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1	A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions more books like this by Peter Robb Robb's chronicle flashes from intimate present day Brazil to a richly detailed and often dangerous past, enhanced by the gorgeous climate, lush landscapes and cobalt-blue waters. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Midnight in Sicily more books like this by Peter Robb Constructed around the mafia trial of Giulio Andreotti in 1995, this narrative combines a history of the Cosa Nostra with travel writing, accounts of Italian life and Sicilian food. When Giulio Andreotti, seven times Italian Prime Minister, was put on trial on charges of mafia involvement and incitement to murder, the whole fabric of living, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.23! \| first editions \| SVS
3	M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio more books like this by Peter Robb Sometimes known simply as M, Caravaggio threw out Renaissance dogma to paint with dazzling originality and fierce vitality--qualities that are echoed in Robb's prose as he suspends time to capture the artist's wild and tempestuous life. of full-color illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.45! \| first editions \| SVS
4	M more books like this by Peter Robb M is the name of an enigma. In his short and violent life, Michaelangelo Merisi, from Caravaggio, changed art for ever. In the process, he laid bare his own sexual longing and the brutal realities of his life with shocking frankness. Like no painter before him and few since, M the man appears in his art. As a book about art and life and how they ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $55.38! \| first editions
5	A history of India more books like this by Peter Robb Peter Robb's narrative explores the interplay between India's empires and regions of rule, custom and belief. His focus on the principal themes which serve to unify Indian history offers the reader a sophisticated yet accessible view of its dynamics. Early Indian history, the Mughal Empire, the British Raj and post-1947 India up to the present day ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Local Agrarian Societies in Colonial India: Japanese Perspectives more books like this by H Yanagisawa, Robb Peter, Peter Robb This volume is the first systematic attempt to introduce a full range of Japanese scholarship on the agrarian history of British India to the English-language reader. see all copies from $45.68! new only from $102.00! \| first editions
7	Skookum Tugs: British Columbia's Working Tugboats more books like this by Robb Douglas (Photographer), Peter A Robson (Text by), Betty Keller (Text by) Ride along with these brawny boats as they catch the swells and waves of the wild West Coast, navigate deadly tidal rapids and squeeze through a winding maze of boats and bridges as they ply the mighty Fraser River. Join the Captain Bob, the biggest tug on the coast, as she tows the world's largest log barge across the open waters of the Pacific. ... see all copies from $27.49! new only from $31.94! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Peasants, Political Economy, and Law: Empire, Identity, and India more books like this by Peter Robb In this collection written over a period of almost two decades, Peter Robb, an important historian of the Empire explores the connections between agrarian policy, revenue, and property law, and commercial production; the emergence of political identities. He investigates issues like economic development, tenancy acts, peasant stratification, ... see all copies from $16.50! new only from $26.38! \| first editions
9	Rural South Asia: Linkages Etc more books like this by Curzon, Peter Robb see all copies from $10.89! new only from $28.00! \| first editions
10	Ancient Rights and Future Comfort: Bihar, the Bengal Tenancy Act of 1885, and British Rule in India more books like this by Peter Robb This book analyses the character of British rule in nineteenth-century India, by focusing on the underlying ideas and the practical repercussions of agrarian policy. It argues that the great rent law debate and the Bengal Tenancy Act of 1885 helped constitute a revolution in the effective aims of government and in the colonial ability to ... see all copies from $48.00! new only from $125.88! \| first editions
11	Midnight in Sicily : on art, food, history, travel and La Cosa Nostra more books like this by Peter Robb A journey into the heart of Sicily, using art, food, history and literature to shed light on southern Italy's legacy of political corruption and violent crime. The book takes as its starting point the ongoing trial of seven-times Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $10.73!
12	Society and Ideology: Essays in South Asian History Presented to Professor K.A. Ballhatchet more books like this by Peter Robb (Editor) This volume, commemorating nearly forty years during which Professor K.A. Ballhatchet taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, offers varied but coherent studies relevant to questions of ethnicity in South Asia. It goes beyond the recognition that identities are constructed, towards an understanding of the context and ... see all copies from $8.04! new only from $42.50!
13	Liberalism, Modernity, and the Nation: Empire, Identity, and India more books like this by Peter Robb In these essays written over a decade, Peter Robb, an important historian of the Empire, identifies links between liberal rhetoric and modern technology and governance and connects them to the building of identities, including the nation. The volume investigates the role played by the British Empire in the creation of modern India. see all copies from $17.35! new only from $17.35! \| first editions
14	Meanings of Agriculture: Essays in South Asian History and Economics more books like this by Peter Robb (Editor) In this volume leading historians and economists from India and the West consider some persistent features and variable forces which explain changes through their impact on different levels of decision-making in agriculture. New light is cast on both the pre-colonial periods, and on current development policies and problems. see all copies from $16.95! new only from $25.63!
15 view cover	The Evolution of British Policy Towards Indian Politics, 1880-1920: Essays on Colonial Attitudes, Imperial Strategies, and Bihar more books like this by Peter Robb These essays cover a critical period of colonial history and trace some of the origins of the collapse of the imperial system in India. It shows how the british tried to placate the western educated, and relied on a rural India they wrongly believed to be stable, isolated and passive. The book shows how european understanding of India, how they ... see all copies from $19.99! new only from $23.76!
16	Rural India: Land Power & Soct more books like this by Curzon, Peter Robb see all copies from $16.99!
17	Institutions and Ideologies more books like this by Peter Robb, David Arnold This collection of 15 articles, several of them already classics in their field and all written by scholars currently at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS), provides an informative, up-to-date and accessible introduction to the study of South Asia. In focusing upon religious, social and political ideologies and ... see all copies from $26.50! new only from $26.50!
18	Local Agrarian Societies in Colonial India: Japanese Perspectives more books like this by Peter Robb, Haruka Yanagisawa, Kaoru Sugihara Attempts to introduce a range of Japanese scholarship on the agrarian history of the British India to English languages readers. see all copies from $21.80! new only from $21.80!
19 view cover	The Concept of Race in South Asia more books like this by Peter Robb (Editor) South Asia has always played a part in the European imagining of race, but has not been much considered in the scholarly literature of the present generation; nor, recently, have concepts of race figured very prominently in South Asian studies. This volume constitutes one of the first attempts to raise the question comparatively and over a long ... see all copies from $17.35! new only from $17.35! \| first editions
20	Rule, protest, identity : aspects of modern South Asia more books like this by Peter Robb, David D. Taylor see all copies from $8.95!
21	Dalit Movements and the Meanings of Labour in India more books like this by Peter Robb (Editor) This book traces various interesting aspects of the story of Indian labor from the eighteenth century to the present day, assessing the degrees of continuity with past practice, and whether the modern assumptions about work--its separation from other aspects of daily life, its commoditization, its class implications--have often been reflected in ... see all copies from $25.46!
22	Rural India: Land, Power and Society Under British Rule more books like this by Peter Robb (Editor) A new printing of a volume which has influenced many scholars, and has often been adopted as a text for teaching, this book of essays delves deeply into specific cases, and questions the meanings of familiar terms and categories. The view of India which they contain is in many senses radical, but also reinforced by recent research. The central ... see all copies from $12.00! first editions
23 view cover	International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis more books like this by Graham D Burrows (Editor), Robb Stanley (Editor), Peter Bloom (Editor) Clinical Hypnosis has proved successful in a variety of clinical situations. This handbook, with its practical approach, covers both the scientific and clinical aspects of hypnosis providing information on a range of available psychological and physical treatments. Explains how to learn and apply hypnosis in clinical situations World renowned ... see all copies from $299.00!
24	India and Britain : recent past and present challenges more books like this by K. N. Malik, Peter Robb, University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies Revision of papers presented at a conference at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in September 1992. see all copies from $19.50!
25 view cover	Medianoche En Sicilia by Peter Robb see all copies from $40.18! new only from $40.18!

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