Regional Studies
"Sources of Japanese Tradition 1868 to 2000"
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"Introduction to Asian Civilizations" series; A collection of English-language readings on Japan. Containing materials on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion, this book features an introduction to Japanese civilization. It covers the Tokugawa period to 1868 and addresses the spread of neo-Confucianism and Buddhism and the initial encounters of Japan and the West. With illustrations. 2 abridged ed. Paperback, 672 pages. Size: 234 x 161 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: (De Bary, William Theodore, ed.)
ISBN: 0231139195
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Regional Studies (Pt. 2)
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"Sources of Japanese Traditions"From Earliest Times to 1600
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"Introduction to Asian Civilizations" series; A selection of source readings on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion in the Land of the Rising Sun. This work includes: readings on early and medieval Shinto and on the tea ceremony, readings on state Buddhism and Chinese political thought influential in Japan, and sections on women's education. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 520 pages. Size: 233 x 156 mm. Weight: 774g.
Author: (De Bary, William Theodore, ed.)
ISBN: 0231121393
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2002 (United States)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Regional Studies
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"The State of Civil Society in Japan"
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This book is about associational life and the public sphere in Japan. With 14 line figures 14 tables. Paperback, 412 pages. Size: 228 x 152 mm. Weight: 577g.
Author: (Schwartz, Frank J., ed.)
ISBN: 0521534623
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2003 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Subaltern Sports: Sport and Politics in South Asia"
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"Anthem South Asian Studies" series; A wide-ranging study that will appeal to anyone interested in colonial and postcolonial Asia, and the history of sport. With illustrations, maps. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 442g.
Author: (Mills, Jim, ed.)
ISBN: 1843311682
Publisher: Anthem Press
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Regional Studies
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"Subaltern Studies"Community, Gender and Violence
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This work questions the role of women and the nation, especially among minorities. It examines many topics such as Tamil nationalism, the new woman in Indian cinema, women and minorities in the context of law and the issue of violence. Paperback, 346 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 544g.
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ISBN: 1850655804
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Thinking Differently"A Reader in European Women's Studies
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This text asks whether there is a specifically European dimension to some of the issues in women's studies. Among the lines of enquiry opened up are: the impact on women of Europe's experience of warfare; the relationship between feminism and anti-semitism; and the phenomenon of the single woman. With notes, references, index. Paperback, 416 pages. Size: 236 x 156 mm. Weight: 640g.
Author: (Griffin, Gabriele, ed.)
ISBN: 1842770039
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Tradition and Politics"Indigenous Political Structures and Governance in Africa
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Indigenous Political Structures and Governance in Africa. Paperback, 330 pages. Size: 228 x 152 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: (Vaughan, Olufemi, ed.)
ISBN: 1592212174
Publisher: Africa Research & Publications
Date: 2005 (United States)
Readership: Secondary Regional Studies
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"Transatlantic Divide"Comparing American and European Society
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The United States of America and the European Union are the two strongest economic powers in the contemporary world. This volume describes, interprets, and analyzes the key social trends in the EU and the USA over the last 50 years. With numerous figures and tables. Paperback, 364 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 560g.
Author: (Martinelli, Alberto, ed.)
ISBN: 0199204535
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Transnational Migration and the Politics of Identity"
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"Women and Migration in Asia" series; Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 217 x 210 mm. Weight: 464g.
Author: (Thapan, Meenakshi, ed.)
ISBN: 0761934251
Publisher: Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd
Date: 2005 (India)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Unfinished Business"Ethiopia and Eritrea at War
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An examination into the causes and consequences of the Ethiopian and Eritrean war. With maps. Paperback, 306 pages. Size: 228 x 152 mm. Weight: 495g.
Author: (Jacquin-Berdal, Dominique, ed.)
ISBN: 1569022178
Publisher: Red Sea Press,U.S.
Date: 2005 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Regional Studies
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"Verandah of Violence"The Background to the Aceh Problem
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Probes the underlying causes of the conflict that has pitted Aceh against Jakarta, explaining why the Acehnese entered the Indonesian republic in 1945 with a determination to resist outside domination, and how these attitudes have shaped Aceh's relations with the Indonesian state. With illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 423 pages. Size: 230 x 155 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: (Reid, Anthony, ed.)
ISBN: 0295986336
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Visual Culture in Twentieth-Century Germany"Text as Spectacle
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If the 21st century is the digital age, the 20th century can be characterized as the visual age - the era in which visual activity achieved prominence. This book explores the visual media in 20th-century Germany in their critical and social contexts. It also presents the German cultural history during the 1900s. With 22. Paperback, 272 pages. Size: 234 x 155 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: (Finney, Gail, ed.)
ISBN: 0253218330
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Saudi Arabia in the Balance"Political Economy,Society,Foreign Affairs
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Brings together in a systematic way such a range of expertise in an integrated project, drawing on the insights of an exceptional cast of scholars from Europe, the US and the Middle East. This book integrates empirical investigation with the social science tools of politics, political economy and international relations. Paperback, 476 pages. Weight: 529g.
Author: Aarts, Paul (Nonneman, Gerd, ed.)
ISBN: 185065803X
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Regional Studies
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"The Military and the Nigerian State, 1966-1993"A Study of the Strategies of Political Power Control
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A study of the strategies of political power control in Nigeria in the latter half of the 20th century. Paperback, 206 pages. Size: 229 x 140 mm. Weight: 294g.
Author: Adegboyega, Ajayi
ISBN: 1592215696
Publisher: Africa Research & Publications
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Regional Studies
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"An Irish History of Civilization"
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"Irish History of Civilization" series; Combines history and fiction into a narrative of a people and their influence around the globe. This title takes us from St Patrick to Woodie Guthrie, from Constantine to John F Kennedy, from India to the Australian outback. It deals with the Irish at home and abroad, the great and the small, the noble and the depraved, the wise and the foolish. Hardback, 704 pages. Size: 236 x 163 mm. Weight: 1111g.
Author: Akenson, Donald Harman
ISBN: 0773528911
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Date: 2008 (Canada)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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