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Hardback. Examines decorative Chinese works of art and visual culture, known as chinoiserie, in the context of church and state politics, with a particular focus on the Catholic missions' impact on Western attitudes toward China and the Chinese. Series: Franklin D. Murphy Lectures. Num Pages: 200 pages, 53 color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284654
ISBN
9780520284654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.50

Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449147
ISBN
9780801449147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.41

Paperback. Christopher Parnell, wrongly accused of drug trafficking, found himself catapulted into the maelstrom of madness and degradation that exists within Indonesian jails. This is a story of one man's battle to survive in some of the world's cruellest and most inhumane prisons. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; BTC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 372 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845967291
ISBN
9781845967291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HRAM9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 184 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479137
ISBN
9780801479137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Hardback. Tells the story of why China's entry into the modern age was not just traumatic, but uproarious. The author argues that this period from the 1890s to the 1930s transformed how Chinese people thought and talked about what is funny. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 b/w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283848
ISBN
9780520283848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.11
€ 54.68

Paperback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 95 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1QFH; 3JH; 3JJ; ACBP; ACV; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175753
ISBN
9780231175753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 95 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1QFH; 3JH; 3JJ; ACBP; ACV; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175746
ISBN
9780231175746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.84
€ 89.80

Paperback. Kazakhstan is the most surprising country on earth, and certainly one of the most tolerant. The only thing most people know about Kazakhstan is that it is homeland to Borat - and he isn't even real. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps & illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCZ; HBJF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861971098
ISBN
9781861971098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. The seemingly intractable Kashmir dispute and the fate of Kashmiris throughout South Asia and beyond are the twin themes in Snedden's meticulously researched book. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849043427
ISBN
9781849043427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.34

Paperback. Memory, Performance and Everyday Life in Postwar Okinawa. Series: Asia-Pacific. 288 pages, 16 b&w photographs. Examines how Okinawans have contested, appropriated, and transformed the burdens and possibilities of the past. This title analyzes the practices of specific performers, showing how memories are recalled, bodies remade, and actions rethought as Okinawans work through the fragments of the past in order to reconstruct the fabric of everyday life. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; AN; GTB; JHMP. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343714
ISBN
9780822343714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 1FPC; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 196 x 26. Weight in Grams: 948.
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd Singapore
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814346443
ISBN
9789814346443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages, 76 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCA; WJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764352676
ISBN
9780764352676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.57

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634265
ISBN
9780691634265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.37

Hardcover. "8vo - over 7" - 9" tall Cloth. A good strong copy. 1st Edition".
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1972
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KON0536172
ISBN
9780852242162
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 11.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover. 339pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1972
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS1024626
ISBN
9780852242162
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.99
€ 4.99

This is a comprehensive ethnographic study about the Moso, a matrilineal group in Southwest China, whose unique traditions are bound to change accepted notions of marriage, kinship, the family, and gender relations. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table, 20 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804761994
ISBN
9780804761994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.05

Paperback. The inside account of the Bin Laden Mission, told by the men who were there to the only author they trusted, a former SEAL commander. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780874647
ISBN
9781780874647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. With its recurrent themes of trans-nationalism, globalisation, and postcoloniality, this title considers various embodiments of the Asian diaspora, including a rumination on minority discourses and performance studies, and an historical look at the journal Amerasia. Editor(s): Chuh, Kandice; Shimakawa, Karen. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFC; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822327394
ISBN
9780822327394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. Editor(s): Bandit Chumworathayi. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; MBGR; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614701170
ISBN
9781614701170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.72
€ 156.76

Hardcover. Editor(s): Bandit Chumworathayi. Num Pages: 265 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; MBGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 188 x 22. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781622573387
ISBN
9781622573387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 237.66
€ 160.69

Paperback. A significant contribution to both political theory and China studies, this volume provides a critical assessment of the past and future Chinese socialism. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337980
ISBN
9780822337980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, 63 recipes; over 70 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPK; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 209 x 8. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Periplus Editions (HK) ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780794605032
ISBN
9780794605032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.34

Paperback. This work examines the dramatic transformation of one of the most important objects of worship in the Buddhist tradition - the Indian (male) bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, or the embodiment of compassion - into the (female) Chinese Kuan-yin, or the "Goddess of Mercy" Num Pages: 688 pages, 48 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 932.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231120296
ISBN
9780231120296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. Series: New Directions in International Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813569970
ISBN
9780813569970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.57

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