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Accounts of China's global rise emphasize economics and politics, largely neglecting the cultivation of China's people. This title by focusing on the decade since 2000, and especially 2004 - 09, argues that the vital politics of population has been central to the globalizing agenda of the reform state. Series: The Edwin O.Reischauer Lectures. Num Pages: 156 pages, 1 halftone, 5 line illustrations, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 245 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055711
- ISBN
- 9780674055711
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.65
€ 47.99
€ 39.65
Paperback. The voices of Chinese immigrants who settled in the pre-1950s Canadian prairies come alive in this extraordinary record of migration, settlement, and community life. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774828017
- ISBN
- 9780774828017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. The voices of Chinese immigrants who settled in the pre-1950s Canadian prairies come alive in this extraordinary record of migration, settlement, and community life. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774828000
- ISBN
- 9780774828000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.37
€ 106.37
Paperback. This study questions the idea that the introduction of coffee to Latin America forced most people to become landless proles working on large plantations. It suggests that small and medium-sized growers in Nicaragua were vital to the economy, constituting the farming and land-owning majority. Series: Ohio RIS Latin America Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JFSF; KCZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 130 x 585. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780896802278
- ISBN
- 9780896802278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.62
€ 34.99
€ 31.62
Hardback. Cultivated Power explores the collection, cultivation, and display of flowers in early modern France at the historical moment when flowering plants piqued the curiosity of European gardeners and botanists, merchants and ministers, and dukes and kings alike. Series: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 color, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; HBTB; TVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- REV and Illustrated ed.
- SKU
- V9780812238266
- ISBN
- 9780812238266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.16
€ 96.16
Hardcover. "Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 261-269). ix, 269 p. 21 cm. Publishers cloth. Good copy with clean cloth and bright gilt title on spine, well defined edges and tight binding, clean and crisp pages." Keywords: "Culture. , Civilization."
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1951
- SKU
- KEX0134360
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Archaeology, 19th Century Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Chapelstown Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KHS0043289
- ISBN
- 9780953587605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 5.58
€ 10.99
€ 5.58
Hardback. Trevor Royle does for Culloden what Juliet Barker did for Agincourt, bringing us the definitive account of the battle and its wider role in the creation of the British Empire. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408704011
- ISBN
- 9781408704011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.83
€ 33.99
€ 22.83
Hardback. The story of Culloden, one of the most important battles in Scottish history - how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean Series: Great Battles. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; HRAM9. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199664078
- ISBN
- 9780199664078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.46
€ 30.99
€ 22.46
Paperback. Culloden was the last battle on British soil. It marked the end of clan culture and was the harbinger of the Highland Clearances. Culloden is a battlefield, a graveyard and an iconic site that draws people from all parts of the world. And as they come, they bring with them their stories. This book presents these tales. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps/integrated photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910948095
- ISBN
- 9781910948095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. This text, using contemporary memoirs, letters, newspapers and regimental order books, reconstructs the common man's version of the Moorland Battle and the repression and brutality that followed it for the highlanders. It challenges the rose-tinted legend of Bonnie Prince Charlie and Culloden. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8pp b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712668200
- ISBN
- 9780712668200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. This book argues that regional food culture is intrinsic to how Chinese connect to the past, live in the present, and imagine their future. It focuses on Shanghai-a food lover's paradise-and identifies the importance of regional food culture at pivotal moments in the city's history, and in Chinese history more generally. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804786911
- ISBN
- 9780804786911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
Hardback. A collection that features an assortment of ephemera, or paper collectibles, related to food. Suitable for food lovers, collectors, designers, and curators alike, it includes images of postcards, match covers, menus, labels, posters, brochures, valentines, packaging, advertisements, and other materials from 19th- and 20th-century America. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 354 color illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 209 x 24. Weight in Grams: 974.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259775
- ISBN
- 9780520259775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.68
€ 33.99
€ 24.68
Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 halftones, 3 maps, 4 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226079356
- ISBN
- 9780226079356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.20
€ 46.99
€ 36.20
Hardback.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266452
- ISBN
- 9780520266452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.81€ 50.50
€ 64.81
€ 50.50
Paperback. Probing beneath the apparent confusion of dozens of cuisines, this book shows how merchants, missionaries, and the military took cuisines over mountains, oceans, deserts, and across political frontiers. It emphasizes how cooking turns farm products into food. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 488 pages, 68 b/w photographs, 10 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBT; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286313
- ISBN
- 9780520286313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Cuisine and Culture, Third Edition presents a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic approach to understanding how and why major historical events have affected and defined the culinary traditions in different societies. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations ; map. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470403716
- ISBN
- 9780470403716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.94€ 62.67
€ 75.94
€ 62.67
Paperback. 'Cuimneacán Muineacáin'. First edition. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1966
- SKU
- KOC0022912
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 95.00
€ 95.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; KJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 202 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780345802804
- ISBN
- 9780345802804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.16
€ 18.99
€ 15.16
Hardback. As Castro's democratic reform movement veered off course, a revolution that seemed to signal the death knell of dictatorship in Latin America brought about its tragic opposite. Jonathan C. Brown examines in forensic detail how the turmoil that rocked a small Caribbean nation in the 1950s became one of the century's most transformative events. Num Pages: 540 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 23 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674971981
- ISBN
- 9780674971981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.93
€ 47.99
€ 39.93
paperback. Num Pages: 239 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853458906
- ISBN
- 9780853458906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.38
€ 17.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. In the 1960s and 1970s, religion exerted a major influence on the beliefs and actions of Cuban exiles as they integrated into US culture and tried at the same time to make sense of events in their homeland. This work provides insights for this community, and for other faith-based exile communities. Series: Latino Perspectives. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; HBJK; HBLW3; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038335
- ISBN
- 9780268038335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300111149
- ISBN
- 9780300111149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.57
€ 21.99
€ 17.57
unknown_binding. Explores the whole sweep of Cuban history from the British capture of Havana in 1762 through the years of Spanish and United States domination, down to the twentieth century and the extraordinary revolution of Fidel Castro. This book analyses the political, economic and social events that have shaped Cuban history with insight and panache. Num Pages: 1184 pages, 12 pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 52. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 1184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141034508
- ISBN
- 9780141034508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.06
€ 26.99
€ 19.06