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Paperback. Takes a look at Hindi films and movie trends - the decline of song-and-dance sequences, the upgraded status of the horror genre, and the rise of the multiplex and multi-plot - to demonstrate how these relationships exemplify different formulas of contemporary living. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 240 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226304267
ISBN
9780226304267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.12

Hardcover. Editor(s): Liddle, Swapna. Translator(s): Jaffery, Nausheen. Num Pages: 152 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AMGD; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Tulika Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9789382381860
ISBN
9789382381860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.11

Paperback. Modi: The Wheels of Change is a biography of Narendra Damodardas Modi, the 15th and current Prime Minister of India. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135. .
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910901700
ISBN
9781910901700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.16

paperback. Offers an interpretation of the role that gender played in defining the Indian state during both the colonial and postcolonial eras. Focusing on both British and Indian literary texts - primarily novels - produced between 1857 and 1947, this title examines representations of 'native' Indian women. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324904
ISBN
9780822324904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 195 x 19. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Natraj Publishers India
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9788181581099
ISBN
9788181581099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Paperback. Shyam Benegal is the best-known and most prolific contemporary filmmaker from India's arthouse or 'New Cinema' tradition. This book explains how Benegal presents both a stark contrast to Bollywood and yet also maintains many creative continuities both with commercial cinema and his distinguished predecessor Satyajit Ray. Series: World Directors. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
British Film Institute
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851709086
ISBN
9780851709086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.34

Paperback. Traces the diversity of globalization to national differences in economic history and social norms, and, paradoxically, to global competition itself. This book enables us to understand comparative management and the relationship between business, society, and the global economy. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 line illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCL; KJK; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133843
ISBN
9780691133843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.76

Paperback. Not long after Six Day War, three Palestinian men ventured into the town of Ramla in Israel. They were cousins, on a pilgrimage to see their childhood homes. One cousin had the door slammed in his face, one found that his house had been converted into a school. But the third, Bashir, was met at the door by a woman named Dalia, who invited him in. Num Pages: 560 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552155144
ISBN
9780552155144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 9.93

Hardback. Examines the economic and technological basis for India's rise to power and the political factors that will shape the country in the future. The book juxtaposes the advances that India has made, alongside the factors that have hindered the country in realizing its true potential. Num Pages: 436 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JP; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333631966
ISBN
9780333631966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.65

Paperback. Examines India's rise to power and the obstacles it faces in the context of domestic governance and security, relationships and security issues with its South Asian neighbors, and international relations in the wider Asian region. Series: South Asia in World Affairs Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 map, 1 figure, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626160743
ISBN
9781626160743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.52

Hardback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 21 b&w illustrations and 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JWXK; LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231179225
ISBN
9780231179225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.84
€ 60.76

Hardback. Traces the relationships between disease, hygiene, politics, geography, and nationalism in British Mandatory Palestine between the world wars. Taking up the case of malaria control in Jewish-held lands, this book illustrates how efforts to thwart the disease were intimately tied to the project of Zionist nation-building. Num Pages: 384 pages, 34 halftones, 7 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1; JPFN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226779355
ISBN
9780226779355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.16
€ 44.67

Hardback. China in Global Finance Series: Global Power Shift. Num Pages: 173 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCP; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319024653
ISBN
9783319024653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.44

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJPR; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231171342
ISBN
9780231171342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.17
€ 41.28

Hardcover. Editor(s): Downing, Sandra L. Num Pages: 193 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590336984
ISBN
9781590336984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.87
€ 55.67

Paperback. It was common knowledge among American soldiers in Vietnam that women were sometimes brave and even ferocious fighters for the North. This text provides vivid accounts of training, deployment, strategy and tactics, propaganda, support services and torture involving women. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 182 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJP; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612567
ISBN
9780700612567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.33

Paperback. Analyzes the development of Indian diasporas in the United States and England from 1947 onwards. This work suggests that carefully reading the production of a diasporic sensibility, one that is not simply an outgrowth of the nation-state, helps us to conceive of multiple imaginaries, of America, England, and India, as articulated to one another. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1KBB; 3JJP; JFC; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780691092676
ISBN
9780691092676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.30

Hardcover. Using case studies of cholera, plague, malaria, and yellow fever, this book analyzes how factors such as public health diplomacy, trade, imperial governance, medical technologies, and cultural norms operated within global and colonial conceptions of political and epidemiological risk to shape infectious disease policies in colonial India. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230354609
ISBN
9780230354609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.18

Hardback. Sanaz Fotouhi here traces the origins of the emerging body of diasporic Iranian literature in English, and uses these origins to examine the socio-political position and historical context from which they emerged. Series: International Library of Iranian Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1FBN; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 29. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780767284
ISBN
9781780767284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.72
€ 133.93

Hardcover. The first ethnographic study of the trend toward religious, parochial schooling in urban Pakistan, this book provides data from over fifty-Karachi area schools to establish the complex reasons middle- and upper-class families enroll in religious Islamic schools. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSR2; JNLR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137382467
ISBN
9781137382467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.85
€ 44.92

Paperback. Examines how the breeding ground for global jihad developed and flourishes today in the borderlands between Pakistan and Afghanistan Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; HBJF; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041836
ISBN
9781849041836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.51

Hardcover. Sana Aiyar chronicles the strategies by which Indians sought a political voice in Kenya, from the beginning of colonial rule to independence. She examines how the strands of Indians' diasporic identity influenced Kenya's leadership--from partnering with Europeans to colonize East Africa, to collaborating with Africans to battle racial inequality. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFGK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674289888
ISBN
9780674289888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.23
€ 55.03

Paperback. Caught betwixt the Asian continent and the hegemonic power of the United States, the Philippines occupies a contested space or borderland between past and present, East and West. Balancing the memory of colonial experience with an emergent nation-making dream, this innovative book asks if a meaningful future can be envisioned. Series: Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian & Pacific Perspectives. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMP; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847698615
ISBN
9780847698615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.33

Hardback. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403983763
ISBN
9781403983763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

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