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Amritsar Voices from Between India and Pakistan
ISBN: PB: 9781905422333, ISBN: HB: 9781905422326, Seagull Books, December 2006
264 pp., 23.4x15.8 cm
The city of Amritsar stands on the volatile border between India and Pakistan. It has been a focus for political and religious conflict since the partition of 1947. "Amritsar" brings together 25 first-hand accounts of life in a city at the epicentre...
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£24,00
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£79,00
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Global Foreigners An Anthology of Plays
ISBN: PB: 9781905422425, ISBN: HB: 9781905422418, Seagull Books, December 2006
320 pp., 22.9x15.5 cm, 12 halftones
In Waxing West, Daniella, newly arrived in the US from Romania, is haunted by the ghosts of the deposed dictator Ceausescu and his wife Elena until she experiences 9/11. Thida San in Eyes of the Heart, cannot rid herself of the horrific memory of her...
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£19,00
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£79,00
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British Consul Heir to a Great Tradition
ISBN: HB: 9781850658290, Hurst Publishers, November 2006
274 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! In an era when many other familiar pillars of society have disappeared in Britain, one valiant figure has survived: the traveller's best friend, the British Consul. Till now there has been no comprehensive account of how the Co...
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£30,00
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Civil War is Not a Stupid Thing Accounting for Violence in Developing Countries
ISBN: PB: 9781850658214, Hurst Publishers, August 2006
342 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Why is there so much violence in the developing countries? What does it have to do with economic development? What does it have to do with globalisation? In addressing these and other questions, Christopher Cramer takes a broad...
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£22,00
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Confronting Iran The Failure of American Foreign Policy and the Roots of Mistrust
ISBN: HB: 9781850658092, Hurst Publishers, July 2006
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! The Islamic Republic of Iran's ongoing nuclear programme has provoked a major and menacing crisis in its relations with the US and other Western powers. Ali Ansari, a Briton of Iranian origin, argues that the crisis is a sympto...
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£35,00
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Muslims, Dalits, and the Fabrications of History
ISBN: PB: 9781905422128, ISBN: HB: 9781905422111, Seagull Books, June 2006
350 pp., 21.2x14 cm
How have the dominant histories of the Indian subcontinent been constructed and how do they deal with the subject of Muslims and Dalits or 'Untouchables"? Taking a subaltern approach – the view from below – "Muslims, Dalits, and the Fabrications of H...
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£28,00
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£82,50
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Bulgaria in Europe Charting a Path Toward Reform and Integration
ISBN: PB: 9781574889550, Casemate, Potomac Books, May 2006
296 pp., 23x15 cm
In cooperation with the Kokkalis Foundation, this volume is the fourth in the IFPA-Kokkalis Series on Southeast European Policy. The book explores Bulgaria's progress in the realms of economic and political reform, as well as its overall strategic an...
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£17,00
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Peace Operations Seen from Below UN Missions and Local People
ISBN: PB: 9781850658405, Hurst Publishers, May 2006
320 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Cambodia, Somalia, Mozambique, Bosnia, Haiti, Sierra Leone – all have been the subjecct of interventions by armed UN units sent to stabilise societies riven by political and ethnic antagonism. Apart from anecdotal reportage, li...
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£35,00
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Resilience of State Democracy and the Challenges of Globalisation
ISBN: HB: 9781850657767, Hurst Publishers, May 2006
225 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! In this politically incorrect essay Samy Cohen, one of France's leading specialists in international relations, attacks a new sacred cow: the theory of the decline of the state. According to this received wisdom, under the impa...
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£35,00
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Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Iraq
ISBN: HB: 9781850657958, Hurst Publishers, March 2006
482 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! More than two years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a loosely organised insurgency continues to target American and Coalition soldiers, as well as Iraqi security forces and civilians, with devastating results. In this sobering...
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£35,00
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