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Paperback. Concerns the transformation of time during Japan's Meiji period, specifically from around 1870 to 1900. This book explores how changing conceptions of time destabilized inherited knowledge and practices and facilitated the reconfiguration of the archipelago's heterogeneous communities into the liberal-capitalist nation-state, Japan. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128016
- ISBN
- 9780691128016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. China is undergoing a process of unprecedented urbanisation, with cities often being built from scratch in just three to five years. It is projected that 400 new cities will be built over the next 20 years with newly urbanised populations of over 240 million. Editor(s): Liauw, Laurence. Series: Architectural Design. Num Pages: 136 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AMVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 274 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470751220
- ISBN
- 9780470751220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.25
€ 43.25
Paperback. A collection of essays that offers the most comprehensive and scholarly survey of what is happening of art in the Arab world. It discusses the critical issues of diaspora, globalization, identity and audience, and also explores the origins of the boom in the political upheavals of the late 20th century. Editor(s): Amirsadeghi, Hossein; Mikdadi, Salwa; Shabout, Nada M. Num Pages: 288 pages, 500 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 285 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1652.
- Publisher
- TransGlobe Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956794222
- ISBN
- 9780956794222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.19
€ 33.99
€ 28.19
Paperback. This book confronts the question of who and what is a Nikkei, that is, a person of Japanese descent, by presenting 18 case studies from throughout the Americas--including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Paraguay, Peru, and the United States. Editor(s): Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo; Kikumura-Yano, Akemi; Hirabayashi, James A. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KL; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744621
- ISBN
- 9780804744621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.95
€ 36.99
€ 35.95
Hardback. This book confronts the question of who and what is a Nikkei, that is, a person of Japanese descent, by presenting 18 case studies from throughout the Americas--including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Paraguay, Peru, and the United States. Editor(s): Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo; Kikumura-Yano, Akemi; Hirabayashi, James A. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KL; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744614
- ISBN
- 9780804744614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.96
€ 147.96
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- His Majesty's Stationery Office
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1945
- SKU
- KRS0005588
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Editor(s): Elder, Chris. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1MBN; DQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Victoria University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864738370
- ISBN
- 9780864738370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.35
€ 34.35
Paperback. A group of US soldiers emailed their observations and experiences from Iraq and their candid opinions on fighting an insurgency. This collection of emails from American soldiers carries the reader from the alleys and city streets to the homes of long-suffering Iraqis, and from the soldiers' concrete bunkers to the 'majestic' army base. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; BJ; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616086176
- ISBN
- 9781616086176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.32
€ 18.32
Paperback. In researching this book, the author took on the role of a hostess in one of Tokyo's many "hostess clubs". The resulting text critically examines how such establishments create bonds among white-collar men and forge a masculine identity that suits the needs of their corporations. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JHBK5; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014876
- ISBN
- 9780226014876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.65
€ 32.99
€ 25.65
Paperback. Scholars discuss the theme of resistance within 20th-century Japanese American communities. Editor(s): Fiset, Louis; Nomura, Gail M. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984612
- ISBN
- 9780295984612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.51
€ 37.51
Paperback. Looks at the lives of eight ordinary women, four Iraqis and four Americans, during the Iraq War. This title presents a comparison of American and Iraqi women's diverse and complex experiences and focuses on the different realities that together we call, perhaps too easily, 'the Iraq war'. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; HBWS5; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260788
- ISBN
- 9780520260788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. Award-winning, critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling William Dalrymple takes us to the heart of an undiscovered India Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRAX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408878194
- ISBN
- 9781408878194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. Each type of cloth made in Kerek is created for a specific purpose - to be worn by a person of a particular age, social or residential group; to serve in life-cycle events such as marriage or funerals; and to act as a focal point in agricultural ceremonies or curing rites. This book deals with this topic. Series: Textile Series. Num Pages: 92 pages, 110 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; AFW; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 301 x 231 x 8. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780977834426
- ISBN
- 9780977834426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.47
€ 26.47
Paperback. The Ninjas are the stuff of myth and legend in comics, film and electronic games. But once they were real, the medieval equivalent of the SAS: spies, saboteurs, assassins. Could they fly? Make themselves invisible? In a journey to the heartland of the ninjas, the author takes you from their origins over 1,000 years ago, through their heyday. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552165341
- ISBN
- 9780552165341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Offers an account of two second-generation Japanese Americans who were demonized as threats to national security during World War II. This book follows their lives before, during, and after the war. It leads through the half century of uncertainty and trauma endured by the family before it was able to confront issues central to its existence. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; BGH; GTB; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295985855
- ISBN
- 9780295985855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Details the experiences of Japanese Americans (Nisei) who served in the U.S. Army during World War II Series: Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992099
- ISBN
- 9780295992099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.35
€ 25.99
€ 23.35
paperback. In this revisionist account of U.S.-Iran relations during the Cold War, Roham Alvandi provides a detailed historical study of the partnership that Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran forged with U.S. President Richard Nixon and his adviser Henry Kissinger in the 1970s. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBJK; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780190610685
- ISBN
- 9780190610685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.47
€ 54.47
Paperback. Links an investigation of mind and body in old age in four neighborhoods of the Indian city of Varanasi (Banaras) with events and processes around India and around the world. Num Pages: 400 pages, 5 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFC; JFSP31; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224629
- ISBN
- 9780520224629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 199 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 13. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 199
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Morningside Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074193
- ISBN
- 9780231074193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. An extraordinary tale of the remarkable bond between one man and his dog during the Second World War. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444796964
- ISBN
- 9781444796964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19