Regional studies books

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Israel and the Gaza Strip: The First Decade 1947–1957

Israel and the Gaza Strip: The First Decade 1947–1957...

Author: Arnon Golan
ISBN: 9781032645728
Format: Hardback
$315.00

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The Language of Food: Through the Lens of East Asian Films and Drama

The Language of Food: Through the Lens of East Asian...

Author: Jieun Kiaer ,  Loli Kim
ISBN: 9781032258454
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Approaching the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips

Approaching the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips

Author: Guozhong Liu
ISBN: 9781032815725
Format: Hardback
$347.00

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Czechoslovakia at the World’s Fairs: Behind the Façade

Czechoslovakia at the World’s Fairs: Behind the Façade...

Author: Marta Filipová
ISBN: 9789633867662
Format: Hardback
$315.68

This book provides a comprehensive account of Czechoslovak participation in international exhibitions during the...  Read More >>

Islam in Historical Perspective

Islam in Historical Perspective

Author: Alexander Knysh (University of Michigan Near Eastern Studies)
ISBN: 9780367715816
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Richly illustrated by quotations and images from Muslim scripture, historical chronicles, artistic works, and theological...  Read More >>

Unequal Security: Welfare, Crime and Social Inequality

Unequal Security: Welfare, Crime and Social Inequality...

Author: Peter Starke ,  Laust Lund Elbek
ISBN: 9781032573168
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Bringing together disciplines such as political science, criminology, sociology, and anthropology and combining...  Read More >>

Transnational Visual Activism for Women’s Reproductive Rights: My Body, My Choice

Transnational Visual Activism for Women’s Reproductive...

Author: Basia Sliwinska (Art History Institute (NOVA FCSH, Lisbon), Portugal)
ISBN: 9781032533537
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Focusing on art practices that advocate, raise consciousness and educate about the human right to reproductive health,...  Read More >>

Texts and Contexts from the History of Feminism and Women’s Rights: East Central Europe, Second Half of the Twentieth Century

Texts and Contexts from the History of Feminism and...

Author: Zsofia Lorand ,  Adela Hincu
ISBN: 9789633864531
Format: Hardback
$657.22

Presents a compendium of 100 sources offering an English-language selection of the most representative texts on...  Read More >>

Ubuntu Ethics: Human Dignity, Moral Perfectionism, and Needs

Ubuntu Ethics: Human Dignity, Moral Perfectionism, and...

Author: Motsamai Molefe
ISBN: 9781032846347
Format: Hardback
$116.00

This book provides a philosophical exposition of Ubuntu ethics, which is grounded in the understanding that ‘a person...  Read More >>

Turkey's Nationalist Action Party: Ideas and Practices

Turkey's Nationalist Action Party: Ideas and Practices...

Author: Arzu Opçin-Kıdal
ISBN: 9781032525754
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the nationalist ideas and practices of Turkey’s Nationalist Action...  Read More >>

A People's History of the Farmers' Movement, 2020–2021

A People's History of the Farmers' Movement, 2020–2021...

Author: Shamsher Singh ,  Sabah Siddiqui
ISBN: 9781032709413
Format: Hardback
$315.00

The book traces the journey of the Farmers' Movement of 2020-21 in India, as each essay dissects the socio-political...  Read More >>

Geopolitics and China's Patronage Strategy: The Wary Patron, the Autonomous Client, and the Vietnam War

Geopolitics and China's Patronage Strategy: The Wary...

Author: Dalton Lin
ISBN: 9781032731599
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book highlights how resource constraints and client agency impact China’s patronage policy in their pursuit...  Read More >>

Disability, Gender and the Trajectories of Power

Disability, Gender and the Trajectories of Power

Author: Asha Hans (Dev Research Inst, Bhubaneswar)
ISBN: 9781032795935
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book explores the gendered experience of disability. It investigates how women with disabilities fare in society...  Read More >>

José Carlos Mariátegui: Marxism and Critique of Eurocentrism

José Carlos Mariátegui: Marxism and Critique of Eurocentrism...

Author: Deni Alfaro Rubbo (State University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil)
ISBN: 9781032611594
Format: Hardback
$315.00

This volume explores the life, work, and impact of the Peruvian thinker José Carlos Mariátegui (1894-1930), particularly...  Read More >>

Cultural Cold Wars and UNESCO in the Twentieth Century

Cultural Cold Wars and UNESCO in the Twentieth Century...

Author: W. John Morgan (Prof. Emeritus, University of Nottingham, UK)
ISBN: 9780367859930
Format: Hardback
$315.00

This book addresses the now considerable interest in the concept of cultural cold war as a means of advancing ideologies....  Read More >>

Gender Fields: The Social Organisation of Gender Identity

Gender Fields: The Social Organisation of Gender Identity...

Author: Sofia Aboim ,  Pedro Vasconcelos
ISBN: 9781032322735
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Exploring gender through the lens of field theory, Gender Fields proposes a new framework for understanding the...  Read More >>

Human Resource Management: Concepts, Theories and Contemporary Practices

Human Resource Management: Concepts, Theories and Contemporary...

Author: R. C. Sharma (Amity Business School (AUG), Gurugram, India) ,  Nipun Sharma
ISBN: 9781032623160
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This textbook introduces readers to an array of concepts and current practices of Human Resource Management (HRM)....  Read More >>

Mary Kingsley: A Victorian in the Jungle

Mary Kingsley: A Victorian in the Jungle

Author: Olwen Campbell
ISBN: 9781032833934
Format: Hardback
$189.00

In travel books, Mary Kingsley described her experiences with immense detachment and humour. These lengthy works...  Read More >>

Development from Within: Survival in Rural Africa

Development from Within: Survival in Rural Africa

Author: D. R. F. Taylor ,  Fiona Mackenzie
ISBN: 9781032840048
Format: Hardback
$242.00

The enormous range of contexts in Africa — social, economic, political, cultural, and environmental — limits the...  Read More >>

Women and Attempted Suicide

Women and Attempted Suicide

Author: Raymond Jack
ISBN: 9781032848938
Format: Hardback
$242.00

First published in 1992, Women and Attempted Suicide suggests that two factors have contributed to this failure...  Read More >>

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