Pages: 381 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
381
Condition
New
SKU
V9781475772548
ISBN
9781475772548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 187.52

Paperback. This collection of essays drawn from a range of disciplines explores American paranoia and the continuum of fear that has centred on enemies real and imagined in American culture. Contributors examine areas such as theoretical constructions of fear, racial discrimination and religious intolerance. Editor(s): Schultz, Nancy Lusignan (Professor of English, Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts, USA). Num Pages: 456 pages, notes, bibliography, index, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFC; JHM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557531155
ISBN
9781557531155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.95

Paperback. Questioning why India and Pakistan have not fought another major war, this book gives a crisp answer: nuclear weapons. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295986357
ISBN
9780295986357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. Editor(s): Matthiessen, Christian Wichmann; Worm, Marianne. Num Pages: 440 pages, colour photos, maps & illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 175 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1076.
Publisher
Femern A/S Denmark
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9788792416162
ISBN
9788792416162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.35

Paperback. Series: Cultural Studies of the Americas S. Num Pages: 188 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; GTB; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 180 x 11. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816629992
ISBN
9780816629992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Tells the story of the intertwined research histories of three anthropologists working in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China in the late twentieth century. This book addresses the process of ethnography and the dynamics of international and intercultural communication. Series: Naomi B. Pascal Editor's Endowment. Num Pages: 384 pages, 56 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295986685
ISBN
9780295986685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. A vivid account of ritual, power, and social inequality in rural India. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 b&w photos, 3 figures, 2 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 563.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217653
ISBN
9780253217653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

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