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Paperback. This new book provides an accessible and wide--ranging introduction to the main features of Chinese society. Drawing on a wealth of material, the author offers a fresh understanding of a unique society that has undergone continuous transformation and upheaval throughout the twentieth century. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745617367
ISBN
9780745617367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.94

Paperback. Helps the reader comprehend Iraq, its diversities and contradictions, namely Arab and Kurd, Shia and Sunni, traditionalist and modern, secular and religious, pragmatic and radical. This book culminates in an indictment of the US for failing to learn the lessons of history in Iraq. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845111236
ISBN
9781845111236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

Paperback. The seemingly intractable Kashmir dispute and the fate of Kashmiris throughout South Asia and beyond are the twin themes in Snedden's meticulously researched book. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849043427
ISBN
9781849043427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.34

Paperback. Examine life in Myanmar post-military rule Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 145. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849045803
ISBN
9781849045803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.89

Hardback. Editor(s): Bailey, Beth; Immerman, Richard H. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479871438
ISBN
9781479871438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.82

Paperback. This text argues that to understand the Vietnam War, we must understand the Vietnamese, their culture and their ways of looking at the world. The author spent many years living and working in Vietnam. Winner of the 1994 American Library Association's Outstanding Academic Book Award. Num Pages: 428 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHM; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 710. 428 pages, 1 map. This text argues that to understand the Vietnam War, we must understand the Vietnamese, their culture and their ways of looking at the world. The author spent many years living and working in Vietnam. Winner of the 1994 American Library Association's Outstanding Academic Book Award. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHM; JW. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 27. Weight: 610.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
428
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201576
ISBN
9780520201576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.73

Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFE2; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Zubaan India
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9789384757779
ISBN
9789384757779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.25

Paperback. In 1908, the American adventurer Robert Sterling Clark organized a scientific expedition to northern China to create a detailed geographical survey, photograph the region, and collect samples of the flora and fauna. This title showcases over 85 excavated objects from museums and archaeological institutes in cities along Clark's original route. Series: Clark Art Institute. Num Pages: 288 pages, 150 colour images + 75 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 238 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Edition first Printing
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300179675
ISBN
9780300179675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Folksongs of North India. 320 pages, 30 photographs, 2 maps. Analyzes the folk songs from the Bhojpuri-speaking regions of North India to explore how ideas of gender, caste, and class are socially constructed, transmitted, questioned, and reaffirmed through their performance. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AVGH; JFSJ. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 19. Weight: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351306
ISBN
9780822351306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.50

Hardcover. Questions of national identity have long dominated China's political, social, and cultural horizons. This title uses the development of modern geology to explore this complex relationship between science and nationalism in Republican China. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFN; PDX; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226090405
ISBN
9780226090405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 43.16

hardcover. This book is about the migrations for family reunion that have taken place in post-1997 Hong Kong between mothers and children living in mainland China and their long-absent husbands and fathers, residents of Hong Kong. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758130
ISBN
9780804758130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.51

Paperback. Following World War II, Japan's postwar constitution forbade the country to wage war or create an army. This book draws on interviews, historical research, and analysis to describe the unusual case of a non-war-making military. It offers a look at an army trained for combat that nevertheless serves nontraditional military needs. Num Pages: 275 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247956
ISBN
9780520247956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardcover. In this volume, through exploring the reasons for Ayukawa Yoshisuke's failure, Iguchi illuminates many of the economic problems of modern Japan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; KCL; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674003743
ISBN
9780674003743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.10

Paperback. Presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India who are generally called devadasis, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This title charts the historical fissures that lie beneath cultural modernity in South India. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 312 pages, 48 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768106
ISBN
9780226768106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Hardcover. As life expectancy increases in India, the number of people living with dementia will also rise. Yet little is known about how people in India cope with dementia, how relationships and identities change through illness and loss. Series: Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations. Num Pages: 236 pages, 11 ills. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFH; MJND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782383543
ISBN
9781782383543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.76

Paperback. Reveals the role played by identity documents in Israel's apartheid policies towards the Palestinians, from the 1940s to today. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 maps, 6 photos. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745325279
ISBN
9780745325279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.30

Paperback. '[A] masterpiece of reportorial thoroughness, painstaking research, and serious reflection.' Edward Said Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 1QFM; HRH; JPS; JPWL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745319179
ISBN
9780745319179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, over 450 color and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBWS2; JWM; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 313 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1828.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764311833
ISBN
9780764311833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.12
€ 46.81

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 520+ b/w & color photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; JWM; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 286 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1598.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
y First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764316807
ISBN
9780764316807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.12
€ 46.30

Hardback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HPDF; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496. Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. 280 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HPDF; HRG. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 23. Weight: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149860
ISBN
9780231149860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.20
€ 79.73

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