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Hardcover. Considers the conceptual and political problem of violence in the early modern Anglo-Atlantic, charting an innovative approach to the history of the American Revolution. Its editors and contributors contend that existing scholarship on the Revolution largely ignores questions of power and downplays the Revolution as a contest over sovereignty. Editor(s): Griffin, Patrick; Ingram, Robert G.; Onuf, Peter S.; Schoen, Brian D. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBWF; JFFE; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936789
- ISBN
- 9780813936789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.13
€ 61.13
Paperback. Walzer explores how, within a decade, Israel has evolved from a society that marginalized homosexuals to one that offers some of the most extensive legal protections in the world. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSK1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113953
- ISBN
- 9780231113953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.11
€ 36.99
€ 27.11
Paperback. A pioneering study of the Chinese cinemas in Shanghai and Hong Kong and the complex connections between them during the period of war, occupation, and civil war. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; APF; GTB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804745185
- ISBN
- 9780804745185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.09
€ 34.99
€ 31.09
Hardback. The study shows, in chronological fashion, how African women writers in the past five decades have introduced a new, autobiographical discourse around their experience of excision, bringing nuance and vitality to the FGM debate. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756877
- ISBN
- 9780804756877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.82
€ 98.82
Hardcover. Series: Ismaili Heritage Series. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3F; HBG; HBLC; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris in Association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850438823
- ISBN
- 9781850438823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.46€ 53.63
€ 58.46
€ 53.63
Paperback. Between Race and Reason engages the work of diverse intellectuals who challenge the university's past and present collusion with racism, violence, militarization, and war and seeks to re-imagine the academy as a uniquely privileged site for critique in the interests of today's urgent imperatives for peace and justice. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804770484
- ISBN
- 9780804770484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.45
€ 34.99
€ 31.45
Hardback. Between Race and Reason engages the work of diverse intellectuals who challenge the university's past and present collusion with racism, violence, militarization, and war and seeks to re-imagine the academy as a uniquely privileged site for critique in the interests of today's urgent imperatives for peace and justice. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804770477
- ISBN
- 9780804770477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.15
€ 136.15
Paperback. For many black Americans, the prominence and success of black Cubans in early efforts for independence and abolition highlighted a sense of racial identity and pride. This book traces the relations between Cubans and African-Americans from the abolitionist era to the Cuban Revolution of 1959. Editor(s): Fuertes, Digna Castaneda. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566395878
- ISBN
- 9781566395878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 48.04
€ 52.99
€ 48.04
Hardback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509500338
- ISBN
- 9781509500338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.49
€ 71.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509500345
- ISBN
- 9781509500345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.67
€ 26.67
Paperback. Offers an assessment of the non-Jewish defense of Jews, Judaism, and Jewishness from the foundation of the German Reich in 1871 until the ascent of the Nazis in 1932, when befriending Jews became a crime. Alan T. Levenson reveals the dynamic process by which a generally despised minority attracts defenders and supporters. Num Pages: 230 pages, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803245761
- ISBN
- 9780803245761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.85
€ 29.99
€ 26.85
Hardback. Editor(s): Hutter, Manfred. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- V&R unipress GmbH Germany
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783847101581
- ISBN
- 9783847101581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.48€ 56.11
€ 72.48
€ 56.11
Paperback. This volume examines how organizations advocating on behalf of youth maneuver between grassroots social movements pressing for reform and the established systems of power and authority to improve conditions for youth in urban communities. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKS; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762113
- ISBN
- 9780804762113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.13
€ 29.99
€ 27.13
Hardback. This volume examines how organizations advocating on behalf of youth maneuver between grassroots social movements pressing for reform and the established systems of power and authority to improve conditions for youth in urban communities. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKS; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804762106
- ISBN
- 9780804762106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.90
€ 118.90
Paperback. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 224. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Thirtieth anniversary edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176293
- ISBN
- 9780231176293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.95
€ 29.99
€ 21.95
Paperback. Examines men's relationships with one another in English literature and the ways those relationships affect women. Central to this study is Sedgwick's conception of "male homosocial desire". She argues that the power of male homophobia has radically shaped the ideologies of men and women. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366. English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire. Series: Gender and Culture Series. 244 pages, Ill. Examines men's relationships with one another in English literature and the ways those relationships affect women. Central to this study is Sedgwick's conception of "male homosocial desire". She argues that the power of male homophobia has radically shaped the ideologies of men and women. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; JFSJ. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight: 378.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231082730
- ISBN
- 9780231082730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.29
€ 33.99
€ 24.29
Paperback. Middle Easterners struggle to find solutions to crises of economic stagnation, political gridlock, and cultural identity. The author presents an analysis of Islam's place in Middle East and integrates the medieval and modern history of the region to show how the sacred and secular are tightly interwoven in its political and intellectual life. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR2; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Edition,Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246911
- ISBN
- 9780520246911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.79
€ 33.99
€ 29.79
Paperback. This book examines how a community of urban Chinese Muslims-residents of the old Muslim district in the ancient Chinese capital of Xi'an-uses consumption to position its members more favorably within the Chinese government's official paradigm for development. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804746854
- ISBN
- 9780804746854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.31
€ 36.99
€ 33.31
Hardback. Examines the interplay between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal visions of justice and certainty to determine whether there is a space between the two concepts in which modern treaties can be made. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSL9; JPVH3; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774811316
- ISBN
- 9780774811316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.10
€ 120.10
Paperback. As the only American city under direct congressional control, Washington has served historically as a testing ground for federal policy initiatives. Well-intentioned efforts to introduce measures of social justice for the district's black population have failed. This book addresses the revitalization and the aftereffects of an urban sports arena. Num Pages: 320 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; JFF; JFSL3; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219586
- ISBN
- 9780812219586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.80
€ 40.99
€ 35.80