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hardcover. This work analyzes some of the complex issues currently facing the Indian economy. Looking at India in the international economy, the book examines reforms of policies toward trade and capital inflows, including issues in exchange rate policy and international business prospects. Editor(s): Krueger, Anne O.; Chinoy, Sajjid Z. Series: Stanford Studies in International Economics & Development. Num Pages: 272 pages, 42 tables, 20 illustrations, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804747752
ISBN
9780804747752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.54

hardcover. For seven years in the 1970s, the author lived in a village in northeast China as a farmer. In 1989 he returned as an anthropologist to begin the span of 11 years' fieldwork that has resulted in this work - an account of family change and the transformation of private life in rural China. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JFSF; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804733090
ISBN
9780804733090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.75

hardcover. Placing women at the center of the High Qing era shows how gender relations shaped the economic, political, social, and cultural changes of the age, and gives us a sense of what women felt and believed, and what they actually did, during this period. Num Pages: 340 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804727433
ISBN
9780804727433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.98

paperback. Argues that the plight of Palestine remains a colonial issue, and that legal tools are used to undermine Palestinian self-determination. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; LBBJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745323237
ISBN
9780745323237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.49

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBX; GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637068
ISBN
9780691637068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.49
€ 93.26

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3H; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634456
ISBN
9780691634456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.79
€ 75.24

Paperback. The cultural politics of censorship, from colonial paintings to onscreen kisses and nuclear secrets Editor(s): Kaur, Raminder; Mazzarella, William. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FK; JFC; JFMD; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220936
ISBN
9780253220936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. While some religious texts may remain static over time, the "Ramayana" epic has been retold in a variety of ways over the centuries and across South Asia. This collection brings together re-tellings translated from the four major South Indian languages and from genres as diverse as drama, short stories, poetry, and folk song. Editor(s): Richman, Paula. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 b&w photos, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219534
ISBN
9780253219534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.08

paperback. Barbara N. Ramusack surveys the prescriptive roles and lived experiences of women from the period of the early states to the 1990s. Series: Restoring Women to History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212672
ISBN
9780253212672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.30

paperback. Michael Tenzer offers a study of Balinese gamelan music, focusing on the pre-eminent 20th-century genre, gamelan gong kebyar. He applies music theory and analysis to this non-Western orchestral genre to discuss composition and structure, as well as looking at the ethographic background. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 504 pages, 27 halftones, 70 music examples, 26 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; AVGE; AVGH; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 950.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226792835
ISBN
9780226792835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.56
€ 59.33

Hardcover. Historians of British colonial rule in India have noted both the place of military might and the imposition of new cultural categories in the making of Empire. In this book, the author uncovers a lesser-known story of power: the power of bureaucracy. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226703275
ISBN
9780226703275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 44.89

Hardcover. Exploring the relationship between power and knowledge in European engagement with Asia, this work examines the East India Company at work and reveals how writing and print shaped authority on a global scale in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It also uncovers the intellectual and political legacies of early modern trade and empire. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBTK; KNTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226620411
ISBN
9780226620411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.72

hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226330150
ISBN
9780226330150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.68

hardcover. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226283470
ISBN
9780226283470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.45
€ 48.09

Paperback. Sound disc consists of digitally remastered musical selections originally recorded by the authors. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FBP; AVGE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226112992
ISBN
9780226112992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.38
€ 74.41

hardcover. Following the travels of the nomadic Buryats, the author tells a story not only of economic devastation but also a remarkable Buryat response to it - the revival of shamanic practices after decades of socialist suppression. She offers a sophisticated analysis of the way economics, politics, gender, and other factors influence. Num Pages: 304 pages, 24 halftones, 3 maps, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPM; JHMC; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226086552
ISBN
9780226086552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.79
€ 81.80

Hardcover. Focuses on the life of leading monk and educator Hikkaduve Sumangala (1827-1911) to examine Buddhist life under foreign rule. This work reveals that during Sri Lanka's crucial decades of deepening colonial control and modernization, there was a surprising stability in the religious activities of Hikkaduve and the Buddhists among whom he worked. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226055077
ISBN
9780226055077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.80
€ 49.52

Paperback. In the Guangdong province in southeastern China lies Dafen, a village that houses thousands of workers who paint Van Goghs, Da Vincis, and Warhols. The author shows how Dafen's workers force us to reexamine our expectations about the cultural function of creativity and imitation, and the role of Chinese workers in redefining global art. Num Pages: 384 pages, 27 colour plates, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226024899
ISBN
9780226024899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.76

paperback. This volume offers a dispassionate strategic examination of the Vietnam conflict that challenges the conventional wisdom that South Vietnam could not survive as an independent non-communist entity over the long term. Series: Strategy and History. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780714681917
ISBN
9780714681917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.20

Num Pages: 160 pages, 415 color images. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1078.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764323799
ISBN
9780764323799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 32.02

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