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20th century
Hardback. This work pieces together the complex story of the Shanghai Green Gang and its charismatic leader, Du Yuesheng. In analyzing the Green Gang's system of organized crime in Shanghai, the author aims to broaden understanding of a critical aspect of Chinese urban history. Num Pages: 279 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201149
- ISBN
- 9780520201149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.10€ 49.52
€ 63.10
€ 49.52
Paperback. Traces the genealogy of modern womanhood in the encounters between Koreans and American Protestant missionaries in the early twentieth century, during Korea's colonization by Japan. This book presents an historically specific, textured analysis that sheds light on the interplay between local and global politics of gender and modernity. Series: Seoul-California Series in Korean Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HRCX7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520098695
- ISBN
- 9780520098695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Paperback. Taking Gandhi's statements about civil disobedience to heart, in February 1922 residents from the villages around the north Indian market town of Chauri Chaura attacked the local police station. This title explores the ways it has been remembered, interpreted, and used as a metaphor for the Indian struggle for independence. Num Pages: 210 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 207 x 10. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520087804
- ISBN
- 9780520087804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.02
€ 33.99
€ 25.02
Paperback. Presents a portrait of Karimpur, an Indian village, as it has changed over a sixty-year period. Using cultural documents such as songs and stories, as well as data on household budgets and farming practices, this title examines what it means to be poor or rich, female or male. Num Pages: 319 pages, 21 b&w illustrations, 10 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520084070
- ISBN
- 9780520084070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.80
€ 36.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. In the 1920s, revolution, and imperialist aggression brought chaos to China. Many of the dramatic events associated with this upheaval took place in or near China's cities. This book offers a view of the capital of Beijing during these years by examining how the residents coped with the changes wrought by itinerant soldiers, politicians and more. Num Pages: 388 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082861
- ISBN
- 9780520082861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.55
€ 38.99
€ 28.55
Paperback. This study analyzes policy-making in a non-democratic authoritarian country, explaining the history of Chinese market reforms from 1979 to the present. Drawing on interviews with high-level Chinese officials, it pieces together detailed histories of economic reform policy decisions. Series: California Series on Social Choice & Political Economy. Num Pages: 412 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPQB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520077072
- ISBN
- 9780520077072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.02
€ 44.99
€ 32.02
Paperback. Focuses on how the fascist dictatorship defined the place of women in modern Italy and how women experienced the Duce's rule. This work offers a detailed characterization of Italian women's ambiguous and ambivalent experience of a regime that promised modernity, yet denied women emancipation. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604. Italy, 1922-1945. 384 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. Focuses on how the fascist dictatorship defined the place of women in modern Italy and how women experienced the Duce's rule. This work offers a detailed characterization of Italian women's ambiguous and ambivalent experience of a regime that promised modernity, yet denied women emancipation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520074576
- ISBN
- 9780520074576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.55
€ 38.99
€ 28.55
Paperback. Series: Center for Chinese Studies, UC Berkeley. Num Pages: 409 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 409
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520068377
- ISBN
- 9780520068377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Paperback. A complete biography based on a wide range of previously untapped primary sources, covering Wrighta s private life, architecture, and role in American society, culture, and politics. Views Wrighta s buildings as biographical as well as social statements, analyzing his work by type, category, and individual structure. Num Pages: 464 pages, 150 illustrations, photographs, line drawings, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AM; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471857976
- ISBN
- 9780471857976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.36
€ 65.36
Paperback. An analysis of the pedestrian malls built during the urban renewal period of the 60's and 70's, and of new urban open space designs. Explores the trend towards, and away from, full pedestrian malls, and analyzes newer project types, such as festival marketplaces and mixed-use urban spaces. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AMG; AMVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 278 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471546801
- ISBN
- 9780471546801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 178.81
€ 178.81
Hardcover. This book offers a wealth of valuable, hard-to-find technical information on mid-twentieth-century building materials and systems, all carefully selected from the Fourth (1951) through Seventh (1981) editions of Ramsey/Sleeper's acclaimed Architectural Graphic Standards. Editor(s): Watson, Donald. Num Pages: 432 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AM; TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 297 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471412700
- ISBN
- 9780471412700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.32
€ 194.32
Hardcover. The highly successful Fieser & Fieser series has provided generations of professional chemists with an ongoing and easily-accessible guide to the chemical literature. Volume 20 maintains the same high caliber format of previous volumes, including references to both new reagents and reagents covered in previous volumes. Series: Fiesers' Reagents for Organic Synthesis. Num Pages: 552 pages, illustrations, indexes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; PNN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- Volume 20
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471369998
- ISBN
- 9780471369998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 253.93
€ 253.93
Hardcover. Offers readers an account of the sequence of inter-related events experienced by the field of scholarly publishing in the 20th century. Editor(s): Abel, R.E.; Newlin, Lyman W. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBT; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471219293
- ISBN
- 9780471219293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.76
€ 92.76
Hardcover. The past two decades have seen an explosion in research on the synthesis of sesquiterpenes, an important class of hydrocarbons commonly found in oils, resins, and balsams. Volume Eleven in The Total Synthesis of Natural Products series continues to review this dynamic area of chemistry. Editor(s): Pirrung, Michael C.; Morehead, Andrew T., Jr.; Young, Bruce G. Series: Total Synthesis of Natural Products. Num Pages: 480 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; PNNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 41. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- Volume 11
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471188742
- ISBN
- 9780471188742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 409.26
€ 409.26
Hardcover. This book is a collection of significant papers which have appeared in the Journal of Polymer Science over the years since 1945, and celebrates 50 years of publication. Editor(s): Tirrell, David A.; Pearce, Eli M.; Sawamoto, Mitsuo; Amis, Eric J. Num Pages: 696 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; TDCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 222 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 50th Edition
- Number of pages
- 696
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471178248
- ISBN
- 9780471178248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.91
€ 181.91
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
€ 44.19
€ 44.19
Paperback. Updated and revised, this edition presents expanded information on the foreign policy of the Jefferson period. A final chapter covers the events of 1989 and after, into the Clinton administration. Num Pages: 864 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393964745
- ISBN
- 9780393964745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.90€ 61.09
€ 61.90
€ 61.09
Paperback. Designed to accompany and supplement the author's survey, Twentieth-Century Music: A History of Musical Style in Modern Europe and America, this selection of 29 works or groups of works by 24 composers covers a time span from 1903 to 1983. Series: The Norton Introduction to Music History. Num Pages: 464 pages, glossary, indices. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGC6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393952841
- ISBN
- 9780393952841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.19€ 74.47
€ 76.19
€ 74.47
Paperback. An abundantly illustrated overview of modern design across continents and cultures, highlighting key movements and design traditions. Num Pages: 208 pages, 250 photographs, mostly color. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; AJ; AK; AMR; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393732726
- ISBN
- 9780393732726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.53
€ 52.99
€ 44.53
Paperback. "This engaging biography exactly and vividly catches the tone of a region, a time, and a man."-Larry McMurtry Num Pages: 544 pages, 62 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JJG; BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393338188
- ISBN
- 9780393338188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.80
€ 37.99
€ 31.80