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Regional studies

Paperback. On the eve of the 20th century, Jews in the Russian and Ottoman empires were caught up in the major cultural and social transformations that constituted modernity for Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jewries. This book analyzes how the Jewish popular press in the Russian and Ottoman empires helped construct modern Jewish identities. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 328 pages, 48 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1QDT; GTB; JFSR1; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218933
ISBN
9780253218933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.62

paperback. Beginning in 1835, British colonizers sought to promote modern, western knowledge in India, primarily through schools. Delving into a large archive of popular writings, and drawing on history, political science, and philosophy, the author considers western education in India from various perspectives. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341055
ISBN
9780822341055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99

Hardback. How women's writings brought together female readers to fight for reproductive rights Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DDF; GTB; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252036194
ISBN
9780252036194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.02

Paperback. Captures the immigrants' struggle for identity in the face of competing stories and documents Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. BIC Classification: 1HFG; GTB; HBJK; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992853
ISBN
9780295992853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.48

Paperback. Explains that although many young minority girls are interested in science, the racism and sexism in the field discourage them from pursuing it after high school. This title examines the experiences of African American girls in science education using multiple methods of quantitative and qualitative research, including a web survey. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; JFSJ1; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592136223
ISBN
9781592136223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.08

Paperback. Testimonies of slavery and the slave trade Num Pages: 300 pages, 9 b&w illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1HFD; C; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222947
ISBN
9780253222947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.29

Paperback. The steady rise of Clint Eastwood s career parallels a pressing desire in American society over the past five decades for a figure and story of purpose, meaning, and redemption. Eastwood has not only told and filmed that story, he has come to embody it for many in his public image and film persona. Series: Polity America Through the Lens Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; GTB; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 212 x 25. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745650418
ISBN
9780745650418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.29

Hardback. The steady rise of Clint Eastwood s career parallels a pressing desire in American society over the past five decades for a figure and story of purpose, meaning, and redemption. Eastwood has not only told and filmed that story, he has come to embody it for many in his public image and film persona. Series: Polity America Through the Lens Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; GTB; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745650401
ISBN
9780745650401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.67

Paperback. An useful linguistic reference on the developments in form and usage of the various Shan scripts. Num Pages: 374 pages, illus., bibiliog. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9789749575505
ISBN
9789749575505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.21

Paperback. "Magliocco impressively corrals the diverse writings and experiences of U.S. neo-pagans into this highly readable and deeply researched ethnographic study.. Highly recommended."-Choice Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HRKP; JHBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218794
ISBN
9780812218794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.61

Hardback. This is a study of the ways in which law is aggressively reshaping Japan's foreign trade politics, and the forces that have come about to make this transformation possible. Num Pages: 432 pages, 29 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; JPS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758666
ISBN
9780804758666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.75

Paperback. Explores Germany's relation to the more than two million Turkish immigrants and their descendants living within its borders. This title examines the tensions in Germany between race-based ideologies of blood and belonging on the one hand and ambitions of multicultural tolerance and cosmopolitanism on the other. Num Pages: 440 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822341932
ISBN
9780822341932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.28

Paperback. Archaeology - along with Native American traditions and memories - holds a key to understanding early chapters of the human story in Washington. This book presents a sample of sites representing Washington's geographic regions and touches on historical archaeology, including excavations at fur-trade forts and the Whitman mission. Num Pages: 168 pages, 150 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; GTB; HBJK; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 12. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295986968
ISBN
9780295986968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.79

Hardback. More than half a century after the Holocaust, in countries where Jews make up just a tiny fraction of the population, products of Jewish culture have become very viable components of the popular public domain. But how can there be a growing Jewish presence in Europe, without the significant presence of Jews? The author explores this phenomenon. Num Pages: 317 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520213630
ISBN
9780520213630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Hardback. This cultural history of Mussolini's dictatorship discusses the meanings of modernity in interwar Italy. The work argues that fascism appealed to many Italian intellectuals as a new model of modernity that would resolve the European crisis as well as long-standing problems of the national past. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 327 pages, 17 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; GTB; HBJD; HBWN; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520223639
ISBN
9780520223639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.63

Paperback. This collection focuses on the role of entrepreneurship - both private and state - in propelling Asian economic growth in the five decades since the end of the Second World War. Editor(s): Vicziany, Marika. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; KJV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Monash Asia Institute Australia
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876924539
ISBN
9781876924539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896300672
ISBN
9781896300672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.90

Hardback. Constructs a framework that examines the subject of German collective memory, which has been shaped by the experience of Nazism, World War II, and the Holocaust. This title follows the evolution of German 'memory landscapes' all the way from national unification in 1870-71 through the world wars and political division to reunification in 1990. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 368 pages, 52 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; AM; GTB; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520217683
ISBN
9780520217683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.79

Paperback. Based on close reading of historical documents - poetry as much as statistics - and focused on the conceptualization of technology, this book is an unconventional evocation of late colonial Netherlands East Indies (today Indonesia). It invents a way to talk about freedom, colonialism, nationalism, literature, revolution, and human nature. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMN; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691091624
ISBN
9780691091624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.24

Paperback. Casts light on the Generacion del Treinta, a group of Creole intellectuals who situated themselves as the voice of a new cultural nationalism in Puerto Rico. Through a feminist lens, this book focuses on the interlocking themes of nationalism, gender, class, and race in the articulation of early twentieth century Puerto Rican identity. Editor(s): Flores, Juan; Pantojas-Garcia, Emilio. Series: Puerto Rican Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJP; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592132317
ISBN
9781592132317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.53

Paperback. Provides a comprehensive introduction to and resource for cinema of the "Maghreb". This book examines the political and cultural context of the films and the film industry in the post-independence era. It includes a dictionary of more than 135 North African filmmakers and a chronological filmography. Num Pages: 304 pages, 33 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1HB; APF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217448
ISBN
9780253217448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.54

Paperback. An eloquent ethnographic account of the beliefs and experiences of young, middle-class, urban Iranians who have grown up in the period since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution Num Pages: 304 pages, 24 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337218
ISBN
9780822337218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 20.48

Paperback. Has anyone ever worked harder and longer at being immature than novelist Philip Roth? This book examines Roth's 'mature immaturity' in its depth and richness. It lets readers to reconsider the narrow categories into which Roth has often been slotted - laureate of Newark, New Jersey; junior partner in the firm Salinger, Bellow, Mailer, and Malamud. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138435
ISBN
9780691138435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Tiersky, Ronald; Jones, Erik. Series: Europe Today. Num Pages: 488 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JPB; JPH; JPSN2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1008.
Publisher
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Fifth Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442221109
ISBN
9781442221109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.51