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Paperback. Demonstrates the impact of diasporas on interstate relations, and forms some propositions regarding the conditions affecting the influence exerted by diasporas. Problems and dilemmas are reviewed, and a comparison is made of three archetypical diasporas: the Greek, the Jewish and the Armenian. Editor(s): Constas, Dimitri; Platias, Athanassios G. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349127085
ISBN
9781349127085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.35

Paperback. Focusing on ten examples of contemporary Diasporas from Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas, this book describes and illustrates the problems confronting immigrant communities as they attempt to protect their inherited culture, while coping with the demands and the opportunities they encounter in their adopted country. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644974
ISBN
9780745644974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.74

Hardback. Focusing on ten examples of contemporary Diasporas from Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas, this book describes and illustrates the problems confronting immigrant communities as they attempt to protect their inherited culture, while coping with the demands and the opportunities they encounter in their adopted country. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644967
ISBN
9780745644967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. Charts the various ways in which global population movements and associated social, political and cultural issues have been seen through the lens of 'diaspora'. This book provides introductions to selected key diasporas - from the Russian-Jewish diaspora to the Iranian diaspora in the West. Editor(s): Knott, Kim; McLoughlin, Sean. Num Pages: 294 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL; JHB; RGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842779484
ISBN
9781842779484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016064
ISBN
9780674016064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.22
€ 54.32

Paperback. Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction examines the origins of diaspora as a concept, its changing meanings over time, its current popularity, and its utility in explaining human migration. The book proposes a flexible approach to diaspora based on examples drawn mainly from Jewish, African, Irish, and Asian history. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFN; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 117 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199858583
ISBN
9780199858583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Diaspora, Memory, and Identity is an exciting and innovative collection of essays that examines the nuanced development of theories of Diaspora, subjectivity, double-consciousness, gender and class experiences, and the nature of home. Editor(s): Agnew, Vijay. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802093745
ISBN
9780802093745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.95

Hardback. This book chronicles the online cultural and political expressions of the Romanian diaspora, using websites based in Europe and North America. Through online exchanges, Romanians perform new types of citizenship, articulated from the margins of the political field. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; JFD; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857459435
ISBN
9780857459435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.00

Hardback. The first introduction to the field of Diaspora criticism that serves both as a timely guide and a rigorous critique. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748621057
ISBN
9780748621057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.64
€ 108.53

Hardback. This book challenges the common misperceptions of Muslim immigrants as a homogeneous, religiously driven group and identifies the tensions they experience within their host countries. Num Pages: 223 pages, 26 figures, 18 tables. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802097873
ISBN
9780802097873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.19

Paperback. International migrants - uprooted from family, friends, and nation-state, and scattered across the globe - form vibrant diasporic communities. Whether through economic migration, political asylum, or corporate mobility, this type of wide scale dispersion of populations brings with it a myriad of important issues. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405153409
ISBN
9781405153409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.47

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844150229
ISBN
9781844150229
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.06

hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFC; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810830479
ISBN
9780810830479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.29

Paperback. This illuminating book brings together interviews with contemporary women artists whose work was exhibited in Ireland in the 1990s - a significant decade for art in Ireland, particularly for women artists. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBR; ACX; AGB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 189 x 72. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850436218
ISBN
9781850436218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.00
€ 30.79

Hardback. Giovanni Pontano (1426--1503), whose academic name was Gioviano, was the most important Latin poet of the fifteenth century as well as a leading statesman who served as prime minister to the Aragonese kings of Naples. His Dialogues are our best source for the humanist academy of Naples which Pontano led for several decades. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLH; HPCB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674054912
ISBN
9780674054912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 14ill. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DQ; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press Durham, NC
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822313908
ISBN
9780822313908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardcover. What is the source of a book's perceived greatness and why do certain books become part of the accepted canon? This book presents a fresh perspective on these questions: against prevalent approaches, it explains a work's reputation in terms of its aesthetic qualities or as the result of dictates by social hegemonies (the power view). Num Pages: 219 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845193683
ISBN
9781845193683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.51

Hardback. Conversations with ten prominent African-American operatic artists. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC9; AVH; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810831476
ISBN
9780810831476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.61

Paperback. From Brazil to Germany, New York to Ghana, Dialogues of Dispersal examines intersections of gender and sexuality within Afro--diasporic communities. * Considers communities in Brazil, the Caribbean, Germany, the UK, the US and West Africa, and how they overlap. Editor(s): Gunning, Sandra; Hunter, Tera (Associate Professor of History, Carnegie Mellon University, USA); Mitchell, Michele. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405126816
ISBN
9781405126816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.72

Paperback. First published in Venice in 1547, this work casts a woman rather than a man as the main disputant on the ethics of love. Tullia d'Aragona argued that the only moral form of love between a woman and a man is one that recognizes both the sensual and the spiritual needs of humankind. Editor(s): Russell, Rinaldina (Professor of European Languages, Queens College, New York, USA); Merry, Bruce (Professor of Modern Languages, John Cook University, North Queensland, Australia). Translator(s): Russell, Rinaldina (Professor of European Languages, Queens College, New York, USA); Merry, Bruce (Professor of Modern Languages, John Cook University, North Queensland, Australia). Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226136394
ISBN
9780226136394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.07

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