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Paperback. Full of extraordinary encounters and details of life beyond Beijing, Country Driving is an unforgettable, unique portrait of the country that will likely shape all our lives in the century to come. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 37. Weight in Grams: 394. A Chinese Road Trip. 560 pages, Illustrations, maps. Full of extraordinary encounters and details of life beyond Beijing, Country Driving is an unforgettable, unique portrait of the country that will likely shape all our lives in the century to come. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTL. Dimension: 196 x 133 x 37. Weight: 424.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847674371
- ISBN
- 9781847674371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
hardcover. Presents research and a multidisciplinary analysis of the spatial aspects of migration. This book considers the spatial results of two diametrically opposed policies: planning from above to settle the North African and Asian newcomers in the 1950s, and planning by market forces for immigrants from the former Soviet Union in the 1990s. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FBH; 3JJP; JFFN; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348504
- ISBN
- 9780792348504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.39
€ 132.39
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JPH; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643007
- ISBN
- 9780691643007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.94
€ 140.94
Hardback. 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; HBJF; HBLC; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725323
- ISBN
- 9780804725323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.23
€ 170.23
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
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Translator(s): Hanan, Patrick. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; FA; FF; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148238
- ISBN
- 9780231148238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.16
€ 29.99
€ 22.16
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€ 46.06
€ 54.99
€ 46.06
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€ 29.56
€ 34.99
€ 29.56
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€ 30.78
€ 42.99
€ 30.78
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€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
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€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Hardcover. A complete study of royal courts in the post-Achaemenid Near East. It brings together various aspects of court culture in the Macedonian empires of the post-Achaemenid Near East. It shows how the Hellenistic dynastic courts were instrumental in the integration of local elites in the empires, and the (re)distribution of power, wealth, and status. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia. Num Pages: 302 pages, 34 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDA; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748691265
- ISBN
- 9780748691265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.54
€ 152.54
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
€ 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€ 23.50
€ 34.99
€ 23.50
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€ 27.71
€ 34.99
€ 27.71
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: 230 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897238
- ISBN
- 9780801897238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.67
€ 78.67
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
€ 37.99€ 33.28
€ 37.99
€ 33.28
Hardback. Drawing on a wide range of archival evidence, Abigail McGowan argues that crafts seized the political imagination in western India because they provided a means of debating the present and future of the country. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AFT; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230612679
- ISBN
- 9780230612679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.20
€ 183.20
Paperback. Dean Bailey flitted between jobs until he decided to join the army. He excelled in his new surroundings and gaining promotion he was put in charge of a sniper section. Posted to Afghanistan, he was thrilled to take on the Taliban, but suffered horrific injuries during an ambush and was flown back to England with his body and dreams in tatters. Num Pages: 192 pages, 36 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555569
- ISBN
- 9781781555569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.60
€ 33.99
€ 27.60
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
€ 75.79
€ 75.79
Creating a Eurasian Union: Economic Integration of the Former Soviet R...
Vymyatnina, Yulia, Antonova, Daria
Hardcover. Creating a Eurasian Union offers a detailed analysis of the economies of the former Customs Union of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan and the proposed Eurasian Union. Num Pages: 208 pages, 23 black & white tables, 70 figures. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUB; 1FCZ; 1QFE; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137398536
- ISBN
- 9781137398536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
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
€ 112.66
€ 112.66
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
€ 33.99€ 30.67
€ 33.99
€ 30.67
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 760
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674175563
- ISBN
- 9780674175563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.06
€ 52.06