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Paperback. Describes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries. Num Pages: 424 pages, 6 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HRE; HRLP7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226031903
- ISBN
- 9780226031903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Despite their small populations, Arab states exercise an enormous and global influence. By combining the views of anthropologists, political scientists and others, this book explores how the citizen populations of these states define themselves in a wider context. Editor(s): Dresch, Paul; Piscatori, James P. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HBJF; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848858664
- ISBN
- 9781848858664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.87
€ 32.99
€ 27.87
Moments of Silence: Authenticity in the Cultural Expressions of the Ir...
Shouleh Vatanabadi And Mohammad Mehdi Khorram...
paperback. Editor(s): Khakpour, Arta; Vatanabadi, Shouleh; Khorrami, Mohammad Mehdi. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FBQ; 3JJPN; HBJF1; HBWS3; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781479805099
- ISBN
- 9781479805099
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 9.66
€ 29.99
€ 9.66
hardcover. Editor(s): Khakpour, Arta; Vatanabadi, Shouleh; Khorrami, Mohammad Mehdi. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FBQ; 3JJPN; HBJF1; HBWS3; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479841585
- ISBN
- 9781479841585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 130 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 119 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500518236
- ISBN
- 9780500518236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 5.70
€ 13.99
€ 5.70
Hardcover. Follmi travelled far and wide to witness the celebrations, landscapes, rituals and traditions of cultures all over the world, discovering new ways of seeing as he sought to understand and capture through photography the connections linking the people to their ancestral lands. This book deals with his work. Num Pages: 288 pages, 130 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500518212
- ISBN
- 9780500518212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 6.75
€ 10.99
€ 6.75
Paperback. Modi: The Wheels of Change is a biography of Narendra Damodardas Modi, the 15th and current Prime Minister of India. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910901700
- ISBN
- 9781910901700
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.42
€ 15.99
€ 14.42
Paperback. Using detailed analyses of China, India, and the Philippines, this book argues that key factors in this phenomenon include the linkage between socioeconomic decline, loss of political power, and narrowing of identity; nationalism and its associated connotations of the assimilation of minorities; and the weakness of civil society generally in Asia. Editor(s): Dossani, Rafiq. Num Pages: 175 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: 1F; HRAM9; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931368353
- ISBN
- 9781931368353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.14
€ 37.14
Paperback. The study of South Asian music falls under the purview of ethnomusicology; whereas that of South Asian literature falls under South Asian studies. This book examines the history of Sinhala-language song and poetry in twentieth-century Sri Lanka. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 171 pages, 6 music ex, 4 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FM; AVA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520294714
- ISBN
- 9780520294714
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive assessment of the Chinese military. This title addresses important questions about Chinese strategic intentions and military capabilities - questions that are of key concern for government policymakers as well as strategic analysts and a concerned public. Num Pages: 402 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 20 figures, 16 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520242388
- ISBN
- 9780520242388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 458 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBL; KFFH; KJMB; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691644271
- ISBN
- 9780691644271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 226.50
€ 226.50
Hardcover. A study of the role of popular culture and women in particular in the shaping of Iranian modernity Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 black-&-white illustrations, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBTB; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632245
- ISBN
- 9780815632245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.46
€ 50.46
Hardback. The 1949 birth of the People's Republic of China divided the nation into many political entities, displacing millions. Examining a body of understudied literary and cultural output in mainland China and elsewhere after World War II, the author investigates how writers responded to these shifts to shape a new Chinese subjectivity in their works. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674726727
- ISBN
- 9780674726727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.93
€ 45.99
€ 37.93
Hardcover. First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 370 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; JH; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 30. Weight in Grams: 861. Fine clean copy in dust wrapper. DW has light wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0003503
- ISBN
- 9780710303950
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 362 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; JH; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 51 x 94 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1050. Used hardback in good condition. With dustjacket. Some shelf wear. Ex library with usual markings otherwise remains a good copy.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KRF0018845
- ISBN
- 9780710303950
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDC; DSB; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3734 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822313489
- ISBN
- 9780822313489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
paperback. Focuses on the development of modern architecture in the Middle East. Ranging from Jerusalem at the turn of the 20th century to Libya under Italian colonial rule, post-war Turkey, and on to Iraq, this title looks around the historical encounter between the politics of nation-building and architectural modernism's materials, methods, and motives. Editor(s): Isenstadt, Sandy; Rizvi, Kishwar. Series: Studies in Modernity and National Identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, 76 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; AM; GTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987941
- ISBN
- 9780295987941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. An in-depth and comprehensive account of the complex history of Japanese modernism from the mid-19th century 'opening to the West' until the 21st century globalized world of 'postmodernism.' Its concept of modernism encompasses not just the aesthetic avant-garde but a wide spectrum of social, political and cultural phenomena. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 120 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230346444
- ISBN
- 9780230346444
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Condition: New
€ 70.53
€ 70.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Over 110 Colour Photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMT; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 265 x 11. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing United States
- Edition
- Paperback with Flaps
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804842297
- ISBN
- 9780804842297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.72
€ 21.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACXJ; AFF; AGHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Tundra Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781101982709
- ISBN
- 9781101982709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.89
€ 13.99
€ 11.89
Paperback. Explores the effects of the withdrawal of Soviet assistance, the role of international financial agencies in supporting a pure market economy, and the ways that new policies have led to greater political freedom but also to unemployment, poverty, and deterioration in the education, health, and well-being of Mongolian society. Num Pages: 418 pages, 18 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520244191
- ISBN
- 9780520244191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.76
€ 44.99
€ 31.76
Paperback. The first anthology of modern Middle Eastern Jewish thought Editor(s): Behar, Moshe; Ben-Dor Benite, Zvi. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- EUROSPAN
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584658856
- ISBN
- 9781584658856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.85
€ 32.99
€ 25.85
Hardback. Provides an assessment of the pioneering work of British Hospitals in Palestine in the nineteenth century. This work presents the history of medical service men who fought to improve the health of the inhabitants of the Holy Land under the difficult conditions of climate and disease. Series: International Library of Colonial History. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBP; MBX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845114893
- ISBN
- 9781845114893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.28€ 126.76
€ 142.28
€ 126.76
Paperback. Modern Japanese Theatre and Performance is a collection of sixteen essays on Japanese theatre, including historical overviews of twentieth century theatre, analyses of specific productions and individuals, and consideration of the intercultural nature of modern Japanese theatre. Also included is a new translation of a 'Superkyogen' play. Editor(s): Jortner, David; McDonald, Keiko I.; Wetmore, Kevin J., Jr. Series: Studies of Modern Japan. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739123003
- ISBN
- 9780739123003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.46
€ 69.46