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Regional studies

Paperback. Reveals mask performance as an expression of individual and community identity. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 41 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1H; ASD; GTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216120
ISBN
9780253216120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Examines the Cambodian revolution before and after Pol Pot and attempts to explain the reasons for its ultimate failure. Num Pages: 387 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
387
Condition
New
SKU
V9789749575345
ISBN
9789749575345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Presents a comprehensive collection of research on Hmong culture and life in Asia. Editor(s): Tapp, Nicholas; Michaud, Jean; Culas, Christian; Lee, Gary Yia. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9789749575017
ISBN
9789749575017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.45

Paperback. An anthropological account of the multi-level dynamics that underlie the continuing electoral dominance of the Democrat Party in southern Thailand, a conspicuous anomaly in Thailand's political landscape. It includes a study of candidates, support groups, and election campaigns in the province of Songkhla in the eventful years 2004 and 2005. Num Pages: 408 pages, 20 figs. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FM; GTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 28. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9789749511381
ISBN
9789749511381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. A review of the politics and discourses of water use, sharing, and management, and their implications for local livelihoods. This book analyzes contested discourses on such topics as regional hydropower development, floods, and irrigation, along with the broader yet interrelated issues of gender, media, dialogue, and impact assessment. Editor(s): Lebel, Louis; Dore, John; Daniel, Rajesh; Koma, Yang Saing. Num Pages: 283 pages, b/w photos, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9789749511251
ISBN
9789749511251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 52.78

Paperback. Indonesia's 1998 reformation movement spawned numerous organizations aimed at either establishing an Islamic state or applying Islamic law. This book focuses on one such movement, Front Pembela Islam (FPI). It presents the biography of Habib Muhammad Rizieq Syihab, one of FPI's founding fathers and its head. Num Pages: 83 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3556 x 7. Weight in Grams: 137.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
83
Condition
New
SKU
V9789749511114
ISBN
9789749511114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. The Mekong is the focus of wide-ranging debates over development strategy, governance, legal issues, and environmental management. This title includes publication details and commentary on more than a thousand titles across a range of subject areas covering history, culture, natural resources, economics, social issues, politics, and security. Editor(s): Charnvit, Kasetsiri; Baker, Chris. Num Pages: 328 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FM; GBCR; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Silkworm Books Thailand
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9789748276304
ISBN
9789748276304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.76

Paperback. A history of northern Thailand between the 13th and 16th centuries. Num Pages: 88 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5193 x 3895 x 6. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9789747551327
ISBN
9789747551327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 316 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Premier Book Marketing Ltd Thailand
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747100648
ISBN
9789747100648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Explores the circulation of Hong Kong action cinema in Japan, Korea, India, Australia, France, and the United States, and its links with Taiwan, Singapore, and the Chinese mainland. This collection examines diverse cultural contexts for action cinema's popularity and the problems involved in the trans-national study of globally popular forms. Editor(s): Morris, Meaghan; Li, Siu Leung; Chan, Stephen Ching-Kiu. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; APFA; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932643015
ISBN
9781932643015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

paperback. Taking a look at white supremacy, this work argues that racism is a matter of interests as well as attitudes, a problem of property as well as pigment. This work shows how whiteness works in respect to Asian Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. It also analyzes the centrality of whiteness to US culture. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Revised, Expanded ed.
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592134946
ISBN
9781592134946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Examines the diasporic and transnational aspects of Asian-American literature and engages works of prose and poetry as aesthetic articulations of the fluid transnational identities formed by Asian-American writers. Editor(s): Lim, Shirley; Gamber, John Blair; Sohn, Stephen Hong; Valentino, Gina. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592134519
ISBN
9781592134519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Presents the attacks on the United States in historical perspective. This volume comments on the dangers of seeing the events of September 11 as splitting the nation's history into "before" and "after." It argues eloquently that no useful understanding of the present is possible without an unobstructed view of the past. Editor(s): Rosenzweig, Roy. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; GTB; HBJK; HBLX; JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781592132034
ISBN
9781592132034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. A collection of essays that asks readers to reconsider who represents Asian America and what constitutes its history. Defining the early period as spanning the nineteenth century and the 1960s, it speaks to the difficulty of recovering a past that was largely unrecorded as well as understanding the varied experiences of peoples of Asian descent. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 18. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566399647
ISBN
9781566399647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.90

paperback. Presents an account of how Chinese are being smuggled into the United States, and what happens to the people who risk their lives to reach Gold Mountain. This book shows how the problem of human smuggling will continue for as long as China's citizens are deprived of fundamental human rights and economic security. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 221 pages, 24 tables, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; GTB; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566397339
ISBN
9781566397339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. "Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso. Editor(s): Manalansan, Martin F.; Espiritu, Augusto. Num Pages: 464 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMP; GTB; HBJF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479884353
ISBN
9781479884353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Analyzing contemporaneous and contemporary works that re-imagine the "Hottentot Venus"; reflections on the representation of a black female icon Editor(s): Willis, Deborah. Num Pages: 256 pages, 42 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1HFM; 1K; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781439902059
ISBN
9781439902059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Paperback. Presents general observations on the immensely rich and diversified artistic heritage of sub-Saharan Africa. This book examines the relationship between contemporary and so-called traditional African arts. It shows that many African works were originally part of an ensemble or one element of a performance. Num Pages: 128 pages, 82 illus., 68 in color. BIC Classification: 1HF; ACBK; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 8096 x 5499 x 13. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cleveland Museum of Art,The,U.S. United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780940717763
ISBN
9780940717763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. This volume consists of twenty studies on problems related to "transition to democracy" in central and eastern Europe during the decade following the collapse of communist states. The book focuses on preconditions and problems of transitions, case studies, patterns of performance and consolidation and inter-regional comparative aspects. Editor(s): Berg-Schlosser, Dirk; Vetik, Raivo. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880334716
ISBN
9780880334716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877277309
ISBN
9780877277309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

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