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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
€ 36.99€ 33.73
€ 36.99
€ 33.73
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€ 28.92
€ 40.99
€ 28.92
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
€ 58.84
€ 58.84
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
€ 7.72
€ 7.72
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
€ 111.73€ 83.89
€ 111.73
€ 83.89
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
€ 12.24
€ 12.24
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€ 19.24
€ 20.99
€ 19.24
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€ 23.37
€ 34.99
€ 23.37
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€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
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
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
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
€ 29.99€ 29.47
€ 29.99
€ 29.47
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€ 13.87
€ 18.99
€ 13.87
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€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63
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
€ 108.20€ 81.45
€ 108.20
€ 81.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 372 pages, col. Illustrations, col. ports. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596981027
- ISBN
- 9781596981027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.30
€ 17.99
€ 17.30
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
€ 92.62€ 70.71
€ 92.62
€ 70.71
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
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
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
€ 68.00€ 52.69
€ 68.00
€ 52.69
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
€ 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
€ 192.30€ 144.31
€ 192.30
€ 144.31
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€ 41.78
€ 49.99
€ 41.78
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€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
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€ 35.80
€ 49.99
€ 35.80
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851247182
- ISBN
- 9780851247182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.24
€ 12.24