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Paperback. Introduces Korean drumming and dance to the English-speaking world. This title offers detailed descriptions of its instrumentation, dance formations, costuming, actors, teaching lineages, and the complexities of training. It is suitable for those interested in ethnomusicology, world music, anthropology, sociology, and Asian studies. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 colour plates, 34 halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 maps, 13 figures, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; AVGW; AVRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226330952
ISBN
9780226330952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100. Weight in Grams: 865.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804712194
ISBN
9780804712194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.23

Paperback. Retaining all the well-loved features, this book is now matched to the new AQA specification and covers AS and A Level content together. With a strong focus on history skills, exam practice and specially selected sources and extracts, this book covers the period in depth, to help students understand key ideas, events and developments. Series Editor(s): Waller, Sally. Num Pages: 240 pages, Colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 4KL; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 265 x 195. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198354567
ISBN
9780198354567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.50

Hardcover. Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology. Num Pages: 180 pages, 6+ tables and figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHB; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857283535
ISBN
9780857283535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.69

Hardback. In the summer of 1942, Japan's leading cultural authorities gathered in Tokyo to discuss the massive cultural, technological, and intellectual changes that had transformed Japan since the Meiji period. This book presents the English translation of the symposium proceedings. Editor(s): Calichman, Richard. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143967
ISBN
9780231143967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.49

Paperback. Examines the work of a generation of Japanese intellectuals who, like their European counterparts, saw modernity as a spectacle of ceaseless change that uprooted the dominant historical culture from its fixed values and substituted a culture based on fantasy and desire. Num Pages: 480 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095486
ISBN
9780691095486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.38
€ 50.79

Paperback. Presents a description of the economic and ecological organization of rural Korean domestic groups Series: Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Num Pages: 27 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTB; JFSL9; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992761
ISBN
9780295992761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JFFP; JFFS; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 5. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503600119
ISBN
9781503600119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JFFP; JFFS; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799010
ISBN
9780804799010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.23

Hardback. Argues that American audiences have been exposed only to a narrow range of what is available - with the majority of exposure having been given to avant-garde, experimental, or politically charged art. This book discusses contemporary Chinese art in a range of styles and subject matter and substantially expands on our understanding of this work. Series: Princeton University Art Museum. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 black-&-white illustrations + 215 colour images. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1928.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300122084
ISBN
9780300122084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.85

mass_market. In 1952, overriding political objectives compelled UN forces to abandon the pursuit of decisive victory in Korea. The Outpost War tells the story of the First Marine Division's move to western Korea, where these assault-trained troops were ordered to dig in and fight a defensive war. Series: History of War. Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; HBJF; HBLW3; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 245.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574887396
ISBN
9781574887396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.33

Hardback. Translator(s): Dilworth, David A.; Hurst, G. Cameron, III. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231150729
ISBN
9780231150729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.57

Hardback. This work provides a study of the novels and short stories about the lives of zhiqing, Chinese urban youth who were dispatched to the backward rural area to live the peasants' life during the second phase of the Cultural Revolution. It overs zhiqing writing from the late 1970s to the late 1990s. Num Pages: 252 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739105061
ISBN
9780739105061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.77

Hardback. The intense piety of late T'ang essays on Buddhism by literati has helped earn the T'ang its title of the "golden age of Chinese Buddhism." This study shows that many literati participated in intra-Buddhist debates. It demonstrates that representations of Buddhism by lay people underwent a major change during the T'ang-Sung transition. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HRAX; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022652
ISBN
9780674022652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.96

Paperback. In the Tokyo suburbs four women work the draining graveyard shift at a boxed-lunch factory. Burdened with chores and heavy debts and isolated from husbands and children, they all secretly dream of a way out of their dead-end lives. Translator(s): Snyder, Stephen. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099472285
ISBN
9780099472285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFK; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501703058
ISBN
9781501703058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.00

Paperback. "This book is a beautiful and moving personal account of the Ainu, the native inhabitants of Hokkaido, Japan's northern island, whose land, economy, and culture have been absorbed and destroyed in rece" Translator(s): Selden, Kyoko Iriye; Selden, Lili. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 photographs, maps. figures, glossary. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGHA; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Westview Press
Edition
50052nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813318806
ISBN
9780813318806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.37

Hardcover. An exciting collection of delicious, easy-to-make recipes from the latest food craze, including all of the best loved authentic Korean dishes. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1074.
Publisher
W&N
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780297609711
ISBN
9780297609711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.65

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

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

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