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Regional studies

Paperback. An investigation of the creation and circulation of Western medical discourses linking ideas about disease to Chinese identity, beginning in the eighteenth century. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 248 pages, 42 illustrations, incl. 8 in color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341130
ISBN
9780822341130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Explores a key period in the making of the modern West. Although the notion of 'dual revolutions,' economic in Britain and political in France, has been vigorously challenged, this book finds that 'revolutionary' is an apt description of the important cultural transformations that took place in both France and Britain at the onset of modernity. Editor(s): Jones, Colin; Wahrman, Dror. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520229679
ISBN
9780520229679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.65

paperback. Editor(s): Garon, Sheldon; Maclachlan, Patricia L. Num Pages: 328 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFFT; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801473029
ISBN
9780801473029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.75

Paperback. Offers a chronology and orientation of the United States mixed with scholarly insight. This book is a timeline: it organises the political, social, literary, and cultural events of each year of the twentieth century, plus the beginning of the 21st century, with short essays suggesting how these many events fit into larger patterns. Num Pages: 151 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
151
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776742508
ISBN
9788776742508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.71

Hardback. Presents studies of Americanization and American imperialism to assess how far the twentieth century can be seen as the 'American Century'. This title explores the 'geographic dialogues' that arise as the result of the projection of American power and culture in the world. Editor(s): Slater, David; Taylor, Peter J. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 174 x 30. Weight in Grams: 868.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631212218
ISBN
9780631212218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.92

Paperback. Presents studies of Americanization and American imperialism to assess how far the twentieth century can be seen as the "American Century". This book provides a critical evaluation of the extent of the diffusion and adoption of the "American way of life" and the very concept of "America" itself. Editor(s): Slater, David; Taylor, Peter J. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Oxford
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631212225
ISBN
9780631212225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.59

Paperback. This broad-ranging survey considers the importance of the Western in American history. It explores the interconnections between the Western (in literature, film and history) and America in the 20th century Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; APFA; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748621415
ISBN
9780748621415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Provides an understanding of the vital role of performance in the Americas. This title shows how the repertoire of embodied memory - conveyed in gestures, the spoken word, movement, dance, song, and other performances - offers alternative perspectives to a reconsideration of historical processes of transnational contact. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 352 pages, 111 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1K; AS; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Second Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331230
ISBN
9780822331230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. An interdisciplinary anthology that includes many primary materials never before published in English. Editor(s): Nouzeilles, Gabriela; Montaldo, Graciela. Series: The Latin American Readers. Num Pages: 600 pages, 43 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 866.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
600
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329145
ISBN
9780822329145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.09

Paperback. Presents a translation of a "Miao album" - a Chinese genre originating in the eighteenth century that used prose, poetry, and illustrations to represent minority ethnic groups living in frontier regions under imperial Chinese control. This title provides 82 illustrations from the original album and the corresponding Chinese calligraphic text. Translator(s): Deal, David. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 208 pages, 180 illus., 16 in color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 7. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295986166
ISBN
9780295986166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. Provides an overview of the Atlantic world, since the 15th century, by exploring the major themes that define the study of this region. This work discusses topics such as: Contact with Europeans in Africa and the Americas, the slave trade, gender and race in the early Atlantic world, independence movements in Africa, and Caribbean nationalism. Editor(s): Falola, Toyin; Roberts, Kevin D. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 408 pages, 7 figures, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219435
ISBN
9780253219435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; GTB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608463244
ISBN
9781608463244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.56

Paperback. Lary May offers a reexamination of the connections between national politics and Hollywood movies, and an interpretation of American culture from the New Deal through the Cold War. Num Pages: 364 pages, 69 halftones, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; APFA; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226511634
ISBN
9780226511634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.48

Paperback. Analyses representations of female and male bodies in the Croatian and Serbian press in the late 1980s, and in early 1990s during the war in which Yugoslavia disintegrated. This book proposes that the Balkan war was not a war between ethnic groups; rather, ethnicity was produced by the war itself. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVW; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339663
ISBN
9780822339663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. A fully revised and updated edition of this influential work of scholarship. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 540 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; AB; DSBB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 766. A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. 538 pages, 30 b/w illus. A fully revised and updated edition of this influential work of scholarship. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; AB; DSBB; GTB. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 27. Weight: 870.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
534
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521716314
ISBN
9780521716314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 44.82

Paperback. A history of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians from the perspective of international law that examines the extent to which legitimate interests remain to be fulfilled. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPS; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Rev Upd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822335399
ISBN
9780822335399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Following on the heels of the Harlem Renaissance, the Chicago Renaissance was a resonant flourishing of African American arts, literature, theatre, music, and intellectualism, from 1930 to 1955. This work demonstrates the complexity of black women's many vital contributions to this unique cultural flowering. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 photographs; 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBBNC; GTB; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 458. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072932
ISBN
9780252072932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295958330
ISBN
9780295958330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Hardback. Wing Chung Ng captures the fascinating story of the city's Chinese in their search for identity. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, maps, tables. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBC; 3JJP; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774807326
ISBN
9780774807326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.65

Paperback. Wing Chung Ng captures the fascinating story of the city's Chinese in their search for identity. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations, maps, tables. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBCB; 3JJP; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774807333
ISBN
9780774807333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.28

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