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paperback. This title presents case studies of public participation in democratic governance in South Africa. It examines the voluntary activities by which members of the public share in the processes of governance through democratic institutions. Num Pages: 313 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; GTB; JPHV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 209 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
HSRC Press South Africa
Number of pages
313
Condition
New
SKU
V9780796919830
ISBN
9780796919830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.49

Hardback. Throughout her six-decade career, Camille Patha's painting has oscillated between the figurative and the abstract. Patha began painting gestural abstraction in the 1960s then deliberately explored various painting styles, including hard-edged abstraction and surrealist-infused photorealism and, finally, a return to abstraction. Num Pages: 96 pages, 49 color illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6466 x 5193 x 16. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Tacoma Art Museum United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780924335402
ISBN
9780924335402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.64

Hardback. In The Pursuit of Happiness in Times of War, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carl M. Cannon shows how the single phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is one of remarkable historical power. Series: American Political Challenges. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JHM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742525917
ISBN
9780742525917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.45

Hardcover. The expression 'national systems of innovation' was introduced in the 1980s to emphasize the interdependence between technical and institutional change. For many reasons, the work on Africa is especially important. No continent has a more complex pattern Num Pages: 361 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 28. Weight in Grams: 822.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
SKU
V9788773077092
ISBN
9788773077092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.59

Paperback. Tracing the history of Western and Arab fascination with Egypt through spurious hunts for lost civilizations and the new economic disparities brought about by the oil industry, this title describes the ways in which moments of cultural contact, driven by tourism and labour migration, become eye-opening opportunities for defining self and other. Num Pages: 296 pages, 49 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1F; 1HBE; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292717022
ISBN
9780292717022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 tables, 1 maps, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1FBXQ; GTB; JPS; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
With a New Preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456770
ISBN
9780801456770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.94

Paperback. By exploring the delta as a quagmire in both natural and political terms, Biggs shows how engineered transformations of the Mekong Delta landscape-channelized rivers, a complex canal system, hydropower development, deforestation-have interacted with equally complex transformations in the geopolitics of the region. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 illustrations, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991993
ISBN
9780295991993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. By exploring the delta as a quagmire in both natural and political terms, Biggs shows how engineered transformations of the Mekong Delta landscape-channelized rivers, a complex canal system, hydropower development, deforestation-have interacted with equally complex transformations in the geopolitics of the region. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 32 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990675
ISBN
9780295990675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.03

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814770115
ISBN
9780814770115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. From the 1850s and the Civil War to emancipation and the official end of Reconstruction in 1877, this work examines slave emancipation and opposition to it as a national event with social, political, and cultural consequences. It analyzes multiple views of black child to demonstrate how Americans contested and defended slavery and its abolition. Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814796337
ISBN
9780814796337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Peter S. Field contends that Ralph Waldo Emerson was America's first democratic intellectual and a democrat in two senses: his writings are imbued with an optimistic, confident ethos; and, more importantly, he acted the part of the democrat by bringing culture to all Americans. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; GTB; JFCX; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847688432
ISBN
9780847688432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Paperback. While some religious texts may remain static over time, the "Ramayana" epic has been retold in a variety of ways over the centuries and across South Asia. This collection brings together re-tellings translated from the four major South Indian languages and from genres as diverse as drama, short stories, poetry, and folk song. Editor(s): Richman, Paula. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 b&w photos, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219534
ISBN
9780253219534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.08

Hardback. Munshi Premchand is a pioneering figure in modern Hini literature. This is a translation of his Hindi novel, Rangbhumi (1924-5), which is about the tensions between the rulers and the ruled. Set in the period between the 1920s and 1930s, it captures and celebrates the unassailable spirit of the common man, especially the farming community. Translator(s): King, Christopher. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; FA; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 52. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195667127
ISBN
9780195667127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.37

Hardcover. Editor(s): Kossew, Sue; Schwerdt, Dianne. Series: Horizons in Post-Colonial Studies. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590331002
ISBN
9781590331002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.89
€ 65.38

Paperback. Editor(s): Arnaut, Karel. Series: Contributions in Critical Museology & Material Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 124ill. BIC Classification: 1H; GM; GTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 270 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 888.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Horniman Museum & Gardens United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780951814185
ISBN
9780951814185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.63

Hardcover. A collection of essays honoring the work of medievalist Robert W. Hanning. Contributors cover a range of fields within medieval studies, from Anglo-Saxon England to twelfth-century European intellectual culture, from Chaucer's age to nineteenth and twentieth-century medievalism, including a section on Italian Renaissance humanism and visual art. Editor(s): Stein, Robert M.; Prior, Sandra Pierson. Num Pages: 504 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; GTB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 38. Weight in Grams: 968.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268041113
ISBN
9780268041113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.49

Paperback. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, America finds itself on the brink of a racial consciousness. This title examines the processes of racial identification and their implications by looking at the case of American Indians. Num Pages: 250 pages, 7 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520229778
ISBN
9780520229778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.15

Hardback. Theodore Rosenof details how realignment theory emerged as the predominant explanation of electoral change and how, after decades of analysis, it remains a subject of continuing influence and controversy. The first history of this important theory, Realignment weaves history and political science into a compelling look at American elections. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742531048
ISBN
9780742531048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.27

Paperback. This book, the fifteenth and final volume of the series The Making of Modern Freedom, explores a variety of issues surrounding questions of human rights and freedom in China. Editor(s): Kirby, William C. Series: The Making of Modern Freedom Series. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804752329
ISBN
9780804752329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. Examines the rationale and ideals behind Park's philosophy of national development Editor(s): Kim, Hyung-A; Sorensen, Clark W. Series: Center for Korean Studies Publication. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991405
ISBN
9780295991405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

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