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Regional studies

Hardback. Focusing on institutional history, this book explores the Pekin Theater's philosophy of hiring only African American staff, its embrace of multi-racial upper class audiences, and its ready assumption of roles as diverse as community center, social club, and fundraising instrument. Series: New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 black and white photographs, 15 musical examples, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AN; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252038365
ISBN
9780252038365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.70

Paperback. London's masterpiece of investigative journalism reveals the poverty of the East End of London -- a critique of capitalism that still rings true today. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BG; DSBH; DSK; GTB; JFFA; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 136 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Second Edition, Centenary Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745318028
ISBN
9780745318028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.01

Paperback. Examines the Cambodian revolution before and after Pol Pot and attempts to explain the reasons for its ultimate failure. Num Pages: 387 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
387
Condition
New
SKU
V9789749575345
ISBN
9789749575345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages, b/w photos & tables. BIC Classification: 1FBX; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Mage Publishers United States
Edition
Paperback Original
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933823393
ISBN
9781933823393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.83

Paperback. Collects twelve of Georgia Douglas Johnson's one-act plays. This work provides a brief overview of Johnson's career and significance as a playwright; sections on the creative environment in which she worked; and a discussion of her genres, themes, and artistic techniques. Editor(s): Stephens, Judith L. Num Pages: 216 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; AN; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 251 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252073335
ISBN
9780252073335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.07

Hardcover. Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; 2ABM; DSBF; DSC; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Edition
2003rd Edition
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, Hampshire
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403933164
ISBN
9781403933164
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.56
€ 36.78

Paperback. A vivid, subtle and disturbing account of what people do in the aftermath of a major 'natural' disaster, this book will change your way of thinking about such calamities and their impact on the human spirit. Series: Society and History in the Indian Ocean. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JMC; GTB; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042871
ISBN
9781849042871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.89

Hardback. Challenges the notion that anti-Westernism in the Muslim world is a political and Offers a perspective on how religious tradition and the experience of European colonialism interacted with Muslim and non-Muslim discontent with globalization, the international order, and modernization. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QFM; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 620. Visions of World Order in Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asian Thought. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. 320 pages. Challenges the notion that anti-Westernism in the Muslim world is a political and Offers a perspective on how religious tradition and the experience of European colonialism interacted with Muslim and non-Muslim discontent with globalization, the international order, and modernization. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QFM; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JPS. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 20. Weight: 622.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137782
ISBN
9780231137782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.02

Paperback. Politics and culture in everyday apparel Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 200 pages, 30 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFD; AKTA; GTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223135
ISBN
9780253223135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Szanton, David L. Series: Global, Area, and International Archive. Num Pages: 435 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
435
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245365
ISBN
9780520245365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.88

Paperback. Missionary work, arising from a sense of pity, helped convince the British that they were a benevolent people. Stevens relates this to the rise of the cult of sensibility, when philosophers argued that humans were inherently good because they felt sorrow at the sign of suffering. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812219678
ISBN
9780812219678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. This text describes the historical interrelationships in Europe between population, land, resources, and disease. By integrating the key component of culture the author provides a social and narrative history, from the first peopling of Europe to the end of the 20th century. Series: Making of Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; HBJD; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 187 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631218814
ISBN
9780631218814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.28

paperback. Taking a look at white supremacy, this work argues that racism is a matter of interests as well as attitudes, a problem of property as well as pigment. This work shows how whiteness works in respect to Asian Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. It also analyzes the centrality of whiteness to US culture. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Revised, Expanded ed.
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592134946
ISBN
9781592134946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardback. Features an analysis of the Asian financial crisis and its impacts on the economies of the region by thirty-five scholars and professionals working in the area. This volume contains a detailed analysis of the root causes of the crisis. It presents the analysis with a quantitative approach and also a more qualitative approach. Editor(s): Hooley, R.; Yoo, J.H.; Dutta, Manoranjan. Series: Research in Asian Economic Studies. Num Pages: 834 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; GTN; KCH; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 67. Weight in Grams: 1300. Series: Research in Asian Economic Studies. 834 pages. Editor(s): Hooley, R.; Yoo, J.H.; Dutta, Manoranjan. Features an analysis of the Asian financial crisis and its impacts on the economies of the region by thirty-five scholars and professionals working in the area. This volume contains a detailed analysis of the root causes of the crisis. It presents the analysis with a quantitative approach and also a more qualitative approach. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; GTN; KCH; KFF. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 67. Weight: 1300.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Number of pages
834
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762308132
ISBN
9780762308132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.97

Paperback. A comparative account of the organized violence in the Caucasus region, looking at four key areas: Chechnya, Karabakh (including Armenia and Azerbaijan), Georgia, and Dagestan Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1DVU; GTB; HBJD; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814797242
ISBN
9780814797242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardback. Analyzes how turn-of-the-twentieth-century male and female writers, educators, and activists reinterpreted both historical Chinese and modern Western women's biographies to promote their divergent visions of womanhood and nationhood. Num Pages: 416 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755894
ISBN
9780804755894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 149 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
149
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865974098
ISBN
9780865974098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. A Marxist interpretation of Korean migrant workers struggles in Japan during the 1920s and 1930s. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 tables, 1 map, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTB; HBJF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822344179
ISBN
9780822344179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. At the time of his arrest by French paratroopers during the Battle of Algiers in June of 1957, Henri Alleg was a French journalist who supported Algerian independence. He was interrogated for one month. During this imprisonment, Alleg was questioned under torture. This book presents an account of that month and of his triumph over his torturers. Num Pages: 74 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB; HB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
Bison Books Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259607
ISBN
9780803259607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.95

paperback. Argues that crucial twentieth-century revolutionary challenges to colonialism and capitalism in the Americas have failed to resist - and in fact have been constitutively related to - the very developmentalist narratives that have justified and naturalized post-war capitalism. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFC; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331667
ISBN
9780822331667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.78

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