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Paperback. In the literary and artistic milieu of early modern Japan the Chinese and Japanese arts flourished side by side. Kodojin, the "Old Taoist" (1865-1944), was the last of these great poet-painters in Japan. This book brings together 150 of Kodojin's Chinese poems (introduced and translated by Jonathan Chaves). Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 halftones, 8 color plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 2GDC; 2GJ; ACBP; DCF; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116572
- ISBN
- 9780231116572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.11
€ 42.99
€ 31.11
Hardback. Primary sources in the history, philosophy, and religions of South Asia: Volume II focuses on the subcontinent's history from 1498 to 1984, with such topics as the opening of India to the West; Hindu and Muslin social and religious movements; and Pakistan's formation as an Islamic state. Editor(s): Hay, Stephen. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFCX; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231064149
- ISBN
- 9780231064149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.39
€ 185.39
Hardcover. British Burma in the New Century draws upon neglected but talented colonial authors to portray Burma between 1895 and 1918, which was the apogee of British governance. These writers, most of them 'Burmaphiles' wrote against widespread misperceptions about Burma. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 319. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137364326
- ISBN
- 9781137364326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.70
€ 116.70
Paperback. This work explores the cultural and social developments of the USA during the 1970s and offers a survey of both 1970s popular culture and political, economic, and military developments. Central to the text is the belief that the 1970s were a time of betrayal and loss for the USA. Num Pages: 264 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JJPL; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629986
- ISBN
- 9780815629986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.38
€ 28.38
Hardcover. This text explores the possibility of symbolic public spaces in the context of Chinese cinema. Focusing especially on women, children and the dispossessed, it looks at the way public space is constructed and occupied, both in the Chinese cultrual sphere and in the world of international audiences. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; GTC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847698769
- ISBN
- 9780847698769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.50
€ 165.50
Hardcover. Against conventional views of the unchallenged hegemony of a modernizing monarchy, this book argues that power was continuously contested in Riza Shah's Iran. Cronin excavates the successive challenges to Riza Shah's regime posed by a range of subaltern social groups and seeks to restore to these groups a sense of their historical agency. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBW; JPW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540. Opposition, Protest and Revolt, 1921-1941. 344 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. Against conventional views of the unchallenged hegemony of a modernizing monarchy, this book argues that power was continuously contested in Riza Shah's Iran. Cronin excavates the successive challenges to Riza Shah's regime posed by a range of subaltern social groups and seeks to restore to these groups a sense of their historical agency. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBW; JPW. Dimension: 224 x 134 x 25. Weight: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537941
- ISBN
- 9780230537941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.07
€ 129.07
paperback. Editor(s): Cronin, Stephanie. Num Pages: 332 pages, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415573443
- ISBN
- 9780415573443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.55
€ 80.55
Hardback. With unprecedented access to a closed culture, Lacroix offers an account of Islamism in Saudi Arabia. Tracing the last half-century of the Sahwa, or "Islamic Awakening," he explains the brand of Islam that gave birth to Osama bin Laden--one that has been exported, and dangerously misunderstood, around the world. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 3JJ; HRAM2; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674049642
- ISBN
- 9780674049642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Hardback. This fascinating study explores the emergence of a significant Sunni community on the margins of Shia Iran and delineates a 'Sunni arc' stretching from Central Asia southwards through the Iranian provinces of Khorasan and Baluchistan Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849047081
- ISBN
- 9781849047081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.52€ 69.88
€ 70.52
€ 69.88
Paperback. Western students have observed that religion and magic pervade not only the forms of Tibetan art, politics, and society, but also every detail of ordinary human existence. And what is the all-pervading religion of Tibet? This title presents the vital material ignored or slighted by others: the living ritual of Tibetan Buddhists. Series: Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions. Num Pages: 572 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HRK; HRLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 804. Magic and Ritual in Tibet. Series: Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions. 572 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HRK; HRLF. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 35. Weight: 780.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 572
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520036352
- ISBN
- 9780520036352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.94
€ 44.99
€ 32.94
Hardcover. The Middle East and Globalization discusses past and contemporary political, societal, economic, and cultural trends in the Middle East against the background of comprehensive theories of globalization. The chapters draw on a shared methodological approach, looking at the fractures and horizons of globalization that are shaping the Middle East. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPB; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031754
- ISBN
- 9781137031754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. In the mid-1990s, as many as one million North Koreans died in one of the worst famines of the twentieth century. This work presents and account of the famine to date, examining not only the origins and aftermath of the crisis but also the regime's response to outside aid and the effect of its policies on the country's economic future. Num Pages: 368 pages, 59 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJPR; JFFC1; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140003
- ISBN
- 9780231140003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.43€ 80.25
€ 103.43
€ 80.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 59 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJPR; JFFC1; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140010
- ISBN
- 9780231140010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Compares the distinctive welfare states of Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe. This book traces the historical origins of social policy in these regions to crucial political changes in the mid-twentieth century, and show how the legacies of these early choices are influencing welfare reform following democratization and globalization. Num Pages: 496 pages, 34 line illus. 54 tables. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1FP; 1KL; JKS; JPB; KCR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135960
- ISBN
- 9780691135960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.89€ 42.58
€ 52.89
€ 42.58
Empirically thorough and conceptually clear, Crafting State-Nations will have a substantial impact on the study of comparative political institutions and the conception and understanding of nationalism and democracy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPHV; JPSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897238
- ISBN
- 9780801897238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.67
€ 78.67
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403991768
- ISBN
- 9781403991768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Paperback. This book is the first comprehensive and critical assessment of NATO's war in Afghanistan and its implications for the future of the Atlantic Alliance. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBWS4; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804782388
- ISBN
- 9780804782388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Hardcover. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 182 x 17. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628087963
- ISBN
- 9781628087963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 297.36€ 204.63
€ 297.36
€ 204.63
Educational Import: Local Encounters with Global Forces in Mongolia
Steiner-Khamsi, Gita, Stolpe, Ines
Hardcover. Num Pages: 255 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPM; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403968104
- ISBN
- 9781403968104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.60
€ 53.36
€ 47.60
Paperback. Tells how a few men set off a war that would lead to tragedy for millions. Taking us from the antechambers of policymakers in Paris to the docksides of Haiphong and the streets of Hanoi, this title provides an account of the series of events that would make Vietnam the most embattled area in the world during the Cold War period. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 388 pages, 9 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269934
- ISBN
- 9780520269934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44