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Paperback. This important book is among the few attempts to assess the impact of the efforts of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to build democratic institutions. The case studies presented here provide a portrait of the mechanisms by which ideas commonly associated with democratic states have evolved in formerly communist states, revealing conditions that help as well as hurt the process. Editor(s): Mendelson, Sarah E.; Glenn, John K. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; 1F; JPHV; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124911
- ISBN
- 9780231124911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Hardback. This important book is among the few attempts to assess the impact of the efforts of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to build democratic institutions. The case studies presented here provide a portrait of the mechanisms by which ideas commonly associated with democratic states have evolved in formerly communist states, revealing conditions that help as well as hurt the process. Editor(s): Mendelson, Sarah E.; Glenn, John K. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; 1F; JPHV; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124904
- ISBN
- 9780231124904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.30€ 90.24
€ 118.30
€ 90.24
Paperback. The record of a walk that lasted three years and covered ten thousand miles, Wild by Nature tells the story of Sarah Marquis and her inspirational journey through the wilderness. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 16pp colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FCS; 1MBF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781760290726
- ISBN
- 9781760290726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.58
€ 19.99
€ 14.58
hardcover. Ordinary women helped restart Japan's postwar recovery by selling sex to Allied servicemen, but they were sacrificed as symbols of national shame by a country that has yet to recover full sovereignty. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776912
- ISBN
- 9780804776912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.73
€ 118.73
Paperback. Ordinary women helped restart Japan's postwar recovery by selling sex to Allied servicemen, but they were sacrificed as symbols of national shame by a country that has yet to recover full sovereignty. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804788632
- ISBN
- 9780804788632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Compelling account of a legendary Palestinian resistance fighter. From refugee camp to international infamy. Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 168 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745329512
- ISBN
- 9780745329512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.65
€ 23.99
€ 16.65
hardcover. Very good copy showing light age and wear. Scoring in pencil to title page. Text is clean throughout. Dust jacket present, is clipped and sunned to spine. Remains a very nice copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- John Murray Publishers Ltd London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0026083
- ISBN
- 9780719534775
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Aging in a transnational era Editor(s): Lamb, Sarah E. Series: Tracking Globalization. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 b&w photos, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSL3; JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 661. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221001
- ISBN
- 9780253221001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardback. This book provides an insightful new study, drawn from the largely unpublished Buddhist paintings at Dunhuang, of medieval Chinese wall painting, workshop production, and artistic performance in theory and practice. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 tables, 155 illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1FPC; AFC; AGR; HBT; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 29. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804745338
- ISBN
- 9780804745338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.69
€ 86.69
hardcover. Based on archival research, this is a history of the Russo-Chinese border which examines Russia's expansion into the Asian heartland during the decades of Chinese decline and the 20th-century paradox of Russia's inability to sustain political and economic sway over its domains. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps, bibliograpgy, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 793.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563247231
- ISBN
- 9781563247231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.69
€ 192.69
Paperback. "8vo.; bound in original decorated paperback cover. Contains index and 14 illustrations, including frontispiece. Epilogue By Barbara Young. Drawings by Karen Mowery. With chapters on "Life On The Farm"; "New Life In The Village", and "The Country Schoo. 140p. Very good copy. PB." Keywords: Autobiography
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Indianapolis: Indiana Historical
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KON0738382
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 72.98€ 4.99
€ 72.98
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; WSSC1; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Vinyl Bound Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804844741
- ISBN
- 9780804844741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.34
€ 23.99
€ 16.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HRHP; JHMC; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501700460
- ISBN
- 9781501700460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; CFG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226779836
- ISBN
- 9780226779836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.79
€ 35.99
€ 28.79
Hardcover. The first comprehensive ethnography of the Thangmi, a marginalized community who migrate between Himalayan border zones, Rituals of Ethnicity explores Thangmi cultural worlds and regional political histories to offer a new explanation for the persistence of enduring ethnic identities despite the realities of mobile, hybrid lives. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 328 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKN; JFSL; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812246834
- ISBN
- 9780812246834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.83
€ 91.83
Paperback. 'Unique.' Edward W. Said Leading Harvard scholar chronicles 20 years of conflict in Gaza. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745322346
- ISBN
- 9780745322346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.89
€ 40.99
€ 26.89
Paperback. Based on author's extensive fieldwork in the Gaza Strip and West Bank during the critical period of the Oslo peace process, this title shows how the social service activities sponsored by the Islamist group emphasized not political violence but rather community development and civic restoration. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- With a New afterword by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159676
- ISBN
- 9780691159676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.61
€ 37.99
€ 27.61
Hardcover. Explores the practices that have constituted eastern Hui'an residents, women in particular, as an anomaly among rural Han. This book asks what such practices have come to mean in a post-1949 socialist order that has incorporated forms of marriage, labour and dress into a developmental scale extending from the primitive to the civilised. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 line illustrations, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021280
- ISBN
- 9780674021280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.30
€ 54.99
€ 46.30
Paperback. Focused on marital immigration from China to Taiwan, the book documents the struggles of these women and men as they seek acceptance and recognition in their new home. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 b/w, 2 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; HBTB; JFFN; JHBK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286238
- ISBN
- 9780520286238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. Presents an ethnographic study of China/US adoption, the largest contemporary intercountry adoption program. This book also follows the path of the adoption process: the institutions in both China and the US that prepare children and parents for each other; the practices that legitimate them coming together as transnational families; and more. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 331 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780814719725
- ISBN
- 9780814719725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813583921
- ISBN
- 9780813583921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.10
€ 160.10
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813583914
- ISBN
- 9780813583914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.60
€ 42.99
€ 38.60
Paperback. The book is a personal account of the challenges faced by one family without Chinese consumer goods. In an accessible way, the book will shed light on China's reach into the daily lives of ordinary people. The author's reporting (based in part on her experience as a business writer) will offer insights into the "business". Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; BM; JFFS; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470379202
- ISBN
- 9780470379202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.54
€ 16.99
€ 14.54
Paperback. Editor(s): Santoni, Arthur. Num Pages: 99 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633211568
- ISBN
- 9781633211568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.54€ 70.23
€ 100.54
€ 70.23