East Asia, Far East
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East Asia, Far East
Hardback. This is a comprehensive study of beggars' culture and the institution of mendicancy in China from late imperial times to the mid-twentieth century, with a reference to the resurgence of beggars in China today. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 tables, 20 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751483
- ISBN
- 9780804751483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. How did ordinary people live through the extraordinary changes that swept across modern China? How did peasants transform themselves into urbanites? How did the citizens of Shanghai cope with the epic upheavals - revolution, war, and again revolution - that shook their lives? In this carefully researched study, Hanchao Lu weaves rich. Num Pages: 473 pages, 36 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 473
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520243781
- ISBN
- 9780520243781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.02
€ 44.99
€ 32.02
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638102
- ISBN
- 9780691638102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.68
€ 209.68
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBTB; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691647647
- ISBN
- 9780691647647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.68
€ 209.68
Paperback. "First edition published in Japan in 1979 by Kodansha International."--Title page verso. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; AFC; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 208 x 9. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Kodansha USA
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568365251
- ISBN
- 9781568365251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.10
€ 31.99
€ 26.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; HBJF; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931368308
- ISBN
- 9781931368308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.70
€ 43.70
Hardcover. The Sino-Japanese war was the longest struggle of the Second World War. It started in July 1937 and not getting much help from the outside world, the Chinese soon closed a treaty with the Soviet Union to receive armament including a large number of aircraft. Everything was to change with Pearl Harbor, but the struggle continued until August 1945. Num Pages: 224 pages, 29 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555361
- ISBN
- 9781781555361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.85
€ 33.99
€ 23.85
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486235530
- ISBN
- 9780486235530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
paperback. Tells the story of a young woman named Meng Jiang who makes a long, solitary journey to deliver winter clothes to her husband, a drafted labourer on the grandiose Great Wall construction project of the notorious First Emperor of the Qin dynasty (BCE 221-208). Translator(s): Idema, Wilt. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 240 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987842
- ISBN
- 9780295987842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. An ethnography of class dynamics and the subject formation of migrant domestic workers. It explores what the migrant domestic workers mean to the families that hire them, to urban economies, to rural provinces such as Anhui, and to the Chinese state. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343042
- ISBN
- 9780822343042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.08
€ 37.99
€ 34.08
Paperback. Haiming Liu presents a transnational history of a Chinese family from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s. It makes it clear that, for many Chinese American families, migration does not mean a break from the past but the beginning of a life that incorporates and transcends dual national boundaries. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813535975
- ISBN
- 9780813535975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.91
€ 44.99
€ 39.91
Paperback. Explores the dynamic changes now taking place in the South Korean government as a result of recent social and economic liberalization. This title traces the emergence in Korea of a post-developmental state. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406609
- ISBN
- 9780878406609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.99
€ 73.99
Paperback. Uses extensive surveys with North Korean refugees now living in China or South Korea, to provide extraordinary insight into the changing pathways to power, wealth, and status within North Korea. These testimonies provide an invaluable interpretation of th Num Pages: 256 pages, graphs, charts, index. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; JFFD; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881324389
- ISBN
- 9780881324389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.71
€ 26.99
€ 20.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 29. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JFSL; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486968
- ISBN
- 9780801486968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.06
€ 35.99
€ 32.06
Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JFFJ; JFFN; JFSJ; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 309 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804791274
- ISBN
- 9780804791274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.11€ 91.99
€ 105.11
€ 91.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Saqi Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863562884
- ISBN
- 9780863562884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.87
€ 24.99
€ 23.87
Paperback. The author, Saiokuken Socho (1448-1532)-the preeminent linked-verse (renga ) poet of his time-provides in his journal a vivid portrayal of cultural life in the capital and the provinces, together with descriptions of battles and great warrior families, the dangers of travel through war-torn countryside, and the plight of the poor. Translator(s): Horton, H. Mack. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735063
- ISBN
- 9780804735063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.57
€ 40.99
€ 36.57
Hardback. Originally published 1940. First published by Princeton 1983 and assigned new ISBN when reissued as a print-on-demand title in 2014. Translator(s): Bodde, Derk. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 514 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1085.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641140
- ISBN
- 9780691641140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 261.88
€ 261.88
Paperback. Chinese Chess, or Elephant Chess, has intrigued game lovers for centuries. The Chinese game requires players to master subtle variations of strategy. This guide introduces Chinese chess to Westerners, discussing the board, and the movement and value of the pieces. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804835084
- ISBN
- 9780804835084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.29
€ 16.99
€ 16.29
Paperback. An introduction to Japanese history and culture. This fourth edition includes expanded sections on numerous topics, among which are samurai values, Zen Buddhism, the tea ceremony, Confucianism in the Tokugawa period, the story of the 47 "ronin", and mass culture in contemporary times. Num Pages: 384 pages, 72 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Edition
- Updated and Exp
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824821524
- ISBN
- 9780824821524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99
€ 36.99