History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Paperback. Nathan explored the roots of the Tiananmen tragedy in Deng Xiaoping's ten-year reform. How will cultural values and attitudes shape China's political development? What will be the impact of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the West? Drawing on ground-breaking empirical research, Nathan measures the expectations of individual Chinese and their attitudes toward government and democracy. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 242 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231072854
- ISBN
- 9780231072854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Lifting the lid on China's secret struggle with home-grown Islamic Terrorism Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784531409
- ISBN
- 9781784531409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.21
€ 30.99
€ 25.21
Paperback. The Great Qing was the second major Chinese empire ruled by foreigners. This book challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with the modern West. It presents the history of China's last empire that is useful for understanding the challenges facing China today. Series: History of Imperial China. Num Pages: 368 pages, 17 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066243
- ISBN
- 9780674066243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.44
€ 25.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475399
- ISBN
- 9780801475399
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.73
€ 38.99
€ 37.73
Hardback. Eric Fish provides compelling portraits of young Chinese as they struggle to cope with their country's wrenching socioeconomic and demographic transition after years of lofty expectations. He deftly captures their hopes, disillusionment, and rebellion in a system that is scrambling to keep them in line as they increasingly refuse to conform. Num Pages: 268 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; JFSP2; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442248830
- ISBN
- 9781442248830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.83
€ 89.83
Hardback. 208 pages. Originally published in French under title: La Chine m'inquiaete. Paris: Perrin, c2008. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLX; JP. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 21. Weight: 390. Translator(s): Holoch, George.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152242
- ISBN
- 9780231152242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.73€ 71.25
€ 94.73
€ 71.25
Paperback. Originally published in French under title: La Chine m'inquiaete. Paris: Perrin, c2008. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152259
- ISBN
- 9780231152259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
paperback. Different countries give different opening dates for the period of the Second World War, but perhaps the most compelling is 1937, when the 'Marco Polo Bridge Incident' plunged China and Japan into a conflict of extraordinary duration and ferocity. This book focuses on this incident. Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141031453
- ISBN
- 9780141031453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.91
€ 16.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. The Tang dynasty is often called China's golden age, a period of commercial, religious, and cultural connections from Korea and Japan to the Persian Gulf, and a time of unsurpassed literary creativity. This title captures a dynamic era in which the empire reached its greatest geographical extent under Chinese rule. Series: History of Imperial China. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 illustrations, 17 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064010
- ISBN
- 9780674064010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.44
€ 25.99
€ 25.44
hardcover. This work examines the significance of the local-self-government movement in China between 1898 and 1911. It argues that it was separate from the phenomenon of provincial assemblies and constitutionalism in general. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674119734
- ISBN
- 9780674119734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.49
€ 46.99
€ 38.49
Hardback. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804775588
- ISBN
- 9780804775588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.58
€ 136.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783373727
- ISBN
- 9781783373727
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.15
€ 17.99
€ 14.15
Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 416 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QFH; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JPS; KCLT1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231173742
- ISBN
- 9780231173742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.32
€ 81.32
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€ 32.49
€ 32.99
€ 32.49
Hardback. This ambitious work traces a social history of semicolonialism in late-19th and early-20th-century China. It takes as its central concern the intertwining of two antagonistic forces: elite constructions of modernity shaped globally and an alternative line of peasant resistance and development. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729321
- ISBN
- 9780804729321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.13
€ 98.13
Paperback. Reveals the great warlords of China as well as the organization of their forces which acquired much and very varied weaponry from the west including the French air force bombers. Illustrator(s): Walsh, Stephen. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 186 x 5. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849084024
- ISBN
- 9781849084024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.39
€ 17.99
€ 16.39
Hardcover. In this novel perspective on a much-maligned figure, Michal Biran explains the monumental impact Chinggis Khan has had upon the Islamic World, both positive and negative. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDM; HBJF; HBLC; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851685028
- ISBN
- 9781851685028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.41
€ 34.41
Paperback. About Homer and Chios, The Izaid, one of the six Greek island booklets. The Odyssey, Goddess Athena, God Apollo and Helen of Troy came to Chios. 'Put in your pocket series'. Series: "Put it in Your Pocket" Series of Booklets. Num Pages: 16 pages, lyne on cover. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; 1QDAG; HBLA1; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 150 x 106 x 17. Weight in Grams: 22.
- Publisher
- Orpington Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993489044
- ISBN
- 9780993489044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.53
€ 6.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJM; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761819714
- ISBN
- 9780761819714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.34
€ 123.34
paperback. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 304 pages, 35 b&w illustrations, 18 colour images. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300107678
- ISBN
- 9780300107678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.10
€ 25.99
€ 17.10