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Hardback. Offers a snapshot of key educational stratification issues in East Asian nations, and their evolution in conjunction with changing student populations. This book addresses issues ranging from curricular adaptations to globalization, to persisting and new forms of educational stratification, to new multiculturalism in educational policy. Editor(s): Hannum, Emily; Park, Hyunjoon; Butler, Yuko Goto. Series Editor(s): Hannum, Emily. Series: Research in the Sociology of Education. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; JHB; JNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781849509763
ISBN
9781849509763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.35

Hardcover. This text is based on extensive personal viewing of urban Chinese women and study of contemporary literature and articles in the periodical press that touched on the problems of rural women. Each chapter is devoted to one aspect of women's lives including: girlhood, sexuality, marriage, and work. Num Pages: 400 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 43. Weight in Grams: 725.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804714167
ISBN
9780804714167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.24

Paperback. After Mao, abrupt turns in public policy made "personal life" a crucial issue for discussion. This book is concerned with the debate about the role of women in Chinese society, examining their anxieties, confusions and excitement as they contemplate various stages of a new future. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliography, index, notes. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804714310
ISBN
9780804714310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.22

Paperback. In Shanghai, China's largest industrial centre prior to 1949, cotton was king and the majority of mill workers were women. This book presents detailed information on all aspects of the life of this group of urban workers. Num Pages: 316 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804720120
ISBN
9780804720120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.39

Paperback. This book examines the formation, entrenchment, and sociopolitical consequences of land conflict in the Negev region of Israel as it has become defined along ethnic lines. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JHMC; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804798303
ISBN
9780804798303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. A memoir by American jounalist Emily Prager about the search for her adopted daughter's roots in today's China. In 1994, Prager adopted seven month old Lulu in China. Five years later she returned to spend three months in Wuhu city, where Lulu had been found on the street. Num Pages: 256 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284161
ISBN
9780099284161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Hardcover. Deals in a practical and scholarly way with major issues relating to the privatization and deregulation of the energy sector. This study discusses oil production and refining, gas and electricity production, transmission and distribution, and draws upon international experience of such programmes. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; KJVD; KNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 517.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860644108
ISBN
9781860644108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 54.65

Paperback. Industry specialists and scholars assess the principal issues associated with the privatization and deregulation of the energy sector in this text. Topics explored include oil production and refining, gas and electricity production, and their transmission and distribution. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; KJVD; KNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860644115
ISBN
9781860644115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.80

Paperback. An exploration of the information and communication revolution and its effect on Arab states and societies. The book covers such fields as the implications for national development of global telecommunications trends and policies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; GTC; KNT; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860642098
ISBN
9781860642098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.91

Paperback. Discusses the rationale behind the decision to conduct nuclear tests in India and Pakistan and the impact on the South Asian region and the Gulf. It offers the perspective of India, Pakistan, China and the Gulf countries, and examines the theoretical framework of balance-of-power politics. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; JPS; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 349.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
148
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850433859
ISBN
9781850433859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.80

Paperback. This study analyzes different aspects of British policy and its repercussions for Gulf security. Contributors examine both immediate and potential threats to Gulf security and underline the need for the Gulf countries to develop a greater range of consultative mechanisms. Num Pages: 62 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FB; JPQB; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 177.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
62
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850433828
ISBN
9781850433828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. Changing Geographies of Power. 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Mawdsley, Emma; McCann, Gerard. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1H; JPS; KCL. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Pambazuka Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906387655
ISBN
9781906387655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.59

Paperback. Compares Chinese-Western mixed-race families in the United States, China, and Hong Kong, examining both the range of ideas that shaped the formation of Eurasian identities in these diverse contexts and the claims set forth by individual Eurasians concerning their own identities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 21 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPCH; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276277
ISBN
9780520276277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. By viewing Taiwan-China relations as a product of the history of Qing expansionism, the author contributes to our understanding of several political events in the region. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, 17 colour illustrations, 1 halftone, 21 line illustrations, 18 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021198
ISBN
9780674021198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, over 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTQ; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848845732
ISBN
9781848845732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.66

Paperback. 'Larkin's reportage on Burma is every bit as fascinating as Orwell's Burmese essays of the 1930s' - Observer Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847084026
ISBN
9781847084026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. The book that provides the fullest picture yet of what life inside Burma is really like. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; JFFC; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847081896
ISBN
9781847081896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; GTB; HBJF1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784539733
ISBN
9781784539733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. The riveting first-hand account of a young British civilian woman who volunteered to help rebuild Iraq immediately after the invasion in 2003, and soon found herself as a political advisor to the US military. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 maps, 38 integrated photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; BM; HBWS5; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782392606
ISBN
9781782392606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.05

Paperback. In 1997, Emma Slade was taken hostage in a hotel room on a business trip to Jakarta. Over the ensuing months the trauma following the event took hold. Realising her view on life had profoundly changed she embarked upon a journey, discovering the healing power of yoga and, in Bhutan, opening her eyes to a kinder, more peaceful way of living. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKH; BM; HRE; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Summersdale Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849539609
ISBN
9781849539609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. There are a great deal of memorials to the Holocaust that occurred during the World War II. This book examines Holocaust monuments and museums in Europe, Israel and America, exploring how every nation remembers the Holocaust according to its own traditions, ideals and experiences. Num Pages: 416 pages, 121 illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FBH; 1KBB; GM; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 876.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300059915
ISBN
9780300059915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.09

Paperback. .
Publisher
Athena Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847483133
ISBN
9781847483133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.84

Hardback. "Presented to both Houses of Parlaiment by Command of His Majesty. Accounts and estimates, 1907 -1908. Explanatory memorandum.38p tables. fol. Original blue cover. A very good clean copy." Keywords: Pamphlet
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1907
SKU
KEX0100845
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. "Presented to both Houses of Parlaiment by Command of His Majesty. Accounts and estimates, 1908 -1909. Explanatory memorandum.39p tables. fol. Original, classic blue printed paper wrappers. Very good copy, slightly dust toned around the edges." Keywords: Pamphlet
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1904
SKU
KEX0097522
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

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