Regional studies
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Regional studies
paperback. Essays examining how Irish identity is performed and commodified in the contemporary transnational environment, in Frank McCourt's writing, the explosion of Irish-themed merchandising, the practices of heritage seekers and in the movie The Crying Game Editor(s): Negra, Diane. Num Pages: 392 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; APF; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 264 x 30. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822337409
- ISBN
- 9780822337409
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.38
€ 35.99
€ 32.38
hardcover. Provides fresh perspectives on colonialism, tourism, imagery, and the anthropology of place Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJM; JHM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991016
- ISBN
- 9780295991016
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Condition: New
€ 119.48
€ 119.48
paperback. The Valley of South Texas is a region of puzzling contradictions, but the Valley typically experiences high unemployment and low per capita income. This book clarifies why Valley culture presents so many apparent contradictions as they delve into issues that are 'on the edge of the law'. Num Pages: 367 pages, 38 figures, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JHMC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292714755
- ISBN
- 9780292714755
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.63
€ 38.99
€ 35.63
paperback. A historical overview and analysis of fourteen landmark Supreme Court cases that have significantly affected Latino rights in such areas as education, the administration of criminal justice, voting rights, employment, and immigration. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; GTB; JKV; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292714113
- ISBN
- 9780292714113
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.96
€ 29.99
€ 26.96
hardcover. Reveals that Chinese Americans began 'shooting hoops' nearly a century before Chinese superstar Yao Ming turned pro. Drawing on interviews with players and coaches, this book takes readers back to San Francisco in the 1930s and 1940s, when young Chinese American men and women developed a new approach to the game - with fast breaks. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19 Halftones, 1 Figure. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 534. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592139422
- ISBN
- 9781592139422
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Condition: New
€ 30.13
€ 30.13
paperback. Employing literary, historical, and anthropological techniques, this title attempts to generate a new understanding of issues that permeate discussions of Africa by disrupting the centrality of postcolonial texts and focusing instead on the cultural and intellectual production of colonial Africans. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5703 x 3971 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326410
- ISBN
- 9780822326410
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816644001
- ISBN
- 9780816644001
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1KLSB; 2ADP; GTB; HBJD; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816638178
- ISBN
- 9780816638178
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
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
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Paperback. Studies admission records to Soviet Communist party cells in the 1920s for what they reveal about the politics of self-representation in Bolshevik political culture Series: Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1DVUA; GTB; HBG; HBLW; HBTV4; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991122
- ISBN
- 9780295991122
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.33
€ 34.99
€ 31.33
paperback. Odessa--celebrated and vilifi ed as a Jewish city of sin Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; GTB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223289
- ISBN
- 9780253223289
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.16
€ 31.99
€ 29.16
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219534
- ISBN
- 9780253219534
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
hardcover. This comprehensive dictionary provides descriptive and analytical coverage of the turbulent political history and striking changes which have occurred both regionally and in key countries since the end of 1945 to the present day. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415238755
- ISBN
- 9780415238755
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Condition: New
€ 151.64
€ 151.64
Paperback. When the winter ice melted in April 1850, residents of Saco, Maine, made a gruesome discovery: the body of a young girl submerged in a stream. She was identified as a Canadian mill worker named Berengera Caswell. This work features two accounts of her death, both fictional, and an introduction that places these accounts in a historical context. Series: True Crime History. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, notes, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BTC; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873389181
- ISBN
- 9780873389181
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.46
€ 35.99
€ 30.46
paperback. A feminist and performance studies-oriented ethnography of the on- and offstage lives of a group of traveling artists in southern India and their complex relation to their deviant status in the larger culture. Num Pages: 464 pages, 62 illus. (incl. 10 in color), 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AN; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 28. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334439
- ISBN
- 9780822334439
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.65
€ 36.99
€ 33.65
Paperback. The first complete translation into English of this Tibetan text, together with the informative commentary by the 8th century master Buddhaguhya. This text is of seminal importance for the history of Buddhist Tantra, especially as very little has been published concerning the origins of Tantra in India. Num Pages: 580 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; GTB; HP; HRA; RGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1065.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138980150
- ISBN
- 9781138980150
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Condition: New
€ 60.72
€ 60.72
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
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Condition: New
€ 58.92
€ 58.92
hardcover. An anthology of international voices, exploring provocative images of Muslim women from around the globe in literature, visual arts, journalism, and other media Editor(s): Shirazi, Faegheh. Num Pages: 319 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HRJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780292721890
- ISBN
- 9780292721890
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Condition: New
€ 69.51
€ 69.51
Hardcover. The worship of Confucious is one of the least understood aspects of Confucianism, even though the temple and the cult were visible signs of Confucianism's existence in imperial China. This collection is an attempt to recover the meaning and significance of the religious side of Confucianism. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 380 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRKN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009615
- ISBN
- 9780674009615
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.32
€ 49.99
€ 41.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Shin, Gi-Wook; Robinson, Michael. Num Pages: 472 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005945
- ISBN
- 9780674005945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.45
€ 27.99
€ 24.45