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Paperback. Globalization is usually thought of as the worldwide spread of Western - particularly American - popular culture. Yet if one nation stands out in the dissemination of pop culture in East and Southeast Asia, it is Japan. This title explores how Japanese popular culture circulates in Asia. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCA; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328919
- ISBN
- 9780822328919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. This full-length study of the Premi, the first in a language other than Chinese, makes a valuable contribution to our ethnographic knowledge of Southwest China, as well as to our understanding of contemporary Chinese religious and cultural politics. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPCT; HRKN; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990699
- ISBN
- 9780295990699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.74
€ 42.74
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Kodansha International Ltd Japan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784770031433
- ISBN
- 9784770031433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.79
€ 20.99
€ 16.79
paperback. Presents an account of how Chinese are being smuggled into the United States, and what happens to the people who risk their lives to reach Gold Mountain. This book shows how the problem of human smuggling will continue for as long as China's citizens are deprived of fundamental human rights and economic security. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 221 pages, 24 tables, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; GTB; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397339
- ISBN
- 9781566397339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814772584
- ISBN
- 9780814772584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Hardback. International Relations and the Origins of the Pacific War takes the unique approach of examining the history of the relationship between Japan and the United States by using the framework of international relations theories to search for the origins of the Pacific War, that erupted with Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137572011
- ISBN
- 9781137572011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.03
€ 65.03
Paperback. This volume, which brings together articles by scholars and activists in China, Japan, Canada and the US in multiple disciplines, seeks to illuminate the problems and possibilities involved in translating feminism from the metropolitan 'West' to a locale rife with its own ideas about gender, class, body and sexuality. Editor(s): Ko, Dorothy; Zheng, Wang. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161701
- ISBN
- 9781405161701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.44
€ 29.44
Paperback. A comprehensive look at contemporary Lebanon and the ongoing attempts by Israel, Syria and Iran to influence its domestic affairs Editor(s): Kerr, Michael E.; Knudsen, Are. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042499
- ISBN
- 9781849042499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.07
€ 25.99
€ 24.07
paperback. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JP; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Lit Verlag
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783825828509
- ISBN
- 9783825828509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.61
€ 27.99
€ 24.61
Hardcover. Reveals the know-how of Western and Eastern cultures about the creative use of this distinctive material. Num Pages: 328 pages, 500 black & white halftones, 180 black & white line drawings, 500 schw.-w. Fotos, 180 sch. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; 1FPJ; TNK; TNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 307 x 241 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1802.
- Publisher
- Birkhauser
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783035608373
- ISBN
- 9783035608373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.85
€ 59.85
Hardcover. "8vo. The people of China today, a close-up by a westerner who has known them for 40 years. 322p. Hardback. Very good, clean and bright text. Very Good, firm binding. Worn and chipped d.w. Second printing". Keywords: "Subjects - Travel & Holiday - Countries & Regions - Asia - China - General,Travel - Travel Guides & Books - Countries & Regions - Asia - China - General"
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- E P Dutton
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KON0774153
- ISBN
- 9780525080008
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. With comprehensive text and detailed illustrations, this guide includes some familiar seabirds as well as some little-known and globally threatened species. Illustrator(s): Larsson, Hans. Series: Helm Identification Guides. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1KB; GBC; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 181 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1666.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713670875
- ISBN
- 9780713670875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.28€ 54.63
€ 59.28
€ 54.63
Paperback. Spanning academic and public debates, Empire's Ally opens a new line of argument on why the mission has entered a stage of crisis. Num Pages: 432 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBC; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613041
- ISBN
- 9781442613041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.60
€ 42.99
€ 38.60
Hardback. Spanning academic and public debates, Empire's Ally opens a new line of argument on why the mission has entered a stage of crisis. Num Pages: 432 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBC; 3JM; HBJF; HBJK; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442645158
- ISBN
- 9781442645158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.63
€ 80.63
Paperback. Richly illustrated reconstruction - equal parts social history, anthropology, and survival chronicle - of the journey of 30 castaways from the Dutch ship Amstelveen. Num Pages: 148 pages, 60 black and white; 0 full color. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 9. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089648389
- ISBN
- 9789089648389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.91
€ 48.99
€ 46.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 64pp photographs in gravure, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; TNK; WKDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 257 x 11. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Weatherhill
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780834815162
- ISBN
- 9780834815162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.54
€ 24.99
€ 22.54
Hardback. Editor(s): Lingen, Kerstin Von. Series: World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JWXK; LNFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319531403
- ISBN
- 9783319531403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.57
€ 134.57
Paperback. In the MONOGRAPHS IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, LATIN AMERICA series, a study of the origin, development and cultural background of randai, the folk theatre tradition of the Minangkabau ethnic group of West Sumatra. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FMN; AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896802056
- ISBN
- 9780896802056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
Engaging the Spirit World: Popular Beliefs and Practices in Modern Sou...
Kirsten W. Endres And Andrea Lauser
Hardcover. With case studies from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam, these contributions reveal contemporary religious practices in Southeast Asia as thoroughly modern manifestations of uncertainties, moral disquiet and unequal rewards in the contemporary moment. Editor(s): Endres, Kirsten W.; Lauser, Andrea. Series: Asian Anthropologies. Num Pages: 246 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFH; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453587
- ISBN
- 9780857453587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.17
€ 155.17
Paperback. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 226 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138933354
- ISBN
- 9781138933354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 47.16
€ 48.99
€ 47.16
Hardback. In the ST ANTONY'S series, a study of the relations of the Jewish Agency and the State of Israel with the Lebanese Maronites from 1920 to1984. Drawing on previously unused archival material, argues that Israel has pursued an active policy of intervention in the domestic politics of Lebanon. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBL; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR1; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Macmilllan
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333711231
- ISBN
- 9780333711231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.14
€ 123.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; JFFD; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Encounter Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594037290
- ISBN
- 9781594037290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.34
€ 19.34
Paperback. Relations between the Choson and Qing states are often cited as the prime example of the operation of the 'traditional' Chinese 'tribute system.' This work contends that the motivations, tactics, and successes (and failures) of the late Qing Empire in Choson Korea mirrored those of other nineteenth-century imperialists. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060739
- ISBN
- 9780674060739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.81
€ 32.99
€ 27.81
Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609805616
- ISBN
- 9781609805616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.25
€ 31.99
€ 27.25