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Regional studies

Paperback. Discusses how Chinese conceptions of nationalism were affected by the "discovery" of Hawaii as a centre of the Pacific, the Philippine revolution against the United States, and the relationship between nationality and ethnicity made apparent by the Boer War in South Africa. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328674
ISBN
9780822328674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.84

Paperback. Provides an account of the situation of the Arab population of Israel: their political and electoral ambitions, their extended families/tribes, their lands, their political personalities, their society, and their hopes for the future. This book examines the political changes that have taken place in the Israeli Arab community. Num Pages: 277 pages, tables, charts & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845192679
ISBN
9781845192679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.18

Paperback. This text aims to fill a gap in the field of middle eastern political studies by combining international relations theory with concrete case studies. It should be of benefit to students of middle eastern politics, international relations and comparative politics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719053467
ISBN
9780719053467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.23

Hardcover. Editor(s): Copson, Raymond W. Num Pages: 84 pages, tables. BIC Classification: GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600211768
ISBN
9781600211768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.07
€ 131.37

Hardback. Contains papers from a September 1993 workshop on the privatization of agriculture in Eastern Europe, exploring the situation in several countries. Discusses reform policies and actual processes of land reform, the emergence of new family farms, and the creation of new forms of cooperative and joint Editor(s): Abrahams, Ray. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 221 pages, 12 figures, index. BIC Classification: 1DV; GTB; JHMC; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819109
ISBN
9781571819109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.97

hardcover. Ming and Quing China were well populated with foxes, shape-changing creatures who transgressed the boundaries of species, gender and the metaphysical realm. Each section of this book traces a particular boundary violated by the fox and examines how maneuvers across that boundary change over time. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFHF; VXQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010949
ISBN
9780674010949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.46

Hardback. A powerful element in Chinese politics has been the myth of Chinese resistance to Japan's seizure of Manchuria in 1931. This text examines the shifting alliance of key players, traces the narrative of resistance to the occupation and shows how it became part of China's political conciousness. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; GTB; HBJF; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520221116
ISBN
9780520221116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.20

Paperback. The medieval Rajput queen Padmini - believed to have been pursued by Alauddin Khalji, the Sultan of Delhi - has been the focus of numerous South Asian narratives. This book investigates these legends and traces their subsequent appropriation by colonial administrators and nationalist intellectuals, for varying different political ends. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987606
ISBN
9780295987606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.28

hardcover. This book is an account of the circumstances that led to a Muslim religious movement on the Guinea coast and its legacies in today's Republic of Guinea. This book focuses on the political and religious changes that West Africa experienced and their impact on the continent's disrupted political and religious landscape. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 black & white line drawings, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; GTB; HR; JHMP; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635153
ISBN
9780748635153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.62
€ 108.52

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295986500
ISBN
9780295986500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.50

Paperback. Series: Modern Library Classics. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; DN; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
896
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812968262
ISBN
9780812968262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.92

Paperback. Investigates the politics of ethnic identity in post-socialist China. By combining innovative research with fieldwork conducted during the late 1980s and early 1990s in south-central and southwestern China, the author provides a detailed ethnography of the region's Yao population in order to question how minority groups are represented in China. Num Pages: 360 pages, 21 b&w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822325499
ISBN
9780822325499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.82

Hardcover. Editor(s): Walker, Raleigh E. Num Pages: 154 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607413325
ISBN
9781607413325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.96
€ 86.93

Paperback. Offers an understanding about motivations of New Zealand and Singapore to enter into other bilateral FTAs and some of the visible impacts observed since their implementation. Editor(s): Sen, Rahul. Num Pages: 61 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 1MBN; GTB; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Publisher
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9789812307453
ISBN
9789812307453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.46

Paperback. Goes behind the scenes in two urban luxury hotels to give a picture of the workers who care for and cater to wealthy guests. This work offers an analysis of what the luxury service consists of, how managers organize its production, and how workers and guests negotiate the inequality between them. Num Pages: 373 pages, 2 line illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510. Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels. 373 pages, 2 line illustrations, 5 tables. Goes behind the scenes in two urban luxury hotels to give a picture of the workers who care for and cater to wealthy guests. This work offers an analysis of what the luxury service consists of, how managers organize its production, and how workers and guests negotiate the inequality between them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFT; JHM. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 22. Weight: 510.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
373
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247826
ISBN
9780520247826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.25

Paperback. This book examines how labor migration is changing the countryside in post-Mao China. Series: Cambridge Modern China Series. Num Pages: 306 pages, 28 b/w illus. 2 maps 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; GTB; JFFN; JP; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521005302
ISBN
9780521005302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.31

Paperback. Anthropologist Rachael Joo explores the gendered and mediated role of sports in producing a Korean sense of self on a global stage. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTB; JFSJ; JHBS; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348566
ISBN
9780822348566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190619589
ISBN
9780190619589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.75

Hardback. Features an analysis of the Asian financial crisis and its impacts on the economies of the region by thirty-five scholars and professionals working in the area. This volume contains a detailed analysis of the root causes of the crisis. It presents the analysis with a quantitative approach and also a more qualitative approach. Editor(s): Hooley, R.; Yoo, J.H.; Dutta, Manoranjan. Series: Research in Asian Economic Studies. Num Pages: 834 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; GTN; KCH; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 67. Weight in Grams: 1300. Series: Research in Asian Economic Studies. 834 pages. Editor(s): Hooley, R.; Yoo, J.H.; Dutta, Manoranjan. Features an analysis of the Asian financial crisis and its impacts on the economies of the region by thirty-five scholars and professionals working in the area. This volume contains a detailed analysis of the root causes of the crisis. It presents the analysis with a quantitative approach and also a more qualitative approach. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; GTN; KCH; KFF. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 67. Weight: 1300.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Number of pages
834
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762308132
ISBN
9780762308132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.75

Paperback. Diverse perspectives on midwestern Native American communities Editor(s): Edmunds, R. David. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 photographs; 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075377
ISBN
9780252075377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.47