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Regional studies
Hardback. Critics have claimed that Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a primitivist who was uncritically preoccupied with "noble savages," and that he remained oblivious to the African slave trade and so used "slavery" and "freedom" callously. This book demonstrates why these charges are wrong. Series: Just Ideas. Num Pages: 356 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; HPC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 33. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257294
- ISBN
- 9780823257294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Hardback. The life of Howard Johnson, nicknamed "Stretch" because of his height (6'5"), epitomizes the cultural and political odyssey of a generation of African Americans who transformed the United States from a closed society to a multiracial democracy. Series: Empire State Editions. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; GTB; HBJK; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256532
- ISBN
- 9780823256532
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.61
€ 35.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Highlighting race as both an overt and underlying force that shaped life in and beyond the Zone, this title details how local traditions and colonial policies interacted and frequently clashed. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 photographs, 1 table, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356783
- ISBN
- 9780822356783
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Condition: New
€ 39.58
€ 39.58
Hardback. Leviathans at the Gold Mine is an ethnography about the Ipili, an indigenous group in Papua New Guinea; an enormous gold mine operated by an international conglomerate on Ipili land; and the process through which "the Ipili" and "the mine" brought each other into being as entities. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; GTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354949
- ISBN
- 9780822354949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353188
- ISBN
- 9780822353188
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Shows how the complex interplay of feminism, nationalism, empire, and modernity helped shape conceptions of the transpacific Filipina Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 2AB; DSBH; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460. The Making of the Modern Filipina. 320 pages, 14 photographs. Shows how the complex interplay of feminism, nationalism, empire, and modernity helped shape conceptions of the transpacific Filipina. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 2AB; DSBH; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353164
- ISBN
- 9780822353164
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.72
€ 31.99
€ 28.72
Paperback. A new edition of the earliest English-language account of the Haitian Revolution. Originally published in 1805, the narrative played a significant role in establishing nineteenth-century world opinion of that momentous event. Editor(s): Youngquist, Paul; Pierrot, Gregory. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546. 392 pages, 17 illustrations, 1 map. Editor(s): Youngquist, Paul; Pierrot, Gregory. This new edition of Marcus Rainsford's An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti, the first complete narrative in English of the Haitian Revolution, is the first to appear since the original publication in 1805. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KJH; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 25. Weight: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352884
- ISBN
- 9780822352884
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. In Beyond Shandri-La, a former CIA officer provides unique insight into the efforts of the U.S. government and committed U.S. citizens to support a free Tibet. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 376 pages, 22 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJF; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550. America and Tibet's Move into the Twenty-first Century. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. 384 pages, 22 illustrations, 1 map. Beyond Shangri-La provides unique insight into the efforts of the U.S. government and committed U.S. citizens to support a free Tibet. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJF; JHB; JPA. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352341
- ISBN
- 9780822352341
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. In River of Hope, Omar S. Valerio-Jimenez examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 photos, 10 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532. Forging Identity and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands. 384 pages, 19 photographs, 10 tables, 3 maps. Examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the Lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JFSL; JHMC. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351856
- ISBN
- 9780822351856
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Early Photography and the Making of African American Identity. 408 pages, 71 photographs. Editor(s): Wallace, Maurice O.; Smith, Shawn Michelle. Brings to light the wide-ranging practices of early African American photography, as well as the effects of photography on racialized thinking. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; GTB; JFC; JHMP. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 29. Weight: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350859
- ISBN
- 9780822350859
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Based on ethnographic research with Dominicans in New York City, a pioneering analysis of how gay immigrant men of color negotiate race, sexuality, and power in their daily lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFSK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349457
- ISBN
- 9780822349457
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. A critique of claims regarding the free movement of goods, people, services, and capital throughout Europe. It interrogates European discourses on free movement and a utopian unity-in-diversity in light of contemporary debates and practices in Europe, social and cultural theories, historical texts, media representations, and critical art projects. Num Pages: 220 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345794
- ISBN
- 9780822345794
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. An investigation into how government persists under even the most untenable conditions, based on an analysis of government in Gaza between 1917 and 1967. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 b&w photos, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342403
- ISBN
- 9780822342403
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Asks what happens when perpetrators publicly admit or discuss their actions. This book contends that public confessions do not settle the past. It argues that this debate and the public confessions that trigger it are healthy for democratic processes of political participation, freedom of expression, and contestation of political ideas. Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; GTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340829
- ISBN
- 9780822340829
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Deals with central problem in modern Spanish history-- why did civil war break out in 1936-- arguing that cultural representations of earlier revolution helped trigger the war through focus on social tensions around religion and gender. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DSE; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339434
- ISBN
- 9780822339434
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.63
€ 27.99
€ 26.63
Paperback. An ethnographic analysis of the ways that, during the 1990s, Turkish citizens began to express nostalgia for the secularist and nationalist foundations of the Turkish Republic. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1DVP; 1F; GTB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338956
- ISBN
- 9780822338956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Scholars of history, anthropology, literature, and film explore the transformations in Japanese politics, culture, and society since Japan s recession of the early 1990s. Editor(s): Yoda, Tomiko; Harootunian, Harry. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338130
- ISBN
- 9780822338130
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. A significant contribution to both political theory and China studies, this volume provides a critical assessment of the past and future Chinese socialism. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337980
- ISBN
- 9780822337980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337683
- ISBN
- 9780822337683
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. A study of South Asian Americans which views both their identity and that of America as constructed transnationally between the U.S. and India. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335443
- ISBN
- 9780822335443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67