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The African Food Crisis. Lessons from the Asian Green Revolution.
. Ed(S): Djurfeldt, Goran; Holmen, Hans; Jirs...
Hardback. Examines why Asia can feed its rapidly growing population, but Africa experiences famine. Editor(s): Djurfeldt, Goran; Holmen, Hans; Jirstrom, Magnus; Larsson, R. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFSF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851999982
- ISBN
- 9780851999982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.58
€ 145.58
Paperback. In this definitive study of the African diaspora in North America, Toyin Falola offers a causal history of the western dispersion of Africans and its effects on the modern world. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 454 pages, 48 black & white illustrations, 21 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBJH; JFFS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464536
- ISBN
- 9781580464536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.43
€ 52.99
€ 44.43
Paperback. How black identities were forged in New World cultures. Editor(s): Okpewho, Isidore; Davies, Carole Boyce; Mazrui, Ali A. Num Pages: 600 pages, 33 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253214942
- ISBN
- 9780253214942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 424 pages, 44 illus. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; HBG; HBJH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144711
- ISBN
- 9780231144711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.61
€ 37.99
€ 27.61
Paperback. Includes the essays that focus on the problems and conflicts of doing African diaspora research from various disciplinary perspectives as well as situate, describe, and reflect on the practice of diaspora scholarship. This work intends to enlarge understanding of how the diaspora is conceived and explores possibilities for the future of its study. Editor(s): Olaniyan, Tejumola; Sweet, James H. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221919
- ISBN
- 9780253221919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.69
€ 32.99
€ 29.69
Hardback. This historical and sociological analysis focuses on the African-American higher education system. Its central themes concern university structure, bureaucracy and transplantation. It also provides an analysis of all factors which have affected both African and African-American higher education. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761801757
- ISBN
- 9780761801757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.22
€ 104.22
The African American Urban Experience. Historical, Contemporary, and C...
. Ed(S): Trotter, Joe; Lewis, Earl; Hunter, T...
Paperback. In order to illuminate transformations in African-American urban life, this book brings together urban history, contemporary social, cultural and policy research and comparative perspectives on race, ethnicity and nationality within and across national boundaries. Editor(s): Trotter, Joe; Lewis, Earl; Hunter, Tera W. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSG; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294656
- ISBN
- 9780312294656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.07
€ 71.07
Paperback. Examines black newspapers in general and four in particular - the "Chicago Defender", the "Pittsburgh Courier", the "Black Dispatch", and the "Jackson Advocate" - and their coverage of national events. The beginnings of the black press are detailed, focusing on how they reported the anti-slavery movement, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction era. Num Pages: 205 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL3; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786426072
- ISBN
- 9780786426072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.61
€ 36.61
This book compiles the contributions of mental health professionals, and scholars of humanities, to offer a multifaceted perspective on the transgenerational trauma of slavery, the hardship of single parent families, the ruthlessness of anti-black racism, and the burden of poverty and social disenfranchisement on the African American individual. Editor(s): Akhtar, Salman, M.D. Num Pages: 478 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765708359
- ISBN
- 9780765708359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 189.45
€ 189.45
Paperback. Collects the historical research and writing on African Americans in Texas. Covering the time period between 1820 and the late 1970s, this title highlights the significant role that black Texans played in the development of the state. It is suitable for those interested in the history of black Texans. Editor(s): Glasrud, Bruce A. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726093
- ISBN
- 9780896726093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.61
€ 51.61
Paperback. This reader brings together classic works and contemporary writing on the themes and debates that have animated the field of affordable housing policy as well as the challenges in achieving the goals of policy on the ground. Editor(s): Mueller, Elizabeth; Tighe, Rosie. Num Pages: 592 pages, 29 black & white tables, 9 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFF; RGC; RP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1052.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415669382
- ISBN
- 9780415669382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.34
€ 57.34
Paperback. Series: The Wilder House Series in Politics, History & Culture. Num Pages: 528 pages, 51. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSL; JPFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 762. Nations and Nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939. Series: Wilder House Series in Politics, History & Culture. 528 pages, 47 tables, 4 maps. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSL; JPFN; JPQB. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 32. Weight: 734.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486777
- ISBN
- 9780801486777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. Linking cultural studies and sociology, this collection explores the role of affect in the theorization of the social. Editor(s): Clough, Patricia Ticineto; Halley, Jean. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 40. Weight in Grams: 474. Theorizing the Social. 328 pages. Editor(s): Clough, Patricia Ticineto. Linking cultural studies and sociology, this collection explores the role of affect in the theorization of the social. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 40. Weight: 474.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339250
- ISBN
- 9780822339250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.70
€ 31.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. A field-defining collection that consolidates thinking and builds momentum in the burgeoning area of affect studies. Editor(s): Gregg, Melissa; Seigworth, Gregory J. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: JFC; JMQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347767
- ISBN
- 9780822347767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardcover. The aesthetics of television concerns the medium's means of expression, its forms, conventions and 'styles', and also the content and the relationship between content and expression, as well as the relationship between programme and genre, programme and audience etc. This book aims to describe and analyse television as an aesthetic phenomenon. Editor(s): Agger, Gunhild; Jensen, Jens F. Series: Media & Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 396 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; HPN; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 175 x 31. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788773076231
- ISBN
- 9788773076231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.43
€ 17.99
€ 14.43
Paperback. Features chapters that focus on the following questions: In which literary projects can we discover a new quality of literariness? What are the terminological and methodological means to examine these literatures? How can we productively link the logics of the play of literary texts and their reception in the reading process? Editor(s): Gendolla, Peter; Schafer, Jorgen. Num Pages: 394 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783899424935
- ISBN
- 9783899424935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 35.95
€ 44.99
€ 35.95
Paperback. Mimesis is one of the oldest, most fundamental concepts in Western aesthetics. This book offers a searching treatment of its long history at the center of theories of representational art. Moving between ancient and modern traditions, it contends that the history of mimesis hinges on problems that are of concern for contemporary aesthetics. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691092584
- ISBN
- 9780691092584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.14€ 51.18
€ 65.14
€ 51.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 line art illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMA; AVGR; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816646616
- ISBN
- 9780816646616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Repeater
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910924181
- ISBN
- 9781910924181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.01
€ 11.99
€ 10.01
The Aesthetics of Authenticity. Medial Constructions of the Real.
. Ed(S): Funk, Wolfgang; Gross, Florian; Hube...
Paperback. Editor(s): Funk, Wolfgang; Gross, Florian; Huber, Irmtraud. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837617573
- ISBN
- 9783837617573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.34
€ 44.99
€ 36.34