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Hardcover. Editor(s): Roycee, Alden T. Num Pages: 105 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMB; GTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 105
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604563115
- ISBN
- 9781604563115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.80€ 67.17
€ 97.80
€ 67.17
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
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.97
€ 32.99
€ 29.97
Paperback. Alex Haley's "Roots" introduced griots to the world outside of West Africa and generated an enormous amount of interest in their profession. This work is a comprehensive portrait of the world of this uniquely African profession, starting with their discovery by the outside world in 1352 by a North African traveller, Ibn Battuta. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 b&w photos, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219619
- ISBN
- 9780253219619
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. Argues that immigration was a defining feature of early-twentieth-century France. This book examines the political, cultural, and social issues implicated in public debates about immigration and national identity at the time. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345657
- ISBN
- 9780822345657
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Celebrates the 40th anniversary of the journal "American Studies in Scandinavia", which began publication in 1967. This book is an invitation to develop a dialogue across the Atlantic. Editor(s): Nye, David E. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776742522
- ISBN
- 9788776742522
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.49
€ 26.99
€ 20.49
Hardcover. Most non-Central Americans think of the narrow neck between Mexico and Colombia in terms of dramatic past revolutions and lauded peace agreements, or, sensational problems of gang violence and natural disasters. In this volume, the contributors examine regional circumstances within frames of democratization and neoliberalism.. Editor(s): Burrell, Jennifer L.; Moodie, Ellen. Series: CEDLA Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 346 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; GTB; JHM; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457523
- ISBN
- 9780857457523
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Condition: New
€ 167.81
€ 167.81
Paperback. Details colonial authority and progress in rural Africa Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 414 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJ; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253002082
- ISBN
- 9780253002082
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Paperback. An ethnographic analysis of the Japanese embrace of dancehall reggae and other elements of Jamaican culture, including Rastafari, roots reggae, and dub music. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVG; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460. Performing Dancehall, Roots Reggae, and Rastafari in Japan. 304 pages, 5 illustrations. Traces the history of the Japanese embrace of dancehall reggae and other elements of Jamaican culture, including Rastafari, roots reggae, and dub music. This title provides an ethnographic analysis of the ways that many Japanese involved in reggae as musicians and dancers, seek to reimagine their lives through Jamaican culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVG; GTB; JHMP. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347224
- ISBN
- 9780822347224
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Paperback. This volume employs a pro and con format to offer an introduction to the affirmative action debate. Part one draws on state and federal court decisions to support affirmative action to counter racial and gender bias and part two cites the same kinds of evidence to argue against affirmative action. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742502109
- ISBN
- 9780742502109
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Condition: New
€ 59.12
€ 59.12
Paperback. Presents a revisionist interpretation of US-Saudi relations and OPEC's significance. This book examines the relationship between President Eisenhower and King Sa'ud in the context of the transition from British imperial hegemony to an American capitalist order in the Middle East. It interprets the foundations of US-Middle East policy. Series: Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, 8 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; GTB; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222206
- ISBN
- 9780253222206
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. This text challenges the assumption that African American literature aptly reflects black American social consciousness. It delineates the social and political forces that shaped leading black literary works and shows that divisions between political thinkers prevailed throughout the 20th century. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742509504
- ISBN
- 9780742509504
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Condition: New
€ 76.98
€ 76.98
Paperback. The first complete translation of Feng Menglong's collection of 40 short stories first published in 1620 in China Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui; Yang, Yunqin. Num Pages: 825 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 825
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295978444
- ISBN
- 9780295978444
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Condition: New
€ 51.69€ 50.75
€ 51.69
€ 50.75
Paperback. This volume presents advanced studies that consider the fundamental difference of urban center versus decentralization that operates in the cities of New York and Los Angeles, while comparing politics and culture in each area. Editor(s): Halle, David. Num Pages: 472 pages, 39 halftones, 33 maps, 25 figures, 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KBBWF; GTB; JFSG; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226313702
- ISBN
- 9780226313702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.55
€ 36.99
€ 28.55
The Left Transformed in Post-Communist Societies. The Cases of East-Ce...
. Ed(S): Curry, Jane Leftwich; Urban, Joan Ba...
Paperback. One of the most unexpected outcomes of the Soviet bloc's transition out of communism has been the divergent but important paths followed by once ruling communist parties. This work explores the divergent trajectories of ex-ruling communist parties in key countries of the former Soviet Empire. Editor(s): Curry, Jane Leftwich; Urban, Joan Barth. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DVUA; 1DVUK; GTB; HBJD; HBLW3; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742526648
- ISBN
- 9780742526648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.63
€ 74.63
Paperback. The authors of this collection interrogate the political health of African political parties and evaluate the theory and practice of party functions, ideology and structure. Editor(s): Salih, M. A. Mohamed; Ahmed, Abdel Ghaffar Mohamed. Series: OSSREA. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745320373
- ISBN
- 9780745320373
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.34
€ 38.99
€ 30.34
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
€ 84.14
€ 84.14
hardcover. This book offers the nature and evolution of Japan's most ambitious postwar foreign policy, the Japanese challenge to the U.S.-led neoliberal world order in the politics of economic development. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758123
- ISBN
- 9780804758123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.03
€ 90.03
Hardback. This book examines how Japan's naval leaders worked at both the elite political and local levels in society to secure the vast financial support necessary to assemble the world's third-largest naval force between 1868 and 1922. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749770
- ISBN
- 9780804749770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.90
€ 83.90
Paperback. Presents the results of a collaborative project with Native communities of Southeast Alaska to record indigenous geographic names. Documenting and analyzing more than 3,000 Tlingit, Haida, and other Native names on the land, this book highlights their descriptive force and cultural significance. Editor(s): Thornton, Thomas F. Num Pages: 61 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988580
- ISBN
- 9780295988580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.13
€ 33.99
€ 31.13
Hardback. They burned bras, draft cards, and even the American flag. But what drove a group of young Americans to democratic revolution in the tumultuous years of the 1960s, and what made them think they could win? This book looks at the motivations and values of the young rebels of the 1960s. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 185 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842051408
- ISBN
- 9780842051408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.38
€ 165.38
Hardback. Series: Commerce & Mass Culture S. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816637324
- ISBN
- 9780816637324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.08
€ 79.08
Paperback. Where did American literature start? The familiar story of Emerson and Thoreau has them setting up shop in Concord, Massachusetts, and determining the course of American writing. This title overhauls this story of origins as it shifts the context for these literary giants from the civilized East to the wide-open spaces of the Louisiana Purchase. Num Pages: 213 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 2ABM; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press California
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520231856
- ISBN
- 9780520231856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.23
€ 32.99
€ 24.23
paperback. William N Fenton's contributions to the understanding of the cultures and histories of the Iroquois are formidable. This volume includes Fenton's classic studies of such key issues as Iroquois folklore, factionalism, and the repatriation of material culture; and discussions of theory and practice and the methodology of 'upstreaming'. Editor(s): Starna, William A.; Campisi, Jack. Series: The Iroquoians & Their World. Num Pages: 398 pages, 10 Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; JFHF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803216075
- ISBN
- 9780803216075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.34
€ 50.99
€ 45.34
paperback. Argues that from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth, black transatlantic entertainers often transformed the alienating conditions of social and political marginalization into modes of self-actualization through performance Num Pages: 488 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; AN; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822337225
- ISBN
- 9780822337225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.76
€ 36.99
€ 32.76