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The Merchant Houses of Mocha: Trade and Architecture in an Indian Ocean Port (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Gaining prominence as a seaport under the Ottomans in the mid-1500s, the city of Mocha on the Red Sea coast of Yemen pulsed with maritime commerce.
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Scenic Spots: Chinese Tourism, the State, and Cultural Authority (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Twenty years ago, commercial tourism in the People's Republic of China hardly existed. This book offers an exploration of why Chinese tourists pursue certain kinds of experiences, what they make of them, and how their experiences and interpretations are shaped by the state.
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Fire in the Ashes: God, Evil, and the Holocaust (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Explores how inquiry about the Holocaust challenges understanding, especially its religious and ethical dimensions. This book investigates differences and... Læs mere
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Ecological Nationalisms: Nature, Livelihoods, and Identities in South Asia (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Explores how questions of national identity become entangled with environmental concerns in Bangladesh, Nepal, and India. This... Læs mere
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Legal Reform in Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-1945: The Reception of Western Law (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
It documents how Western traditions influenced the formation of Taiwan’s modern legal structure through the conduit of Japanese colonial rule and demonstrates the extent to which legal concepts diverged from the Chinese legal tradition and moved toward Western law.
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Seeing with Music: The Lives of Three Blind African Musicians (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In the course of his ongoing study of the aesthetic world of the Limba of Sierra Leone, anthropologist Simon Ottenberg met three men from... Læs mere
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Doris Chase Artist in Motion: From Painting and Sculpture to Video Art (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Doris Chase has achieved international stature as a pioneer in the field of video art since she moved from Seattle to New York City in 1972.
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Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest: Volume 4: Ericaceae through Campanulaceae (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest, in five parts, offers the first complete guide, with keys, to the ferns,... Læs mere
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Building a World Community: Globalisation and the Common Good (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Building a World Community: Globalisation and the Common Good
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Full Light and Perfect Shadow: The Photography of Chao-Chen Yang (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This is the first study of the work of Chao-Chen Yang (1909–1969), an important Seattle photographer who was an influential art and... Læs mere
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Village “Contracts” in Tokugawa Japan: Fifty Specimens with English Translations and Comments (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
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Slapping Leather: Queer Cowfolx at the Gay Rodeo (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Unapologetically brings gay rodeo out of the closetCampy and competitive, gay rodeo offers a community of refuge that straddles the urban and rural.
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