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Paperback. Keywords: Communism - China - Culture
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Westminster Press Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
1st ed
SKU
KEX0174375
ISBN
9780664242015
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816649921
ISBN
9780816649921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 41 b&w, 5 colour. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JM; JFSP1; JHB; JHMC; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837636086
ISBN
9783837636086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.91
€ 41.64

Paperback. China is a vast nation comprised of hundreds of distinct ethnic communities, each with its own language, history, and culture. This book recounts the history of the most sweeping attempt to sort and categorize the nation's enormous population: the 1954 Ethnic Classification project (minzu shibie). Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 line illustration, 4 maps, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362. Ethnic Classification in Modern China. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. China is a vast nation comprised of hundreds of distinct ethnic communities, each with its own language, history, and culture. This book recounts the history of the most sweeping attempt to sort and categorize the nation's enormous population: the 1954 Ethnic Classification project (minzu shibie). Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFSL. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight: 350.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272743
ISBN
9780520272743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.66

Hardcover. The war in the Far East between 1941 and 1945 is occasionally referred to as the 'Forgotten War' and this description extends to the way the campaign's air war has been analysed. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1FMB; 1FMM; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Helion and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294444
ISBN
9781910294444
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.12

Paperback. Chris Terrill is a man in search of his limit. He's 55 years old. He is being trained by the Royal Marines and he is going to Afghanistan. Chris will be holding a camera and filming the whole ordeal for a major TV series. This book tells of his heroic struggle to become the oldest man to win the coveted Royal Marines Commando Green Beret. Num Pages: 400 pages, col. Illustrations, col. ports. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Random House UK
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099509899
ISBN
9780099509899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Presents a study of an important genre of Ming-dynasty Chinese painting in which landscapes are actually disguised portraits that celebrate an individual and his achievements, ambitions, and tastes in an open effort to win recognition, support, and social status. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 144 pages, 51 color illus. 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 259 x 183 x 13. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154763
ISBN
9780691154763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Hardback. Minutes of evidence and appendices. 123pp 31cm. Original blue cover. Spine edge-worn and corners bumped Antiquarian . Antiquarian. Otherwise a good clean copy. Keywords: Pamphlet
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
H.M.S.O
Publication date
1910
SKU
KEX0100887
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. Uses the experiences of Asian Americans to reconfigure the ways in which American history can be understood. This book examines a set of binaries - East and West, black and white, man and woman - that have structured the telling of our nation's history and shaped our ideas of citizenship since the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFFS; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070070
ISBN
9780691070070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.09

Paperback. 8vo Good/Fine in original dustwrapper. Victor Gollancz was a teacher publisher author and public campaigner who spen his life t passionately trying to make people see the truth as he saw it. In many ways he epitomised the social conscience of the mid twientienth century. He founded The Left Book Club, Save Europe Now and the Campaign against Capital Punishment.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1960
Publisher
Gollancz
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0311161
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 112 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1MBF; 3JMC; WSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 866.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wisdom Tree India
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9788183280839
ISBN
9788183280839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.45

Hardcover. Keywords: China
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Macmillan London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1966
Edition
First U.K. Edition
SKU
KHS0046229
ISBN
9780333087145
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. "With index. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall Cloth. A good clean copy. Jacket condition is described as - Good. First UK Edition". Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Asia Publishing House
Publication date
1961
SKU
KON0527993
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 51.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. Keywords: "China, Communism"
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Frederick A. Praeger New York
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KHS0046440
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. Keywords: "China, Communism"
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Frederick A. Praeger New York
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KHS0046441
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. Everyday life in contemporary rural China is characterized by an increased sense of moral challenge and uncertainty. This ethnographic study of the village of Zhongba is an attempt to grasp the ethical reflexivity of everyday life in rural China. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 308 pages, 19 ills, 6 figs & tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHB; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857458902
ISBN
9780857458902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Tanabe, Shigeharu. Num Pages: 270 pages, 1 illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9786162151170
ISBN
9786162151170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.44

Hardback. Late medieval Japan witnessed a growth in the power of the commoner, as seen in the spread of corporate villages (so) marked by collective ownership and administration and other self-governing features. This study of a community of so villages from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries reconstructs the life of these villages. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719414
ISBN
9780804719414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.88

Hardback. Through a case study of one imperial institution, the community school, this book examines the primary sources we use to study it, the role it has played in debates over history and politics, and the nature of the Ming state. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751742
ISBN
9780804751742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.13

Paperback. .
Publisher
Anness Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780194899
ISBN
9781780194899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.86

Hardcover. A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan is an unprecedented collection of original essays by some of the field's most distinguished scholars of Japan which, taken together, offer a comprehensive overview of the field. Editor(s): Robertson, Jennifer. Series: Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 544 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 187 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1162.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631229551
ISBN
9780631229551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.02

Paperback. An account of incredible bravery, telling what it is like to have 200 Paras depending on you constantly, to make decisions which can and do cost lives, to see men under your command killed and injured and being under the most intense pressure imaginable every minute of every day for six long months. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753540312
ISBN
9780753540312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.49

hardcover. This pathbreaking work attempts to understand China's economic policies by examining the political logic behind economic reforms in authoritarian, command-economy states from the wholly original perspective of property rights. Num Pages: 300 pages, 2 line diagrams 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1FP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 605.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804723886
ISBN
9780804723886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.52

Paperback. A variety of contributors - Palestinian, Israeli, and international scholars -examine the topic of Palestinian refugee compensation. Editor(s): Brynen, Mr. Rex; El-Rifai, Roula. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; GTJ; JFFD; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745333366
ISBN
9780745333366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.36

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