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Paperback. The Kamakura period, 1180-1333, is known as the era of Japan's first warrior government. As the essays in this book show, however, the period was notable for the coexistence of two centers of authority, the Bakufu military government at Kamakura and the civilian court in Kyoto. Editor(s): Mass, Jeffrey P. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9780804724739
ISBN
9780804724739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Hardback. Bossler traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries by examining three critical categories of women: courtesans, concubines, and faithful wives. Bossler illustrates how these groups intersected and interacted with men, influencing the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 375 pages, 6 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 240 x 36. Weight in Grams: 790.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
375
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066694
ISBN
9780674066694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.30

Paperback. Courtesans, Concubines, and the Cult of Female Fidelity traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries. By taking women and men's relationships with women seriously, this book makes a case for the centrality of gender relations in the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970649
ISBN
9780674970649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.85

Paperback. Pan Ku's celebrated and influential History of the Former Han has been a model for dynastic history since its appearance in the first century A.D.Burton Watson has translated ten chapters from the biography section, including the lives of imperial princes, generals, officials, and some lesser figures. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 282 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QDA; HBJF; HBLA; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231083546
ISBN
9780231083546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.94

Paperback. Israel's military court system, a centerpiece of Israel's apparatus of control in the West Bank and Gaza since 1967, has prosecuted hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. This book offers a look at an institution that lies both figuratively and literally at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Num Pages: 335 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; LNDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520241947
ISBN
9780520241947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardback. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the court was the crucial site where expanding Eurasian states and empires met and made sense of one another. Richly illustrated, Courtly Encounters provides a fresh cross-cultural perspective on early modern Islam, Counter-Reformation Catholicism, Protestantism, and a newly emergent Hindu sphere. Series: Mary Flexner Lecture Series of Bryn Mawr College. Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674067059
ISBN
9780674067059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.97

Paperback. A penetrating look at the way in which experts, policy-makers and the media have dealt with the crisis in Iran and the Middle East. With examples, Said demonstrates that the government-business establishment has produced a portrait of Islam and Muslims based on ignorance, inaccuracy and prejudice. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1Q; HBG; HRH; JFD; JFSR2; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099595014
ISBN
9780099595014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BM; JFFJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926972404
ISBN
9781926972404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.67

Paperback. In 1932 the Al Saud family incorporated the kingdom of Hijaz, once the cultural hub of the Arabian world, in to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This book traces the fortunes of distinctive and resilient culture of the Hijazis, from the golden age of Hashemite Mecca to Saudi domination to its resurgence. Num Pages: 248 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845118242
ISBN
9781845118242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226450445
ISBN
9780226450445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. Empirically thorough and conceptually clear, Crafting State-Nations will have a substantial impact on the study of comparative political institutions and the conception and understanding of nationalism and democracy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPHV; JPSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801897245
ISBN
9780801897245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.01

Hardcover. This volume presents research on craft workers within and outside the guild structure of the Muslim Mediterranean world. Individual chapters range from the Ottoman Empire to traditional style crafts in 20th century Turkey and Egypt such as tanning or the manual production of copper vessels. Series: Islamic Mediterranean. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 b/w pictures. BIC Classification: 1FB; AFT; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 37. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860647000
ISBN
9781860647000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.79
€ 136.24

Hardback. This book unravels the development of Indias intellectual property law and policy in modern times, through chapters focusing on different industries and sectors such as such as pharmaceuticals, publishing, cinema, music, and the Internet. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; LNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 32. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
OUP India
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199470662
ISBN
9780199470662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.66

hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; JFS; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801439667
ISBN
9780801439667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.55

Hardback. "Bisaha provides the most comprehensive and nuanced account now available of the attitudes of Western intellectuals to the Turks, the Byzantines, and crusading in Renaissance Italy, an important time and place for the formation of Western cultural identity."-James Hankins, Harvard University Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 625.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812238068
ISBN
9780812238068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.77

Paperback. Demonstrates the central role of ordinary people - rather than state or market elites - in creating institutions for determining status in China. This book explores the emerging hierarchy, which is based on the concept of suzhi, or quality. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map, 3 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340362
ISBN
9780822340362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Hardback. Presents an up-to-date look at the social processes and consequences of China's rapid economic growth. Editor(s): Davis, Deborah S.; Feng, Wang. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 312 pages, 29 tables, 8 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JHB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759311
ISBN
9780804759311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.47

Paperback. Presents an up-to-date look at the social processes and consequences of China's rapid economic growth. Editor(s): Davis, Deborah S.; Feng, Wang. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 312 pages, 29 tables, 8 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JHB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804761161
ISBN
9780804761161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. This comprehensive study explores the region's 'forgotten' narratives, myths and traditions. Drawing on stories from Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Syria-Palestine and Persia, Wasilewska shows how these narratives of creation, destruction and rebirth reach to the very roots of the Biblical and Quranic Genesis. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, chronological charts, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRLB; JFC; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853026812
ISBN
9781853026812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Hardcover. Creative industries in China provides a fresh account of China s emerging commercial cultural sector. The author shows how developments in Chinese art, design and media industries are reflected in policy, in market activity, and grassroots participation. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745661001
ISBN
9780745661001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 64.15

Paperback. Creative industries in China provides a fresh account of China s emerging commercial cultural sector. The author shows how developments in Chinese art, design and media industries are reflected in policy, in market activity, and grassroots participation. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745661018
ISBN
9780745661018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.12

Hardback. Series: China Perspectives. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPA; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138733138
ISBN
9781138733138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.99

Hardback. The "Maratha period" of the 17th and 18th centuries, when an independent Maratha state successfully resisted the Mughals, is a defining era in the history of the region of Maharashtra in western India. This book highlights shifts in history writing in early modern and modern India and the connections between historical and literary narratives. Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBAH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231124867
ISBN
9780231124867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.44
€ 62.34

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350828
ISBN
9780822350828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

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