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Paperback. Focuses on the 'woman question' in the Middle East, when gender became a highly charged nationalist issue tied up in complex ways with the West. This book is a radical challenge to any easy equation of modernity with progress, emancipation, and the empowerment of women. Editor(s): Abu-Lughod, Lila. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Second printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691057927
- ISBN
- 9780691057927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.35
€ 68.35
Hardback. Both an eye-witness account and serious scholarly inquiry, this book describes and analyses a people whose destiny will shape the future of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; HBJF; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042925
- ISBN
- 9781849042925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.12
€ 61.12
Hardcover. The History of Akbar by Abu'l-Fazl is one of the most important works of Indo-Persian history and a touchstone of prose artistry. It is at once a biography of the Mughal Emperor Akbar that includes descriptions of his political and martial feats and cultural achievements, and a chronicle of sixteenth-century India. Series: Murty Classical Library of India. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JB; BGH; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674427754
- ISBN
- 9780674427754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.05
€ 50.05
Paperback. This is the first complete translation, with detailed commentary, of the surviving volumes of Beyhaqi's massive project. The historian's writings, dealing with the years 1030--1041, combine astute criticism and wry humor with an unobtrusive display of mastery of the learned literature of the time, both in Arabic and Persian. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 546 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 546
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062344
- ISBN
- 9780674062344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.18
€ 42.18
Paperback. This is the first complete translation, with detailed commentary, of the surviving volumes of Beyhaqi's massive project. The historian's writings, dealing with the years 1030--1041, combine astute criticism and wry humor with an unobtrusive display of mastery of the learned literature of the time, both in Arabic and Persian. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 478 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062399
- ISBN
- 9780674062399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.18
€ 42.18
Paperback. This is the first complete translation, with detailed commentary, of the surviving volumes of Beyhaqi's massive project. The historian's writings, dealing with the years 1030--1041, combine astute criticism and wry humor with an unobtrusive display of mastery of the learned literature of the time, both in Arabic and Persian. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062368
- ISBN
- 9780674062368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.88
€ 41.88
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
€ 45.05
€ 45.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; A; JFC; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816629251
- ISBN
- 9780816629251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.56
€ 29.99
€ 28.56
Hardcover. Studies the significant developments in Japanese genre filmmaking since the turn of the millennium. This book includes detail the ways in which individual films have both drawn and departed from those films that have comprised the key works and trends in these generic categories. It features developments in filmmaking. Series: Traditions in World Cinema. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748683734
- ISBN
- 9780748683734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.36€ 105.67
€ 111.36
€ 105.67
Hardcover. After the devastation of World War II, journalists, scholars, and citizens came together to foster a new culture of democracy in Japan. Adam Bronson explores this effort in this groundbreaking study of the Institute for the Science of Thought, one of the most influential associations to emerge in the early postwar years. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; JHMC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824855338
- ISBN
- 9780824855338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.22
€ 79.22
Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9 colour illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1FPJ; 3JD; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164283
- ISBN
- 9780231164283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.20
€ 96.20
Paperback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 352 pages, Color Illus.: 9,, Maps: 2,. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 175 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164290
- ISBN
- 9780231164290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.88
€ 36.99
€ 32.88
Paperback. A long-dominant reading of American politics holds that public policy in the United States is easily captured by special interest groups. Countering this view, this title traces the development of government intervention in agriculture from its nineteenth-century origins to contemporary struggles over farm subsidies. Editor(s): Katznelson, Ira; Shefter, Martin; Skocpol, Theda. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 tables. 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JPA; JPWD; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116280
- ISBN
- 9780691116280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.24
€ 80.24
Hardcover. Shows that Americans through their missionaries had a strong hand in the development of one of the Middle East's most intriguing groups: the modern Assyrians. This book details the history of Christian minority and influence American missionaries had on them. It unveils a relationship between modern global contact and more. Num Pages: 440 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRAX; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 33. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226145280
- ISBN
- 9780226145280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.44
€ 130.44
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608463251
- ISBN
- 9781608463251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.17
€ 21.99
€ 20.17
Hardcover. Explores maritime piracy in Southeast Asia, demonstrating utility of using historical context in developing policy approaches that will address the roots of this resurgent phenomenon. This book highlights causative factors of piracy, which are immersed in the socio-cultural matrix of maritime-oriented peoples to whom piracy is a thinkable option. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF; HBTM; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789812304070
- ISBN
- 9789812304070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.16
€ 42.16
Hardcover. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; DS; HB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472072934
- ISBN
- 9780472072934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.29
€ 108.29
Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 472 pages, 7 illus., 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFFN; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140768
- ISBN
- 9780231140768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.04
€ 171.04
Paperback. Inspired by recent work on diaspora and cultural globalization, this text argues that the political and economic activities of Chinese migrants can be best understood by taking into account their links to one another and China through a transnational perspective. Num Pages: 362 pages, 9 halftones, 6 line drawings, 4 maps, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBBNC; 1KLSR; 1MKPH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226560250
- ISBN
- 9780226560250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.56
€ 52.56
Paperback. This text explains why a shift in Japanese fiscal and monetary policies would be in Japan's interest. It demonstrates that economic stagnation in the 1990s is the result of mistaken policies of fiscal austerity and financial laissez-faire, rather than any structural failures of the "Japan Model". Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCBM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Peterson Institute
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881322620
- ISBN
- 9780881322620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.36
€ 34.36