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East Asia, Far East
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East Asia, Far East
Paperback. In the literary and artistic milieu of early modern Japan the Chinese and Japanese arts flourished side by side. Kodojin, the "Old Taoist" (1865-1944), was the last of these great poet-painters in Japan. This book brings together 150 of Kodojin's Chinese poems (introduced and translated by Jonathan Chaves). Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 halftones, 8 color plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 2GDC; 2GJ; ACBP; DCF; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116572
- ISBN
- 9780231116572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
Hardcover. This text explores the possibility of symbolic public spaces in the context of Chinese cinema. Focusing especially on women, children and the dispossessed, it looks at the way public space is constructed and occupied, both in the Chinese cultrual sphere and in the world of international audiences. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; GTC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847698769
- ISBN
- 9780847698769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.50
€ 165.50
Paperback. Western students have observed that religion and magic pervade not only the forms of Tibetan art, politics, and society, but also every detail of ordinary human existence. And what is the all-pervading religion of Tibet? This title presents the vital material ignored or slighted by others: the living ritual of Tibetan Buddhists. Series: Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions. Num Pages: 572 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HRK; HRLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 804. Magic and Ritual in Tibet. Series: Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions. 572 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HRK; HRLF. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 35. Weight: 780.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 572
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520036352
- ISBN
- 9780520036352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.94
€ 45.99
€ 32.94
Hardback. In the mid-1990s, as many as one million North Koreans died in one of the worst famines of the twentieth century. This work presents and account of the famine to date, examining not only the origins and aftermath of the crisis but also the regime's response to outside aid and the effect of its policies on the country's economic future. Num Pages: 368 pages, 59 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJPR; JFFC1; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140003
- ISBN
- 9780231140003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.56€ 80.25
€ 104.56
€ 80.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 59 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJPR; JFFC1; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140010
- ISBN
- 9780231140010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Compares the distinctive welfare states of Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe. This book traces the historical origins of social policy in these regions to crucial political changes in the mid-twentieth century, and show how the legacies of these early choices are influencing welfare reform following democratization and globalization. Num Pages: 496 pages, 34 line illus. 54 tables. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1FP; 1KL; JKS; JPB; KCR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135960
- ISBN
- 9780691135960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.47€ 42.58
€ 53.47
€ 42.58
Educational Import: Local Encounters with Global Forces in Mongolia
Steiner-Khamsi, Gita, Stolpe, Ines
Hardcover. Num Pages: 255 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPM; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403968104
- ISBN
- 9781403968104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 47.60
€ 52.93
€ 47.60
paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPFC; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9789888208944
- ISBN
- 9789888208944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.01
€ 19.99
€ 18.01
hardcover. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 21 colour illustrations, 21 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137556196
- ISBN
- 9781137556196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Paperback. Concerns the transformation of time during Japan's Meiji period, specifically from around 1870 to 1900. This book explores how changing conceptions of time destabilized inherited knowledge and practices and facilitated the reconfiguration of the archipelago's heterogeneous communities into the liberal-capitalist nation-state, Japan. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128016
- ISBN
- 9780691128016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465025237
- ISBN
- 9780465025237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.68
€ 30.99
€ 27.68
Hardcover. Situating his study in the gaps between conventional categories such as Buddhism, Daoism and Chinese popular art, Stanley K. Abe examines the large body of sculpture, paintings and other religious imagery produced for China's common classes from the third to the sixth centuries CE. Num Pages: 408 pages, 20 line drawings, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; 3H; AFC; AFK; AGR; HBJF; HRE; HRKN5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 225 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226000442
- ISBN
- 9780226000442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.56€ 87.25
€ 104.56
€ 87.25
Hardback. This book analyzes the principal legal institutions that have emerged in China and considers implications for U.S. policy of the limits on China's ability to develop meaningful legal institutions. Num Pages: 472 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736640
- ISBN
- 9780804736640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Hardcover. Electoral Politics in Post1997 Hong Kong Num Pages: 189 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 244 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789812873866
- ISBN
- 9789812873866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardback. Common and destructive, limited wars are significant international events that pose a number of challenges to the states involved beyond simple victory or defeat. This book investigates a crucial and heretofore ignored factor in determining the nature and direction of limited war: information institutions. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FMV; 1FPK; 1KBB; HBJK; JPSH; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226107684
- ISBN
- 9780226107684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.81€ 83.43
€ 99.81
€ 83.43
Paperback. Common and destructive, limited wars are significant international events that pose a number of challenges to the states involved beyond simple victory or defeat. This book investigates a crucial and heretofore ignored factor in determining the nature and direction of limited war: information institutions. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FMV; 1FPK; 1KBB; HBJK; JPSH; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226107714
- ISBN
- 9780226107714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
Hardcover. Sow Keat Tok explores the adaptation of the Western concept of 'sovereignty' into China's management of Taiwan and Hong Kong affairs. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPCH; 1FPCW; JPRB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263834
- ISBN
- 9781137263834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143868
- ISBN
- 9780231143868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.67€ 57.47
€ 73.67
€ 57.47
Hardback. Originally published: Shanghai, China: Shanghai Press and Publishing Development Company, c2016. Num Pages: 160 pages, Over 80 Chinese paintings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 268 x 18. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publisher
- Shanghai Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602200241
- ISBN
- 9781602200241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.84
€ 30.99
€ 28.84
Hardback. Series: Harvard-Hallym Series on Korean Studies. Num Pages: 325 pages, 3 maps, 2 figures, 41 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTF; HBTQ; HBTR; JHBL; KCF; KNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780674142404
- ISBN
- 9780674142404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.46
€ 50.99
€ 42.46