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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. This work attempts to see the satis - the Hindu custom of women sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands - through Hindu eyes, providing an experiential and psychoanalytic account of ritual self-sacrifice and self-mutilation in South Asia. Translator(s): Mehlman, Jeffrey; White, David Gordon. Num Pages: 328 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAX; HRG; HRLF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226885698
- ISBN
- 9780226885698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.00€ 37.54
€ 43.00
€ 37.54
Hardback. Bringing together an international range of experts in the history of China, Japan, India and the Ottoman Empire/Turkey, this pioneering volume demonstrates the importance of Asia in the multifaceted global transformations that revolved around the Paris Peace Conference and its aftermath. Editor(s): Zachmann, Urs Matthias. Series: Edinburgh East Asian Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBT; JH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474417167
- ISBN
- 9781474417167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.47€ 108.83
€ 113.47
€ 108.83
Hardcover. The first of three volumes surveying the historical, spatial, and human dimensions of inter-Asian connections, Asia Inside Out: Changing Times> brings into focus the dynamic networks that have linked peoples from Japan to Yemen over the past five centuries. Each author examines a single year or decade that redefined Asia. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674598508
- ISBN
- 9780674598508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.44
€ 53.99
€ 45.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Thangaraj, Stanley I.; Arnaldo, Constancio; Chin, Christina B. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479884698
- ISBN
- 9781479884698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Hardback. Editor(s): Thangaraj, Stanley I.; Arnaldo, Constancio; Chin, Christina B. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479840168
- ISBN
- 9781479840168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
Paperback. Drawing from Anglo-American, Asian American, and Asian literature as well as J-horror and manga, Chinese cinema and Internet, and the Korean Wave, Sheng-mei Ma's Asian Diaspora and East-West Modernity probes into the conjoinedness of West and East, of modernity's illusion and nothing's infinitude. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536112
- ISBN
- 9781557536112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.55
€ 62.55
Hardback. This collection of essays examines the worldwide dispersal of Asian populations and links these seemingly disparate movements through the category of Asian diasporas. Editor(s): Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar; Siu, Lok. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFF; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752435
- ISBN
- 9780804752435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.63
€ 135.63
Paperback. This collection of essays examines the worldwide dispersal of Asian populations and links these seemingly disparate movements through the category of Asian diasporas. Editor(s): Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar; Siu, Lok. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFF; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752442
- ISBN
- 9780804752442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.60
€ 30.99
€ 27.60
Hardback. As more and more Asian medical practices cross into Western culture through the popularity of yoga and herbalism, and as Western medicine finds its way east in the form of plastic surgery, these systems of meaning become inextricably interrelated. The essays in this volume consider the larger implications of transmissions between cultures. Editor(s): Alter, Joseph S. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JHMC; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- y First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238662
- ISBN
- 9780812238662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 82 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; JPVL; KNXB; YQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 136 x 6. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 82
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590335154
- ISBN
- 9781590335154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.39
€ 50.99
€ 36.39
Paperback. Editor(s): Ghosh, Gautam; Leckie, Jacqueline. Num Pages: 316 pages, colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Otago University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877578236
- ISBN
- 9781877578236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.86
€ 24.99
€ 18.86
Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: G; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers London
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847690770
- ISBN
- 9780847690770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.73
€ 186.73
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 486 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691647500
- ISBN
- 9780691647500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.94
€ 252.94
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691654935
- ISBN
- 9780691654935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.70
€ 137.70
Paperback. Employment is an important part of a healthy, balanced and fulfilling life but less than 20 per cent of people with Asperger Syndrome (AS) are in work at any one time. The adults with AS in this book explore the issues surrounding employment, providing advice and insights for others with AS, as well as their employers and colleagues. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHBL; MJNA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843106487
- ISBN
- 9781843106487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.74
€ 24.74
Paperback. Looking at expectations, motivations, working conditions and more, Hendrickx explores the reasons why work doesn't work for many people with Asperger Syndrome and how to resolve these issues. Featuring personal stories from those with AS, the book highlights successful scenarios and provides suggestions for employers and those in search of work. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHBL; MJNA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843106777
- ISBN
- 9781843106777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.95
€ 26.95
Paperback. Through personal vignettes, frank discussions and practical suggestions for dealing with everything from major to minor Aspie challenges, Liane, her husband and their three daughters bravely open their home to their readers, inviting them to look behind the curtains at their version of Aspie life. Num Pages: 176 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHBK; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853028731
- ISBN
- 9781853028731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.60
€ 28.60
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433112287
- ISBN
- 9781433112287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.44
€ 56.44
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801473654
- ISBN
- 9780801473654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.77
€ 33.99
€ 30.77
Paperback. Provides local health system managers with basic principles for rapid, precise programme monitoring and evaluation in difficult tropical conditions. Valadez explains how to adapt Lot Quality Assurance Sampling to assess health programme coverage and technical quality of service providers. Editor(s): Valadez, Joseph J. Num Pages: 264 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JHBC; KJMV5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674049956
- ISBN
- 9780674049956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.52
€ 16.99
€ 15.52