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Regional studies

Paperback. A cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt and its material culture, from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDAE; GTB; HDD; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339922
ISBN
9780822339922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. The first systematic study of the evolution of Islamic politics in Iran and Turkey, based on primary documents from both countries Num Pages: 322 pages, 16 b&w photographs, 8 charts/graphs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
322
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292728837
ISBN
9780292728837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Examines the role of television in public space at different points in the history of the medium. The author explores the significance of this pervasive phenomenon, tracing the forms of conflict, commerce, and community that television generates outside the home. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 328 pages, 32 b&w photographs, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1K; APF; APT; GTB; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326922
ISBN
9780822326922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.87

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199948796
ISBN
9780199948796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. The May 1926 coup d'etat in Poland inaugurated what has become known as the period of sanacja or "cleansing." The event has been explored in terms of the impact that it had on state structures and political styles. This book offers a study of the political culture of interwar Poland, as reflected in and by the coup. Series: Polish and Polish-American Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JF; GTB; HBJD; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821420805
ISBN
9780821420805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Editor(s): Puri, Shalini; Castillo, Debra A. Num Pages: 267 pages, 2 colour illustrations, 2 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 280 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349928361
ISBN
9781349928361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.61

Paperback. Investigates broad questions about ethnicity, the nature of diasporic identity, and Brazilian culture. This title analyzes how Nikkei (Japanese migrants) both resisted and conformed to others' perceptions of their identity as they struggled to define and claim their own ethnicity within Sao Paulo during the dictatorship. Num Pages: 256 pages, 29 illus., 8 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KLS; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340812
ISBN
9780822340812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.63

Paperback. Demonstrates the central role of ordinary people - rather than state or market elites - in creating institutions for determining status in China. This book explores the emerging hierarchy, which is based on the concept of suzhi, or quality. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map, 3 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340362
ISBN
9780822340362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. They burned bras, draft cards, and even the American flag. But what drove a group of young Americans to democratic revolution in the tumultuous years of the 1960s, and what made them think they could win? This book looks at the motivations and values of the young rebels of the 1960s. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842051415
ISBN
9780842051415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.53

Hardcover. .
Publisher
TROPZAM
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956059833
ISBN
9780956059833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.27

Paperback. 40 or 50 families control the economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia. Their interests range from banking to property, from shipping to sugar, from vice to gambling. This book lifts the lid on a world of staggering secrecy and shows that the little most people know is almost entirely wrong. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; KCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861977113
ISBN
9781861977113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Provides an understanding of the vital role of performance in the Americas. This title shows how the repertoire of embodied memory - conveyed in gestures, the spoken word, movement, dance, song, and other performances - offers alternative perspectives to a reconsideration of historical processes of transnational contact. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 352 pages, 111 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1K; AS; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Second Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331230
ISBN
9780822331230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. .
Publisher
The Red Sea Press, Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781569023839
ISBN
9781569023839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.16

Hardback. Based on original fieldwork collected in Sudan from 2006-11, contributors' look at "access to resources" from various disciplinary approaches. The book analyzes major transformations, from the 1980s to South Sudan's independence in 2011, which affected the country in the framework of "globalization". Editor(s): Casciarri, Barbara; Assal, Munzoul; Ireton, Francois. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBS; GTB; JHMC; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 694.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782386179
ISBN
9781782386179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JPFC; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583676257
ISBN
9781583676257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.06

Paperback. A focused and accessible introduction to modern India by award-winning author Mira Kamdar, India in the 21st Century addresses the history, political and social structures, economic and financial system, and geopolitical landscape of a country set to play a critical role in how the world evolves in the coming decades. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JM; GTB; JP; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
OUP USA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199973590
ISBN
9780199973590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. A rich and sophisticated ethnography of a stateless indigenous society and its complex and troubling relations with its natural environment and the Soviet state that dominated it. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FCS; GTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734622
ISBN
9780804734622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Hardcover. Presents four travel diaries of pioneering African Americans who were the first to explore and document the West African interior. This work reveals the wealth and beauty of Africa in descriptions of its geography, people, flora, and fauna. It challenges the notion that there were no black explorers in Africa. Editor(s): Fairhead, James; Geysbeek, Tim; Holsoe, Svend E.; Leach, Melissa. Num Pages: 504 pages, 39 b&w photos, 11 maps, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JH; BJ; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 38. Weight in Grams: 857.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253341945
ISBN
9780253341945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.70

Paperback. Argues for re framing Asian American studies as a study defined not by its subjects and objects, but by its critique. This book examines Asian American literature and US legal discourse for the normative claims about race, gender, and sexuality. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331407
ISBN
9780822331407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. The Cult of Happiness is among the first studies in any field to treat folk art and folk print as historical text. As such, this richly illustrated volume will appeal to a wide range of scholars in Asian studies, history, art history, folklore and print, as well as anyone having a passion for the creativity and culture of rural society. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AFH; GTB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774810340
ISBN
9780774810340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

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