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Hardback. The book is a collection of essays on translating various types of text (literary, religious, political, etc.) into and from Chinese. The focus is on how such translations have been produced and propagated from ancient to modern times, and their sociocultural impact on the evolution of Chinese history and Chinese translatology. Editor(s): Luo, Xuanmin; He, Yuanjian. Series: Topics in Translation. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847691873
ISBN
9781847691873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.26

Hardback. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9789380601045
ISBN
9789380601045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.69

Hardback. Series: Anthem-Iseas India-China Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9789380601175
ISBN
9789380601175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCN; KJJ; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
City University of Hong Kong Press Hong Kong
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629372576
ISBN
9789629372576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.38

Paperback. Introduces readers to the worshippers and the cult of Tran Hung Dao, the legendary fourteenth-century hero and saviour of Vietnam who has evolved as a key symbol of the nation as well as an efficacious deity in its spiritual pantheon. Series: Mekong Press. Num Pages: maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Condition
New
SKU
V9789743031571
ISBN
9789743031571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.90

Paperback. Translator(s): Wyatt, David K.; Wichienkeeo, Aroonrut. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 21. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Firecracker Interactive Thailand
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747100624
ISBN
9789747100624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JKV; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747100754
ISBN
9789747100754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.40

Paperback. Explores how urban Southeast Asians view and manage their social life. By comparing the ways they live with their religious representations, with intimate and more distant others, and with their rapidly changing environment, the author demonstrates the marked similarities in the perception of individual and society in three civilisations. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747551235
ISBN
9789747551235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.02

Paperback. This account of Kosa Pan's journal describes in great detail the arrival in Brest in 1686 of the first full Siamese embassy to reach France. This fragment is apparently all that survives of a massive report of the activities of the embassy written for King Narai. Editor(s): Cruysse, Dirk van der; Smithies, Michael. Translator(s): Busayakul, Visudh. Num Pages: 88 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; BJ; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 137.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747551587
ISBN
9789747551587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.98

Paperback. Presents analysis of Thai national identity. This title includes a chapter reflecting on the way older concepts of Thai identity were transformed by the economic boom and subsequent financial crisis in 1997. Editor(s): Reynolds, Craig J. Num Pages: 368 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747551884
ISBN
9789747551884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.36

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

€ 37.21

Paperback. An account of old Siam written by the Dutch merchant Jeremias Van Vliet. It features his writings in English translation including, a chronicle of Siam's history and a description of the kingdom's geography, economy, society, politics, and religion. It includes details on Van Vliet's life, the Dutch community, and, the city of Ayutthaya. Editor(s): Pombejra, Dhiravat Na; Kraan, Alfons van der; Wyatt, D. K. Num Pages: 356 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9789749575819
ISBN
9789749575819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.65

Paperback. Combining intellectual history and economic history, this book argues that the emergence of a market economy in the early Bangkok era (1782-1855) was the driving force behind a major change in mentality and worldview seen in poetry, early prose works, biographies of the Buddha, scripts for chanting the Jataka tales, language primers, and more. Num Pages: 408 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1FMT; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 30. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9789749575925
ISBN
9789749575925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.59

paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; BM; BTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Monsoon Books Singapore
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9789810562342
ISBN
9789810562342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Monsoon Books Singapore
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9789810587130
ISBN
9789810587130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.70

paperback. Chuang Tzu (369?-286? BC) was a leading Taoist philosopher. Using parable and anecdote, allegory and paradox, he set forth in this book the early ideas of what was to become the Taoist school. This collection includes the seven "inner chapters," three of the "outer chapters," and one of the "miscellaneous chapters." Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780231105958
ISBN
9780231105958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.63

hardcover. Tells the story of Wuhan's defense and fall, and how the siege's aftermath led to new directions in the history of modern Chinese culture, society, and politics. Num Pages: 204 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520254459
ISBN
9780520254459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.99
€ 61.58

hardcover. Presents a narrative on the origins of the Lebanese national idea. This title reconsiders conventional accounts that locate the origins of Lebanese nationalism in a distant legendary past and then trace its evolution in a linear and gradual manner. It is suitable for those interested in the evolution of nationalism in the Middle East and beyond. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJF1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520273412
ISBN
9780520273412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.99
€ 60.41

paperback. Examines how the concept of "Korean woman" underwent a radical transformation in Korea's public discourse during the years of Japanese colonialism. This book shows that as women moved out of traditional spheres to occupy positions outside the home, they encountered the pervasive control of colonial state, which sought to impose modernity on them. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520283817
ISBN
9780520283817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 28.09

paperback. Drawing upon a vast array of sources, this volume develops new strategies for reading, contextualizing, and interpreting the long Chinese tradition of women's biography. Editor(s): Judge, Joan; Hu, Ying. Series: New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society. Num Pages: 446 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520289734
ISBN
9780520289734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.72

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