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Hardback. For centuries, readers of Tao Qian have felt directly addressed by his poetic voice. This book revisits Tao's approach to his readers by attempting to situate it within the particular poetics of address that characterized the Six Dynasties classicist tradition. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053212
ISBN
9780674053212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.42

Hardback. Examines the making of a new child's world in Japan between 1890 and 1930 and focuses on the institutions, groups, and individuals that reshaped both the idea of childhood and the daily life of children. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSP1; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053342
ISBN
9780674053342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.46

Hardback. As Japan's pre-Pearl Harbor ambassador to the United States, Admiral Nomura Kichisaburo (1877-1964) played a significant role in a tense and turbulent period in Japanese-US relations. This biography casts light on the life and career of this important figure. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 332 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; BGH; HBJF; HBWQ; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055995
ISBN
9780674055995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. Addresses how gender became a defining category in the political and social modernization of Japan. This book shows how 'a woman's place' in late-nineteenth-century Japan was characterized by contradictions and unexpected consequences, by new opportunities and new constraints. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056053
ISBN
9780674056053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. An history of the early Chinese ancestral cult, particularly its cognitive aspects. It intends to excavate the cult's color and vitality and to quell assumptions that it was no more than a simplistic and uninspired exchange of food for longevity, of prayers for prosperity. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 484 pages, 6 halftones; 2 line art. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 832.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056077
ISBN
9780674056077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

Hardback. Traces the emergence and evolution of sports celebrity in Japan from the seventeenth through the twenty-first centuries. This title explores how various constituencies have repeatedly molded and deployed representations of individual athletes, revealing that sports stars are socially constructed phenomena. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCA; JFSL3; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056107
ISBN
9780674056107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. To mark the sixtieth anniversary of the PRC, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies convened a conference to consider this question: After three decades of internal strife, followed by reform, entrepreneurialism, and internationalization, is the PRC here for the dynastic long haul? This volume presents an energetic exchange of views on the topic. Editor(s): Kirby, William C. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10 figures, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JMC; HBJF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060647
ISBN
9780674060647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060692
ISBN
9780674060692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.55
€ 72.48

Paperback. Relations between the Choson and Qing states are often cited as the prime example of the operation of the 'traditional' Chinese 'tribute system.' This work contends that the motivations, tactics, and successes (and failures) of the late Qing Empire in Choson Korea mirrored those of other nineteenth-century imperialists. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060739
ISBN
9780674060739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.03

Hardback. In this first systematic study in English of the highly influential yet overlooked thinker Xue Xuan (1389--1464), author Khee Heong Koh seeks to redress Xue's marginalization while showing how a study interested mainly in "ideas" can integrate social and intellectual history to offer a broader picture of history. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 370 pages, 2 maps, 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HPDF; HRKN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674062443
ISBN
9780674062443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. Sonia Ryang casts new light on the study of North Korean culture and society by reading literary texts as sources of ethnographic data. Ryang focuses critical attention on three central themes--love, war, and self--that reflect the nearly complete overlap of the personal, social, and political realms in North Korean society. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 244 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674062474
ISBN
9780674062474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. This study investigates the Japanese experiment with financial imperialism--or "yen diplomacy"--at several key moments between the acquisition of Taiwan in 1895 and the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937, and how these practices impacted the development of receiving nations and defined their geopolitical position in the postcolonial world. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 290 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; KCBM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674062498
ISBN
9780674062498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. This book explores two important moments of dislocation in Chinese history, the early medieval period (317--589 CE) and the nineteenth century. Tian juxtaposes a rich array of materials from these two periods in comparative study, linking these historical moments in their unprecedented interactions, and intense fascination, with foreign cultures. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 398 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; 3JH; HBJF; HBLA; HBLL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674062528
ISBN
9780674062528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. Jung-Sun N. Han examines the role of liberal intellectuals in reshaping transnational ideas and internationalist aspirations into national values and imperial ambitions in early twentieth-century Japan. Han's focus is on the ideas and activities of Yoshino Sakuzo (1878--1933), who was a champion of prewar Japanese liberalism and Taisho democracy. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 10 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPFM; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674065710
ISBN
9780674065710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. Cultural Revolution Culture, often denigrated as mere propaganda, not only was liked in its heyday but continues to be enjoyed today. Considering Cultural Revolution propaganda art from the point of view of its longue duree, Mittler suggests that it built on a tradition of earlier art works, which allowed for its sedimentation in cultural memory. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 500 pages, 125 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 188 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1094.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674065819
ISBN
9780674065819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.35
€ 54.88

Hardback. Income Inequality in Korea explores the relationship between economic growth and social developments over the last three decades. Analyzing equalizing trends in the 1980s to early 1990s and reversals since the 1997--1998 financial crisis, the authors examine the growing gap between rich and poor in Korea and offer solutions for reducing inequality. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 36 line illustrations, 30 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073197
ISBN
9780674073197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. By the late eleventh century the Song court no longer dominated production of information about itself. Hilde De Weert demonstrates how the growing involvement of the literati in publishing such information altered the relationship between court and literati in political communication for the remainder of the Chinese imperial period. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 475 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088429
ISBN
9780674088429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.35
€ 55.04

Hardback. The exiled Chinese Communist Party member offers his views on the corruption and hypocrisy within the Party and his belief in the democratic reforms taking place in his homeland. Num Pages: 176 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 44 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674118829
ISBN
9780674118829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.56

Hardcover. Natasha Heller offers a cultural history of Buddhism through a case study of the Chan master Zhongfeng Mingben. Monks of his stature developed a broad set of cultural competencies for navigating social and intellectual relationships. Heller shows the importance of situating monks as actors within wider sociocultural fields of practice and exchange. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRAX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 802.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417113
ISBN
9780674417113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

Hardcover. The Korean Economy provides an overview of Korean economic experience since the 1950s, with a focus on the period since democratization in 1987. Chapters analyze the Korean experience from a wide range of economic and social perspectives, as well as describing the country's economic challenges going forward and how they can best be met. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417182
ISBN
9780674417182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

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