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East Asia, Far East

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East Asia, Far East

Hardback. This social history of China during the first half of the 20th century focuses on the Shanghai labour movement. It draws on abundant sources and studies which have appeared in the People's Republic of China since the early 1980s and which have not been systematically used in Western historiography. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; KCF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804720632
ISBN
9780804720632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

hardcover. This study of northern Taiwan during the period 1840-1895 explores the social significance of the traditional Chinese legal system and investigates how individuals utilized the courts to resolve criminal and civil disputes. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JH; HBT; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722728
ISBN
9780804722728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

hardcover. This book explores the link between the everyday relations of gender and the reform of the rural political economy in the 1980's, and argues that the reconstitution of the Chinese state in the reform era draws force and authority from the inherent politics and power of gender. Editor(s): Judd, Ellen R. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 28. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722957
ISBN
9780804722957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.83

Hardback. This first comprehensive account of the early life of longtime Chinese premier Zhou Enlai shows how the rich and diverse personal, educational, and political experiences of his formative years established clear patterns for his future personal and political orientations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 37 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723022
ISBN
9780804723022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.45

hardcover. This volume presents a broad range of writings on literature from the period of the inception of literary modernity in China. Editor(s): Denton, Kirk A. Num Pages: 572 pages, reference material. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 979.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
572
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725583
ISBN
9780804725583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.66

hardcover. Throughout much of Chinese history, Mencius (372-289 B.C.) was considered the greatest Confucian thinker after Confucius himself. This study begins a reassessment of Mencius by examining his ethical thinking (how one should live) in relation to that of other early Chinese thinkers. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 625.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727884
ISBN
9780804727884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

hardcover. This book is a detailed study of the modern silk industry in a county in the Yangzi delta. It reopens and restructures the grand debate on Chinese economic development, combining quantitative analysis of both industry and agriculture with study of how local politics, class, culture, and gender also shaped the modern Chinese economy. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729987
ISBN
9780804729987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02

hardcover. Centered around the figures of Hu Feng, a leftist literary theorist who promoted "subjectivism," and his disciple Lu Ling, known for his psychological fiction, this study explores theoretical and fictional responses to the problematic of self at the heart of the experience of modernity in 20th-century China. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731287
ISBN
9780804731287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.07

hardcover. This book analyzes the changes in property rights in contemporary China in light of the rapid economic growth of the last two decades. Editor(s): Oi, Jean C.; Walder, Andrew G. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 645.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734561
ISBN
9780804734561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.88

hardcover. This is the story of how the women's movement in China took advantage of the government's official efforts to position women in the rural economic reforms of the 1980s to achieve a significant and ever-increasing role in China's developing turn toward a market economy, which was not the state's intent. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JHMC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744058
ISBN
9780804744058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.45

hardcover. This book focuses on the lives, struggles, and contrasting perspectives of the 60,000 workers, military administrators, and technical staff employed in the largest, most strategic industry of the Nationalist government, the armaments industry based in China's wartime capital, Chongqing. Num Pages: 480 pages, 22 tables, 3 maps, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBTB; KNDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 757.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748964
ISBN
9780804748964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02

hardcover. On the basis of three carefully drawn surveys of Beijing residents between 1995 and 1999, the author finds that diffuse support for the current political system--based on attitudes toward institutions and values--remains strong, at least among city-dwellers, though it is gradually declining. Num Pages: 248 pages, 35 tables, 17 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749596
ISBN
9780804749596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

hardcover. In this book, Tang addresses how public opinion is shaped in China's political, economic, and social environment and how it affects decision making and political change. Num Pages: 268 pages, 8 tables, 33 figures, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPH; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752190
ISBN
9780804752190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.45

Hardback. This study seeks to lay bare the relationship between the sociopolitical structures that shaped peasant lives in Manchuria (northeast China) during the Qing dynasty and the development of that region's economy. Num Pages: 440 pages, 13 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752718
ISBN
9780804752718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.07

hardcover. This book examines the structure and impact of the SARS epidemic, and its short- and medium-range implications for an interconnected, globalized world. In so doing, it poses a question of the greatest possible significance: Can we learn from SARS before the next pandemic? Editor(s): Kleinman, Arthur; Watson, James L. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPQB; MBNS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804753135
ISBN
9780804753135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.36

hardcover. This book offers a simple but compelling answer to the apparently difficult question: Why is the PRC so determined to assert its sovereignty over Taiwan? Series: Studies in Asian Security. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 figure, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755535
ISBN
9780804755535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.45

hardcover. This book reports the results of the first systematic nationwide survey in China of the attitudes that ordinary Chinese citizens have toward increased inequalities generated by the market reform program launched in 1978. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 tables, 14 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; JFSL3; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804769419
ISBN
9780804769419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

hardcover. "Essential reading for anyone wishing to understand why human rights advocacy has failed in international relations."-Asia and Pacific Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812235975
ISBN
9780812235975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

Hardcover. Provides original insight into the co-construction of technology and subjectivity as well as the multiple forces that shape contemporary China Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 277 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; GTC; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814795262
ISBN
9780814795262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.11

Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations (some col.). Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947112
ISBN
9781933947112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.43

Hardcover. China is growing at a remarkable pace and exerting a powerful influence on the global economy. How is this rapid development possible? How is China transforming the west? Frank Sieren, a leading expert on China, gives a compelling account of China's re-emergence. His sobering appraisal: China is setting the agenda for the future of the West. Num Pages: 347 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230001350
ISBN
9780230001350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.46

Hardcover. This book focuses on the practice of transfer pricing audits which the Chinese government operates in the case of the vast number of foreign enterprises operating in the Chinese economy. It includes the testimony of Chinese officials about their work, material that given the secrecy of Chinese business and culture, is difficult to come by. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KF; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230001961
ISBN
9780230001961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.59

Hardcover. Jayasuriya explores the dynamics of a new social agenda conceived within the boundaries of neo liberalism. The enhanced focus on issues such as poverty through strategies of inclusion frames new terms of engagement for social policy, different from that which existed in the terrain of the post war welfare state. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JKS; JPP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230002111
ISBN
9780230002111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.57

Hardcover. This book presents a deeper understanding of the on-going de facto economic integration in East Asia, looking at the extent of economic integration, what sort of integration has been accomplished, and comparing the level of integration reached and the path followed to that of the European Union. Series: IDE-JETRO series. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230007826
ISBN
9780230007826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.77

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