Regional studies
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Regional studies
Paperback. Brings together primary and secondary documents related to the reparations movement in the United States. While the movement is united in its goal of "repairing" the injustices to African Americans that have followed from the long history of slavery and Jim Crow, this title reveals the range of opinions as to the form that repair might take. Editor(s): Martin, Michael T.; Yaquinto, Marilyn. Num Pages: 728 pages, 6 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 42. Weight in Grams: 993.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 728
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340249
- ISBN
- 9780822340249
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Condition: New
€ 37.62
€ 37.62
Paperback. Dubbed the "Urban Generation," this cinema is driven by young filmmakers who emerged in the shadow of the events at Tiananmen Square in 1989. This title brings together some of the original research on this emerging cinema and its relationship to Chinese society. Editor(s): Zhang, Zhen (Communications Science Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA). Num Pages: 464 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 649.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822340744
- ISBN
- 9780822340744
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€ 37.42
€ 37.42
paperback. Beginning in 1835, British colonizers sought to promote modern, western knowledge in India, primarily through schools. Delving into a large archive of popular writings, and drawing on history, political science, and philosophy, the author considers western education in India from various perspectives. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341055
- ISBN
- 9780822341055
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€ 37.99€ 34.08
€ 37.99
€ 34.08
Paperback. Women's migration within Mexico and from Mexico to the United States is increasing; nearly as many women as men are migrating. This title analyzes how economically and politically displaced migrant women assert agency in everyday life. Editor(s): Segura, Denise A.; Zavella, Patricia. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 616 pages, 11 illustrations, 12 tables, 5 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 37. Weight in Grams: 835.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822341185
- ISBN
- 9780822341185
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.90
€ 43.99
€ 38.90
Paperback. Explores Germany's relation to the more than two million Turkish immigrants and their descendants living within its borders. This title examines the tensions in Germany between race-based ideologies of blood and belonging on the one hand and ambitions of multicultural tolerance and cosmopolitanism on the other. Num Pages: 440 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822341932
- ISBN
- 9780822341932
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Condition: New
€ 37.67
€ 37.67
Hardback. Recovers the neglected history of young Mexican American women zoot-suiters in wartime Los Angeles and explains their absence from Chicano movement narratives. Num Pages: 256 pages, 31 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822342861
- ISBN
- 9780822342861
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Condition: New
€ 111.31
€ 111.31
Paperback. Recovers the neglected history of young Mexican American women zoot-suiters in wartime Los Angeles and explains their absence from Chicano movement narratives. Num Pages: 256 pages, 31 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343035
- ISBN
- 9780822343035
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.49
€ 29.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. The majority of undergraduates at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - including a large population of Korean American students - come from nearby metropolitan Chicago. This book explores the tensions between liberal ideals and the particularities of race, family, and community in the contemporary university. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; JHM; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346159
- ISBN
- 9780822346159
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.95
€ 32.99
€ 29.95
Paperback. Anthropologist Rachael Joo explores the gendered and mediated role of sports in producing a Korean sense of self on a global stage. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTB; JFSJ; JHBS; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348566
- ISBN
- 9780822348566
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Condition: New
€ 37.67
€ 37.67
Hardback. This collection of twenty essays provides an unprecedented overview of Chinese trade through the centuries, highlighting its scope, diversity, complexity, and the commodities that have linked it with Southeast Asia. Editor(s): Tagliacozzo, Eric; Chang, Wen-Chin. Num Pages: 552 pages, 22 photos, 25 tables, 15 maps, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JHM; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 162 x 41. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348818
- ISBN
- 9780822348818
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Condition: New
€ 139.30
€ 139.30
Paperback. An ethnographic analysis of organ transplantation in Turkey, based on the stories of kidney-transplant patients and physicians in Istanbul. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 264 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVG; GTB; JFFH; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 168 x 32. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349129
- ISBN
- 9780822349129
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33
Paperback. Darkening Mirrors analyzes the complicated relationships between African American identity, as reflected in performances, and the forces of imperialist and racial oppression. Num Pages: 352 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; AN; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822349235
- ISBN
- 9780822349235
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Condition: New
€ 37.42
€ 37.42
Hardback. Based on ethnographic research with Dominicans in New York City, a pioneering analysis of how gay immigrant men of color negotiate race, sexuality, and power in their daily lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFSK2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349266
- ISBN
- 9780822349266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.56
€ 115.56
Paperback. In this book, Gilberto Rosas draws on his in-depth ethnographic research among the members of Barrio Libre to understand why they have embraced criminality and how neoliberalism and security policies on both sides of the border have affected the youths' descent into Barrio Libre. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFC; JFSL9; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352372
- ISBN
- 9780822352372
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
Hardback. Shows how the complex interplay of feminism, nationalism, empire, and modernity helped shape conceptions of the transpacific Filipina Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 2AB; DSBH; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822353003
- ISBN
- 9780822353003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.75
€ 150.75
Hardback. Highlighting race as both an overt and underlying force that shaped life in and beyond the Zone, this title details how local traditions and colonial policies interacted and frequently clashed. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 photographs, 1 table, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822356660
- ISBN
- 9780822356660
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Condition: New
€ 169.85
€ 169.85
Hardback. Editor(s): Bouchard, Norma. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1QRM; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823233649
- ISBN
- 9780823233649
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Condition: New
€ 107.49
€ 107.49
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
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.64
€ 30.99
€ 27.64
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
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.15
€ 43.99
€ 31.15
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€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43