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Paperback. In 2002, as Sierra Leone prepared to announce the end of its brutal civil war, the distinguished anthropologist, poet, and novelist Michael Jackson returned to the country where he had intermittently lived and worked as an ethnographer since 1969. Here, he offers his reminiscences revisiting the site of his fieldwork from the 1970s. Num Pages: 232 pages, 23 b&w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333135
ISBN
9780822333135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. The helmet-shaped mapiko masks of Mozam-bique have garnered admiration from African art scholars and collectors alike, due to their striking aesthetics and their grotesque allure. This book restores to mapiko its historic and artistic context, charting in detail the transformations of this masquerading tradition throughout the twentieth century. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821420881
ISBN
9780821420881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816637270
ISBN
9780816637270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Hardback. Over 7,000 references from more than 600 journals to articles on: Ancient Near Eastern History; Nations and Peoples; Scientific Thought; Demography; Place Names; Geological Studies; Levitical Cities of Refuge; and an alphabetical listing of articles on cities and places within Israel/Palestine. Series: ATLA Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 544 pages, Plans, transparencies, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDA; GBC; GTB; HRCG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 35. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810821262
ISBN
9780810821262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.55

Hardback. After nearly three decades of research and editing over 600 journals spanning 200 years (from 1769 to 1969), Volume VIII incorporates two major sections: (1) Theological Studies (2) Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls. The entire series of eight volumes covers 1157 sections on all facets of the Ancient Near East and the Old Testament. Series: ATLA Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 536 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 1QDA; GBCR; GTB; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 148 x 34. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810836457
ISBN
9780810836457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.01

Paperback. A focused and accessible introduction to modern India by award-winning author Mira Kamdar, India in the 21st Century addresses the history, political and social structures, economic and financial system, and geopolitical landscape of a country set to play a critical role in how the world evolves in the coming decades. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JM; GTB; JP; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
OUP USA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199973590
ISBN
9780199973590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Hardcover. Editor(s): Surit, Lea M. Num Pages: 177 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 181 x 18. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600218132
ISBN
9781600218132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.92
€ 132.34

Paperback. Focuses on the representations and stereotypes of South Asian characters in American film and television. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 208 pages, 17 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; APF; APT; GTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078934
ISBN
9780252078934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Hardback. Focuses on the representations and stereotypes of South Asian characters in American film and television. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 208 pages, 17 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; APF; APT; GTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252037405
ISBN
9780252037405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Education. Num Pages: 360 pages, 38 photographs, 8 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; HBLH; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259669
ISBN
9780803259669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. This book looks at how indigenous peoples in various contexts have thought about, and responded to, the pressures that globalization has on their cultural, political, and geographical autonomy. Editor(s): Blaser, Mario; Costa, Ravi de; McGregor, Deborah; Coleman, William D. Series: Globalization and Autonomy Series. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817936
ISBN
9780774817936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.34

hardcover. Indonesia starts the millennium at a time of transition. This volume provides a wide-ranging analysis of the social and political dimensions of reformation - poverty and income, environment and livelihood, civil society and legal institutions, and Islam and politics. Editor(s): Manning, Chris; Diermen, Peter van. Num Pages: 408 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJPR; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
illustrated edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781856499231
ISBN
9781856499231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.20
€ 75.25

Paperback. What did it mean to be a man in colonial Latin America? This work provides a comprehensive analysis of how males, and specifically homosexual males, were represented in ares under both Spanish and Portugese control. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226757049
ISBN
9780226757049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.71

Hardback. Num Pages: 321 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493918140
ISBN
9781493918140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.46

Hardcover. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; KJK; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2003rd Edition
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403911285
ISBN
9781403911285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.47

Paperback. Explores how urban Southeast Asians view and manage their social life. By comparing the ways they live with their religious representations, with intimate and more distant others, and with their rapidly changing environment, the author demonstrates the marked similarities in the perception of individual and society in three civilisations. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747551235
ISBN
9789747551235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.02

Hardcover. Num Pages: 278 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: GTB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 187 x 23. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600210884
ISBN
9781600210884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.62
€ 140.00

Paperback. Drawn from a CODESRIA conference on 'Intellectuals and Nationalism', the essays of this book look at different responses to the African predicament from prominent writers like Soyinka, Ngugi, and Achebe, the military men in power and the students who defy repression. Editor(s): Beckman, Bjorn; Adeoti, Gbemisola. Series: Africa in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 135. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781842777657
ISBN
9781842777657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.20

Hardback. This bipartisan study analyzes how American presidents have used intellectuals to shape their images and advance their agendas. Tevi Troy examines how these advisers - the president's links to the academic community - create, nurture and bring ideas into the public policy realm. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCX; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742508255
ISBN
9780742508255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 35.83

paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; GTB; HBTR; JFSL9; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press United Kingdom
Condition
New
Edition
3rd ed.
SKU
V9781517901424
ISBN
9781517901424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.99

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