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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
€ 39.56

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

€ 79.61
€ 55.92

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
€ 28.42

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

€ 56.22

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
€ 44.26

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

€ 95.06
€ 34.67

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

€ 63.97

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Chandos Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843342175
ISBN
9781843342175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 9.62

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

€ 199.15

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

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
€ 13.35

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

€ 72.13

Hardcover. .
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851095254
ISBN
9781851095254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.10
€ 9.94

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
€ 10.74

Hardback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230217324
ISBN
9780230217324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

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

€ 114.89

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

€ 43.04

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
€ 22.83

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

€ 125.11

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FBN; GTB; HBJF1; HPS; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816699490
ISBN
9780816699490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

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