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Paperback. A multi-dimensional picture of China at the political crossroads, this title looks at the significant change in the state-society relationship in contemporary China in three interrelated areas: intellectual, social and cultural. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPR; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780774808392
ISBN
9780774808392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardcover. Series: China Academic Library. Num Pages: 317 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662455326
ISBN
9783662455326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.93

Hardback. Series: China Academic Library. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 543.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9789811018688
ISBN
9789811018688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 3JJ; BGHA; BTP; HBTV; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Zubaan Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9789384757809
ISBN
9789384757809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.15

Hardback. Focusing on relationships concerning trade in manufactures, industrial restructuring and economic development against a background of data, this book offers an examination of the evolution and characteristics of Hong Kong's postwar economy in a historical and comparative perspective. Series: Studies in the Economics of East & South-East Asia. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; HBJF; HBLW3; KCLT; KCM; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 551.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333498828
ISBN
9780333498828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.36

Paperback. Series: Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; KCL; KCM; KCP; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349110407
ISBN
9781349110407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

Hardback. Beheaded for plotting against the Qing empire, poet Qiu Jin would later be celebrated as a Republican martyr and China's first feminist. Hu Ying studies Qiu's enduring bond with Wu Zhiying and Xu Zihua, who braved political persecution to keep her legacy alive. In doing so, their friendship fulfilled its ultimate socially transformative potential. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 365 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737204
ISBN
9780674737204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

Hardback. An analysis of China's historical relationship with Tibet. It illuminates issues of considerable importance in Chinese history and foreign relations: Sichuan's rise in importance as a key strategic area in relation to the complicated struggle between the Zunghar Mongols and China over Tibet. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1-2 maps,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 30. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989518
ISBN
9780295989518
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.48

Hardcover. Analyzing contemporary Chinese literature, film, and television, Shen shows the significance of nationalism for the mass imagination in post-socialist China. Chapters move from the intellectual idealism of the 1980s, through the post-Tiananmen transition, to the national cinema of the 1990s, and finally to the Internet literature of today. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137497420
ISBN
9781137497420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardback. The Marranos were former Jews forced to convert to Christianity in Spain and Portugal, and their later descendents. This book describes the Marranos as 'the Other within' - people who both did and did not belong. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; HBJD; HBLH; HRAX; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 167 x 38. Weight in Grams: 840.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691135717
ISBN
9780691135717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.17
€ 64.47

Paperback. An authoritative account of the operation of the Auschwitz death camp. Num Pages: 656 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1052.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253208842
ISBN
9780253208842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. Over 500,000 Jews fought under the Soviet banner in World War Two, of which an approximate 40 percent gave their lives the highest percentage of all the nations of the Soviet Union and among all the other nations that fought in the Second World War. Dr. Arad now sets the record straight on the immense contribution of Soviet Jewry." Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white halftones, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 177 x 39. Weight in Grams: 870.
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652294876
ISBN
9789652294876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 34.21

Hardback. This study investigates the place of the royal court and the operation of patronage in several European kingdoms in the early Middle Ages. It seeks to identify the roots of later medieval developments, and especially of the Carolingian Renaissance, in the centuries immediately succeeding the period of Roman rule. Series: Medieval Culture & Society. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333786659
ISBN
9780333786659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.82

Paperback. This study investigates the place of the royal court and the operation of patronage in several European kingdoms in the early Middle Ages. It seeks to identify the roots of later medieval developments, and especially of the Carolingian Renaissance, in the centuries immediately succeeding the period of Roman rule. Series: Medieval Culture & Society. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3F; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC1. Category: (G) General; (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333786666
ISBN
9780333786666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 160.89

Paperback. What caused the emergence of nationalist movements in many post-communist states? This text answers this and many other questions, starting by tracing the Russian nationalist movement from its origins, to its institutionalization in electoral alliances, and political movements of the early 1990s. Series: Russian Research Center Studies. Num Pages: 364 pages, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004382
ISBN
9780674004382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.24

Paperback. Provides a comprehensive history of Iraq's majority group and its turbulent relations with the ruling Sunni minority. This title challenges the belief that Shi'i society and politics in Iraq are a reflection of Iranian Shi'ism, pointing to the strong Arab attributes of Iraqi Shi'ism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; HRH; HRQM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691115757
ISBN
9780691115757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: CFZ; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837621198
ISBN
9783837621198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 332 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799324
ISBN
9780804799324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 259 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804796620
ISBN
9780804796620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

Paperback. A study that illuminates the Egyptian experience of modernity by critically analyzing the foremost medium through which it was articulated: history. Covering more than one hundred years of mostly unexamined historical literature in Arabic, it explores Egyptian historical thought and examines the careers of numerous critical historians. Num Pages: 406 pages, 4 b/w photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257337
ISBN
9780520257337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.06

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