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Paperback. More people died in Mao's Great Famine than in the entire First World War, yet this story has remained largely untold, until now. Still banned in China, this title draws on the author's privileged access to official and unofficial sources to uncover the full human cost of the tragedy, and create an unprecedented work of historical reckoning. Editor(s): Friedman, Edward. Translator(s): Mosher, Stacy; Jian, Guo. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 29. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241956984
ISBN
9780241956984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.03

hardcover. For seven years in the 1970s, the author lived in a village in northeast China as a farmer. In 1989 he returned as an anthropologist to begin the span of 11 years' fieldwork that has resulted in this work - an account of family change and the transformation of private life in rural China. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JFSF; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804733090
ISBN
9780804733090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJ; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 221 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613735442
ISBN
9781613735442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. Joseph 'Tommy' Lapid (1931-2008) survived the horrors of the Holocaust to become Israel's notorious yet beloved 'big mouth': a journalist, playwright, TV star, and finally deputy prime minister and leader of the anti-Orthodox movement. His is a very personal story as well as the breathtaking saga of a nation that emerged from the ashes. Translator(s): Fallenberg, Evan. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Elliott & Thompson Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908739445
ISBN
9781908739445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. A study of the production of a state-revering political culture in the public life of 1990s Turkey. It brings poststructuralist and psychoanalytic theory to bear on the study of the political. It focuses on the conflict over secularism in the aftermath of an Islamist victory in the city's municipalities. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJPR; HRQA; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691088457
ISBN
9780691088457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.32

Hardback. The letters of Lance-Corporal George Timmins, who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the Western Front, offer a rare glimpse into the life and relationships, at home and abroad, of an ordinary Canadian soldier. Editor(s): Bennett, Y. A. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJF; BJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816083
ISBN
9780774816083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.38

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

€ 189.63

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

€ 221.03

Paperback. Palestinian, Israeli, academic, and activist voices gather to humanize ongoing debates over Israel and Palestine. Editor(s): Ageel, Ghada. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 1. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772120820
ISBN
9781772120820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. Explores the Daoist encounter with modernity through the activities of Chen Yingning (1880-1969), a famous lay Daoist master, and his group in early twentieth-century Shanghai. This study tells a story of Daoist resilience, reinvigoration and revival. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HRKN5. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674033092
ISBN
9780674033092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.34

Paperback. Xolela Mangcu, who knew Biko, provides the first in-depth look at the life of one of the most iconic figures of the anti-apartheid movement, whose legacy is still strongly felt today, both in South Africa, and worldwide in the global struggle for civil rights, today. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 bw in 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; BGH; HBJH; JFSL3; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780767857
ISBN
9781780767857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.62

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.50

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

€ 76.84

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

€ 139.27

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
€ 30.93

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

€ 91.05

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

€ 57.86

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

€ 65.36
€ 50.82

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

€ 73.68
€ 56.86

Hardback. The most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of corruption and change in the Chinese Communist Party, Cadres and Corruption reveals the long history of the party's inability to maintain a corps of committed and disciplined cadres. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 392 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; GTB; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 675.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739580
ISBN
9780804739580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.93
€ 150.08

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

€ 36.78

Hardback. This is an analysis of the optical revolution in the context of early 20th-century Britain. Far from merely involving the replacement of one optical theory by another, the revolution also involved substantial changes in instruments and the practices that surround them. Series: Science and Philosophy. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; PDX; PHJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792363491
ISBN
9780792363491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.82

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651095
ISBN
9780691651095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.88

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

€ 129.19

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