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Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 278 pages, 3 maps, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674472907
ISBN
9780674472907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.49

Paperback. Bernard Berenson: Formation and Heritage explores the intellectual world of Berenson (1865-1959), who put the connoisseurship of Renaissance art on a firm footing at the turn of the twentieth century. Essays explore his relationships with various cultural figures including William James, Jean Paul Richter, Katherine Dunham, and many others. Series: Villa I Tatti Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACND; BGA; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674427853
ISBN
9780674427853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.63

Hardcover. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 108 includes James Adams, "The Latin of the Magerius Mosaic"; Lucia Floridi, "The Construction of a Homoerotic Discourse in the Epigrams of Ausonius"; Benjamin Garstad, "Rome in the Alexander Romance"; Christopher Jones, "The Greek Letters Ascribed to Brutus"; and other essays. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 147 x 41. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417540
ISBN
9780674417540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.57

Paperback. This work details the evolutionary development of weaponry, horsemanship, military organization and tactics from Japan's early conflicts with Korea, up to the system of the samurai. It should be of interest to both students of military history and Japanese political history. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 486 pages, 5 halftones, 8 line drawings, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLA; HBLC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674387041
ISBN
9780674387041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.33

Hardcover. During the American Civil War the Republican party attempted to construct the world's most powerful and socially advanced nation. This book rejects the assumption of wartime legislation as piecemeal reactions, and argues that they engineered laws to promote their own theory of political economy. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; KCB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674362130
ISBN
9780674362130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.50
€ 64.01

hardcover. Russian Mensheviks were driven out of Soviet Russia and their party stripped of legal existence, this book examines the Soviet experience through the eyes of the best informed observers of the 1920s and 1930s. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 464 pages, 9 halftones; 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPFF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 801.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780674325173
ISBN
9780674325173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.44
€ 74.43

Paperback. This is the history of the disintegration of the Russian Empire, and the emergence, on its ruins, of a multinational Communist state. The book explores the Communist's exploitation of the new nationalism in order to sieze power. Series: Russian Research Center Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 27 halftones, 3 maps,1 table. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674309517
ISBN
9780674309517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.69
€ 47.37

Hardback. Dorothea Dix was the most politically engaged woman of her generation. An activist who disdained the women's rights and antislavery movements, she sought to promote national harmony. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674214880
ISBN
9780674214880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.56
€ 69.39

Hardback. This is an account of the life of German nationalist and revolutionary Charles Follen. His life embraces many historical issues, he conspired in the first political murder of modern German history, fled to Switzerland, then America where he was instrumental in the importation of German ideas. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674110113
ISBN
9780674110113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.21
€ 68.03

Hardback. Brahmanical Theories of the Gift constitutes the first critical edition and translation into any modern language of a d nanibandha, a classical Hindu legal digest devoted to the culturally and religiously important topic of gifting. David Brick has included an extensive historical introduction to the text and its subject matter." Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 470 pages. BIC Classification: D; DS; HBJF; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088481
ISBN
9780674088481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.04
€ 49.60

Hardback. Stigmatized throughout Japanese history as outcastes, the burakumin are contemporary Japan s largest minority. In this study of youths from two different communities, Christopher Bondy explores how individuals navigate their social world, demonstrating the ways in which people make conscious decisions about disclosing a stigmatized identity." Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088405
ISBN
9780674088405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.59

Hardback. In Northern Song China, reform-minded statesmen sought to remove the tension between the Confucian Classics and statist ideals of big government. Jaeyoon Song illuminates the interplay between classics, thinkers, and government in statist reform, and explains why the uneasy marriage of classics and state activism had to fail in imperial China." Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088368
ISBN
9780674088368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.74
€ 53.65

Hardback. By the turn of the twentieth century, Japan's military and economic successes made it the dominant power in East Asia. This book explores how colonial and semicolonial writers discussed, adapted, translated, and recast thousands of Japanese creative works, both affirming and challenging Japan's cultural authority. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 550 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DSB; HBJF; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780674036253
ISBN
9780674036253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.74
€ 53.65

Paperback. The Great Depression was a global phenomenon - every economy linked to international financial and commodity markets suffered. This book shows that China could not escape the consequences of drastic declines in financial flows and trade, offering a fresh perspective for understanding modern Chinese history. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 19 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674036178
ISBN
9780674036178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.45

Hardback. A study of the late Mongol empire in Northeast Asia during mid-fourteenth century. It focuses on the themes such as: the need for a regional perspective encompassing all states and ethnic groups in the area; the process and consequences of pan-Asian integration under the Mongols; and, the need to see Koryo Korea as part of the wider Mongol empire. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLC1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780674036086
ISBN
9780674036086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.57

Hardback. Explores the modern recategorization of religious practices and people and examines how state power affected the religious lives and physical order of local communities. This book looks at how politicians conceived of their own ritual role in an era when authority was meant to derive from popular sovereignty. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 11 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HRA; JFSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 868.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035997
ISBN
9780674035997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.57

Hardback. Urbanization was central to development in late imperial China. Yet its impact is heatedly debated. This book argues that this conceptual impasse derives from the fact that the seemingly continuous urban expansion was in fact punctuated by a wide variety of 'dynastic urbanisms'. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 370 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035614
ISBN
9780674035614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.52

Hardback. A translation of "Jacqueries et revolution dans la Chine du XXe siecle" that focuses on 'spontaneous' rural unrest, uninfluenced by revolutionary intellectuals. It raises issues inspired by the perennial concerns of revolutionary leaders, such as peasant 'class consciousness' and China's modernization. Translator(s): Liddell, Philip. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 300 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035423
ISBN
9780674035423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.52

Paperback. An examination of how many people could read and write in the ancient world of the Greeks and Romans. Harris traces the partial transition to written culture, demonstrating continued reliance on oral communication. He also explores the role of literacy as an instrument of power. Num Pages: 406 pages, 9 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; CFC; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674033818
ISBN
9780674033818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.69
€ 47.80

Hardback. The years 1790 to 1793 marked the beginning of the American republic. Vice President John Adams chaired Senate sessions even as he was prevented from participating in any meaningful fashion. Abigail joined him when her health permitted. This volume offers insight into the family and a commentary on life that many expected from the Adamses. Editor(s): Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James; Barzilay, Karen N.; Claffey, Mary T.; Woodward, Hobson; Karachuk, Robert F.; Sikes, Sara B.; Lint, Gregg L. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 624 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032750
ISBN
9780674032750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31
€ 114.30

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