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Paperback. In recent decades, China has become a quasi-capitalist economic powerhouse. Yet it continues to be ruled by the same Communist Party-dominated government that has been in power since 1949. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745663852
- ISBN
- 9780745663852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.39
€ 22.39
Paperback. Essays by twelve leading scholars give readers insight into the workings of politics in Communist China. Editor(s): Lewis, John Wilson. Series: Contemporary China Institute Publications. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470. "Commissioning organisation: Lewis, J. W. (editor) 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall Paperback. A good clean Copy. First Edition". Keywords: "History - World History - Pre-500,Subjects - History - General,Subjects - History - World History - Pre-500,Subjects - History - Countries & Regions - Asia - China - Ge"
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KON0527585
- ISBN
- 9780521096140
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JPF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780691626673
- ISBN
- 9780691626673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.82
€ 52.92
€ 41.82
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652887
- ISBN
- 9780691652887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.59€ 117.20
€ 157.59
€ 117.20
paperback. Deals with the Lebanese civil war of the 1970s in a poetic style. This book focuses on the deranged, destabilized, and, confused state of mind created by living on the scene through a lengthy war. It is filled with details that transcend the narcissism of the main character, while giving clues to the culture of the time. Translator(s): Tanoukhi, Nirvana. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 108 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292705074
- ISBN
- 9780292705074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.36
€ 18.36
Paperback. Passage to Manhood is a groundbreaking and beautifully written ethnography that addresses the intersection of modernity, heroin use, and AIDS as they intersect in a new "rite-of-passage" among young ethnic-minority males in contemporary China. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 table, 3 figures, 3 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFH2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804770255
- ISBN
- 9780804770255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.09
€ 27.99
€ 27.09
Paperback. Why would love for their language lead several men in southern India to burn themselves alive in its name? This title analyzes the discourses of love, labor, and life that transformed Tamil into an object of such passionate attachment, producing in the process one of modern India's most intense movements for linguistic revival and separatism. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 343 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BRT; 3JH; 3JJ; CFB; CFG; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520208056
- ISBN
- 9780520208056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.80
€ 38.99
€ 27.80
Paperback. Focusing on the responses of writers in Shanghai to the Japanese occupation, this book corrects the postwar conception of occupied China as a field of conflict between selfless resisters and shameless collaborators by showing a complexity and ambiguity of moral choices that defies such stereotyping. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780804727969
- ISBN
- 9780804727969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.96
€ 33.99
€ 32.96
Paperback. For decades, Israel and Palestine have been locked in ongoing conflict over land that each claims as its own. In 2011, the author lived in Ramallah in Palestine's occupied West Bank and taught in nearby Jerusalem. In this book, he offers a personal take on the conflict. Num Pages: 122 pages, 78 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; JPSD; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 116 x 178 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC United States
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984201037
- ISBN
- 9780984201037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.44
€ 13.99
€ 12.44
Hardback. Combines an analysis of documented archaeological sites in the Koksu River valley of eastern Kazakhstan with paleoecological and ethnohistorical data to illustrate patterns in land use, settlement, burial, and rock art. This work illuminates the effect of nomadic strategies on the geography of social interaction. Num Pages: 232 pages, 28 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations, 19 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; HDDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 21. Weight in Grams: 684. 232 pages, Illustrations, maps. Combines an analysis of documented archaeological sites in the Koksu River valley of eastern Kazakhstan with paleoecological and ethnohistorical data to illustrate patterns in land use, settlement, burial, and rock art. This work illuminates the effect of nomadic strategies on the geography of social interaction. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; HDDA. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 21. Weight: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256897
- ISBN
- 9780520256897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.58
€ 83.50
€ 63.58
Hardcover. The tribal unrest-stirred up by fanatical Islamic religious leaders calling for Jihad against the British-that erupted along the North West Frontier of India in 1897. It was a short but sharp period of violence that would see the award of no fewer than eleven VCs, in what was the most serious challenge to the Empire since the Indian Mutiny. Num Pages: 272 pages, 64 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTV; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 245 x 30. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555408
- ISBN
- 9781781555408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.46
€ 33.99
€ 23.46
Paperback. Nine men. 2,000 enemies. No back-up. No air support. No rescue. No chance..The SUNDAY TIMES bestseller. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJF1; HBWS5; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409129028
- ISBN
- 9781409129028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783605071
- ISBN
- 9781783605071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.51
€ 31.99
€ 26.51
Hardback. Introducing the major works and currents of Joseon painting, Pathways to Korean Culture explores the various social, cultural and political perspectives of this dynamic, dynastic era (1392-1910), uncovering the fascinating history of more than 500 years of Korean art and visual culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 150 colour, 30 black & white. BIC Classification: 1FPK; ACBP; AFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 257 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1462.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780233673
- ISBN
- 9781780233673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 48.30
€ 52.92
€ 48.30
Paperback. The truth of Chan Buddhism - better known as "Zen" - is regularly said to be beyond language, and yet Chan authors - medieval and modern - produced an enormous quantity of literature over the centuries. To make sense of this paradox, this book explores several genres of Chan literature that appeared during the Tang and Song dynasties (c 600-1300). Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; 3H; HRAX; HREZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 182 x 291 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284074
- ISBN
- 9780520284074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.51
€ 33.99
€ 24.51
Paperback. On 19 August 1953 the British and American intelligence agencies launched a desperate coup against a cussed, bedridden 72-year-old. His name was Muhammad Mossadegh, the Iranian prime minister. To Winston Churchill he was a lunatic, determined to humiliate Britain. To President Eisenhower he was delivering Iran to the Soviets. Mossadegh must go. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099540489
- ISBN
- 9780099540489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. In this concise but ambitious historiographical essay, Wilson argues for an approach to the Meiji Restoration that emphasizes multiple lines of motive and action. "By bringing some very interesting critical theory to his reading, Wilson has produced a book that will shift the terms of discussion on this event." Harry D. Harootunian" Num Pages: 218 pages, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226900926
- ISBN
- 9780226900926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.11
€ 36.99
€ 29.11
Hardcover. For the 160 national guardsmen from America's heartland, Baghdad was more than just a long way from home. It also confronted the 233rd Military Police Company with America's most difficult challenge in Iraq. This work features the horrors of firefights and summary executions and the drama of the UN bombing. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 34 photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBW; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614981
- ISBN
- 9780700614981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.40
€ 73.40
Paperback. Explores the role of working-class militias as vanguard and guardian of the Chinese revolution. This book raises fascinating questions about the construction of revolutionary citizenship; the distinctions among class, community, and creed; the open-ended character of revolutionary movements; and the path dependency of institutional change. Series: State & Society in East Asia. Num Pages: 374 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTV; JFSC; JPWQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742539198
- ISBN
- 9780742539198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.97
€ 63.97
Hardcover. In this study of the rhetoric, narrative patterns, and intellectual content of the Zuozhuan and Guoyu, David Schaberg reads these two collections of historical anecdotes as traces of a historiographical practice that flourished around the 4th century BCE among the followers of Confucius. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 530 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 179 x 38. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008618
- ISBN
- 9780674008618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.72
€ 54.99
€ 45.72