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Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 575.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195373134
ISBN
9780195373134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Wright, Arthur F. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRKN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 443.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804708913
ISBN
9780804708913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.72

Paperback. Editor(s): Sondergaard, Svend; Keck, Egon; Wulff, Ellen. Num Pages: 419 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; CF; DSBB; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 176 x 35. Weight in Grams: 892.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
419
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772890838
ISBN
9788772890838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 175 x 10. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877277156
ISBN
9780877277156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.84

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813933863
ISBN
9780813933863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.39

Hardcover. In Japanese Landscapes and Gardens, 1650-1950 Wybe Kuitert presents a richly illustrated survey of the gardens and the people who commissioned, created, and used them and chronicles the modernization of traditional aesthetics in the context of economic, political, and environmental transformation. Series: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 140 color, 49 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; AMV; HBJF; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 254. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812244748
ISBN
9780812244748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.20

Hardcover. Editor(s): Wilcox, Wynn. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJ; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780877277828
ISBN
9780877277828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.85

Paperback. * A brilliant, colourful narrative history of a pivotal year in European history Num Pages: 480 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349118642
ISBN
9780349118642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.66

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838449
ISBN
9781843838449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGHA; BGLA; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Paul Dry Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Trade Paper Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589880849
ISBN
9781589880849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.95

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

€ 157.54

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
€ 13.16

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
€ 10.54

hardcover. The "Anabasis" by Xenophon (c. 430 c. 354 BCE) is an eyewitness account of Greek mercenaries' challenging 'March Up-Country' from Babylon back to the coast of Asia Minor under Xenophon s guidance in 401 BCE, after their leader Cyrus the Younger fell in a failed campaign against his brother. Translator(s): Brownson, C.L. Num Pages: 652 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 116 x 33. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
652
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Edition
Rev ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674991019
ISBN
9780674991019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.08

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

€ 33.55

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856686429
ISBN
9780856686429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.20

paperback. Provides an eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the Ten Thousand - to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. Translator(s): Warner, Rex. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAP; 3D; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140440072
ISBN
9780140440072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. The famous chronicle of the wealthy Athenian leader Xenophon, brought to life for the modern reader Translator(s): Rouse, William Henry Denham. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1958
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472060955
ISBN
9780472060955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.87

Hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629961831
ISBN
9789629961831
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.45

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

€ 35.80

Hardback. This book reexamines the historical thinking of Liang Qichao (1873-1929), one of the few modern Chinese thinkers and cultural critics whose appreciation of modernity was based on first-hand experience of the world space. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804725835
ISBN
9780804725835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.55

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

€ 89.18

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

€ 54.77

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

€ 87.87

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

€ 56.28

Paperback. The Korean War was pivotal in China's modern military history. Based on Chinese and Russian archival materials and interviews with Chinese participants in the air war, this work, presenting the Chinese point of view, stands as both a complement and a corrective to previous accounts of the conflict. Series: Texas A & M University Military History S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW3; JWG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Texas A&M University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585443406
ISBN
9781585443406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.12

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

€ 49.39

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

€ 96.96

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

€ 41.74

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

€ 145.30

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

€ 103.91

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

€ 80.57

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

Hardcover. This volume looks at politeness phenomena in a culture and country that is becoming the most influential in the world. It is the first book to survey politeness variations across different genres in Chinese and will fill a gap in both politeness research in general and in Chinese politeness research in particular. Editor(s): Chen, Xinren. Series: Pragmatic Interfaces. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 263.
Publisher
Equinox
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781791769
ISBN
9781781791769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.59

Paperback. The ancient trade routes that made up the Silk Road were some of the great conduits of cultural and material exchange in world history. In this intriguing book, Xinru Liu reveals both why and how this long-distance trade in luxury goods emerged in the late third century BCE, following its story through to the Mongol conquest. Series: New Oxford World History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 20 black and white halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBTB; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195338102
ISBN
9780195338102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.84

Paperback. 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; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1082.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128278
ISBN
9780231128278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.07

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

€ 155.43

Paperback. Why does it matter that nations should care for their archives, and that they should develop a sense of shared identity? And why should these processes take place in the public domain? Editor(s): Mangcu, Xolela. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 130. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145324
ISBN
9781868145324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.10

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

€ 39.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FHP; FYB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
Edition
1st
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9789881774286
ISBN
9789881774286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.30

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