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Paperback. Traces the histories of the Native people of the American West from their arrival thousands of years ago to the early years of the nineteenth century. Emphasizing conflict and change, this work offers a look at the early history of the region by blending ethnohistory, colonial history, and frontier history. Series: History of the American West. Num Pages: 631 pages, 22 photographs, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 227 x 33. Weight in Grams: 866.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
631
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803264656
ISBN
9780803264656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.98

Paperback. Explores a key period in the making of the modern West. Although the notion of 'dual revolutions,' economic in Britain and political in France, has been vigorously challenged, this book finds that 'revolutionary' is an apt description of the important cultural transformations that took place in both France and Britain at the onset of modernity. Editor(s): Jones, Colin; Wahrman, Dror. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520229679
ISBN
9780520229679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.13

Paperback. This text is a collection of illustrations of masks from the Northwest Coast. Translator(s): Modelski, Sylvia. Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; ACBK; AFK; GTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295966366
ISBN
9780295966366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.85

Hardback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
335
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415820813
ISBN
9780415820813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.89
€ 106.61

Paperback. Presents a description of the economic and ecological organization of rural Korean domestic groups Series: Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Num Pages: 27 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTB; JFSL9; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992761
ISBN
9780295992761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.86

Paperback. Editor(s): Duncan, Russell; Juncker, Clara. Num Pages: 276 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772899589
ISBN
9788772899589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.85

Paperback. Series: Cultural Studies of the Americas S. Num Pages: 188 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; GTB; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 180 x 11. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816629992
ISBN
9780816629992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.02

Hardback. Explores how Asian Americans figured in the effort to shape the credibility of American democracy during the Cold War, even while their perceived "foreignness" cast them as likely alien subversives Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 285 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBG; HBLW3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814759356
ISBN
9780814759356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.01

Paperback. This collection of seminal primary readings in the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of Korea from the sixteenth century to the present day lays the groundwork for understanding Korean civilization and demonstrates how leading intellectuals and public figures in Korea have looked at life, the traditions of their ancestors, and the world they lived in. Editor(s): Ch'oe, Yongho; Lee, Peter H.; De Bary, William Theodore; Yongho, Ch'oe. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTB; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231120319
ISBN
9780231120319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.26

Paperback. This work examines the dramatic transformation of one of the most important objects of worship in the Buddhist tradition - the Indian (male) bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, or the embodiment of compassion - into the (female) Chinese Kuan-yin, or the "Goddess of Mercy" Num Pages: 688 pages, 48 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 932.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231120296
ISBN
9780231120296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 39.14

Paperback. A significant contribution to both political theory and China studies, this volume provides a critical assessment of the past and future Chinese socialism. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337980
ISBN
9780822337980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.17

Paperback. In Skipjack, Christopher White spends a pivotal year with three memorable captains as they battle man and nature to control the fate of their island villages and oyster fleet. Through these lively characters, White paints a vivid picture of life on a skipjack, a wooden oystering sailboat. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; GTB; HBJK; JHBT; KCN; KCU; KJVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442210882
ISBN
9781442210882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.09

Paperback. Memory, Performance and Everyday Life in Postwar Okinawa. Series: Asia-Pacific. 288 pages, 16 b&w photographs. Examines how Okinawans have contested, appropriated, and transformed the burdens and possibilities of the past. This title analyzes the practices of specific performers, showing how memories are recalled, bodies remade, and actions rethought as Okinawans work through the fragments of the past in order to reconstruct the fabric of everyday life. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; AN; GTB; JHMP. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343714
ISBN
9780822343714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 361 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816631827
ISBN
9780816631827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.08

Paperback. This ethnographic account of Muslim merit-making rhetoric, rituals and rationales in Cabetigo, southern Thailand, is a much-needed counterbalance to the critical assessments of Islamic influence in the region proffered by political and security 'specialists'. Series: Muslims in Global Societies Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HRH; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400795235
ISBN
9789400795235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 111.81

Paperback. A study of representations of the French Atlantic slave trade in the history, literature, and film of France and its former colonies in Africa and the Caribbean. Num Pages: 592 pages, 15 illustrations, 1 table, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 32. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341512
ISBN
9780822341512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 36.49

Hardback. Editor(s): Lynn, Christopher D.; Glaze, Amanda L.; Reed, Laura K.; Evans, William A. Num Pages: 333 pages, 22 colour illustrations, 22 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; GTB; JHB; JNU; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349951383
ISBN
9781349951383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.97

Paperback. A comparative account of the organized violence in the Caucasus region, looking at four key areas: Chechnya, Karabakh (including Armenia and Azerbaijan), Georgia, and Dagestan Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1DVU; GTB; HBJD; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814797242
ISBN
9780814797242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.47

Paperback. Offers a re-evaluation of the history of the Vietnamese Communist Party and an analysis of the inner workings of Vietnamese historiography. This book challenges core assumptions about the history of the Vietnamese Communist Part and attempts to shed light on divisions within the revolutionary movement along regional, class, and ideological lines. Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMV; GTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295984292
ISBN
9780295984292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.49

Paperback. Enka, a sentimental ballad genre, epitomizes for many the nihonjin no kokoro (heart/soul of Japanese), and to older members of the Japanese public this music evokes a direct connection to the traditional roots of "Japaneseness". Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, 7 halftones, 8 musical examples, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVGJ; GTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674012769
ISBN
9780674012769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.25

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