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Hardcover. Africa s Information Revolution was recently announced as the 2016 prizewinner of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences - congratulations to the authors James T. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 1HFMS; JFD; KCM; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118751329
- ISBN
- 9781118751329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.79
€ 75.79
Hardcover. Tells the story of how people struggled to define, refine, reform, and ultimately overturn racial etiquette as a social guide for Southern Rhodesian politics. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 260 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465205
- ISBN
- 9781580465205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.16
€ 54.16
paperback. This study, extending well beyond military history, documents the ways in which five different countries - Russia, the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, China, and Japan - refashioned their armed forces along European lines during the three centuries after 1600. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1DVUA; 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1HBE; 3J; HBJD; HBJF; HBJH; HBLH; HBLL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226703190
- ISBN
- 9780226703190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.58
€ 36.99
€ 28.58
Hardcover. "8vo. Praeger Special Studies in International Economics and Development. Published for the Adlai Stevenson Institute of International Affairs. Commissioning organisation: Arkhurst, Frederick S. (Editor) 156p. Near fine copy in original blue printed cloth. First edition". Keywords: Subjects
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Praeger Publishers Inc New York
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KON0761716
- ISBN
- 9780275282660
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 9.99€ 4.99
€ 9.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Recreates the panorama of African history, from the primeval cataclysms that formed the continent to the political upheavals facing much of the continent. This book shows how the world's richest assortment of animals and plants has helped - or hindered - human progress in Africa. Num Pages: 816 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140266757
- ISBN
- 9780140266757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.45
€ 19.99
€ 19.45
Hardback. "Title from cover. 128 p. ill. 22 cm. Paperback. Very good, clean copy, cover just slightly toned."
- Publication date
- 1961
- Publisher
- Africa South Publications
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0103083
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
African Women Writing Resistance: An Anthology of Contemporary Voices
Jennifer Browdy De Hernandez (Ed.)
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pambazuka Press
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857490209
- ISBN
- 9780857490209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.09
€ 21.99
€ 20.09
Paperback. A withering analysis of how ill-conceived, poorly-executed interventionist peace deals often precipitate greater long term hostility. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBS; GTJ; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849048316
- ISBN
- 9781849048316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.06
€ 32.99
€ 30.06
Paperback. A significant contribution to the ongoing debate on aid effectiveness, this work examines the extent to which trust is present in today's aid relationships. Pomerantz offers valuable recommendations, learned in years of fieldwork and research, that have the potential to transform the way that aid agencies operate. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739110034
- ISBN
- 9780739110034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. On March 18, 1975, Herbert Chitepo, an African nationalist in exile and chairman of the war council that struggled to liberate Zimbabwe from white-ruled Rhodesia, was killed by a car bomb. This title uncovers what is at stake in the various confessions and why Chitepo's assassination incites conflict and controversy in Zimbabwe's politics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBLW3; JPWL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216083
- ISBN
- 9780253216083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.97
€ 18.99
€ 17.97
Hardback. Examines the commodification of land rights and the effect of international licences for resource extraction on the pastoral communities of Sudan. Editor(s): Gertel, Jorg; Rottenburg, Richard; Calkins, Sandra. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HBS; JFSF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010544
- ISBN
- 9781847010544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.48
€ 82.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164542
- ISBN
- 9780231164542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.09€ 49.67
€ 63.09
€ 49.67
Paperback. From Rosa Parks and Esther Cooper Jackson, to Shirley Graham DuBois and Assata Shakur, a host of women demonstrated a lifelong commitment to radical change, embracing multiple roles to sustain the black freedom struggle in America, founding numerous groups and mentoring younger activists. This title profiles the stories of these women. Editor(s): Gore, Dayo; Theoharis, Jeanne. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814783146
- ISBN
- 9780814783146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Paperback. 196- At head of title: U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences. Institute of Africa. Translation of Osvobozhdenie Afriki (romanized form). Commissioning organisation: M. Braginsky ; translated from the Russian by G. Ivanov-Mumjiev. 181 p. 21 cm. Original wrappers. Very good clean copy. Keywords: Subjects
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Progress
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0106159
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. I remember shaving off my beard in the bathroom on the eve of the camp, with Mahalia Jackson singing rousing spirituals from the living room. Afterwards my chin was strangely smooth, and seemed to have shrunk. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770091443
- ISBN
- 9781770091443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
Paperback. This volume provides a critique from within Africa of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). Editor(s): Adesina, Jimi O.; Graham, Yao; Olukoshi, Adebayo O. Series: Africa in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842775950
- ISBN
- 9781842775950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.60
€ 33.99
€ 33.60
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761815853
- ISBN
- 9780761815853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.38
€ 134.38
Hardcover. This study investigates how relations between France and Algeria have been represented and contested through visual means since the outbreak of the Algerian War in 1954. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBA; HBTR; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318849
- ISBN
- 9781846318849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.12
€ 135.12
Paperback. Examines how the lives of pastoralists in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia are deeply affected by the creation of mutually exclusive ethnic territories and proposes ways to reverse this trend. Editor(s): Schlee, Gunther. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 191 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1HFGK; JHMC; RGCP; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011299
- ISBN
- 9781847011299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.00€ 22.86
€ 23.00
€ 22.86
Paperback. Contends that it is through their encounter with Christian missions in the mid-19th century that the Yoruba came to know themselves as a distinctive people. This book focuses on the experiences of ordinary men and women and shows how the process of Christian conversion transformed Christianity into something more deeply Yoruba. Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 436 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HRCX7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253215888
- ISBN
- 9780253215888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909982062
- ISBN
- 9781909982062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.68
€ 38.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Includes bibliographical references. Commissioning organisation: [by] V.G. Solodovnikov. 141 p. 17 cm. Paperback. A good clean copy. Keywords: Nationalism
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Novosti Press Agency Pub. House
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0133373
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781920196356
- ISBN
- 9781920196356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.65
€ 29.99
€ 24.65
Hardcover. "Includes bibliographical references. 226 p. ill. 22 cm. Associated Names: Pratt, Cranford,. Original cloth. Very good, clean and tight in good d.w."
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0044001
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 16.99€ 4.99
€ 16.99
€ 4.99