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Paperback. This work examines the dramatic transformation of one of the most important objects of worship in the Buddhist tradition - the Indian (male) bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, or the embodiment of compassion - into the (female) Chinese Kuan-yin, or the "Goddess of Mercy" Num Pages: 688 pages, 48 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120296
- ISBN
- 9780231120296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594546778
- ISBN
- 9781594546778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.66€ 56.51
€ 79.66
€ 56.51
Paperback. Provides valuable ethnographic insights into life along some of the most contentious borders in the world. This book includes essays that portray existence at different points across India's northern frontiers and, in one instance, along borders within India. Editor(s): Gellner, David N. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 photographs, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822355564
- ISBN
- 9780822355564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. The standard work on this complex period in Arab history is available once again with the addition of a new introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship in the field. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 3F; GTB; HBJF; HBLC; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415240734
- ISBN
- 9780415240734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.66
€ 56.66
Paperback. In this definitive study of the African diaspora in North America, Toyin Falola offers a causal history of the western dispersion of Africans and its effects on the modern world. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 454 pages, 48 black & white illustrations, 21 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBJH; JFFS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464536
- ISBN
- 9781580464536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.57
€ 52.99
€ 44.57
Hardcover. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403939951
- ISBN
- 9781403939951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.11€ 35.02
€ 95.11
€ 35.02
Paperback. Editor(s): Shambaugh, David; Yahuda, Michael B. Series: Asia in World Politics. Num Pages: 452 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442226401
- ISBN
- 9781442226401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.84
€ 66.84
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Chandos Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843342175
- ISBN
- 9781843342175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 9.73
€ 54.99
€ 9.73
Hardback. By focusing on such controversies and conflicts as the status of women, relations between the sexes, class antagonisms and the growth of a commercial mass culture, this book offers a new interpretation of the key decade of the 1920s and its significance for contemporary Thailand. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742501560
- ISBN
- 9780742501560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.20
€ 211.20
Hardcover. With China's accession to the World Trade Organization imminent, this book brings together the expert views of scholars, policy?makers and business representatives on the consequences of this historic event. Editor(s): Ash, Robert F. Num Pages: 332 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JP; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780700716616
- ISBN
- 9780700716616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.67
€ 14.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Blue Dome Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935295198
- ISBN
- 9781935295198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 463 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFFH2; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403997685
- ISBN
- 9781403997685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.15
€ 74.15
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851095254
- ISBN
- 9781851095254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.13€ 10.03
€ 51.13
€ 10.03
Paperback. Examines the political nature of culture and specifically literature. This title challenges the way the West has appropriated Africa with a particular emphasis on how 'imperialist' literature has been used to justify its dispossession and degradation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128. 128 pages. This work is an extended exploration of the European impact on African culture, viewed through the most vivid experience available to the author - his own life. It is an extended snapshot of a major writer's childhood, illuminating his roots as an artist. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight: 126.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841953854
- ISBN
- 9781841953854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. A political history of the Congolese democratic movement in the 20th century from a significant player in the country's struggle. Topics covered include: the brutality of colonial rule; independence in 1960; external inteference from the US; Mobutu's regime; and periodic warfare. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps, chronology, abbrev , acronyms, notes, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; 1HFJZ; 3JJP; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; JPFF; JPFK; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Second Impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842770535
- ISBN
- 9781842770535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.70
€ 38.70
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230217324
- ISBN
- 9780230217324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardback. Provides valuable ethnographic insights into life along some of the most contentious borders in the world. This book includes essays that portray existence at different points across India's northern frontiers and, in one instance, along borders within India. Editor(s): Gellner, David N. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 photographs, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822355427
- ISBN
- 9780822355427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.56
€ 116.56
Paperback. Charts Indonesia's turbulent decades of cultural repression and renewal amid the rise and fall of Suharto's New Order regime. This book illustrates ways in which the dissolution of the Indonesian state's monopoly on history is permitting national, local, and individual accounts and representations of the past to emerge. Editor(s): Zurbuchen, Mary Sabina. Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMN; GTB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984698
- ISBN
- 9780295984698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.30
€ 45.30
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€ 23.07
€ 33.99
€ 23.07
Hardcover. Addresses the topic of urban models with reference to large western cities and particularly to global cities. This title focuses on two principal urban models (renewal and restructuring) through PPPs and subsequently the relationship between state and market in fourteen Italian cities (renewal) and two central European cities. Num Pages: 270 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; RGCM; RGL; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540705079
- ISBN
- 9783540705079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.63
€ 128.63