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Paperback. How can court testimony be used to rebuild a cohesive national identity for the Hutus and Tutsis? And how is it that dance and theater help to move forward the cause of justice and reconciliation? This title provides a satisfying analysis of the interplay between justice, performance, narrative, and memorialization. Num Pages: 264 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; AN; HBTZ; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857421081
- ISBN
- 9780857421081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.01
€ 44.01
Hardback. With an adventurous writing style, Anand Pandian explores the transformative potential of cinema, following Tamil films from the spark of artistic impulse through their production, marketing, and reception to show how cinema recasts the ordinary experience of everyday life. Num Pages: 360 pages, 51 illustrations, incl. 1 in color. BIC Classification: 1FK; APFA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359579
- ISBN
- 9780822359579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 266.83
€ 266.83
Paperback. With an adventurous writing style, Anand Pandian explores the transformative potential of cinema, following Tamil films from the spark of artistic impulse through their production, marketing, and reception to show how cinema recasts the ordinary experience of everyday life. Num Pages: 360 pages, 51 illustrations, incl. 1 in color. BIC Classification: 1FK; APFA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360001
- ISBN
- 9780822360001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.95
€ 62.95
Paperback. Anand Gopal traces the lives of three Afghans caught in America's war on terror. He follows a Taliban commander, who rises from scrawny teenager to leading insurgent; a US-backed warlord, who uses the American military to gain personal wealth and power; and a village housewife trapped between the two sides. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250069269
- ISBN
- 9781250069269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.37
€ 19.99
€ 17.37
Hardcover. A 2014 New York Times Book Review Notable Book and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year Imagine that a terrorist tried to kill you. If you could face him again, on your terms, what would you do? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; BTP; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393239508
- ISBN
- 9780393239508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.87
€ 36.87
Paperback. Focuses on the role of markets in linking local communities to larger networks of commerce, culture, and political power. This book uses bazaars in the northeast Indian state of Bihar during the colonial period as the site of its investigation. Num Pages: 311 pages, 6 b/w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; KC; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press Berkeley, U.S.A.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520211001
- ISBN
- 9780520211001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.90
€ 50.90
Paperback. This collection presents twelve photographic journeys through Iran in the twenty-first century. The participating photographers have each chosen a different aspect of daily life in their country; a cafe, a bus trip, a shopping centre, a "living martyr", the clerics etc. Num Pages: 128 pages, 120photos(100 colour ). BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JM; AJC; HBJF1; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 220 x 9. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850437192
- ISBN
- 9781850437192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.36
€ 30.99
€ 26.36
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176361
- ISBN
- 9780231176361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.50
€ 82.50
Hardcover. First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBTB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 278. Keywords: "Subjects - Education & Languages - General,Subjects - History - General,Subjects - History - Social & Economic History - General"
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- KPI London
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0190991
- ISBN
- 9780710301192
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
paperback. In 1957, Joseph Spagna and five other men waited to board a bus called the Sunnyland. Their plan was: ride the bus together - three blacks and three whites - get arrested and take their case to the US Supreme Court. This book chronicles the story of an American family against the backdrop of one of the civil rights movement's lesser-known stories. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: 286 pages, 5 Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780803217126
- ISBN
- 9780803217126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 14.31
€ 20.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 303 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816515745
- ISBN
- 9780816515745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.06
€ 46.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages, 45 black & white illustrations, 45 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138200722
- ISBN
- 9781138200722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.84
€ 69.84
Paperback. This book thematizes the mystical figure of the abyss by examining the abyss as the dialectical process of the self's reconstruction followed by its dispossession. It traces such process in Neoplatonic mysticism, German idealism, and Afro-Caribbean philosophy with the end of politicizing the mystical figure from the standpoint of coloniality. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPC; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273089
- ISBN
- 9780823273089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.87
€ 36.87
Hardback. This book thematizes the mystical figure of the abyss by examining the abyss as the dialectical process of the self's reconstruction followed by its dispossession. It traces such process in Neoplatonic mysticism, German idealism, and Afro-Caribbean philosophy with the end of politicizing the mystical figure from the standpoint of coloniality. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPC; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273072
- ISBN
- 9780823273072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.20
€ 121.20
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620875865
- ISBN
- 9781620875865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.84
€ 17.99
€ 15.84
Paperback. This book examines the role of Chinese family and business networks in the process of state formation in Malaya. Through an examination of the opium and rice trades, pawnbroking, labor, and the law, the author considers the crucial role played by wealth and power in state formation, and challenges accepted views of Chinese ethnicity and migration. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- NUS Press
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789971694968
- ISBN
- 9789971694968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.12
€ 43.12
Hardback. This book uses the histories of the city art museums in Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester to reveal, examine, and follow the consequences of the underlying logic of the Victorian art museum movement: the attempt to contain the moral and physical ugliness of industrial capitalism through the experience of beauty. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804778046
- ISBN
- 9780804778046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.57
€ 85.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXK; 1KBB; 3JJPR; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Trine Day United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937584207
- ISBN
- 9781937584207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.01
€ 20.01
Paperback. A historical account of the Women Strike for Peace movement. Amy Swerdlow, a founding member of WSP, restores to the record a chapter on American politics and women's studies. She traces WSP's triumphs, its problems, and its legacy for the women's movement and American society. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 326 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTJ; HBTB; JFFK; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226786360
- ISBN
- 9780226786360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.63
€ 46.63
Hardback. Traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, this title describes how the work of selling women transformed communities across the archipelago. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 282 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534. Prostitution, Markets, and the Household in Early Modern Japan. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 282 pages, Illustrations. Traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, this title describes how the work of selling women transformed communities across the archipelago. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFMX. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270909
- ISBN
- 9780520270909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.37
€ 113.37