East Asia, Far East
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East Asia, Far East
Hardcover. This book explores the cultural traditions of Cantonese villagers who first settled in South China's Pearl River Delta during the Tang and Song dynasties (10th to 12th centuries). The authors lived and worked in the New Territories, Hong Kong's rural hinterland, during the 1960s and 1970s. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; HBTB; JFSF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629961008
- ISBN
- 9789629961008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.48
€ 60.48
Village Life in Hong Kong: Politics, Gender, and Ritual in the New Ter...
Watson, James L., Watson, Rubie S.
Paperback. Constituting an ethnographic record of a cultural system teetering on the threshold of the historic transition, this book explores the cultural traditions of Cantonese villagers who first settled in South China's Pearl River Delta during the Tang and Song dynasties. It features two villages in particular: San Tin and Ha Tsuen. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629961183
- ISBN
- 9789629961183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.04
€ 33.04
Hardcover. "Rulin waishi" (The Unofficial History of the Scholars) is an 18th century landmark in the history of the Chinese novel. Through a close reading of this novel, the author seeks answers to such questions as: what accounts for the literati's enthusiasm for writing and reading novels? Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010956
- ISBN
- 9780674010956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.29
€ 45.99
€ 38.29
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; GTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 186 x 19. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594546006
- ISBN
- 9781594546006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.13€ 126.41
€ 185.13
€ 126.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Zhang, Wei-Bin. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626181588
- ISBN
- 9781626181588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.07€ 77.11
€ 111.07
€ 77.11
Hardcover. By the tenth century CE, Mount Wutai had become a major pilgrimage site within the emerging culture of a distinctively Chinese Buddhism. This book traces confluence of factors that produced this transformation and argues that monastic architecture, more than texts, relics, or pilgrimages, was the key to Mount Wutai's emergence as a sacred site. Series: Art History Publication Initiative Books. Num Pages: 344 pages, 61 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AMN; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993522
- ISBN
- 9780295993522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.91
€ 71.91
Hardback. Through a detailed analysis of macroeconomic changes and individuals' lifetime employment trajectories, this book explains why Japan and Taiwan have experienced different levels of improvement in women's economic status over the last half century. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 280 pages, 15 tables, 51 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1FPJ; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760096
- ISBN
- 9780804760096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.40
€ 76.40
Paperback. This collection of essays explores the ways in which Confucian traditions have shaped styles of being modern in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. It questions assumptions about the rise of industrial East Asia, at the same time exploring its ideas, norms and values. Editor(s): Tu, Wei-ming. Num Pages: 432 pages, 11 line-art, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 1FPCH; 1FPCW; 1FPJ; 1FPKS; HPDF; HRKN1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674160873
- ISBN
- 9780674160873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 40.75
€ 49.99
€ 40.75
Hardcover. Through an exploration of contemporary Chinese popular religion from its cultural, social, and material perspectives, Wei-Ping Lin paints a broad picture of the dynamics of popular religion in Taiwan. Analyzing these aspects of religious practice in a unified framework, she traces their transformation as adherents move from villages to cities. Num Pages: 217 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRA; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504363
- ISBN
- 9780674504363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.26
€ 45.99
€ 38.26
Hardback. This book is a comprehensive study of faithful maidenhood in late imperial China from the vantage points of state policy, local history, scholarly debate, and the faithful maiden's own subjective point of view. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 tables, 16 figures, 5 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758086
- ISBN
- 9780804758086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.22
€ 92.22
Hardback. This is the first book in either English or Chinese to study the group of students who came to the U.S. in the early 20th century to attend American universities and played pivotal roles in Chinese intellectual, economic, and diplomatic life upon their return to China. Num Pages: 348 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736961
- ISBN
- 9780804736961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.04
€ 82.04
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- World Century
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938134739
- ISBN
- 9781938134739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Hardback. Provides an anthology and summation of the work of one of the world's leading historians of Chinese painting and calligraphy. This book gives a sweeping tour through the history of Chinese painting and calligraphy as it offers and revised views on a broad range of important subjects. Num Pages: 464 pages, 259 color illus. 49 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 288 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1886.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691162492
- ISBN
- 9780691162492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.47€ 84.61
€ 113.47
€ 84.61
Hardback. Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390. And Other Stories of China. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. 256 pages. Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FYB. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight: 390. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136945
- ISBN
- 9780231136945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16, 13 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453311
- ISBN
- 9780801453311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.58
€ 140.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16, 13 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479670
- ISBN
- 9780801479670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.27
€ 37.99
€ 34.27
Paperback. Traces the evolution of a dazzling urban culture that became alternately isolated from and intertwined with China's tumultuous history. Focusing on Shanghai's leading banks, publishing enterprises, and department stores, this book sketches the rise of a maritime and capitalist economic culture among the city's middle class. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258174
- ISBN
- 9780520258174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.79
€ 36.99
€ 26.79
Paperback. Editor(s): Swartz, Wendy; Campany, Robert Ford; Lu, Yang; Choo, Jessey Jiun-Chyi. Num Pages: 744 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 34. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231159876
- ISBN
- 9780231159876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.40
€ 50.99
€ 36.40
Partners and Rivals, the latest book from acclaimed economist Wendy Dobson, examines the central role that China and the United States will play on the global stage in the next half-century. Series: Rotman-UTP Publishing. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647527
- ISBN
- 9781442647527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.77
€ 43.99
€ 43.77
hardcover. Using a theoretical approach that utilizes work in literary studies, anthropology, feminist theory, and cultural studies, this book investigates how, in twentieth century China, the modern concepts of the new woman and the new writing developed into a protracted cultural debate over what and how women should and could write. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804731294
- ISBN
- 9780804731294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.33
€ 98.33