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Paperback. Offering a groundbreaking study of Taiwan cinema, this book is the first study in English to cover its entire history. Guo-Juin Hong provides helpful insight into how Taiwan cinema is taught and studied by taking into account not only the auteurs of New Taiwan Cinema, but also the history of popular genre films before the 1980s. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137290090
- ISBN
- 9781137290090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.63
€ 71.63
Hardcover. Recasts the commonly dismissed colonial project pursued in Hokkaido during the Meiji era (1868-1912) as a major force in the production of modern Japan's national identity, imperial ideology, and empire. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137289759
- ISBN
- 9781137289759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. The book brings civilizational politics back to the studies of international relations and foreign policy through a study of the multiple meanings of international relations and related terms in East Asia and the intrinsic relation of international relations to individual choices of scholarly identity. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1FPC; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137289445
- ISBN
- 9781137289445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. It is a resource book that profiles the geography, demography, economy, political environment and business climates for each of China's 31 provinces. It will become a useful source book to researchers, businesses, government agencies, and news media interested in either the rapidly changing provincial economies or the Chinese economy as a whole. Num Pages: 413 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137287663
- ISBN
- 9781137287663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.25
€ 129.25
Hardcover. Contesting Kurdish Identities in Sweden sheds light on the day-to-day strategies of accommodation and resistance that Kurdish youth use in the face exclusive narratives and structures of belonging and citizenship regimes in the Middle-East and Sweden. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 1FB; JFFJ; JFSL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137282071
- ISBN
- 9781137282071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. This book is an ethnographic look at Christian and Muslim women living together in Lebanon and facing modernity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HRAF; JFSJ1; JFSL1; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281982
- ISBN
- 9781137281982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. By 2010, 260 million citizens were living outside of their permanent hukou location, a major challenge to the constrictive Mao-era system of migration and settlement planning. Jason Young shows how these new forces have been received by the state and documents the process of change and the importance of China's hukou system. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFM; JHBD; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277305
- ISBN
- 9781137277305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. From Chinese Brand Culture to Global Brands examines branding from the Chinese perspective, and predicts that China's greatest brands are poised for global dominance. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJK; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137276346
- ISBN
- 9781137276346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. The Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011 led Japan, and many other countries, to change their energy policies. David Elliott reviews the disaster and its global implications, asking whether, despite continued backing by some governments, the growing opposition to nuclear power means the end of the global nuclear renaissance. Num Pages: 153 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPB; RNP; RNQ; THK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274328
- ISBN
- 9781137274328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.74
€ 104.74
Paperback. This book explores the complexity of women's social status in the Middle East and North African region and fills a gap in the existing literature by providing an up-to-date and comprehensive portrait of women's status from a theoretical and socio-demographic perspective. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274106
- ISBN
- 9781137274106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardcover. A critical analysis of Australia's neoliberal state and role in the American imperial project in Asia. In exposing the causal mechanisms for violence and prospects for more wars it argues for emancipatory alternatives to the existing dominant and anti-democratic neoliberal governmentality. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1MBF; JPS; JPW; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137272775
- ISBN
- 9781137272775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. The book explores the critical importance of Pan-Asianism in Japanese imperialism. Pan-Asianism was a cultural as well as political ideology that promoted Asian unity and recognition. The focus is on Pan-Asianism as a propeller behind Japan's expansionist policies from the Manchurian Incident until the end of the Pacific War. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; HBG; HBW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270351
- ISBN
- 9781137270351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 160.53
€ 160.53
Hardcover. Popular Culture in Asia consists studies of film, music, architecture, television, and computer-mediated communication in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore, addressing three topics: urban modernities; modernity, celebrity, and fan culture; and memory and modernity. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270191
- ISBN
- 9781137270191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. An illustrated history of the pastoral nomadic way of life in Mongolia, this book examines the many challenges that Mongolian herders continue to face in the struggle over natural resources in the post-socialist free market era. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HBJQ; HBLC; HBLH; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269652
- ISBN
- 9781137269652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardcover. Erik Ringmar elucidates how Europeans spread "civilization" by barbarian means in the 1860 destruction of the palace of the emperor of China. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 268 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; JHB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137268907
- ISBN
- 9781137268907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.03
€ 68.03
Hardcover. Malaysia's 40-year strategy of 'poverty eradication' has met with a great deal of success, yet has caused controversy for its links to ethnically-oriented social restructuring. This book is a critical evaluation of changing policy regimes affecting Malaysia's development, record of industrialization, and efficacy in adapting social policies. Series: Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMM; KCB; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137267009
- ISBN
- 9781137267009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardcover. Sow Keat Tok explores the adaptation of the Western concept of 'sovereignty' into China's management of Taiwan and Hong Kong affairs. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPCH; 1FPCW; JPRB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263834
- ISBN
- 9781137263834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. The book provides a novel analytical perspective on regional multilateralism in South Asia and its neighbouring regions and covers the genesis, evolution and status quo of the four major regional organizations. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263117
- ISBN
- 9781137263117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardcover. This book uses the uniquely positioned culture of East African Asians to reflect upon the most vexing issues in postcolonial literary studies today. By examining the local histories and discourses that underpin East African Asian literature, it opens up and reflects upon issues of alienation, modernity, migration, diaspora, memory and nationalism. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137262950
- ISBN
- 9781137262950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. The story of one village, Yantian, and its remarkable economic and social transformation, this book shows how outcomes are shaped by a number of factors such as path dependence, social structures, economic resources and local entrepreneurship. Series: China in Transformation. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCD; KCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137035141
- ISBN
- 9781137035141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. This book offers new insights and perspectives on internationalization and trans-national higher education (TNHE) with contributions from three continents. These include the student experience in Malaysia, China, Japan and India as well as institutional perspectives and pedagogical implications of new research. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137034939
- ISBN
- 9781137034939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. China has enjoyed a higher growth rate for a longer period than any other nation to date. This volume brings together leading economists to analyse this unprecedented economic boom, and discuss prospects for the future. Chapters address a wide range of issues, covering not only financial systems, but also the social and cultural impact of growth. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCG; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137034281
- ISBN
- 9781137034281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
The Chinese Economy: A New Transition (International Economic Associat...
Aoki, Masahiko, Wu, Jinglian
Hardcover. China has enjoyed a higher growth rate for a longer period than any other nation to date. This volume brings together leading economists to analyse this unprecedented economic boom, and discuss prospects for the future. Chapters address a wide range of issues, covering not only financial systems, but also the social and cultural impact of growth. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCG; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137034274
- ISBN
- 9781137034274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.77
€ 128.77
Hardcover. Shining a light on how Iraqi Kurds used the aftermath of the 1991 Kurdish uprising to hold elections and form a parliament, and on how Kurdish officials later consolidated their regional government following the 2003 Iraq War, this book considers the political and economic shortfalls of the government and the obstacles facing Iraqi Kurds. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; JPHV; JPS; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137034076
- ISBN
- 9781137034076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25