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The British Mandate in Palestine: A Centenary Volume, 1920-2020 by Michael J Cohen
RRP: £39.99£35.06The British Mandate over Palestine began just 100 years ago, in July 1920, when Sir Herbert Samuel, the first British High Commissioner to Palestine, took his seat at Government House, Jerusalem. The chapters here analyse a wide cross-section of the... -
Cities: Reimagining the Urban by Ash Amin 9780745624143
RRP: £15.99£15.61This book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on the city. Drawing on a wide and diverse range of material and texts, it argues that too much contemporary urban theory is based on nostalgia for a humane, face-to-face and bounded city. Amin and... -
Mountain Republic: A Lake District Parish - Eighteen Men, The Lake Poets and the National Trust by Philippa Harrison
RRP: £12.00£8.44An affectionate but meticulously researched history of one of the most beautiful and best-loved corners of England - Crosthwaite Parish, nestling deep within the mountains and valleys of the Lake District. 'A unique contribution to English history'... -
Lancashire: A Social History, 1558-1939 by John K. Walton
RRP: £25.00£21.98If England was 'the first industrial nation', Lancashire was emphatically the first industrial county the first to develop, over a wide area, the combination of steam-powered factory industry and urban sprawl which says 'Industrial Revolution' to most... -
The International Politics of the Red Sea by Anoushiravan Ehteshami 9780415726214
RRP: £53.99£46.87This pioneering book is the first comprehensive study of the Red Sea as a sub-region of the international system in its own right. Examining the international politics of the Red Sea region from the Cold War to the present day, it argues that the Red Sea... -
Megacity Seoul: Urbanization and the Development of Modern South Korea by Yu-Min Joo
RRP: £45.99£40.13In Asia, there are a growing number of gigantic megacities, accompanied by a series of speculative and extravagant megaprojects. Amid the fast-paced urban and development challenges, many Asian governments have been searching for replicable and... -
Christians and Missionaries in India: Cross-Cultural Communication since 1500 by Robert Eric Frykenberg
RRP: £58.99£51.48The assumption that Christianity in India is nothing more than a European, western, or colonial imposition is open to challenge. Those who now think and write about India are often not aware that Christianity is a non-western religion, that in India this... -
Speaking to the Rose: Writings, 1912-1932 by Robert Walser 9780803298330
RRP: £14.99£11.12The Swiss writer of whom Hermann Hesse famously declared, "If he had a hundred thousand readers, the world would be a better place," Robert Walser (1878-1956) is only now finding an audience among English-speaking readers commensurate with his merits-if... -
Service Encounters: Class, Gender, and the Market for Social Distinction in Urban China by Amy Hanser 9780804758376
RRP: £21.99£18.79This lively study explores how social and economic changes to Chinese society create new cultural values and forms of inequality. Amy Hanser examines changes to a particular set of jobs-service work, in this case salesclerk work-and the nature of the... -
Other Asias by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
RRP: £32.95£29.14In this major intervention into the 'Asian Century', Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak challenges the reader to re-think Asia, in its political and cultural complexity, in the global South and in the metropole. Major work from one of the world's most... -
The Chinese Communist Party and China's Capitalist Revolution: The Political Impact of Market by Lance Gore 9780415855266
RRP: £47.99£41.81The Chinese Communist Party and China's Capitalist Revolution examines issues of political change and development in China. In the last 30 years China has experienced a profound political transformation and a degree of political progress but these are... -
Ismaili Hymns from South Asia: An Introduction to the Ginans by Zawahir Moir 9781138862340
RRP: £43.99£38.44The Aga Khans have long played a prominent part on the international stage, but much less tends to be understood about the most important group of their followers, the Khoja Ismailis of South Asia, who are now also settled in many other parts of the... -
Routledge Handbook of the Caucasus by Galina M. Yemelianova
RRP: £43.99£38.44The Routledge Handbook of the Caucasus offers an integrated, multidisciplinary overview of the historical, ethno-linguistic, cultural, socio-economic and political complexities of the Caucasus. Covering both the North and South Caucasus, the book gathers... -
The Antarctic: A Very Short Introduction by Klaus Dodds 9780199697687
RRP: £8.99£6.45The Antarctic is one the most hostile natural environments in the world. It is an extraordinary physical space, which changes significantly in shape and size with the passing of the seasons. Politically, it is unique as it contains one of the few areas... -
Soaking the Middle Class: Suburban Inequality and Recovery from Disaster: Suburban Inequality and Recovery from Disaster by Anna Rhodes 9780871547163
RRP: £37.50£23.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871547163Author Anna RhodesFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Russell Sage FoundationPublisher Russell Sage FoundationWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm)... -
The First European Description of Japan, 1585: A Critical English-Language Edition of Striking Contrasts in the Customs of Europe and Japan by Luis Frois, S.J. by S. J. Luis Frois
RRP: £43.99£38.44In 1585, at the height of Jesuit missionary activity in Japan, which was begun by Francis Xavier in 1549, Luis Frois, a long-time missionary in Japan, drafted the earliest systematic comparison of Western and Japanese cultures. This book constitutes the... -
A Mountain Republic: A Lake District Parish - Eighteen Men, The Lake Poets and the National Trust by Philippa Harrison
RRP: £35.00£30.95An affectionate but meticulously researched history of one of the most beautiful and best-loved corners of England - Crosthwaite Parish, nestling deep within the mountains and valleys of the Lake District. 'A unique contribution to English history'... -
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry 9780062977373
RRP: £19.99£11.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2022.Book InformationISBN 9780062977373Author Imani PerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins... -
Spectacular Wickedness: Sex, Race, and Memory in Storyville, New Orleans by Emily Epstein Landau 9780807150146
RRP: £33.95£28.39From 1897 to 1917 the red-light district of Storyville commercialized and even thrived on New Orleans's longstanding reputation for sin and sexual excess. This notorious neighborhood, located just outside of the French Quarter, hosted a diverse cast of... -
Indonesia's Foreign Policy by Michael Leifer 9780415710671
RRP: £53.99£46.87Indonesia's foreign policy reflects the turbulence and change which have been, and remain, a central feature of its political life. First published in 1983, this was the first book to provide a systematic and comprehensive account of the nature and... -
Tales from the Masnavi by A. J. Arberry
RRP: £39.99£35.46The Masnavi of Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273), a massive poem of some 25,000 rhyming couplets, by common consent ranks among the world's greatest masterpieces of religious literature. The material which makes up the Masnavi is divisible into two different... -
Stuck with Tourism: Space, Power, and Labor in Contemporary Yucatan by Matilde Córdoba Azcárate
RRP: £25.00£19.18Tourism has become one of the most powerful forces organizing the predatory geographies of late capitalism. It creates entangled futures of exploitation and dependence, extracting resources and labor, and eclipsing other ways of doing, living, and... -
Irish Tweed: History, Tradition, Fashion by Vawn Corrigan 9781788490214
RRP: £11.99£9.60'To be human is to be involved with cloth.' Irish Tweed explores the history, the traditions, the patterns, the fashions and the legacy of Ireland's distinctive, natural woven fabric. Arising from ancient woven traditions of brat (cloak), leine... -
The Paradox of Myanmar's Regime Change by Roger Huang
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book analyzes Myanmar's contemporary political history, arguing that Myanmar's so-called "democratization" has always been a calculated regime transition, planned by the military, with every intention that the military to remain the key permanent... -
Local and Regional Development by Andy Pike
RRP: £47.99£42.21Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world are seeking prosperity and well-being amidst tumultuous and disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an increasingly globalised, knowledge-intensive capitalism; global financial... -
The Sanskrit Language: An Introductory Grammar and Reader Revised Edition by Walter Maurer
RRP: £71.99£63.05Now available in paperback, this grammar offers a completely new approach to the study of Sanskrit, aimed at students with no previous specialist knowledge of the categories of grammar. It is a stimulating and infectious approach, designed to cultivate... -
New Horizons in Qur'anic Linguistics: A Syntactic, Semantic and Stylistic Analysis by Hussein Abdul-Raof 9780367874674
RRP: £39.99£35.06New Horizons in Qur'anic Linguistics provides a panoramic insight into the Qur'anic landscape fenced by innate syntactic, semantic and stylistic landmarks where context and meaning have closed ranks to impact morphological form in order to achieve... -
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs 9780679644330
RRP: £18.50£15.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Sidney Hillman Prize 1961.Book InformationISBN 9780679644330Author Jane JacobsFormat HardbackPage Count 640Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA... -
Sino-Pakistani Relations: Politics, Military and Regional Dynamics by Filippo Boni
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book analyses the relationship between Pakistan and China in the post 9/11 period against the backdrop of Pakistan's domestic politics and proposes that the major source of continuity in the ties between the two countries is represented by the... -
Art in Zion: The Genesis of Modern National Art in Jewish Palestine by Dalia Manor
RRP: £53.99£46.87Art in Zion deals with the link between art and national ideology and specifically between the artistic activity that emerged in Jewish Palestine in the first decades of the twentieth century and the Zionist movement. In order to examine the development... -
Reflections on Myanmar: Identity, Heritage, Aspirations by Reshmi Banerjee 9781032328874
RRP: £35.99£31.69Myanmar is known for its engaging history, rich cultural heritage, and diverse ethnic communities. Its tumultuous political past has been discussed by academics and policy makers for decades; however, the land of the Shwedagon cannot only be defined by... -
Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road by Rob Schmitz
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Enjoyable and illuminating . . . Rob Schmitz writes with great affection' GuardianShanghai: a global city in the midst of a renaissance, where dreamers arrive each day to partake in a mad torrent of capital, ideas and opportunity. Rob Schmitz is one of... -
Women At The Center: Grameen Bank Borrowers After One Decade by Helen Todd 9780367216603
RRP: £39.99£35.06The Grameen Bank of Bangladesh has successfully lent small sums to poor women for income generation. This empirical study examines the programme's long-term influence and argues that credit alone can create fundamental change, even in an environment... -
China's Evolving Industrial Policies and Economic Restructuring by Zheng Yongnian
RRP: £37.99£33.38In the past three decades, China has successfully transformed itself from an extremely poor economy to the world's second largest economy. The country's phenomenal economic growth has been sustained primarily by its rapid and continuous industrialisation... -
Nuneaton Memories, From the Reg Bull Collection: Britain In Old Photographs by John Burton
RRP: £13.99£10.59Nuneaton Memories is sure to fascinate anyone who has grown up or lived in Nuneaton over the past fifty years. It shows the enormous changes that have taken place in the town since the Second World War, as it adapted to the needs of increasing car... -
Why Switzerland? by Jonathan Steinberg
RRP: £24.99£20.39Revised and completely updated edition of Jonathan Steinberg's classic account of Switzerland's unique political and economic system. Why Switzerland? examines the complicated voting system that allows citizens to add, strike out, or vote more than once... -
Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics by Ann Elizabeth Mayer
RRP: £43.99£38.44Islam and Human Rights is a probing examination of how the Islamic tradition has been exploited for political ends by regimes and institutions seeking to legitimize policies inimical to human rights. Ann Elizabeth Mayer critically appraises Islamic human... -
Lead Mining Land the Northern Pennines: Astride Auden's Watershed by Judith Milton 9781399952767
RRP: £16.99£12.28An informal, informative introduction to lead mining in the Northern Pennines. Uniquely, the theme and structure are both guided by the "Pennine Poems" of the late W.H.Auden. Chapters on geology, technology, the environmental legacy of mining, social... -
Legitimating the Chinese Communist Party Since Tiananmen: A Critical Analysis of the Stability Discourse by Peter Sandby-Thomas 9781138844643
RRP: £37.99£33.38The dominant view concerning the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is that it is simply a matter of time before it comes to an end. This view has been dominant since the pro-democracy protests in 1989 and has only been strengthened by the... -
The Man Who Stayed Behind by Sidney Rittenberg
RRP: £27.99£24.06The Man Who Stayed Behind is the remarkable account of Sidney Rittenberg, an American who was sent to China by the U.S. military in the 1940s. A student activist and labor organizer who was fluent in Chinese, Rittenberg became caught up in the turbulence...