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Paperback. Offering a snapshot of Japanese society, this title examines etiquette guides, advice literature, and other such instruction for behavior from the early modern period to the present day and discovers how manners do in fact make the nation. Editor(s): Bardsley, Jan; Miller, Laura. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418. Gender, Power, and Etiquette in Japan. 304 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Bardsley, Jan; Miller, Laura. Offering a snapshot of Japanese society, this title examines etiquette guides, advice literature, and other such instruction for behavior from the early modern period to the present day and discovers how manners do in fact make the nation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JHBT. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight: 418.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267848
- ISBN
- 9780520267848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
hardcover. This student-friendly text details the fascinating history of how Asia has evolved from being little more than a geographic expression to becoming a vibrant, assertive region with an increasing impact on global political, economic, and security affairs. Num Pages: 336 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJP; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 23. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804771504
- ISBN
- 9780804771504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.41
€ 140.41
The Challenge of Health Sector Reform: What Must Governments Do?
Mills, Anne; Bennett, Sara; Russell, Steve
hardcover. Examines the feasibility and desirability of health sector reforms in low-income countries, asking whether governments are capable of these roles. The text challenges conventional wisdom, arguing that reform approaches must be sensitive to the institutional characteristics of individual countries. Series: Role of Government in Adjusting Economies. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKS; 1FMT; 1HFDH; 1HFMW; 1QFG; JPQB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- SKU
- V9780333736180
- ISBN
- 9780333736180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardback. Num Pages: 246 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; JFC; JFFN; JFSL; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137565266
- ISBN
- 9781137565266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.43
€ 105.43
Paperback. Editor(s): Schwartz, Milton M. Num Pages: 107 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JP; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 107
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594547669
- ISBN
- 9781594547669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.16€ 49.34
€ 68.16
€ 49.34
Paperback. Forever linked in the public mind with the Pol Pot tyranny, Phnom Penh only became Cambodia's permanent capital in 1866. This book presents the cultural and literary history of Cambodia's capital, exploring its colonial past, the long reign of King Sihanouk and the horror of the Pol Pot regime. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b maps. BIC Classification: 1FMC; HBJF; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904955405
- ISBN
- 9781904955405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.88
€ 19.99
€ 19.88
Paperback. A lively and easy to read guide to Southeast Asia written by one of the world's pre-eminent historians of the area. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white halftones, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 207 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin Australia
- Edition
- Eleventh Edition, 11th edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781743312674
- ISBN
- 9781743312674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.87
€ 30.99
€ 26.87
Paperback. This author draws upon his personal experience in the Middle East and many recent trips as correspondent for "The New Yorker" to take the reader into the aspirations, fears, prejudices, hopes and convictions of the inhabitants of seven key countries and those without a country - the Palestinians. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 452 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1Q; BG; HBG; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815603627
- ISBN
- 9780815603627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.70
€ 24.70
Paperback. IN Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Zubaan Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789384757632
- ISBN
- 9789384757632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.32
€ 25.99
€ 21.32
Paperback. In this extended elegey for her mother, each poem written in couplets and contained within the space of sixteen lines, Mimi Khalvati takes the weather, the seasons and the passage of night and day as the ground on which she draws her emblems of human life and love. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847772589
- ISBN
- 9781847772589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. The postage stamps of Burma, like stamps of other countries the world over, are a colourful visual record of a history. This book features each stamp issued in Burma until 1988, ending with a series of stamps specially created by Min Sun Min, to be issued, he says, "one day, when Burma is free." Num Pages: 84 pages, color illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; WCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5499 x 5499 x 8. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Telephone Organization of Thailand Thailand
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789748102436
- ISBN
- 9789748102436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.29
€ 39.29
Hardcover. The first book-length study in any language of the presence and influence of Mei Lanfang, the internationally known Chinese actor who specialized in female roles on the twentieth-century international stage. Tian investigates Mei Lanfang's presence and influence and the transnational and intercultural appropriations of his art. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 319 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; ANB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112445
- ISBN
- 9780230112445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.69
€ 53.37
€ 47.69
Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSG; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137508997
- ISBN
- 9781137508997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.24
€ 116.24
Paperback. Explores the ways in which dress has been influential in the political agendas and self-representations of politicians in a variety of regimes from democratic to authoritarian. Arguing that dress is part of politics, this book shows how dress has been crucial to the constructions of nationhood and national identities in Asia and the Americas. Editor(s): Roces, Mina; Edwards, Louise. Num Pages: 276 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845193997
- ISBN
- 9781845193997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.03
€ 46.99
€ 42.03
Hardback. Editor(s): O'Hagan, Minako. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTC; GTF; GTJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634854092
- ISBN
- 9781634854092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 239.76€ 181.85
€ 239.76
€ 181.85
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, 310 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AMB; AMC; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 295 x 29. Weight in Grams: 2242.
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783869050065
- ISBN
- 9783869050065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 41.59
€ 51.99
€ 41.59
Paperback. The inside story of the sufferings of Christians in Iraq and Syria from 2003 onwards. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FBS; 3JM; HRAM9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 183 x 27. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Lion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745968674
- ISBN
- 9780745968674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.16
€ 18.99
€ 15.16
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221940
- ISBN
- 9780253221940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Hong Kong has faced many changes,challenges and opportunities since the retrocession from British colonial rule to Chinese sovereignty. This volume presents an assessment of the major developments and unfolding trends in the initial years of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Editor(s): So, Alvin Y. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9789622096073
- ISBN
- 9789622096073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.23
€ 33.99
€ 30.23
Paperback. Examine Gutai, Japan's best-known modern art movement, a circle of postwar artists whose avant-garde paintings, performances, and installations foreshadowed many key developments in American and European experimental art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 colour plates, 69 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226801667
- ISBN
- 9780226801667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.92
€ 52.99
€ 40.92