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Hardcover. India and the Quest for One World revolutionizes the history of human rights, with dramatic impact on some of the most contentious debates of our time, by capturing the exceptional efforts of Mahatma Gandhi and the Nehrus to counter the divisions of the Cold War with an uplifting new vision of justice built on the principle of "unity in diversity." Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137349828
ISBN
9781137349828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.61

Paperback. Maps a series of historical events - since the Raj in the mid-nineteenth century - through which India was made fashionable to Western audiences within the popular cultural arenas of the imperial metropole. This book presents an examination of India as represented in department stores, exhibitions, painting, and picture postcards of the era. Num Pages: 230 pages, 48 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JJ; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520252318
ISBN
9780520252318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.50

Paperback. An explanation of how India has been affected by the different phases of globalization Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJP; 3JM; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719069017
ISBN
9780719069017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.89

Hardcover. Moving away from orthodox narratives of the Raj and British presence in India, this book examines the significance of the networks and connections that South Asians established on British soil. Looking at the period 1858-1950, it presents readings of cultural history and points to the urgent need to open up the parameters of this field of study. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230392717
ISBN
9780230392717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

paperback. India is the biggest democracy on earth, a country of dynamic change, huge divisions and countless identities. Is there any way to discover the 'real' India? This book tells the story of how India emerged from a turbulent struggle for independence to become a vibrant democracy with one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141041575
ISBN
9780141041575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 11.60

Paperback. Analyses the works of Anglo writers and artists who encountered American Indians in the course of their travels in the Southwest during the one-hundred-year period beginning in 1840. This book looks at the accounts produced by government-sponsored explorers, and surveys the writers who popularised the region in fiction and travelogue. Num Pages: 250 pages, 24 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826330291
ISBN
9780826330291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.03

Hardback. This ground-breaking book offers unique insights into the careers of Indian doctors in colonial Kenya during the height of British colonialism, between 1895 and 1940. The story of these important Indian professionals presents a rare social history of an important political minority. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFGK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJH; HBTQ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137440525
ISBN
9781137440525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.86
€ 54.88

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HRG; JPFN; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651453
ISBN
9780691651453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.70

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 418 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JPF; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635866
ISBN
9780691635866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.80

Hardback. This book examines the use of book covers as marketing devices, asking what exactly they communicate to their readers and buyers, and what images they associate with a genre and create about a culture. Focusing on Indian women's writing in English, it combines the study of text with the study of materiality of the book. Num Pages: 142 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH5; DSK; JFSJ1; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137474216
ISBN
9781137474216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.54

Hardcover. In works of silver and wool, the Navajos have established a unique brand of American craft. Examining varied sites of production - artisans' workshops, museums, trading posts - this book shows how the market economy perpetuated 'Navaho' stereotypes and cultural assumptions. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 304 pages, 29 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; AFTB; JFSL9; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615957
ISBN
9780700615957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.55

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

€ 60.18
€ 55.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855757793
ISBN
9780855757793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.02

Paperback. In the early twentieth century, Peruvian intellectuals, like their European counterparts, rejected biological categories of race as a basis for discrimination. This title traces the history of the notion of race from this turn-of-the-century definition to a denial of the definition's scientific validity. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 21 b&w photographs, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324201
ISBN
9780822324201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Paperback. Presents an ethnographic account of Pan-Maya cultural activism. This book shows that Pan-Mayanism reflects diverse local, national, and international influences. It explores the movement's attempts to interweave these varied strands into political programs to promote human and cultural rights for Guatemala's indigenous majority. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 table 2 maps 19 line illus. 56 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFSL9; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058825
ISBN
9780691058825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.26

Paperback. This is a book about a countercultural milieu that attempted to establish innovative ideas of collectivity and individuality through the formation of art groups in the 1950s and 1960s. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 145, 145 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPK; ACXD; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786940056
ISBN
9781786940056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.77

Paperback. Investigates the relatively little-studied but growing field of the experiences of East Indians in the Caribbean from their arrival in 1838 to the end of indentureship in 1920. By utilizing an analytical perspective offered by writers on the subject of the subaltern, this work departs from the historical approach and offers a fresh interpretation. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766401856
ISBN
9789766401856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.03

Paperback. Combining fresh approaches with a historical synthesis, this work presents general history of French Indochina. Focusing on economic, social, intellectual, and cultural dimensions, it treats Indochina's history from its inception in Cochinchina in 1858 to its crumbling at Dien Bien Ph in 1954 and on to decolonization. Editor(s): Goscha, Christopher E. Translator(s): Dill-Klein, Ly Lan. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 508 pages, 14 line illustrations, 10 maps, 37 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 720. An Ambiguous Colonization, 1858-1954. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. 508 pages, Illustrations, maps. Combining fresh approaches with a historical synthesis, this work presents general history of French Indochina. Focusing on economic, social, intellectual, and cultural dimensions, it treats Indochina's history from its inception in Cochinchina in 1858 to its crumbling at Dien Bien Ph in 1954 and on to decolonization. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight: 706. Translator(s): Dill-Klein, Ly Lan.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
508
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269743
ISBN
9780520269743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.50

hardcover. Indonesia starts the millennium at a time of transition. This volume provides a wide-ranging analysis of the social and political dimensions of reformation - poverty and income, environment and livelihood, civil society and legal institutions, and Islam and politics. Editor(s): Manning, Chris; Diermen, Peter van. Num Pages: 408 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJPR; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
illustrated edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781856499231
ISBN
9781856499231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.09
€ 73.25

Paperback. Based on a deep knowledge of Indonesia, its language, and its leaders, Friendtraces the history of this nation over the last 50 years, from its liberationfrom Dutch rule in 1949 to the present. Over 100 illustrations. Num Pages: 640 pages, 60 color illustrations, 50 halftones, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1026.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674018341
ISBN
9780674018341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.61

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