East Asia, Far East
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East Asia, Far East
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691645995
- ISBN
- 9780691645995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.76
€ 144.76
Paperback. Offers a history of Japanese theatre. From ancient folk and ritual performances to modern dance theatre, this book provides summaries about each major theatrical form, situating the genre in its particular social, political, and cultural contexts and integrating a vast array of detail on such topics as staging, costuming, and more. Num Pages: 432 pages, 32 pages of b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691043333
- ISBN
- 9780691043333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.72€ 46.84
€ 59.72
€ 46.84
Hardback. Chinese civil examinations, a piece of social engineering worked out over centuries, prefigured the regime of meritocratic exams that undergirds higher education around the globe today. This book describes how education, examinations, and civil service fostered the world's first professional class based on demonstrated knowledge. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674724952
- ISBN
- 9780674724952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.27€ 52.61
€ 57.27
€ 52.61
Hardback. Uses examination records from the Yuan, Ming, and Ch'ing dynasties, 1315-1904, to explore the social, political, and cultural dimensions of the civil examination system, one of the most important institutions in Chinese history. This book considers the intersections between elite social life, popular culture, and religion. Num Pages: 889 pages, 1 color illustration, 31 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 82 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 889
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520215092
- ISBN
- 9780520215092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.33€ 76.54
€ 100.33
€ 76.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 514 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 514
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674961913
- ISBN
- 9780674961913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.95
€ 55.95
Hardback. An illuminating look at today's Chinese armed forces, taking into consideration their costly history, as well as the marvel of new technological capability and training that they believe will not place them on a losing side again .. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JMG; HBJF; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 32. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612003887
- ISBN
- 9781612003887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 45.56
€ 52.99
€ 45.56
Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJF; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152082
- ISBN
- 9780231152082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.65
€ 37.99
€ 27.65
Hardcover. This major new reference work is organised as a Chinese-English encyclopedia, arranged alphabetically according to the pinyin romanisation, with Chinese characters appended. A character index and an English index are included. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GBC; JFC; PGK; VXFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780700716081
- ISBN
- 9780700716081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.20€ 171.66
€ 173.20
€ 171.66
Paperback. State and Society in Post--War Japan integrates the previous work of disciplinary specialists into a coherent account of how Japanese society has changed since the war. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JP; KCB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745601663
- ISBN
- 9780745601663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.32
€ 27.32
Hardcover. Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, Protectors and Predators examines the nature and roles of deities in the religious world of medieval Japan and beyond. Bernard Faure introduces readers to medieval Japanese religiosity and shows the centrality of the gods in religious discourse and ritual. Num Pages: 584 pages, 172 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRAC; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 204 x 261 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Univ of Hawaii Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824839314
- ISBN
- 9780824839314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.51
€ 82.51
Paperback. "The paradise of adventurers", Shanghai during World War II was suffused with dangerous glamour. Racketeers, cutthroats and con-men jostled for advantage as secret agents of the great powers waged a complex and sinister struggle for power. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784537647
- ISBN
- 9781784537647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.56
€ 20.99
€ 19.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages, 135 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 124 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881774255
- ISBN
- 9789881774255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.92
€ 8.99
€ 7.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 34 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300195675
- ISBN
- 9780300195675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.31€ 49.44
€ 63.31
€ 49.44
Hardcover. Series: Real Estate Issues. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470672662
- ISBN
- 9780470672662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.61
€ 131.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 204 x 8. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784805313251
- ISBN
- 9784805313251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.34
€ 16.99
€ 16.34
Hardcover. This study examines the realignment of the Chinese social order that took place over the course of the Sung dynasty. From the perspective of specific Sung families, it uses data on two groups of Sung elites - the grand councilors who led the bureaucracy, and locally prominent gentlemen in Wu-chou. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 table, 1 map, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674695924
- ISBN
- 9780674695924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.46
€ 52.99
€ 44.46
Paperback. Courtesans, Concubines, and the Cult of Female Fidelity traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries. By taking women and men's relationships with women seriously, this book makes a case for the centrality of gender relations in the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970649
- ISBN
- 9780674970649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.00€ 29.99
€ 31.00
€ 29.99
Hardback. Bossler traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries by examining three critical categories of women: courtesans, concubines, and faithful wives. Bossler illustrates how these groups intersected and interacted with men, influencing the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 375 pages, 6 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 240 x 36. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066694
- ISBN
- 9780674066694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.11€ 46.56
€ 50.11
€ 46.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTM; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300216943
- ISBN
- 9780300216943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.39
€ 18.99
€ 15.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; 3JJH; BGH; HBJF; HBWQ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062375216
- ISBN
- 9780062375216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.23
€ 17.99
€ 16.23