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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

€ 43.99
€ 37.05

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

€ 43.99
€ 37.05

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

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
€ 20.60

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
€ 46.30

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

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
€ 24.70

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

€ 60.27
€ 55.56

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
€ 24.78

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

€ 49.99
€ 42.19

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

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
€ 27.79

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
€ 46.30

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

€ 60.27
€ 55.56

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

€ 49.99
€ 42.19

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
€ 33.96

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
€ 20.60

Hardback. Throughout Chinese history, mountains have been integral components of the religious landscape. This book demonstrates the value of local studies and the field of Buddho-Daoist studies in research on Chinese religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRE; HRKN5. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 943.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674033320
ISBN
9780674033320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.20

Hardback. A translation of "Jacqueries et revolution dans la Chine du XXe siecle" that focuses on 'spontaneous' rural unrest, uninfluenced by revolutionary intellectuals. It raises issues inspired by the perennial concerns of revolutionary leaders, such as peasant 'class consciousness' and China's modernization. Translator(s): Liddell, Philip. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 300 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035423
ISBN
9780674035423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.19

Hardback. Urbanization was central to development in late imperial China. Yet its impact is heatedly debated. This book argues that this conceptual impasse derives from the fact that the seemingly continuous urban expansion was in fact punctuated by a wide variety of 'dynastic urbanisms'. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 370 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035614
ISBN
9780674035614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.10

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