Interdisciplinary studies
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Interdisciplinary studies
paperback. Employing literary, historical, and anthropological techniques, this title attempts to generate a new understanding of issues that permeate discussions of Africa by disrupting the centrality of postcolonial texts and focusing instead on the cultural and intellectual production of colonial Africans. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5703 x 3971 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326410
- ISBN
- 9780822326410
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€ 29.99€ 26.45
€ 29.99
€ 26.45
Paperback. Presenting examinations of the lives of Bulgarian women, this ethnography challenges the idea that women have fared worse than men in Eastern Europe's transition from socialism to a market economy. It also highlights how, prior to 1989, the communist planners sought to create full employment for them and steered women into the service sector. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; JFSJ1; JHMC; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 316 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336624
- ISBN
- 9780822336624
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€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
hardcover. Reveals that Chinese Americans began 'shooting hoops' nearly a century before Chinese superstar Yao Ming turned pro. Drawing on interviews with players and coaches, this book takes readers back to San Francisco in the 1930s and 1940s, when young Chinese American men and women developed a new approach to the game - with fast breaks. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19 Halftones, 1 Figure. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 534. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592139422
- ISBN
- 9781592139422
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Condition: New
€ 30.98
€ 30.98
Paperback. The 'Chipko Movement' drew world attention to the struggle over forest rights. Arguing that the hype took control away from local people, this book says that issues of forest control and sustainable forest use have to be seen in the context of concerns about social and economic development, regional autonomy and the futures of the local people. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: GTF; JHMC; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Seagull Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905422524
- ISBN
- 9781905422524
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€ 26.00€ 23.90
€ 26.00
€ 23.90
Paperback. This text explores the growing impact of digital technologies on aesthetic experience and examines the major changes taking place in the role of the artist as social communicator. Num Pages: 372 pages, 215 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AFKV; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415307819
- ISBN
- 9780415307819
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Condition: New
€ 55.99
€ 55.99
paperback. An original collection of essays by leading international Soviet cinema scholars, covering seventy years of cinema history, providing a clear understanding of the aesthetic developments and sociopolitical function of Soviet cinema. Editor(s): Lawton, Anna. Num Pages: 356 pages, 6ill. BIC Classification: 1DVU; APF; GTC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415078191
- ISBN
- 9780415078191
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€ 54.15
€ 54.15
The Migration-Development Nexus. A Transnational Perspective.
Faist, Thomas; Fauser, Margit; Kivisto, Peter
paperback. "This book examines current policy discussions around the migration-development nexus and subjects them to rigorous conceptual and empirical criticism through a transnational lens, placing the current re-discovery of migrants as agents of development nexus into theoretical and historical perspective."-- Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JFSL; KCP; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349310142
- ISBN
- 9781349310142
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Condition: New
€ 52.77
€ 52.77
Paperback. Featuring sixty-seven illustrations, and providing a reckoning and visualization of the Jewish 'ghosts' within US art, this work addresses the veiled role of Jewishness in the understanding of feminist art in the United States. It appeals to students of art, visual studies, women's studies, and cultural studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 66 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 161 x 10. Weight in Grams: 362.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415232210
- ISBN
- 9780415232210
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€ 54.15
€ 54.15
paperback. Clearly structured in five thematic sections, this book presents a set of interlinked essays which discuss and examine the key debates in the fields of media and cultural studies. It is suitable for media students. Series: Comedia. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415333429
- ISBN
- 9780415333429
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Condition: New
€ 54.19
€ 54.19
paperback. Examining four popular tabloid newspapers, this book talks about the variety of linguistics strategies they use to depict contemporary Britain. It also considers how this imaginary community of the British nation is drawn through themes, such as 'outsiders' and 'insiders', women, celebrity, history and politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GT; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415355537
- ISBN
- 9780415355537
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Condition: New
€ 55.67
€ 55.67
paperback. Editor(s): Bah, Abu Bakarr. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253023841
- ISBN
- 9780253023841
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
paperback. A historical overview and analysis of fourteen landmark Supreme Court cases that have significantly affected Latino rights in such areas as education, the administration of criminal justice, voting rights, employment, and immigration. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; GTB; JKV; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292714113
- ISBN
- 9780292714113
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
paperback. The Valley of South Texas is a region of puzzling contradictions, but the Valley typically experiences high unemployment and low per capita income. This book clarifies why Valley culture presents so many apparent contradictions as they delve into issues that are 'on the edge of the law'. Num Pages: 367 pages, 38 figures, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JHMC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292714755
- ISBN
- 9780292714755
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.40
€ 38.99
€ 35.40
hardcover. Provides fresh perspectives on colonialism, tourism, imagery, and the anthropology of place Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJM; JHM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991016
- ISBN
- 9780295991016
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Condition: New
€ 118.66
€ 118.66
The Revolutionary Imagination in the Americas and the Age of Developme...
Maria Josefina Saldana-Portillo
paperback. Argues that crucial twentieth-century revolutionary challenges to colonialism and capitalism in the Americas have failed to resist - and in fact have been constitutively related to - the very developmentalist narratives that have justified and naturalized post-war capitalism. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFC; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822331667
- ISBN
- 9780822331667
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.17
€ 35.99
€ 32.17
paperback. Essays examining how Irish identity is performed and commodified in the contemporary transnational environment, in Frank McCourt's writing, the explosion of Irish-themed merchandising, the practices of heritage seekers and in the movie The Crying Game Editor(s): Negra, Diane. Num Pages: 392 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; APF; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 264 x 30. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822337409
- ISBN
- 9780822337409
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.17
€ 35.99
€ 32.17
Paperback. Many non-verbal behaviours - smiling, blushing, shrugging - reveal our emotions. One non-verbal behaviour, gesturing, exposes our thoughts. This book explores how we move our hands when we talk, and what it means when we do so. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018372
- ISBN
- 9780674018372
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.07
€ 34.99
€ 30.07
Paperback. An important contribution to the expanding literature on "everyday politics" Editor(s): White, Adam. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FB; 1HB; GTB; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992563
- ISBN
- 9780295992563
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.80
€ 36.99
€ 32.80
Hardcover. A conflict resolution specialist explores the nature of disputes that become intractable quagmires, and offers cutting edge methods for solving them Num Pages: 288 pages, charts and graphs. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHB; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586489212
- ISBN
- 9781586489212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.56
€ 35.99
€ 25.56
paperback. Analyzing the impact of black abolitionist iconography on early black literature and the formation of black identity, this book argues that the visual offered an alternative to literacy for current and former slaves, whose works mobilize forms of illustration that subvert dominant representations of slavery by both apologists and abolitionists. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 437.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221087
- ISBN
- 9780253221087
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.47
€ 21.99
€ 21.47