Regional Studies
"Memories and Migrations"Mapping Boricua and Chicana Histories
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Using region as a category of analysis, this volume explores the reciprocal relationship between Latinas and location. It compares Latinas from a variety of backgrounds, moving the focus from Los Angeles, New York, and Santa Fe to Chicago, Tucson, and Philadelphia. With 24 illustrations. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 228 x 155 mm. Weight: 404g.
Author: (Ruiz, Vicki L., ed.)
ISBN: 0252074785
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Mexican American Religions"Spirituality, Activism, and Culture
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Presents a multidisciplinary inquiry into the role of religion in the US Mexican American community. Analyzing critical influence of religion on Mexican American literature, art, politics, and pop culture, this volume makes the case for the establishment of Mexican American religious studies as a distinct, recognized field of scholarly inquiry. With 33 illustrations. Paperback, 432 pages. Size: 229 x 155 mm. Weight: 648g.
Author: (Espinosa, Gaston, ed.)
ISBN: 0822341190
Publisher: Duke University Press
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Middle East Historiographies"Narrating the Twentieth Century
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Examines Middle East history writing from the cusp of the twenty-first century. This work considers how individual historians, historical schools, and historical paradigms have shaped the study of the history of the Middle East over the twentieth century, chiefly after the First World War. With illustrations. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 227 x 160 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: (Gershoni, Israel, ed.)
ISBN: 0295986042
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Myth, History and Society"The Collected Works of Adiele Afigbo
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The collected works of Adiele Afigbo. Paperback, 642 pages. Size: 230 x 153 mm. Weight: 991g.
Author: (Falola, Toyin, ed.)
ISBN: 1592214207
Publisher: Africa Research & Publications
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Regional Studies
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"Nepad and the Future of Economic Policy in Africa"
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With illustrations. Paperback, 324 pages. Size: 228 x 152 mm. Weight: 577g.
Author: (Boko, Sylvain H., ed.)
ISBN: 1592215599
Publisher: Africa Research & Publications
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Regional Studies
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"The Nineteenth Century"Europe 1789-1914
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"Short Oxford History of Europe" series; In the 19th century Europe changed more rapidly and radically than during any prior period. This volume offers an approach to understanding one of the most complex periods of modern history, addressing all the major issues. With 6 line illustrations, 6 maps. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 361g.
Author: (Blanning, T.C.W., ed.)
ISBN: 0198731353
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2000 (United Kingdom)
Readership: A / as Level Regional Studies
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"The Nineteenth Century"The British Isles 1815-1901
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"Short Oxford History of the British Isles" series; The 19th century was Britain's moment as a world power, not only politically, but due to a vast range of activities and achievements. This book describes the force and complexity of that experience and to cover the political, economic and cultural history of the British Isles between 1815 and 1901. With 10 halftones, 2 maps. Paperback, 360 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 416g.
Author: (Matthew, Colin, ed.)
ISBN: 0198731434
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2000 (United Kingdom)
Readership: A / as Level Regional Studies
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"Nineteenth-Century Ireland"A Guide to Recent Research
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With illustrations, maps. Paperback, 336 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 121g.
Author: (Geary, Laurence M., ed.)
ISBN: 1904558283
Publisher: University College Dublin Press
Date: 2005 (Ireland)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Oligopoly Dynamics"Models and Tools
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A focus on the dynamics of oligopoly games. Several contributions show how easily the unique Nash equilibria in some most traditional oligopoly models may lose stability, giving way to complex phenomena, such as periodic/chaotic processes and to multi stability of coexistent attractors. With 98 figs.. Hardback, 321 pages. Size: 230 x 156 mm. Weight: 612g.
Author: (Puu, Tonu, ed.)
ISBN: 3540431861
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
Date: 2002 (Germany)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"On the Borders of State Power"Frontiers in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region
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"Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia" series; Explores the changing nature, meaning and significance of international borders over time in the area referred to today as the Greater Mekong Sub-region, incorporating Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and China's Yunnan province. This book is suitable for those interested in politics, development and geography of Southeast Asia. With 1 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. Hardback, 128 pages. Size: 138 x 216 mm. Weight: 273g.
Author: (Gainsborough, Martin, ed.)
ISBN: 0415414652
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"One China,Many Paths"
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Wang, Chaohua (trans.) Gathers the opinions of economists and historians, philosophers and sociologists, writers and literary critics from all generations to debate the current issues which face the People's Republic. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 618g.
Author: (Wang, Chaohua, ed.)
ISBN: 1844675351
Publisher: Verso Books
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Regional Studies
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"Original Tao"Inward Training (Nei-Yeh) and the Foundations of Taoist Mysticism
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"Translations From the Asian Classics" series; Roth, Harold D. (trans.) Revolutionizing received opinion of Taoism's origins in light of historic new discoveries, Harold D. Roth has uncovered China's oldest mystical text -- the original expression of Taoist philosophy -- and presents it here with a complete translation and commentary. With ill.. Hardback, 272 pages. Size: 235 x 158 mm. Weight: 540g.
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ISBN: 0231115644
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 1999 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Pakistan"Nationalism Without a Nation
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A current account of Pakistan's complicated political tapestry which focuses on two related issues: the first concerns ethnic tensions in Pakistan (Mohajit movement, Pashtun and Baloch nationalisms, and Punjabization); the second deals with the complex position in the South Asia region. With notes, bibliography, index. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 215 x 140 mm. Weight: 447g.
Author: (Jaffrelot, Christophe, ed.)
ISBN: 1842771175
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Regional Studies
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"Pascual De Gayangos"A Nineteenth-Century Spanish Arabist
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Pascual de Gayangos (1809-1897), celebrated Spanish Orientalist and polymath, is recognised as the father of the modern school of Arabic studies in Spain. This collection celebrates the 200th anniversary of his birth With 5 black & white illustrations. Hardback, 264 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 592g.
Author: (Alvarez Millan, Cristina, ed.)
ISBN: 0748635475
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Regional Studies
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"The Politics of Europeanization"
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This text looks at the political aspects of European integration from the point of view of domestic politics. In doing so, it goes beyond the classic analysis of how policies are made in Brussels and raises instead the question what is the power of Europe in national contexts? With numerous figures and tables. Paperback, 364 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 561g.
Author: (Featherstone, Kevin, ed.)
ISBN: 0199252092
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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