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Hardcover. Composed of 17 syllables, haiku can convey the essence of an emotion, a fleeting moment in nature, or a throwaway comment. This is a selection of 60 classic haiku by masters such as Basho and features an explanatory introduction to the form and brief biographical notes of major authors. Editor(s): Cobb, David. Series: Gift Books. Num Pages: 96 pages, 38 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DC; DSC; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714124018
- ISBN
- 9780714124018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Presents a translation of a "Miao album" - a Chinese genre originating in the eighteenth century that used prose, poetry, and illustrations to represent minority ethnic groups living in frontier regions under imperial Chinese control. This title provides 82 illustrations from the original album and the corresponding Chinese calligraphic text. Translator(s): Deal, David. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 208 pages, 180 illus., 16 in color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 7. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295986166
- ISBN
- 9780295986166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardback. Challenging the reigning view of literary historians has been that the May Fourth movement of 1919 marks the division between the traditional and the modern in Chinese literature, this book argues that signs of reform and innovation can be discerned long before May Fourth. Num Pages: 444 pages, 6 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press California
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728454
- ISBN
- 9780804728454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.74
€ 97.74
Paperback. This collection is the first volume in English to examine the entire span of modern Taiwanese literature, from the first decades of the twentieth century to the present. Editor(s): Wang, David Der-Wei; Rojas, Carlos. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338673
- ISBN
- 9780822338673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardcover. Editor(s): Wang, David Der-Wei; Wei, Shang-Jin. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 575 pages, 7fig. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 575
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674017818
- ISBN
- 9780674017818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.58€ 55.91
€ 60.58
€ 55.91
Paperback. Known for their striking full-body tattoos, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong - more than four times the size of the American mafia. This title tells the story of Japan's crime syndicates, from their feudal start as bands of medieval outlaws to their emergence as billion-dollar investors in real estate, and more. Num Pages: 426 pages, 18 b/w photographs, 9 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608. Japan's Criminal Underworld. 426 pages, illustrations. Known for their striking full-body tattoos, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong - more than four times the size of the American mafia. This title tells the story of Japan's crime syndicates, from their feudal start as bands of medieval outlaws to their emergence as billion-dollar investors in real estate, and more. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHMC. Dimension: 227 x 162 x 26. Weight: 608.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 426
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274907
- ISBN
- 9780520274907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.23
€ 33.99
€ 30.23
Hardback. This economic and social history of the relationship between the univeristy system and development in Mexico since 1929, develops a body of quantitative data never before available to scholars. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 half-tone, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNMN; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721257
- ISBN
- 9780804721257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.20
€ 93.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BM; HBJF; JHMC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408864289
- ISBN
- 9781408864289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. The Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011 led Japan, and many other countries, to change their energy policies. David Elliott reviews the disaster and its global implications, asking whether, despite continued backing by some governments, the growing opposition to nuclear power means the end of the global nuclear renaissance. Num Pages: 153 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPB; RNP; RNQ; THK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274328
- ISBN
- 9781137274328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.73
€ 104.73
Hardback. Editor(s): Faure, David; Ts'Ui-P'Ing, Ho. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, black and white maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774823685
- ISBN
- 9780774823685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751599
- ISBN
- 9780804751599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Hardcover. The recent growth in relations between China and the nations of Africa is one of the most important geopolitical phenomena of our time. China and Africa presents a unique, comprehensive view of this relationship. This monumental study, the first since the 1970s, examines China's ties with all of Africa's 54 countries. Num Pages: 544 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- null
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812244199
- ISBN
- 9780812244199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.82
€ 103.82
Paperback. Translator(s): Hinton, David. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 295 x 37. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619028340
- ISBN
- 9781619028340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.45
€ 32.99
€ 25.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 129.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Counterpoint
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619024434
- ISBN
- 9781619024434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.52
€ 16.99
€ 14.52
Paperback. Students of political science and theory, democratization, and Chinese culture and history will benefit from the book's substantive discussions of democracy, and scholars and specialists will appreciate the larger arguments about the influence of these ideas and their transmission through time. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPA; JPB; JPHC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409177
- ISBN
- 9781421409177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.26
€ 44.26
Students of political science and theory, democratization, and Chinese culture and history will benefit from the book's substantive discussions of democracy, and scholars and specialists will appreciate the larger arguments about the influence of these ideas and their transmission through time. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPA; JPB; JPHC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409160
- ISBN
- 9781421409160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.25
€ 80.25
paperback. Covering the full spectrum of political, economic, diplomatic as well as cultural and intellectual history, this classroom resource offers insight not only into the past but also into Japan's contemporary civilisation. This volume (the first of two) covers up to the late 18th century. Num Pages: 322 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3D; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563249075
- ISBN
- 9781563249075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 90.19
€ 90.19
Hardback. This text reviews the post-1978 reform process in the context of two centuries of Chinese economic, social and political history. Agricultural, industrial and financial reforms and the attraction of foreign trade and direct investment are analyzed in detail. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333515600
- ISBN
- 9780333515600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Hardback. Chinese culture was a performance culture, and ritual was the highest form of performance. Village ritual life everywhere in pre-revolutionary China was complex, conservative, and extraordinarily diverse. This title discusses the ritual world of a group of rural settlements in Shanxi province in pre-1949 North China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; HRKN; HRLF; JFSF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033047
- ISBN
- 9780674033047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.73
€ 54.99
€ 46.73
Paperback. An introductory analysis of Korean American religious practices and community Editor(s): Yoo, David K.; Chung, Ruth H. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; HRLK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074745
- ISBN
- 9780252074745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67