Regional Studies
"In Sierra Leone"
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In 2002, as Sierra Leone prepared to announce the end of its brutal civil war, the distinguished anthropologist, poet, and novelist Michael Jackson returned to the country where he had intermittently lived and worked as an ethnographer since 1969. Here, he offers his reminiscences revisiting the site of his fieldwork from the 1970s. With illustrations. Paperback, 232 pages. Size: 235 x 154 mm. Weight: 263g.
Author: Jackson, Michael
ISBN: 0822333139
Publisher: Duke University Press
Date: 2004 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Adventure Cambodia"An Explorer's Travel Guide
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An helpful and in-depth travel guide to Cambodia. With 282 illustrations, 51 in colour, 48 maps. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 432 pages. Size: 191 x 140 mm. Weight: 86g.
Author: Jacobson, Matt
ISBN: 9749575539
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Date: 2005 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Regional Studies
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"Defending the Majesty of Islam"Indonesia's Front Pembela Islam, 1998-2003
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"Islam in Southeast Asia: Views From Within" series; Indonesia's 1998 reformation movement spawned numerous organizations aimed at either establishing an Islamic state or applying Islamic law. This book focuses on one such movement, Front Pembela Islam (FPI). It presents the biography of Habib Muhammad Rizieq Syihab, one of FPI's founding fathers and its head. Paperback, 83 pages. Size: 211 x 160 mm. Weight: 140g.
Author: Jahroni, Jajang
ISBN: 9749511115
Publisher: Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications Lp
Date: 2008 (Thailand)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"The Palestinian National Movement"Politics of Contention, 1967-2003
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"Indiana Series in Middle East Studies" series; Examines the internal dynamics of the Palestinian political elite and their impact on the struggle to establish a Palestinian state. This book argues that the Fatah leadership has attempted to mobilize social forces, local secular-nationalist and Islamist movements, while undermining their ability to develop independent power structures. Paperback, 240 pages. Size: 240 x 161 mm. Weight: 83g.
Author: Jamal, Amal
ISBN: 0253217733
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date: 2005 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Regional Studies
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"Nobodies to Somebodies"The Rise of the Colonial Bourgeoisie in Sri Lanka
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The origins and growth of the bourgeoisie in Sri Lanka during British rule are important aspects of the country's modern history. Here, Kumari Jayawardena traces the evolution of the bourgeoisie from a feudal society and mercantilist economy, to the age of plantations. With notes, bibliography, glossary, map, photographs, index. Hardback, 458 pages. Size: 215 x 135 mm. Weight: 720g.
Author: Jayawardena, Kumari
ISBN: 1842772287
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Regional Studies
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"Wild Europe"The Balkans in the Gaze of Western Travellers
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Combining comment with research abounding in historical and cultural detail, this book tells how from the 16th to the 20th century The Balkans have been perceived by west European travellers, many of whom have seen it as part of Asia and sought accordingly to inform their contemporaries of its exotic, outlandish and primitive ways. With 62 ill.. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 230 x 160 mm. Weight: 445g.
Author: Jezernik, Bozidar
ISBN: 0863565743
Publisher: Saqi Books
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Regional Studies
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"The Truth About Patriotism"
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Contending that even at its best patriotism subverts the democracy it purports to value, this book turns to patriotism's defenders to show how they must jettison democracy to champion patriotism. Drawing from various aspects of American political and popular culture, this book presents examples to disclose patriotism's self-defeating character. With 10 illustrations. Paperback, 296 pages. Size: 235 x 161 mm. Weight: 418g.
Author: Johnston, Steven
ISBN: 0822341107
Publisher: Duke University Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Pakistan"Eye of the Storm
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"Yale Nota Bene" series; Pakistan, with its political instability, Islamic community, pressing economic and social problems, access to nuclear weapons, and proximity to Afghanistan, stands at the centre of global attention. This title looks at Pakistan's past, recounts its recent history, and assesses its future options. With 32 illustrations, 4 maps. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 368 pages. Size: 199 x 131 mm. Weight: 484g.
Author: Jones, Owen Bennett
ISBN: 0300101473
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2003 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Jean-Paul Sartre and the Jewish Question"Anti-Antisemitism and the Politics of the French Intellectual
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"Texts & Contexts" series; Examines the image of the Jew in Sartre's work to rethink not only his oeuvre but also the role of the intellectual in France and the politics and ethics of existentialism. This book explores how French identity is defined through the abstraction and allegorization of the Jew. Hardback, 390 pages. Size: 231 x 162 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: Judaken, Jonathan
ISBN: 0803226128
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Hands on Energy, Infrastructure and Recycling"
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"Practical Innovations for a Sustainable World" series; Appropriate green technologies are often regarded as a second-rate solution. This volume challenges this concept by presenting real-life examples of successful alternatives to demonstrate appropriate technological stories from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. With photographs throughout. Paperback, 240 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 431g.
Author: Judge, Emma
ISBN: 1853394882
Publisher: Itdg Publishing
Date: 1999 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Power, Poverty and Prayer"The Challenges of Poverty and Pluralism in African Christianity, 1960-1996
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The dialectics of Christianity in post-independence Africa. American. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Kalu, Ogbu U.
ISBN: 1592213944
Publisher: Africa Research & Publications
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Regional Studies
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"The New Woman in Uzbekistan"Islam, Modernity, and Unveiling Under Communism
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"Jackson School Publications in International Studies" series; Explores the lives of Uzbek women, in their own voices and words, before and after the Russian Revolution of 1917. Drawing upon oral histories and writings, this book re-examines the Soviet Hujum, the 1927 campaign in Soviet Central Asia to encourage mass unveiling as a path to social and intellectual liberation. With 17 illustrations, 3 maps. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 227 x 155 mm. Weight: 553g.
Author: Kamp, Marianne
ISBN: 0295988193
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Political Institutions in the United States"
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"Comparative Political Institutions Series" series; Helps students to understand American politics by guiding them through the different institutions of American government. This book covers the electoral and party systems, the separation of powers between the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government, and the division of powers between the federal government and the states. With tables and figures. Paperback, 304 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Katz, Richard S.
ISBN: 0199283834
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"Muslim Girls and the Other France"Race, Identity Politics and Social Exclusion
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Draws on ethnographic research in schools, housing projects, and other settings among Muslim teenagers of North and West African origin. This book finds contradictions between the ideal of universalism and the lived reality of ethnic distinction and racialized discrimination. With 15. Paperback, 240 pages. Size: 234 x 160 mm. Weight: 85g.
Author: Keaton, Trica Danielle
ISBN: 0253218349
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Regional Studies
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"God and Country"America in Red and Blue
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Paperback, 254 pages. Size: 228 x 156 mm. Weight: 436g.
Author: Kennedy, Sheila S.
ISBN: 1932792996
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Regional Studies
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