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Paperback. Charting the spectacular rise of a society which leapt in little more than a generation from late feudal to early industrial forms of organisation, this history of modern Japan examines the violent 1930s, an Empire won and lost, and the economic miracle. Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japan. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415851527
ISBN
9780415851527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.95

Paperback. A long-dominant reading of American politics holds that public policy in the United States is easily captured by special interest groups. Countering this view, this title traces the development of government intervention in agriculture from its nineteenth-century origins to contemporary struggles over farm subsidies. Editor(s): Katznelson, Ira; Shefter, Martin; Skocpol, Theda. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 tables. 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JPA; JPWD; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116280
ISBN
9780691116280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.34
€ 46.96

Paperback. A provocative history of Israeli society in the 1950s that demonstrates how a voluntarist collectivism gave way to an individualist ethos Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Brandeis University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611680812
ISBN
9781611680812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Hardback. Specialist manufacturers have existed in Japan from even before the start of industrialization in the late nineteenth century. Proliferating since but remaining steadfastly lean, many of them can be categorized as leading medium-sized enterprises. This book looks at how they are globalizing and assuming a role as East Asian specialists. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230218420
ISBN
9780230218420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.80
€ 67.65

Paperback. .
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812968583
ISBN
9780812968583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Advocates bottom-up planning to bring about more balanced development and sounder natural resource management in the Mekong region Num Pages: 240 pages, 146 illus., 100 in color. BIC Classification: 1FM; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9786169005322
ISBN
9786169005322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Burma is ruled by a harsh dictatorship unmoved by Western activists and sanctions. Drawing on his own family's stories and his years of hands-on political experience working with the UN, the author has written an illuminating account of how Burma's rich past informs its violent present, and of how the world might transform the country's future. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FMB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571217595
ISBN
9780571217595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Series: A Council on Foreign Relations Book. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476136
ISBN
9780801476136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The New Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595580528
ISBN
9781595580528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.06

Hardcover. This book establishes that a tension exists between how we frame democratisation and the conclusions we arrive at. It demonstrates how and why interpreting ambiguity matters in the study of Indonesia's post-authoritarian settlement and highlights the need for dialogue with proponents of social conflict theory. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JPF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230102422
ISBN
9780230102422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.42

Paperback. The second part of the bestselling novelist's autobiography about his time in the Gurkhas during the second world war Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; BGA; HBJD1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
W&N
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304361571
ISBN
9780304361571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardback. Faced with unprecedented socioeconomic changes, China has increasingly embraced collaborative governance (CG), the sharing of power and discretion between and within public, private, and nonprofit sectors for public purposes. This book analyzes new areas of CG development such as environmental protection, disaster response, and infrastructure. Editor(s): Jing, Yijia. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 black & white tables, 22 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPH; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 243 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137525192
ISBN
9781137525192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.49

hardcover. Here, the author aims to show how the poet Su Shi's complex personality was embodied in his work and traces the evolution of his poems from juvenilia to the poems written in exile in Huangzhou, where Su settled on a farm at East Slope. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDC; DSBB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 30. Weight in Grams: 629.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804715874
ISBN
9780804715874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.20

Paperback. A first-person narrative account of revolution, terrorism, and war during history's violent return to Lebanon after fifteen years of quiet. Michael J. Totten's version of events in one of the most volatile countries in the world's most volatile region is one part war correspondence, one part memoir, and one part road movie. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594036422
ISBN
9781594036422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.57

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748693023
ISBN
9780748693023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.81
€ 103.50

Paperback. What were the causes of the Iraq War? Who were the main players? How was the war sold to the decision makers? Despite all that has been written on the Iraq war - the myriad scholarly, journalistic and polemical works - the answers to these questions remain shrouded in an ideological mist. This is an empirical investigation that dispels this fog. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748693030
ISBN
9780748693030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. In 1933, the author began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. In this title, he presents a record of his adventures. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FC; 3JJG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442099
ISBN
9780141442099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. In 1933, the delightfully eccentric Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana. This title presents a record of his adventures and an account of the architectural treasures of a region. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099523888
ISBN
9780099523888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Hardcover. A New Cultural Revolution? Num Pages: 113 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 30 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2014th Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642383021
ISBN
9783642383021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. Series: Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China's Development Path. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662456361
ISBN
9783662456361
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286. Curry Cook and Curry Books. 200 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. Part of the "English Kitchen" series, this book traces the development of Anglo-Indian cookery in English and Scottish cookery books from its earliest appearance in the 18th century through to modern works by Camilla Punjabi and Marguerite Patten. It also looks at the various classes of cooks who produced popular and interesting recipes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; WBN. Dimension: 185 x 139 x 21. Weight: 286.
Publisher
Prospect Books
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903018576
ISBN
9781903018576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Hardback. Catalogs more than four hundred decorative objects in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, including painted enamels, snuffboxes, porcelain, pottery, ceramics, jewelry, furniture, cast metal, and textiles from throughout Europe and Asia, with the majority dating from the late seventh century to the twentieth century. Num Pages: 400 pages, 478 color illus. 75 duotones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1KBBEY; AC; AFT; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 290 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154909
ISBN
9780691154909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.75
€ 91.07

Hardback. Editor(s): Lenssen, Gilbert; Rhee, Jay Hyuk; Martinez, Fabien. Series: Advances in Business Ethics Research. Num Pages: 165 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 21 colour illustrations, 21 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; GTF; KJG; KNGR; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319451589
ISBN
9783319451589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.54

Hardcover. A study of US-Syria relations, this book analyzes the legacy of mistrust between the two states and continuities and discontinuities over time. It challenges the purely realist and power-political explanation that is dominant and points to a politically embedded set of ideas rooted in anti-colonial Arab nationalist ideology. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137358349
ISBN
9781137358349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.64

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