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Paperback. Presents the history of Iranian cinema, covering the revolution at the end of the Shah's regime and the establishment of the Islamicate state. This title shows that the government was not against film per se, only against the portrayal of particular themes or behaviors. Num Pages: 42 illustrations, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBN; APF; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348771
ISBN
9780822348771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

Paperback. The first of 4 volumes in the definitive history of Iranian film Num Pages: 456 pages, 74 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; APF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347750
ISBN
9780822347750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. Social history of Iranian cinema that explores cinema's role in creating national identity and contextualizes Iranian cinema within an international arena. Num Pages: 560 pages, 83 photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJH; 3JJP; APF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347743
ISBN
9780822347743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Originally published: Boston: Beacon Press, 1962. First published by Princeton in 1982, and reissued as a print-on-demand paperback in 2014. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614427
ISBN
9780691614427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.02

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3F; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642055
ISBN
9780691642055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.99
€ 126.73

Paperback. .
Publisher
Markus Wiener Pub
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558763098
ISBN
9781558763098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.50

Paperback. How did ordinary people live through the extraordinary changes that swept across modern China? How did peasants transform themselves into urbanites? How did the citizens of Shanghai cope with the epic upheavals - revolution, war, and again revolution - that shook their lives? In this carefully researched study, Hanchao Lu weaves rich. Num Pages: 473 pages, 36 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
473
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520243781
ISBN
9780520243781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.98

Hardback. This is a comprehensive study of beggars' culture and the institution of mendicancy in China from late imperial times to the mid-twentieth century, with a reference to the resurgence of beggars in China today. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 tables, 20 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804751483
ISBN
9780804751483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Paperback. An insider unmasks the new economic superpower. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCLT; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472228703
ISBN
9781472228703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Hardcover. Presents an analysis of the social, economic, and political evolution of Syria's peasantry, the segment of society from which the holders of political power stem. This book focuses on the twentieth century and, in particular, on the Ba'th movement, the structures of power after the military coup d'etat of 1963, and the era of ivfiz al-Asad. Num Pages: 432 pages, 56 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 239 x 19. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
434
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002545
ISBN
9780691002545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.95
€ 98.01

Paperback. Entertaining and masterly biography of Madame Chiang Kai-shek - the woman who built modern China. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 52. Weight in Grams: 968.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
816
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828021
ISBN
9780753828021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Hardback. Keywords: "China, Communism"
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Pall Mall Press London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KHS0046452
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Northcott, K.J.; Lutzeier, E. Num Pages: 230 pages, 64 halftones, 43 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDA; HBG; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
0002-
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226586588
ISBN
9780226586588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Paperback. The reopening of Iraq's National Museum attracted worldwide attention, underscoring the country's dual image as both the cradle of civilization and a contemporary geopolitical battleground. This title looks back through ten thousand years of the region's deeply significant yet increasingly overshadowed past. Translator(s): Nissen, Hans J. Num Pages: 192 pages, 52 halftones, 42 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226586649
ISBN
9780226586649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.29

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226586632
ISBN
9780226586632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.61
€ 58.41

Paperback. A history of northern Thailand between the 13th and 16th centuries. Num Pages: 88 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5193 x 3895 x 6. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9789747551327
ISBN
9789747551327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.83

Hardback. Everyday life in contemporary rural China is characterized by an increased sense of moral challenge and uncertainty. This ethnographic study of the village of Zhongba is an attempt to grasp the ethical reflexivity of everyday life in rural China. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 308 pages, 19 ills, 6 figs & tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHB; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857458902
ISBN
9780857458902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.76

Paperback. Through sheer hard work, discipline, and the integration of various forms of creativity, their country, Japan, became a shining example.. when the oil crisis initiated the end of the West, the architects of Japan spread out over the world to define the contours of a post-Western aesthetic. This title presents architecture for postwar Japan. Num Pages: 684 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 170 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1392.
Publisher
Taschen GmbH Germany
Number of pages
684
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836525084
ISBN
9783836525084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 45.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 14 graphs, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137386
ISBN
9780231137386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; AGB; AMX; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 111 x 21. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141983912
ISBN
9780141983912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hansa's Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953832606
ISBN
9780953832606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.52

Hardcover. A study of how Nanga Parbat, the ninth-highest peak on earth, became the German "mountain of the mind." Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FKAH; 2ACG; 3JJ; DSBH; JFC; WSZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139580
ISBN
9781571139580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.97

Hardback. This book contributes to the understanding of crisis and disaster management generally, but with a specific focus on the Asia Pacific. With contributions by international scholars and practitioners, the book discusses both the theoretical and practical approaches toward successful crisis and disaster management. Editor(s): Ritchie, Brent W. (University of Queensland); Campiranon, Kom. Series: CABI Series in Tourism Management. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; JPSL; KNSG; RNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 171 x 22. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
Tourism Crisis and Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780643250
ISBN
9781780643250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.40

Hardback. This book gathers the main scientific outputs of POREEN, a four-year project on partnering opportunities between Europe and China in the renewable energy and environmental industries. It investigates the main challenges and opportunities related to Sino-European dialogue and cooperation in the green sector with a focus on sustainable growth. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; KCN; KNBT; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786353320
ISBN
9781786353320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.09

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