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Paperback. This is a comprehensive study on the social history of China during the first half of the 20th century. It draws on abundant sources and studies which have appeared in the People's Republic of China since the early 1980sand which have not been systematically used in Western historiography. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; KCF; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804724913
- ISBN
- 9780804724913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. This social history of China during the first half of the 20th century focuses on the Shanghai labour movement. It draws on abundant sources and studies which have appeared in the People's Republic of China since the early 1980s and which have not been systematically used in Western historiography. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; KCF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720632
- ISBN
- 9780804720632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.86
€ 150.86
Paperback. Explores the role of working-class militias as vanguard and guardian of the Chinese revolution. This book raises fascinating questions about the construction of revolutionary citizenship; the distinctions among class, community, and creed; the open-ended character of revolutionary movements; and the path dependency of institutional change. Series: State & Society in East Asia. Num Pages: 374 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTV; JFSC; JPWQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742539198
- ISBN
- 9780742539198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.05
€ 68.05
Hardcover. This is an examination of two eras of Chinese history that have commonly been viewed as periods of state disintegration or retreat. The text highlights variation in local state structures and practices between localities and between the central and local governments. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 375 pages, 16 figures, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013988
- ISBN
- 9780674013988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.56
€ 54.99
€ 46.56
Hardcover. Offers a better understanding of a nexus of stories, characters and arts central to medieval and early modern Japan, and particularly the significant variety of ways plays of the no theatre portray them. Editor(s): Oyler, Elizabeth; Watson, Michael. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; AN; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell East Asia
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947297
- ISBN
- 9781933947297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.93
€ 78.93
Paperback. This book is organized to roughly follow the order of events presented in the Kakuichi-bon variant of the Heike. The essays and translations focus on a series of major events from the Heike. Editor(s): Oyler, Elizabeth; Watson, Michael. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; AN; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University East Asia Program United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947594
- ISBN
- 9781933947594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33
Paperback. How do we explain the surprising trajectory of the Chinese Communist revolution? Why has it taken such a different route from its Russian prototype? This title suggests an answer that lies in the Chinese Communists' creative development and deployment of cultural resources - during their revolutionary rise to power and afterwards. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 412 pages, 12 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271906
- ISBN
- 9780520271906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. A compelling, entertaining and fascinating journey through one of the world's largest, most dynamic and most contradictory countries Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; DNJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847086556
- ISBN
- 9781847086556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.56
€ 15.99
€ 11.56
Hardcover. Num Pages: 40 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; YNH. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 190 x 237 x 10. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Tundra Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 40
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770493834
- ISBN
- 9781770493834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.22
€ 21.99
€ 19.22
Hardback. Engaging with topics central to scholarly debates on modern China, this book shows that China's early twentieth-century school system, a product of negotiation and compromise, was more successful than previous scholarship has allowed. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774821766
- ISBN
- 9780774821766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.40
€ 102.40
Paperback. Engaging with topics central to scholarly debates on modern China, this book shows that China's early twentieth-century school system, a product of negotiation and compromise, was more successful than previous scholarship has allowed. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, , black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNB; JNF; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780774821773
- ISBN
- 9780774821773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.54
€ 40.99
€ 36.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 235 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white halftones, colour illust. BIC Classification: 1FBH; ACK; ACND; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1538.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271061221
- ISBN
- 9780271061221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.74€ 82.90
€ 99.74
€ 82.90
Hardback. Although political culture is not the sole explanatory factor in the development of US policy toward Israel, it has played a key role in serving to shape and define the American approach to foreign affairs. This book explains the American commitment to Israel within a framework of political culture. Num Pages: 339 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845190972
- ISBN
- 9781845190972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.14
€ 130.14
Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Money. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 tables, 13 charts, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; KCM; KCP; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501702525
- ISBN
- 9781501702525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.57
€ 140.57
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Money. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 tables, 13 charts, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; KCM; KCP; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781501703102
- ISBN
- 9781501703102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.09
€ 34.99
€ 32.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; AJC; WTH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Periplus Editions (HK) ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Hardcover with Jacket
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804846240
- ISBN
- 9780804846240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. In 1935 Ella Maillart contemplated one of the most arduous journeys in the world: the "impossible journey" from Peking, then a part of Japanese-occupied China, through the distant province of Sinkiang (present day Turkistan), to Kashmir. This title provides an account of her journey. Translator(s): McGreevy, Thomas. Series: Marlboro Travel S. Num Pages: 384 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; 1FPC; 3JJG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810119857
- ISBN
- 9780810119857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.36
€ 32.36
Paperback. The Selected Works of Ella Shohat, renowned writer on the Middle-East and critic of Zionism. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1; JFC; JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150. .
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745399492
- ISBN
- 9780745399492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.92
€ 46.99
€ 44.92
Paperback. Demonstrates that gender, cultural difference, and colonial history are intimately bound together and often can only be understood in relation to one another. The author analyzes how diverse representational practices - be they visual, textual, or even scientific - relate to the construction of gender, race, sexuality, and national identity. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 60 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822337713
- ISBN
- 9780822337713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
Paperback. Explores literature by migrant writers which has emerged as a powerful medium for describing the ways in which global forces are experienced at the personal level Num Pages: notes, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1FMT; GTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786162150500
- ISBN
- 9786162150500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Hardcover. Offers a broad picture of the way in whiich Western medicine, and Western knowledge, was absorbed and adapted in Japan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019522
- ISBN
- 9780674019522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.29
€ 45.99
€ 38.29
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3, 1 black & white line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 1KLSB; 3JJ; JFCV; KNAC; KNDF; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420301
- ISBN
- 9781421420301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.43
€ 30.99
€ 26.43
Hardback. This book investigates Tankizs building program by identifying the works that he commissioned, exploring the nature of his participation in these works, and situating them within the broader contexts of architectural development in the region and patronage during the Mamluk period. Series: Chicago Studies on the Middle East. Num Pages: 269 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HBJF1; HBLC1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 287 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center United States
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780970819949
- ISBN
- 9780970819949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.76
€ 89.76
Paperback. Though they are almost completely absent from the historical record, Palestinian women were extensively involved in the unfolding national struggle in their country during the British mandate period. This history studies the development of the Palestine women's movement between 1920 and 1948. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st PAPERBACK
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237902
- ISBN
- 9780520237902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.27
€ 41.99
€ 30.27