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Hardcover. Wellington Koo (1887-1985) achieved notoriety at the Paris Peace Conference where he sternly resisted Japanese attempts to hold onto seized German colonial territory in mainland China. Koo was China's first representative to the League of Nations, and ended up as acting president of Republican China during the unrest of the period 1926-7. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 tables, 2 maps, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791699
- ISBN
- 9781905791699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. Everyone has taken and given offence; anyone who claims they haven't is either lying or uniquely tolerant. Yet in recent years, offence has become more than an expression of annoyance - it's now a form of political currency. This book explores how the politics of offence is poisoning public debate. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BM; HBWS2; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921844942
- ISBN
- 9781921844942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.67
€ 24.99
€ 22.67
Hardcover. This edited volume provides new empirical evidence of far-reaching changes to welfare states globally, which have changed the boundaries of the 'public' and 'private' domain within the mixed economies of welfare. Various modes of policy intervention are investigated, providing a nuanced account of reforms in the past decade. Editor(s): Seeleib-Kaiser, Martin. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; JKSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230205789
- ISBN
- 9780230205789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.77
€ 67.77
Hardback. Editor(s): Holliday, Ian; Wilding, Professor Paul. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JKS; KCC; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403900319
- ISBN
- 9781403900319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardback. Estevez-Abe explores the egalitarian capitalism of postwar Japan and the political mechanisms that sustained it. Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 b/w illus. 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521856935
- ISBN
- 9780521856935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.77
€ 61.77
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Pap/DVD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780977834495
- ISBN
- 9780977834495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardback. The Asian tsunami in December 2004 was reported on exhaustively all around the world. But this is the first full-length examination of the disaster. Providing an in-depth ethnography of the tsunami and its effects on a fishing village on the coast of Tamil Nadu, India, the author shows how disaster survivors have dealt with the tsunami.. Series: Studies in Environmental Anthropology & Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 176 pages, 12 ills. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFC; RNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451996
- ISBN
- 9780857451996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.68
€ 161.68
Paperback. In this narrative history from Bonaparte and Muhammad Ali to Ben-Gurion and the Mufti, Mr. Idinopulos describes the extraordinary transformation of modern Palestine. "Elegant, readable..refreshingly unmarred by the partisanship that has so marked much writing about the subject."-New York Times Book Review. Num Pages: 299 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566632690
- ISBN
- 9781566632690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.47
€ 21.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. In this extended elegey for her mother, each poem written in couplets and contained within the space of sixteen lines, Mimi Khalvati takes the weather, the seasons and the passage of night and day as the ground on which she draws her emblems of human life and love. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847772589
- ISBN
- 9781847772589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764341168
- ISBN
- 9780764341168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.19€ 102.32
€ 108.19
€ 102.32
paperback. Weapons of Mass Persuasion chronicles the making of a Hollywood war: fast-paced and heroic, pitting the forces of good against the forces of evil to achieve a triumphant, sanitized, and commodified outcome. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 238 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; HBJF; HBLW; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780802086518
- ISBN
- 9780802086518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 5. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590331460
- ISBN
- 9781590331460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.43
€ 40.99
€ 29.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 400 color and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JWM; TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1172.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764305832
- ISBN
- 9780764305832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.61
€ 48.99
€ 32.61
Paperback. A lively and absorbing narrative of China's ascent from imperial doormat to global economic powerhouse. Num Pages: 496 pages, Integrated photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349139647
- ISBN
- 9780349139647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Hardcover. This book seeks to explain why weak states exist within the international system. Using the cases of Armenia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Lebanon, and Cambodia, the author argues that, if a state is weak and vulnerable, then it can practice an unexpected degree of relative autonomy unfettered by great powers. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; 1FBL; 1FMC; 1KJWVK; JPA; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543882
- ISBN
- 9781137543882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 40
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143331513
- ISBN
- 9780143331513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.37
€ 12.37
Paperback. Testimonials giving voice to scholars and students who have been targeted by the Israel lobby over the content of their teaching and activism Editor(s): Robinson, William I.; Griffin, Maryam S. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 1KBB; JPS; JPVH; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 214 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745399461
- ISBN
- 9780745399461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.70
€ 23.99
€ 16.70
Paperback. This is the true story of 450 US soldiers, early in the Vietnam War, who found themselves surrounded by 2000 North Vietnamese regulars in the Ia Dang Valley, in what became the first major battle of the extended conflict. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BTM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552150262
- ISBN
- 9780552150262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. A Band-of-Brothers-like, first-hand account of the fierce battle for Fallujah and the Marines who fought there--a story of brotherhood and sacrifice in a platoon of heroes Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306815737
- ISBN
- 9780306815737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.08
€ 20.99
€ 18.08
Paperback. Through an ethnography of the Dhanka in Jaipur, this book brings you inside an imaginative work of the long-marginalized tribal communities. It shows how they must affirm and refute their tribal status on a range of levels, from domestic interactions to historical representation, by relegating their status to the past. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226253046
- ISBN
- 9780226253046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09