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Africa
'Civilising Mission' of Portuguese Colonialism, 1870-1930
Bandeira Jeronimo, Miguel; Costa-Pinto, Anton...
Hardback. This book provides an historical, critical analysis of the doctrine of 'civilising mission' in Portuguese colonialism in the crucial period from 1870 to 1930. Exploring international contexts and transnational connections, this 'civilising mission' is analysed and assessed by examining the employment and distribution of African manpower. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1H; 3JH; 3JJ; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137355904
- ISBN
- 9781137355904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.81
€ 122.81
Hardcover. (Post)apartheid Conditions: Psychoanalysis and Social Formation advances a series of psychoanalytic perspectives on contemporary South Africa, exploring key psychosocial topics such as space-identity, social fantasy, the body, whiteness, memory and nostalgia. Series: Studies in the Psychosocial. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFE; JFFJ; JMAF; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032997
- ISBN
- 9781137032997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
paperback. Editor(s): Hobuss, Steffi; Jager, Benedikt. Num Pages: 170 pages, 15 b&w, 10 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBG; HBTR; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Transcript Publishing Germany
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837634792
- ISBN
- 9783837634792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.10
€ 44.99
€ 32.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 410 pages, 150 colour photographs; 3 black-and-white maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Publisher
- Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 410
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780620611329
- ISBN
- 9780620611329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.93
€ 17.99
€ 12.93
Paperback. Gives a true account of the events of 11 September 2012, when terrorists attacked a US State Compound and a nearby CIA station in Libya, one of the most dangerous corners of the globe. Recounting the 13 hours of the now infamous attack, this personal account sets the story straight about what really happened on the ground. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JMG; BTM; JPWL2; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0003184
- ISBN
- 9781785030529
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Focussing on the Eritrea-Ethiopia war between 1998 and 2000, this book analyses the complex issues of responsibility in wartime. Editor(s): Guttry, Andrea de; Venturini, Gabriella; Post, Harry H. G. Num Pages: 548 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1HFGE; LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1008.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- T.M.C. Asser Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 548
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789067042918
- ISBN
- 9789067042918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.80
€ 189.80
Paperback. 200 easy-to-make recipes for tagines and other Moroccan-style dishes, from the Hamlyn All Colour series Series: Hamlyn All Colour Cookery. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Hamlyn
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780600633419
- ISBN
- 9780600633419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.12
€ 8.12
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Zapiro. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Burnet Media South Africa
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780987043719
- ISBN
- 9780987043719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.29
€ 18.99
€ 17.29
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 200+ b/w photos, color aircraft profiles. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; 1HBT; 1KBB; 3JJH; HB; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 225 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1698.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764313226
- ISBN
- 9780764313226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 34.87
€ 52.99
€ 34.87
Hardcover. "Commissioning organisation: by Howard Drake. 97 p. 22 cm. Quarter cloth over boards. Good clean copy with tight binding, clean and crisp pages, title printed in black on front board, well defined edges." Keywords: Subjects
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- The University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1942
- SKU
- KEX0126926
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 25.99€ 4.99
€ 25.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Keywords: Africa. 210 pp. slight discolouring on DJ. o/w like new
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Published for the Ghana Library Board by Longmans
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Edition
- First edition. Hardback.
- SKU
- KNW0002116
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Hardcover. Keywords: Africa. 210 pp. slight discolouring on DJ. o/w like new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- Published for the Ghana Library Board by Longmans
- Edition
- First edition. Hardback.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KNW0002115
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Hardcover. "Commissioning organisation: compiled by A.F. Johnson. xiii, 210 p. 23 cm. Original cloth. Fine copy. In dw with two bad tears at bottom of spine and bottom front corner."
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- Published for the Ghana Library Board by Longmans
- Edition
- First edition. Hardback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0105829
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Canadian woman writes of teaching in concentration camps following South African War in 1902. Editor(s): Dawson, Michael; Gidney, Catherine; Klausen, Susanne M. Series: Wayfarer. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; 3JJC; BM; HBJH; HBWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120462
- ISBN
- 9781772120462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. 8th April 2009 was just an ordinary day for the author, captain of the United States-registered cargo vessel, the Maersk Alabama, as it headed towards the port of Mombasa. Ordinary that is until, two hundred or so miles off the east coast of Africa, armed Somali pirates attacked and boarded the freighter. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp b & w photos; b & w map. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; 3JMC; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857502469
- ISBN
- 9780857502469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. Investigates how childbirth became medicalized in Africa. Featuring stories about autopsies and bicycles, obstetric surgery and male initiation, this title reveals how concerns about strange objects and procedures fashioned the hybrid social world of colonialism and its aftermath in Mobutu's Zaire. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 496 pages, 47 b&w photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 238 x 38. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 62041st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323662
- ISBN
- 9780822323662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
€ 36.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. 336 pages. Editor(s): Killam, G.D.; Rowe, Ruth. An easy-to-use and highly-acclaimed reference work on works by African authors written in English. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1H; 2H; DSB. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 19. Weight: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010193
- ISBN
- 9781847010193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.28
€ 33.99
€ 28.28
Paperback. This volume of newly commissioned essays provides comprehensive coverage of African philosophy, ranging across disciplines and throughout the ages. * Offers a distinctive historical treatment of African philosophy. * Covers all the main branches of philosophy as addressed in the African tradition. Editor(s): Wiredu, Kwasi (University of South Florida ). Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 608 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1H; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1074.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405145671
- ISBN
- 9781405145671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.69
€ 51.69
Hardback. This volume of newly commissioned essays provides comprehensive coverage of African philosophy, ranging across disciplines and throughout the ages. * Offers a distinctive historical treatment of African philosophy. * Covers all the main branches of philosophy as addressed in the African tradition. Editor(s): Wiredu, Kwasi. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 608 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1H; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207511
- ISBN
- 9780631207511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.99
€ 210.99
Hardback. This new research in English on the work of the Mozambican writer Mia Couto provides a comprehensive introduction to the critical terrain of Couto's literary thought. Editor(s): Hamilton, Grant; Huddart, David. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 2ADP; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011459
- ISBN
- 9781847011459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.65
€ 78.65
Hardback. Offering a wealth of perspectives on African modern and Modernist art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, this new Companion features essays by African, European, and North American authors who assess the work of individual artists as well as exploring broader themes such as discoveries of new technologies and globalization. Editor(s): Salami, Gitti; Visona, Monica Blackmun. Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; ACV; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 184 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444338379
- ISBN
- 9781444338379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 225.83
€ 225.83
Paperback. New essays providing critical views of Coetzee's major works for the scholar and the general reader. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139023
- ISBN
- 9781571139023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.31
€ 38.99
€ 33.31
Paperback. An introduction to the major non-Western philosophical traditions, this text looks particularly at Chinese, Indian, Buddhist and Islamic philosophies. African and Polynesian thinking are also covered by way of historical and contemporary survey articles. Editor(s): Deutsch, Eliot; Bontekoe, Ron. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 608 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1H; 1MKP; 1QFM; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 245 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631213277
- ISBN
- 9780631213277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.83
€ 53.83
Paperback. Challenges the understanding of the war that has turned Mozambique - a naturally rich country - into one of the world's poorest nations. This book combines frontline reporting, personal narrative, political analysis, and scholarship to present a picture of a Mozambique harrowed by local conflicts - ethnic, religious, political and personal. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa S. Num Pages: 325 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082663
- ISBN
- 9780520082663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.83
€ 37.99
€ 27.83