East Asia, Far East
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East Asia, Far East
Paperback. A comparison of Japanese, Chinese and American preschools, discussing how these schools both reflect and affect philosophies of child-rearing and early childhood education and larger social patterns and beliefs in each society. Num Pages: 248 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFC; JNA; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300048124
- ISBN
- 9780300048124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.64
€ 30.99
€ 22.64
Paperback. Since the 1980s, arguments for a multicultural Japan have gained considerable currency against an entrenched myth of national homogeneity. This book enters this conversation with an ethnography of Japan's Buraku" people. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283299
- ISBN
- 9780520283299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. Examines the intriguing anime films and series to find what lies at their core. This title analyzes films such as "Akira", "Astro Boy", "Cowboy Bebop", "Death Note", "Dragon Ball Z", "Full Metal Alchemist", and "Ghost in the Shell". It also covers the storytelling of Japan's animated films, TV series and OVA (original video animation). Editor(s): Steiff, Josef; Tamplin, Tristan D. Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APFV; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812696707
- ISBN
- 9780812696707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. Labor Relations in New Democracies explores how democratization has changed the material and political fortunes of workers in the new democracies of Europe, Latin America, and East Asia. It also examines how workers have responded to their newly found environment. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FP; 1KL; JPS; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137445636
- ISBN
- 9781137445636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.58
€ 36.58
Hardback. This book investigates the transfer of parent country organizational practices by the retailers to their Chinese subsidiaries, providing insights into employment relations in multinational retail firms and changing labour-management systems in China, as well as their impact on consumer culture. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFS; JFFT; JHBL; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545526
- ISBN
- 9780230545526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.54
€ 64.54
Hardcover. Series: Jonglez. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 306 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1418.
- Publisher
- Jonglez Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782361951320
- ISBN
- 9782361951320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.93
€ 41.99
€ 30.93
The Flying Phoenix. Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan.
Jordan, David K.; Overmyer, Daniel L.
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; HRK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638560
- ISBN
- 9780691638560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.17
€ 175.17
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€ 33.83
€ 40.99
€ 33.83
Paperback. Moving from the politics of the public square to the invention of neighborhood community, to oddities found and appropriated in the streets, to the consecration of everyday scenes and artifacts as heritage in museums, this title traces the rediscovery of the past - sometimes in unlikely forms - in a city with few traditional landmarks. Num Pages: 224 pages, baseline scatter. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 222
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280373
- ISBN
- 9780520280373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardcover. Traces the history of Jews in China and explores how their theology's focus on love, rather than on the fear of a non-anthropomorphic God, may speak to contemporary liberal Jews. Num Pages: 175 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554583720
- ISBN
- 9781554583720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.56
€ 101.56
Hardcover. An exciting collection of delicious, easy-to-make recipes from the latest food craze, including all of the best loved authentic Korean dishes. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1074.
- Publisher
- W&N
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780297609711
- ISBN
- 9780297609711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.65
€ 34.99
€ 23.65
Hardcover. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to more than 140 arbitral cases and commentaries in Korea and introduces the arbitration community to the jurisprudence and scholarship of this jurisdiction. The book encompasses all the major current and historical arbitration cases in Korea alongside practical and scholarly commentary. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; LBHG; LBHT; LNAC5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198755432
- ISBN
- 9780198755432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 332.96
€ 332.96
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 183 x 23. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560729907
- ISBN
- 9781560729907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.22€ 83.74
€ 110.22
€ 83.74
Hardcover. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403969828
- ISBN
- 9781403969828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.09
€ 64.09
Paperback. A distinguished group of international scholars debates the state of change or continuity in North Korea's post-Kim II Sung regime shedding light on one of the world's most closed societies, its potential to adapt to post-cold war realities, and the prospects for a peaceful and stable Korean peninsula. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817994624
- ISBN
- 9780817994624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.36
€ 25.36
Hardback. A study that offers a new view of South Korea's transformation since 1960. Focusing on three turning points-the creation of the development state in the 1960s, democratization in 1987, and the 1997 economic crisis, it shows how Korea sustained growth by resolving crises in favor of greater political and economic openness. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674726741
- ISBN
- 9780674726741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.31
€ 45.99
€ 37.31
Hardcover. Although the two representations of Paekche history differ markedly the underlying problem faced by both the twelfth century and the twenty first century historian is essentially the same, fashioning a responsible and reasonably coherent history of the kingdom, from the meagre, fragmentary evidence. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 500 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 43. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019577
- ISBN
- 9780674019577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.39€ 55.14
€ 60.39
€ 55.14
Paperback. A biography that penetrates Mao's rhetoric and infamous self-will to distil an intimate portrait of a man as withdrawn and mysterious as the emperors he disdained. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753810712
- ISBN
- 9780753810712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Narrates a history of the Muslims of northwest China, at the intersection of the frontiers of the Mongolian-Manchu, Tibetan, Turkic, and Chinese cultural regions Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 318 pages, 24 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976440
- ISBN
- 9780295976440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.11
€ 37.99
€ 34.11
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474402279
- ISBN
- 9781474402279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.60
€ 157.60
Hardcover. China?s ambition is to rise peacefully. Avoiding fierce conflicts with its Asian neighbors is essential to this goal. Jonathan Holslag makes a brilliant case for the geopolitical dilemma facing the rising China, and his argument that China will likely enter into major conflict with Asia is compelling and thoughtful. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688244
- ISBN
- 9780745688244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback.
China?s ambition is to rise peacefully. Avoiding fierce conflicts with its Asian neighbors is essential to this goal. Jonathan Holslag makes a brilliant case for the geopolitical dilemma facing the rising China, and his argument that China will likely enter into major conflict with Asia is compelling and thoughtful. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688251
- ISBN
- 9780745688251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.57
€ 24.57
Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150422
- ISBN
- 9780231150422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.19€ 50.69
€ 65.19
€ 50.69
Paperback. How did Japan and the United States end up at war on December 7, 1941? What American decisions might have provoked the Japanese decision to attack Pearl Harbor? In this classic study of the run up to World War II, Utley examines the ways domestic politics shaped America's response to Japanese moves in the Pacific. Series: World War II: The Global, Human and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Fordham University Press Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224722
- ISBN
- 9780823224722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91