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Regional studies

Hardback. This volume explores the ways in which considerations of difference, especially colonialism, post-colonialism, and race, have shaped French culture and French studies in the modern era. Editor(s): Abbeele, Georges van den; Stovall, Tyler. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739106464
ISBN
9780739106464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.71

hardcover. Offers a rare full-scale look at an African immigrant congregation, the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (PCGNY) Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 219 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HRQM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814786390
ISBN
9780814786390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.85

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814729496
ISBN
9780814729496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. Constructs a framework that examines the subject of German collective memory, which has been shaped by the experience of Nazism, World War II, and the Holocaust. This title follows the evolution of German 'memory landscapes' all the way from national unification in 1870-71 through the world wars and political division to reunification in 1990. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 368 pages, 52 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; AM; GTB; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520217683
ISBN
9780520217683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.90
€ 49.59

Paperback. Editor(s): Aktor, Mikael, Ph.D.; Deliege, Robert. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763507752
ISBN
9788763507752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.55

Hardcover. A social and cultural history of waste, environmental policy, and postsocialist transition Num Pages: 264 pages, 13 b&w photos, 1 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVH; GTB; JKV; RNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253348388
ISBN
9780253348388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.76

Paperback. Politics and the Diamond Economy in Sierra Leone. Series: African Issues. 248 pages, 12, 6 black and white, 6 line drawing. Argues that corporate neo-colonialism in the diamond trade of Sierra Leone has served to restrict its social and economic growth, excluding and marginalizing it from the club of wealthier nations, and causing it to continue to rely on international aid. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB; KCP; KNAT. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 15. Weight: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
James Currey
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010605
ISBN
9781847010605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Paperback. Explores the important interconnections involving questions of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality on world screens by examining a range of films, videos, and digital works associated with global Chinese culture. This book includes films and other texts that represent a range of work by media artists working within China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Num Pages: 352 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1K; APFA; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592132782
ISBN
9781592132782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816644544
ISBN
9780816644544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.62

Hardback. Critics have claimed that Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a primitivist who was uncritically preoccupied with "noble savages," and that he remained oblivious to the African slave trade and so used "slavery" and "freedom" callously. This book demonstrates why these charges are wrong. Series: Just Ideas. Num Pages: 356 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; HPC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 33. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823257294
ISBN
9780823257294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

paperback. Analyzing the impact of black abolitionist iconography on early black literature and the formation of black identity, this book argues that the visual offered an alternative to literacy for current and former slaves, whose works mobilize forms of illustration that subvert dominant representations of slavery by both apologists and abolitionists. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 437.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221087
ISBN
9780253221087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Hardcover. The ability of traffic simulation software to emulate the time variability of traffic phenomena makes it a uniquely useful tool for capturing the complexity of traffic systems. This book offers a comprehensive treatment of the state of the art of the subject. Editor(s): Barcelo, Jaume. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 460 pages, 26 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; KJT; PBUH; UGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 243 x 30. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2010th Edition
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441961419
ISBN
9781441961419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 340.38

Paperback. The essays in this volume reassess Gandharan Buddhism in light of these findings, utilizing a multidisciplinary approach that illuminates the complex historical and cultural dynamics of the region. Editor(s): Brancaccio, Pia; Behrendt, Kurt A. Series: Asian Religions and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774810814
ISBN
9780774810814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

paperback. In 1966, twelve-year-old Fan Shen, a newly minted Red Guard, plunged happily into China's Cultural Revolution. A story of coming of age in the midst of monumental historical upheaval, this work is a memoir of a young man's harrowing experience during a time of terror. It recounts how Shen escaped, again and again, from his appointed fate. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1K; BG; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803293366
ISBN
9780803293366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Explores the role of gender on both the home and fighting fronts in Eastern Europe during the First and Second World Wars. This book includes themes such as: the ways in which wartime experiences challenge traditional gender roles; post-war restoration of gender order; collaboration and resistance; the body; and memory and commemoration. Editor(s): Wingfield, Nancy M.; Bucur-Deckard, Maria. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218445
ISBN
9780253218445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HPK; JFSJ; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349291229
ISBN
9781349291229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.86

Paperback. Orientalism, as explored by Edward Said in 1978, was a far more complex phenomenon than many suspected, being homogenous along the lines of neither culture nor time. This title provides a genealogy for the critique of orientalism by examining the divergence of the British and French colonial experiences. Editor(s): Burke, Edmund, III; Prochaska, Assoc Professor David. Num Pages: 460 pages, 33 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803213425
ISBN
9780803213425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. This first-hand account of the Geneva Conference of 1954 shows the triumph of old-fashioned diplomacy, which Britain initiated and France completed and offers a better model for the 21st century to follow. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 1FML; 1FMV; GTB; GTJ; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333790007
ISBN
9780333790007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. * The first collection to explore the contribution that geographical thinking can make to our understanding of modern Britain. * Contains thirteen essays by leading scholars in the geography and history of twentieth--century Britain. * Focuses on how and why geographies of Britain have formed and changed over the past century. Editor(s): Gilbert, David; Matless, David; Short, Brian. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631235019
ISBN
9780631235019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00

Paperback. Based on presentations given at a session of a 2009 international conference sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; GTB; JFC; JFCX; JFD; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349332670
ISBN
9781349332670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

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