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Hardback. Offers historical, cultural, and political account in English of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship. This book shows how this martial art evolved through a recurring process of "inventing tradition," which served the changing ideologies and needs of Japanese warriors and governments over the course of history. Num Pages: 328 pages, 19 b/w, 6 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; WSTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284371
- ISBN
- 9780520284371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Hardback. This book reveals how ethnicity and notions of a traditional homeland interact in shaping a community's values and images through a close look at the Kazakhs of Mongolia. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804761918
- ISBN
- 9780804761918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.25
€ 92.25
Hardcover. Previous owner has named it, creases to head of d/w
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Knopf New York
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1961
- Edition
- FIRST EDITIION
- SKU
- KLN0004928
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Russia, the U.S., and China all see Central Asia as strategically important and have devoted extensive financial and human resources there. In Great Games, Local Rules, Alexander Cooley, one of America's leading younger international relations scholars, explores the dynamics of the new competition for influence over the region since 9/11. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199331437
- ISBN
- 9780199331437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.26
€ 56.26
Paperback. Examines the impact of globalized culture and tradition, on the Koryak people living in post-Soviet Siberia. Num Pages: 348 pages, 23 illustrations, 2 maps, 1 glossary. BIC Classification: 1FCS; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803235090
- ISBN
- 9780803235090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
Hardback. The state of Goa on India's southwest coast was once the capital of the Portuguese-Catholic empire in Asia. When Vasco Da Gama arrived in India in 1498, he mistook Hindus for Christians, but Jesuit missionaries soon declared war on the alleged idolatry of the Hindus. This study traces the history of Hindu-Catholic syncretism in Goa. Num Pages: 230 pages, 9 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAF; HRCC7; HRG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 14. Weight in Grams: 527.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012876
- ISBN
- 9780253012876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.29
€ 92.29
Paperback. The state of Goa on India's southwest coast was once the capital of the Portuguese-Catholic empire in Asia. When Vasco Da Gama arrived in India in 1498, he mistook Hindus for Christians, but Jesuit missionaries soon declared war on the alleged idolatry of the Hindus. This study traces the history of Hindu-Catholic syncretism in Goa. Num Pages: 230 pages, 9 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAF; HRCC7; HRG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012944
- ISBN
- 9780253012944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Alexander Laban Hinton offers a detailed analysis of a former Khmer Rouge security center commandant who was convicted for overseeing the interrogation, torture, and execution of nearly 20,000 Cambodians. Interested in how someone becomes an executioner, Hinton provides numerous ways to consider justice, genocide, memory, truth, and humanity. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJ; HBJF; JHMC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362739
- ISBN
- 9780822362739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Hardback. Alexander Laban Hinton offers a detailed analysis of a former Khmer Rouge security center commandant who was convicted for overseeing the interrogation, torture, and execution of nearly 20,000 Cambodians. Interested in how someone becomes an executioner, Hinton provides numerous ways to consider justice, genocide, memory, truth, and humanity. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJ; HBJF; JHMC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362586
- ISBN
- 9780822362586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; JPSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801476372
- ISBN
- 9780801476372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.99
€ 40.99
€ 39.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190623678
- ISBN
- 9780190623678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.92
€ 27.99
€ 20.92
Hardback. This volume investigates the agendas and initiatives for using education to transition Gulf communities from being dependent on natural resources into knowledge societies. This volume presents information, case studies and empirical research about the development of information-based economies across the Arabian Gulf as a whole. Editor(s): Wiseman, Alexander W.; Alromi, Naif H.; Alshumrani, Saleh A. Series Editor(s): Wiseman, Alexander W. Series: International Perspectives on Education and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JNF; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783508334
- ISBN
- 9781783508334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.89
€ 152.89
Hardback. Examines the transformation of education policy in China, with an emphasis on transformations in the post-1978 period. This title also emphasises on policy change and its subsequent impact on different aspects of education at various levels of educational institutions, particularly in areas of educational financing and curriculum reform. Editor(s): Wiseman, Alexander W.; Huang, Tiedan. Series Editor(s): Wiseman, Alexander W. Series: International Perspectives on Education and Society. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JNF; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 39. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780521862
- ISBN
- 9781780521862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.08
€ 141.08
Paperback. "At head of title: A Penguin special. "First published in 1944." Commissioning organisation: by Horace Alexander. 93 p. incl. front. (port.). 18 cm. Paperback. Good copy with very minor wear to spine bands and corners." Keywords: "World War, 1939-1945"
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1944
- Edition
- S143
- SKU
- KEX0058708
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Souvenir Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780285637924
- ISBN
- 9780285637924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.04
€ 17.99
€ 13.04
Paperback. In order to penetrate Tibet and reach Lhasa, Madame Alexandra David-Neel used her fluency of Tibetan dialects and culture, and inked skin and tackled some of the roughest terrain and climate in the World. This title presntes her intensive study and daring adventure in mysterious territories of the East. Num Pages: 376 pages, 8-Page Black and White Photo Insert, 1 Map, Halftones throughout. BIC Classification: 1F; HR; JFSJ1; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060596552
- ISBN
- 9780060596552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58
Hardback. Series: History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPN; HBJF; HBLW3; JPWF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474291118
- ISBN
- 9781474291118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.99€ 114.88
€ 128.99
€ 114.88
Hardcover. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: 1F; JPA; JPS; KCJ; KCLT1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 189 x 20. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613242391
- ISBN
- 9781613242391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 296.66€ 199.87
€ 296.66
€ 199.87
Paperback. Presents in visual detail an introduction to almost 2000 years of Chinese history - from the founding of the Chinese Empire in 221 BCE to the Ming dynasty, the last dynasty to rule before the country opened to the outside world in the middle of the seventeenth century. This book is suitable for travelers, students, and general readers. Series: Dictionaries of Civilization. Num Pages: 384 pages, 250 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 30. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259072
- ISBN
- 9780520259072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.54
€ 41.99
€ 29.54
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Vaufrey, Dephine. Num Pages: 240 pages, 248 photos & 38 drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AJC; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 251 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1154.
- Publisher
- Editions Reuss
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783943105339
- ISBN
- 9783943105339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.76€ 38.14
€ 52.76
€ 38.14
Hardback. Editor(s): Stafford, Alexandria. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634635936
- ISBN
- 9781634635936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.30€ 130.67
€ 192.30
€ 130.67
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313391378
- ISBN
- 9780313391378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.73
€ 51.73
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841767086
- ISBN
- 9781841767086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.19
€ 17.99
€ 17.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 1KBB; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141772
- ISBN
- 9780231141772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.15
€ 36.99
€ 27.15