East Asia, Far East
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East Asia, Far East
Paperback. Investigates the politics of ethnic identity in post-socialist China. By combining innovative research with fieldwork conducted during the late 1980s and early 1990s in south-central and southwestern China, the author provides a detailed ethnography of the region's Yao population in order to question how minority groups are represented in China. Num Pages: 360 pages, 21 b&w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822325499
- ISBN
- 9780822325499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Hardback. Japan's merchant capital in the late sixteenth century, Osaka remained an industrial center into the 1930s, developing a distinct urban culture to rival Tokyo's. Osaka Modern maps the city as imagined in Japanese popular literature and cinema as well as contemporary radio, television, music, and comedy from the 1920s to the 1950s. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975187
- ISBN
- 9780674975187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.05
€ 45.99
€ 38.05
Paperback. This book summarizes results of decades of Japanese intensive archaeological study and introduces some local museums conserving and interpreting cultural heritage in the face of overwhelming urbanization. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 293 x 205 x 13. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Archaeopress United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784913755
- ISBN
- 9781784913755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.27
€ 70.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, b&w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556436574
- ISBN
- 9781556436574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.07
€ 17.99
€ 17.07
Paperback. What is "Chinese" about China's modern state? This book proposes that the state we see today has developed over the past two centuries largely as a response to internal challenges emerging from the late empire. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749299
- ISBN
- 9780804749299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.02
€ 25.99
€ 24.02
Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WFTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Origami paper
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804845465
- ISBN
- 9780804845465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 7.70
€ 7.99
€ 7.70
Paperback. This Reader provides the student with a selection of key readings from this debate, covering a range of areas including myth, imperialism, the cultural perspective, Marxist interpretation and feminist attitudes. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HPCD; HPCF; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 174 x 23. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748614417
- ISBN
- 9780748614417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.54
€ 41.99
€ 37.54
Hardback. This is an original and comprehensive examination of China's hukou (household registration) system, a system that fundamentally determines the Chinese way of life and shapes China's sociopolitical structure and socioeconomic development. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804750394
- ISBN
- 9780804750394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.11
€ 97.11
Hardcover. Situating his study in the gaps between conventional categories such as Buddhism, Daoism and Chinese popular art, Stanley K. Abe examines the large body of sculpture, paintings and other religious imagery produced for China's common classes from the third to the sixth centuries CE. Num Pages: 408 pages, 20 line drawings, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; 3H; AFC; AFK; AGR; HBJF; HRE; HRKN5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 225 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226000442
- ISBN
- 9780226000442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.74€ 86.02
€ 103.74
€ 86.02
Paperback. From the acclaimed author of River Town comes a rare and authentic portrait - both intimate and epic - of twenty-first century China as it opens its doors to the world Num Pages: 512 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- John Murray General Publishing Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719564413
- ISBN
- 9780719564413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. 'Lively, erudite and meticulously researched' Literary Review Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780330457484
- ISBN
- 9780330457484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.57
€ 15.99
€ 12.57
Paperback. Opium is more than just a drug extracted from poppies. This title shows that the opium trade was not purely a British operation but involved Chinese merchants, Chinese state agents, and Japanese imperialists as well. Editor(s): Brook, Timothy; Wakabayashi, Bob Tadashi. Num Pages: 458 pages, 15 b/w illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBG; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Second Edition
- SKU
- V9780520222366
- ISBN
- 9780520222366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 376 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; 3JH; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016491
- ISBN
- 9780674016491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780770435738
- ISBN
- 9780770435738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.57
€ 18.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. More and more men and women in China are having sex before marriage, creating a new youth sex culture based on romance, leisure and free choice. Farrer explores this change by tracing the basic elements in talk about sex and sexuality in Shanghai. Series: Chicago Visual Library-French Popular Lithographic Imagery. Num Pages: 412 pages, 10 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFSJ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226238715
- ISBN
- 9780226238715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.58
€ 35.99
€ 28.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AN; HBJF; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995106
- ISBN
- 9780295995106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.71
€ 117.71
Paperback. Analyzes what it is like to grow up as the state-appointed vanguard of modernization. Based on surveys and ethnographic research in China, this book explores the social, economic, and psychological consequences of the government's decision to accelerate the fertility transition. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSP2; JHBD; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753302
- ISBN
- 9780804753302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Coverage of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) all too often focuses solely on nuclear proliferation, military parades, and the personality cult around its leaders. This book goes beyond official North Korea to unveil the human dimension of life in that hermetic nation. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPKN; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931368254
- ISBN
- 9781931368254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.32
€ 29.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 181 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations, 16 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; JFD; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 291.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662524725
- ISBN
- 9783662524725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.76
€ 120.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; 3JMC; BGB; TVF; TVG; TVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Publishing Co
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781603585309
- ISBN
- 9781603585309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.07
€ 26.99
€ 18.07
Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 208 pages, 42. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801444203
- ISBN
- 9780801444203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.11
€ 65.11
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
€ 86.02
Paperback. Translator(s): Macmillan, Peter. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141395937
- ISBN
- 9780141395937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
Hardback. This book reveals how ethnicity and notions of a traditional homeland interact in shaping a community's values and images through a close look at the Kazakhs of Mongolia. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804761918
- ISBN
- 9780804761918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.62
€ 86.62