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Hardcover. The objective of this work is to provide a tool for assessing whether current military balances in the Middle East are stable and for visualizing the effects of deep force cuts. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 660. 8vo. . Clean copy in original cloth with dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Brookings Institution
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0263518
ISBN
9780815733126
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. In Defensive Positions, Noell Wilson shows how control of coastal defense by regional domains exacerbated the shogunate's inability to respond to major military and political challenges as Japan transitioned from an early modern system of parcelized, local maritime defense to one of centralized, national security in the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 257 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBW; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 341 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504349
ISBN
9780674504349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.07

Hardback. Presenting fresh insights on the internal dynamics and global contexts that shaped foreign relations in early modern Japan, this book challenges the largely accepted wisdom that the Tokugawa shogunate, guided by an ideology of seclusion, stifled intercourse with the outside world, especially in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 300 pages, 20 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035775
ISBN
9780674035775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.07

Hardback. Re-evaluates debates on education, modernity, and social change in contemporary development studies and anthropology. This book offers a perspective on how education affects the rural poor in South Asia. It includes reflection on the politics of modernity, changing rural masculinities, and caste and communal politics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JHM; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804757423
ISBN
9780804757423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

paperback. Re-evaluates debates on education, modernity, and social change in contemporary development studies and anthropology. This book offers a perspective on how education affects the rural poor in South Asia. It includes reflection on the politics of modernity, changing rural masculinities, and caste and communal politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JHM; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804757430
ISBN
9780804757430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Editor(s): Taylor, Kate. Series: Dekalog. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; APFB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 208 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250. Series: Dekalog. 164 pages. Editor(s): Taylor, Kate. Cateogry: (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: 1F; APFB. Dimension: 208 x 153 x 10. Weight: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wallflower Press
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906660314
ISBN
9781906660314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.81

Hardback. South Korea is home to some of the largest evangelical Protestant congregations in the world. This book investigates the meaning of - and the reasons behind - a particular aspect of contemporary South Korean evangelicalism: the intense involvement of middle-class women. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031074
ISBN
9780674031074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.20

Paperback. Hidden behind the much-touted success story of India's emergence as an economic superpower is another, far more complex narrative of the nation's recent history, one in which economic development is frequently countered by profoundly unsettling, and often violent, political movements. In this title, the author investigates this counternarrative. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 line drawing, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226063478
ISBN
9780226063478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. Editor(s): Kunkler, Mirjam; Stepan, Alfred. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JPFR; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231161916
ISBN
9780231161916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Hardback. Editor(s): Kunkler, Mirjam; Stepan, Alfred. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 272 pages, Maps: 2,, Graphs: 1,. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JPFR; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231161909
ISBN
9780231161909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.84
€ 83.28

Hardback. First published, July 1942." "Printed in India." Commissioning organisation: by A. Appadorai. 30, [1] p. 19 cm. Original printed wraps. Good clean copy with tight string binding, suggestion of dampness to some edges." Keywords: Pamphlet
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
H. Milford, Oxford University Pr
Publication date
1942
SKU
KEX0090829
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers important theoretical insights into how democracy is understood in the Middle East Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814763445
ISBN
9780814763445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardback. Until the late 1980s, there were very few democratically elected governments in the developing world. These areas were characterized by a range of authoritarian regimes from military administrations to one--party dictatorships. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1H; 1KL; 1QFG; GTF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745621418
ISBN
9780745621418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.37

Paperback. Until the late 1980s, there were very few democratically elected governments in the developing world. These areas were characterized by a range of authoritarian regimes from military administrations to one--party dictatorships. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1H; 1KL; 1QFG; GTF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745621425
ISBN
9780745621425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.93

Paperback. Series: Oxford Studies in Digital Politics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 tables, 2 photographs, 5 graphs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; HBLX; HBTV; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199936977
ISBN
9780199936977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.34

Paperback. Translator(s): Biehl, Freelance Copyeditor Janet. Num Pages: 211 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDT; GTB; HBJF1; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Communalism Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9788293064268
ISBN
9788293064268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.62

Paperback. SchraederAlfred StepanMark TesslerFrederic VolpiLucan WayFrederic WehreySean L. Yom Editor(s): Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 424 pages, 1 graph, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JPA; JPB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421414164
ISBN
9781421414164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.64

Paperback. A review of the politics and discourses of water use, sharing, and management, and their implications for local livelihoods. This book analyzes contested discourses on such topics as regional hydropower development, floods, and irrigation, along with the broader yet interrelated issues of gender, media, dialogue, and impact assessment. Editor(s): Lebel, Louis; Dore, John; Daniel, Rajesh; Koma, Yang Saing. Num Pages: 283 pages, b/w photos, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9789749511251
ISBN
9789749511251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 52.88

Hardback. This new book examines the structural forces behind mega trends in China, refuting conventional wisdom and demystifying media and market hypes about business opportunity and policy. It uses rigorous economic research and evidence to provide a new view of mega trends in China, and expose new trends and problems that will affect China and the World. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781787144101
ISBN
9781787144101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.66

Paperback. No one in the twentieth century had a greater impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. The author intends to disentangle the contradictions embodied in the life and legacy of China's boldest strategist - the pragmatic, disciplined force behind China's radical economic, technological, and social transformation. Num Pages: 928 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1212.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
928
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725867
ISBN
9780674725867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Johnson, Frank A. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814742228
ISBN
9780814742228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Examining media and pop culture from Sex and the City 2 to Vanity Fair and Time Magazine, Robin Riley uses transnational feminist analysis to reveal how transnational sexism towards Muslim women in general and Afghan and Iraqi women in particular has led to a new form of gender imperialism. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780321288
ISBN
9781780321288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.88

Paperback. Since the 1990s, suicide in recession-plagued Japan has soared, and rates of depression have both increased and received greater public attention. This title explores how depression has become a national disease and entered the Japanese lexicon, and how psychiatry has overcome the longstanding resistance to its intrusion in Japanese life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFFH; MBS; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142050
ISBN
9780691142050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; JPHF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166201
ISBN
9780231166201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.35
€ 57.11

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