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Paperback. Tracing China's course from the eighteenth-century Qing Dynasty to today's People's Republic, this title shows how the country's worldview has evolved. It explains how Chinese attitudes have been determined by both receptiveness and resistance to outside influence and presents the preoccupations that have set its foreign-relations agenda. Num Pages: 528 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099569596
ISBN
9780099569596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Prize-winning study of the global conflict waged during the Cold War and its legacy today. Num Pages: 496 pages, 15 b/w illus. 10 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 808. Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times. 495 pages, 15 b/w illus. 10 maps. Prize-winning study of the global conflict waged during the Cold War and its legacy today. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW; JPS. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight: 810.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521703147
ISBN
9780521703147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00

Paperback. This history of the Chinese Civil War attempts to answer two questions: Why was the war fought? And What were the immediate and lasting results of the Communists' victory? It also shows how campaigns were mounted against changes in politics, society and culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 226 x 2. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744843
ISBN
9780804744843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; HBW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465056675
ISBN
9780465056675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.72

hardcover. In this comprehensive treatment, Borowskisy nthesises what is known about the use of animals for clothing, transportation, food and cult practices in biblical times. Essays on pastoral systems and agricultural economics are included. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, figures, indexes. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBJF; HBLA; HDD; JFFZ; PSV; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761989189
ISBN
9780761989189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.69

Hardcover. "Commissioning organisation: by Oden Meeker. 333 p. ill. 22 cm. Original cloth. Very nice, clean copy, in a worn and torn dw."
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Chatto & Windus London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1955
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0102958
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Editor(s): Moreau, Odile; Schaar, Stuart. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRAM; JFSR2; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310915
ISBN
9781477310915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Hardcover. Based on recently acquired internal party documents, this study of the roots of revolution in the Chinese province of Henan describes in detail more than two decades of the efforts of the Communist Party to build mass support for revolution. Num Pages: 492 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press California
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804721424
ISBN
9780804721424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.74

Publisher
Canada
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781459709645
ISBN
9781459709645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.91

Hardback. When Tanganyika became independent in 1961, the people were elated. In merging with Zanzibar, the young state provided a rare demonstration of African unity. Although the mood is now less euphoric, Tanzania's development is popularly accepted. This dictionary offers information about the country. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Africa. Num Pages: 392 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810832442
ISBN
9780810832442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.21

Paperback. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 250 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AP; HBG; HBJD; HRJ; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349344192
ISBN
9781349344192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. In reading popular films of the Weimar Republic as candid commentaries on Jewish acculturation, Ofer Ashkenzi provides an alternative context for a re-evaluation of the infamous 'German-Jewish symbiosis' before the rise of Nazism, as well as a new framework for the understanding of the German 'national' film in the years leading to Hitler's regime. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 250 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; HBG; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230341364
ISBN
9780230341364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Paperback. Presents a fresh perspective on the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Instead of celebrating the triumph of reason and rationality, the authors study the paradoxes and anxieties that stemmed from the New Science and the intellectual compromises that shaped it and enabled its spectacular success. Num Pages: 352 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226212982
ISBN
9780226212982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Paperback. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HP; PDA; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048160679
ISBN
9789048160679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.20

Hardback. First edition - 8vo. Very good copy - KAW0597 - 41pp. - Australia National University Press, Canberra Australia
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Australia National University Press Canberra Australia
Number of pages
41
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
SKU
KCK0002531
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Hardback. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 369 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
369
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319331553
ISBN
9783319331553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.74

Hardback. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JP; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319560465
ISBN
9783319560465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.81

Paperback. References" at end of each chapter. Commissioning organisation: by Frederic A. Ogg and P. Orman Ray. 2 p. 1., vii-viii, 649 p. 23 cm. Associated Names: Ray, Perley Orman,. Associated Dates: 1875-. Paperback. Good copy. Spine creased with small tear". Keywords: "State governments. , Local government"
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Pub. for the United States Armed
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1944
SKU
KEX0014540
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 8.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. This book examines the contradiction between Chinese perception of the missionary role and the missionariesO own perception of their role. It offers a critical assessment of the role of the missionaries in the country and sheds light on the magnitude of the problems inherent in cross-cultural encounters. Num Pages: 303 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611471649
ISBN
9781611471649
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Folklore Publishing Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894864152
ISBN
9781894864152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Hardback. In this oral history, Ogata Masato, fisherman and Minamata disease sufferer, tells of the devastation of methyl mercury poisoning and the impact of industrial pollution on his own life, on his extended family and on the fishing culture in Minamata Bay, Japan. Editor(s): Ogata, Masato; Colligan-Taylor, Karen. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBTD; RNP; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742500204
ISBN
9780742500204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.90

Paperback. 176p. p.b. Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
SKU
KON0712583
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Africa. 176 pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin African Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
SKU
KNW0000541
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Africa. 176 pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin African Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
SKU
KNW0000545
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

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