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Asiatic Russia: Imperial Power in Regional and International Contexts by Tomohiko Uyama
RRP: £45.99£40.13Although the Russian Empire has traditionally been viewed as a European borderland, most of its territory was actually situated in Asia. Imperial power was huge but often suffered from a lack of enough information and resources to rule its culturally... -
Politics and the Military in Jordan: A Study of the Arab Legion, 1921-1957 by P.J. Vatikiotis
RRP: £32.99£29.16Amidst the turmoil in the Middle East, Jordan has presented a striking example of relative stability, and in this study, first published in 1967, Professor Vatikiotis sets out to show just how far Jordan's stability depends on its army. The Jordan Arab... -
The Arabic Linguistic Tradition by Georges Bohas
RRP: £36.99£32.53The importance and richness of the Arabic linguistic tradition, largely neglected by Western literature, is amply demonstrated by this book, first published in 1990. Written by three experts in the field, it provides us with a comprehensive survey of the... -
Arabic Military Dictionary: English-Arabic, Arabic-English by Ernest Kay
RRP: £36.99£32.93With some 7000 entries in each language, this dictionary, first published in 1986, gives clear and comprehensive coverage of all vocabulary areas connected with defence, for military personnel and for anyone who is directly or indirectly involved in... -
Pre-School Education in the Arab World by Huda Nashif
RRP: £36.99£32.53The organized play of the pre-school child with a group of peers in an educational atmosphere is now recognised as an important element in child development. The Arab states of the Gulf, as indeed most of the emerging countries, place special emphasis on... -
The Middle East: A Geographical Study, Second Edition by Peter Beaumont
RRP: £36.99£32.93This book, first published in 1976 and in this second edition in 1988, combines an examination of the political, cultural and economic geography of the Middle East with a detailed study of the region's landscape features, natural resources, environmental... -
The Tio Kingdom of The Middle Congo: 1880-1892 by Jan Vansina
RRP: £45.99£40.13Originally published in 1973, this book reconstructs the political and economic organization and the social life of the Tio kingdom at the end of the 19th century by means of a critical synthesis of documentary and ethnographic data. Based on a detailed... -
Tribe and Class in Monrovia by Merran Fraenkel
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1964, this book analyses the unique type of social stratification which is more akin to a social class system in Monrovia, Liberia's capital. Liberia, established in 1847 has no history of rule by a colonial power and is of... -
Technology, Tradition and the State in Africa by Jack Goody
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1971 this book argues that certain aspects of traditional African social systems have been misunderstood because of a failure to appreciate what is implied by important differences between the technologies of the major traditional... -
An African Aristocracy: Rank Among the Swazi by Hilda Kuper
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1947 and reprinted with a new preface in 1961, this book is based on field studies and gives an account of the social organization of the Swazi, wiith special reference to the aristocratic structure of their society and the way in... -
Moroccan Foreign Policy under Mohammed VI, 1999-2014 by Irene Fernandez Molina
RRP: £47.99£41.81This book presents a comprehensive survey of Moroccan foreign policy since 1999. It considers the objectives, actors and decision-making processes involved, and outlines Morocco's foreign policy activity in key areas such as the international management... -
Contested Holy Places in Israel-Palestine: Sharing and Conflict Resolution by Yitzhak Reiter
RRP: £43.99£38.44Over the last twenty years, there has been a growing understanding that conflicts in or over holy places differ from other territorial conflicts. A holy site has a profound meaning, involving human beliefs, strong emotions, "sacred" values, and... -
Les Bira et les Peuplades Limitrophes: Central Africa Belgian Congo Part II by H. Van Geluwe
RRP: £36.99£32.53Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and... -
Peoples of the Central Cameroons (Tikar. Bamum and Bamileke. Banen, Bafia and Balom): Western Africa Part IX by Merran McCulloch
RRP: £37.99£33.38Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and... -
The Ewe-Speaking People of Togoland and the Gold Coast: Western Africa Part VI by Madeline Manoukian
RRP: £36.99£32.53Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and... -
Akan and Ga-Adangme Peoples: Western Africa Part I by Madeline Manoukian
RRP: £36.99£32.53Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and... -
The Central Ethiopians, Amhara, Tigrina and Related Peoples: North Eastern Africa Part IV by William A. Shack
RRP: £37.99£33.38Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and... -
The Peoples of Greater Unyamwezi,Tanzania (Nyamwezi, Sukuma, Sumbwa, Kimbu, Konongo): East Central Africa Part XVII by R. G. Abrahams
£106.61Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and... -
The Matrilineal Peoples of Eastern Tanzania (Zaramo, Luguru, Kaguru, Ngulu): East Central Africa Part XVI by T. O. Beidelman
£106.61Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and... -
The Kikuyu and Kamba of Kenya: East Central Africa Part V by John Middleton
RRP: £36.99£32.53Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, originally published between 1950 and 1977, collected ethnographic information on the peoples of Africa, using all available... -
Revolution in Iran: The Roots of Turmoil by Mehran Kamrava
£111.61Observers of Iran have often ascribed the main cause of the revolution to economic problems under the Shah's regime. This book, first published in 1990, on the other hand focuses on the political and social factors which contributed of the Pahlavi... -
Chinese Transnational Migration in the Age of Global Modernity: The Case of Oceania by Liangni Liu
RRP: £135.00£117.68The term 'circulatory transnational migration' best describes the unconventional migratory route of many contemporary Chinese migrants - that is an unfinished set of circulatory movements that these migrants engage in between the homeland and various... -
Caravans of the Old Sahara: An Introduction to the History of the Western Sudan by E. W. Bovill
RRP: £32.99£29.16Since publication in 1957 the importance of Bohannan's study of judicial institutions and procedures among the Tiv has been widely recognized. It has contributed widely to the continuing discussion concerning the objectives and methods to be followed in... -
Everyday Arab Identity: The Daily Reproduction of the Arab World by Christopher Phillips
RRP: £53.99£46.87Whether through government propaganda or popular transnational satellite television channels, Arab citizens encounter a discourse that reinforces a sense of belonging to their own state and a broader Arab world on a daily basis. Looking through the lens... -
Bedouin of Northern Arabia: Traditions of the Al-Dhafir by Bruce Ingham
RRP: £36.99£32.53This is an absorbing and authentic account, first published in 1986, of the history and traditional way of life of the Al-Dhafir bedouins of north-eastern Arabia, based on a study of their traditions, Arabic historical annals and the reports of western... -
The Jews of the Yemen, 1800-1914 by Yehuda Nini
RRP: £36.99£32.53In the nineteenth century, the political independence and stability of the Yemen were undermined by outside forces. The Wahabite movement, British naval imperialism and the expansion of the Ottoman Empire all contributed to the decline of the country... -
Disengaging from Terrorism - Lessons from the Turkish Penitents by Kamil Yilmaz
RRP: £26.99£23.46This book presents an in-depth case study of thirteen individuals who moved away from terrorist activity in Turkey. Setting their life stories in the context of political violence in support of Kurdish independence and a leftist revolution, and the... -
The Persian Gulf and the West by Charles A. Kupchan
£43.00This volume provides a broadly comparative and historical re-examination of the fundamental strategic dilemmas that confront the Western world in the Persian Gulf region. This systematic study of how the West has defined and dealt with its security... -
Judicial Reform in Taiwan: Democratization and the Diffusion of Law by Neil Chisholm
RRP: £135.00£117.68This book examines Taiwan's judicial reform process, which began three years after the 1996 transition to democracy, in 1999, when Taiwanese legal and political leaders began discussing how to reform Taiwan's judicial system to meet the needs of the new... -
Holy Wars: The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism by Dilip Hiro
RRP: £25.99£22.63To some, Islamic Fundamentalism means the restoration of a true religion. To others, it is a politics that stands apart from capitalism and socialism. To many Westerners, particularly in the past decade, it has come to constitute a threat to established... -
War and Intervention in Lebanon: The Israeli-Syrian Deterrence Dialogue by Yair Evron
RRP: £12.99£11.94Despite the bitter conflict that divided Jerusalem and Damascus, a fascinating process of indirect - through the United States - and tacit understandings emerged with regard to Lebanon in the 1970s. This derived largely from the Israeli deterrence... -
The Arab Spring: Critical Analyses by Khair El-Din Haseeb
RRP: £28.99£25.49This volume provides a wealth of in-depth, country-specific analyses of the Arab Spring, in addition to works that examine the larger theoretical framework and socio-political implications of events. Unlike other analyses, often from the perspective of... -
Modern Turkey: People, State and Foreign Policy in a Globalised World by Bill Park
RRP: £49.99£43.50This exciting new textbook provides a broad and comprehensive overview of contemporary Turkey. Placing the country and its people within the context of a rapidly globalizing world, the book covers a diverse range of themes such as politics, economics,... -
Sharia and the State in Pakistan: Blasphemy Politics by Farhat Haq
RRP: £41.99£36.75This book analyses the formulation, interpretation and implementation of sharia in Pakistan and its relationship with the Pakistani state whilst addressing the complexity of sharia as a codified set of laws.Drawing on insights from Islamic studies,... -
Hagi - A Feudal Capital in Tokugawa Japan by Peter Armstrong
RRP: £39.99£35.06The western Japanese city of Hagi is the town in Japan which has preserved the greatest level of Tokugawa period (1600-1868) urban and architectural fabric. As such it is a major tourist destination for both Japanese and non-Japanese visitors. The city... -
Transnational Histories of Southern Africa's Liberation Movements by Jocelyn Alexander
RRP: £135.00£117.28Transnational Histories of Southern Africa's Liberation Movements offers new perspectives on southern Africa's wars of national liberation, drawing on extensive oral historical and archival research. Assuming neither the primacy of nationalist... -
Persuasion: The Hidden Forces That Influence Negotiations by Jasper Kim
RRP: £19.99£17.69Persuasion: The Hidden Forces That Influence Negotiations represents the first book of its kind to package and present persuasion principles in an innovative, international, and interdisciplinary fashion. This easy-to-understand book is the culmination... -
Intellectual Discourse in Reform Era China: The Debate on the Spirit of the Humanities in the 1990s by Giorgio Strafella
RRP: £43.99£38.44This book explores intellectual discourse in reform era China by analysing the so-called "debate on the spirit of the Humanities", which occurred in the years 1993-95, and which is recognised by scholars as one of the most interesting,... -
Transatlantic Central Europe: Contesting Geography and Redifining Culture Beyond the Nation by Jessie Labov
RRP: £56.00£51.28While there are still occasional uses of it today, the term "Central Europe" carries little of the charge that it did in the 1980s and early 1990s, and as a political and intellectual project it has receded from the horizon. Proponents of a... -
Celebrity Culture and the Entertainment Industry in Asia: Use of Celebrity and its Influence on Society, Culture and Communication by Vivienne Leung
RRP: £24.95£21.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783208074Author Vivienne LeungFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Intellect BooksPublisher Intellect Books