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Hardcover. Shows how, as Christopher Columbus carried his own Jerusalem centric worldview to the West, America too was powerfully shaped by the dream of the City on a Hill - from Governor Winthrop to Abraham Lincoln to Woodrow Wilson to Ronald Reagan. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 648. Fine in fine dustjacket
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KLJ0014503
- ISBN
- 9780547195612
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.86
€ 6.86
Paperback. Rebecca E. Karl interrogates the concept and practice of "the economic" as it was understood in China in the 1930s and the 1980s and 90s, showing how the use of Eurocentric philosophies, narratives, and conceptions of the economic that exist outside lived experiences fail to capture modern China's complex history. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363217
- ISBN
- 9780822363217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
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
€ 35.99
€ 26.73
A Mission to the Medieval Middle East: The Travels of Bertrandon de la...
Bertrandon de La Brocquière
Hardback. In the years 1432-3 Bertandon de la Brocquiere , fifteenth-century gentleman and confidante to the Duke of Burgundy, undertook a pilgrimage to the Middle East and beyond. Editor(s): Irwin, Robert. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780764320
- ISBN
- 9781780764320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.13€ 116.46
€ 130.13
€ 116.46
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Harvard Business Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781422157282
- ISBN
- 9781422157282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.93
€ 20.99
€ 20.93
Paperback. The family has long been viewed as both a microcosm of the state and a barometer of social change in China. It is no surprise, therefore, that the dramatic changes experienced by Chinese society over the past century have produced a wide array of new family systems. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745685557
- ISBN
- 9780745685557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.39
€ 23.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1; HBTP1; HRH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 190 x 265 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226126968
- ISBN
- 9780226126968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.52€ 52.52
€ 61.52
€ 52.52
Paperback. Presenting the biography of Matsuo Taseko, a peasant woman of the Tokugawa period, honoured and then adopted as a patron saint by rightist nationalists, this text gives perspectives on the practices and intellectual concerns of rural entrepreneurs and their role in the Meiji Restoration. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 20 halftones, 2 maps, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226872377
- ISBN
- 9780226872377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.35
€ 44.99
€ 34.35
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Reynolds, Wayne. Series: Warrior. Num Pages: 64 pages, 52ill.8col.ill. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FBH; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 183 x 6. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841766706
- ISBN
- 9781841766706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.78
€ 19.99
€ 14.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501713446
- ISBN
- 9781501713446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.11
€ 38.99
€ 35.11
Paperback. The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller. This is the untold true story of the most desperate battle fought by British and allied Special Forces trapped behind enemy lines since World War Two. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBQ; 3JMC; BTM; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782060833
- ISBN
- 9781782060833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. Presents detailed portraits of a young woman jailed for protesting the ban on women driving, a Sufi scholar encouraging Muslims and Christians to struggle together with love to know God, and an artist citing the Qur'an and using metal gears and chains to celebrate the diversity of the pilgrims who come to Mecca. Num Pages: 277 pages, 16 photos. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290273
- ISBN
- 9780520290273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.50
€ 27.99
€ 21.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781591659
- ISBN
- 9781781591659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; AJC; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 299 x 43. Weight in Grams: 2912.
- Publisher
- Aperture
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597113755
- ISBN
- 9781597113755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 57.24
€ 59.15
€ 57.24
Paperback. Covering the genres of Chinese poetry, this volume provides an introduction to the Chinese poetry. The sections of the volume are introduced by a short essay on the mode or genre of poem and is followed by a comprehensive bibliography. It is aimed at students of Chinese poetry. Num Pages: 376 pages, 181 ideograms. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DC; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822319467
- ISBN
- 9780822319467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. "A study of the unintended impact of the Red Guard movement and the sent-down campaign on the generation"--Provided by publisher. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHB; JPFC; JPH; JPHV; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149655
- ISBN
- 9780231149655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.36
€ 30.99
€ 22.36
Paperback. A comprehensive and analytical study of therapeutic concepts and practices in China. It traces the history of documented health care from its earliest extant records to present developments. It features a preface which details the ideological intersections between Chinese and European medicines. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 25th Anniversary ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266131
- ISBN
- 9780520266131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 64pp photographs in gravure, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; TNK; WKDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 257 x 11. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Weatherhill
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780834815162
- ISBN
- 9780834815162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.60
€ 33.99
€ 22.60
Paperback. Demonstrates that Islam and modernity are not merely compatible, but actually go hand-in-hand. This ethnographic portrayal of an Islamic community articulates how an alternative modernity, and specifically an enchanted modernity, may be constructed by Shi'I Muslims who consider themselves simultaneously deeply modern, cosmopolitan, and pious. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124216
- ISBN
- 9780691124216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, approx 300 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784805313312
- ISBN
- 9784805313312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 24.93
€ 37.99
€ 24.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, Throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; ACV; AFKC; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 184 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- PIE Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784756246691
- ISBN
- 9784756246691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.23
€ 26.99
€ 20.23
Paperback. An exquisite collection of objects relating to the traditions of samurai warriors, from swords and armor to dishes and paintings Num Pages: 132 pages, 178 color + 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 218 x 8. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933789033
- ISBN
- 9781933789033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.90
€ 23.99
€ 17.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Kodansha America, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568363936
- ISBN
- 9781568363936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.89
€ 21.99
€ 19.89
Hardcover. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. His greatest talent was in creating landscapes of his native Edo (modern-day Tokyo) and his most famous work was a series known as "100 Famous Views of Edo" (1856-1858). This book provides an introduction to his work and an overview of his career. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; AFH; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 210. .
- Publisher
- Benedikt Taschen Verlag
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783836519632
- ISBN
- 9783836519632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.04
€ 21.04