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Paperback. Drawing on Korean and Japanese texts ranging from critical essays to short stories produced in the colonial and post-colonial periods, this book analyzes the ways in which Japanese colonial and Korean nationalist discourse pivoted on such concepts as language, literature, and culture. Series: Seoul-California Series in Korean Studies. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DSA; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289857
- ISBN
- 9780520289857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.82
€ 40.99
€ 28.82
Paperback. The author buys an elephant named Tara and rides her over six hundred miles across India to the Sonepur Mela, the world's oldest elephant market. From Bhim, a drink-racked mahout, Shand learned to ride and care for her. From his friend Aditya Patankar he learned Indian ways. And with Tara, his new companion, he fell in love. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270. 208 pages. The author buys an elephant named Tara and rides her over six hundred miles across India to the Sonepur Mela, the world's oldest elephant market. From Bhim, a drink-racked mahout, Shand learned to ride and care for her. From his friend Aditya Patankar he learned Indian ways. And with Tara, his new companion, he fell in love. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTL. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 13. Weight: 266.
- Publisher
- Eland Books
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011697
- ISBN
- 9781906011697
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. The author has travelled up the Indus to Lahore and to the Khanates of Afghanistan and Central Asia in the 1830s, spying on behalf of the British Government in what was to become known as the Great Game. This title provides an account his travels. Editor(s): Hopkirk, Kathleen. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011710
- ISBN
- 9781906011710
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. Describes the customs of India, recounts the story of the king who died eighty-four times and explains how to retrieve diamonds from snake-infested caves.. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3H; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141398358
- ISBN
- 9780141398358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Translator(s): Javadi, Hasan; Floor, Willem M. Num Pages: 278 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1FB; HBJD; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Paperback Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933823362
- ISBN
- 9781933823362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.88
€ 54.99
€ 38.88
Hardback. In 1974 Roland Barthes travelled in China as part of a small delegation of distinguished French philosophers and literary figures. They arrived in China just as the last stage of the Cultural Revolution was getting underway - the campaign to criticize Lin Biao and Confucius. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650807
- ISBN
- 9780745650807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.05
€ 65.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations and maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 24. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Interlink Publishing Group, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566564397
- ISBN
- 9781566564397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.55
€ 15.99
€ 15.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1FBN; BM; JFSJ1; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022530
- ISBN
- 9780253022530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.51
€ 21.51
Paperback. Transpacific Field of Dreams: How Baseball Linked the United States and Japan in Peace and War Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469622040
- ISBN
- 9781469622040
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Condition: New
€ 41.67
€ 41.67
Hardback. Shows how the complex interplay of feminism, nationalism, empire, and modernity helped shape conceptions of the transpacific Filipina Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 2AB; DSBH; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822353003
- ISBN
- 9780822353003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
Paperback. Shows how the complex interplay of feminism, nationalism, empire, and modernity helped shape conceptions of the transpacific Filipina Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 2AB; DSBH; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460. The Making of the Modern Filipina. 320 pages, 14 photographs. Shows how the complex interplay of feminism, nationalism, empire, and modernity helped shape conceptions of the transpacific Filipina. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 2AB; DSBH; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353164
- ISBN
- 9780822353164
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.36
€ 30.99
€ 28.36
Hardback. Examines legal and political discourses on torture in India and the United States Num Pages: 301 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; LNFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814752791
- ISBN
- 9780814752791
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Condition: New
€ 102.68
€ 102.68
Paperback. Anthropologist Rachael Joo explores the gendered and mediated role of sports in producing a Korean sense of self on a global stage. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTB; JFSJ; JHBS; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348566
- ISBN
- 9780822348566
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. Series: Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power and Practice. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHBF; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 278 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781479828388
- ISBN
- 9781479828388
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. This book investigates the origins and mechanics of recent Chinese migration, focusing on the work and life of Fujianese migrants in the United Kingdom, Hungary, and Italy, and exploring the many transnational spaces that connect Fujianese across Europe, the United States, and China. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 maps, references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JJPR; 3JM; GTB; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804749954
- ISBN
- 9780804749954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.27
€ 32.99
€ 31.27
hardcover. This book investigates the origins and mechanics of recent Chinese migration, focusing on the work and life of Fujianese migrants in the United Kingdom, Hungary, and Italy, and exploring the many transnational spaces that connect Fujianese across Europe, the United States, and China. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 maps, references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JJPR; 3JM; GTB; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749947
- ISBN
- 9780804749947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.88
€ 135.88
Paperback. Examines the diasporic and transnational aspects of Asian-American literature and engages works of prose and poetry as aesthetic articulations of the fluid transnational identities formed by Asian-American writers. Editor(s): Lim, Shirley; Gamber, John Blair; Sohn, Stephen Hong; Valentino, Gina. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134519
- ISBN
- 9781592134519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.41
€ 34.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. A study of South Asian Americans which views both their identity and that of America as constructed transnationally between the U.S. and India. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335443
- ISBN
- 9780822335443
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Presents an ethnographic study of China/US adoption, the largest contemporary intercountry adoption program. This book also follows the path of the adoption process: the institutions in both China and the US that prepare children and parents for each other; the practices that legitimate them coming together as transnational families; and more. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 331 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780814719725
- ISBN
- 9780814719725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. This study-bridging contemporary theory, Chinese history, comparative literature, and culture studies-analyzes the historical interactions among China, Japan, and the West in terms of "translingual practice." Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSBH; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780804725354
- ISBN
- 9780804725354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.50
€ 56.50
Paperback. Series: Public Worlds Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; CFP; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816628636
- ISBN
- 9780816628636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.59
€ 30.59
Paperback. This volume, which brings together articles by scholars and activists in China, Japan, Canada and the US in multiple disciplines, seeks to illuminate the problems and possibilities involved in translating feminism from the metropolitan 'West' to a locale rife with its own ideas about gender, class, body and sexuality. Editor(s): Ko, Dorothy; Zheng, Wang. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161701
- ISBN
- 9781405161701
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Condition: New
€ 29.06
€ 29.06
Paperback. This groundbreaking volume explores how post-Arab Spring societies have experienced transitional justice - or not, as the case may be Editor(s): Sriram, Chandra Lekha. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; JPH; JPV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849046497
- ISBN
- 9781849046497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.23
€ 33.99
€ 30.23
Paperback. China's rising status in the global economy alongside recent economic stagnation in Europe and the United States has led to considerable speculation that we are in the early stages of a transition in power relations. The authors take readers through possible scenarios for future relations between China and the United States. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 line drawings, 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226040479
- ISBN
- 9780226040479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.91
€ 43.99
€ 33.91