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Regional studies

Hardcover. This volume presents research on craft workers within and outside the guild structure of the Muslim Mediterranean world. Individual chapters range from the Ottoman Empire to traditional style crafts in 20th century Turkey and Egypt such as tanning or the manual production of copper vessels. Series: Islamic Mediterranean. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 b/w pictures. BIC Classification: 1FB; AFT; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 37. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860647000
ISBN
9781860647000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.49
€ 136.24

Hardback. A filmmaker of truly international renown and the recipient of the Cannes Film Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award, Youssef Chahine is the director of one of the most diverse and prestigious bodies of work. This title also demonstrates how Chahine's intensely personal autobiographical trilogy spoke to the concerns of the Egyptian intelligentsia. Series: World Directors. Num Pages: 202 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; APFB; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
British Film Institute
Number of pages
202
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851708591
ISBN
9780851708591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 95.86

Hardcover. Using various sources, including diaries and letters, this book contributes to the study of Gertrude Bell's colourful life - exploring the personal passions, desires and relationships that drove her - and to an understanding of the background behind the creation of modern Iraq. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJ; BGH; GTB; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850434153
ISBN
9781850434153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 59.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; GTB; JHB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783605743
ISBN
9781783605743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.60

Hardback. A revolutionary archaeological discovery--considered by some to be as momentous as the revelation of the Dead Sea Scrolls--sheds fascinating new light on one of the most important texts of ancient Chinese civilization. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDC; GTB; HPDF; HRKN5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118163
ISBN
9780231118163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.41

Paperback. Presents a forum for debate between the different African cinematic communities (including North African filmmakers). This book features topics that range from the problems of production, exhibition, and distribution to questions of 'modernity', postcolonial theory, and the presence of western cultural imperialism. Editor(s): Givanni, June. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; APF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
British Film Institute
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851708553
ISBN
9780851708553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.01

Hardcover. This text looks at how since Robert Mugabe came to power with a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist programme, ethos and world view, Zimbabwe's position on the world stage has been affected by considerations of international political realities and has had to jettison much of its ideological radicalism. Series: International Library of African Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; GTB; JPF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 381.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860646478
ISBN
9781860646478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.49
€ 137.06

Hardcover. Editor(s): Smith, William; Wayte, William; Marandin, G.E. Num Pages: 2061 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; GBC; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 180 x 101. Weight in Grams: 3116.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
2061
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845110000
ISBN
9781845110000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 591.62

Hardcover. Focuses on the relationship between the law and the concept of the person in modern Arab societies. It directly addresses the questions of continuities, transformations and ruptures of such notions, combining legal, historical and socio-legal perspectives. Editor(s): Dupret, Baudouin. Series: Islamic Mediterranean. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HBTB; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 36. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860649974
ISBN
9781860649974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.49
€ 137.06

Hardcover. Sheds light on the political liberalisation in the Persian gulf, revealing varying levels of commitment to reform across eight Gulf states as they respond to the challenges of increased wealth and education levels, a developing middle class, external actors, and competing social and political groups. Editor(s): Teitelbaum, Joshua. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850659280
ISBN
9781850659280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 63.58

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HRAM2; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474417990
ISBN
9781474417990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.12

Paperback. Situating the ginans - a large corpus of hymns and poems - in the larger context of Sufi, Bhakti and Sant poetry in medieval India, the author explores their history, characteristics, themes and prosody, as well as the unique Khojki script in which they were recorded. Series: Ismaili Heritage Series. Num Pages: 212 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; DSC; GTB; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 214 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860648281
ISBN
9781860648281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.60

Hardcover. Editor(s): Najam, Adil; Yusuf, Moeed. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 338 pages, 30+ tables and figures. BIC Classification: 1FK; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 664.
Publisher
Anthem Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857280749
ISBN
9780857280749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137579607
ISBN
9781137579607
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.15

Paperback. Chicago's Southwest Side is one of the last remaining footholds for the city's white working class, a little-studied and little-understood segment of the American population. This book paints a complex portrait of the working-class community known as Beltway. Num Pages: 217 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; GTB; JFSC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
217
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520235434
ISBN
9780520235434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.11

Hardback. .
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781498505338
ISBN
9781498505338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 17.34

Paperback. Presents a feminist study that argues against the idea that the popularity of body work means that women are enslaved to a male-fashioned 'beauty myth'. This title demonstrates that women actually use body work to escape that beauty myth. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
181
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228566
ISBN
9780520228566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.88

Hardback. On a freezing winter's night, a few hours before dawn on May 12, 1969, South African security police stormed the Soweto home of activist and wife of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela, and arrested her in the presence of her two young daughters, then aged nine and ten. This title tells her story. Series: Modern African Writing Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; GTB; HBJH; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 463.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821421024
ISBN
9780821421024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.12

Hardback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
335
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415820813
ISBN
9780415820813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.25
€ 109.50

Hardback. .
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810828223
ISBN
9780810828223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.05
€ 24.10

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