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East Asia, Far East

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East Asia, Far East

Paperback. Makes the social practice and the existing textual specimens of personal Chinese letter-writing fully visible for the first time Series: Modern Language Initiative Books. Num Pages: 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992785
ISBN
9780295992785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.45

Paperback. The makers of obi, the elegant and costly sash worn over kimono in Japan, belong to an endangered species. Tamara Hareven integrates historical research with intensive life history interviews to reveal the relationships among family, work, and community in this highly specialized occupation. Num Pages: 371 pages, 30 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFS; JHBK; JHBL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press Berkeley
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
371
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228184
ISBN
9780520228184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.64

Hardback. This collection argues that minorities in the Southeast Asian Massif are not powerless in the face of economic and political change in the region - they are drawing on ethnicity and culture to indigenize modernity and maintain their livelihoods. Editor(s): Michaud, Jean; Forsyth, Tim. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 b&w photographs, 16 maps, 6 graphs & tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPC; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774818377
ISBN
9780774818377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBK5; LNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449475
ISBN
9780801449475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.64

Paperback. This work reveals the existence of a previously unknown stratum of literate women among the urban gentry in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century China. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 line diagrams 18 half-tones 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723596
ISBN
9780804723596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.28

Paperback. This book is a highly original study of transnationalism among immigrants from the county of Taishan, from which, until 1965, a high percentage of the Chinese in the United States originated. The author vividly depicts the continuing ties between Taishanese remaining in China and their kinsmen seeking their fortune in "Gold Mountain." Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746878
ISBN
9780804746878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.60

Paperback. In 1987 Michael Harrold went to North Korea to work as English language adviser on translations of the speeches of the late President Kim Il Sung (the Great Leader) and his son and heir Kim Jong Il (then Dear Leader and now head of state). Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 134 x 31. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470869765
ISBN
9780470869765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.36

Hardback. This book is a major reassessment of the early Cold War U.S.-Japan security relationship. It draws on new archival material and the latest scholarship to demonstrate the constructive efforts of U.S. policymakers in building a lasting, albeit limited partnership with America's most important East Asian ally. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJPG; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739610
ISBN
9780804739610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.04

Paperback. A comprehensive look at the Boxer Rebellion of 1898-1900, a bloody uprising in north China against native Christians and foreign missionaries. Num Pages: 428 pages, 36 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTV; HRC; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231106511
ISBN
9780231106511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Sorensen, Clark W.; Arai, Andrea Gevurtz. Series: Center for Korea Studies Publications. Num Pages: 376 pages, 73 colour illustrations, 73 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; HPS; JHB; JHMC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 868.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295998428
ISBN
9780295998428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

Hardcover. In 1911, when a professor took his students to tour Nanjing's shantytowns, one student was grateful as his eyes had been opened to the poverty in his own city. Years later, when another professor showed his students a film on the poor quarters of Nanjing, they demanded his expulsion. This book explores the reasons for these different reactions. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 424 pages, 35 b/w figures, 5 maps, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 758.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021327
ISBN
9780674021327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

Hardback. South Korea is home to some of the largest evangelical Protestant congregations in the world. This book investigates the meaning of - and the reasons behind - a particular aspect of contemporary South Korean evangelicalism: the intense involvement of middle-class women. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031074
ISBN
9780674031074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. Explores interactions between society and environment in China's most important marine fishery, the Zhoushan Archipelago off the coast of Zhejiang and Jiangsu, from its nineteenth - century expansion to the exhaustion of the most important fish species in the 1970s. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 300 pages, 11 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; KNAF; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035980
ISBN
9780674035980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.46

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060685
ISBN
9780674060685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. W. Wayne Farris has developed the first systematic analysis of early Japanese population, the role of disease in economic development, and the impact of agricultural technology and practices. In doing so, he reinterprets the nature of "ritsury " institutions. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8M. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674690059
ISBN
9780674690059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

Paperback. Representing the work of distinguished Japanese scholars, this is the first comprehensive English-language overview of forestry, forest management, and the forest products industry in Japan. Editor(s): Iwai, Yoshiya. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KNAL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780774808835
ISBN
9780774808835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.64

Hardback. This study explores women writers and gender portrayals at the Japanese Heian court and Heian memoirists creations of themselves in four texts: "Kagero Nikki", "Makura No Soshi", "Sarashina Nikki, and "Sanuki No Suke Nikki". Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804733786
ISBN
9780804733786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

Hardback. Cohen charts the course of cultural, intellectual, economic, and political developments in East Asia-particularly China and Japan-from the beginning of recorded time to the present day and examines such events as the rise and fall of key dynasties, the ascendance of the British empire, and the development of democracy in Asia. Num Pages: 528 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FP; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231101080
ISBN
9780231101080
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.64
€ 80.25

Hardback. The author, Saiokuken Socho (1448-1532)-the preeminent linked-verse (renga ) poet of his time-provides in his journal a vivid portrayal of cultural life in the capital and the provinces, together with descriptions of battles and great warrior families, the dangers of travel through war-torn countryside, and the plight of the poor. Translator(s): Horton, H. Mack. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5893 x 4522 x 28. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732833
ISBN
9780804732833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.16

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813529370
ISBN
9780813529370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.84

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