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Paperback. As its miracle growth continues seemingly unabated into a fourth decade, China's emergence as a global economic and political power is accepted as inevitable. Editor(s): Oi, Jean C.; Rozelle, Scott; Zhou, Xueguang. Num Pages: 380 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International Studies United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931368186
ISBN
9781931368186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.94

Paperback. Why should Americans worry about South Korean security? The answer is clear: North Korea, and beyond. Most international attention to the North Korea problem has focused on U. Editor(s): Kim, Byung Kwan; Shin, Gi-Wook; Straub, David. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 1FPKS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International Studies United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931368193
ISBN
9781931368193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.66

Paperback. In the past fifty years, two factors have led to global population aging: a decline in fertility to levels close to --or even below --replacement and a decline in mortality that has increased world average life expectancy by nearly 67 percent. Editor(s): Eggleston, Karen; Tuljapurkar, Shripad. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1FPKS; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International Studies United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931368209
ISBN
9781931368209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Paperback. The contributors to this volume consider the South Korean economy in its larger political context. Moving beyond the easy dichotomies-equilibrium vs. disequilibrium and stability vs. instability-they describe a complex and surprisingly robust economic and political system. Editor(s): Kim, Byung-Kook; Kim, Eun Mee; Oi, Jean C. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International Studies United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931368216
ISBN
9781931368216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.54

Paperback. A memoir of Lim Dong-won, former South Korean unification minister and architect of Nobel Peace Prize winner Kim Dae-Jung's sunshine policy toward North Korea. It traces the process of twenty years of diplomatic negotiations with North Korea, from the earliest rounds of inter-Korean talks through the historic inter-Korean summit of June 2000. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; JPSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International Studies United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931368278
ISBN
9781931368278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.57

Paperback. Argues - using case studies of major incidents during the period - that anti-Americanism was not simply a reaction to US actions, but was powerfully embedded in a longstanding Korean national narrative of victimization at the hands of great powers, magnified by the election of a left-national government and media dynamics in the Internet age. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International Studies United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931368384
ISBN
9781931368384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.41

hardcover. An argument that subaltern experiences that are devalued and overlooked in progressive late-twentieth-century Philippine literature have been essential to the social and economic changes wrought by globalization. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFC; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344315
ISBN
9780822344315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Konno, Yuichi. Num Pages: 112 pages, 80. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACX; AFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Shinbaku Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840683219
ISBN
9781840683219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.86

paperback. Considers the reasons that international and domestic efforts toward democratization have failed to take hold in the Arab world. Focusing on Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, and Algeria, this book suggests that a complex set of variables characterizes authoritarian rule and helps to explain both its dynamism and its persistence. Series: Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221469
ISBN
9780253221469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

paperback. Editor(s): Goldman, Merle; MacFarquhar, Roderick. Series: Harvard Contemporary China Series. Num Pages: 454 pages, 3 line illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBG; HBLW; JPFC; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674654549
ISBN
9780674654549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.23
€ 48.43

Paperback. Editor(s): Taplin, Ruth. Num Pages: 252 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables, 23 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; KJ; LNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138657168
ISBN
9781138657168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.38

paperback. Taiwan's first presidential election, in 1996, sparked a Sino-US military showdown that resulted in the biggest show of US naval force in East Asia since the Vietnam War. This book explores the origins and triangular dynamics of that historic confrontation, analyzing the key decisions and misperceptions that led to the Taiwan Strait crisis. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295976174
ISBN
9780295976174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

hardcover. Part of a series that offers mainly linguistic and anthropological research and teaching/learning material on a region of great cultural and strategic interest and importance in the post-Soviet era. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FCZ; CF; HBJD; HBJF; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700708994
ISBN
9780700708994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 249.45

paperback. People Trees is about religious conceptions of trees within the cultural world of tree worship at the tree shrines of northern India. Sacred trees have been worshipped for millennia in India and today tree worship continues there among all segments of society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HREC; HRGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199929160
ISBN
9780199929160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Nau, Henry R.; Ollapally, Deepa M. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 figures and 11 tables. BIC Classification: JPB; JPS; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199937493
ISBN
9780199937493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24

paperback. Presenting everyday stories on subjects such as deities, ascetics, cats, and cooking, this book shows that the study of oral narrative and performance is essential to ethical inquiry. It builds on the author's research in the famous Hindu pilgrimage town of Sringeri, Karnataka, in southwestern India. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231139212
ISBN
9780231139212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.62

paperback. Tracing the evolution of the role of women beginning with ancient Middle Eastern societies through the seventeenth century, this book examines the interplay between local practices and early Islamic beliefs and institutions. It also examines the development of the foundations of Islamic law and practice with regard to women. Series: Restoring Women to History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBJF1; HBJH; JFC; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212641
ISBN
9780253212641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.17

Paperback. Ethnographic study of a charismatic Muslim woman healer whose practice crosses gender and religious boundaries Num Pages: 22 b&w photos, 1 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218377
ISBN
9780253218377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.53

This text explores the clash between communism and Islam in the Soviet campaign against Central Asia between 1917 and 1941. Shoshana Keller utilizes documents from Moscow and Tashkent, including the former Communist Party Archive of Uzbekistan. Num Pages: 300 pages, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FC; 3JJG; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW; HRH; JFSR2; JPFC; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780275972387
ISBN
9780275972387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.83

"The Hikayat Banjar", a 17th-century native court chronicle from Southeast Borneo, characterizes the irresistibility of natural resource wealth to outsiders as 'the banana tree at the gate'. This title employs this phrase as a root metaphor to frame the history of resource relations between the indigenous people of Borneo and the world system. Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMNX; JHMC; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300153217
ISBN
9780300153217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 97.03

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