Asia
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Cityscapes and Monuments of Western Asia Minor: Memories and Identities [Hardback]
Eva Mortensen (Editor); Birte Poulson (Editor)
£60.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781785708367
Published by : Oxbow Books
Cityscapes consist of houses, streets, civic buildings, sanctuaries, tombs, monuments and inscriptions created by multiple generations of citizens and foreigners with an interest in the city; they are interpreted and reinterpreted as expressions o... .... Learn More -
Power versus Law in Modern China: Cities, Courts, and the Communist Party [Hardback]
Qiang Fang (Author); Xiaobing Li (Author)
£60.50ISBN: 9780813173931
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Asia in the New Millennium
Today 700 million Chinese citizens - more than fifty-four percent of the population - live in cities. The mass migration of rural populations to urban centers increased rapidly following economic reforms of the 1990s, and serious problems such as ... .... Learn More -
Water in Kentucky: Natural History, Communities, and Conservation [Paperback]
Brian D. Lee (Editor); Tricia Coakley (Other); Jeffrey W. Stringer (Other); Emma Whitt (Other); Jamey Wiglesworth (Other)
£26.50ISBN: 9780813175157
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Home to sprawling Appalachian forests, rolling prairies, and the longest cave system in the world, Kentucky is among the most ecologically diverse states in the nation. Lakes, rivers, and springs have shaped and nourished life in the Commonwealth ... .... Learn More -
The Rise and Fall of Khoqand, 1709-1876: Central Asia in the Global Age [Paperback]
Scott Levi (Author)
£22.50ISBN: 9780822965060
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Central Eurasia in Context
This book analyzes how Central Asians actively engaged with the rapidly globalizing world of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In presenting the first English-language history of the Khanate of Khoqand (1709–1876), Scott C. Levi examines th... .... Learn More -
By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia [Paperback]
Barry Cunliffe (Author)
Regular Price: £22.99
Special Price: £15.00
ISBN: 9780199689187
Published by : Oxford University Press
By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean is nothing less than the story of how humans first started building the globalized world we know today. Set on a huge continental stage, from Europe to China, it is a tale covering over 10,000 years, from the origins ... .... Learn More -
At the Decisive Point in the Sinai: Generalship in the Yom Kippur War [Hardback]
Jacob Even (Author); Simcha B. Maoz (Author)
£60.50ISBN: 9780813169552
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Foreign Military Studies
The Yom Kippur War pitted Israel against Syria in the north and Egypt in the south in October 1973. Caught by surprise and surrounded by enemies, Israel relied on the flexibility and creative thinking of its senior field commanders. After Israeli ... .... Learn More -
Puṣpikā Volume 4: Tracing Ancient India Through Text and Traditions [Paperback]
Lucas den Boer (Editor); Daniele Cuneo (Editor)
£30.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781785707568
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Puspika: Tracing Ancient India through Texts and Traditions
Puṣpikā Volume 4 contains the proceedings of the seventh International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (Leiden 2015). The fourteen papers included here cover a rich variety of topics related to the intellectual traditions of South Asia such a... .... Learn More -
Water in Kentucky: Natural History, Communities, and Conservation [Hardback]
Brian D. Lee (Editor); Tricia Coakley (Other); Jeffrey W. Stringer (Other); Emma Whitt (Other); Jamey Wiglesworth (Other)
£37.50ISBN: 9780813168685
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Home to sprawling Appalachian forests, rolling prairies, and the longest cave system in the world, Kentucky is among the most ecologically diverse states in the nation. Lakes, rivers, and springs have shaped and nourished life in the Commonwealth ... .... Learn More -
Early Microlithic Technologies and Behavioural Variability in Southern Africa and South Asia [Paperback]
Laura Lewis (Author)
Regular Price: £51.00
Special Price: £36.00
ISBN: 9781407315522
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2861
Microlith production is a distinctive and significant stone tool technology. However, inter-regional comparative analyses of microlithic industries are rare, and tend to homogenise these industries by focussing analytical attention on retouched to... .... Learn More -
First Islanders: Prehistory and Human Migration in Island Southeast Asia [Hardback]
Peter Bellwood (Author)
Regular Price: £60.00
Special Price: £45.00
ISBN: 9781119251545
Published by : Wiley-Blackwell
Incorporating research findings over the last twenty years, First Islanders examines the human prehistory of Island Southeast Asia. This fascinating story is explored from a broad swathe of multidisciplinary perspectives and pays close attention ... .... Learn More
