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Hardback. This compelling historical ethnography explores how people in Bahla, an oasis town in the interior of Oman, experienced dramatic transformation in their lives following the discovery of oil in the late 1960s, and now grapple with the prospect of this resource's future depletion. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; HBJF1; HBLW3; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756266
- ISBN
- 9780804756266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.34
€ 118.34
Hardback. The first analysis in any language of China's recent epic novels about official corruption, this book explores how Chinese authors treat the theme of official malfeasance in mass-market thrillers, how those works reflect modern life, and how they approach the taboo subject of regime change. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; DSK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754859
- ISBN
- 9780804754859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.61
€ 86.61
Hardback. This book argues that states democratize through a process of socialization to a liberal global culture. This can be seen in Taiwan and Thailand, whereas in China the Communist party resists democratization. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753944
- ISBN
- 9780804753944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.83
€ 149.83
Hardback. Through a case study of one imperial institution, the community school, this book examines the primary sources we use to study it, the role it has played in debates over history and politics, and the nature of the Ming state. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751742
- ISBN
- 9780804751742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.61
€ 86.61
Hardback. Banking on Multinationals is a study of Japan's world lead in publicly financing the expansion of multinational corporations in order to help sunset industries cope with loss of international competitiveness through offshore manufacturing. Num Pages: 296 pages, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KJVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748872
- ISBN
- 9780804748872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.50
€ 86.50
Paperback. How might Russia and Eurasia attract private investment and trade from the West over the first decade of the 21st century, and what conditions in Russia and Eurasia may Western investors expect? This text surveys economic prospects for the region and assess its resources and institutions. Editor(s): Kalicki, Jan H.; Lawson, Eugene K. Num Pages: 540 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1F; 1KBB; KCLT; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748285
- ISBN
- 9780804748285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.88
€ 46.99
€ 41.88
Hardback. This work covers cultural change in a Chinese city following the Manchu conquest of 1644. Yangzhou, at the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Yangzi river, is known as the site of human and physical devastation during the conquest and as a vibrant commercial centre during the 18th century. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JFC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744850
- ISBN
- 9780804744850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.50
€ 76.50
Paperback. This collection of essays focuses on development in India to explore the emergence of "regional modernities" in ways that are distinct from a so-called global modernity and its myriad local variations. Individual essays present case studies of development across India. Editor(s): Sivaramakrishnan, K.; Agrawal, Arun. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 26. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744157
- ISBN
- 9780804744157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Hardback. Focusing on oracular texts, this text examines the role of divination in Chinese culture, particularly in religious practice. Drawing on ancient and modern sources, the author establishes the oracular sequence of important but obscure works. Editor(s): Faure, Bernard. Series: Asian Religions & Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 40 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804743341
- ISBN
- 9780804743341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.83
€ 149.83
Hardback. This far-ranging volume offers both a broad overview of the role of the military in contemporary Asia and a close look at the state of civil-military relations in sixteen Asian countries. It discusses these relations in countries where the military continues to dominate the political realm as well as others where it is disengaging from politics. Editor(s): Alagappa, Muthiah. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1265.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742269
- ISBN
- 9780804742269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.78
€ 211.78
Hardback. This ambitious work traces a social history of semicolonialism in late-19th and early-20th-century China. It takes as its central concern the intertwining of two antagonistic forces: elite constructions of modernity shaped globally and an alternative line of peasant resistance and development. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729321
- ISBN
- 9780804729321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.66
€ 91.66
Hardback. Scholars from the fields of literature, history, and art history apply a range of methodologies to newly discovered works by women writers and to other sources concerning women writers in China from 1600 to 1900. Editor(s): Widmer, Ellen; Chang, Kang-i Sun. Num Pages: 560 pages, 41 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728713
- ISBN
- 9780804728713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 233.27
€ 233.27
Hardback. Late medieval Japan witnessed a growth in the power of the commoner, as seen in the spread of corporate villages (so) marked by collective ownership and administration and other self-governing features. This study of a community of so villages from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries reconstructs the life of these villages. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719414
- ISBN
- 9780804719414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 451.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804717823
- ISBN
- 9780804717823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.50
€ 76.50
hardcover. Spanning the century from the Taiping Rebellion through the establishment of the People's Republic of China, this book is a comprehensive history of women in modern China. Its historical scope is broad, touching upon most aspects of life and drawing upon little known Chinese and Japanese sources. Editor(s): Fogel, Joshua A. Num Pages: 284 pages, index, supplementary references, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714969
- ISBN
- 9780804714969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.94
€ 159.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 178 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 304 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764352027
- ISBN
- 9780764352027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.41€ 39.54
€ 54.41
€ 39.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 92 color images. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; 1KBB; AJC; HBWS4; HBWS5; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 279 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1355.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764348938
- ISBN
- 9780764348938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.47
€ 42.99
€ 28.47
Hardback. Bringing together a team of experienced and highly respected researchers from across Taiwan, this book is the first to examine in detail the theory and practice of policy analysis in Taiwan at different levels of government and in non-governmental organisations. Editor(s): Kuo, Yu-Ying. Num Pages: 268 pages, 22 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447308300
- ISBN
- 9781447308300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 223.11
€ 223.11
Paperback. Richard King provides an introduction to the main schools of Hindu and Buddhist thought, emphasising the living history of interaction and debate between the various traditions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HPDF; HRE; HRG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748609543
- ISBN
- 9780748609543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.04
€ 41.99
€ 35.04
Paperback. The state of Goa on India's southwest coast was once the capital of the Portuguese-Catholic empire in Asia. When Vasco Da Gama arrived in India in 1498, he mistook Hindus for Christians, but Jesuit missionaries soon declared war on the alleged idolatry of the Hindus. This study traces the history of Hindu-Catholic syncretism in Goa. Num Pages: 230 pages, 9 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAF; HRCC7; HRG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012944
- ISBN
- 9780253012944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Breshna, Abdullah. Num Pages: 160 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Prospect Books
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907325949
- ISBN
- 9780907325949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.58
€ 19.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FMS; AJCR; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 214 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881900388
- ISBN
- 9789881900388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881900241
- ISBN
- 9789881900241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, 18 colour photos & 9 b/w maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCM; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881900227
- ISBN
- 9789881900227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.49
€ 10.99
€ 9.49