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Hardcover. The Chinese Communist welfare state was established with the goal of eradicating income inequality. Paradoxically, it widened that gap, undermining a primary objective of Mao Zedong's revolution. Nara Dillon traces the origins of the Chinese welfare state from the 1940s to the 1960s to uncover the reasons why the state failed to achieve this goal. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504318
ISBN
9780674504318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.30

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 78 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCS; 1FP; 3J; HBJF; HBTP1; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 261 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1328.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160704
ISBN
9780231160704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.72
€ 130.20

Hardback. "8vo. The purpose of the present work is to bring together all the facts about the most interesting aspects of Mauhammadan rule in India. (Blurb). 259p. Strong, clean, tight copy in chipped dw. First edition".
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delli
Publication date
1973
SKU
KON0758771
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 16.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Naser, Humood Abdulla. Num Pages: 66 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
66
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624176197
ISBN
9781624176197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.80
€ 58.39

Hardcover. "Bibliography: p. 409-427. xi, 441 p. tables. 23 cm. Dust wrapper. A good copy. Pages slightly browned at the edges." Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
ASIA PUBLISHING HOUSE
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1961
SKU
KEX0150674
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. A behind-the-scenes look at the Indian film industry. Num Pages: 120 pages. Dimension: 278 x 284 x 12. Weight in Grams: 838.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714844565
ISBN
9780714844565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.39

Hardcover. Num Pages: 922 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BGH; HBJF1; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 239 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1316.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
IBEX Publishers
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588140982
ISBN
9781588140982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.25
€ 61.32

Paperback. Claims that there is a cultural logic to Palestinian suicide bombings, and that these acts can neither be understood nor effectively countered without taking this into account. This title illuminates the Palestinians' perspective on the conflict with Israel and provides a model for ethnographers seeking to make sense of political violence. Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JHMC; JPFN; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344391
ISBN
9780822344391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

Hardcover. Natasha Heller offers a cultural history of Buddhism through a case study of the Chan master Zhongfeng Mingben. Monks of his stature developed a broad set of cultural competencies for navigating social and intellectual relationships. Heller shows the importance of situating monks as actors within wider sociocultural fields of practice and exchange. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRAX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 802.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417113
ISBN
9780674417113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.26

Hardcover. Editor(s): Cohen, Nathan E. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 182 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616683535
ISBN
9781616683535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 204.65
€ 140.01

Paperback. Introduces Korean drumming and dance to the English-speaking world. This title offers detailed descriptions of its instrumentation, dance formations, costuming, actors, teaching lineages, and the complexities of training. It is suitable for those interested in ethnomusicology, world music, anthropology, sociology, and Asian studies. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 colour plates, 34 halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 maps, 13 figures, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; AVGW; AVRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226330952
ISBN
9780226330952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. In 1978, four musicians crowded into a cramped basement theater in downtown Seoul, where they, for the first time, brought the rural percussive art of p'ungmul to a burgeoning urban audience. This title traces this reinvention through the rise of the Korean supergroup. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 halftones, 11 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; AVGH; AVRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Pap/Com
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226330976
ISBN
9780226330976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Hardback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107036628
ISBN
9781107036628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.42

Paperback. The most eloquent and personal story of a young man at war since Geoffrey Wellum's FIRST LIGHT Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 196 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753821879
ISBN
9780753821879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Hardback. Editor(s): Torres, Nathaniel M. Num Pages: 147 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 232 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
147
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624171321
ISBN
9781624171321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.92
€ 137.30

Paperback. Offers a unique view into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits ("untouchables") in the South Indian city of Chennai. Focusing on the decision by many women to embrace locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity, the author challenges dominant anthropological understandings of religion as a matter of culture and identity. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14 b/w halftones, 1 line art. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRC; JFSC; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288829
ISBN
9780520288829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 500. BIC Classification: 1FB; YNR. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 305 x 237 x 12. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
National Geographic Kids
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
National Geographic Kids
Condition
New
SKU
V9781426312588
ISBN
9781426312588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Sheet map, folded. Num Pages: 1 pages, , maps. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 1FKN; WTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 233 x 5. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
National Geographic Maps United States
Number of pages
1
Publication date
2012
Edition
2004th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566955195
ISBN
9781566955195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. In the Tokyo suburbs four women work the draining graveyard shift at a boxed-lunch factory. Burdened with chores and heavy debts and isolated from husbands and children, they all secretly dream of a way out of their dead-end lives. Translator(s): Snyder, Stephen. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 368.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099472285
ISBN
9780099472285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.82

Hardback. This book emphasis the role of farm level adaptation as a key in developmental pathways that are challenged by climate risks in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa. Editor(s): Singh, Naveen. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; RNF; RNPG; TV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780644639
ISBN
9781780644639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.01

Paperback. Discusses how the writers or editors of Arab women's autobiographies have written, documented, presented, and organized their texts. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 2CSR; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780292705456
ISBN
9780292705456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Paperback. In this ethnography of sexual violence during the 1971 Bangladesh War for Independence, Nayanika Mookherjee shows how the public celebration of the hundreds of thousands of rape victims-called "birangonas" by the state-works to homogenize and silence the experiences of these women. Num Pages: 352 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822359685
ISBN
9780822359685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. In this ethnography of sexual violence during the 1971 Bangladesh War for Independence, Nayanika Mookherjee shows how the public celebration of the hundreds of thousands of rape victims-called "birangonas" by the state-works to homogenize and silence the experiences of these women. Num Pages: 352 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359494
ISBN
9780822359494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.81

Hardback. The Ottoman Empire had become known as the 'sick man of Europe' following its gradual decline since the 18th century, and its demise would be highly problematic for the crowned heads of Europe. This book focuses on the intellectual and political dynamics of the first Ottoman political opposition in the modern sense, the so-called 'Young Ottomans'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JH; HBJF1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848853331
ISBN
9781848853331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.79
€ 137.06

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