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Hardcover. Describes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries. Num Pages: 424 pages, 6 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HRE; HRLP7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226031873
- ISBN
- 9780226031873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.37€ 82.90
€ 99.37
€ 82.90
Hardcover. In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the city's status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations. This book presents a tour of Hong Kong city's post colonial urban landscape. Num Pages: 320 pages, 101 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBTR; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226448565
- ISBN
- 9780226448565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 79.37
€ 94.64
€ 79.37
Paperback. The volume examines the critical interfaces between the personal and political that frame the utopian visions of Bai Ren, Robert Francis Garcia, Cesar Lacara, Zelda Soriano, Peter Bacho, and Rey Ventura in their works. They illuminate the ongoing transformation and redefinition of the Philippine nation-state. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DNF; GTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Ateneo de Manila University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789715504713
- ISBN
- 9789715504713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.31
€ 84.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Cornell Univ East Asia Program
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939657629
- ISBN
- 9780939657629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.88
€ 23.99
€ 21.88
Hardcover. This insightful account demonstrates that capitalism in China has a history and a geography, and combines perspectives from both to demonstrate that regional economic restructuring in South China is far from an economic a miraclea s. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFS; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Basil Blackwell Inc, US United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557868879
- ISBN
- 9781557868879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.10
€ 79.10
Paperback. This insightful account demonstrates that capitalism in China has a history and a geography, and combines perspectives from both to demonstrate that regional economic restructuring in South China is far from an economic a miraclea s. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFS; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Basil Blackwell Inc, US United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557868886
- ISBN
- 9781557868886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.79
€ 34.79
Hardback. In 2004, Carolyn Han left her comfortable life and position as a lecturer in English at Hawaii Community College and went to live in one of the most remote and mysterious places in the Middle East-Yemen, known in the West primarily for providing a haven for terrorists affiliated with al Qaeda. Num Pages: 296 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3JM; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597977258
- ISBN
- 9781597977258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.49
€ 33.49
Paperback. Demonstrates the central role of ordinary people - rather than state or market elites - in creating institutions for determining status in China. This book explores the emerging hierarchy, which is based on the concept of suzhi, or quality. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map, 3 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340362
- ISBN
- 9780822340362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFSR2; JPFR; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New afterword by the autho
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163642
- ISBN
- 9780691163642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
The 308ths wide-ranging activities through nearly three years of bitter air warfare are described here by reknowned author C.V. Glines. Num Pages: 320 pages, over 130 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJD; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887408090
- ISBN
- 9780887408090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.30
€ 37.99
€ 25.30
Paperback. Here the author argues that the West must not ignore Syria's robust tradition of secularism, and cautions that US attempts to undermine the current regime may, paradoxically, embolden the Islamists and help the regime to maintain its authoritarian grip on power. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR2; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Hurst & Co.
- Number of pages
- 198
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850658016
- ISBN
- 9781850658016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 116 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBTR; HBW; JPH; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 171 x 7. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Progressive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781615775576
- ISBN
- 9781615775576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.62
€ 16.99
€ 12.62
Hardcover. For South Koreans, the early 1960s to late 1970s were the best and worst of times a period of unprecedented economic growth and deepening political oppression. Carter J. Eckert finds the roots of this dramatic socioeconomic transformation in the country's long history of militarization, personified in South Korea's paramount leader, Park Chung Hee. Num Pages: 440 pages, 36 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBW; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 38. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674659865
- ISBN
- 9780674659865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.13
€ 47.99
€ 40.13
Paperback. Explores a range of themes, including the roots of capitalist development in Korea, the origins of the modern business elite, the nature of Japanese colonial policy and the Japanese colonial state, the relationship between the colonial government and the Korean economic elite, and the nature of Korean collaboration. Series: Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993881
- ISBN
- 9780295993881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Hardback. A micro-history of one small district in Afghanistan and the vicissitudes of its people in America's longest foreign war. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042642
- ISBN
- 9781849042642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.98
€ 46.99
€ 41.98
Hardback. Editor(s): Carter, Steven D. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ; HBJF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167703
- ISBN
- 9780231167703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.68€ 101.49
€ 133.68
€ 101.49
paperback. Editor(s): Nelson, Cary. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253025173
- ISBN
- 9780253025173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.09
€ 13.09
Hardback. Editor(s): Nelson, Cary. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253025166
- ISBN
- 9780253025166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.52
€ 33.52
Paperback. A collection of essay, which reexamine the Wu Family Shrines pictorial carvings from Han dynasty China, helping readers understand the long cultural history behind them. It addresses the ideals, practices, and problems of the Wu Family Shrines and Han China; and Han funerary art and architecture in Shandong and other regions. Series: Princeton University Art Museum Monographs S. Num Pages: 384 pages, 219 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 267 x 190 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300137040
- ISBN
- 9780300137040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.81
€ 52.99
€ 37.81
Paperback. aeo Begins a new series of books designed to reflect and contribute to the new thinking on social policy. (Broadening Perspectives on Social Policy). aeo Addresses topical issues, in view of worldwide concerns about rising crime rates and European concerns about social policy. Editor(s): Finer, Catherine Jones; Nellis, Mike. Series: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FMS; 1KBB; JKV; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631209126
- ISBN
- 9780631209126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.05
€ 32.05
Paperback. Presents an examination of how the migration of nurses from the Philippines to the US is inextricably linked to American imperialism and the US colonization of the Philippine Islands in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; JHBL; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330899
- ISBN
- 9780822330899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Big Picture series brings the world and its wonders to life for young readers. Full of fascinating information from across the globe, from animals and homes to the most interesting jobs in history. Series: The Big Picture. Num Pages: 24 pages, Full colour photographs and artwork. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 4KHF; 5AF; YQG. Category: (EJ) Primary. Dimension: 220 x 131 x 3. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 24
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408131596
- ISBN
- 9781408131596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.86
€ 8.99
€ 8.86
Paperback. First in-depth account of how Israel imprisons Palestinian children, which is part of an overall strategy of political domination. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSP1; JKVP1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745321615
- ISBN
- 9780745321615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.82
€ 37.99
€ 29.82
Hardcover. Catherine L. Phipps examines a largely unacknowledged system of "special trading ports" that operated under full Japanese jurisdiction in the shadow of the better-known treaty ports. Phipps demonstrates why the special trading ports were key to Japan's achieving autonomy and regional power during the pivotal second half of the nineteenth century. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674417168
- ISBN
- 9780674417168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.20
€ 45.99
€ 38.20