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Paperback. This volume rewrites the history of East Asia by rethinking the contentious relationship between Confucianism and women. The book reveals Confucianism as a modern construct that does not reflect the social and cultural histories of East Asia before the 19th century. Editor(s): Ko, Dorothy; Haboush, JaHyun Kim; Piggott, Joan R. Num Pages: 350 pages, 14 b/w illustrations, 14 tables, 3 music examples, 4 charts, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1FPK; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; HRKN1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520231382
ISBN
9780520231382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. This work reveals the existence of a previously unknown stratum of literate women among the urban gentry in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century China. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 line diagrams 18 half-tones 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723596
ISBN
9780804723596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. Footbinding originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court and spread to gentry families, brothels, maid's quarters, and peasant households. Neither condemning nor defending foot-binding, this work debunks many myths and misconceptions about its origins, development, and its eventual end. Num Pages: 360 pages, 53 b/w photographs, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596. A Revisionist History of Footbinding. 360 pages, Illustrations, map. Footbinding originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court and spread to gentry families, brothels, maid's quarters, and peasant households. Neither condemning nor defending foot-binding, this work debunks many myths and misconceptions about its origins, development, and its eventual end. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFCK. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 25. Weight: 566.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253902
ISBN
9780520253902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardcover. Num Pages: 330 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 78 colour illustrations, 3 maps, 10 black & white tables,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; ACBP; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999180
ISBN
9780295999180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

Paperback. The Taj may look like a palace but it's actually a tomb and a lasting testament to one of the world's great love stories. In 1612, Mogul emperor Shah Jahan married Mumtaz Mahal. When she died suddenly giving birth to their fourteenth child, the emperor set about building a magnificent memorial to his wife. Illustrator(s): Groff, David; Hinderliter, John. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 136 x 193 x 14. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780399542145
ISBN
9780399542145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.80

Hardback. Series: Studies of the East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231047388
ISBN
9780231047388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.39
€ 86.12

Paperback. Between Two Rivers is an honest, funny and moving memoir of Baghdad life from the perspective of a young woman from England transplanted into another culture by love. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908946874
ISBN
9781908946874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. "Unflinchingly illustrates the reality of life during this extraordinary moment in American history."-Dinitia Smith, The New York Times Editor(s): Gordon, Linda; Okihiro, Gary Y. Num Pages: 224 pages, 104 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; AJCR; HBJK; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393330908
ISBN
9780393330908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FBH; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Gefen Books
Edition
First
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652293107
ISBN
9789652293107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226450445
ISBN
9780226450445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

Hardback. Doreen Lee tells the origin, experiences, and legacy of the radical Indonesian student movement that helped end Suharto's thirty-two year dictatorship in May of 1998, showing how student activists claimed their rich political and historical inheritance passed down by earlier generations of activist youth. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJPR; JNMF; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822361527
ISBN
9780822361527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.75

Paperback. Doreen Lee tells the origin, experiences, and legacy of the radical Indonesian student movement that helped end Suharto's thirty-two year dictatorship in May of 1998, showing how student activists claimed their rich political and historical inheritance passed down by earlier generations of activist youth. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HBJF; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361718
ISBN
9780822361718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Describes the creation of a Zionist homeland out of the Palestine Protectorate. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011383
ISBN
9781906011383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.04

Paperback. Doreen Ingrams and her husband were the first Europeans ever to live in the Hadhramaut, an extraordinary, isolated region of southern Arabia. Married to an Arabic-speaking British official, she arrived by boat, and during their ten-year residency travelled throughout the region by camel and donkey. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations (black and white), 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3JJG; BJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 166 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244. Living in Yemen's Hadhramant in the 1930s. 176 pages. Doreen Ingrams and her husband were the first Europeans ever to live in the Hadhramaut, an extraordinary, isolated region of southern Arabia. Married to an Arabic-speaking British official, she arrived by boat, and during their ten-year residency travelled throughout the region by camel and donkey. This book tells her story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3JJG; BJ; WTL. Dimension: 224 x 166 x 13. Weight: 244.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011802
ISBN
9781906011802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.74

Hardback. Levy explores the classic Chinese novel The Story of the Stone(also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber), illuminating the work by interpreting its four major themes: the inversion of traditional family dynamics, the function of illness and medicine in a Buddhist society, the role of poetry in a dynastic Chinese society, and the use of poetry as a vehicle for spiritual retribution. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114066
ISBN
9780231114066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.84
€ 83.22

Hardcover. Num Pages: 162 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590330715
ISBN
9781590330715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.45
€ 71.90

Paperback. This expanded second edition of the successful The Middle East Unveiled, updates the valuable cultural and practical information contained in the book. Num Pages: 400 pages, no plate section. BIC Classification: 1FB; KJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472135667
ISBN
9781472135667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

hardcover. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Germany
Edition
1., Auflage
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9783525543672
ISBN
9783525543672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.60
€ 53.39

Hardcover. This is compilation of papers written jointly by staff and students of the Applied Economics Division of the Nanyang Business School. This volume pays particular attention to both the microeconomic and macroeconomic developments affecting Singapore and ASEAN. Editor(s): Park, Donghyun; Kendall, Jon D. Num Pages: 444 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 1QFS; KCB; KCC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 739. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dust wrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003373
ISBN
9789810232986
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Editor(s): Sullivan, Donald S. Num Pages: 78 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPS; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634820103
ISBN
9781634820103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.00
€ 145.21

Hardcover. Despite Taiwan's rise as an economic force in the world, modernity has not led to a Weberian process of disenchantment or curbed religiosity. To the contrary, other factors - social, economic, political - have stimilated religion. How and why this has happened are central issues in this book. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 38 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JJ; ASZ; HRKN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010970
ISBN
9780674010970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.02

Paperback. Presents an array of works that together offer a view of the Tibetan religious landscape over the centuries. Organized thematically, the twenty-eight chapters in this work are testimony to the vast scope of religious practice in the Tibetan world. It is intended for scholars, students, and general readers. Editor(s): Lopez, Donald S. Series: Princeton Readings in Religions. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Abridged
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691129723
ISBN
9780691129723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. This study examines the work of Akira Kurosawa, one of the century's greatest film directors. It discusses his choice of themes, story-telling technique, camera work and directorial style. New to this edition are a revised introduction and filmography, and some additional chapters. Num Pages: 280 pages, 189 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APFA; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 250 x 15. Weight in Grams: 924. 280 pages, 189 b&w photographs. This study examines the work of Akira Kurosawa, one of the century's greatest film directors. It discusses his choice of themes, story-telling technique, camera work and directorial style. New to this edition are a revised introduction and filmography, and some additional chapters. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APFA; APFB. Dimension: 251 x 250 x 15. Weight: 968.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
3rd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220379
ISBN
9780520220379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.34

Paperback. .
Publisher
Spokesman Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851247182
ISBN
9780851247182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

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