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Paperback. Between 1890 and 1920 over one-third of the peasants of Mount Lebanon left their villages and traveled to the Americas. This book traces the journeys of these villagers from the ranks of the peasantry into a middle class of their own making. Num Pages: 271 pages, 2 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1KB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520227408
ISBN
9780520227408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.36

Paperback. Explores the way in which Islamic legal thinkers understood Islam as it related to women and gender roles. In seventeenth and eighteenth century Syria and Palestine, Muslim legal thinkers gave considerable attention to women's roles in society, this title shows how fatwas, or legal opinions, greatly influenced these roles. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1FBS; 3H; 3J; HBJF1; HBLL; JFSJ1; JFSR2; LAFS; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224742
ISBN
9780520224742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.65

Paperback. Presents essays on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. This book draws from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history and challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradition that has been promoted by scholars and popular culture alike, both in China and the West. Editor(s): Yu, Pauline; Bol, Peter; Owen, Stephen; Peterson, Willard. Series: Studies on China. Num Pages: 292 pages, 6 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224667
ISBN
9780520224667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.48

Paperback. This companion text to "College Korean" intends to enable students to continue their development of Korean language skills and enrich their understanding of Korea. Because language is a fundamental component of culture, the book covers themes relating to Korea's cultural customs and social issues. Num Pages: 374 pages, 4 line illustrations, 3 maps, 2 music examples. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 2GK; CJB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520222953
ISBN
9780520222953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.85

paperback. Features the translations of eighteen classical Chinese texts from the mid-ninth century (Tang dynasty) through the late nineteenth century (Qing dynasty) that offer a comprehensive collection of primary sources focusing on gender issues in medieval and late imperial China. Editor(s): Mann, Susan; Cheng, Yu-Yin. Num Pages: 323 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF1; HBLA; HBLC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520222762
ISBN
9780520222762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.63

Paperback. This anthology of treasures from the oral literature of native California includes a selection of stories, anecdotes, myths, reminiscences, and songs drawn from a wide sampling of California's many native cultures. Introductions provide cultural and biographical context. Editor(s): Luthin, Herbert W. Num Pages: 651 pages, 12 black & white photographs, 5 maps, 4 musical examples, 1 line figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2ABM; DQ; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
Annotated.
Number of pages
651
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520222700
ISBN
9780520222700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Opium is more than just a drug extracted from poppies. This title shows that the opium trade was not purely a British operation but involved Chinese merchants, Chinese state agents, and Japanese imperialists as well. Editor(s): Brook, Timothy; Wakabayashi, Bob Tadashi. Num Pages: 458 pages, 15 b/w illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBG; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
458
Condition
New
Edition
Second Edition
SKU
V9780520222366
ISBN
9780520222366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Japan was the only non-Western nation to industrialize before 1900 and its leap into the modern era has stimulated vigorous debates among historians and social scientists. This title considers daily life in the three centuries leading up to the modern era in Japan. Num Pages: 227 pages, 6 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520218123
ISBN
9780520218123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.65

Paperback. While the typical Japanese male politician glides through his district in air-conditioned taxis, the typical female voter trundles along the side streets on a simple bicycle. Studying the politics of the average female citizen in Japan, this title argues that this taxi-bicycle contrast reaches deeply into Japanese society. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 263 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JHM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520212916
ISBN
9780520212916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.73

Paperback. Focuses on the role of markets in linking local communities to larger networks of commerce, culture, and political power. This book uses bazaars in the northeast Indian state of Bihar during the colonial period as the site of its investigation. Num Pages: 311 pages, 6 b/w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; KC; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press Berkeley, U.S.A.
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520211001
ISBN
9780520211001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.01

Hardback. Shows that 'Aryan,' a word that today evokes images of racial hatred and atrocity, was first used by Europeans to suggest bonds of kinship. This book features the history of British Orientalism and the ethnology of India. Num Pages: 259 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFC; JFF; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205468
ISBN
9780520205468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.70
€ 49.28

Paperback. Dan Pagis (1930-1986) spent three of his adolescent years in a Nazi camp before arriving in Palestine in 1946. He became one of the most vibrant voices in modern Israeli poetry and is considered a major world poet of his generation. This title features translated poems, in which, Dan Pagis' voice can be heard celebrating the human spirit. Translator(s): Mitchell, Stephen. Series: Literature of the Middle East. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 2ABM; DCF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 36.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205390
ISBN
9780520205390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. This work explores the performances and transactions that lie at the heart of public events in contemporary Anakalang, Indonesia. The author argues that by looking at representations as concrete practices we may find them to be entangled in the tensions and hazards of social existence. Num Pages: 300 pages, 10 photos. BIC Classification: 1FMN; CFG; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520204751
ISBN
9780520204751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.39

Paperback. A study of Arab politics in the late Ottoman Empire as viewed from the imperial capital in Istanbul. This analytical narrative of the young Turk period (1908-1918), discusses both Arab concerns and the policies of the Ottoman government toward the Arabs. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJF1; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520204461
ISBN
9780520204461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.39

Paperback. Explores the mutually formative interactions between the Arab and Jewish working classes, labor movements, and worker-oriented political parties in Palestine just before and during the period of British colonial rule. This book avoids treating the Arab and Jewish communities as if they developed independently of each other. Num Pages: 443 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFF; JFSL1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
443
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition. Wraps.
SKU
V9780520204195
ISBN
9780520204195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.74

paperback. This text paints a portrait of Palestinian society on the verge of modernity. Through the voices of merchants, peasants and Ottoman officials, the book investigates the ways in which urban-rural dynamics in a provincial setting gave meaning to Ottoman rule and European economic expansion. Num Pages: 340 pages, 6 illustrations, 3 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1; JH; JP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520203709
ISBN
9780520203709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

paperback. This work takes an anthropological approach to the fundamental question of what makes life worth living. It considers the issue by examining nine pairs of similarly situated individuals in the United States and Japan. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520201330
ISBN
9780520201330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.28

Paperback. Explores unconventional texts and dimensions of culture involved in constituting Hiroshima memories - including history textbook controversies, discourses on the city's tourism and urban renewal projects, campaigns to preserve atomic ruins, survivors' testimonial practices, ethnic Koreans' narratives on Japanese colonialism. Series: Twentieth-century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power S. Num Pages: 301 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSBH; HBJF; HBLW3; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520085879
ISBN
9780520085879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.48

Paperback. Focusing upon Hollywood's portrayal of Asian races, this study describes how social taboos concerning Orientals helped to perpetuate social and racial inequality in the USA. The author's discussion covers early silent films, later classics such as "Shanghai Express" and the recurring geisha movies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; APFA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520084957
ISBN
9780520084957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.73

paperback. The Japanese women whose memoirs, journals and essays are collected in this volume constitute a strong current in the history of modern Japanese life from the 1880s to the outbreak of World War II. The women reveal why they joined left-wing groups in order to fight oppression and injustice. Editor(s): Hane, Mikiso. Translator(s): Hane, Mikiso. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in Prewar Japan United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520084216
ISBN
9780520084216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Hardcover. This is a detailed study of the changing nature and limits of academic freedom in pre-war Japan from the Meiji Restoration to the eve of World War II. The analysis is complemented by an extensive use of biographical and archival material. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 illustrations, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520078215
ISBN
9780520078215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.61
€ 53.80

Hardcover. Author Gao Jian is the number one authority on fixed income markets in China, and with this book, he brings his considerable experience and knowledge about these markets to investors worldwide. For those interested in becoming active in China's growing fixed income markets, Debt Capital Markets in China is the book you need to get started. Series: Wiley Finance Series. Num Pages: 694 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1088.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
694
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780471751205
ISBN
9780471751205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.90
€ 64.86

Hardback. A volume on wild apple and fruit trees of Central Asia, it presents reviews on topics in horticultural sciences. It emphasises on applied topics including the production of fruits, vegetables, nut crops, and ornamental plants of commercial importance. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FC; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471219682
ISBN
9780471219682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 395.47

Hardcover. Using a comparative, interdisciplinary approach, Nationalism in Asia analyzes currents of nationalism in five contemporary Asian societies: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJ; HBJF; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780470673010
ISBN
9780470673010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.65

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