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Hardback. Challenging the reigning view of literary historians has been that the May Fourth movement of 1919 marks the division between the traditional and the modern in Chinese literature, this book argues that signs of reform and innovation can be discerned long before May Fourth. Num Pages: 444 pages, 6 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press California
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728454
- ISBN
- 9780804728454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.07
€ 96.07
Paperback. This collection is the first volume in English to examine the entire span of modern Taiwanese literature, from the first decades of the twentieth century to the present. Editor(s): Wang, David Der-Wei; Rojas, Carlos. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338673
- ISBN
- 9780822338673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.45
€ 33.99
€ 30.45
Hardcover. Editor(s): Wang, David Der-Wei; Wei, Shang-Jin. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 575 pages, 7fig. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 575
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674017818
- ISBN
- 9780674017818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.85€ 55.55
€ 59.85
€ 55.55
Paperback. Known for their striking full-body tattoos, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong - more than four times the size of the American mafia. This title tells the story of Japan's crime syndicates, from their feudal start as bands of medieval outlaws to their emergence as billion-dollar investors in real estate, and more. Num Pages: 426 pages, 18 b/w photographs, 9 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608. Japan's Criminal Underworld. 426 pages, illustrations. Known for their striking full-body tattoos, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong - more than four times the size of the American mafia. This title tells the story of Japan's crime syndicates, from their feudal start as bands of medieval outlaws to their emergence as billion-dollar investors in real estate, and more. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHMC. Dimension: 227 x 162 x 26. Weight: 608.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 426
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274907
- ISBN
- 9780520274907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.61
€ 33.99
€ 24.61
Hardback. This economic and social history of the relationship between the univeristy system and development in Mexico since 1929, develops a body of quantitative data never before available to scholars. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 half-tone, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNMN; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721257
- ISBN
- 9780804721257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.32
€ 87.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BM; HBJF; JHMC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408864289
- ISBN
- 9781408864289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. This book is the most complete photo study available of the air war in the Gulf, and covers every unit that participated including U.S., British, Saudi, Italian and French. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 750 color photos. BIC Classification: 1FB; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887404726
- ISBN
- 9780887404726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.85
€ 31.99
€ 27.85
Hardcover. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 186 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442227095
- ISBN
- 9781442227095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.91
€ 73.91
Paperback. On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran and took sixty-six Americans captive. Thus began the Iran Hostage Crisis. This book takes a look at the hostage crisis, examining its lessons for America's contemporary War on Terrorism. It includes fresh insights regarding the central players in the crisis. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; HBG; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127590
- ISBN
- 9780691127590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.51
€ 36.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. Editor(s): Faure, David; Ts'Ui-P'Ing, Ho. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, black and white maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774823685
- ISBN
- 9780774823685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.10
€ 106.10
Paperback. A magnificent account of one American platoon's tour of duty in Baghdad. It is simply one of the most powerful, nerve-shredding pieces of war writing ever. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848873278
- ISBN
- 9781848873278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.63
€ 36.99
€ 26.63
Paperback. Comprehensive survey of Japan's economic history and current situation. Concise description of Japanese economic institutions and events, integrated with cogent explanations rooted in economic logic. Extensive annotation to the scholarly literature. Num Pages: 432 pages, 63 Figures and 63 Tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCS; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 190 x 24. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 390
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198702405
- ISBN
- 9780198702405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.21
€ 94.21
Paperback. Editor(s): Anderson, David G. Series: Patterns of Northern Traditional Healing Series. Num Pages: 194 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCS; PSTS; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- CCI Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896445588
- ISBN
- 9781896445588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.24
€ 44.99
€ 32.24
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751599
- ISBN
- 9780804751599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.62
€ 86.62
Hardback. Amidst the revolutionary euphoria of August 1945, most Vietnamese believed that colonialism and war were being left behind in favor of independence and modernization. In this title, the author explains what became the largest, most intense mobilization of human resources ever seen in Vietnam. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 748 pages, 30 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1124.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 748
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274150
- ISBN
- 9780520274150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.40€ 64.45
€ 83.40
€ 64.45
Paperback. Provides valuable ethnographic insights into life along some of the most contentious borders in the world. This book includes essays that portray existence at different points across India's northern frontiers and, in one instance, along borders within India. Editor(s): Gellner, David N. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 photographs, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822355564
- ISBN
- 9780822355564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Hardback. There has been growing concern about "failed states", and since the massacre of the Royal family in Nepal in 2001, increasing media attention has focused on the decline of the state and the rise of the Maoist rebels. This book explores the complex relationship between a modernizing, developmentalist state and the people it professes to represent. Editor(s): Gellner, David. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1FKN; JPHC; JPWJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452162
- ISBN
- 9781845452162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.49
€ 163.49
Hardback. The Indus basin was once an arid pastoral watershed, but by the second half of the twentieth century, it had become one of the world's most heavily irrigated and populated river basins. This book explores how environmental transformation is tied to the creation of communities and nations, focusing on the intersection of politics, and more. Num Pages: 376 pages, 9 maps, 1 black and white. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285293
- ISBN
- 9780520285293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.00€ 57.69
€ 74.00
€ 57.69
Paperback. In 1900 just over a thousand British civil servants ruled a population of nearly 300 million people spread over a territory now covered by India, Pakistan, Burma and Bangladesh. This title traces the lives of its officials, from recruitment to retirement, from jungle to Government House, from a bungalow in Burma to a residency in Rajputana. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16pp b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Pimlico London
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712665650
- ISBN
- 9780712665650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Focuses on yoga's practitioners. Combing through millennia of South Asia's vast and diverse literature, this title discovers that yogis are usually portrayed as wonder-workers or sorcerers who use their dangerous supernatural. Num Pages: 376 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAX; HRLK; HRLP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226895147
- ISBN
- 9780226895147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.40
€ 36.99
€ 29.40