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Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992556
ISBN
9780295992556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.37

Paperback. Tantra is an Asian body of beliefs and practices that seeks to channel the divine energy in creative and liberating ways. This book looks at the wide geographical scope of Tantra by examining thirty-six texts from China, India, Japan, Nepal, and Tibet, since the seventh century and representing Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, and Islamic experiences. Editor(s): White, David Gordon. Series: Princeton Readings in Religions. Num Pages: 664 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKN; 1FPCT; 1FPJ; DQ; DSB; GTB; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 938.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
664
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691057798
ISBN
9780691057798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.38
€ 50.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 98 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; APFA; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 220 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319471839
ISBN
9783319471839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.53

Hardcover. This important reference title provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of elite entrepreneurs of new China and contains over 100 substantial profiles of top overseas returnees who have made noteworthy contributions to Chinese society in general and economic development in particular since the reform era began in 1978. Editor(s): Zhang, Wenxian; Wang, Huiyao; Alon, Ilan. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 176 x 22. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857240897
ISBN
9780857240897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.39

Hardcover. Series: Current Chinese Economic Report Series. Num Pages: 53 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 8. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
45
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642369223
ISBN
9783642369223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.66

hardcover. In this book, Tang addresses how public opinion is shaped in China's political, economic, and social environment and how it affects decision making and political change. Num Pages: 268 pages, 8 tables, 33 figures, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPH; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752190
ISBN
9780804752190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.45

Paperback. This book describes through case studies how various factors, such as the single-party political system, traditional culture, market reform, and industrialization, shape public opinion and mass political behavior in urban China. Num Pages: 268 pages, 8 tables, 33 figures, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPH; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752206
ISBN
9780804752206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, 50 recipes; 320 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 433.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Paperback with Flaps
Condition
New
SKU
V9784805312612
ISBN
9784805312612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.15

Hardback. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602. Museums, Archaeology and the Visualization of History in the Late Ottoman Empire. Series: Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Book S. 280 pages, 43 b&w photographs, 2 maps. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520233355
ISBN
9780520233355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.39
€ 64.45

Hardcover. From Ah Q to Lei Feng traces the contrasting models of the mind provided by Freud and revolutionary Chinese culture, investigates their clash over the 20th century, and shows how writers and filmmakers negotiated with the implications of each. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFA; DSBH; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804700757
ISBN
9780804700757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.44

hardcover. Using a theoretical approach that utilizes work in literary studies, anthropology, feminist theory, and cultural studies, this book investigates how, in twentieth century China, the modern concepts of the new woman and the new writing developed into a protracted cultural debate over what and how women should and could write. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731294
ISBN
9780804731294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; HRK; JFC; JMTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226618555
ISBN
9780226618555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.16

Paperback. On Hinduism is a penetrating analysis of many of the most crucial and contested issues in Hinduism, from the Vedas to the present day. In a series of 63 connected essays, it discusses Hindu concepts of polytheism, death, gender, art, contemporary puritanism, non-violence, and much more. Num Pages: 682 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
682
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190455101
ISBN
9780190455101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.68

Paperback. Hindu and Greek mythologies teem with stories of women and men who are doubled, this text recounts and compares a vast range of these tales from ancient Greece and India. The comparisons show that differences in gender are more significant than differences in culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDAG; HRG; JFC; JFHF; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226156415
ISBN
9780226156415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Paperback. Editor(s): Swartz, Wendy; Campany, Robert Ford; Lu, Yang; Choo, Jessey Jiun-Chyi. Num Pages: 744 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 34. Weight in Grams: 992.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
744
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231159876
ISBN
9780231159876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.19

Hardcover. Translator(s): Sciban, Shu-ning. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1F; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 769.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell East Asia Program
Edition
Hardcover
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947280
ISBN
9781933947280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.11

Paperback. Traces the evolution of a dazzling urban culture that became alternately isolated from and intertwined with China's tumultuous history. Focusing on Shanghai's leading banks, publishing enterprises, and department stores, this book sketches the rise of a maritime and capitalist economic culture among the city's middle class. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258174
ISBN
9780520258174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16, 13 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479670
ISBN
9780801479670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16, 13 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453311
ISBN
9780801453311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.73

Hardback. Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390. And Other Stories of China. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. 256 pages. Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FYB. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight: 390. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136945
ISBN
9780231136945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Hardback. Provides an anthology and summation of the work of one of the world's leading historians of Chinese painting and calligraphy. This book gives a sweeping tour through the history of Chinese painting and calligraphy as it offers and revised views on a broad range of important subjects. Num Pages: 464 pages, 259 color illus. 49 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 288 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1886.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162492
ISBN
9780691162492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.92
€ 83.57

Hardcover. Editor(s): Wells, Victor H.; Tucker, Craig E. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 187 x 23. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781622573110
ISBN
9781622573110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 305.47
€ 205.59

Paperback. .
Publisher
World Century
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781938134739
ISBN
9781938134739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.79

Hardback. This is the first book in either English or Chinese to study the group of students who came to the U.S. in the early 20th century to attend American universities and played pivotal roles in Chinese intellectual, economic, and diplomatic life upon their return to China. Num Pages: 348 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 625.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736961
ISBN
9780804736961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.75

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