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Hardback. Li Mengyang (1473 1530) was a scholar-official who initiated the literary archaist movement that sought to restore ancient styles of prose and poetry in sixteenth-century China. Chang Woei Ong situates Li's quest to redefine literati learning as a way to build a perfect social order in the context of intellectual transitions since the Song dynasty. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 350 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; BGH; DSBD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970595
ISBN
9780674970595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.96

Hardback. This study offers a methodological approach for comparative philosophy on the level of the philosophical system, examines Confucian philosophy as a philosophical system, with emphasis on its epistemological dimensions, and uses the thought of a particular thinker as an example of how the Confucian tradition was appropriated by individual thinkers. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804726054
ISBN
9780804726054
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.21

Hardback. This book is the story of the lives and work of the prominent intellectuals who taught or studied at Lianda University under extraordinary wartime conditions. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729291
ISBN
9780804729291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.74

Paperback. Wilma Fairbank documents, from both a historical and a uniquely personal perspective, the professional and personal achievements of the first historians of Chinese architecture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 31 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AMX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220407
ISBN
9780812220407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501713446
ISBN
9781501713446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.11

Paperback. Explores the generative crisis in understanding property's role in the constitution of a liberal polity, which intersected in Bengal with a new politics of peasant independence based on practices of commodity exchange. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281691
ISBN
9780520281691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.84

Hardback. Explores the generative crisis in understanding property's role in the constitution of a liberal polity, which intersected in Bengal with a new politics of peasant independence based on practices of commodity exchange. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition, 1 ed.
SKU
V9780520281684
ISBN
9780520281684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.87
€ 57.69

Howard, Muzammil M. Hussain, Rebecca MacKinnon, Patrick Meier, Evgeny Morozov, Xiao Qiang, Rafal Rohozinski, Mehdi Yahyanejad Editor(s): Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JMG; JFD; JPHV; JPW; UBJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405674
ISBN
9781421405674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.86

Paperback. Howard, Muzammil M. Hussain, Rebecca MacKinnon, Patrick Meier, Evgeny Morozov, Xiao Qiang, Rafal Rohozinski, Mehdi Yahyanejad Editor(s): Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JMG; JFD; JPHV; JPW; UBJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405681
ISBN
9781421405681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.11

Paperback. At midnight on 14 August 1947, Great Britain's 350-year-old Indian Empire was broken into three pieces. The greatest mass migration in history began, as Muslims fled north and Hindus fled south, and Britain's role as an imperial power came to an end. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241950401
ISBN
9780241950401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Hardback. This book draws out and examines the trends in education and research in the field of library and information science (LIS) in the vast Asia-Oceania region. Information is an important part of the human condition and critical to the development of the Asia-Oceania region. The book is timely, therefore, as the region continues to grow and develop. Editor(s): Spink, Amanda; Singh, Diljit. Series: Library and Information Science Series. Num Pages: 335 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1M; GL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 34. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780524702
ISBN
9781780524702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.56

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570628993
ISBN
9781570628993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 23.93

Paperback. Somekh, a noted student of modern Arabic culture, relates his life as a university professor and writer, taking the reader to Oxford, Princeton and Cairo, and introducing scholars and writers he befriended: S D Goitein, Mustafa Badawi and Haim Blanc, among others. This title presents his story. Num Pages: 170 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; BM; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195021
ISBN
9781845195021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Offers a portrait of life along the great pre-modern trade routes of Eurasia. This edition tells about the history about this road to reconstruct the route through the personal experiences of travelers. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 map, 10 color images, 10 b/w photos, 26 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; HBG; HBJF; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280595
ISBN
9780520280595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. A first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGA; HBTV; JPVR; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Flamingo
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006548614
ISBN
9780006548614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.73

Paperback. 261pp. Keywords: "Subjects, English, Age (feature_two_browse-bin), Paperback, Condition (condition-type)"
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Publisher
China Books & Periodicals
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
SKU
KHS0069962
ISBN
9780835109925
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 4.99

Paperback. An updated and expanded look at how under the shadow of authoritarian rule, ordinary people can make meaningful change through the practices of everyday life in the Middle East. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSR2; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804783279
ISBN
9780804783279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. The collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates 50 million years ago created the Himalaya, along with massive glaciers, intensified monsoon, turbulent rivers, and an efflorescence of ecosystems. Today, the Himalaya is at risk of catastrophic loss of life. Maharaj Pandit outlines the mountain's past in order to map a way toward a sustainable future. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674971745
ISBN
9780674971745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.42
€ 49.19

Paperback. An original ethnographic study of a post-colonial migrant community, looking at diasporas and migration, globalisation, identity and nationalism. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1 line / 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 1FKS; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFN; JFSL9; JHMP; JPFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780745314334
ISBN
9780745314334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.60

Hardcover. Editor(s): Bandit Chumworathayi. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; MBGR; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614701170
ISBN
9781614701170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.72
€ 156.76

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