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Africa

Paperback. Explores ethnoreligious tensions in coastal Kenya. This title also advances understanding of ethnic essentialism, religious plurality, spirit possession, local understandings of personhood, and the many meanings of 'Islam' across cultures. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JFSL; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780822345091
ISBN
9780822345091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99

Paperback. Examines the use of Africa as a figure in the Harlem Renaissance and looks at the place of that movement within a wider Black modernism Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; APF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822336433
ISBN
9780822336433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99

Paperback. An ethnographic study of Zimbabwe's land occupations that focuses on the effects of spatialized struggles on sovereignty and the nation-state Num Pages: 424 pages, 15 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJP; GTB; JHMC; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822335702
ISBN
9780822335702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.28

Paperback. Considers setting and place as irreducible features of the human condition and sociocultural existence. Focusing on a range of periods in places from France to the Balkans and from Siberia to San Diego, this work concentrates on such subjects as the Lockean landscapes, 19th-century Australian and North American landscape paintings, and zoos. Num Pages: 448 pages, 15 tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVWYB; 1FPC; 1HFGS; 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 33. Weight in Grams: 757.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822322665
ISBN
9780822322665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.26

Paperback. Focusing on the commonalties revealed in their shared language and colonial history, the author examines the work of six writers who, while artistically distinct and geographically scattered, share complex sensibilities regarding their own relationship to France and the French language. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBM; 1HFDS; 1KJH; 1KJWWM; 1KLSG; 2ADF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822321439
ISBN
9780822321439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99

Hardback. Editor(s): Hunter, Emma. Series: Cambridge Centre of African Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JPA; JPVH1; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821422564
ISBN
9780821422564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.52

Hardback. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; HBJH; JPQB; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821422380
ISBN
9780821422380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBS; BK; HBJH; HRHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821422304
ISBN
9780821422304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.12

Paperback. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JHB; JPA; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821422182
ISBN
9780821422182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.83

Hardback. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH; TBX; TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821422113
ISBN
9780821422113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.62

Paperback. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JFSL3; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821422106
ISBN
9780821422106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.11

Hardback. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JFSL3; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821422090
ISBN
9780821422090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.52

Hardback. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821421901
ISBN
9780821421901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.82

Hardback. Series: Perspectives on Global Health. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFG; MBGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821421727
ISBN
9780821421727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.69

Paperback. Explores the interconnections between negotiations over the environment and an emerging colonial relationship in a particular South African context - the Transkei - subsequently the largest of the notorious "homelands" under apartheid. This work sheds light on the colonial era in the Transkei by looking at significant dimensions of this history. Series Editor(s): Allman, Jean; Isaacman, Allen F. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBLL; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821416990
ISBN
9780821416990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.50

Paperback. This collection of writings looks at how the Nobel Laureate has navigated the tricky waters of being a public intellectual in the contentious world he inhabits, which touches on racism, sexism, animal rights, ecofeminism, and contemporary literature. Editor(s): Poyner, Jane. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821416877
ISBN
9780821416877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.54

Hardback. For more than a century, the world has recognized the extraordinary biological diversity of the forests of Tanzania's Usambara Mountains. This title unravels the complex interactions among agriculture, herding, forestry, the colonial state, and the landscape itself. Series: Ecology & History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15ill. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 585. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821415535
ISBN
9780821415535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.94

hardcover. Translator(s): Robinson, Blake. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HBA; AGB; BG; HBJH; WTH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 585. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780821412725
ISBN
9780821412725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.31

Paperback. Editor(s): Willan, Brian. Num Pages: 499 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JPA; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
499
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821411865
ISBN
9780821411865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 131 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; 1KBB; AJC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 255 x 13. Weight in Grams: 836.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816654574
ISBN
9780816654574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 halftones, 2 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JP. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816649129
ISBN
9780816649129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBAH; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816648337
ISBN
9780816648337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHM; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816625390
ISBN
9780816625390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.66

Paperback. From the 1850s and the Civil War to emancipation and the official end of Reconstruction in 1877, this work examines slave emancipation and opposition to it as a national event with social, political, and cultural consequences. It analyzes multiple views of black child to demonstrate how Americans contested and defended slavery and its abolition. Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814796337
ISBN
9780814796337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Paperback. Offers a detailed ethnographic portrait of an African American boys' high school basketball team in an urban area in the South Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; JHBS; WSJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814795965
ISBN
9780814795965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.61

Paperback. Explores how African American men have been marketed, embodied, and imaged for the purposes of racial advancement during the first half of the 20th C. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 463 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
463
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814775639
ISBN
9780814775639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.19

Hardback. Reveals a novel thesis concerning slave resistence and the roots of abolitionism Num Pages: 365 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 1QDB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814773499
ISBN
9780814773499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.25

Paperback. Crime in most urban areas has been falling since 1991. This title presents a structural and theoretical analysis of the various factors that affect the crime decline, and offers insights into which trends have declined and why. It considers the indicators such as employment, labour market opportunities, skill levels, and housing. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSG; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814767856
ISBN
9780814767856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.05

paperback. Challenges readers to alter their conceptual frameworks about Africans by looking at them as workers who, through the course of the Atlantic slave trade and plantation labor, shaped the development of the Americas Series: Culture, Labor, History. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814763698
ISBN
9780814763698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.61

Paperback. An expansive introduction to the development of African American religion and theology. From the time of slavery up to modern day, the text addresses a broad diversity of African American religion and traces their transition to various forms of Christianity. Editor(s): Murphy, Larry G. Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 450 pages, 31ill. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; HBTB; HRCC99; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 26. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814755815
ISBN
9780814755815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 1HBM; 1HBT; 3JJ; HBJH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814751299
ISBN
9780814751299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.90

paperback. John Brown Russwurm (1799-1851) played a pioneering role as an educator, abolitionist, editor, government official, emigrationist and colonizationist. He is the first African American graduate of Maine's Bowdoin College, and co-founder of "Freedom's Journal". This title presents an account of Russwurm's life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814742907
ISBN
9780814742907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.29

Paperback. Exploring why America has failed to compensate Black Americans for the wrongs of slavery, this book provides a history of the racial reparations movement and shows why it is an idea whose time has come. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; JPA; JPVH; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814737415
ISBN
9780814737415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.52

Paperback. Presents a research on the history and experiences of people of African descent outside of the African continent. By incorporating Europe and North Africa as well as North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean, this reader shifts the discourse on the African diaspora away from its focus solely on the Americas. Editor(s): Gomez, Michael A. Num Pages: 317 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814731666
ISBN
9780814731666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Hardback. This volume makes a significant contribution to the debate about the connections between the protection of human rights and the pursuit of economic development in Africa. Editor(s): Zeleza, Paul Tyambe; McConnaughay, Philip J. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; GTF; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812237832
ISBN
9780812237832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.95

Paperback. Early African American Print Culture presents seventeen original essays that demonstrate how the study of African American print culture might enrich the study of print culture, while at the same time expanding the terrain of African American literature beyond authorship to editing, illustration, printing, circulation, and reading. Editor(s): Cohen, Lara Langer; Stein, Jordan Alexander. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 432 pages, 43 illus. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223347
ISBN
9780812223347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.82

Paperback. Joseph O'Callaghan offers the first full and authoritative history of the epic battle for control of the Strait of Gibraltar waged by Castile, Morocco, and Granada in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries-a major, but often overlooked chapter in the Christian reconquest of Spain. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 392 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSG; 1HBM; 3H; HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223026
ISBN
9780812223026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.63

Paperback. Anthropologist Sonia Silva examines how a community of Luvale people, Angolan refugees living in Zambia, use lipele divination baskets to cope with daily life in a new land and maintain connections to their past. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 188 pages, 37 illus. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222685
ISBN
9780812222685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.67

Paperback. Based on extensive fieldwork, Women of Fes shows how Moroccan women create their own forms of identity through work, family, and society. The book also examines how women's lives are positioned vis-a-vis globalization, human rights, and the construction of national identity. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221312
ISBN
9780812221312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.67

Paperback. Exposes the fact that slavery remains widespread in Sudan and is not grounded in the current civil war but on old prejudices between the Muslim north and the Christian south. "A shocking account of Sudanese slavery."-Crime & Justice International Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812217629
ISBN
9780812217629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99