CHAN, KAM W.

Social Construction of Gender Inequality in the Housing System : Housing Experience of Women in Hong Kong

Aldershot, Hants, Ashgate. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 1840141638) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 6.25 inches. Signed by Peter Townsend to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 234pp. Social policy and gender issues relating to women and housing in Hong Kong. Extremely scarce. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012758

Catalogue: Non-Uk Country Studies

Keywords: Hong Kong, Women, Housing Homes / Furnishings Gender Studies Social Policy 1840141638

HANSEN, KAREN T.

Distant Companions : Servants and Employers in Zambia, 1900-1985 (Signed By Author)

New York, Cornell University Press. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0801495466) Soft Cover, 9 x 5.75 inches. Inscribed by author on dedication page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to slightly sunned spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight trace of foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. 321pp. A study of the lives and times of domestic servants and their employers in Zambia from the beginning of white settlement during the colonial period until after independence. Very Good (+). Signed by Author.

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Book number: 013881

Catalogue: Non-Uk Country Studies

Keywords: Gender, History, Zambia, Africa, Culture, Black, White, Class, Social Policy 0801495466

JAMES, DEBORAH

Gaining Ground? : Rights and Property in South African Land Reform (Signed By Author)

Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Routledge Cavendish. 2007. (ISBN: 0415420318) Soft Cover, 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Inscribed by author on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. Probably unread. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 282pp. A detailed study of how land reform policy and practice in post-apartheid South Africa have been produced and contested. Near Fine. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 013387

Catalogue: Non-Uk Country Studies

Keywords: South Africa, Mpumalanga, Claims, Blacks, Social Policy Social Policy 0415420318

KNYSTAUTAS, ALGIRDAS

Birds of Russia (Signed By Author)

London, Harper Collins. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002199130) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. Signed by author on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor rubbiing near upper front edge and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 256pp. The first photographic guide to the diverse bird life found in Russia will fascinate amateur and professional birdwatchers alike. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 014236

Catalogue: Non-Uk Country Studies

Keywords: Nature, Ornithology, Birds, Russia Nature 0002199130

MACLEAN, GORDON LINDSAY

Field Companion to Robert's Birds of Southern Africa

Cape Town, John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. 1996. (ISBN: 0620208228) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Extra names and phone number to title page and some of the entries have been circled as (presumably) having been seen. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 184pp. With a vast number of entries and coloured illustrations of every entry. Good.

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Book number: 012518

Catalogue: Non-Uk Country Studies

Keywords: Ornithology, Birds, South Africa, Nature 0620208228

REYNOLDS, BRIGID; HEALY, SEAN

Making Choices, Choosing Futures : Ireland at a Crossroads

Dubai, Cori Justice. 2008. (ISBN: 1872335683) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. Appears unread. Author's name and page number written on front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners. 147pp. Presentation papers from a policy conference which seek to address how Ireland moves forward. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works. Near Fine.

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Book number: 012736

Catalogue: Non-Uk Country Studies

Keywords: Ireland, Social Policy, Development Social Policy 1872335683

SCHUMAKER, LYN

Africanizing Anthropology : Fieldwork, Networks and the Making of Cultural Knowledge in Central Africa (Signed By Author)

Durham, North Carolina USA, Duke University Press. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0822326736) Soft Cover, 9 x 6 inches. Inscribed by author on title page. Previous owner's name to front end paper. No other marks, no creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 377pp. The story of the anthropological fieldwork centered at the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) during the mid-twentieth century and focusing on collaborative approaches rather than the activity of individual researchers. Near Fine. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 013376

Catalogue: Non-Uk Country Studies

Keywords: Central Africa, Peoples, History, Development, Colonialism Anthropology 0822326736

WALKER, CLIVE AND RICHARDS, DON

Walk through the Wilderness (Signed By Author)

Parkview, South Africa, Endangered Wildlife Trust. 1986. (ISBN: 0620100494) Soft Cover, 9.75 x 6.75 inches. Signed 'Clive Walker' to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, single crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 146pp. Set in southern Africa, this study of the inter-relationships of all things which exist in all natural communities, including man, is also a practical amd basic guide to the environment of southern Africa. Very Good (+). Signed by Author.

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Book number: 013213

Catalogue: Non-Uk Country Studies

Keywords: South Africa, Nature Nature 0620100494

YOSHIDA, HISAICHI

Poverty of Japan

Tokyo, Keiso Shobo. 1995. (ISBN: 4326651733) Hard Cover, 7.75 x 5.25 inches. Signed by Professor Peter Townsend plus title and author to end papers. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. Protected in fully-removable plastic sleeve. 230pp. All text in Japanese. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 016577

Catalogue: Non-Uk Country Studies

Keywords: Social Policy, Politics, the Poor Social Policy 4326651733