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Paperback. Examines the work of a generation of Japanese intellectuals who, like their European counterparts, saw modernity as a spectacle of ceaseless change that uprooted the dominant historical culture from its fixed values and substituted a culture based on fantasy and desire. Num Pages: 480 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095486
ISBN
9780691095486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 50.79

Hardcover. "8vo. Content include chapters on India in the Middle Ages, Varthema in Ceylon and Further India, India in the Seventeenth Century, Bhutan and Tibet. Illustrated. 320p. Strong, clean, copy with cracked front hinge in near fine original cloth. First edition". Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Blackie
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1913
Edition
1st
SKU
KON0758744
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 66.00

Paperback. In this work, historian Harry Harootunian calls attention to the boundaries that compartmentalize the world around us. Exploring European and Japanese conceptions of modernity, he seeks to expose the archaic nature of scholarly categories. Series: Wellek Library Lectures S. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 179 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780231117951
ISBN
9780231117951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.41

Hardcover. Editor(s): Calit, Harry S. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; HBJF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590335765
ISBN
9781590335765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.80
€ 63.93

Hardcover. China is an emerging superpower with growing economic and political interests worldwide that need to be preserved and enhanced. This book focuses on this evolving global profile of China. It examines the growing role of China in various parts of the world - Asia-Pacific, South Asia, Africa, Middle East, Indian Ocean and Europe. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPSL; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194574
ISBN
9781845194574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.45

Paperback. Examines the growing role of China in various parts of the world - Asia-Pacific, South Asia, Africa, Middle East, Indian Ocean and Europe - and the tough diplomatic choices that it is having to make as it goes about asserting its interests. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
122
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195175
ISBN
9781845195175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674788015
ISBN
9780674788015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.10

Paperback. Features such characters as: High-class call girls billed to Mastercard; a psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads; a hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers; and, a one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448761
ISBN
9780099448761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Growing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan, Hajime and Shimamoto had been childhood sweethearts. The two eventually lost touch but now, in their thirties, they meet up again. Hajime, now a father and husband, finds himself catapulted into the past, risking all that he has in the present. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448570
ISBN
9780099448570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. The midnight hour approaches in an almost-empty diner. Mari sips her coffee and reads a book, but soon her solitude is disturbed: a girl has been beaten up at the Alphaville hotel, and needs Mari's help. Meanwhile Mari's beautiful sister Eri lies in a deep, heavy sleep that is 'too perfect, too pure' to be normal; it has lasted for two months. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099506249
ISBN
9780099506249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. In spite of the perpetrators' intentions, the Tokyo gas attack left only twelve people dead, but thousands were injured and many suffered serious after-effects. This title features the author's interviews with the victims to tried and established precisely what happened on the subway that day. Translator(s): Birnbaum, Alfred; Gabriel, Philip. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BTC; HBJF; HBLW3; JPWL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461098
ISBN
9780099461098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. Presents a narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, this title unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; FA; FM; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099448785
ISBN
9780099448785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. But whereas Miu is glamorous and successful, Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel. Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in life. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099448471
ISBN
9780099448471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. .
Publisher
Conran Octopus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840917437
ISBN
9781840917437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Hardcover. In this volume, through exploring the reasons for Ayukawa Yoshisuke's failure, Iguchi illuminates many of the economic problems of modern Japan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; KCL; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674003743
ISBN
9780674003743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.10

Paperback. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 160 pages. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ; FC; FYB. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight: 248. Translator(s): Watson, Burton.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152457
ISBN
9780231152457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 1288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1760.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136976
ISBN
9780231136976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

Paperback. Shirane and Suzuki examine how the Japanese canon of "classics" (The Tale of Genji, The Tale of the Heike, Noh drama, Saikaku, Chikamatsu, and Basho) was constructed as part of the creation of Japan as a modern nation-state and as a result of Western influence. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo; Suzuki, Tomi. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741057
ISBN
9780804741057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804717199
ISBN
9780804717199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

Hardcover. Editor(s): Columbus, Frank. Num Pages: 223 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1F; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 186 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600211928
ISBN
9781600211928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.24
€ 112.31

Paperback. The New Silk Road Diplomacy traces how China, faced with internal and external challenges to its authority following the collapse of the Soviet Union, constructed a gradualist approach to Central Asia that prioritized multilateral diplomacy. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSL3; JPA; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816939
ISBN
9780774816939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. A study of Arab politics in the late Ottoman Empire as viewed from the imperial capital in Istanbul. This analytical narrative of the young Turk period (1908-1918), discusses both Arab concerns and the policies of the Ottoman government toward the Arabs. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJF1; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520204461
ISBN
9780520204461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.39

Hardback. Focused on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region this book looks at wide-ranging and diverse topics of interest, from dictatorships, civil wars, terrorism and water shortages, to more economic problems arising from volatile oil prices, barriers to trade and foreign investment, dominance of public enterprises, and low skill work forces. Editor(s): Nugent, Jeffrey B.; Pesaran, Hashem. Series: Contributions to Economic Analysis. Num Pages: 428 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 238 x 29. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780444522405
ISBN
9780444522405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.87

Paperback. This authoritative account of the Taliban's remarkable rebirth in Pakistan and Afghanistan traces the roots of the region's Islamic extremism and examines the role of America's political policies and strategic military decisions in enabling the troubling resurgence of the dangerously repressive fundamentalists. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300216165
ISBN
9780300216165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.19

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