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History: earliest times to present day
Hardcover. This book considers the British travelling beyond their isles over the last three hundred years, and through a range of interdisciplinary perspectives reflects on their taste for discovery and self-discovery both through the exploration - and exploitation - of other lands and peoples. Editor(s): Farr, Martin. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304148
- ISBN
- 9781137304148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. This is a collection of twelve interdisciplinary essays from international scholars concerned with examining the British experience of Empire since the eighteenth century. It considers themes such as national identity, modernity, culture, social class, diplomacy, consumerism, gender, postcolonialism, and perceptions of Britain's place in the world. Editor(s): Farr, Martin. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 175 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304179
- ISBN
- 9781137304179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. Num Pages: 446 pages, illus & maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 36. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845197377
- ISBN
- 9781845197377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.58
€ 130.58
Paperback. Details nearly fifty turbulent years of warfare in Greece between 411 and 362 BC. Presenting the story of the Peloponnesian War at the point where Thucydides finished his magisterial history, this title chronicles the conflicts that ultimately led to the decline of Greece, and the wars with both Thebes and the might of Persia. Translator(s): Warner, Rex. Num Pages: 432 pages, notes, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 196 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140441758
- ISBN
- 9780140441758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Rood, Tim. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, one map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555987
- ISBN
- 9780199555987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Translator(s): Ambler, Wayne. Series: Agora Editions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489990
- ISBN
- 9780801489990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Presents a comprehensive examination of the PLA from the Cold War to the beginning of the twenty-first century. This title charts the development of China's armed forces against the backdrop of Chinese society and links China's military modernization to the country's growing international and economic power. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 photos, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192406
- ISBN
- 9780813192406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.85
€ 38.85
Hardback. For more than five centuries the shamanistic fox cult has attracted large portions of Chinese population and appealed to a range of social classes. This book explores the manifold meanings of the fox spirit in Chinese society. It describes various cult practices, activities of worship, and the exorcising of fox spirits. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133388
- ISBN
- 9780231133388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.72€ 57.47
€ 73.72
€ 57.47
Hardback. This book explores two important moments of dislocation in Chinese history, the early medieval period (317--589 CE) and the nineteenth century. Tian juxtaposes a rich array of materials from these two periods in comparative study, linking these historical moments in their unprecedented interactions, and intense fascination, with foreign cultures. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 398 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; 3JH; HBJF; HBLA; HBLL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062528
- ISBN
- 9780674062528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
€ 45.99
€ 38.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 32 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JM; AN; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 257 x 30. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166386
- ISBN
- 9780231166386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.40€ 51.34
€ 65.40
€ 51.34
Paperback. An account of the favourable depiction of Western culture and its negative characterization of Chinese culture in post-Mao China since 1978. This revised and expanded edition of Occidentalism in post-Mao China includes a new preface, foreword, and chapter on Chinese diaspora writings. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd Revised & Enlarged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847698752
- ISBN
- 9780847698752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.23
€ 61.23
Paperback. This innovative account examines the social and political impacts of Chinese teacher's schools in the early 20th century, their role in a society in transition, and their production of grassroots forces that lead to the Communist Revolution. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774813488
- ISBN
- 9780774813488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.49
€ 40.99
€ 36.49
Hardback. This book illuminates what judicial modernity actually meant to the Chinese state and society in the early twentieth century and how the judicial reform resulted in paradoxical consequences due to a lack of resources and a disjunction between the national reform agenda and local social ecology. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755863
- ISBN
- 9780804755863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781503601086
- ISBN
- 9781503601086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804796675
- ISBN
- 9780804796675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Hardback. Aims to use the Mongolian question to illuminate much larger issues of twentieth-century Asian history: how war, revolution, and great-power rivalries induced or restrained the formation of nationhood and territoriality. This book focuses on the Mongolian question, which ran through Chinese politics in the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 506 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 957.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754262
- ISBN
- 9780804754262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.11
€ 92.11
hardcover. Xiaoyuan Liu shows how the history of the Chinese Communist Party was, from the Yan'an period onward, intertwined with the ethnopolitics of the Chinese "periphery." As a Han-dominated party, the CCP had to adapt to an inhospitable political environment, particularly among the Hui (Muslims) of northwest China and the Mongols of Inner Mongolia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBT; JPFC; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749602
- ISBN
- 9780804749602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
This is the autobiography of Xie Bingying (1906-2000), providing a portrait of a woman fighting to free herself from the constraints of ancient Chinese tradtion amid the changes that shook China during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Translator(s): Brissman, Lily Chia; Brissman, Barry. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGA; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122504
- ISBN
- 9780231122504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.97
€ 73.97
paperback. Includes grandparents and great-grandparents who sum up in their own words the vast changes that have overtaken China's people over a century. This book is also at once a journey by the author through time and place, and a memorial to those who have lived through war and civil war, persecution, invasion, revolution, famine, and, Westernization. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations (some col.), map, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099501480
- ISBN
- 9780099501480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.29
€ 19.99
€ 15.29
Hardback. Written by Ouyang Xiu, an intellectual giant of the eleventh century, this is a history of the preceding century (907 - 979), a period known as the Five Dynasties. This book emphasises on the art of historical writing in the eleventh century. It includes sections that are helpful to understand the politics and personalities of the time. Translator(s): Davis, Richard L. Num Pages: 736 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HBAH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 168 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1271.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128261
- ISBN
- 9780231128261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.56
€ 169.56
Paperback. Chinese journalist and intellectual Xu Zhiyuan paints a portrait of the world's second-largest economy via a thoughtful and wide-ranging series of mini essays on contemporary Chinese society. Translator(s): Deeter, Michelle; Harman, Nicky. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781859803
- ISBN
- 9781781859803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars of modernism, Chinese literature and history, film studies, and cultural studies, this book offers both a historical narrative and a critical analysis of the cultural visions and experiences of China's post-Mao era. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 448 pages, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318460
- ISBN
- 9780822318460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardcover. This text sets out to understand how slavery persisted and then met its end in the Ottoman Empire. It concentrates on the period between 1800-1909, and examines the policies of the Ottoman state regarding slavery both before and after the reform period known as the Tanzimat. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333643235
- ISBN
- 9780333643235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.43
€ 227.43
Hardcover. This study reinterprets China's international relations in the second half of the 20th century by looking at its alienation from and integration into international society. It argues that China's full integration continues to present a challenge to the post-Cold War international order. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 353 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 601.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333607268
- ISBN
- 9780333607268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.10
€ 195.10