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Paperback. *A shocking expose of prostitution and the trafficking of women in Asia that goes way beyond the sex tourism we hear about *A sustained assault on the Asian values of the Tiger Economies Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; JFC; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210. *A shocking expose of prostitution and the trafficking of women in Asia that goes way beyond the sex tourism we hear about *A sustained assault on the Asian values of the Tiger Economies Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; JFC; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210. Good Clean Copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Virago London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KDK0019593
- ISBN
- 9781860499036
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. An ethnographic study of Chinese urban life in the Mongolian city of Huhhot. The text is organized around specific elements of culture, moving from public domains to the private issues of sex and gender, family life and religion. Num Pages: 345 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 345
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231079600
- ISBN
- 9780231079600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.68€ 101.49
€ 133.68
€ 101.49
Paperback. This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, showing how regulation shifted away from status to a new regime of gender that mandated a uniform standard of sexual morality and criminal liability for all people, regardless of their social status. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745598
- ISBN
- 9780804745598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Wood explores the relationships between narrative form and style and sexual politics, probing the political and sexual ramifications of fascism and cinema, marriage and the couple, romantic love, and representations of women, race and gender in films from the United States, Europe, and Japan. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 34 film stills. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 1KBB; APFA; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231076050
- ISBN
- 9780231076050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. In Sexual States Jyoti Puri uses the example of the recent efforts to decriminalize homosexuality in India to show how the regulation of sexuality is fundamentally tied to the creation and enduring existence of the Indian state. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; 5SG; HBJF; JFSK2; JPA; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 239 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360261
- ISBN
- 9780822360261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.75
€ 110.75
Paperback. In Sexual States Jyoti Puri uses the example of the recent efforts to decriminalize homosexuality in India to show how the regulation of sexuality is fundamentally tied to the creation and enduring existence of the Indian state. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; 5SG; HBJF; JFSK2; JPA; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360438
- ISBN
- 9780822360438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Paperback. Offers an exploration of the indissoluble link between war and sexuality based on over the years of interviews by the well-known Lebanese expatriate teacher, critic, and writer. This book refers to sexuality as the physical and psychological relations of men and women, and examines Middle Eastern customs involved in defining such relationships. Editor(s): Accad, Evelyne. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; JFC; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814706152
- ISBN
- 9780814706152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Traces the drifts of the trade route out of the heart of China into the mountains of Central Asia, across northern Afghanistan and the plains of Iran into Kurdish Turkey. This book recounts the adventures of the author when travelling through the Silk Route. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276 363pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- Tenth edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099437222
- ISBN
- 9780099437222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
€ 17.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Depicting the final years of the Shah in Iran, this book offers a meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear. It describes the tyrannical monarch, who, despite his cruel oppression of the Iranian people, sees himself as the father of a nation, who can turn a backward country into a great power. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780141188041
- ISBN
- 9780141188041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. Jasvinder Sanghera, international bestselling author of SHAME, describes her life-changing journey to the rural Punjabi village of Kang Sabu - the village where her parents grew up. Num Pages: 304 pages, Integrated b&w pictures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGA; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340962091
- ISBN
- 9780340962091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Rava, Giuseppe. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 8. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472817495
- ISBN
- 9781472817495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.63
€ 23.99
€ 20.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones, 17 line art, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816644131
- ISBN
- 9780816644131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. An original conceptual exploration of Shanghai which examines the emergence today of the 'City of Tomorrow'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; JFSG; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043601
- ISBN
- 9781849043601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.92
€ 46.99
€ 41.92
Paperback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 49 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167178
- ISBN
- 9780231167178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.47
€ 37.99
€ 27.47
Hardback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 49 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167161
- ISBN
- 9780231167161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.11€ 79.38
€ 104.11
€ 79.38
Hardcover. Explores the literary imaginings of Shanghai, its past, present, and future, in order to understand the effects of that urban transformation on both the psychological state of Shanghai's citizens and their perception of the spaces they inhabit. Series: Asian Cities. Num Pages: 282 pages, 11 black and white; 0 full color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089645876
- ISBN
- 9789089645876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.87
€ 141.87
Hardcover. Drawing on over years of fieldwork and hundreds of interviews, the authors spotlight a largely hidden world of nighttime pleasures - the dancing, drinking, and socializing going on in dance clubs and bars that have flourished in Shanghai over the last century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFCA; JFSG; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226262741
- ISBN
- 9780226262741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 78.75
€ 94.64
€ 78.75
Hardback. This social history of China during the first half of the 20th century focuses on the Shanghai labour movement. It draws on abundant sources and studies which have appeared in the People's Republic of China since the early 1980s and which have not been systematically used in Western historiography. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; KCF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720632
- ISBN
- 9780804720632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.99
€ 149.99
Paperback. This is a comprehensive study on the social history of China during the first half of the 20th century. It draws on abundant sources and studies which have appeared in the People's Republic of China since the early 1980sand which have not been systematically used in Western historiography. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; KCF; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804724913
- ISBN
- 9780804724913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Paperback. Series: Inspector Chen Cao. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473616820
- ISBN
- 9781473616820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09