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hardcover. In what is today Malaysia, the British established George Town on Penang Island in 1786 and encouraged Chinese merchants and laborers to settle there. This book analyzes the relations between the Chinese and British and between the Chinese and Malays, focusing on the role of temples and religion in organizing Chinese social life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 26 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744867
- ISBN
- 9780804744867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBLC1; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691603087
- ISBN
- 9780691603087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.19
€ 42.99
€ 31.19
Hardcover. This work demonstrates that religious Jews have been able to keep issues on the political agenda of the Israeli government, but not to determine their outcomes. It shows that, within the communities of both religious and secular Jews, there is division about conceding parts of biblical Israel. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HRJ; JFSR1; JPH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Pub
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- SKU
- KIN0001054
- ISBN
- 9781555876784
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This book explores the interplay between ritual performance of the opera Mulian and gentrified mercantile lineages in late imperial Huizhou. It shows how local elites appropriated the opera, turning it into a medium for conveying orthodox values and religious precepts and for negotiating local social and gender issues in a rising money economy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables, 13 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804750325
- ISBN
- 9780804750325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.82
€ 103.82
Hardback. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMNX; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385646
- ISBN
- 9781782385646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.19
€ 163.19
Hardcover. The first comprehensive ethnography of the Thangmi, a marginalized community who migrate between Himalayan border zones, Rituals of Ethnicity explores Thangmi cultural worlds and regional political histories to offer a new explanation for the persistence of enduring ethnic identities despite the realities of mobile, hybrid lives. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 328 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKN; JFSL; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812246834
- ISBN
- 9780812246834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.11
€ 92.11
Paperback. This book bridges both the macro and micro levels of analysis to place the dynamics of a national political movement within a richly detailed account of its working at the village level. Num Pages: 392 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JFC; JFSF; JHM; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103916
- ISBN
- 9780231103916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Rituals of Self-Revelation: Shishosetsu as Literary Genre and Socio-Cu...
Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
Hardback. This work is an English translation of the author's own work on the shishosetsu, a genre in Japanese literature. It provides a means of researching and interpreting the tradition of the genre, linking it to forms of autobiographical fiction as well as to classical cultural assumptions. Translator(s): Hijiya-Kirschnereit, Irmela (Professor of Japanese Literature, Freie Universitat, Berlin, Germany). Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674773196
- ISBN
- 9780674773196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 43.49
€ 50.99
€ 43.49
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 328 pages, 35. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 1KBB; JPHV; JPS; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801499494
- ISBN
- 9780801499494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 44.54
€ 48.99
€ 44.54
Hardback. The rivalry for trade in tea and textiles between the English and Dutch East India companies is very much a global history. This trade is strongly connected to emblematic events such as the opening of Western trade with China, the Boston Tea Party, the establishment of British Empire in Bengal and the Industrial Revolution. Series: Europe's Asian Centuries. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 images, 22 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDN; 1FKA; 3JF; HBTK; KCLT; KNAC; KNDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137486523
- ISBN
- 9781137486523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.87
€ 149.87
Hardcover. Editor(s): Tyler, Mackenzie; Boone, Anthony M. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FBXS; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620812662
- ISBN
- 9781620812662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.05€ 130.56
€ 188.05
€ 130.56
Hardcover. The text describes the impact and management of rivers and covers issues of river channel stability, flood control, water quality, amelioration of detrimental impacts of utilitarian uses and provision of in-stream habitat in a generally arid continent. Editor(s): Brizga, Sandra; Finlayson, Brian L. Series: International Association of Geomorphologists. Num Pages: 310 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1F; 1MBF; RBGD; RBKF; RNF; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471969761
- ISBN
- 9780471969761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 443.95
€ 443.95
Hardcover. India is killing the Ganges, and the Ganges in turn is killing India. Victor Mallet traces the holy river from source to mouth, and from ancient times to the present day, to find that the battle to rescue what is arguably the world's most important river is far from lost. Num Pages: 336 pages, Approx. 20 colour illustrations and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJ; HBJF; HBTP; RNPG; RNT; WTL. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198786177
- ISBN
- 9780198786177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.12
€ 41.12
Paperback. Between 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in "The Killing Fields", lived in the lands of the Mekong river. This is his account of those years, and how their tumultuous events affected him. He also describes the beauty of the landscape, as well as its violence and corruption. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPL; BGHA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749320201
- ISBN
- 9780749320201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Paperback.
- Publisher
- John Murray General Publishing Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719564802
- ISBN
- 9780719564802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Hardback. Daniel Haines uncovers the history of one of the most important factors in relations between these two South Asian powers -- water Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS; RNFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849047166
- ISBN
- 9781849047166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18
Hardcover. Competition for scarce water resources, the result of population growth and the drive for economic development, has added to the precarious politics of the Middle East. This text provides an historical perspective on these issues and chronicles the present state of Middle Eastern water disputes. Num Pages: 198 pages, 5 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPS; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 198
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850652144
- ISBN
- 9781850652144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 44.97
€ 49.99
€ 44.97
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JPS; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691647364
- ISBN
- 9780691647364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.20€ 124.04
€ 162.20
€ 124.04
Hardcover. The Japan Library School, now called the School of Library and Information Science, at Keio University, was founded in 1951. This is a collection of reminiscences of events that took place over nearly 90 years. It has been reviewed and revised by the narrator, and organized by the editor. Num Pages: 202 pages, 22 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GLM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836327
- ISBN
- 9780810836327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.51
€ 136.51
Hardback. Robert Hart was the Ch'ing government's Inspector General of the Maritime Customs Service. These journals follow on from "Entering China's Service" and cover the years when Hart was setting up Customs procedures, establishing a modus operandi with the Ch'ing bureaucracy and inspecting treaty ports. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 600 pages, 10 half-tones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; BGA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674775305
- ISBN
- 9780674775305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 37.27
€ 43.99
€ 37.27
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AJB; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 409 x 351 x 75. Weight in Grams: 5046.
- Publisher
- Steidl Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783958291119
- ISBN
- 9783958291119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.43€ 99.15
€ 103.43
€ 99.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Bolton, Christopher; Csicsery-Ronay, Istvan. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; APFV; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 182 x 20. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816649747
- ISBN
- 9780816649747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Paperback. From Tehran to Riyadh, Cairo to Nazareth, this is the story of how a new generation of rockers and rappers are trying to change the Middle East. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 1QFM; 3JMG; AVGP; AVGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786990150
- ISBN
- 9781786990150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.87
€ 19.99
€ 19.87
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Monsoon Books Singapore
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789810559496
- ISBN
- 9789810559496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.03
€ 17.99
€ 17.03