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Hardback. Focusing on the body as a site of rupture and signification, this book shifts the paradigm for the study of modernity in the Arab context from questions of representation, translation, and cultural exchange to an engagement with a genealogy of symptoms and affects embodied in texts from the nineteenth-century onward. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251711
- ISBN
- 9780823251711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.23
€ 85.23
Hardback. This book examines Chinese culture under the condition of postsocialist modernity, in which market reforms have fundamentally altered the fields of film, literature, and cultural debate. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 table, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758741
- ISBN
- 9780804758741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.86
€ 139.86
hardcover. This book offers the nature and evolution of Japan's most ambitious postwar foreign policy, the Japanese challenge to the U.S.-led neoliberal world order in the politics of economic development. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758123
- ISBN
- 9780804758123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.27
€ 81.27
Hardback. Eddy U offers a new interpretation of socialism and its failure in the last century. Taking on the conventional view that socialist China and other Soviet-type societies represented the domination of bureaucracy, he argues that these societies were not bureaucratic enough. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756891
- ISBN
- 9780804756891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.31
€ 81.31
Hardback. Argues that Southern California is an economic model for the United States and the world. This book examines numerous pillars of the region's growth, including dynamic entrepreneurship; the rapid growth of international trade; the harnessing and development of new technologies; and the evolution of the entertainment industry. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 table, 5 figures, 9 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; GTB; KCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756259
- ISBN
- 9780804756259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.88
€ 40.99
€ 33.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Mills, James H. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 242 pages, 8+ halftone photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. 242 pages, 8+ halftone photographs. Editor(s): Mills, James H. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; WS. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Edition
- First Edition, First
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843311683
- ISBN
- 9781843311683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.61
€ 23.99
€ 16.61
In Belongings, Sally Miller illustrates how food and farm crises result from adherence to the rules of private property. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTB; JFCV; JPQB; RP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552668528
- ISBN
- 9781552668528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.67
€ 26.99
€ 23.67
Hardcover. Provides original insight into the co-construction of technology and subjectivity as well as the multiple forces that shape contemporary China Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 277 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; GTC; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795262
- ISBN
- 9780814795262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.45
€ 47.45
hardcover. This book is about the migrations for family reunion that have taken place in post-1997 Hong Kong between mothers and children living in mainland China and their long-absent husbands and fathers, residents of Hong Kong. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758130
- ISBN
- 9780804758130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.51
€ 71.51
hardcover. This book investigates the origins and mechanics of recent Chinese migration, focusing on the work and life of Fujianese migrants in the United Kingdom, Hungary, and Italy, and exploring the many transnational spaces that connect Fujianese across Europe, the United States, and China. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 maps, references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JJPR; 3JM; GTB; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749947
- ISBN
- 9780804749947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 280. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252062261
- ISBN
- 9780252062261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.88
€ 23.99
€ 21.88
The African Food Crisis. Lessons from the Asian Green Revolution.
. Ed(S): Djurfeldt, Goran; Holmen, Hans; Jirs...
Hardback. Examines why Asia can feed its rapidly growing population, but Africa experiences famine. Editor(s): Djurfeldt, Goran; Holmen, Hans; Jirstrom, Magnus; Larsson, R. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFSF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851999982
- ISBN
- 9780851999982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.74
€ 146.74
paperback. This is the story of two immigrants, William and Katherine Brueckmann, who started a new life in America's first industrial city, Paterson New Jersey Committed to a socialist dream, they struggled to improve life for fellow immigrants, but their vision of a socialist America was never realized. Num Pages: 205 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHMC; KND; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 9. Weight in Grams: 361.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823221349
- ISBN
- 9780823221349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.61
€ 41.99
€ 37.61
Paperback. Discusses how Chinese conceptions of nationalism were affected by the "discovery" of Hawaii as a centre of the Pacific, the Philippine revolution against the United States, and the relationship between nationality and ethnicity made apparent by the Boer War in South Africa. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328674
- ISBN
- 9780822328674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Firecracker Interactive Thailand
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789747100310
- ISBN
- 9789747100310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.79
€ 20.99
€ 20.79
Paperback. Focusing on the body as a site of rupture and signification, this book shifts the paradigm for the study of modernity in the Arab context from questions of representation, translation, and cultural exchange to an engagement with a genealogy of symptoms and affects embodied in texts from the nineteenth-century onward. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251728
- ISBN
- 9780823251728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Shows how Exilic Cubans, a once marginalized group, have risen to power and privilege - distinguishing themselves from other Hispanic communities in the United States - and how religion has figured in their ascension. This work explores intra-Hispanic structures of oppression operating among Cubans in Miami. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 1KJC; GTB; HR; JFSL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238527
- ISBN
- 9780520238527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.23
€ 40.99
€ 29.23
paperback. Offers a look at American ritual. This title focuses on the Miss America pageant in particular, considering its claim to be an accurate representation of the diversity of contemporary American women. It explores the cultural constructions and legitimations that go on during the long process of the pageant. Num Pages: 290 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSJ; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217911
- ISBN
- 9780520217911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
paperback. For postcolonial Africa, modernization was seen as a necessary outcome of the struggle for independence and as crucial to the success of its newly established states. This book includes 15 essays that address governance, production, and social life; and the role of media. Editor(s): Bloom, Peter J.; Miescher, Stephan F.; Manuh, Takyiwaa. Num Pages: 378 pages, 4 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; GTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012296
- ISBN
- 9780253012296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
paperback. With a focus on Willa Cather's artistic principle of "the thing not named," this book illuminates the contradictions and complexities inherent in notions of identity and shows how her fiction transforms the very categories-regarding gender, sexuality, race, and class-around which most recent Cather scholarship has focused. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; GTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326724
- ISBN
- 9780822326724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48