Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2004 Still sealed in publisher's original shrinkwrap. xii, 288 pp. Notes, appendices, bibliography, index. Representing the most sustained investigation of the aesthetics of anti-colonialism in modern Arabic poetry, this book chronicles the evolution of a distinct poetics that sought to maintain the integrity of the qasidah without circumventing its historical moment. The author painstakingly analyzes a selection of odes by four leading twentieth-century poets, Ahmad Shawqi, Ma'ruf al-R... (more information)

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Philadelphia, PA: Saunders / Elsevier, 2005 240 pp. Illustrations, bibliographical references, index. Contains 14 essays by specialists. CONDITION: Imperceptible shelf rubbing to covers.. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/No Jacket (as issued). 24 x 16 cm. ... (more information)

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Riga, Latvia: Izdevnieciba "Zinatne", 1977. Scarce. A complete set of 3 volumes, published 1977-1983: 536, 591, 800 pp. Illustrations. Text in Latvian. Preface also in Russian and German. Ergeme is in the Valka district, near the border with Estonia. CONDITION: In excellent overall condition with minimal evidence of aging and use (minor bumps to corners). OVERSIZED.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jackets. 25 x 19 cm. ... (more information)

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. viii, 442 pp. List of contributors, 11 essays, index. The central theme of this collection of 11 scholarly essays by leading linguists in the field of prosodic morphology is an explanation of nonconcatenative morphology. The perspective of most of the papers is Optimality Theory, a rapidly developing theory of constraint interaction in generative grammar. Contents: Introduction; On the moraic representation of underlying geminates; Verbal reduplication in three B... (more information)

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Budapest: Magyar Tudomanyos Akadémia Könyvtára (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), 1981. Scarce. 187 pp. Illustrations, index. Contains nearly 2,000 entries (books, articles, and reviews; Hungarian titles also translated in English). CONTENTS: 1) General works on Turcology. 2) On Turkic peoples and languages in general. 3) Ancient Turkic peoples and languages. 4) Modern Turkic peoples and languages. 5) Pre-10th-century Turco-Hungarian relations. 6) Turco-Hungarian relations in... (more information)

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La Laguna: J. Regulo, 1966. 197 pp. Footnotes, errata. Text in Esperanto. This is an authoritative presentation of the use of participles in Esperanto, written by one of the great Esperanto poets and grammarians, Kalman Kalocsay (1911-1976). Oversized card covers lightly chipped at ends of spine and along edges. Light overall wear and browning to covers from age. A small, 5-character code written in pen on first free endpaper, else internally clean and free of marks. Light foxing to top edge of book block. ... (more information)

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New York: Paragon House, 1991. viii, 199 pp. Bibliographical notes, list of contributors, index. A collection of 13 original studies of modern Buddhist practice. Very light overall handling rubbing to card covers.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 23 x 16 cm. ... (more information)

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Sandgate, England: Paul Norbury Publications/UNESCO, 1990. 123 pp. Editor's introduction, 2 texts translated into English from Gambian Mandika. The two narratives which comprise this book, "Mambi and the Crocodile" and "Mammadu and the Great Beast," are translations into English of Mandinka epic poems recorded during a live performance in The Gambia (West Africa) by Bakari Kamara in 1969. Kamara was a member of a very ancient Mandinka profession--that of a hunters' bard. Kamara accompani... (more information)

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Sandgate, England: Paul Norbury Publications/UNESCO, 1990. 123 pp. Editor's introduction, 2 texts translated into English from Gambian Mandika. The two narratives which comprise this book, "Mambi and the Crocodile" and "Mammadu and the Great Beast," are translations into English of Mandinka epic poems recorded during a live performance in The Gambia (West Africa) by Bakari Kamara in 1969. Kamara was a member of a very ancient Mandinka profession--that of a hunters' bard. Kamara accompani... (more information)

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Sandgate, England: Paul Norbury Publications/UNESCO, 1990. 123 pp. Editor's introduction, 2 texts translated into English from Gambian Mandika. The two narratives which comprise this book, "Mambi and the Crocodile" and "Mammadu and the Great Beast," are translations into English of Mandinka epic poems recorded during a live performance in The Gambia (West Africa) by Bakari Kamara in 1969. Kamara was a member of a very ancient Mandinka profession--that of a hunters' bard. Kamara accompani... (more information)

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Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1968. xi, 441 pp. Footnotes, appendix, bibliography, index. Book is arranged into two parts: first, a consideration of the theoretical issues involved in the overthrow and subsequent restoration of sociopolitical systems and, second, a series of case studies drawn from ancient, medieval and modern periods of the Western world. Ex-library copy with usual library markings (stamped "withdrawn"). Text free of all marks. Small bumps to corners of boards. Ve... (more information)

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Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2001. xvii, 376 pp. Footnotes, facsimile plates, bibliography, index. Text in German with extensive passages in Greek. A scholarly study of the life and writings of Sebastos Kyminetes (1630-1702)--a little-known (few of his works have ever been edited and published) but prominent Greek theologian in the Ottoman empire--and an edited text of his "Die Exegese zu De virtute.". First Edition. Hardcover. Fine (Like New)/No Jacket (as issued). 25 x 18 cm. ... (more information)

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Oxford: Berg [Oxford International Publishers], 1995. xiv, 267 pp. Illustrations, bibliographies, index. A collection of eleven original essays by anthropologists. CONTENTS: Prologue: A woman looks back on the anthropology of women and feminist anthropology [Rosemary Firth]. 1) Introduction: Genderising anthropology in Southeast Asia [Wazir Jahan Karim]. 2) Bilateralism and gender in Southeast Asia [Wazir Jahan Karim]. 3) Gender at the margins of Southeast Asia [Otome Klein-Hutheesing]. 4) Modern Malay wome... (more information)

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Delhi, India: Ajanta Prakashan 1018 pp. No date (published circa 1990s-early 2000s). Designed for both non-Nepali and Nepali speakers, this excellent dictionary provides both English and Nepali definitions for Nepali words (Nepali written in Devanagiri script). Contains over 20,000 entries. CONDITION: Sewn binding with sewn-in blue linen bookmark. Light overall handling and shelving wear (note: the publication quality of this book is not as high as the average book published in the US or Europe). Text clean... (more information)

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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978. x, 186 pp. (plus a 16-page publications list supplement at end). Maps, notes, bibliography, index. Inscribed by author on first free endpaper. This is the first published--and highly regarded--account by a social anthropologist of the Southern Iteso of Kenya and Uganda, based on fieldwork conducted 1969-1971 in Busia District, Kenya. In particular, the author examines social change among the Iteso as they adapted to the imposition of colonial rule and their loss of ... (more information)

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Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1983. xxxiv, 349 pp. Bibliographical references. Minor overall wear to cloth covers only; dustjacket shows light overall shelf rubbing.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 24 x 16 cm. ... (more information)

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Tanzania Publishing House, 1979 x, 61 pp. Bibliography. Text in English. A short study of adult literacy in Tanzania, including eight testimonials ("dialogues") from newly-literate adults describing the impact of achieving literacy on their lives. CONDITION: Light overall rubbing to card covers. Text clean and free of all marks. Stapled pamphlet.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 18 x 13 cm. ... (more information)

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Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1999. vii, 241 pp. 12 essays with bibliographies, list of contributors, index. CONTENTS: Introduction. 1) Robert Burkitt and George Byron Gordon: An end and a beginning. 2) Buying a curator: Establishing anthropology at Field Columbian Museum. 3) Recognizing the foundation of prehistory: Daniel Wilson, Robert Chambers, and John Lubbock. 4) Petrie's head: Eugenics and Near Eastern archaeology. 5) Augustus Le Plongeon: A fall from archaeological grace. 6) Ameri... (more information)

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Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1998. viii, 328 pp. 4 maps, notes, bibliography, list of contributors, index. Absolutely fascinating, these scholarly essays demonstrate the importance of wills as rich ethnohistorical sources. In addition to providing information on families, gender roles, property holdings, institutional structures, social and familial relationships, and religious beliefs and practices, this study shows how wills provide evidence for understanding cultural change over time. CO... (more information)

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London: Edward Arnold, 1907 Scarce. ix, 1 l., 304 pp. + 8 pp. (advertisements). 5 maps (one folding in color), footnotes, 7 documentary appendices, index. Gilt train motif stamped on front cover. In original navy cloth; page edges untrimmed. A comprehensive historical survey of the origin and development of railroads in China from 1863-1907. CONDITION: An ex-libray copy (stamped withdrawn; call number on spine, library bookplate and stamps, due date slip, rear pocket). Text clean and free of marks. Paper so... (more information)

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