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Hardback. A comparison of Singapore and Taiwan presents an interesting case for those wishing to understand how small states struggle to overcome their strategic disadvantage. This book assesses their progress, from humble beginnings to their distinct development in the post-Cold War era, and includes both military and non-military factors. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 1FPCW; JPB; JPS; JWA; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497154
- ISBN
- 9781137497154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.14
€ 150.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, 42 black and white photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 3JJH; HBW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 39. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Monsoon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814423885
- ISBN
- 9789814423885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.58
€ 17.99
€ 15.58
Hardcover. First edition published in Japan in 2009 by Kodansha International. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 200 x 14. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Kodansha America, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568364353
- ISBN
- 9781568364353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.26
€ 27.99
€ 24.26
Hardcover. China's infamous death penalty record is the product of firm Party-state control and policy-setting. Though during the 1980s and 1990s, the Party's emphasis was on "kill many," in the 2000s the direction of policy began to move toward "kill fewer." This book details the policies, institutions, and story behind the reform of the death penalty. Series: Palgrave Series in Asian Governance. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613546
- ISBN
- 9780230613546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.20
€ 128.20
Hardback. Editor(s): Liang, Bin; Lu, Hong. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKVP; LNFX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231170062
- ISBN
- 9780231170062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.77€ 90.75
€ 117.77
€ 90.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Liang, Bin; Lu, Hong. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKVP; LNFX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231170079
- ISBN
- 9780231170079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Mixing thrilling anecdotes from street-level reporting that give readers a sense of what is at stake with a bird's-eye view of the geopolitics of the region and the globe, the author guides us through the dramatic changes in players, politics, and economics in the Middle East over the years. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520293267
- ISBN
- 9780520293267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.64
€ 26.99
€ 20.64
Hardback. The book investigates the rise, fall and possible re-emergence of a powerful Shia militia. The author draws on personal experience of occupied Baghdad, having been embedded with US troops in the city, to offer new evidence on an important chapter in modern Iraqi history. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044349
- ISBN
- 9781849044349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.08
€ 46.99
€ 42.08
Paperback. Considers the structure and dynamics of ethnic violence - the deadly ethnic riot - an intense, sudden, lethal attack by civilian members of one ethnic group against another ethnic group. This title examines approximately 150 such riots in about fifty countries, mainly in Asia, Africa, and the former Soviet Union, as well as fifty control cases. Num Pages: 605 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1F; 1H; JFFE; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 868. 605 pages, 2 tables. Considers the structure and dynamics of ethnic violence - the deadly ethnic riot - an intense, sudden, lethal attack by civilian members of one ethnic group against another ethnic group. This title examines approximately 150 such riots in about fifty countries, mainly in Asia, Africa, and the former Soviet Union, as well as fifty control cases. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1F; 1H; JFFE; JFFJ; JFSL. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 37. Weight: 842.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 605
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236424
- ISBN
- 9780520236424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 41 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; RNK; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 563.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019363
- ISBN
- 9780253019363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.24
€ 86.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 41 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; RNK; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019523
- ISBN
- 9780253019523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
paperback. Pilipino Cultural Nights at American campuses have been a rite of passage for youth culture and a source of local community pride since the 1980s. This title uses interviews and participant observer techniques to consider the relationship between the invention of performance repertoire and the development of diasporic identification. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; AS; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592137299
- ISBN
- 9781592137299
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.05
€ 34.99
€ 32.05
Hardback. This narrative provides an account of Warren Hastings, the first British governor-general of India. The book looks at his rise from clerk in the East India Company to its highest office in India, his expeditions and achievements, and also at his charge of "high crimes and misdemeanors". Num Pages: 335 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; BGH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566632812
- ISBN
- 9781566632812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.92
€ 40.92
Hardback. A critical rethinking of theories of national imagination, this book offers the reading to date in English of one of modern Japan's poets and novelists, Shimazaki Toson (1872-1943). It also reveals how Toson's works influenced the production of a fluid, shifting form of national imagination that has characterized twentieth-century Japan. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBH; DSC; DSK; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129800
- ISBN
- 9780231129800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.34
€ 104.34
Hardback. Leading Middle East analysts consider the causes and consequences of the Arab Spring. Editor(s): Haddad, Bassam; Bsheer, Rosie; Abu-Rish, Ziad. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745333250
- ISBN
- 9780745333250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.11€ 84.39
€ 100.11
€ 84.39
Paperback. Leading Middle East analysts consider the causes and consequences of the Arab Spring. Editor(s): Haddad, Bassam; Bsheer, Rosie; Abu-Rish, Ziad. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745333243
- ISBN
- 9780745333243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.66
€ 35.99
€ 24.66
Paperback. Discusses the influence of Indian music and culture in the West. This book tells how words such as karma, yoga, raga, nirvana, all once unknown, have entered the language. It aims to demystify musical structures, foreign instruments, terminology and the Eastern musical framework. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FKA; 3JJP; AVGE; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826428196
- ISBN
- 9780826428196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.41
€ 51.41
Paperback. Series: Asia East by South. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801481727
- ISBN
- 9780801481727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.96
€ 45.99
€ 40.96
Paperback. Translation previously published in: The Huainanzi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. Translator(s): Meyer, Andrew Seth. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248. Liu An's Art of War. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 176 pages. Translation previously published in: The Huainanzi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA; JWL. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 12. Weight: 248. Translator(s): Meyer, Andrew Seth.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153331
- ISBN
- 9780231153331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.73
€ 26.99
€ 20.73
Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8fig. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674017740
- ISBN
- 9780674017740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.50
€ 54.99
€ 46.50