Regional studies
Results 1681 - 1704 of 1903
Regional studies
The Quality of Life in Asia: A Comparison of Quality of Life in Asia
Inoguchi, Takashi; Fujii, Seiji
Hardback. Analyzing the day to day lives of 29 countries and societies on the continent, this volume studies and compares the quality of life in Asia. The text systematically explores demographics such as income and educational level, the extent of access to public utilities and digital devices, and more. Series: Quality of Life in Asia. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JPA; KCF; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048190713
- ISBN
- 9789048190713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.02
€ 123.02
Paperback. A study of how various Indian scholars, over the course of a century or more, have rejected the idea of an external origin of the Indo Aryans by questioning the very logic, assumptions and methods upon which the theory is based. Inthe process, Bryant presents a complete exposition and analysis of views addressing the issue of Indo-Aryan origins. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 maps, 1 halftone & 4 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBJF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195169478
- ISBN
- 9780195169478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.08
€ 55.08
Paperback. At the time of his arrest by French paratroopers during the Battle of Algiers in June of 1957, Henri Alleg was a French journalist who supported Algerian independence. He was interrogated for one month. During this imprisonment, Alleg was questioned under torture. This book presents an account of that month and of his triumph over his torturers. Num Pages: 74 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB; HB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- Bison Books Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803259607
- ISBN
- 9780803259607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.51
€ 19.99
€ 19.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Dieleman, Frans M.; Musterd, Sako. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; KCP; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048141388
- ISBN
- 9789048141388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.48
€ 122.48
paperback. Places the controversy initiated by the Tibetan Tsong kha pa - who elaborated on one of the eight difficult points in understanding Madhyamaka philosophy - in its Indian and Tibetan context. Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; GTB; HRA; HRE; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138984837
- ISBN
- 9781138984837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
Hardcover. The tenth century Syrian Orthodox scholar Yahya ibn Adi offered encouragement to the effort to promote moral perfection. The text now stands as an important Christian contribution to a strand of moral philosophy that is part of the world of Islam. Translator(s): Griffith, Sidney H. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HP; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- FARMS (imprint of Brigham Young University) United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934893695
- ISBN
- 9780934893695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.57
€ 32.99
€ 25.57
Hardcover. Editor(s): Wesley, Michael. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1M; GTB; GTF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 439.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403903631
- ISBN
- 9781403903631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.53
€ 64.53
Hardback. This work documents the drawn-out debates and the decisions that led to the complete reunification of the Amami Islands with Japan. It traces the US military's insistence on occupying Okinawa and the Amami Islands under the rationale of increased international security. Series: Studies of Modern Japan. Num Pages: 168 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739107102
- ISBN
- 9780739107102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.84
€ 164.84
The Revolutionary Imagination in the Americas and the Age of Developme...
María Josefina Saldaña-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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.38
€ 35.99
€ 32.38
Paperback. The River Rhine is Europe's important commercial waterway, channeling the flow of trade among Switzerland, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. This study focuses on the river from the moment when the Congress of Vienna established a multinational commission charged with making the river more efficient for purposes of trade and commerce in 1815. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; HBJD; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985008
- ISBN
- 9780295985008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.61
€ 34.99
€ 31.61
Paperback. A vivid and provocative look at how the world gets Africa wrong, and how a resurgent Africa is forcing us to think again - updated with a new preface for the paperback Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 x 8pp colour plates & maps. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780226859
- ISBN
- 9781780226859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137579607
- ISBN
- 9781137579607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
The Rise of Post-Hegemonic Regionalism. The Case of Latin America.
. Ed(S): Riggirozzi, Pia; Tussie, Diana
Paperback. This analysis of one of the central issues of the our times focuses on Latin America, providing the first in-depth and empirically driven analysis of the models of regional governance in Latin America that have now emerged out of the 'crisis of liberalism'. Editor(s): Riggirozzi, Pia; Tussie, Diana. Series: United Nations University Series on Regionalism. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400798991
- ISBN
- 9789400798991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.39
€ 122.39
The Rise of Post-Hegemonic Regionalism: The Case of Latin America
. Ed(S): Riggirozzi, Pia; Tussie, Diana
Hardback. This analysis of one of the central issues of the our times focuses on Latin America, providing the first in-depth and empirically driven analysis of the models of regional governance in Latin America that have now emerged out of the 'crisis of liberalism'. Editor(s): Riggirozzi, Pia; Tussie, Diana. Series: United Nations University Series on Regionalism. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400726932
- ISBN
- 9789400726932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Paperback. Series: Bibliotheca Indonesica. Num Pages: 383 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 587.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401767293
- ISBN
- 9789401767293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.02
€ 65.02
Paperback. An introduction to the history, culture, and politics of the world s largest country, from the earliest written accounts of the Russian people to today. Editor(s): Barker, Adele Marie; Grant, Bruce. Series: The World Readers. Num Pages: 784 pages, 96 photos, incl. 8 pg color insert, 1 table, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1126.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 896
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346487
- ISBN
- 9780822346487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.55
€ 37.99
€ 34.55
Paperback. Series: Verhandelingen van Het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde / Power and Place in Southeast Asia. Num Pages: 92 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HPS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1966
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401745628
- ISBN
- 9789401745628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.40
€ 62.40
Hardcover. From 1870 to 1910, the prosperity of the copper and iron mining, lumbering and shipping industries of the Lake Superior region created a demand for more substantial buildings. This book examines the region as a built environment and the efforts of architects and builders to use local red sandstone. Series: Great Lake Books Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 80 b&w and 19 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JH; 3JJC; AMC; GTB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814328071
- ISBN
- 9780814328071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.98€ 50.86
€ 54.98
€ 50.86
Paperback. Explores the history of scrapbook-making, its origins, uses, forms and purposes, as well as the human agents behind the books themselves. Scrapbooks bring pleasure in both the making and consuming. This volume considers the makers, their artefacts, and the viewers within the context of American culture. Editor(s): Tucker, Susan; Ott, Katherine. Num Pages: 320 pages, 65 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 182 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Edition
- First Softcover
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134786
- ISBN
- 9781592134786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.49
€ 34.99
€ 31.49
Hardback. An anthology of empirical studies of Asian Americans' ethnic or pan-ethnic identities, examining ethnic attachments among second-generation Filipino, Vietnamese, Indian, Korean Americans, Chinese and Japanese Americans. Series: Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans. Num Pages: 280 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759101753
- ISBN
- 9780759101753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.21
€ 152.21
Paperback. An examination of power struggles and ideological shifts in various social sectors where the public authority of religion has diminished, in particular, education, science, law and journalism. Together the essays depict a cultural and institutional revolution. Editor(s): Smith, Christian. Num Pages: 496 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBTB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235618
- ISBN
- 9780520235618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.34
€ 41.99
€ 29.34
Hardback. The 1850s offered the last remotely feasible chance for the United States to steer clear of Civil War. Yet fundamental differences between North and South about slavery and the meaning of freedom caused political conflicts to erupt again and again throughout the decade. This book analyzes the major ideas and events that resulted in the Civil War. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027984
- ISBN
- 9780842027984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.74
€ 160.74
Paperback. In Indonesia, since the coming of Islam, zakat has been a means of worship, and its collection has been voluntary and decentralized. This work argues that in the post-New Order regime zakat practice changed structurally and institutionally through the enactment of a law on zakat management, followed by the establishment of a national zakat agency. Num Pages: 111 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 6. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 111
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789749511084
- ISBN
- 9789749511084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.38
€ 19.99
€ 19.38
Hardback. This is the first human geography social atlas of Europe to consider the European economy, culture, history and human and physical geography as a single land mass and a more unified European people. It provides an accessible overview of Europe and a human geography contribution to debates about a wide range of topics. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps (colour). BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; GTB; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 277 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1042.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447313533
- ISBN
- 9781447313533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.95
€ 95.95