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Regional studies
Paperback. Based on the diary of an 18th-century Russian provincial merchant, this book presents a portrait of Russia's little-known commercial class. It offers insights into the social history of imperial Russia. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 b&w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220202
- ISBN
- 9780253220202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.39
€ 34.39
Paperback. Discusses major ideas, figures, and schools of thought in philosophy in the African context. While drawing out critical issues in the formation of African philosophy, this book focuses on scholarship and relevant debates that have made African philosophy critical to understanding the rich and complex cultural heritage of the continent. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HP; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221230
- ISBN
- 9780253221230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.17
€ 27.99
€ 26.17
Paperback. By revealing the ways in which the state and communities dealt with the Great Depression in Japan, this study brings us closer to a comparative, grassroots perspective on how average men and women addressed some of modernity's fundamental questions. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 maps, 9 line drawings, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012776
- ISBN
- 9780674012776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.90
€ 35.90
Paperback. This is an interdisciplinary study of the major cultural and political scenes of a decade marked by dramatic -and sometimes traumatic-change. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPK; DSBH; GTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756631
- ISBN
- 9780804756631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.64
€ 40.64
Hardback. This gripping biographical study, published here for the first time in paperback, explores the immensely complicated relationship that existed between A.L. Rowse and his native Cornwall. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BG; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897440
- ISBN
- 9780859897440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.59
€ 132.59
Paperback. This gripping biographical study, published here for the first time in paperback, explores the immensely complicated relationship that existed between A.L. Rowse and his native Cornwall. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BG; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897983
- ISBN
- 9780859897983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.77
€ 36.77
Paperback. Series: Critical American Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 228 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816641291
- ISBN
- 9780816641291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.56
€ 26.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816636051
- ISBN
- 9780816636051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.78
€ 39.78
Paperback. An important contribution to the discussion of the Arab lands before European hegemony and a detailed study of a region and power center many scholars identify as the beginning of modern Palestinian history. Series: History & Society of the Modern Middle East. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 graphs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1FBS; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJF1; HBLL; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123273
- ISBN
- 9780231123273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.67
€ 41.67
Hardback. An important contribution to the discussion of the Arab lands before European hegemony and a detailed study of a region and power center many scholars identify as the beginning of modern Palestinian history. Series: History & Society of the Modern Middle East. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 graphs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1FBS; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJF1; HBLL; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231123266
- ISBN
- 9780231123266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.70
€ 138.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252065392
- ISBN
- 9780252065392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.23
€ 31.23
Paperback. Editor(s): Gladstone, Cary. Num Pages: 210 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FCA; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590331057
- ISBN
- 9781590331057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 33.81
€ 51.99
€ 33.81
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.51
€ 37.51
Hardback. Explores Africa's hostility toward modernity and how that hostility has impeded economic development and social and political transformation. This book insists that Africa can renew itself only by fully engaging with democracy and capitalism and by mining its untapped intellectual resources. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JPA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5055 x 3277 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012722
- ISBN
- 9780253012722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.25
€ 100.25
Paperback. Explores Africa's hostility toward modernity and how that hostility has impeded economic development and social and political transformation. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JPA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5055 x 3277 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012753
- ISBN
- 9780253012753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.41
€ 34.41
Hardcover. Contains analytical articles written by acknowledged experts covering the issues affecting the area as a whole. This guide contains a political map of contemporary Africa and a chronological list of the dates of independence of African countries. It provides useful economic and directory data. Num Pages: 1534 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 211 x 45. Weight in Grams: 2070.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1536
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 36th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857433692
- ISBN
- 9781857433692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 670.14
€ 670.14
Paperback. The construction and impact of a railway project in Africa Num Pages: 216 pages, 21 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFG; GTB; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223227
- ISBN
- 9780253223227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.47
€ 34.47
Paperback. Focuses on the dynamism and diversity of contemporary Africa. This book emphasizes contemporary culture-civil and social issues, art, religion, and the political scene-and provides an overview of significant themes that bear on Africa's place in the world. Editor(s): Grosz-Ngate, Maria; Hanson, John H.; O'Meara, Patrick. Num Pages: 376 pages, 64 b&w illus., 26 color illus., 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Fourth
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012920
- ISBN
- 9780253012920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.47
€ 34.47
Paperback. Detailed study of how Western- style democracy has been imposed upon Africa, ignoring the indigenous politics of the region, resulting in violent conflicts Series: OSSREA. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745317243
- ISBN
- 9780745317243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.71
€ 49.71
Paperback. African headrests have been moved out of the category of functional objects and into the more rarefied category of 'art' objects. Styles in African headrests are usually defined in terms of western art and archaeological discourses, but this book interrogates these definitions of style through a case study of headrests of the 'Tellem' of Mali. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBK; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144587
- ISBN
- 9781868144587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.33
€ 41.33
African History v. 2; Eastern African History: II (African History in ...
Robert O. Collins (Author) & Robert O. Collin...
paperback. This volume covers 3000 years in the history of eastern Africa. It features reports on: the ancient kingdoms of Ethiopia and Kush; ancient and medieval trade routes; the history of the east coast; the Nilotic slave trade; the appearance of Indian and white settlers; modern times; and more. Editor(s): Collins, Robert O. Series: African History in Documents. Num Pages: 244 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1HFG; GTB; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 268 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Markus Wiener Publishers United States
- Edition
- Volume 1 ed.
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558760165
- ISBN
- 9781558760165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.42
€ 29.42
Hardback. Cultural Dynamics of Tourism. 352 pages, 37, 32 black and white, 5 line drawing. Editor(s): Van Beek, Walter. Africa is a 'theme park' for Western tourists to experience untouched wilderness, untamed nature, and truly 'authentic' cultures, where the hosts, too, are part of a discourse about the 'other' and ourselves, about wildness, danger and roots. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFFP; KNSG. Dimension: 263 x 184 x 28. Weight: 936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010490
- ISBN
- 9781847010490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.58
€ 151.58
paperback. African immigration to North America has been increasing. This title focuses on new understandings and insights concerning the presence and relevance of African immigrant religious communities in the US. It describes key social and historical aspects of African immigrant religion in the US and builds a conceptual framework for theory and analysis. Editor(s): Olupona, Jacob K.; Gemignani, Regina. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HRA; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814762127
- ISBN
- 9780814762127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.19
€ 51.19
Hardcover. This work attempts to provide short profiles of Africa's leaders and their main challengers. It concentrates on the presidents and military rulers in power and those most likely to replace them. Each profile has a short assessment of their character and career followed by a life history. Num Pages: 272 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JM; GTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840195
- ISBN
- 9780810840195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.15
€ 123.15