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Hardcover. The opening of the ports of Japan in 1859 brought a flood of Japanese craft products to the world marketplace. For ivory it was a golden age. This book examines the role that ivory and ivory carvers played in the expression of nationalism and the development of sculpture in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century. Num Pages: 132 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363329
- ISBN
- 9781137363329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Paperback. Dying to Belong offers a unique look at the complex and fascinating genre of the gangster movie. Across the world, gangster films are often mistakenly viewed as an inferior and immoral - even dangerous - type of entertainment. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 1KBBWF; APFA; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405163712
- ISBN
- 9781405163712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.87
€ 43.87
hardcover. Offers an anthropological study of contemporary Tibetan Buddhist monasticism and tantric ritual in the Ladakh region of North-West India and of the role of tantric ritual in the formation and maintenance of traditional forms of state structure and political consciousness in Tibet. This work builds up a picture of Tibetan tantric traditions. Series: Routledge Studies in Tantric Traditions. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; HRLF; HRLP5; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700714704
- ISBN
- 9780700714704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.17
€ 175.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745634722
- ISBN
- 9780745634722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
Hardback. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745634715
- ISBN
- 9780745634715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.45
€ 73.45
Hardback. Extends the study of China's "soft power" into theatre studies and looks more widely at syncretic traditions evolving in other long-term historic exchanges between Asia and Africa. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011466
- ISBN
- 9781847011466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Paperback. Shadowed by the unhappiness of his warring parents, a broad-minded mother who, like her son, was keen to embrace all things Chinese, and a bigoted father who was enraged by his family's interest in 'going native', Martin Booth's compelling memoir is a journey into Chinese culture and an extinct colonial way of life. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; BGA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553816723
- ISBN
- 9780553816723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Memoir of normal boy in rural Norfolk who grew up to train with the last living Ninjas and fulfill his dreams. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGSA; BM; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444764413
- ISBN
- 9781444764413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour photos & fold-out map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 107 x 8. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- JPM Publications SA,Switzerland Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782884526494
- ISBN
- 9782884526494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.13
€ 7.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 477 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 755.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
- Number of pages
- 477
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781468479072
- ISBN
- 9781468479072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 49.18
€ 52.93
€ 49.18
Hardback. A Companion to Chinese Art explores one of the world s greatest and richest artistic traditions. Including over two dozen newly-commissioned essays written by an international team of scholars from East and West, it examines the multi-faceted theories, genres, and media central to Chinese art throughout its history. Editor(s): Powers, Martin J.; Tsiang, Katherine R. Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 180 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1208.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781444339130
- ISBN
- 9781444339130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.33
€ 213.33
Paperback. A collection of essays that analyzes China's foremost social cleavage: the rural-urban gap. It examines the historical background of rural-urban relations; the size and trend in the income gap between rural and urban residents; aspects of inequality apart from income; and, experiences of discrimination, particularly among urban migrants. Editor(s): Whyte, Martin King. Series: Harvard Contemporary China Series. Num Pages: 460 pages, 1 map, 12 charts, 60 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JFSF; JFSG; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674036321
- ISBN
- 9780674036321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.24
€ 42.99
€ 36.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 420 pages, 15 halftones, 1 map, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226895499
- ISBN
- 9780226895499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.09€ 44.25
€ 51.09
€ 44.25
Paperback. Explores why Europe's growth slowed, what contribution information technology makes to growth, and what policies could facilitate economic transformation. It emphasizes a system with strong work incentives and competitive intensity. The authors conclude, that social programs and policies must be reoriented so that they encourage economic change. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 1KBB; KCL; KCM; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881323436
- ISBN
- 9780881323436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; AJC; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 299 x 43. Weight in Grams: 2912.
- Publisher
- Aperture
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597113755
- ISBN
- 9781597113755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 57.75
€ 59.41
€ 57.75
Paperback. Posth arrived in China with a vision. He navigated a steep learning curve, achieved his goals and now shares an insightful, first-hand account of an intriguing journey that included bumps and highlights. 1,000 Days in Shanghai is a breathtaking manual for anyone contemplating a business career in the increasingly vibrant arena of today's China. Translator(s): Travis, Ian. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPC; KJVG; KNDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470823880
- ISBN
- 9780470823880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.95
€ 36.99
€ 28.95
Hardcover. Within a mere decade, the creation of a Tibetan medicine industry in the People's Republic of China has resulted in hospital pharmacies throughout the Tibetan areas of China being converted into pharmaceutical companies. Confronted with the logic of capital and profit, these companies now produce commodities for a nation-wide market. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; JHMC; KNDP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457721
- ISBN
- 9780857457721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.19
€ 156.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 700 pages, 80 black and white. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBWQ; JFSR1; JWXR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 700
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780853039082
- ISBN
- 9780853039082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.98
€ 57.98
Hardcover. In this study of desire in late Imperial China, the author argues that the development of traditional Chinese fiction as a narrative genre was closely related to changes in conceptions of the fundamental nature of desire. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSA; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005136
- ISBN
- 9780674005136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.27
€ 44.99
€ 37.27
Hardcover. Martin Sandler breaks new ground with an in depth look at Japanese internment during WWII Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JFSL1; JWXR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 272 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802722775
- ISBN
- 9780802722775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.68
€ 27.99
€ 26.68