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Paperback. China is poised to take a key role on the world stage, but in the early twentieth century the situation could not have been more different. This book goes back to this pivotal moment in Chinese history to uncover the origins of the painful transition from a premodern past into a modern world. Series: Making of the Modern World. Num Pages: 384 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192806055
- ISBN
- 9780192806055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
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
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Hardback. Uses examination records from the Yuan, Ming, and Ch'ing dynasties, 1315-1904, to explore the social, political, and cultural dimensions of the civil examination system, one of the most important institutions in Chinese history. This book considers the intersections between elite social life, popular culture, and religion. Num Pages: 889 pages, 1 color illustration, 31 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 82 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 889
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520215092
- ISBN
- 9780520215092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.85€ 76.16
€ 99.85
€ 76.16
Hardback. In this clear-eyed and incisive book, one of the world's leading authorities on China's relationship with Africa exposes the myths and realities of the so-called "Chinese land grab". Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; JPS; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199396856
- ISBN
- 9780199396856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.46
€ 33.99
€ 28.46
Paperback. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700624621
- ISBN
- 9780700624621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.70
€ 39.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, over 700 colour photos covering 688 species, a distribution map for each of the 688 speci. BIC Classification: 1FMP; AJC; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804844512
- ISBN
- 9780804844512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.70
€ 26.99
€ 18.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKN; HREX; JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226355870
- ISBN
- 9780226355870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.80
€ 34.99
€ 27.80
Hardback. There has been growing concern about "failed states", and since the massacre of the Royal family in Nepal in 2001, increasing media attention has focused on the decline of the state and the rise of the Maoist rebels. This book explores the complex relationship between a modernizing, developmentalist state and the people it professes to represent. Editor(s): Gellner, David. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1FKN; JPHC; JPWJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452162
- ISBN
- 9781845452162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.22
€ 167.22
Paperback. Takes a look at the development of a Chinese design culture within the context of China's history of industrialisation, consumer revolution and rapid urbanisation. This book explores how China's design culture began, what its driving forces are, and how it is developing. Editor(s): Hongxing, Zhang; Parker, Lauren. Num Pages: 192 pages, 180 colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 213 x 17. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Publisher
- V&A Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851775316
- ISBN
- 9781851775316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.71
€ 33.99
€ 23.71
Hardback. After a meteoric rise, China's growth has come to a screeching halt. Salvatore Babones provides an up-to-date assessment of how China's economic problems are undermining its challenge to the Western-dominated world order. He tells how liberal individualism has become the leitmotif of American Tianxia. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447336808
- ISBN
- 9781447336808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.04
€ 30.99
€ 29.04
Paperback. Exploring the impact of travel on Arab cinema, Kay Dickinson reveals how the cinemas of Syria, Palestine and Dubai have been shaped by the history and politics of international circulation. This compelling book offers fresh insights into film, mobility and the Middle East. Series: Cultural Histories of Cinema. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; APF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844577842
- ISBN
- 9781844577842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.01
€ 38.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748681846
- ISBN
- 9780748681846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.04
€ 37.99
€ 32.04
Paperback. 40 eyewitness accounts from the first attempts on the summit in the 1920s to the disasters of 2014 Num Pages: 512 pages, no plate section/illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472120182
- ISBN
- 9781472120182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBJK; HBWS5; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 249 x 31. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Publisher
- Woodrow Wilson Center Press / Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231704441
- ISBN
- 9780231704441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.43€ 46.44
€ 59.43
€ 46.44
Paperback. A new edition of Mottahedeh's gripping account of Islam and Politics in revolutionary Iran. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW; HRAM2; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851686162
- ISBN
- 9781851686162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.89
€ 26.99
€ 26.89
Hardcover. Unique story of "Operation Exporter" - the little-known WW2 battle. Translator(s): Land, William. Num Pages: 544 pages, 8 bw in 8pp plates, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JJH; HBJF1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Sew
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784534493
- ISBN
- 9781784534493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.43€ 54.65
€ 59.43
€ 54.65
Paperback. Trojanow travelled along the Ganges, from the source, where it breaks free from the eternal ice in the Himalayas, to the great cities, by boat, by bus, on overcrowded trains. His report describes a country between ancient traditions and astonishing modernity and the holy river that crosses it for hundreds of miles. Num Pages: 266 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 122 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906598273
- ISBN
- 9781906598273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
paperback. Num Pages: 680 pages, 29 color illus. 48 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HRAX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 38. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165851
- ISBN
- 9780691165851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.65
€ 25.99
€ 19.65
Paperback. In 1971, the young French scholar Francois Bizot was captured by the Khmer Rouge. Accused of being an agent of American imperialism, he was chained and imprisoned. Four years later, the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh. Francois Bizot became the official intermediary between the ruthless conqueror and the refugees behind the French embassy gate. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJPL; BG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTV; HBTZ; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099449195
- ISBN
- 9780099449195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. Presents an analysis of Pakistan that features five players: the people, the army, the Islamists, the politicians and the Americans. This book explains how a series of alliances borne of political and strategic expediency between the US and the military have continually undermined the state to the extent that its very existence is in jeopardy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; 1KBB; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849040105
- ISBN
- 9781849040105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.89
€ 33.99
€ 30.89