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Paperback. Since the inception of the noh drama centuries ago, actors have resisted the notion that noh rests on natural talent alone. This book describes how memories of the past become traditions, and the role of these traditions in the institutional development of the noh theatre from its beginnings in the 14th Century through the late 20th Century. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 8 colour illustrations, 4 halftones, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021204
- ISBN
- 9780674021204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.52
€ 23.99
€ 20.52
Paperback. A house is a site, the bounds and focus of a community. It is also an artefact, a material extension of its occupants' lives. This book takes the Japanese house as site and as artefact and explores the spaces, commodities and conceptions of community associated with it in the modern era. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 512 pages, 110halftones, 40line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; AMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 35. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019669
- ISBN
- 9780674019669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.83
€ 40.99
€ 33.83
Hardcover. This study focuses on postwar Japan's foreign policy making in the political and security areas, the core UN missions. The intent is to illustrate how policy goals forged by national security concerns, domestic politics, and psychological needs gave shape to Japan's complicated and sometimes incongruous policy toward the UN since World War II. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; JPQB; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 177 x 33. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019638
- ISBN
- 9780674019638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.03
€ 50.99
€ 42.03
hardcover. Editor(s): Molony, Barbara; Uno, Kathleen S. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674017801
- ISBN
- 9780674017801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.56€ 55.34
€ 60.56
€ 55.34
Hardback. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 300 pages, 23ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674017733
- ISBN
- 9780674017733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
Paperback. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 426 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016545
- ISBN
- 9780674016545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.69
€ 32.99
€ 27.69
Hardback. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 376 pages, 30 illus & 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRKN; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 185 x 32. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016538
- ISBN
- 9780674016538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.45
€ 54.99
€ 46.45
Hardcover. After overthrowing the Tokugawa government in 1868, the new Meiji leaders devised a plan for a compulsory educational system modelled after those in Europe and America. However, many people resisted this new system and their efforts ultimately led to the growth of a new educational system, one with the imprint of local demands. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 4 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674013964
- ISBN
- 9780674013964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.03
€ 50.99
€ 42.03
Paperback. Enka, a sentimental ballad genre, epitomizes for many the nihonjin no kokoro (heart/soul of Japanese), and to older members of the Japanese public this music evokes a direct connection to the traditional roots of "Japaneseness". Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, 7 halftones, 8 musical examples, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVGJ; GTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012769
- ISBN
- 9780674012769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.69
€ 27.99
€ 24.69
Hardback. A dominant force in the stele school of caligraphy was the eminent calligrapher and art theorist Fu Shan (1607-1685). Because his work spans the late Ming-early Qing divide, the author of this work examines his influence as an ideal prism through which to view the transformation in calligraphy. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, 161 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; WFU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 225 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1186.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010925
- ISBN
- 9780674010925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.56€ 55.34
€ 60.56
€ 55.34
Paperback. In this study of the monarchy in postwar Japan, the author examines not only its reform during the Occupation (1945-52), but also its evolution in the decades since the Japanese regained the power to shape their monarchy and polity. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTG; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010888
- ISBN
- 9780674010888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.62
€ 27.99
€ 24.62
Paperback. The Chinese overseas now number 25 to 30 million, the 2000-year history of Chinese attempts to venture abroad and the underlying values affecting that migration are presented in this volume. Series: The Edwin O.Reischauer Lectures. Num Pages: 160 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; GTB; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 182 x 119 x 11. Weight in Grams: 149.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674009868
- ISBN
- 9780674009868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.77
€ 37.99
€ 31.77
Hardcover. Based on an extensive study of Jianyang imprints, genealogies of the leading families of printers, local histories, documents and annotated catalogues and bibliographies, this is not just a history of commercial printing but also a wide-ranging study of the culture of the book in traditional China. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 78 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBT; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 34. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009554
- ISBN
- 9780674009554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.12
€ 54.99
€ 46.12
Paperback. By examining the growth in individual rights, the public sphere, democratic processes, and pluralisation, this text seeks to answer questions concerning the relevance of liberal democratic ideas for China and the relationship between a democratic political culture and a democratic political system. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 426 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008793
- ISBN
- 9780674008793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.52
€ 23.99
€ 20.52
Hardcover. In this study of the rhetoric, narrative patterns, and intellectual content of the Zuozhuan and Guoyu, David Schaberg reads these two collections of historical anecdotes as traces of a historiographical practice that flourished around the 4th century BCE among the followers of Confucius. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 530 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 179 x 38. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008618
- ISBN
- 9780674008618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.34
€ 54.99
€ 46.34
Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB; GTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005167
- ISBN
- 9780674005167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.90
€ 44.99
€ 36.90
Hardcover. In this study of desire in late Imperial China, the author argues that the development of traditional Chinese fiction as a narrative genre was closely related to changes in conceptions of the fundamental nature of desire. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSA; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005136
- ISBN
- 9780674005136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.90
€ 44.99
€ 36.90
Hardback. This investigation of the economy and cultural politics of Sensoji shows that its culture of prayer and play reflected changes taking place in Tokugawa Japan, particularly in the city of Edo. The book provides a cultural critique of conventional scholarship on Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 line illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HRKN; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002401
- ISBN
- 9780674002401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Paperback. This volume traces the emergence and development of social rank in our present day world. It looks at ideas of hierarchy in the light of the historical, anthropological and sociological evidence to generate understanding of present-day struggles in race and ethnic relations. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1KBB; 1KJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSC; JFSL1; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631209492
- ISBN
- 9780631209492
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Condition: New
€ 63.36
€ 63.36
Paperback. Drawing on Korean and Japanese texts ranging from critical essays to short stories produced in the colonial and post-colonial periods, this book analyzes the ways in which Japanese colonial and Korean nationalist discourse pivoted on such concepts as language, literature, and culture. Series: Seoul-California Series in Korean Studies. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DSA; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289857
- ISBN
- 9780520289857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. The West tends to understand the Middle East primarily in terms of geopolitics: Islam, oil, and nuclear weapons. But in the nineteenth century it was imagined differently. This book re-evaluates how this story of the Eastern Question shaped the cultural politics of geography, and genocide in the mapping of a larger Middle East after World War I. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 9 line illustrations, 13 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; HBJD; HBJF1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289567
- ISBN
- 9780520289567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. How does a nation come to terms with losing a war-especially an overseas war whose purpose is fervently contested? This is a study of the competing and intertwined narratives of the Indochina War. It analyzes the layers of French remembrance, focusing on state-sponsored commemoration, veterans' associations, and special-interest groups. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b/w images, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288607
- ISBN
- 9780520288607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.13€ 54.45
€ 70.13
€ 54.45
Hardback. Explores the institutional, ideological, and conceptual development of the modern state on the peninsula. This book analyzes the state's relationship to five social sectors, each through a distinctive interpretive theme: economy, religion, education, population, and public health. Num Pages: 416 pages, 9 black and white, 1 map, 19 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288317
- ISBN
- 9780520288317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.88€ 57.75
€ 74.88
€ 57.75
Hardback. Explores the generative crisis in understanding property's role in the constitution of a liberal polity, which intersected in Bengal with a new politics of peasant independence based on practices of commodity exchange. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition, 1 ed.
- SKU
- V9780520281684
- ISBN
- 9780520281684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.88€ 57.69
€ 74.88
€ 57.69