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Paperback. Engaging with topics central to scholarly debates on modern China, this book shows that China's early twentieth-century school system, a product of negotiation and compromise, was more successful than previous scholarship has allowed. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, , black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNB; JNF; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780774821773
ISBN
9780774821773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Hardback. Engaging with topics central to scholarly debates on modern China, this book shows that China's early twentieth-century school system, a product of negotiation and compromise, was more successful than previous scholarship has allowed. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774821766
ISBN
9780774821766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.08

Hardcover. Num Pages: 40 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; YNH. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 190 x 237 x 10. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Tundra Books Canada
Number of pages
40
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770493834
ISBN
9781770493834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.33

Paperback. A compelling, entertaining and fascinating journey through one of the world's largest, most dynamic and most contradictory countries Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; DNJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086556
ISBN
9781847086556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. How do we explain the surprising trajectory of the Chinese Communist revolution? Why has it taken such a different route from its Russian prototype? This title suggests an answer that lies in the Chinese Communists' creative development and deployment of cultural resources - during their revolutionary rise to power and afterwards. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 412 pages, 12 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271906
ISBN
9780520271906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.26

Paperback. This book is organized to roughly follow the order of events presented in the Kakuichi-bon variant of the Heike. The essays and translations focus on a series of major events from the Heike. Editor(s): Oyler, Elizabeth; Watson, Michael. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; AN; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947594
ISBN
9781933947594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Hardcover. Offers a better understanding of a nexus of stories, characters and arts central to medieval and early modern Japan, and particularly the significant variety of ways plays of the no theatre portray them. Editor(s): Oyler, Elizabeth; Watson, Michael. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; AN; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell East Asia
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947297
ISBN
9781933947297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.69

Hardcover. This is an examination of two eras of Chinese history that have commonly been viewed as periods of state disintegration or retreat. The text highlights variation in local state structures and practices between localities and between the central and local governments. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 375 pages, 16 figures, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013988
ISBN
9780674013988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.96

Paperback. Explores the role of working-class militias as vanguard and guardian of the Chinese revolution. This book raises fascinating questions about the construction of revolutionary citizenship; the distinctions among class, community, and creed; the open-ended character of revolutionary movements; and the path dependency of institutional change. Series: State & Society in East Asia. Num Pages: 374 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTV; JFSC; JPWQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742539198
ISBN
9780742539198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.47

Hardback. This social history of China during the first half of the 20th century focuses on the Shanghai labour movement. It draws on abundant sources and studies which have appeared in the People's Republic of China since the early 1980s and which have not been systematically used in Western historiography. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; KCF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804720632
ISBN
9780804720632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

Paperback. This is a comprehensive study on the social history of China during the first half of the 20th century. It draws on abundant sources and studies which have appeared in the People's Republic of China since the early 1980sand which have not been systematically used in Western historiography. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; KCF; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804724913
ISBN
9780804724913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. From the present-day street life of Ginza, to the heights of Mount Fuji in the company of 16th-century traveller and poet Basho, this work brings together a chorus of voices from Japan and across the globe. It is a source book for those visiting Japan for the first time and for expatriates. Series: Through Writers' Eyes. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424. Series: Through Writers' Eyes. 304 pages, maps. From the present-day street life of Ginza, to the heights of Mount Fuji in the company of 16th-century traveller and poet Basho, this work brings together a chorus of voices from Japan and across the globe. It is a source book for those visiting Japan for the first time and for expatriates. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WTL. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight: 424.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011086
ISBN
9781906011086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. .
Publisher
Paul Holberton Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780995557703
ISBN
9780995557703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.19

Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; HBWS4; HBWS5; JPS; JPVH; JPWL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231180788
ISBN
9780231180788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Elizabeth Gilbert is in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, and they're trying for a baby - she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: pleasure, devotion and balance. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FKA; 1FMN; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KAC0001475
ISBN
9780747585664
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Elizabeth Gilbert is in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, and they're trying for a baby - she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: pleasure, devotion and balance. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FKA; 1FMN; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 272. 8vo.clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
New
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0262424
ISBN
9780747585664
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 30.00

Paperback. Elizabeth Gilbert is in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, they're trying for a baby - and she doesn't want any of it. A divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: pleasure, devotion and balance. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FKA; 1FMN; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262. Some minor shelf wear but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Media tie-in
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTJ0046127
ISBN
9781408809365
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. The Arab Spring uprising of 2011 is portrayed as a dawn of democracy in the region. But the revolutionaries were--and saw themselves as--heirs to a centuries-long struggle for just government and the rule of law. In Justice Interrupted we see the complex lineage of political idealism, reform, and violence that informs today's Middle East. Num Pages: 380 pages, 30 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBTR; HBTV; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 42. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
380
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073135
ISBN
9780674073135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.24
€ 48.40

Hardback. Challenges received notions about women's political involvement and engagement with the state in Meiji Japan by exploring the activism of members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Series: Asian Religions and Society Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; HRC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774818162
ISBN
9780774818162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.17

Paperback. Series: A Council on Foreign Relations Book. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476136
ISBN
9780801476136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.84

Paperback. Clear, authoritative, and provocative, By All Means Necessary is a sweeping account of where China's pursuit of raw materials may take the country in the coming years and what the consequences will be-not just for China, but for the whole world. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; RGCM; RNF; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190229221
ISBN
9780190229221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 4-Colour Photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WBJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 248 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1400.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580089555
ISBN
9781580089555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.41

paperback. 256 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; JPQB; JPS; JWL. Dimension: 178 x 129 x 17. Weight: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583227565
ISBN
9781583227565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.62

Hardcover. This collection examines the projections and fantasies conflict and cooperation, and borrowing and purifying that takes place around religious boundaries in South Asia and in the South Asian diaspora. Editor(s): Kent, Eliza F.; Kassam, Tazim R. Num Pages: 410 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633198
ISBN
9780815633198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.82

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