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East Asia, Far East

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East Asia, Far East

Hardback. In this text, the authors argue that Chairman Mao can best be compared to a specific imperial predecessor, Ming Taizu, the 14th century peasant rebel who founded the Ming dynasty. They examine imperial predecessors and the elements linking Mao and Taizu. Editor(s): Andrew, Anita M.; Rapp, John A. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847695799
ISBN
9780847695799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.20

hardcover. Drugs have been linked to every aspect of China's economy, polity, society and culture since the early 19th century. This analysis chronicles the evolution of China's anti-narcotics movement from its shaky beginnings in 1906, through its dramatic success in the early years of the communist regime. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFH1; JKVC; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780847695973
ISBN
9780847695973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.55

Paperback. Drugs have been linked to every aspect of China's economy, polity, society and culture since the early 19th century. This analysis chronicles the evolution of China's anti-narcotics movement from its shaky beginnings in 1906, through its dramatic success in the early years of the communist regime. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFH1; JKVC; JKVF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847695980
ISBN
9780847695980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.86

Hardback. Arguing that an understanding of the similarities and differences among communist countries provides valuable insights into their momentous transformations, this volume compares changes in China and Vietnam. Editor(s): Chan, Anita; Kerkvliet, Benedict J. Tria; Unger, Jonathan. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPC; JPFC; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847698462
ISBN
9780847698462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.40

Hardback. The Communist Labor University introduced uneducated farmers and peasants to basic agricultural science and farming techniques until 1980. The author explores the inner workings of this Chinese institution and the direct personal involvment in its affairs by the nation's key communist leaders. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JNMN; JPFC; JPV; KCS; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847699360
ISBN
9780847699360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.52

Paperback. The Communist Labor University introduced uneducated farmers and peasants to basic agricultural science and farming techniques until 1980. The author explores the inner workings of this Chinese institution and the direct personal involvment in its affairs by the nation's key communist leaders. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JNMN; JPFC; JPV; KCS; TV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847699377
ISBN
9780847699377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.37

Hardback. This volume draws on documentary sources to explore key facets of the Chinese Communist Party's move to power from 1937-1945. Scholars compare experiences of the CCP and its interactions with society on the border and areas of resistance to the Japanese invasion of the North China battlefront. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847699384
ISBN
9780847699384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.51

Paperback. Income levels have risen sharpley in China during the last two decades. Although just 2% of all Chinese have hot, running water, virtually all households have televisions. This personal, intelligent book addresses these sweeping changes and how they are forming modern China. Num Pages: 400 pages, 65. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPR; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871319197
ISBN
9780871319197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.12

Paperback. Explores the effects of global socio-economic forces on the domestic policies and administrative institutions of Japan and the United States. This title explains how these global factors have shifted power and authority downward from the national government to subnational governments. Editor(s): Jun, Jong S.; Wright, Deil S. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JPH; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878406197
ISBN
9780878406197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.54

Paperback. Explores the dynamic changes now taking place in the South Korean government as a result of recent social and economic liberalization. This title traces the emergence in Korea of a post-developmental state. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878406609
ISBN
9780878406609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.59

Hardback. When Britain agreed to 'restore' Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China in 1984, British spokesmen explained that the Communist Chinese were reforming and would allow Hong Kong to continue its dynamic capitalist ways. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPCH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFN; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Ethics & Public Policy Center Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896331624
ISBN
9780896331624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.21

Hardback. For more than forty years William Watson has occupied a unique place in the study and teaching of Chinese art in Great Britain. Professor Watson's publications cover a wide field, his command of Chinese, Japanese, Russian and western languages giving access to the fullest literature on his subjects. Num Pages: 424 pages, 129 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 211 x 5. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907132943
ISBN
9780907132943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.01

Hardback. Num Pages: 207 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HRCC2; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934223430
ISBN
9780934223430
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.01

Hardback. Rev. George D. Byers, Presbyterian missionary at Kachek, Hainan island, China, was murdered by bandits in 1924. Based on American and British consular archives and those of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and members of the Hainan mission, this is the story of how Mrs. Byers and Mrs. Mabel Roys got the government and their church to take action. Series: Studies in Christianity in China. Num Pages: 199 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJG; HBG; HBLW; HRCC9; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934223737
ISBN
9780934223737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.44

Paperback. This collection of critical surveys provides readers with a range of up-to-date work from some of the leading scholars in the area, writing on some of the key issues facing China. Editor(s): Claus, Iris; Oxley, Les. Series: Surveys of Recent Research in Economics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 171 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118982471
ISBN
9781118982471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.75

Hardback. From contaminated infant formula to a spate of all-too familiar headlines in recent years, food safety has emerged as one of the harsher realities behind China's economic miracle. Tainted beef, horse meat and dioxin outbreaks in the western world have also put food safety in the global spotlight. Num Pages: 696 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; RNFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
696
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119237969
ISBN
9781119237969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 263.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCN; KJJ; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
City University of Hong Kong Press Hong Kong
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629372576
ISBN
9789629372576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.97

paperback. Chuang Tzu (369?-286? BC) was a leading Taoist philosopher. Using parable and anecdote, allegory and paradox, he set forth in this book the early ideas of what was to become the Taoist school. This collection includes the seven "inner chapters," three of the "outer chapters," and one of the "miscellaneous chapters." Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780231105958
ISBN
9780231105958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.63

hardcover. Tells the story of Wuhan's defense and fall, and how the siege's aftermath led to new directions in the history of modern Chinese culture, society, and politics. Num Pages: 204 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520254459
ISBN
9780520254459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.99
€ 61.58

paperback. Examines how the concept of "Korean woman" underwent a radical transformation in Korea's public discourse during the years of Japanese colonialism. This book shows that as women moved out of traditional spheres to occupy positions outside the home, they encountered the pervasive control of colonial state, which sought to impose modernity on them. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520283817
ISBN
9780520283817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 28.09

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