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Adapting African Agriculture to Climate Change: Transforming Rural Liv...
. Ed(S): Leal Filho, Walter; Esilaba, Anthony...
hardcover. This book summarizes the evidence from different African countries about the local impacts of climate change, and how farmers are coping with current climate risks. The different contributors show how agricultural systems in developing countries are affected by climate changes and how communities prepare and adapt to these changes. Editor(s): Leal Filho, Walter; Esilaba, Anthony O.; Rao, Karuturi P. C.; Sridhar, Gummadi. Series: Climate Change Management. Num Pages: 244 pages, 55 black & white illustrations, 60 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; RNF; RNPG; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Switzerland
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319129990
- ISBN
- 9783319129990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.60
€ 123.60
Paperback. 0.5Kg - Paperback. Nice copy. Slight rubbing to covers. Bibliographical footnotes. Commissioning organisation: [por] Fernando Morn. 90 p. 18 cm. Keywords: "Literature,Blacks,African Americans,American literature"
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- Taurus
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0075099
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 64.10€ 4.99
€ 64.10
€ 4.99
Hardcover. While urban films often reinforce spatial stereotypes, they can also produce a resistant reading that helps transgress spatial boundaries, especially in in urban contexts where spatial inequalities and urban divisions are stark. This book reveals the nature of urban film's influence through the lens and space of Johannesburg. Series: Screening Spaces. Num Pages: 253 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; APFA; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554796
- ISBN
- 9781137554796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.85
€ 64.85
Hardcover. The Rastafari have been travelling to Ethiopia since the movement originated in Jamaica in 1930s. This book offers the investigation into how Ethiopians perceive Rastafari and Rastafarians within Ethiopia and the role this unique immigrant community plays within Ethiopian society. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HRK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479882243
- ISBN
- 9781479882243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.85
€ 58.85
Hardcover. Staging a new politics of performance in the African diaspora Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2ADF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253355133
- ISBN
- 9780253355133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.21
€ 81.21
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Archaeology. Num Pages: 187 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 44 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: 1H; HDD; JHMC; TDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 297.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319116402
- ISBN
- 9783319116402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.03
€ 74.03
Paperback. Brings together information pertaining to the society, economy, and culture of a province important to understanding the entire eastern part of the later Roman Empire. This title focuses on Egypt from the accession of Diocletian in 284 to the middle of the fifth century. Num Pages: 388 pages, 11 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691010960
- ISBN
- 9780691010960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 37.41
€ 53.99
€ 37.41
Paperback. As a result of the genocide in Darfur, many people have been forced to flee Sudan and seek refuge in desert camps along Chadian border. A journal of a Jesuit priest who spent nine months working in three refugee camps, this book presents account of this tragedy. Num Pages: 300 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBC; 1HBS; 3JMC; BGHA; JFFD; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Scranton Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589661646
- ISBN
- 9781589661646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.82
€ 35.82
Conservation, Ecology and Management of African Freshwaters
. Ed(S): Crisman, Thomas L.; Etc.; Chapman, L...
Paperback. This interdisciplinary study of the disruptions threatening aquatic systems in Africa provides a continent-wide perspective on multidimensional environmental problems in the context of a rapidly expanding human population. Editor(s): Crisman, Thomas L.; etc.; Chapman, Lauren J. (Associate Professor of Zoology, University of Florida, USA); Chapman, A. (Associate Professor of Zoology, University of Florida, USA); Kaufman, Les S. (Associate Professor of Biology, University of Boston, USA). Num Pages: 544 pages, 54 b&w figures, 59 tables, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1H; RBGF; RNF; RNK; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813026008
- ISBN
- 9780813026008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.54
€ 45.99
€ 38.54
Hardback. Discussing the role of African doctors in colonial state and society, this study assesses the emergence of Africa's modern medical service and the contribution of African physicians to an understanding of African diseases and their treatment. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b&w photographs, 6 maps, 11 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTQ; HBTR; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813014326
- ISBN
- 9780813014326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.91€ 63.94
€ 69.91
€ 63.94
paperback. Num Pages: 430 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 34. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- WorldView Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781872142449
- ISBN
- 9781872142449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.42
€ 33.99
€ 28.42
Hardcover. A subtle literary portrait of Paul Bowles, William S. Burroughs, and Alfred Chester, this book is also a complex and perceptive account of the ways colonialism and sexuality structure each other, particularly as reflected in the literature written in postwar Tangier. Num Pages: 192 pages, 7 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBM; 3JJP; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299179601
- ISBN
- 9780299179601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.37€ 48.83
€ 52.37
€ 48.83
Paperback. Africa. 72 pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- People's Publishing House
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KNW0000497
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Violent Becomings sheds light on violence in the periods of colonial and postcolonial state formation by conceptualizing the state not as the bureaucratically ordered polity of the nation-state, but as a continuously evolving and violently challenged mode of social ordering. Series: Ethnography, Theory, Experiment. Num Pages: 360 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; JFFE; JHMC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332364
- ISBN
- 9781785332364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.00
€ 170.00
Hardback. From the point of view of geological structure and evolution, Morocco is uniquely fascinating. This heavily-illustrated book presents new information gleaned from the vast amount of research conducted on Morocco's geology in recent decades. Series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences. Num Pages: 426 pages, 235 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBM; RBG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 905.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540770756
- ISBN
- 9783540770756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 244.23
€ 244.23
Hardback. "Title from cover. One issue only. Front headline "Consciencism in Paris and Lagos". 6 p. 44 cm. Original printed broadsheet. Good clean copy with very slightly dust dulled edges." Keywords: "Periodicals , Socialism , Pamphlet"
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- The Spark publications
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0094040
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Labour in a Global World: Case Studies from the White Goods Industry i...
Nichols, Theo, Çam, Sürhan
Hardcover. Series: Future of Work. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1H; 1KLS; JFFS; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403939791
- ISBN
- 9781403939791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.72
€ 123.72
Hardcover. The book evaluates alternative policy options for the African countries to overcome the food crisis and the changing structure of world trade to sustain their impressive growth of the early 2000s.These policies must go beyond economic reforms and seek a solution to the entrenched political problems that divided the continent. Num Pages: 351 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFA; JPHV; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230205284
- ISBN
- 9780230205284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.28
€ 124.28
Hardback. Leading Middle East analysts consider the causes and consequences of the Arab Spring. Editor(s): Haddad, Bassam; Bsheer, Rosie; Abu-Rish, Ziad. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745333250
- ISBN
- 9780745333250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.03€ 82.60
€ 99.03
€ 82.60
Hardback. Until the late 1980s, there were very few democratically elected governments in the developing world. These areas were characterized by a range of authoritarian regimes from military administrations to one--party dictatorships. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1H; 1KL; 1QFG; GTF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745621418
- ISBN
- 9780745621418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.49
€ 77.49
Hardback. In this book, top scholars look at the efficacy of trade union and worker protest in overthrowing authoritarian governments in Africa. The analytical introduction and case studies from major African countries argue that unions were often the most important single social force in the democratization process. Editor(s): Kraus, Jon. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPHV; JPVH2; KNXB2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600614
- ISBN
- 9780230600614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.98
€ 123.98
Paperback. Focuses on native cereals in Africa, including African rice, finger millet, fonio, pearl millet, sorghum, tef, and other cultivated and wild grains. This book dispels myths, often based on Western bias, about the nutritional value, flavor, and yield of these African grains. Num Pages: 408 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1H; TVKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- National Academies Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780309049900
- ISBN
- 9780309049900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.75€ 58.46
€ 61.75
€ 58.46
Paperback. Series: Directions in Development - Human Development. Num Pages: 39 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1H; JPQB; KCLT; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821336694
- ISBN
- 9780821336694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.42
€ 25.99
€ 22.42
paperback. Editor(s): Gibbon, Peter. Num Pages: 381 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JH; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Nordic Africa Inst
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789171063311
- ISBN
- 9789171063311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27