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Paperback. In 1998, the Middle East Conflict celebrated its 50th anniversary, but still no final general settlement is in sight. The conflict has had a serious repercussions anywhere in the area conflict - including a damaging civil war in Lebanon. This book gives a study of the conflict from 1948-2005. Num Pages: 273 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: GTB; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 175 x 18. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776740498
ISBN
9788776740498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.29

Hardcover. The Arab countries have been projected as homogeneous and united social and political entities. Yet beneath the surface, ethnic tensions and conflicts simmer. This book looks at the factors, forces, and circumstances that affect relations in the region, and point towards strategies that promote or hinder coexistence and integration, or antagonism. Editor(s): Ma'oz, Moshe; Sheffer, Gabriel. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902210841
ISBN
9781902210841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.51

Paperback. While Americans prize the ability to get behind the wheel and hit the open road, they have not always agreed about what constitutes safe, decorous driving and who is capable of it. This title presents a cultural history of America's fear of and fascination with driving, from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Num Pages: 360 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822339632
ISBN
9780822339632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. An innovative analysis of how ideas of Indian identity negotiated within the Indian diaspora in Trinidad affect cultural identities "back home" in India. Num Pages: 288 pages, 46 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JFSJ1; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338420
ISBN
9780822338420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. A thoroughly up-to-date revision of a landmark textbook. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1H; GTB; HBJH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217820
ISBN
9780253217820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

Paperback. A collection of essays which use critical theory to reflect on issues pertaining to modern Chinese literature and culture. It addresses topics such as 20th-century literature produced in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China; film, art, history, popular culture, and literary and cultural criticism and the geographies of migration and diaspora. Editor(s): Chow, Rey. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822325970
ISBN
9780822325970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Hardcover. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 184 x 25. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600218378
ISBN
9781600218378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.19
€ 132.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877277309
ISBN
9780877277309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199948796
ISBN
9780199948796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.54

paperback. Focuses on the development of modern architecture in the Middle East. Ranging from Jerusalem at the turn of the 20th century to Libya under Italian colonial rule, post-war Turkey, and on to Iraq, this title looks around the historical encounter between the politics of nation-building and architectural modernism's materials, methods, and motives. Editor(s): Isenstadt, Sandy; Rizvi, Kishwar. Series: Studies in Modernity and National Identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, 76 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; AM; GTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987941
ISBN
9780295987941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

paperback. For postcolonial Africa, modernization was seen as a necessary outcome of the struggle for independence and as crucial to the success of its newly established states. This book includes 15 essays that address governance, production, and social life; and the role of media. Editor(s): Bloom, Peter J.; Miescher, Stephan F.; Manuh, Takyiwaa. Num Pages: 378 pages, 4 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; GTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012296
ISBN
9780253012296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. During Montana's early territorial years, 'criminal justice' was almost non-existent: a few towns had inadequate and chronically overcrowded jails, and occasional prisoners were sent east to the federal penitentiary in Detroit. This book provides the social history of the Montana Penitentiary, focusing on its early, formative years. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 illustrations, 14 charts. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
University of Washington Press Washington
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227545
ISBN
9780295984438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Once a major metropolis in North America, Montreal now finds itself increasingly marginal to the continental economy while remaining the heartland of the province of Quebec; it is facing a major identity crisis. This book discusses the city's economic decline due to the shift of corporate and financial leadership from Montreal to Toronto. Series: World Cities S. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTB; JFSG; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471949077
ISBN
9780471949077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.46

Paperback. An examination of American Orientalist representations of North Africa from 1942 to 1973 Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 376 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822336440
ISBN
9780822336440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardcover. Studying the construction of Irish national identity from the early eighteenth until the mid-nineteenth centuries, this book focuses on how texts concerning Irish music, and the social settings within which those texts emerged, contributed to the imagining of Ireland as "the Land of Song." Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; AVGH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268025779
ISBN
9780268025779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.53

Paperback. Explores the life worlds of Muslim girls and youth of African origin in French society Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB; JFSR2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218346
ISBN
9780253218346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. The first systematic study of the evolution of Islamic politics in Iran and Turkey, based on primary documents from both countries Num Pages: 322 pages, 16 b&w photographs, 8 charts/graphs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
322
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292728837
ISBN
9780292728837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

hardcover. An anthology of international voices, exploring provocative images of Muslim women from around the globe in literature, visual arts, journalism, and other media Editor(s): Shirazi, Faegheh. Num Pages: 319 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HRJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780292721890
ISBN
9780292721890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.68

Paperback. An anthology of international voices, exploring provocative images of Muslim women from around the globe in literature, visual arts, journalism, and other media Editor(s): Shirazi, Faegheh. Num Pages: 319 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HRJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292728844
ISBN
9780292728844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardcover. Through her successive drives for gender equality, human rights, political reform, Taiwan independence, and, currently, environmental protection, Lu has played a key role in Taiwan's evolution from dictatorship to democracy. Num Pages: 344 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; GTB; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993645
ISBN
9780295993645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.52

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