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Paperback. A study of South Asian Americans which views both their identity and that of America as constructed transnationally between the U.S. and India. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335443
- ISBN
- 9780822335443
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Paperback. A collection of essays by political theorists on Agamben's Homo Sacer. Editor(s): Norris, Andrew. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335375
- ISBN
- 9780822335375
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Paperback. An examination of how popular culture is received and produced within the Middle East. Editor(s): Stein, Rebecca L. Num Pages: 424 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JFCA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 616.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335160
- ISBN
- 9780822335160
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€ 33.99€ 30.93
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Paperback.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334910
- ISBN
- 9780822334910
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€ 32.99€ 29.51
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- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334729
- ISBN
- 9780822334729
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Paperback. Examines the politics of a 19th c. peasant revolt in Peru, looking at the organization and practice of government by the rebels to examine what a largely illiterate population understood by terms such as "nation" and showing the rebellion's significance in constructing the Peruvian State. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 b&w photos, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBG; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334415
- ISBN
- 9780822334415
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Paperback. A historical and ethnographic account of a region located on the border of India and Pakistan; the people who live there engage with the specter of war and religious conflict, racial identity, and the processes of modernity through varying performative mo Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st PAPERBACK
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334149
- ISBN
- 9780822334149
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€ 31.99€ 28.67
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333937
- ISBN
- 9780822333937
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Paperback. The Inkan empire did not have writing as it is usually understood. The Inkas kept track of information - including their social and political organization - on khipus, knotted cords of cotton or wool. This book offers a reading of the khipus of one Andean village, where villagers have conserved a set of these enigmatic cords to the present day. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 368 pages, 55 photos (incl. 16 in color), 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; HB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333906
- ISBN
- 9780822333906
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Paperback. This study analyzes a popular festival and vigilante lynching, examining them as a form of political spectacle performed by improverished people who want to gain access to the potential benefits of citizenship in a modern city. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: AN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333708
- ISBN
- 9780822333708
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Paperback. A compilation of essays by the author that reveals the value for science studies of examples arising within the history of economics Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 472 pages, 9 tables, 1 illus. BIC Classification: JHBC; KCZ; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333227
- ISBN
- 9780822333227
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Paperback. An account of the rise, fall, and persistence of the 20th century's Black Zionist dream -- the movement's creation of a homeland in Africa. Num Pages: 456 pages, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFD; GTB; JFSL3; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332473
- ISBN
- 9780822332473
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Paperback. Combining diplomatic, economic, and cultural history, this title explains how private bank loans were extended to leverage acceptance of American financial advisers by foreign governments. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; KCLF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332190
- ISBN
- 9780822332190
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Paperback. Examines the history of banana-producing areas of Latin America and the Caribbean in comparative perspective, asking why different regions developed distinct patterns of property and labor mobilization. This collection also reveals how the banana industry marshaled workers of differing nationalities, ethnicities, and languages. Editor(s): Striffler, Steve; Moberg, Mark. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 illustrations, 16 tables, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; KCLT; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822331964
- ISBN
- 9780822331964
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Paperback. Introduces concepts of time from physics to students of religion, and discusses these concepts in relation to the notions of time in Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Judeo-Christian and Islamic thought. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 illus., 12 figures. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822331445
- ISBN
- 9780822331445
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330486
- ISBN
- 9780822330486
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Paperback. A comprehensive guide to the work of psychoanalyst Melanie Klein (1882-1960) and to developments in Kleinian theory. It offers an analysis and a demonstration of the distinctive usefulness of Klein's thought for understanding modernist literature and visual art. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 504 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330455
- ISBN
- 9780822330455
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Paperback. Presenting a social history of "the new woman" that emerged in Japanese culture between the world wars, this title shows how images of modern women burst into Japanese life in the midst of the urbanization, growth of the middle class, and explosion of consumerism resulting from the postwar economic boom, particularly in the 1920s. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 33 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330448
- ISBN
- 9780822330448
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Paperback. Ranging from fatherhood to machismo and from public health to housework, this work collects studies of what it means to be a man in Latin America. Demonstrating that attention to masculinities does not thwart feminism, it illuminates the relationships between men and women and among men of different ethnic groups, sexual orientations, and classes. Editor(s): Gutmann, Matthew C. Num Pages: 432 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 644.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330226
- ISBN
- 9780822330226
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€ 33.99€ 30.86
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- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329725
- ISBN
- 9780822329725
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€ 32.99€ 29.60
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