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Paperback. In 2005 the World Bank released a gender assessment of the nation of Jordan, a country that, like many in the Middle East, has undergone dramatic social and gender transformations, in part by encouraging equal access to education for men and women. In this book, the author shows that assessment to be a fallacy. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226006918
ISBN
9780226006918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Quest Books,U.S. United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780835607414
ISBN
9780835607414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.88

hardcover. Num Pages: 552 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JPSF; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804776004
ISBN
9780804776004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100. Weight in Grams: 865.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804712194
ISBN
9780804712194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.24

Hardback. Specialist manufacturers have existed in Japan from even before the start of industrialization in the late nineteenth century. Proliferating since but remaining steadfastly lean, many of them can be categorized as leading medium-sized enterprises. This book looks at how they are globalizing and assuming a role as East Asian specialists. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230218420
ISBN
9780230218420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.05
€ 67.65

Hardback. Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet tells the story of the evolution of Iranian contemporary art by examining the work of 30 artists. What unites the disparate works into a coherent theme is the artists' coping mechanisms, which consist of subversive critique, quiet rebellion, humour, mysticism and poetry, hence the publication's title. Num Pages: 160 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1FBN; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 288 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1004.
Publisher
Blackdog Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911164319
ISBN
9781911164319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.82

Paperback. Acontroversial history of the British in India, seen through the experiences of a single family, the Lows, ancestors of the author, Ferdinand Mount Num Pages: 784 pages, 2 x 8pp 4-4 plates. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471129469
ISBN
9781471129469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Hardcover. Africa. 654 pp. Illustrated end papers, with map. Includes index
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
HarperCollins Distribution Services
Edition
1st
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0000670
ISBN
9780246106056
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Africa. 654 pp. Illustrated end papers, with map. Includes index
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
HarperCollins Distribution Services
Edition
1st
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0000668
ISBN
9780246106056
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Africa. 654 pp. Illustrated end papers, with map. Includes index
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
HarperCollins Distribution Services
Edition
1st
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0000666
ISBN
9780246106056
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Africa. 654 pp. Illustrated end papers, with map. Includes index
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Distribution Services
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
Edition
1st
SKU
KNW0000669
ISBN
9780246106056
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. In this book, Chinese energy experts provide a unique overview of the Chinese oil industry. Presenting previously unpublished data, the book examines trends in production and consumption of global significance through to the middle of the 21st century. Series: Springerbriefs in Energy/Springerbriefs in Energy Analysis. Num Pages: 113 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 33 colour illustrations, 29 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KNBP; THFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441994097
ISBN
9781441994097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.97

Hardcover. Examines unmarried women migrant workers working in silk, one of China's oldest and most symbolically charged industries. Through extensive interviews and a wide-ranging interpretation of the secondary literature, this text brings an interdisciplinary approach to its study of power and identity. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333918197
ISBN
9780333918197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

Hardback. A systematic and in-depth analysis and explanation of China's rapid increase in inequality in the last two decades. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 264 pages, 26 tables, 18 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804757942
ISBN
9780804757942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

hardcover. A collection of stories that provides a vivid panorama of the bustling world of imperial China before the end of the Ming dynasty. Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui; Yang, Yunqin. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989037
ISBN
9780295989037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

Hardcover. Inquires into modes of manuscript production, the purposes for which texts were produced, and the ways in which they were actually used Editor(s): Li, Feng; Branner, David Prager. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations (some col.), 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; CFC; GTC; JFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 835.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991528
ISBN
9780295991528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

Paperback. The first complete translation of Feng Menglong's collection of 40 short stories first published in 1620 in China Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui; Yang, Yunqin. Num Pages: 825 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
825
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295978444
ISBN
9780295978444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.56

Paperback. Provides an unparalleled view of the art of traditional Chinese short fiction. Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DQ; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993713
ISBN
9780295993713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.24
€ 63.20

Hardcover. This text concentrates on exploring the changing relationship between the state and working women in Taiwan by incorporating social, economic, political and ideological factors into a historical analysis. It also analyzes the Taiwanese welfare regime in a gender-critical way. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JFSJ1; JHBL; JP; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 557.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333802090
ISBN
9780333802090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.54

Hardback. In this in-depth study, Felix Boecking challenges the widely accepted idea that the key to Communist seizure of power in China lay in the incompetence of Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government. It argues instead that international trade, government tariff revenues, and hence China's fiscal policy and state-making project all collapsed. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 260 pages, 13 line illustrations, 5 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; JP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229. .
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970601
ISBN
9780674970601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

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