East Asia, Far East
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East Asia, Far East
Hardback. A discharged official in mid-Ming China faced significant changes in his life. This book explores three such officials in the sixteenth century - Wang Jiusi, Kang Hai, and Li Kaixian - who turned to literary endeavors when forced to retire. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; DSBD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674056046
- ISBN
- 9780674056046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.30
€ 44.99
€ 37.30
Paperback. Why has postwar Japanese abortion policy been relatively progressive, while contraception policy has been relatively conservative? The Japanese government legalized abortion in 1948 but did not approve the pill until 1999. This study argues that these contradictory policies flowed from different historical circumstances. Num Pages: 258 pages, 4 line illus., 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; JFMA; JHBD; JPQB; MBNH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070056
- ISBN
- 9780691070056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.72
€ 45.99
€ 32.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816659036
- ISBN
- 9780816659036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.99
€ 29.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. This ethnographic study of prostitution in the metropolitan city of Dalian, China, explores the lives of rural migrant women working as karaoke bar hostesses, delving into the interplay of gender politics, nationalism, and power relationships that inhere in practices of birth control, disease control, and control of women's bodies. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFH2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340992
- ISBN
- 9780230340992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.99
€ 68.99
Hardback. This ethnographic study of prostitution in the metropolitan city of Dalian, China, explores the lives of rural migrant women working as karaoke bar hostesses, delving into the interplay of gender politics, nationalism, and power relationships that inhere in practices of birth control, disease control, and control of women's bodies. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFH2; JFMX; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230617414
- ISBN
- 9780230617414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, 11 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319332949
- ISBN
- 9783319332949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.78
€ 132.78
Hardcover. Explores southern Japanese cookery focused on authentic recipes. This book reveals a cuisine that is both accessible and delicious. It includes over 100 recipes, and features the ingredients, techniques, equipment, photography and recipes. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4-colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 299 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1182.
- Publisher
- Square Peg
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224098908
- ISBN
- 9780224098908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 26.49
€ 38.99
€ 26.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 294 pages, 73 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1MBN; JFFS; JPS; KCLT; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 219 x 2. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137522276
- ISBN
- 9781137522276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.91
€ 122.91
Paperback. A new edition of this hugely successful, trend-setting business adventure Num Pages: 336 pages, map, port. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BM; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849013079
- ISBN
- 9781849013079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.72
€ 14.99
€ 11.72
Hardback. This text examines possibly the greatest challenge facing Japanese multinationals as they continue to expand their foreign direct investment: how to integrate local managers into the management process of overseas subsidiaries as well as in that of the parent companies themselves. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBL; KJMV2; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333965061
- ISBN
- 9780333965061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.84
€ 122.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 68 b&w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AP; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789888083770
- ISBN
- 9789888083770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.67
€ 36.67
Paperback. The South China Sea is of great strategic importance and has been the scene of many disputes. The volume covers the historical and legal background of the area, analyses its environmental, economic, military and political dimensions and assesses the potential for containing and resolving disputes. Editor(s): Kivimaki, Timo. Series: NIAS Report S. Num Pages: 160 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; GTJ; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- NIAS Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788791114014
- ISBN
- 9788791114014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Changes in Japanese law in the 1990s enabled erotic images to be published without fear of prosecution, and many shunga picture-books have since appeared. This book offers an assessment of the genre of Japanese paintings and prints known as shunga. It seeks to re-establish shunga in a proper historical frame of culture and creativity. Num Pages: 304 pages, 125 black & white illustrations, 46 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JF; 3JH; ACBP; AFC; AFH; AGHX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861894328
- ISBN
- 9781861894328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.40
€ 36.40
Paperback. This book introduces the reader to important artists and their work, but also to the intellectual issues and concepts surrounding the production, consumption and display of art in Japan in the Edo period. Num Pages: 384 pages, 245 illustrations, 180 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 195 x 253 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780237442
- ISBN
- 9781780237442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.36
€ 38.99
€ 33.36
Paperback. While dozens of books and articles have predicted the near-certainty of China's rise to global supremacy, this book boldly counters such widely-held assumptions. It brings to light the daunting array of challenges that today confront China, as well as the inadequacy of the responses. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCG; KCJ; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205329
- ISBN
- 9780300205329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.62
€ 21.99
€ 17.62
Paperback. The Mongol takeover in the 1270s changed the course of Chinese history. The Confucian empire - a millennium and a half in the making - was suddenly thrust under foreign occupation. This title explores what happened to China between these two dramatic invasions. Series: History of Imperial China. Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 halftones, 7 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072534
- ISBN
- 9780674072534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.26
€ 29.99
€ 25.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781250396
- ISBN
- 9781781250396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.12
€ 17.99
€ 13.12
Hardcover. Timothy Brook studies three widely separated and economically dissimilar counties. He draws on rich data in monastic gazetteers to examine the patterns and social consequences of patronage. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 426 pages, 10ill.3M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674697751
- ISBN
- 9780674697751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.32
€ 49.99
€ 41.32
Paperback. Opium is more than just a drug extracted from poppies. This title shows that the opium trade was not purely a British operation but involved Chinese merchants, Chinese state agents, and Japanese imperialists as well. Editor(s): Brook, Timothy; Wakabayashi, Bob Tadashi. Num Pages: 458 pages, 15 b/w illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBG; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Second Edition
- SKU
- V9780520222366
- ISBN
- 9780520222366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.71
€ 38.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626370555
- ISBN
- 9781626370555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.51
€ 33.99
€ 28.51