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Hardcover. The Meiji Restoration of 1868 is one of the most astonishing political events of the modern era, yet it doesn't fit easily with Western precedents of mass mobilization and social transformation. This book challenges some of the preconceptions that have hindered the Restoration being understood on its own terms. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230593862
- ISBN
- 9780230593862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426205330
- ISBN
- 9781426205330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.37
€ 43.99
€ 43.37
Paperback. Aizawa Kikutaro was born into the wealthiest family in Hashimoto, an agricultural village specializing in wheat and silk. Taking the biography of this villager as its focus and incorporating details of life drawn from Aizawa's diary, this book chronicles the transformation of Hashimoto against the background of Japan's rapid industrialization. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258594
- ISBN
- 9780520258594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. An incisive narrative history of the Islamic State, from the 2005 master plan to reestablish the Caliphate to its quest for Final Victory in 2020 Num Pages: 376 pages, 17 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JM; JPFR; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300221497
- ISBN
- 9780300221497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.64
€ 43.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FC; HRLK; JM; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 6. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Hampton Roads Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Re-issue
- SKU
- V9781571743299
- ISBN
- 9781571743299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.39
€ 24.99
€ 21.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 1KBB; HRCC7; HRLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403965868
- ISBN
- 9781403965868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Paperback. Explores the ebb and flow of religious fervour in Iran for over two centuries. Num Pages: 248 pages, 40 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; GTB; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984551
- ISBN
- 9780295984551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries. This book provides an account of his time spent among them. It pays tribute to the hospitality, loyalty, courage and endurance of the people. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141442082
- ISBN
- 9780141442082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardcover. Demonstrates how social policy reform in China has been driven by economic transformation, as structural change produced knock on effects in people's lives. Marketization in social policy creates needs and raises issues that challenge accepted notions of public and private responsibilities. Editor(s): Wong, Linda; Flynn, Norman. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; JHBA; JKS; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333917794
- ISBN
- 9780333917794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Paperback. Delves deep into the intractable but under-reported struggle between the Indian state and Maoist groups who control swathes of the Indian countryside. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPFC; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745332826
- ISBN
- 9780745332826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.81
€ 40.99
€ 31.81
Paperback. The medieval Rajput queen Padmini - believed to have been pursued by Alauddin Khalji, the Sultan of Delhi - has been the focus of numerous South Asian narratives. This book investigates these legends and traces their subsequent appropriation by colonial administrators and nationalist intellectuals, for varying different political ends. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987606
- ISBN
- 9780295987606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.97
€ 37.97
Hardback. During the past decade, globalization and democratization have been the major forces that helped transform the structures, functions, and processes of Asian public sectors. These issues were explored at a conference July 7-9, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. This book presents some of the works contributed by participating scholars at the conference. Editor(s): Wescott, Clay; Bowornwathana, Bidhya; Jones, L.R. Series: Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JPP; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 231 x 35. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849506397
- ISBN
- 9781849506397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.24
€ 141.24
Hardcover. Series: Breaking Feminist Waves. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104327
- ISBN
- 9780230104327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. * A history from the origins of the Manchus to the murder of the former last Manchu emperor by the guards of the people who ruled China from 1685 to 1912 * Explains how the Manchus achieved their empire and what the consequences were for themselves and their subjects. Series: Peoples of Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 maps, 30halftones, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631235910
- ISBN
- 9780631235910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.89
€ 57.89
Paperback. In 1644, the Manchus, a relatively unknown people inhabiting China's northeastern frontier, overthrew the Ming, Asia's mightiest rulers, and established the Qing dynasty, This book supplies a radically new perspective on the formative period of the modern Chinese nation. Num Pages: 608 pages, 22 half-tones 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 33. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804746847
- ISBN
- 9780804746847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.07
€ 41.07
Hardback. This text analyzes the management of human resources covering the period from 1949 to the present, particularly focusing on the period of economic reforms in the 1980s and early 1990s. The study examines these developments in the north-eastern cities, China's industrial heartland. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JHBL; KCF; KCL; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333605240
- ISBN
- 9780333605240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.72
€ 127.72
Paperback. An unlikely tale of Buddhism, politics, and the creation of modern Thailand Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 211 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786162150432
- ISBN
- 9786162150432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.74
€ 41.74
Hardcover. 8vo. A good copy in original dustwrapper slightly worn at edges.History of India in the twentieth century.The Commomwealth.Indian Literature
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Lutterworth
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1944
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KEX0269844
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 40.00
€ 40.00
Paperback. Over 40 vivid, eyewitness accounts of the defining conflict of the second half of the twentieth century Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 39. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472116062
- ISBN
- 9781472116062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
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€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51