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Paperback. A house is a site, the bounds and focus of a community. It is also an artefact, a material extension of its occupants' lives. This book takes the Japanese house as site and as artefact and explores the spaces, commodities and conceptions of community associated with it in the modern era. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 512 pages, 110halftones, 40line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; AMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 35. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019669
- ISBN
- 9780674019669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.96
€ 40.99
€ 33.96
Hardcover. This study focuses on postwar Japan's foreign policy making in the political and security areas, the core UN missions. The intent is to illustrate how policy goals forged by national security concerns, domestic politics, and psychological needs gave shape to Japan's complicated and sometimes incongruous policy toward the UN since World War II. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; JPQB; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 177 x 33. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019638
- ISBN
- 9780674019638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.19
€ 49.99
€ 42.19
Paperback. In this study of the monarchy in postwar Japan, the author examines not only its reform during the Occupation (1945-52), but also its evolution in the decades since the Japanese regained the power to shape their monarchy and polity. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTG; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010888
- ISBN
- 9780674010888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.70
€ 27.99
€ 24.70
Hardcover. How special blood is and how complex as well is revealed in this text. It discloses how the wartime emergency called into play Edwin Cohn's talents as a leader who drew together chemists, clinicians, pathologists, immunologists and others in the attainment of a complex goal. Series: The Center for Blood Research & Harvard Medical School. Num Pages: 416 pages, 45 figures. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BG; PNN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780674009622
- ISBN
- 9780674009622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.96
€ 40.99
€ 33.96
Hardback. Richard Nixon believed that history would show his administration in the forefront of civil rights progress. What does the record really say about civil rights under Nixon? In this book, Dean Kotlowski offers a study of an administration that redirected the course of civil rights in America. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674006232
- ISBN
- 9780674006232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.02€ 70.98
€ 78.02
€ 70.98
Hardback. This reinterpretation of the history of modern Spain from the Enlightenment to the threshold of the 21st century explains the surprising changes that took Spain from a backward and impoverished nation to one of the most developed economies in the world. Translator(s): Herr, Valerie J. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 544 pages, 50 line illustrations, 3 maps, 69 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674000940
- ISBN
- 9780674000940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.67€ 80.51
€ 88.67
€ 80.51
Paperback. * Contains up-to-date coverage of key theorists in sociology, social theory, philosophy, cultural studies, feminism, psychoanalysis and philosophy. * Theorists covered include Benjamin, Elias, Goffman, Lacan, Said, Jameson, Heidegger, Giddens, Bauman, Williams, and many others. Editor(s): Elliott, Anthony; Ray, Larry. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219729
- ISBN
- 9780631219729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.72
€ 53.72
Paperback. This book traces the history of Ireland from the Catholic Emancipation of 1829 to the establishment of the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland in 1922. The book argues that partition was the only way of limiting civil war in a country where democracy was inextricably linked to sectarianism. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631172833
- ISBN
- 9780631172833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.24
€ 52.24
Paperback. Between the second Reform Act and World War I, the patterns and codes of political behaviour in Britain changed. This study addresses issues in the political history of late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain, focusing on the role of class and party in local, Westminster and national politics. Num Pages: 96 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; JFS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631158769
- ISBN
- 9780631158769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99
€ 54.99
Hardback. Completing the detailed two-part history of the RKO film studio, which began with RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan Is Born, this second volume charts the studio's fortunes, which peaked during World War II, declined in the postwar period, and finally collapsed in the 1950s. It chronicles the period from 1942 to the company's demise in 1957. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APFA; HBJK; HBLW; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289666
- ISBN
- 9780520289666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.80€ 54.49
€ 69.80
€ 54.49
Hardback. How does a nation come to terms with losing a war-especially an overseas war whose purpose is fervently contested? This is a study of the competing and intertwined narratives of the Indochina War. It analyzes the layers of French remembrance, focusing on state-sponsored commemoration, veterans' associations, and special-interest groups. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b/w images, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288607
- ISBN
- 9780520288607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.80€ 54.68
€ 69.80
€ 54.68
Hardback. Explores the institutional, ideological, and conceptual development of the modern state on the peninsula. This book analyzes the state's relationship to five social sectors, each through a distinctive interpretive theme: economy, religion, education, population, and public health. Num Pages: 416 pages, 9 black and white, 1 map, 19 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288317
- ISBN
- 9780520288317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.53€ 57.98
€ 74.53
€ 57.98
Hardback. In May 1937, seventy thousand workers walked off their jobs at four large steel companies known collectively as "Little Steel." The strikers sought to make the companies retreat from decades of antiunion repression, abide by the newly enacted federal labor law, and recognize their union. This book tells a different story about the conflict. Num Pages: 416 pages, 31 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; KNXB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285606
- ISBN
- 9780520285606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 72.77
€ 94.64
€ 72.77
Hardback. From the very beginning of cinema, there have been amateur filmmakers at work. It wasn't until Kodak introduced 16mm film in 1923, however, that amateur moviemaking became a reality, and by the 1950s, over a million Americans had amateur movie cameras. This book explores the meaning of the amateur in film history and modern visual culture. Num Pages: 376 pages, 39 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJ; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520279858
- ISBN
- 9780520279858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 72.77
€ 94.64
€ 72.77
Hardback. Although better known for its sunny skies, Los Angeles suffers devastating flooding. This book explores a little-known chapter in the city's history - the failures to control floods that occurred throughout the twentieth century. It offers a lesson - both of things gone wrong and a glimpse of how they might be improved. Num Pages: 289 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFC; JFSG; RNR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238503
- ISBN
- 9780520238503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 65.17
€ 83.99
€ 65.17
Paperback. Between 1890 and 1920 over one-third of the peasants of Mount Lebanon left their villages and traveled to the Americas. This book traces the journeys of these villagers from the ranks of the peasantry into a middle class of their own making. Num Pages: 271 pages, 2 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1KB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227408
- ISBN
- 9780520227408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.36
€ 38.99
€ 28.36
Hardback. This cultural history of Mussolini's dictatorship discusses the meanings of modernity in interwar Italy. The work argues that fascism appealed to many Italian intellectuals as a new model of modernity that would resolve the European crisis as well as long-standing problems of the national past. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 327 pages, 17 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; GTB; HBJD; HBWN; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223639
- ISBN
- 9780520223639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.97€ 45.84
€ 57.97
€ 45.84
Paperback. Opium is more than just a drug extracted from poppies. This title shows that the opium trade was not purely a British operation but involved Chinese merchants, Chinese state agents, and Japanese imperialists as well. Editor(s): Brook, Timothy; Wakabayashi, Bob Tadashi. Num Pages: 458 pages, 15 b/w illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBG; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Second Edition
- SKU
- V9780520222366
- ISBN
- 9780520222366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Over the years the American religious landscape has undergone a dramatic change. More and more churches meet in converted warehouses, and many have ministers who've never attended a seminary. This title offers an examination of these 'new paradigm churches' - sometimes called megachurches or postdenominational churches. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRCC99; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218116
- ISBN
- 9780520218116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.48
€ 38.99
€ 28.48
Paperback. Records the relationship that developed between the author and Diane DeVries, a woman born with all the physical and mental equipment she would need to live in our society - except arms and legs. This work argues that DeVries is a perfect example of an American woman coming of age in the second half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 299 pages, 21 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFSJ1; JHMC; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217164
- ISBN
- 9780520217164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.55
€ 35.99
€ 26.55