Regional studies
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Regional studies
Paperback. Offers a sense of what must happen to bring about a renewed sense of integration and global Frenchness Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1H; GTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253006707
- ISBN
- 9780253006707
€ 17.99€ 17.15
€ 17.99
€ 17.15
Hardcover. Public discourse and everyday life during the last days of Yugoslavia Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DV; GTB; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253356239
- ISBN
- 9780253356239
€ 79.34
€ 79.34
Paperback. Focuses on a set of contemporary paintings in the traditional technique by the Nepalese artist Romio Shrestha and his assistants in Kathmandu. Editor(s): Williamson, Laila; Young, Serinity (American Museum of Natural History, USA). Num Pages: 248 pages, 88 color illus. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBP; AJC; GTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 304 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988696
- ISBN
- 9780295988696
€ 46.99€ 41.94
€ 46.99
€ 41.94
Paperback. A fully revised and updated edition of this influential work of scholarship. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 540 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; AB; DSBB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 766. A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. 538 pages, 30 b/w illus. A fully revised and updated edition of this influential work of scholarship. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; AB; DSBB; GTB. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 27. Weight: 870.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 534
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521716314
- ISBN
- 9780521716314
€ 35.16
€ 35.16
Paperback. A study of the colonial state's imposition of regimes of sexuality, as seen through archives of law, literature and pornography. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBG; HBLL; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345336
- ISBN
- 9780822345336
€ 26.99€ 24.69
€ 26.99
€ 24.69
Paperback. Towards the middle of the 20th century, scholarly research revealed that the fabled Silk Roads, far from being mere trade routes, were cultural highways that played a pivotal role in linking east and west, intermittently bringing together nomads and city dwellers, pastoral peoples and farmers, merchants and monks, and soldiers and pilgrims. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812223
- ISBN
- 9781571812223
€ 36.99€ 33.27
€ 36.99
€ 33.27
Paperback. Presents a collection of what a curious visitor might want to know about Thai customs and beliefs, explained by a long-time English resident of Thailand. This book, compiled from a series of articles published in a weekly column in the 1970s, intends to demystify constructs like the system of royal ranks and the Thai musical scale, and more. Num Pages: 254 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5193 x 3233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789749575734
- ISBN
- 9789749575734
€ 16.69
€ 16.69
Hardcover. Hildesheim is a mid-sized provincial town in northwest Germany. This title presents an account of how townspeople went about their lives and reacted to events during the Nazi era. It considers the actual customs and experiences of friendship and neighbourliness in a German town before, during, and after the Third Reich. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253344656
- ISBN
- 9780253344656
€ 35.99€ 34.31
€ 35.99
€ 34.31
Paperback. A major statement of a position developed since the 1990s, this book both epitomizes and explains Glenn Loury's understanding of the depressed conditions of so much of black American society at the beginning of the 21st century. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 240 pages, 22 graphs, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012424
- ISBN
- 9780674012424
€ 33.99€ 31.96
€ 33.99
€ 31.96
Paperback. The Politics of Ecology in Papua New Guinea. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-first Century. 312 pages, 25 illustrations. Presents an ethnographic examination of the social effects of conservation and development efforts in Papua New Guinea. This book focuses on the area that was the site of a biodiversity conservation project. It demonstrates the capacity of ethnography to illuminate the relationship between trans-national processes and individual lives. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1MKLP; GTB; JHMP; RNK. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337492
- ISBN
- 9780822337492
€ 29.99€ 26.85
€ 29.99
€ 26.85
Paperback. Against All Odds Series: German Life & Civilization. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; GTB; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783039118458
- ISBN
- 9783039118458
€ 52.73
€ 52.73
Paperback. A groundbreaking collection of sixteen essays that examines the productive intersection of the fields of black and queer studies Editor(s): Johnson, E. Patrick; Henderson, Mae G. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336181
- ISBN
- 9780822336181
€ 30.99€ 27.92
€ 30.99
€ 27.92
Paperback. This volume looks at what it is to be European. While concentrating on the question of identity, it takes a broad view ranging from culture to monetary union, from East-West rapprochement to the role of the EU in the globalized world of the new millennium. Editor(s): Joyce, Christopher. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 345. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KST0010244
- ISBN
- 9781860646966
€ 5.28
€ 5.28
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821421017
- ISBN
- 9780821421017
€ 26.99€ 24.69
€ 26.99
€ 24.69
Paperback. Betafo, a rural community in central Madagascar, is divided between descendants of nobles and descendants of slaves. Anthropologist David Graeber uncovers the layers of historical, social, and cultural knowledge required to understand a disastrous communal ordeal and elaborates a new view of power, inequality, and the political role of narrative. Num Pages: 488 pages, 9 figures, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1HSM; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219152
- ISBN
- 9780253219152
€ 30.99€ 27.92
€ 30.99
€ 27.92
Paperback. This work provides the basis for a reconceptualization of key features in Southeast Asia's history. It examines evolutionary patterns of Europe's and Japan's Southeast Asian empires from the late 19th century through World War II, and offer insights into the events of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Num Pages: 376 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; JP; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- M.E. Sharpe United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765611406
- ISBN
- 9780765611406
€ 51.17
€ 51.17
Paperback. This 2005 book looks at domestic life and the place of women in the Mughal court of the sixteenth century. Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization. Num Pages: 260 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: GTB; JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521615341
- ISBN
- 9780521615341
€ 45.01
€ 45.01
Paperback. Through an analysis of criminal case files, administrative records, and prisoner biographies, this book reconstructs life in the penal colonies and examines how the social sciences, tropical medicine, and sensational journalism evaluated and exploited the inmates' experiences. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803217980
- ISBN
- 9780803217980
€ 19.99€ 19.30
€ 19.99
€ 19.30
Paperback. This 2002 book is a guide to Italian usage for students wishing to extend their knowledge of the language. Num Pages: 490 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; CBG; CF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521485562
- ISBN
- 9780521485562
€ 54.85
€ 54.85
Paperback. Study of conjugal relationships between Indian women and British men in colonial India. Series: Cambridge Studies in Indian History & Society. Num Pages: 292 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521673792
- ISBN
- 9780521673792
€ 32.69
€ 32.69