East Asia, Far East
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East Asia, Far East
Paperback. In the literary and artistic milieu of early modern Japan the Chinese and Japanese arts flourished side by side. Kodojin, the "Old Taoist" (1865-1944), was the last of these great poet-painters in Japan. This book brings together 150 of Kodojin's Chinese poems (introduced and translated by Jonathan Chaves). Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 halftones, 8 color plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 2GDC; 2GJ; ACBP; DCF; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116572
- ISBN
- 9780231116572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.62
€ 42.99
€ 30.62
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€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
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€ 28.42
€ 38.99
€ 28.42
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
€ 47.49
€ 47.49
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€ 33.73
€ 37.99
€ 33.73
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€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
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€ 21.20
€ 25.99
€ 21.20
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
€ 91.67
€ 91.67
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.
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- 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€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
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€ 41.60
€ 46.99
€ 41.60
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€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
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€ 38.05
€ 45.99
€ 38.05
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
€ 49.99€ 42.19
€ 49.99
€ 42.19
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€ 37.59
€ 45.99
€ 37.59
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€ 24.53
€ 27.99
€ 24.53
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€ 46.12
€ 51.99
€ 46.12
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
€ 96.07
€ 96.07
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
€ 104.30€ 79.21
€ 104.30
€ 79.21
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
€ 158.83
€ 158.83
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
€ 42.99€ 38.45
€ 42.99
€ 38.45
Hardback. Translator(s): Sukhu, Gopal. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166065
- ISBN
- 9780231166065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.19
€ 143.19
Hardback. Introduced by the Japanese colonial government at the turn of the century, baseball was expected to 'civilize' and modernize Taiwan's Han Chinese and Austronesian Aborigine populations. This work traces the game's social, ethnic, political, and cultural significance since its introduction on the island more than one hundred years ago. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 290 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; WSBT; WSBX; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262799
- ISBN
- 9780520262799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.15€ 64.99
€ 84.15
€ 64.99
Paperback. Confucian political philosophy has recently emerged as a vibrant area of thought both in China and around the globe. This book provides an accessible introduction to the main perspectives and topics being debated today, and shows why Progressive Confucianism is a particularly promising approach. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661308
- ISBN
- 9780745661308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.74
€ 25.74
Hardback. This book examines the emergence of modern Chinese geopolitics by showing how, in its relations with British India, the Qing empire came to understand its place in the world through competition with European imperialism. Num Pages: 408 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; HBJF; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804782241
- ISBN
- 9780804782241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.11
€ 150.11