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Regional & national history
Hardback. Editor(s): Chiu-Duke, Josephine; Duke, Michael S. Series: Masters of Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HPDF; HRKN1; HRKN5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231178587
- ISBN
- 9780231178587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.27€ 55.42
€ 71.27
€ 55.42
Hardback. Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while serving an eleven-year prison sentence-has helped shatter longstanding barriers to freedom of organization and expression in China. This biography, written by one of his closest friends, retraces Liu Xiaobo's inspiring life, from his childhood years to his current imprisonment. Translator(s): Hsu, H.C. Num Pages: 260 pages, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442237131
- ISBN
- 9781442237131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.04
€ 107.04
Paperback. A Companion to the History of the Middle East offers a fresh account of the multifaceted and multi-layered history of this region. Editor(s): Choueiri, Youssef M. Series: Blackwell Companions to World History. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405183796
- ISBN
- 9781405183796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.62
€ 59.62
Paperback. * A timely publication as Arab nationalism is being challenged by the emergence of Islamic fundamentalism and the impact of a host of religio--ethnic problems. * The only book to provide such a breadth of Arab nationalist history. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 1HB; GTB; HBJF1; HPDC; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217299
- ISBN
- 9780631217299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.02
€ 51.02
Hardback. The Transformation of Muslim Societies Around the World. 160 pages, 1 map, 8 graphs, 10 tables. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRH; JHBD. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 17. Weight: 310. Translator(s): Holoch, George.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150026
- ISBN
- 9780231150026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.16€ 77.50
€ 101.16
€ 77.50
Paperback. In Tourist Distractions Youngmin Choe uses Korean hallyu cinema as a lens to examine the importance of tourist films and film tourism in creating transnational bonds throughout East Asia and how they help Korea negotiate its twentieth-century history with the neoliberal present. Num Pages: 264 pages, 87 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; APFA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822361305
- ISBN
- 9780822361305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.02
€ 31.99
€ 29.02
Hardback. In Tourist Distractions Youngmin Choe uses Korean hallyu cinema as a lens to examine the importance of tourist films and film tourism in creating transnational bonds throughout East Asia and how they help Korea negotiate its twentieth-century history with the neoliberal present. Num Pages: 264 pages, 87 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; APFA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361114
- ISBN
- 9780822361114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.76€ 94.80
€ 105.76
€ 94.80
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 tables F024 6x9. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630809
- ISBN
- 9780691630809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.44
€ 142.44
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 tables F024 6x9. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691601021
- ISBN
- 9780691601021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.45
€ 50.99
€ 36.45
hardcover. This book examines global humanitarian efforts involving the two German states and Third World liberation movements during the Cold War. Series: Human Rights in History. Num Pages: 439 pages, 38 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 1DFGW; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107095571
- ISBN
- 9781107095571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.03
€ 85.03
Paperback. This title offers a fresh analysis of the medieval roots of the Scottish Independence movement, taking a controversial look at the murder which helped to bring Robert Bruce to power in Scotland. Num Pages: 274 pages, 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Donald Short Run Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906566654
- ISBN
- 9781906566654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.41
€ 45.41
Paperback. A Companion to the Vietnam War contains twenty-four definitive essays on America's longest and most divisive foreign conflict. It represents the best current scholarship on this controversial and influential episode in modern American history. * Highlights issues of nationalism, culture, gender, and race. Editor(s): Young, Marilyn B.; Buzzanco, Robert. Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 528 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405149839
- ISBN
- 9781405149839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.39
€ 58.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 624 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 135 x 32. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060545772
- ISBN
- 9780060545772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.18
€ 23.99
€ 21.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652294807
- ISBN
- 9789652294807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.20
€ 20.99
€ 15.20
Hardback. "A profile of the Asia Pacific War, the most important and still the least understood experience of Japan and Asia's modern history--as seen and lived by ordinary Japanese"--Provided by publisher. Translator(s): Mark, Ethan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 360 pages, 4 maps, 3 graphs, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231165686
- ISBN
- 9780231165686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.64
€ 53.99
€ 38.64
Paperback. Japan and the United States became close political allies so quickly after the end of World War II, that it seemed as though the two countries had easily forgotten the war they had fought. This work offers a look at how Japanese postwar society struggled to understand its war loss and the resulting national trauma. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049120
- ISBN
- 9780691049120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.88
€ 36.99
€ 26.88
Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBTB; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 264 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177702
- ISBN
- 9780231177702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Hardcover. Series: Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892641659
- ISBN
- 9780892641659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.86
€ 75.86
Paperback. Explores the history of Japanese imperialism in Manchuria from the acquisition of a railway concession following the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 to the founding of the puppet state of Manchoukuo in 1932. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 544 pages, 11 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012066
- ISBN
- 9780674012066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.71
€ 32.99
€ 27.71
Hardback. Originally published in Japanese as: Chugoku kyosanto seiritsushi, 2001. Translator(s): Fogel, Joshua A. Num Pages: 520 pages, Halftones: 11,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 826. 520 pages, 11 black & white halftones. Originally published in Japanese as: Chugoku kyosanto seiritsushi, 2001. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 37. Weight: 826. Translator(s): Fogel, Joshua A.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158084
- ISBN
- 9780231158084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.27€ 55.68
€ 71.27
€ 55.68
Paperback. One of Japan's best-known prime ministers, Yoshida Shigeru witnessed history in the making. This book is the autobiography of Yoshida Shigeru, including Yoshida's service in China, his travel abroad as a member of Japan's mission to conclude World War I, and his role in the days leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack. Editor(s): Nara, Hiroshi. Translator(s): Yoshida, Kenichi; Nara, Hiroshi. Num Pages: 346 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742539334
- ISBN
- 9780742539334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.17
€ 81.17
Paperback. Yoshimi provides a wealth of documentation and testimony to prove the existence of some 2,000 "comfort stations" where as many as 200,000 women of varying nationalities, euphemistically known as "comfort women," were imprisoned and forced to engage in sexual activity with Japanese military personnel. Translator(s): O'Brien, Suzanne. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 262 pages, 4 halftones, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJF; HBWQ; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120333
- ISBN
- 9780231120333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.12
€ 38.99
€ 28.12
Paperback. Translator(s): Mark, Ethan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 b&w illustrations and 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231165693
- ISBN
- 9780231165693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. Using new research and considering a multidisciplinary set of factors, Contemporary China offers a comprehensive exploration of the making of contemporary China. * Provides a unique perspective on China, incorporating newly published materials from within and outside China, in English and Chinese. Editor(s): Zheng, Yongnian. Series: Blackwell History of the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470655801
- ISBN
- 9780470655801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.36
€ 36.36