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Paperback. This book explores, through a series of essays, a set of interrelated elements that define the literary culture of China in the late eighth and early ninth centuries. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3F; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726672
- ISBN
- 9780804726672
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
Hardback. This study offers a methodological approach for comparative philosophy on the level of the philosophical system, examines Confucian philosophy as a philosophical system, with emphasis on its epistemological dimensions, and uses the thought of a particular thinker as an example of how the Confucian tradition was appropriated by individual thinkers. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726054
- ISBN
- 9780804726054
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Condition: New
€ 86.00
€ 86.00
Paperback. This collection of essays is built around a major but previously unstudied theme in Japanese history - the extent to which the exaggeration of antiquity has distorted historical understanding. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725927
- ISBN
- 9780804725927
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
€ 33.99
€ 33.47
Hardback. This book reexamines the historical thinking of Liang Qichao (1873-1929), one of the few modern Chinese thinkers and cultural critics whose appreciation of modernity was based on first-hand experience of the world space. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804725835
- ISBN
- 9780804725835
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Condition: New
€ 81.03
€ 81.03
Paperback. This book aims to introduce the reader to contemporary Chinese urban life and to examine how reforms have changed not only the material circumstances of daily life, but also the overall well-being of urban residents. Num Pages: 332 pages, 23 half-tones 2 maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725811
- ISBN
- 9780804725811
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.35
€ 42.99
€ 42.35
Paperback. This book brings together material on headhunting from several Southeast Asia societies, examines its cultural contexts, and relates them to colonial history, violence, and ritual. Editor(s): Hoskins, Janet. Num Pages: 308 pages, 26 half-tones, 5 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1F; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 403.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804725750
- ISBN
- 9780804725750
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.75
€ 36.99
€ 35.75
Paperback. The countries of Southeast Asia have had varying degrees of success in achieving political legitimacy. This book studies political legitimacy in aeven South east Asian countries - Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Editor(s): Alagappa, Muthiah. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FMM; 1FMN; 1FMP; 1FMS; 1FMT; 1FMV; HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 665.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725606
- ISBN
- 9780804725606
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.16
€ 42.99
€ 38.16
Paperback. This study of a Korean conglomerate aims to show how culture can shape business organization. It presents a theoretical perspective on the relationships between the cultural, political, and economic dimensions of a large modern business organization. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; JHM; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804725248
- ISBN
- 9780804725248
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.62
€ 36.99
€ 35.62
Paperback. This is a comprehensive study on the social history of China during the first half of the 20th century. It draws on abundant sources and studies which have appeared in the People's Republic of China since the early 1980sand which have not been systematically used in Western historiography. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; KCF; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804724913
- ISBN
- 9780804724913
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.59
€ 36.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. Written from a feminist perspective, this is a cultural and ideological study of modern China as seen in the writing of experimental fiction, one of the main attempts to subvert the conventions of socialist realism in contemporary Chinese literature. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 311.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724647
- ISBN
- 9780804724647
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
paperback. This intimate and richly informative diary kept in 1910 by the young wife of a bustling merchant household in Kyoto is an engaging, unique glimpse into the lives of ordinary people in early twentieth-century Japan. Includes 53 illustrations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; BGHA; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804724418
- ISBN
- 9780804724418
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
Paperback. Bringing local history to bear on major questions in Chinese social history and anthropology, this volume comprises a series of historical and ethnographic studies of the Pearl River Delta from late imperial times through the 1940's. Editor(s): Faure, David; Siu, Helen. Num Pages: 300 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 429.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724357
- ISBN
- 9780804724357
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
paperback. Looking at the history of communist China as a history of consciousness, this book makes an innovative departure from previous studies. It charts a journey that led from utopianism to nihilism and then to the hedonism and consumerism that pervade China today. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5193 x 3233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804723732
- ISBN
- 9780804723732
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.14
€ 29.99
€ 29.14
Paperback. This book documents the Cambodian refugee experience through powerful first-person narratives of men, women, and children who survived the holocaust and have begun new lives in America. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBB; BGH; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723725
- ISBN
- 9780804723725
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.15
€ 42.99
€ 42.15
Hardback. This in-depth analysis of why the US became involved in the conflict in Vietnam and how the US experience there should be judged in retrospect examines the relationship between the US doctrine of containment of communism and US foreign policy in Vietnam. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 827.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804722834
- ISBN
- 9780804722834
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Condition: New
€ 108.76
€ 108.76
Hardback. An analysis of the complex political and economic relationship between the United States and the Phillipines. Although the United States had negligible economic interests in the Philippines, it saw a strong US military presence there as a necessary part of its global defence. Series: Modern America. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804722803
- ISBN
- 9780804722803
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Condition: New
€ 75.21
€ 75.21
Hardback. This literary biography is based primarily on Shinkei's own writings and is supplemented by various external sources. It includes annotated translations of Shinkei's most representative poetry. Num Pages: 492 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 33. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804722537
- ISBN
- 9780804722537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.76
€ 108.76
paperback. Long described as lost, this report was the result of Mao Zedong's investigation in 1930 of the people, economy, society, and history of the obscure rural county of Xunwu in South China. Translator(s): Thompson, Roger R. Num Pages: 292 pages, 21 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804721820
- ISBN
- 9780804721820
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
€ 33.99
€ 33.59
Hardback. This pathbreaking work argues that the major intellectual trend in China from the 17th through the early 19th century was Confucian ritualism, as expressed in ethics, classical learning, and discourse on lineage. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721738
- ISBN
- 9780804721738
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Condition: New
€ 95.53
€ 95.53
Hardcover. The poets of the Northern Song dynasty were writing after what is thought to be the Golden Age of Chinese poetry. This study examines how these Song poets responded to their uncomfortable proximity to such impressive predecessors and reveals how their response shaped their literary art. Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804721264
- ISBN
- 9780804721264
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Condition: New
€ 97.19
€ 97.19
Paperback. This lavishly illustrated book on one of Japan's preeminent painters focuses on the relationship between topography and the language of visual symbols a painter manipulates, or must invent, to suggest specific places. Num Pages: 232 pages, 64 half-tones 33 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 289 x 222 x 12. Weight in Grams: 810.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804720885
- ISBN
- 9780804720885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.84
€ 51.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JHMC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720663
- ISBN
- 9780804720663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.86
€ 126.86
Paperback. Though virtually unknown in the ethnographic literature on Chinese society, the "delayed transfer marriage", requiring separation after marriage, was widely established in the Canton delta. This book analyzes the effect of economic change on the practice in the area's silk district. Num Pages: 240 pages, index, appendixes. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; JHBK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780804720144
- ISBN
- 9780804720144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. In Shanghai, China's largest industrial centre prior to 1949, cotton was king and the majority of mill workers were women. This book presents detailed information on all aspects of the life of this group of urban workers. Num Pages: 316 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720120
- ISBN
- 9780804720120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.91
€ 40.99
€ 35.91