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East Asia, Far East
Paperback. This edited volume reconsiders the conventional wisdom, which argues that comparative performance of China has been superior to that of India. Exploring 'new paradigms' for evaluating the comparative performance, these essays show that if not outright wrong, conventional wisdom has proven to be overly simplified. Editor(s): Friedman, Edward; Gilley, Bruce. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606166
- ISBN
- 9780230606166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Hardback. In this edited volume, distinguished scholars and policy analysts explore how China's rise has brought great opportunities for cooperation as well as great challenges for geo-political competition between the United States and China. Editor(s): Zhao, Suisheng. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608481
- ISBN
- 9780230608481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardback. This book looks at the bitter factionalism in the last days of China's Ming Dynasty as an ideological struggle between scholar-officials who believed that sovereignty resided in the imperial state and those who believed that it resided with the learned gentry. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230611344
- ISBN
- 9780230611344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardback. This volume is the first to comprehensively examine Chinese's affirmative action policies in the critical area of minority education, the most important conduit to employment and economic success in the PRC after the economic reforms begun in the late 1970s. Editor(s): Zhou, Minglang; Hill, Ann Maxwell. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 282 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230612358
- ISBN
- 9780230612358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.86€ 88.41
€ 105.86
€ 88.41
Hardback. Through an examination of the pilgrimages to China that enveloped Taiwan in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Hatfield advances anthropological understandings of conflict resolution. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HRLF; JHMC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230616035
- ISBN
- 9780230616035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardback. This book examines the genesis and development of haiku in Japan and traces the impact haiku has made on modernist poetics. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230616554
- ISBN
- 9780230616554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
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
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardback. This book recounts the rise of Kim Dae Jung from an oppressed region of Korea, beginning with his schooldays, his activities in the Korean War and his entry into politics and concluding with discussion of his Sunshine policy, his summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Il and his drive for the Nobel. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620483
- ISBN
- 9780230620483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardback. This text reviews the post-1978 reform process in the context of two centuries of Chinese economic, social and political history. Agricultural, industrial and financial reforms and the attraction of foreign trade and direct investment are analyzed in detail. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333515600
- ISBN
- 9780333515600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Paperback. This book is a comparative study of the role that domestic factors play in shaping the form and content of Western policy towards the Soviet Union. The countries whose policies are featured are Great Britain, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFGW; 1DST; 1DVU; 1FPJ; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333535004
- ISBN
- 9780333535004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.86
€ 71.86
Hardback. Attempting a coherent portrait of the heart of Japan's economic and political decision making, this book presents the top 2000 decision makers occupying the core positions in Japan's ruling party, the central ministries, and in big business and its organizations. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JH; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333584637
- ISBN
- 9780333584637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Hardcover. Provides a comprehensive discussion of the controversial issue of industrial policy, drawing on some recent developments in economic theory in areas like political economy, institutional economics, industrial economics and theories of technical progress. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; KCA; KCP; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333588628
- ISBN
- 9780333588628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.74
€ 193.74
Hardback. This text studies the relationship between Christianity and Japan whereby the impact of Japan on the religion is viewed alongside the more frequently cited influence of Christianity on Japanese society. This encounter is examined from a series of political, literary and historical perspectives. Editor(s): Breen, John; Williams, Mark. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRAB; HRC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333589380
- ISBN
- 9780333589380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardback. How and why did the rural enterprise sector get so big in China? This book has the answers. That sector is owned and operated by rural communities. The book explains why these enterprises have been growing so fast, and it explores the implications of their growth. Editor(s): Findlay, Christopher; Watson, Andrew; Wu, Harry X. (Research Associate, Department of Economics, University of Adelaide, Australia). Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCC; KCM; KN; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333595848
- ISBN
- 9780333595848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.08
€ 194.08
Hardback. This text examines the role of Chamberlain and the National Government in responding to the strategic problems of a two-front danger from Germany and Japan. It focuses on the first defence requirements enquiry of 1933-4, when rearmament foundations were laid and foreign policy redefined. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLW; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333644348
- ISBN
- 9780333644348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.20
€ 194.20
Development Strategies in East Asia and Latin America
. Ed(S): Hosono, Akio; Saavedra-Rivano, Neant...
Hardback. Discusses the impact of development policies in East Asia and Latin America. Chapters in this book share a political economy perspective and are the result of collaborative work co-ordinated by researchers at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. Editor(s): Hosono, Akio; Saavedra-Rivano, Neantro. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; 1KLC; 1KLS; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333659618
- ISBN
- 9780333659618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.17
€ 194.17
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive discussion of the controversial issue of industrial policy, drawing on some recent developments in economic theory in areas like political economy, institutional economics, industrial economics and theories of technical progress. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; KCA; KCP; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333678909
- ISBN
- 9780333678909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.05
€ 194.05
Hardcover. The first volume of this work consists of parallel essays by Japanese and British academic specialists covering the history of relations between Japan and Britain from the first contacts in the 17th century to 1930. Series: The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600-2000. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPJ; 3J; HBJD1; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333753873
- ISBN
- 9780333753873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Hardback. Godfrey Yeung investigates the causes and socio-economic effects of foreign direct investment in the Dongguan municipality of southern China during the 1990s. He illustrates that the inflow of foreign capital has both desirable and undesirable socio-economic effects. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPR; KCM; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333778258
- ISBN
- 9780333778258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardback. This is the story of Yukichi Fukuzawa, one of the most effective business entrepreneurs in early modern Japan. He was the inspiration of the Yokohama Specie Bank, the basis of Japsn's sound banking system, and helped to lead the old established House of Mitsui into the modern age. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; KCB; KCZ; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333801215
- ISBN
- 9780333801215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97