London: Thames and Hudson, 1993. Near Very Good/No Jacket. ISBN: 0-500-27164-X. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. 192 pp. Underlining and marginalia on c. 10 pages. Light rubbing to the cover edges. The binding is tight and square. Keywords: India - History. ... more information

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. Very Good/No Jacket. ISBN: 0-19-503434-1. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. xi, 324 pp. First printing. Very slight creasing to the spine covering. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. Keywords: Medicine - Sleep Disorders - Insomnia. ... more information

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New York: Walker and Company, 2003. Very Good/Fine. ISBN: 0-8027-1418-8. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition. xi, 292 pp. First printing thus. The lower fore-corners of the covers are very slightly bumped. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. Keywords: India - History; British Empire. ... more information

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Amsterdam: Time-Life Books BV, 1998. Very Good/Fine. ISBN: 0-7054-3593-8. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Reprint. 144 pp. Second printing. Previous owner note on front pastedown. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. Keywords: Myth; Folklore. ... more information

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London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2007. Paperback. Near Fine. As one would expect from Dalrymple he treats his sad subject, caught up in the revolt against Company rule in India in 1857, with due respect and understanding. He beautifully captures the shambolic court hoping for a new lease of life from the revolutionaries who so nearly ended British before India's actual independence just under a hundred years later. Sadly with the end of the Mughal empire a great culture, which the author appreciat... more information

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New Haven, Conn, USA: Yale University Press, 1996. Paperback. As New. Although Ved Mehta's been based in the United States writing for the New Yorker for some years, he's managed to effectively chronicle the political and social developments of his home country with sufficient depth and understanding to maintain a respect for his work. Herehe leads us through the years 1985-95 from the last days of Indira Gandhi's premiership to the rise of Hindu nationalism, the first movement to really put... more information

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New Dehli, India: Roli Books, 2005 Pashmina is a very readable adventure of considerable scope and daring, taking you through a grand tour of the finest fabric known to the world. Its subject matter is nothing less than Indian textile history brought up to date with the patterns and colors of present-day attire. At first, the book presents an overview: The royal patronage that nourished the industry, the techniques that went into the making of a pashmina shawl, the slow and subtle evolution of brilliant mot... more information

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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. Very Good/No Jacket. ISBN: 0-226-85086-2. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. xv, 360 pp. First printing. Light rubbing to the cover edges. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. Keywords: Anthropology; India - History. ... more information

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Dehiwela, Sri Lanka: AJ Prints, 2008. 2nd edition Reprint. Paperback. Good. Not many people in either the Malay archipelago or in Sri Lanka know much about the Malay community in Sri Lanka except that they produce food from roadside stalls which is popular with all communities there. Hussainmiya in this book uncovers more of this small community's background, it's significant role in the British colonial machine and the communitiy's literary traditions. For example the Malay community in Sri L... more information

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After completing a sociological study of rural Chinese society in Sechuan Province in China, the author sought to carry out similar research amongst a community of Chinese migrants in Malaysia. He settled on a community on the mainland of Penang state which had not been uprooted into new villages as a result of British counter insurency measures. The resulting detailed study of a Teochiu rural community includes 233 pages of text with 21 tables, 4 maps, 6 appendices and another 5 diagrams as well 15 black ... more information

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New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. First printing. SIGNED, dated, and warmly inscribed on the front free endpage by the author, an authority on the political and intellectual history of modern India and Pakistan. Book and unclipped jacket are As New, crisp and clean. Includes photos, maps, notes, bibliography, index. 238 pp. In protective Mylar. ... more information

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