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East Asia, Far East

Results 1961 - 1980 of 4961

East Asia, Far East

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
€ 46.60

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: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 368.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099472285
ISBN
9780099472285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

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
€ 35.47

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

€ 78.71

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
€ 25.52

Hardcover. Today's "clash of civilizations" between the Islamic world and the West are in many ways rooted in 19th-century resistance to Western hegemony. This compellingly argued and carefully researched transnational study details the ways in which Japan served as a model for Ottomans in attaining "non-Western" modernity in a Western-dominated global order. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 372 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137384591
ISBN
9781137384591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.93

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
€ 38.32

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

€ 75.29

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

€ 18.99
€ 17.93

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
€ 24.33

Hardcover. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403971111
ISBN
9781403971111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.40

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
€ 7.67

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
€ 37.73

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

€ 92.36

Hardback. Provides an analysis of various components of the Japanese economy and business structures. This book includes contributions on organizations; income distributions; technological progress; and macro performance. It examines the retail sector, the role of information in evaluating distribution systems, and ownership structures. Editor(s): Sato, Ryuzo; Ramachandran, Rama V.; Hori, Hajime. Series: Research Monographs in Japan-U.S.Business and Economics. Num Pages: 450 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 829.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792397724
ISBN
9780792397724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.24

Hardback. Examines the role of competence, organization and strategies of firms in industrial dynamics linking economic, management and historical perspectives. The first part looks at the evolution of industrial enterprises, the second part examines the issues with regard to the USA, Japan and Europe. Editor(s): Dosi, Giovanni; Malerba, Franco. Num Pages: 480 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DST; 1FPJ; 1KBB; KCB; KCL; KJC; KJV; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 41. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333607763
ISBN
9780333607763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.78

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

€ 104.64
€ 87.25

Hardback. Recently discovered ancient silk and bamboo manuscripts have reformulated our understanding of ancient Chinese thought. They show that ancient Chinese philosophy was and is much richer and more complex than we ever imagined, and they chart the path from belief in powerful spirits and gods to the discovery of universal laws and order. Translator(s): Tadd, Misha. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBD; HPDF; HRKN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137546968
ISBN
9781137546968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.55

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
€ 13.51

Hardcover. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLL; JWL; JWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 447.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403907004
ISBN
9781403907004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

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