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Paperback. This comprehensive examination of the latest and most influential research on state-society relations in post-Mao China explains why three decades of capitalist economic growth have not led to increased public pressure for liberal democratic change. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL3; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804769044
- ISBN
- 9780804769044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.66
€ 32.99
€ 29.66
Paperback. This book addresses the factors that determine the direct and indirect outcomes of collective resistance in contemporary China as well as the government's strategies to maintain social stability amid the numerous social conflicts. Series: Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. Num Pages: 304 pages, 27 tables, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763400
- ISBN
- 9780804763400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.19
€ 30.99
€ 27.19
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762069
- ISBN
- 9780804762069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.23
€ 159.23
Hardback. After a clerical sanction prohibited them from fishing for a week, a group of Catholic fishers from a village on India's southwestern coast decided to take their church to court. This title shows their struggle, providing insights into contemporary Indian democracy, citizenship, and environmentalism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 tables, 7 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761468
- ISBN
- 9780804761468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.98
€ 59.98
Paperback. Domestic servitude blurs the divide between family and work, affection and duty, the home and the world. This work offers an account of domestic life and servitude in contemporary Kolkata, India, with a concluding comparison with New York City. It examines the practices and meaning of servitude around the home and in the public sphere. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 tables, 10 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760720
- ISBN
- 9780804760720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.45
€ 30.99
€ 27.45
Paperback. Explores how social and economic changes to Chinese society create various cultural values and forms of inequality. This book examines changes to a particular set of jobs - service work, in this case salesclerk work - and the nature of the social interactions involved. It shows how change involves unequal relations between clerks and customers. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758376
- ISBN
- 9780804758376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.14
€ 27.99
€ 26.14
Hardback. Examines the rise of anti-Catholic hostility in early nineteenth-century Vietnam under the Nguyen dynasty. Focusing on, but not limited to, the Cochinchina region, this book explores grassroots experiences of the religion and the conflict between the Nguyen court and missionaries of the Missions Etrangeres de Paris (MEP). Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756518
- ISBN
- 9780804756518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.78
€ 75.78
Hardback. This book illuminates what judicial modernity actually meant to the Chinese state and society in the early twentieth century and how the judicial reform resulted in paradoxical consequences due to a lack of resources and a disjunction between the national reform agenda and local social ecology. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755863
- ISBN
- 9780804755863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.57
€ 91.57
Paperback. Why has Taiwan retained its salience for more than half a century as the principal unresolved territorial claim of the People's Republic of China? This work presents the official perspective of the Beijing government, its predecessors in the Republican period, and the last imperial dynasties. Series: Studies in Asian Security. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 figure, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JPSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755542
- ISBN
- 9780804755542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Hardback. China is becoming a giant in the world economy. This book examines case studies from companies who have navigated this market environment. It starts with strategy as a fundamental stage in the value chain, and explores globalization of sales and marketing, as well as logistics and supply chain challenges of supporting global operations. Series: Stanford Business Books. Num Pages: 360 pages, 51 tables, 59 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFS; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754828
- ISBN
- 9780804754828
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Condition: New
€ 52.00
€ 52.00
Hardback. Argues that before the formation of Israel, Jewish experts participated in constructing the Orient as both a metaphor for the rejuvenation of the Jewish nation, and an enchanted space populated by hybrid figures that mixed Jewish and Arab elements. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 tables, 6 figures, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754033
- ISBN
- 9780804754033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.77
€ 127.77
Paperback. Analyzes what it is like to grow up as the state-appointed vanguard of modernization. Based on surveys and ethnographic research in China, this book explores the social, economic, and psychological consequences of the government's decision to accelerate the fertility transition. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSP2; JHBD; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753302
- ISBN
- 9780804753302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.05
€ 26.99
€ 25.05
Paperback. This book describes and explains the grand strategy China's leaders have adopted to pursue their country's interests in the international system of the 21st century. Series: Studies in Asian Security. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752183
- ISBN
- 9780804752183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.67
€ 33.99
€ 30.67
Paperback. Dossani's book addresses the largely hostile, often violent relations between India and Pakistan that date from their independence in 1947. Editor(s): Dossani, Rafiq; Rowen, Henry. Series: Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. Num Pages: 440 pages, 3 tables, 15 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; 3JJP; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750851
- ISBN
- 9780804750851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.41
€ 43.99
€ 38.41
Hardback. The danwei (workunit) has been the fundamental social and spatial unit of urban China under socialism. With particular focus on the link between spatial forms and social organization, this book traces the origins and development of this critical institution up to the present day. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 table, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBL; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750387
- ISBN
- 9780804750387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.61
€ 85.61
Paperback. This book examines two large and generally overlooked diaspora communities, one Jewish, the other Slavic, who found refuge in Shanghai during the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 392 pages, 27 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750233
- ISBN
- 9780804750233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.53
€ 33.99
€ 30.53
Paperback. This study of how 16 Asian states conceive of their security identifies and explains the security concerns and behavior of central decision makers, asking who or what is to be protected, against what potential threats, and how security policies have changed over time. Editor(s): Alagappa, Muthiah. Num Pages: 872 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1118.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 872
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733489
- ISBN
- 9780804733489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.44€ 57.94
€ 59.44
€ 57.94
Paperback. This sweeping study examines the law of intellectual property in Chinese civilization from imperial days to the present. It uses materials drawn from law, the arts and other fields as well as extensive interviews with Chinese and foreign officials, business people, lawyers, and perpetrators and victims of "piracy." Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 half-tone. BIC Classification: 1FPC; LNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729604
- ISBN
- 9780804729604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.24
€ 30.99
€ 27.24
Hardback. Challenging the reigning view of literary historians has been that the May Fourth movement of 1919 marks the division between the traditional and the modern in Chinese literature, this book argues that signs of reform and innovation can be discerned long before May Fourth. Num Pages: 444 pages, 6 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press California
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728454
- ISBN
- 9780804728454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.31
€ 96.31
Paperback. This volume presents a broad range of writings on literature from the period of the inception of literary modernity in China. Editor(s): Denton, Kirk A. Num Pages: 572 pages, reference material. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 564
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725590
- ISBN
- 9780804725590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.50€ 52.72
€ 53.50
€ 52.72
Hardcover. The authors use major new documentary sources, including cables and letters between Mao Zedong and Stalin, to tell for the first time the inside story of the creation of the Sino-Soviet alliance and the origins of the Korean War. Editor(s): Goncharov, Sergei; Lewis, John Wilson; Litai, Xue. Series: Studies in Intl Security and Arm Control. Num Pages: 412 pages, 42 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FPC; 1FPK; 3JJPG; HBG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721158
- ISBN
- 9780804721158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.42
€ 158.42
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804715997
- ISBN
- 9780804715997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.82
€ 95.82
Paperback. Tells what it was like to be a Green Beret in the jungle in Vietnam Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803264809
- ISBN
- 9780803264809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.76
€ 23.99
€ 21.76
Paperback. Examines the impact of globalized culture and tradition, on the Koryak people living in post-Soviet Siberia. Num Pages: 348 pages, 23 illustrations, 2 maps, 1 glossary. BIC Classification: 1FCS; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803235090
- ISBN
- 9780803235090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.81
€ 37.99
€ 33.81