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Hardback. States are inherently and fundamentally geographical. Sovereignty is based on control of territory. This book uses Song China to explain how a pre-industrial regime organized itself spatially in order to exercise authority. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 396 pages, 8 halftones; 9 line art; 37 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 396
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674056022
- ISBN
- 9780674056022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.05
€ 53.99
€ 45.05
Hardback. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 376 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HREZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231143929
- ISBN
- 9780231143929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.27€ 55.68
€ 71.27
€ 55.68
Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJPR; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801451041
- ISBN
- 9780801451041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.37
€ 78.37
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479762
- ISBN
- 9780801479762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.74
€ 50.74
Paperback. This Very Short Introduction discloses a history of Zionism from the origins of modern Jewish nationalism in the 1870's to the present. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 174 x 9. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199766048
- ISBN
- 9780199766048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.61
€ 11.99
€ 10.61
Paperback. A challenging and diverse series of essays that offer a critique of political Zionism and the theological positions that support it, emphasising the need for a just and inclusive settlement in the Middle East. Editor(s): Davis, Walter T.; Wagner, Donald E. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HRAM2; HRAM9; HRJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 173 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718893651
- ISBN
- 9780718893651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.26
€ 52.26
Paperback. Challenges the nationalist and Zionist hegemony by discussing the hidden history of Communist and bi-national movements in Israel. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745334677
- ISBN
- 9780745334677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.03
€ 35.99
€ 28.03
Hardback. The Zina Ordinance is part of the Hadood Ordinances that were promulgated in 1979 by the military dictator, General Zia-ul-Haq. This work argues that the Zina laws help situate morality within the individual, thus de-emphasizing the prevalence of societal immorality. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JPVH1; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774812856
- ISBN
- 9780774812856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.98
€ 118.98
Paperback. A translation of over two-thirds of the classic Daoist text "Zhuangzi" (Chuang Tzu), including the complete inner chapters and selections from the outer and miscellaneous chapters, as well as judicious selections from 2000 years of traditional Chinese commentaries. Translator(s): Ziporyn, Brook. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209114
- ISBN
- 9780872209114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.09
€ 25.99
€ 20.09
Hardback. A translation of over two-thirds of the classic Daoist text "Zhuangzi" (Chuang Tzu), including the complete inner chapters and selections from the outer and miscellaneous chapters, as well as judicious selections from 2000 years of traditional Chinese commentaries. Translator(s): Ziporyn, Brook. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209121
- ISBN
- 9780872209121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.17€ 43.81
€ 55.17
€ 43.81
Hardcover. Zuyan Zhou offers an astute look at the concept of androgyny in key works of Chinese fiction and drama from the 16th to the 18th centuries. This study probes deviations from engendered codes of behaviour both in culture and literature. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824825713
- ISBN
- 9780824825713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.99
€ 89.99
Hardcover. This text explores the issues of nation and modernity in China by focusing on the work of Zhou Zuoren, a controversial Chinese intellectual and brother of the writer Lu Xun Zhou was radically at odds with many of his contemporaries and opposed their nation-building and modernization projects. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002388
- ISBN
- 9780674002388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.16
€ 45.99
€ 38.16
Paperback. Works about Zhou Enlai are heavily censored in China. This work offers a portrait of the real Zhou, a man who lived his life at the heart of Chinese politics for fifty years, who survived both the Long March and the Cultural Revolution - no thanks to ideological or personal purity - but because he was artful, crafty and politically supple. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 pp. b/w photo insert. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586486457
- ISBN
- 9781586486457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.88
€ 24.99
€ 18.88
Paperback. This first comprehensive account of the early life of longtime Chinese premier Zhou Enlai shows how the rich and diverse personal, educational, and political experiences of his formative years established clear patterns for his future personal and political orientations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 37 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727006
- ISBN
- 9780804727006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.18
€ 33.99
€ 31.18
Hardback. This first comprehensive account of the early life of longtime Chinese premier Zhou Enlai shows how the rich and diverse personal, educational, and political experiences of his formative years established clear patterns for his future personal and political orientations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 37 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723022
- ISBN
- 9780804723022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.87
€ 135.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 60 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; ACXJ; AFKV; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 203. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Bilingual
- SKU
- V9780300226225
- ISBN
- 9780300226225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 20.11
€ 22.99
€ 20.11
Paperback. A look at the remarkable Chinese performance artist, sculptor and painter. Series: Contemporary artists series. Num Pages: 160 pages. Dimension: 253 x 290 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714849249
- ISBN
- 9780714849249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.70
€ 36.99
€ 24.70
Paperback. In this book leading Chinese experts review the life, career, and artistic development of the pioneering Chinese artist Zhang Hongtu, whose diverse works speak to China's past and present, the relationship between Asia and the West, and canonical Western art. Editor(s): Lee, Luchia Meihua; Silbergeld, Jerome. Num Pages: 120 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBS; AGB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 231 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1905.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360421
- ISBN
- 9780822360421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 49.85
€ 50.99
€ 49.85
Paperback. The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller. This is the untold true story of the most desperate battle fought by British and allied Special Forces trapped behind enemy lines since World War Two. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBQ; 3JMC; BTM; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782060833
- ISBN
- 9781782060833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bristol Classical Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715638538
- ISBN
- 9780715638538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.23
€ 42.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. A rare, intimate glimpse into the daily lives of middle-class women in urban Pakistan Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 12. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218841
- ISBN
- 9780253218841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.59
€ 24.99
€ 23.59
Hardback. Offers selections from the foundational texts of the Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Zen traditions. This title provides students with an introduction to the first 1200 years of this tradition. It includes general introduction and notes that provide historical, biographical, and cultural context. Editor(s): Addiss, Stephen; Lombardo, Stanley; Roitman, Judith. Num Pages: 312 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1FPK; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209107
- ISBN
- 9780872209107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.87€ 41.43
€ 52.87
€ 41.43
Paperback. A collection that offers selections from the foundational texts of the Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Zen traditions. Through representative selections from their poetry, letters, sermons, and visual arts, it provides students with an introduction to the first 1200 years of this rich - and often misunderstood - tradition. Editor(s): Addiss, Stephen; Lombardo, Stanley; Roitman, Judith. Num Pages: 312 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1FPK; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209091
- ISBN
- 9780872209091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.47
€ 21.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 143 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; DC; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802130198
- ISBN
- 9780802130198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.07
€ 15.07