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Hardback. Provides an anthology and summation of the work of one of the world's leading historians of Chinese painting and calligraphy. This book gives a sweeping tour through the history of Chinese painting and calligraphy as it offers and revised views on a broad range of important subjects. Num Pages: 464 pages, 259 color illus. 49 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 288 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1886.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162492
ISBN
9780691162492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.92
€ 83.57

Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 2CSJ; 2CSR; DSBH; JFSR1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162485
ISBN
9780691162485
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.00

Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFSR2; JHB; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159843
ISBN
9780691159843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. In the Indian outsourcing industry, employees are expected to be "dead ringers" for the more expensive American workers they have replaced. This book chronicles the rise of a workforce for whom mimicry is a job requirement and a passion. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFS; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159652
ISBN
9780691159652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardback. Modern warfare is almost always multilateral to one degree or another, requiring countries to cooperate as allies or coalition partners. This title explores how government structures and party politics in NATO countries shape how battles are waged in the field. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 line illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1QFN; HBWS4; JPSN; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159386
ISBN
9780691159386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.69

Hardback. The English East India Company was one of the most powerful and enduring organizations in history. This book locates the source of that success in the innovative policy by which the Company's Court of Directors granted employees the right to pursue their own commercial interests while in the firm's employ. Series: Princeton Analytical Sociology Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 line illus. 8 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159065
ISBN
9780691159065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Hardback. Editor(s): Silbergeld, Jerome; Ching, Dora C. Y. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 568 pages, 140 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 171 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158594
ISBN
9780691158594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 72.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 49 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBS; JFSK2; JHMC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158037
ISBN
9780691158037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. Ranging in topic from premodern Buddhist, narrative, and ink painting in Japan and East Asia to modern and contemporary Japanese painting, prints, and popular visual images, this title includes essays containing research which draws attention to the works of Japanese art and their historical contexts and modern interpretations. Editor(s): Levine, Gregory P. A.; Watsky, Andrew M.; Weisenfeld, Gennifer. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 336 pages, 120 color illus. 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FP; ACBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1857.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156538
ISBN
9780691156538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 72.77

Paperback. Through biographies of China's most colorful and famous personalities, this book displays the five-thousand-year sweep of Chinese history from the legendary sage emperors to the tragedy of Tiananmen Square. It is written for the general public curious about China and for the student beginning to study its rich cultural heritage. Num Pages: 440 pages, 12 line illus. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155876
ISBN
9780691155876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Catalogs more than four hundred decorative objects in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, including painted enamels, snuffboxes, porcelain, pottery, ceramics, jewelry, furniture, cast metal, and textiles from throughout Europe and Asia, with the majority dating from the late seventh century to the twentieth century. Num Pages: 400 pages, 478 color illus. 75 duotones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1KBBEY; AC; AFT; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 290 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154909
ISBN
9780691154909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.92
€ 89.81

Hardback. Offers an overview of the sophisticated culture of pastoral nomadic populations who lived on the territory of Kazakhstan from roughly the middle of the first millennium BCE to the early centuries CE. This title explores the conditions of mobile life ways that resulted from ecological conditions in the steppes and high valleys of Inner Eurasia. Editor(s): Stark, Soren; Samashev, Zainolla; Rubinson, Karen S.; Chi, Jennifer Y. Num Pages: 200 pages, 268 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FCZ; ACBP; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 311 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154800
ISBN
9780691154800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.32
€ 54.95

Paperback. Presents a study of an important genre of Ming-dynasty Chinese painting in which landscapes are actually disguised portraits that celebrate an individual and his achievements, ambitions, and tastes in an open effort to win recognition, support, and social status. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 144 pages, 51 color illus. 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 259 x 183 x 13. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154763
ISBN
9780691154763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. As China continues to transform itself, many assume that the nation will eventually move beyond communism and adopt a Western-style democracy. This book provides a standard for evaluating political progress in China and enriches the dialogue of possibilities available to this rapidly evolving nation. Editor(s): Bell, Daniel A.; Fan, Ruiping. Translator(s): Ryden, Edmund. Series: The Princeton-China Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRKN1; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154602
ISBN
9780691154602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.00

Paperback. "An outgrowth of the earlier comprehensive A guide to the mammals of China (Smith and Xie 2008)"--Pref. Editor(s): Smith, Andrew T.; Xie, Yan. Series: Princeton Pocket Guides. Num Pages: 400 pages, 384 color illus. 558 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 191 x 27. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Poc
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154275
ISBN
9780691154275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.55

Hardback. Offers a contribution to the study of the arts of East Asia. This book features the essays that address a range of subjects, building bridges in many directions, from early jades and bronzes through traditional painting and prints, to photography, cinema, and modern museum practice. Editor(s): Silbergeld, Jerome; Ching, Dora C. Y.; Smith, Judith G.; Murck, Alfreda. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 576 pages, 550 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FP; ACBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 343 x 255 x 88. Weight in Grams: 5254.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
960
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152981
ISBN
9780691152981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.50
€ 153.92

Hardback. Offers an analysis of the uncertainties, dreams, and anxieties that have accompanied post apartheid freedoms in Chatsworth, a formerly Indian township in Durban. This title describes how the racial segmentation of South African society still informs daily life, notions of race, personhood, morality, and religious ethics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFMS; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152950
ISBN
9780691152950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.35
€ 83.28

Hardback. In the early twentieth century poverty became the focus of an anguished national conversation about the future of China. Investigating the lives of the urban poor in China during this critical era, this book examines the solutions implemented by a nation attempting to deal with "society's most fundamental problem." Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFA; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152103
ISBN
9780691152103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.32
€ 54.95

Paperback. In 2002, after an altercation between Muslim vendors and Hindu travelers at a railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat, fifty-nine Hindu pilgrims were burned to death. This title provides a riveting ethnographic account of this collective violence. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; HRH; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151779
ISBN
9780691151779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. From the dawn of writing in Sumer to the sunset of the Islamic empire, this title traces four thousand years of speculation on the origins of civilization. It looks at the ways the conquerors and those they conquered reshaped their myths of civilization's origins in response to the social and political consequences of empire. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151489
ISBN
9780691151489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.00

Paperback. Examining such countries as Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia, this title explores how Arab citizens decide whether to back existing regimes, regime transitions, and democratization projects, and how the global position of Arab states shapes people's attitudes toward their governments. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 line illus. 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149653
ISBN
9780691149653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Middle Eastern Muslim men have been widely vilified as terrorists, religious zealots, and brutal oppressors of women. This book challenges these stereotypes with the stories of ordinary Middle Eastern men as they struggle to overcome infertility and childlessness through assisted reproduction. Num Pages: 432 pages, 18 halftones. 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRH; JFSJ2; JHMC; MBNH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148892
ISBN
9780691148892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. What does it mean to say that some of the best Chinese contemporary art is made in America, by Americans? This book challenges the artificial and narrowly conceived definitions of Chinese art, revealing the great diversity of Chinese art and showing just how complex and uncertain the labels 'contemporary', 'Chinese', and 'American' have become. Editor(s): Silbergeld, Jerome; Ching, Dora C. Y. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 color illus. 172 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JM; ABA; ACBP; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148601
ISBN
9780691148601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world? This title sets out a vision for the coming decades from China's point of view. Editor(s): Bell, Daniel A.; Zhe, Sun. Translator(s): Ryden, Edmund. Series: The Princeton-China Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148267
ISBN
9780691148267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

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