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Paperback. Dossani's book addresses the largely hostile, often violent relations between India and Pakistan that date from their independence in 1947. Editor(s): Dossani, Rafiq; Rowen, Henry. Series: Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. Num Pages: 440 pages, 3 tables, 15 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; 3JJP; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750851
ISBN
9780804750851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. The danwei (workunit) has been the fundamental social and spatial unit of urban China under socialism. With particular focus on the link between spatial forms and social organization, this book traces the origins and development of this critical institution up to the present day. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 table, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBL; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750387
ISBN
9780804750387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.97

Hardback. The first and only comprehensive narrative account of the secret Cuban missile crisis ExComm meetings, by the first historian to hear the tapes of every secretly recorded discussion. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748469
ISBN
9780804748469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.58

Paperback. This is the first detailed study in English of the city of Canton (Guangzhou), the cradle of the Chinese revolution, in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; JFC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748209
ISBN
9780804748209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. Through the case of a single well-placed official, Chen Hongmou (1696-1771), this book studies the consciousness and the governing project of the 18th-century Chinese official-elite. Num Pages: 616 pages, 14ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748186
ISBN
9780804748186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Paperback. A study of East Central Europe and its place in the modern world. Combining narrative with analysis, it presents the past and present of East Central Europe in the larger context of the political and economic history of the continent. Num Pages: 512 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; HBJD; JP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746885
ISBN
9780804746885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.83

Paperback. An examination of Asian security, this work makes a case for taking regional politics and security dynamics seriously. The book examines the salience of the pathways, investigates the management of specific security issues, and discusses the nature of security order in Asia. Editor(s): Alagappa, Muthiah. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 38. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746298
ISBN
9780804746298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 52.77

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804743273
ISBN
9780804743273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. The French Revolution is a defining moment in world history and has usually been first approached by English-speaking readers through the picture painted of it by Edmund Burke. This text is a classic work in a range of fields from history through political science to literature, Editor(s): Clark, J. C. D. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742054
ISBN
9780804742054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Paperback. This work traces the history of attitudes toward power and the use of armed force within the Zionist movement from an early period in which most leaders espoused an ideal of peaceful settlement in Palestine, to the acceptance of force as a legitimate tool for achieving a sovereign Jewish state. Translator(s): Templer, William. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3J; HBJF1; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804737760
ISBN
9780804737760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Paperback. This study of how 16 Asian states conceive of their security identifies and explains the security concerns and behavior of central decision makers, asking who or what is to be protected, against what potential threats, and how security policies have changed over time. Editor(s): Alagappa, Muthiah. Num Pages: 872 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1118.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
872
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733489
ISBN
9780804733489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 58.09

Paperback. This work confronts the complex question of nationalism in France in its various permutations myths, obsessions, possibilities, and dangers. The author distinguishes between an open nationalism, based on the revolutionary values of liberty and equality for all, and closed nationalism. Translator(s): Todd, Jane. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; JPFN; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732871
ISBN
9780804732871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. This work explores the role of literature in the former Yugoslavia's attempts to create a multicultural nation. It focuses on the cultural processes by which the idea of a nation was developed and on the reasons that this idea failed to bind the South Slavs into a viable nation and state. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731812
ISBN
9780804731812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. This timely and pathbreaking work shows how and why the dramatic collapse of the soviet Union was caused in large part by nationalism, that is, by the increasingly urgent demands of the subject nationalities of the Soviet Union for independence and autonomy. Editor(s): Suny, Ronald Grigor. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722476
ISBN
9780804722476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. In his major work on communism, the international bestseller "The Passing of an Illusion", the eminent French historian Francois Furet devoted a lengthy footnote to German historian Ernst Nolte's interpretation of fascism. This title offers opportunity to witness and learn from a confrontation between two of the world's distinguished historians. Translator(s): Golsan, Katherine. Num Pages: 101 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
1st ed.
Number of pages
101
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803269149
ISBN
9780803269149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.83

Paperback. At the time of his arrest by French paratroopers during the Battle of Algiers in June of 1957, Henri Alleg was a French journalist who supported Algerian independence. He was interrogated for one month. During this imprisonment, Alleg was questioned under torture. This book presents an account of that month and of his triumph over his torturers. Num Pages: 74 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB; HB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
Bison Books Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259607
ISBN
9780803259607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

Paperback. A collection of Hannah Mather Crocker's most famous treatise on women's rights. Editor(s): Post, Constance J. Series: Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers. Num Pages: 340 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803216150
ISBN
9780803216150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. What effect has the crisis had on current ideas in development thinking? How has it affected and how will it affect economic policy and political realities in Latin America and Asia, including China and India? Will the financial collapse reinforce shifts in geopolitical power and influence, and in what form? This book deals with these questions. Editor(s): Birdsall, Nancy; Fukuyama, Francis. Series: Forum on Constructive Capitalism. Num Pages: 360 pages, 33, 33 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JPB; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801899768
ISBN
9780801899768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.22

Hardback. Finally, Policing Democracy probes democratic politics, power relations, and regional disparities of security and reform to establish a framework for understanding the crisis and moving beyond it. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8, 2 maps, 6 figures. BIC Classification: HBJK; JKSW1; JPB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898020
ISBN
9780801898020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.20
€ 56.18

Paperback. Graduate and undergraduate students alike will find it a useful guide to key issues facing emerging democracies today. Editor(s): Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F.; Costopoulos, Philip J. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPB; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801897771
ISBN
9780801897771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.90

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