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Hardcover. Focuses on the issues of Arab immigrants post 9/11 and the way they interact with global processes Num Pages: 242 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814707333
ISBN
9780814707333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.80

Paperback. Offers an exploration of the indissoluble link between war and sexuality based on over the years of interviews by the well-known Lebanese expatriate teacher, critic, and writer. This book refers to sexuality as the physical and psychological relations of men and women, and examines Middle Eastern customs involved in defining such relationships. Editor(s): Accad, Evelyne. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; JFC; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814706152
ISBN
9780814706152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.02

Hardcover. The first comprehensive ethnography of the Thangmi, a marginalized community who migrate between Himalayan border zones, Rituals of Ethnicity explores Thangmi cultural worlds and regional political histories to offer a new explanation for the persistence of enduring ethnic identities despite the realities of mobile, hybrid lives. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 328 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKN; JFSL; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812246834
ISBN
9780812246834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.54

Hardcover. Everyday Occupations engages visual culture and the ethnography of space, satire and parody, poetry and political critique to examine militarization as it is wielded as a cultural and political tool, and as it is experienced as a material form of violence and symbolic domination. Editor(s): Visweswaran, Kamala. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; JPVH; JWK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812244878
ISBN
9780812244878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.80

Hardback. Both the Iraqi and the American people want the United States to withdraw from Iraq. How to Get Out of Iraq with Integrity presents an incisive and bold argument that shows how to do just that without betraying U.S. commitments to Arabs, Kurds, or democracy. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812242010
ISBN
9780812242010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.45

Hardback. Although we may be aware that China and Japan were not nation-states until relatively recently, we still speak and write about Han dynasty China or Jomon Japan. And almost all historians refer to prehistoric China or Japan. Thus imposing the national story on the local, the authors contend, harms the historical record. Editor(s): Fogel, Joshua A. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; HBJF; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812238204
ISBN
9780812238204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.43

Hardback. Offering a distinctive and subtle analysis of tensions between government policies on religious matters and feminism, Halperin-Kaddari shows how women in Israel indeed have a state of their own-in the sense not of liberating refuge but of unfair marginalization. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 701.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812237528
ISBN
9780812237528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.87

Paperback. Originally published by the U.S. Army to provide an overview of the terrain, tribes, history, and course of the war for American troops, Afghanistan Declassified provides an essential background to the war in Afghanistan as well as offering a vivid account of the country's people, history, and geography. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBWS4; JFSL9; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223446
ISBN
9780812223446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.18

Paperback. Following the lives of a group of migrant Filipinas who worked as entertainers in South Korea and then journeyed to other parts of Asia, Europe, and the U.S., this ethnography provides a look at how work, sex, love, and ambition in migrants' lives intersect with larger issues of transnationalism, identity, and global hierarchies of inequality. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1FPKS; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222777
ISBN
9780812222777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.40

Paperback. Based on intensive fieldwork in Israel during the second intifada, this ethnographic study explores how Israeli Jews experience security in their everyday lives. When Israeli security imprints itself on individual lives, the book argues, security propagates the very fears it claims to prevent. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JHM; JKSW1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222661
ISBN
9780812222661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.48

Paperback. This ethnography analyzes the popularity of Hindu nationalism in contemporary India through examining the everyday acts of women activists, finding that women's ability to recruit individuals from a variety of backgrounds and the movement's willingness to accommodate a multiplicity of positions are central to understanding its expansionary power. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHM; JPFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222340
ISBN
9780812222340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Paperback. Reza Afshari reveals Iran's attempt to hide human rights abuses by labeling oppression as an authentic cultural practice. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221398
ISBN
9780812221398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.86

paperback. Appearing here for the first time in paperback, the stories in Folktales from Iraq, each accompanied by specially commissioned engravings, allow the reader to travel to a distant, imaginary land swirling with great fortunes, terrifying predicaments, and quick-witted heroes. Illustrator(s): Wright, John Buckland. Series: Pine Street Books. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812219135
ISBN
9780812219135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.03

Paperback. Contains essays which analyze the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that shape gender systems in the Middle East and North Africa. This volume includes essays that also analyze Arab disillusionment with the radical nationalisms of the 1950s and 1960s and with leftist ideologies, as well as the rise of political Islamist movements. Editor(s): Joseph, Suad; Slyomovics, Susan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JJPG; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812217490
ISBN
9780812217490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.39

Paperback. Using the jute mills of Calcutta as a case study, this book reveals that these interconnections play a fundamental role in shaping both the political actions of workers and the representation of their interests. Series: Critical Histories. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps,1 plan. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFC; JFSJ; JHBL; KCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 279 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215977
ISBN
9780812215977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.48

Paperback. Editor(s): Ludden, David. Series: South Asia Seminar. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JH; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215854
ISBN
9780812215854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.48

Paperback. Series: Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBWQ; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804799706
ISBN
9780804799706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JPS; KCLT; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804799287
ISBN
9780804799287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.33

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799034
ISBN
9780804799034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.57

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JFFP; JFFS; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799010
ISBN
9780804799010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.91

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