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Paperback. In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila - a place that previously had existed only in fiction - had been identified in Zhongdian County, Yunnan. This book advances a view of landscapes as media of governance, representation, resistance, and examining how they are reshaping cultural economies. Editor(s): Yeh, Emily T.; Coggins, Chris. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993584
ISBN
9780295993584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.08

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJPR; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231171342
ISBN
9780231171342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.23

Paperback. Aims to get to the truth of Marco Polo's claims. Covering his early life, his extraordinary twenty-four-year Asian epic and his reception in Italy on his return, this book places the intrepid Venetian in context, historically and geographically. Num Pages: 320 pages, . BIC Classification: 1F; 3H; BG; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750934213
ISBN
9780750934213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.47

Paperback. The book provides a revealing analysis of key areas of Egyptian political economy, such as labour, urbanization and the creation of slums, disability, refugees, street children, and agrarian livelihoods, reaching the impactful conclusion that marginalization does not mean total exclusion. Editor(s): Bush, Ray; Ayeb, Habib. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBE; JFFJ; JFSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780320847
ISBN
9781780320847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.04

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989310
ISBN
9780295989310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. While exploring anew the meanings of Asian American social history, this title argues that the core values and ideals of the nation emanate today not from the so-called mainstream but from the margins, from among Asian and African Americans, Latinos and American Indians, women, and the gay and lesbian community. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993560
ISBN
9780295993560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Hardback. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 936 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
936
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804778848
ISBN
9780804778848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.88

Paperback. Big Picture series brings the world and its wonders to life for young readers. Full of fascinating information from across the globe, from animals and homes to the most interesting jobs in history. Series: The Big Picture. Num Pages: 24 pages, Full colour photographs and artwork. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 4KHF; 5AF; YQG. Category: (EJ) Primary. Dimension: 220 x 131 x 3. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
24
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408131596
ISBN
9781408131596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.86

Hardcover. A practical, step-by-step guide for international marketers who are targeting the challenging markets of the Asia-Pacific region. Two sections offer basic guidelines for marketing in Asia, followed by country by country guidance on conducting negotiations and successful business relationships. Num Pages: 220 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1F; KJK; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Copenhagen Business School Press
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763000949
ISBN
9788763000949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.26

Hardback. Today's China presents a unique setting for organizations. Through an examination of current Chinese business, this book addresses its business culture and environment. In particular, it considers how firms build distinctive capabilities of organizational learning and strategic flexibility to achieve superior customer-focused performance. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
278
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230013506
ISBN
9780230013506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.46
€ 38.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; KJS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 216. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
7th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781292089584
ISBN
9781292089584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.33

Hardback. This book examines how gender enables the globalization of markets and how emerging forms of service labor are changing women's social status in China. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1; JHBL; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 585. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804776486
ISBN
9780804776486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

Paperback. This book examines how gender enables the globalization of markets and how emerging forms of service labor are changing women's social status in China. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1; JHBL; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 458. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804776493
ISBN
9780804776493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. A case study of economic development in Cairo that sheds light on issues of agency and empowerment in the age of neoliberal globalization Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JHMC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822335719
ISBN
9780822335719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. This cultural history of the evolution of modern marriage practices in colonial Bengal shows that arranged marriage as it is practiced today is a modern practice from the colonial era. Num Pages: 360 pages, 42 photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKB; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344629
ISBN
9780822344629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.29

Paperback. This cultural history of the evolution of modern marriage practices in colonial Bengal shows that arranged marriage as it is practiced today is a modern practice from the colonial era. Num Pages: 360 pages, 42 photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKB; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344780
ISBN
9780822344780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardback. Jurists of the nascent Maliki, Hanafi, and Shafi'i legal schools frequently compared marriage to purchase and divorce to manumission. This title presents an analysis of how these jurists conceptualized marriage - its rights and obligations - using the same rhetoric of ownership used to describe slavery. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRAX; HRH; JFSJ; LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050594
ISBN
9780674050594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.36
€ 50.34

Paperback. ' The donkey tied to the tent peg had a hard-on which was difficult to ignore. 'Hamar mabsoot,' my new brother-in-law Ibraheem said cautiously and as I realised I recognised his words (the donkey's happy), so our embarrassment dissolved with a giggle.' Num Pages: 288 pages, Section: 8, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844082209
ISBN
9781844082209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

paperback. Celebrated author Ghada Karmi argues that the only practical solution to the conflict is for Palestinians and Israelis to live together in a secular democratic state Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780745320656
ISBN
9780745320656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 19.04

Paperback. Tucked away in the eastern end of the Himalayas lies Bhutan - a tiny, landlocked country bordering China and India. It is a place where people are genuinely content with very few material possessions and the government embraces 'Gross National Happiness' instead of Gross National Product. This offers a glimpse into this quirky mountain kingdom. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKH; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Hay House UK Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848503755
ISBN
9781848503755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.53

Paperback. Witty, confessional memoir about a single Indian-American woman who suspects that maybe her parents are right and arranged marriages ARE the route to happiness Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; BM; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747596158
ISBN
9780747596158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. Provides an exploration of how and why Scottish Highlanders, Punjabi Sikhs and Nepalese Gurkhas became linked as the British Empire's fiercest, most manly soldiers in nineteenth century discourses of 'martial races'. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719069635
ISBN
9780719069635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.77

Hardback. David M. Robinson explores how grand displays like the royal hunt, archery contests, and the imperial menagerie were presented in literature and art in the early Ming dynasty. He argues these spectacles were highly contested sites where emperors and court ministers staked competing claims about rulership and the role of the military in the polity. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 7 color photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 802.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073371
ISBN
9780674073371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.18
€ 49.02

Paperback. These poems -- more than a hundred haiku, several tanka, and three kanshi -- are arranged chronologically within each genre, revealing the development of Masaoka Shiki's (1867-1902) art and the seamless way in which he wove his life and illness into his poetry. Watson's introduction deftly explores the course of Shiki's life and places him in relation to Japanese history, literature and thought. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DCF; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110914
ISBN
9780231110914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

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