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The Emotional Politics of Racism: How Feelings Trump Facts in an Era of Colorblindness by Paula Ioanide
RRP: £23.99£20.84With stop-and-frisk laws, new immigration policies, and cuts to social welfare programs, majorities in the United States have increasingly supported intensified forms of punishment and marginalization against Black, Latino, Arab and Muslim people in the... -
Second Homes: European Perspectives and UK Policies by Nick Gallent
RRP: £49.99£43.50Second homes are once again a source of political and social contention in rural areas. The British government's decision to reduce Council Tax discounts on second homes in England in April 2004 has caused wide debate in local communities, local... -
Black Tribunes: Black Political Participation in Britain by Terri Sewell
RRP: £15.00£14.69A contribution to black studies, this book examines the issue of racism in modern society today.Book InformationISBN 9780853157410Author Terri SewellFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Lawrence & Wishart LtdPublisher Lawrence & Wishart Ltd -
The Authority of Experience: Readings on Buddhism and Psychology by John Pickering
RRP: £49.99£43.50This collection of writings presents contemporary views on the integration of Buddhism in the West. Over the past few decades Buddhism has deepened its presence in the West and as a result teachings and practices are becoming integrated with those of... -
The Making and Breaking of Soviet Lithuania: Memory and Modernity in the Wake of War by Violeta Davoliute 9781138204485
RRP: £43.99£38.44Appearing on the world stage in 1918, Lithuania suffered numerous invasions, border changes and large scale population displacements.The successive occupations of Stalin in 1940 and Hitler in 1941, mass deportations to the Gulag and the elimination of... -
Women's Experiences of Repression in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe by Kelly Hignett
RRP: £45.99£40.13Based on extensive original research, including studies of autobiographies and biographies, reminiscences and memoirs, archived oral history data and interviews conducted by the authors, this book provides a rich picture of how women experienced... -
Suhrawardi and the School of Illumination by Mehdi Amin Razavi Aminrazavi
RRP: £49.99£43.50Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi, also known as Shaikh al-ishraq or the Master of Illumination, lived in the sixth century AH / twelfth century CE.His thoughts form a consistent and coherent philosophical system, and a close study of his writings in... -
Calm and Insight: A Buddhist Manual for Meditators by Bhikkhu Phra Khantipalo
RRP: £49.99£43.50This manual, by an experienced Buddhist, has been written so that it will be easily accessible also to the reader who knows nothing about meditation, but also contains knowledge and experience that can be gained only through practice.Book InformationISBN... -
A Critical Synergy: Race, Decoloniality, and World Crises by Ali Meghji 9781439922071
RRP: £23.99£20.84Practitioners of decolonial theory and critical race theory (CRT) often use one or the other, but not both. In his provocative book, A Critical Synergy, Ali Meghji suggests using the two theories in tandem rather than attempting to hierarchize or... -
Reimagining Money: Kenya in the Digital Finance Revolution by Sibel Kusimba
RRP: £23.99£20.84Technology is rapidly changing the way we think about money. Digital payment has been slow to take off in the United States but is displacing cash in countries as diverse as China, Kenya, and Sweden. In Reimagining Money, Sibel Kusimba describes the rise... -
Politics and Governance in Bangladesh: Uncertain Landscapes by Ipshita Basu
RRP: £39.99£35.06Since its Independence in 1971, Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in terms of reducing poverty levels, achieving high levels of economic growth over a sustained period of time, and meeting its Millennium Development Goals (MDG) targets set by the... -
Rethinking Social Exclusion in India: Castes, Communities and the State by Minoru Mio
RRP: £135.00£117.28In recent years exclusionary policies of the Indian state have raised questions concerning social harmony and economic progress. During the last few decades the emergence of identity politics has given new lease of life to exclusionary practices in the... -
Acting Black: College, Identity and the Performance of Race by Sarah Susannah Willie
RRP: £54.99£47.72Sarah Willie asks: What's it like to be black on campus. For most Black students, attending predominantly white universities, it is a struggle. Do you try to blend in? Do you take a stand? Do you end up acting as the token representative for your whole... -
Islam: A Concise Introduction by Neal Robinson
RRP: £43.99£38.44This user-friendly reference work provides an accessible introduction to Islam for the general reader and student alike. It presents a historical overview, a description of Islam as a living faith along with a discussion of the problems raised by Western... -
Studies in the Economic History of the Middle East by M. A. Cook 9780197135617
RRP: £135.00£118.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780197135617Author M. A. CookFormat HardbackPage Count 536Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Thomson WestWeight(grams) 1043g -
The Orient Strikes Back by Joy Hendry 9781859733332
RRP: £28.99£25.09At the turn of the 20th Century, Japanese 'villages' and their exotic occupants delighted and mystified visitors to the Great Exhibitions and Worlds' Fairs . At the beginning of the 21st Century, Japanese tourists have reversed the gaze and now may visit... -
Japan's Comfort Women by Yuki Tanaka 9780415194013
RRP: £47.99£41.81Japan's Comfort Women tells the harrowing story of the "comfort women" who were forced to enter prostitution to serve the Japanese Imperial army, often living in appalling conditions of sexual slavery. Using a wide range of primary sources, the author... -
. . . From Time Immemorial: Indigenous Peoples and State Systems by Richard J. Perry 9780292765993
RRP: £25.99£22.49Around the globe, people who have lived in a place "from time immemorial" have found themselves confronted by and ultimately incorporated within larger state systems. During more than three decades of anthropological study of groups ranging from the... -
The Kakure Kirishitan of Japan: A Study of Their Development, Beliefs and Rituals to the Present Day by Stephen Turnbull 9781138973961
RRP: £45.99£40.13First major study in English of the Japanese 'hidden' Christians - the Kakure Kirishitan, who chose to remain separate from the Catholic Church when religious toleration was granted in 1873 - and the development of the faith and rituals from the 16th... -
Gypsy Identities 1500-2000: From Egipcyans and Moon-men to the Ethnic Romany by David Mayall
RRP: £43.99£38.44Gypsies have lived in England since the early sixteenth century, yet considerable confusion and disagreement remain over the precise identity of the group. The question 'Who are the Gypsies?' is still asked and the debates about the positioning and... -
Race and Ethnicity: The Key Concepts by Amy Ansell 9780415337953
RRP: £25.99£21.06Situating the study of race and ethnicity within its historical and intellectual context, this much needed guide exposes students to the broad diversity of scholarship within the field. It provides a clear and succinct explanation of more than 70 key... -
The Spiritual Legacy of the American Indian: With Letters While Living with Black Elk Commemorative Edition by Joseph Epes Brown 9781933316369
RRP: £21.95£14.18The writings of Joseph Epes Brown are considered amongst the most important studies on the North American Indian undertaken in the 20th Century. His works have been translated into numerous languages and are re-igniting interest in American Indian... -
The Formative Period of Twelver Shi'ism: Hadith as Discourse Between Qum and Baghdad by Andrew J. Newman 9780415616362
RRP: £53.99£46.87Shows how the frictions and disparities between the different pockets of believers scattered throughout the Eastern Islamic world in the late ninth and tenth centuries, the relations between each of these and the Abbasid political institution favoured... -
Communicating Climate Change in Russia: State and Propaganda by Marianna Poberezhskaya
RRP: £49.99£43.50The attitude of Russia towards climate change is extremely important for the success of climate change control policies worldwide, as Russia, with its cold climate and vast resources of carbon fuels, is one of the world's biggest polluters. Moreover,... -
State and Tribe in Nineteenth-Century Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863) by Christine Noelle
RRP: £43.99£38.84With the exception of two short periods of direct British intervention during the Anglo-Afghan Wars of 1839-42 and 1878-80, the history of nineteenth-century Afghanistan has received little attention from western scholars. This study seeks to shift the... -
The Concept of Sainthood in Early Islamic Mysticism: Two Works by Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi - An Annotated Translation with Introduction by John O'Kane
RRP: £39.99£36.75This book provides translations of the earliest Arabic autobiography and the earliest theoretical explanation of the psychic development and powers of an Islamic holy man (Saint, Friend of God).Reviews'accurate and well-annotated English translations... -
Disinformation, Narratives and Memory Politics in Russia and Belarus by Agnieszka Legucka 9781032251110
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book examines the ways in which Russia and Belarus use disinformation, "weaponised" historical narratives, and the politics of memory for domestic and foreign policy purposes, utilising these factors to justify aggressive foreign policy in defensive... -
Borders and Bridges: A History of U.S.-Latin American Relations by Stewart Brewer 9780275982041
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The Arab Americans by Randa A. Kayyali 9780313332197
£57.00Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Packy Jim: Folklore and Worldview on the Irish Border by Ray Cashman 9780299308940
RRP: £21.95£20.91Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Tamils: The People, Their History and Culture by Ramaswami K.S. Sastri 9788177554052
RRP: £227.50£15.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788177554052Author Ramaswami K.S. SastriFormat HardbackImprint Cosmo PublicationsPublisher Cosmo Publications -
Dimensionen der Kultur nach Hofstede. Individualismus vs. Kollektivismus in den USA und in Deutschland by Hanna Wilkes 9783656946021 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.90£3.01Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Indo-China and the Indian Archipelago: Volume II by Reinhold Rost 9781138981218
RRP: £28.99£25.09Published in 2013, Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Indo-China and the Indian Archipelago: Volume II is a valuable contirbution to the field of Asian Studies.Book InformationISBN 9781138981218Author Reinhold RostFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint... -
Caste Out!: The Liberation Struggle of the Dalits in India by David Haslam 9780851692500 [USED COPY]
RRP: £4.95£2.88Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Agriculture in Crisis: People, Commodities and Natural Resources in Indonesia 1996-2001 by Francoise Gerard 9780700714650
RRP: £86.99£75.94Indonesia's monetary and political crisis is examined here in relation to its impact on Indonesia's agricultural sector. The twelve essays that comprise this volume take a micro-economic approach and analysis relies on observed facts and first-hand data... -
Tradition and Liberation: The Hindu Tradition in the Indian Women's Movement by Catherine A. Robinson 9780700711437
RRP: £86.99£75.54The text examines the role of the Hindu tradition in the ideology and methodology of the Indian women's movement. By showing how leaders of the movement have restated aspects of the tradition, it provides insight into the ways in which a women's movement... -
Judaism, Philosophy, Culture: Selected Studies by E. I. J. Rosenthal by Erwin Rosenthal 9780700712434
RRP: £86.99£75.94One of the outstanding interpreters of Jewish culture in the twentieth century has been Erwin Rosenthal. This book contains some of his most influential work, ranging from the nature of Jewish political thought, both classical and medieval, to Christian... -
The Politics of Culture: Around the Work of Naoki Sakai by Richard Calichman 9780415562164
RRP: £91.99£79.80Naoki Sakai is an important and prominent thinker in Asian and cultural studies and his work continues to make itself felt across a broad range of both national and disciplinary borders. Originally finding a home in the otherwise circumscribed field of... -
Business Leaders and New Varieties of Capitalism in Post-Communist Europe by Katharina Bluhm 9780415809634
RRP: £96.99£84.05Business leaders exert extraordinary influence on institution building in market economies but they think and act within institutional settings. This book combines both an elite approach with a varieties-of-capitalism approach. Comparing Poland, Hungary... -
Afro-Brazilians - Cultural Production in a Racial Democracy by Niyi Afolabi 9781580462624
RRP: £110.00£105.14Brazil, the most racially diverse Latin American country, is also the most contradictory: for centuries it has maintained fantasy as reality through the myth of racial democracy. Enshrined in that mythology is the masking of exclusionism that...