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Paperback. Since the 1990s, suicide in recession-plagued Japan has soared, and rates of depression have both increased and received greater public attention. This title explores how depression has become a national disease and entered the Japanese lexicon, and how psychiatry has overcome the longstanding resistance to its intrusion in Japanese life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFFH; MBS; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142050
- ISBN
- 9780691142050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
Hardback. Junmin Wan takes a two prong approach to analysing this pressure in Japan in his new volume Consumer Casualties. He first clarifies the consumer preference for habit to identify useful approaches toward solving a number of economic issues, such as gambling and other addictive practices. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFT; KCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137387240
- ISBN
- 9781137387240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.18
€ 127.18
Hardback. Editor(s): Tse, Justin K. H.; Tan, Jonathan Y. Series: Asian Christianity in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; HRCM; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 220 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349948451
- ISBN
- 9781349948451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.25
€ 138.25
Hardback. The issue of defining and redefining enmity has been at the heart of constitutional justice since South Korea's change of regime. This book explores how the Constitutional Court of Korea has addressed this challenge, carving the contours of who is included in or excluded from the body politic throughout its jurisprudence. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JPHC; JPHV; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137575074
- ISBN
- 9781137575074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Hardcover. By mid-1944 the Axis missile guidance systems were systematically interfered by the Allies superior technology. As an emergency measure, Germany was forced to use the Soviet tactics of fighter-taran against the American bombers, while Japan used the terminal dive bomber ritual against the invasion fleets and designed new airplanes to that purpose. Num Pages: 288 pages, 128 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 255 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555651
- ISBN
- 9781781555651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.96
€ 40.99
€ 28.96
Hardcover. Editor(s): Sim, K. S. Num Pages: 167 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590336274
- ISBN
- 9781590336274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.16€ 64.47
€ 83.16
€ 64.47
Hardback. An history of the early Chinese ancestral cult, particularly its cognitive aspects. It intends to excavate the cult's color and vitality and to quell assumptions that it was no more than a simplistic and uninspired exchange of food for longevity, of prayers for prosperity. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 484 pages, 6 halftones; 2 line art. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674056077
- ISBN
- 9780674056077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 290 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 187 x 25. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590336434
- ISBN
- 9781590336434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.16€ 64.47
€ 83.16
€ 64.47
Hardcover. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403932242
- ISBN
- 9781403932242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Hardcover. China is now an economic power in the world economy, and offers tremendous business and investment opportunities, but its financial markets remain poorly understood. In this authoritative book, investment banking expert K. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KFFK; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 186 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1196.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470044681
- ISBN
- 9780470044681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.58
€ 130.58
hardcover. Globalization has brought dramatic changes to the character and functions of education in most countries around the world. This book analyzes the strategies that the governments of the Chinese societies have adopted in reforming the structure of education systems, mobilizing different forces to create more educational opportunities. Editor(s): Mok, Ka Ho. Series: CERC Studies in Comparative Education. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402078095
- ISBN
- 9781402078095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.41
€ 132.41
Hardback. This publication is a sociological study of the ideological formation of Chinese intellectuals, their place in the social structure and their role in influencing and effecting social and political change. It includes histories of prominent figures from the Chinese intellectual community. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333689448
- ISBN
- 9780333689448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Paperback. Series: Interp Culture New Millennium. Num Pages: 208 pages, 24 black and white photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252081408
- ISBN
- 9780252081408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.52
€ 26.99
€ 25.52
Hardback. Series: Interp Culture New Millennium. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 black and white photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252039881
- ISBN
- 9780252039881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology. Num Pages: 97 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; JFSP1; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 164 x 7. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814560016
- ISBN
- 9789814560016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.00
€ 76.00
Hardback. Examining the relationship between social health insurance (SHI) and out-of-pocket expenditures (OOP), this book synthesises the role of the institutional arrangement of social health insurance in China, the interaction between the stakeholders in health sectors, and of the relationship between healthcare institutions, actors, and policy outcomes. Num Pages: 206 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKS; KCA; LNTM; MBPR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 479.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811017766
- ISBN
- 9789811017766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Paperback. Did you know Chinese don't eat soup, they drink it? That their surnames come before their first names? That their good sense is to be found not in their heads but in their hearts? Or that white is their colour of mourning? This title provides a guide to China's sociable and friendly people and their complex and often contradictory society. Translator(s): Tobler, Stefan. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907973178
- ISBN
- 9781907973178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.51
€ 10.99
€ 9.51
Hardback. This pathbreaking work argues that the major intellectual trend in China from the 17th through the early 19th century was Confucian ritualism, as expressed in ethics, classical learning, and discourse on lineage. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721738
- ISBN
- 9780804721738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.45
€ 97.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 401.
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811008269
- ISBN
- 9789811008269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.22
€ 127.22
This book examines how Japan should cope with fiscal challenges, as demands on the budget from an ageing society have necessitated the reigning in of public debt and the revamp of the pension and healthcare systems. It combines insights from academic research with the views of policymakers to distil key issues that need to inform public debate. Editor(s): Kaizuka, Keimei; Krueger, Anne O. Series: Procyclicality of Financial Systems in Asia. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCBM; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230007871
- ISBN
- 9780230007871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58