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Hardback. This collection offers a critical reexamination of the development and current status of comparative literature studies that engage the literary practices of both China and the West. In so doing, it attempts to refashion literary methodologies and cultural theories in Chinese studies. Editor(s): Zhang, Yingjin. Num Pages: 324 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731867
- ISBN
- 9780804731867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.15
€ 185.15
Paperback. Presents an English translation that includes essays which chart an orientation for German life, culture, and politics beyond the Cold War and at the dawn of an unprecedented era. Translator(s): Adelson, Leslie A. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 145 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 199.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 145
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803292758
- ISBN
- 9780803292758
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.07
€ 21.99
€ 21.07
Paperback. The Just War offers a critical history of Just War thinking, beginning with ancient epics and extending through American responses to the terrorist attacks of September 11. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HPQ; JPWL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 176 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290. Very good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc Chicago, IL
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0250122
- ISBN
- 9781566636018
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Focusing on the body as a site of rupture and signification, this book shifts the paradigm for the study of modernity in the Arab context from questions of representation, translation, and cultural exchange to an engagement with a genealogy of symptoms and affects embodied in texts from the nineteenth-century onward. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251711
- ISBN
- 9780823251711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.80
€ 92.80
Paperback. In American football, seven out of ten players are black, but few are fully aware of the struggle to achieve equal rights. This text examines how sports laid a foundation for social change by integrating black and white athletes in the National Football League. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFJ; JFSL3; WSJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814774960
- ISBN
- 9780814774960
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
Paperback. Based on author's own experiences as a Filapina American filmmaker and as a spectator to urge a shift in thinking about sexualized depictions of Asian/American women in film, video, and theatrical productions, this book moves beyond denunciations of sexualized representations of Asian/American women as necessarily demeaning or negative. Num Pages: 352 pages, 64 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; APFA; GTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822340331
- ISBN
- 9780822340331
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.13
€ 33.99
€ 31.13
paperback. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843311782
- ISBN
- 9781843311782
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.32
€ 32.99
€ 32.32
Paperback. Probes the relationships between empire and modernity, nation and history, the colonial and the postcolonial, and power and difference. This book combines history and anthropology to provide critical understandings of the theory and practice of historical ethnography and contemporary historiography. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 illus., 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822333371
- ISBN
- 9780822333371
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. This 2002 book seeks to identify the motivations of perpetrators of ethnic violence, applying four models to conflicts in Eastern Europe. Series Editor(s): Lange, Peter; Bates, Robert H.; Comisso, Ellen; Hall, Peter; Migdal, Joel S.; Milner, Helen V. Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 314 pages, 4 b/w illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1DV; GTB; JFFE; JFSL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521007740
- ISBN
- 9780521007740
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.61
€ 33.99
€ 32.61
Hardcover. In "Habitations of modernity" Dipesh Chakrabarty explores the complexities of modernism in India and seeks principles of humaneness grounded in everyday life that may elude grand political theories. These issues are pursued in a series of closely linked cultural essays. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226100388
- ISBN
- 9780226100388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.32€ 53.93
€ 64.32
€ 53.93
Paperback. Discusses how missionaries and evangelical politics influenced American government policy in the Middle East Series: Politics, History, & Social Change. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FB; GTB; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439902233
- ISBN
- 9781439902233
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.66
€ 36.99
€ 32.66
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073175
- ISBN
- 9780252073175
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.76
€ 36.99
€ 32.76
Hardback. Notwithstanding the economic hardship Russian people are experiencing, their cultural life is as rich and alive as ever, as Gerald Janecek shows us in this collection of his articles on contemporary Russian poetry, which are especially written for this publication or so far only available in Russian. Series: Studies in Slavic Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBH; DSC; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571811486
- ISBN
- 9781571811486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.17
€ 156.17
Paperback. By featuring the life histories of eight senior men, this work explores the changing meaning of becoming a man in modern Africa. It concentrates on the ideals and expectations that formed around men who were prominent in their communities when Ghana became an independent nation. Num Pages: 360 pages, 23 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; GTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217868
- ISBN
- 9780253217868
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.41
€ 29.99
€ 26.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 b&w illustrations, 6 maps, 50 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KLCM; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292716414
- ISBN
- 9780292716414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.62
€ 32.99
€ 29.62
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€ 33.28
€ 51.99
€ 33.28
hardcover. Provides fresh perspectives on colonialism, tourism, imagery, and the anthropology of place Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJM; JHM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991016
- ISBN
- 9780295991016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.78
€ 116.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 183 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196790
- ISBN
- 9781845196790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.44
€ 38.99
€ 35.44
Paperback. In 1895 Japan acquired Taiwan as its first formal colony after a resounding victory in the Sino-Japanese war. This work examines the formation of Taiwanese political and cultural identities under the dominant Japanese colonial discourse of assimilation and imperialization (kominka) from the early 1920s to the end of the Japanese Empire in 1945. Num Pages: 263 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1FPJ; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520225534
- ISBN
- 9780520225534
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.77
€ 33.99
€ 24.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Ulrich, Garrett M. Num Pages: 81 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; GTB. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611220315
- ISBN
- 9781611220315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.80€ 67.17
€ 97.80
€ 67.17
Paperback. A sophisticated investigation of the shifting tides of democratic governance in modern Kuwait from 1921 to the present based on interviews both with political activists and members of the political elite, Stories of Democracy sheds light on a wide array of issues concerning Middle Eastern politics and democratic institutions in general. Num Pages: 326 pages, text tables. BIC Classification: 1FBXK; GTB; HBJF1; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114899
- ISBN
- 9780231114899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.05
€ 48.05
Paperback. This book examines Japan's postwar consumer protection movement, which, organized largely by housewives, led to the passage of basic consumer protection legislation in 1968. Macmillan points to the importance of activity at the local level, the role of minority parties, the limited utility of the courts, and the place of lawyers and academics in providing access to power. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; GTB; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123471
- ISBN
- 9780231123471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.76
€ 36.99
€ 26.76
Paperback. As a young anthropologist, the author undertook fieldwork in Jamaica, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. This title presents a summation of his work in the region and is a reminder of how anthropology allows people to explore the deep truths that history may leave unexamined. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSL3; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066212
- ISBN
- 9780674066212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.68
€ 33.99
€ 28.68
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€ 14.46
€ 19.99
€ 14.46