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Hardcover. China's infamous death penalty record is the product of firm Party-state control and policy-setting. Though during the 1980s and 1990s, the Party's emphasis was on "kill many," in the 2000s the direction of policy began to move toward "kill fewer." This book details the policies, institutions, and story behind the reform of the death penalty. Series: Palgrave Series in Asian Governance. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613546
- ISBN
- 9780230613546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.20
€ 128.20
Paperback. A portrait of the intimate way in which violence pulls lives apart, of an American family caught on the stage of Middle East politics, and of the moral choices required in seeking justice. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 202 pages, 17 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJPN; BM; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609544
- ISBN
- 9780815609544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.49
€ 21.99
€ 20.49
Paperback. Offers a portrait of life along the great pre-modern trade routes of Eurasia. This edition tells about the history about this road to reconstruct the route through the personal experiences of travelers. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 map, 10 color images, 10 b/w photos, 26 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; HBG; HBJF; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280595
- ISBN
- 9780520280595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.23
€ 33.99
€ 30.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, 27 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JFFR; JHB; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837630572
- ISBN
- 9783837630572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.47€ 46.95
€ 59.47
€ 46.95
Paperback. The writing of history used to concentrate on narrative, analysis or theory. The historian stayed out of sight. This book is part of a more recent trend. Here, Susanna Hoe discusses her relationship to her material, the processes of research and writing, and her characters. Num Pages: 376 pages, 42 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 1FPCM; HBAH; HBJF; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500. Exploring Women's History in China, Hong Kong and Macau. 376 pages, 42 b&w illustrations. The writing of history used to concentrate on narrative, analysis or theory. The historian stayed out of sight. This book is part of a more recent trend. Here, Susanna Hoe discusses her relationship to her material, the processes of research and writing, and her characters. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 1FPCM; HBAH; HBJF; HBTB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight: 500.
- Publisher
- Insomniac Pr
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789627992035
- ISBN
- 9789627992035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.64
€ 20.99
€ 19.64
paperback. In 1900, Baron von Ketteler, the German Minister, was assassinated in a Peking street. By 4pm the first shots were fired and a siege by Boxers and imperial troops had begun. Among the besieged were 148 women from around the world and Maud, the Baron's widow. This book tells their story. Num Pages: 430 pages, 4 maps, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLW; JFSJ1; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Holo Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st.ed.
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953773060
- ISBN
- 9780953773060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.65
€ 19.99
€ 18.65
Hardback. Social assessment for projects in China is an important emerging field. This collection of essays - from authors whose formative work has influenced the policies that shape practice in development-affected communities - locates recent Chinese experience of the development of social assessment practices.. Editor(s): Price, Susanna; Robinson, Kathryn. Series: Asia Pacific Studies: Past and Present. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKS; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384571
- ISBN
- 9781782384571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.28
€ 163.28
Hardback. Series: Anthropology of Policy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL3; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804796071
- ISBN
- 9780804796071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Hardcover. Tracing the social and political history of Aden since the late colonial era, Dahlgren explores the evolving ways in which the society has been established in a tension between contesting normative orders. She offers a complex picture of Adeni society in which norms for morality and propriety vary according to the context of the social space. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22 black-&-white illustrations, 2 maps, 3 tables, glossary, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; JFSJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632467
- ISBN
- 9780815632467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.40
€ 65.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731360
- ISBN
- 9780226731360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. Now as before, Japanese architecture is very popular in Europe and the western world. This book provides an overview, using design examples and interviews, and presents current positions of young architects as well as of Pritzker Prize winners. Editor(s): Kohte, Susanne; Adam, Hubertus. Num Pages: 272 pages, 80 black & white illustrations, 250 colour illustrations, 80 schw.-w. u. 250 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AMA; AMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170. .
- Publisher
- Birkhauser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783035608465
- ISBN
- 9783035608465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.28€ 55.14
€ 58.28
€ 55.14
paperback. Editor(s): Schroter, Susanne. Series: Southeast Asian Modernities. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HRAM; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lit Verlag
- Edition
- 1.,
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783643107985
- ISBN
- 9783643107985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.16
€ 43.99
€ 36.16
Hardcover. Moving away from orthodox narratives of the Raj and British presence in India, this book examines the significance of the networks and connections that South Asians established on British soil. Looking at the period 1858-1950, it presents readings of cultural history and points to the urgent need to open up the parameters of this field of study. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230392717
- ISBN
- 9780230392717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. An investigation into the myths surrounding the Knights Templar. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp colour plate-section. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 3H; HBLC1; HBWC; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782062738
- ISBN
- 9781782062738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Hardback. Demonstrates how a politics of polarity have defined the experience of Chinese immigration in America. This book is a useful resource on the Asian immigrant experience for researchers and students in Chinese American studies, Asian American history, immigration studies, and American history. Editor(s): Cassel, Susie Lan. Series: Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans. Num Pages: 480 pages, references, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759100008
- ISBN
- 9780759100008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.83
€ 175.83
Paperback. Demonstrates how a politics of polarity have defined the experience of Chinese immigration in America. This book is a useful resource on the Asian immigrant experience for researchers and students in Chinese American studies, Asian American history, immigration studies, and American history. Editor(s): Cassel, Susie Lan. Series: Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans. Num Pages: 480 pages, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759100015
- ISBN
- 9780759100015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.83
€ 77.83
Hardcover. How contested notions of modernity, civilisation and being governed were envisioned through the aid of photography. Num Pages: 246 pages, 11 black and white; 29 full color. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089646620
- ISBN
- 9789089646620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.59
€ 148.59
Paperback. Focuses on Laweyan, a production center of batik textiles that had embraced modernity under Dutch colonial rule, only to fend off the modernizing forces of Indonesia during the twentieth century. This book portrays a merchant enclave clinging to its forms of social life and highlights the power of women in the marketplace and the home. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691016924
- ISBN
- 9780691016924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 42.58
€ 53.53
€ 42.58
Paperback. Drawing on medieval Chinese poetry, fiction, and religious scriptures, this book illuminates the greatest goddess of Taoism and her place in Chinese society. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HRKN5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725842
- ISBN
- 9780804725842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. These gripping biographies poignantly illustrate the strengths and the vulnerabilities of professional housewives and of families facing social change and economic uncertainty in contemporary Japan. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442221710
- ISBN
- 9781442221710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.95€ 48.19
€ 74.95
€ 48.19