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Paperback. Explores a range of themes, including the roots of capitalist development in Korea, the origins of the modern business elite, the nature of Japanese colonial policy and the Japanese colonial state, the relationship between the colonial government and the Korean economic elite, and the nature of Korean collaboration. Series: Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993881
ISBN
9780295993881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Hardcover. Based on 17 years of research, this book explores the process of Ogata-mura's development from the planning stages to the present. An intensive ethnographic study of the relationship between land reclamation, agriculture, and politics in regional Japan, it traces the internal social effects of the village's economic transformations.. Series: Asian Anthropologies. Num Pages: 262 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHM; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474. Sowing Dissent and Reclaiming Identity in a Japanese Farming Village. Series: Asian Anthropologies. 260 pages, 52 ills. Based on 17 years of research, this book explores the process of Ogata-mura's development from the planning stages to the present. An intensive ethnographic study of the relationship between land reclamation, agriculture, and politics in regional Japan, it traces the internal social effects of the village's economic transformations. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHM; RNT. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857455246
ISBN
9780857455246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.32

Paperback. Presents a study of the alternatives confronting Iraq as it seeks to rebuild its oil industry while constructing a new political system. This work provides an assessment of Iraq's oil industry. Editor(s): Springborg, Robert. Series: SOAS Middle East Issues S. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; JPHV; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863566653
ISBN
9780863566653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.36

Hardcover. This volume examines the links between the changes in the oil industry in the Middle East and North Africa, and the growth of politically radical movements referring to Islam. It charts the rise in oil revenues in the 1970s and early 1980s, and the region's subsequent economic and social failures. Series: Petroleum Research Series in Petrolem Economics & Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFSR2; KCP; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471971535
ISBN
9780471971535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 274.27

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226359939
ISBN
9780226359939
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 78.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 298 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226360133
ISBN
9780226360133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.85

paperback. Explains the relationship between oil and war in six different regions worldwide. Editor(s): Kaldor, Mary; Karl, Terry Lynn; Said, Yahia. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUZ; 1FMN; 1HFDN; 1HFMA; 1KLSC; JPS; JWL; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745324784
ISBN
9780745324784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.71

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLC; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691616087
ISBN
9780691616087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.38
€ 50.77

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3F; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691643427
ISBN
9780691643427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.28

In 1995, an Okinawan schoolgirl was raped by several US servicemen. Reaction to the crime culminated in a rally attended by some 85,000 people. Using this event as a point of reference, this book explores how Okinawans began to regard themselves as a confident citizenry embracing ideals of democracy, human rights, and women's equality. Num Pages: 344 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBTQ; HBTR; JHMC; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
With a new preface
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138901
ISBN
9780231138901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
With a new preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138918
ISBN
9780231138918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.28

Sheet map, folded. Num Pages: 6 city plans; 6 area maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 261 x 8. Weight in Grams: 70.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Publication date
2015
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9784805313381
ISBN
9784805313381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.54

Hardback. Editor(s): Delougaz, Pinhas; Hill, Harold D; Jacobsen, Thorkild. Num Pages: 257 pages, 31 b/w figs, 68 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLA1; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 302 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago United States
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9780918986627
ISBN
9780918986627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.96

Hardcover. The first scholarly account of the Royal Navy's participation in the Pacific War between 1942 and the Japanese surrender in 1945. It offers controversial accounts of the key personalities and events that shaped the outcome including the struggle of the Chiefs of Staff to overcome Churchill's opposition to sending a major fleet to the Pacific. Num Pages: 664 pages, 8 pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 44. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
664
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198201502
ISBN
9780198201502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 249.10

Paperback. .
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910901205
ISBN
9781910901205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.70

Paperback. In the literary and artistic milieu of early modern Japan the Chinese and Japanese arts flourished side by side. Kodojin, the "Old Taoist" (1865-1944), was the last of these great poet-painters in Japan. This book brings together 150 of Kodojin's Chinese poems (introduced and translated by Jonathan Chaves). Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 halftones, 8 color plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 2GDC; 2GJ; ACBP; DCF; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231116572
ISBN
9780231116572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.03

hardcover. Tangy lemony tabbouleh, smoky, rich baba ghanouj, beautifully spiced lamb shank..the recipes in Olives, Lemons & Za'atar provide something irresistible for every occasion. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour photography throughout. BIC Classification: 1FB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 259 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1124.
Publisher
Kyle Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857832306
ISBN
9780857832306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.20

Hardback. Drawing on archival sources to analyze a hundred-year perspective on sports in China, this book explores why the country became obsessed with Western sports at the turn of the twentieth century, and how it relates to China's search for a national and international identity. Num Pages: 392 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBTB; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674028401
ISBN
9780674028401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.03

Hardback. This book examines the transformation of Oman from an obscure backwater to a dynamic modern state in less than two generations. It analyzes the role of Qaboos bin Sa'id, architect of the Omani 'renaissance,' who has followed a development model that reflects the country's unique history and cultural values. Num Pages: 268 pages, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137502001
ISBN
9781137502001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.01

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 506 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; 3JH; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649801
ISBN
9780691649801
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 244.68

Hardback. This book is a cultural history, offering an historical account of the formation of a distinctive Omani culture; arguing that it is in this unique culture that a specific conception and practice of diplomacy has been developed. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748642953
ISBN
9780748642953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.98
€ 102.41

Paperback. This book is a cultural history, offering an historical account of the formation of a distinctive Omani culture; arguing that it is in this unique culture that a specific conception and practice of diplomacy has been developed. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; HBJF1; JPSD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468. 304 pages, 2 maps. This book is a cultural history, offering an historical account of the formation of a distinctive Omani culture; arguing that it is in this unique culture that a specific conception and practice of diplomacy has been developed. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; HBJF1; JPSD. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 17. Weight: 460.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748677337
ISBN
9780748677337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.26

Paperback. Analyses the successful stability of Oman despite very real social pressures Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044851
ISBN
9781849044851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.60

Hardcover. Num Pages: 174 pages, 148. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 181 x 250 x 19. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Soloshow Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956017222
ISBN
9780956017222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.69

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