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Paperback. Presents an examination of how the migration of nurses from the Philippines to the US is inextricably linked to American imperialism and the US colonization of the Philippine Islands in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; JHBL; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822330899
ISBN
9780822330899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Experienced BBC reporter Andrew Hosken provides the essential analysis on the terror wrought by Islamic State in this updated edition Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRH; JPFR; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. .
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780748238
ISBN
9781780748238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.66

Hardback. By the turn of the twentieth century, Japan's military and economic successes made it the dominant power in East Asia. This book explores how colonial and semicolonial writers discussed, adapted, translated, and recast thousands of Japanese creative works, both affirming and challenging Japan's cultural authority. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 550 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DSB; HBJF; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780674036253
ISBN
9780674036253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 54.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780601021
ISBN
9781780601021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. Presents an approach to late antiquity that shows how, from the second-century peak of Rome's prosperity to the ninth-century onset of the Islamic Empire's decline, powerful beliefs in One God were used to justify and strengthen 'world empires'. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 3D; 3F; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLA; HBLC; HRCC1; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015453
ISBN
9780691015453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.10

Hardback. Spanning academic and public debates, Empire's Ally opens a new line of argument on why the mission has entered a stage of crisis. Num Pages: 432 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBC; 3JM; HBJF; HBJK; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645158
ISBN
9781442645158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.63

Paperback. Spanning academic and public debates, Empire's Ally opens a new line of argument on why the mission has entered a stage of crisis. Num Pages: 432 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBC; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442613041
ISBN
9781442613041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.72

Paperback. Explores the literature focused schooling systems put in place by American colonizers in the Philippines during the nineteenth Century Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; DSB; HBJF; HBLL; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794777
ISBN
9780814794777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. Explores the literature focused schooling systems put in place by American colonizers in the Philippines during the nineteenth Century Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; DSB; HBJF; HBLL; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794760
ISBN
9780814794760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.72

Paperback. Explains the history of the warlord system in Afghani politics Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS4; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042253
ISBN
9781849042253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Paperback. A history of Central Eurasia since ancient times. It presents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. It describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and the Mongols. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1FC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 216 x 34. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150345
ISBN
9780691150345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.74

Hardcover. Catherine L. Phipps examines a largely unacknowledged system of "special trading ports" that operated under full Japanese jurisdiction in the shadow of the better-known treaty ports. Phipps demonstrates why the special trading ports were key to Japan's achieving autonomy and regional power during the pivotal second half of the nineteenth century. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417168
ISBN
9780674417168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.20

Paperback. A history of the colonial tea plantation regime in Assam, which brought more than one million migrants to the region in northeast India, irrevocably changing the social landscape. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFFN; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822350491
ISBN
9780822350491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Hardback. A study of the late Mongol empire in Northeast Asia during mid-fourteenth century. It focuses on the themes such as: the need for a regional perspective encompassing all states and ethnic groups in the area; the process and consequences of pan-Asian integration under the Mongols; and, the need to see Koryo Korea as part of the wider Mongol empire. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLC1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780674036086
ISBN
9780674036086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.12

Hardback. Editor(s): Bilgin, Mehmet Huseyin; Danis, Hakan; Demir, Ender; Can, Ugur. Series: Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics. Num Pages: 380 pages, 67 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; KFFD; KJSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319501635
ISBN
9783319501635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.49

Hardback. Towering over the Kanto Plain, the sacred mountain oyama has loomed large over the religious landscape of early modern Japan. This book offers a narrative history of the mountain and its place in contemporary society and popular religion by focusing on the development of the oyama cult and its religious, political, and socioeconomic contexts. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 1 table, 1 map, 23 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRKN3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027756
ISBN
9780674027756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.79

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099532392
ISBN
9780099532392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. Zenobia was acknowledged in her lifetime as beautiful and clever, gathering writers and poets, artists and philosophers around her at the Palmyrene court. This narrative explores the legendary queen and charts the progression of her unequivocal declaration, not only of independence of Rome, but of supremacy. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; BGH; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847250346
ISBN
9781847250346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.20

Hardback. Exploring the production of lack and desire through fine-grained ethnography, this volume examines how diagnoses of emptiness operate in a range of very different domains in contemporary China. Editor(s): Bregnbaek, Susanne; Bunkenborg, Mikkel. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785335808
ISBN
9781785335808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.32

Hardback. Emptiness and Temporality is an account of classical Japanese poetics that takes its starting point in the two Buddhist concepts of emptiness (J. ku) and temporality (mujo) that ground the medieval understanding of poetry, and examines their affinity with contemporary Western theory, particularly Derridean differance and deconstruction. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1F; DSC; GTB; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748889
ISBN
9780804748889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.89

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