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Hardcover. This collection of essays examines German-language cultural production pertaining to modern China and Japan, and explicitly challenges orientalist notions by proposing a conception of East and West not as opposites, but as complementary elements of global culture, thereby urging a move beyond national paradigms in cultural studies. Editor(s): Shen, Qinna; Rosenstock, Martin. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 316 pages, 32 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1F; 3JJ; 3JM; HBG; HBLW; JFC; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782383604
ISBN
9781782383604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.95

Hardback. This analysis of the USA's foreign policies towards Israel questions whether Israel is of strategic value to the USA or is instead a liability. The study covers such issues as the Israeli-Arab conflict, the Suez Crisis, the invasion of Lebanon, and the influence of pro-Israeli lobbies. Translator(s): Cohen, James Alan. Series: Institute for Palestine Studies Series. Num Pages: 324 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231084925
ISBN
9780231084925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.23
€ 64.47

Hardcover. Collisions between China and the rest of the world are among the most vexing challenges of history. This saga of mayhem and confusion, blunders and mistakes that brought the belligerents no credit, paints a coherent picture of China's rise from isolation to its emerging superpower position. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp colour /b & w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 43. Weight in Grams: 794.
Publisher
Andre Deutsch Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780233002316
ISBN
9780233002316
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.33

Paperback. 'Beware of Small States' wrote Mikhail Bukanin in 1870. He could have meant Lebanon: a sectarian state no bigger than Wales that has become battleground for one of the defining conflicts of twentieth-century history. This title gives a history of the country and its conflicts, culminating with the war in Gaza and its fallout in Lebanon. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571237425
ISBN
9780571237425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520243453
ISBN
9780520243453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. On the morning of January 31, 2009, Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist working in Iran, was forced from her home by four men and secretly detained in Iran's notorious Evin Prison. This account describes the methods that Iranian hard-liners are using to try to intimidate and control many of the country's people. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BGA; JKVP1; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061965296
ISBN
9780061965296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.23

Hardback. Series: Cultural Studies of Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 211 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, 1 colour t. BIC Classification: 1FMNT; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319244228
ISBN
9783319244228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardback. Editor(s): Gurbey, Gulistan; Hofmann, Sabine; Ibrahim Seyder, Ferhad. Num Pages: 225 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1FBQ; GTJ; JPB; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349950652
ISBN
9781349950652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.18

Hardcover. Focusing on the marginal region of Toyama, this book explores the interplay of central and regional authorities, local and national perceptions of rights, and the emerging political practices in Toyama and Tokyo that became part of the new political culture in Japan following the Meiji Restoration. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 376 pages, 36 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002425
ISBN
9780674002425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.53

Paperback. Walzer explores how, within a decade, Israel has evolved from a society that marginalized homosexuals to one that offers some of the most extensive legal protections in the world. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSK1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231113953
ISBN
9780231113953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. A pioneering study of the Chinese cinemas in Shanghai and Hong Kong and the complex connections between them during the period of war, occupation, and civil war. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; APF; GTB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804745185
ISBN
9780804745185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. Following A Month by the Sea, her acclaimed exploration of life in Gaza, Dervla Murphy describes with passionate honesty the experience of living with and among Jewish Israelis and Palestinians in both Israel and Palestine Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 30. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781780600703
ISBN
9781780600703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 16.13

Paperback. Editor(s): Van Anrooij, Francien. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1979
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400988484
ISBN
9789400988484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Hardback. Editor(s): Hutter, Manfred. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
V&R unipress GmbH Germany
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9783847101581
ISBN
9783847101581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.71
€ 57.46

Hardback. The English East India Company was one of the most powerful and enduring organizations in history. This book locates the source of that success in the innovative policy by which the Company's Court of Directors granted employees the right to pursue their own commercial interests while in the firm's employ. Series: Princeton Analytical Sociology Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 line illus. 8 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159065
ISBN
9780691159065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Paperback. Series: Princeton Analytical Sociology Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173795
ISBN
9780691173795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Attempts to identify the reasons for the comparative effectiveness of Japanese industrial policy for high technology by answering the questions: What is the attitude of Japanese leaders toward state intervention in the marketplace? What is the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) doing to promote the development of high technology? Series: Studies in International Policy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 401.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804718127
ISBN
9780804718127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Middle Easterners struggle to find solutions to crises of economic stagnation, political gridlock, and cultural identity. The author presents an analysis of Islam's place in Middle East and integrates the medieval and modern history of the region to show how the sacred and secular are tightly interwoven in its political and intellectual life. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR2; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition,Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246911
ISBN
9780520246911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.23

Paperback. This book examines how a community of urban Chinese Muslims-residents of the old Muslim district in the ancient Chinese capital of Xi'an-uses consumption to position its members more favorably within the Chinese government's official paradigm for development. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746854
ISBN
9780804746854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.94

Hardcover. During the Cold War, Chinese Americans struggled to gain political influence in the United States. This book looks at the divergent ways that Chinese Americans in these two cities balanced domestic and international pressures during the tense Cold War era. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226193564
ISBN
9780226193564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.43

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