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East Asia, Far East
Hardback. Chinese citizens are becoming increasingly mobile, both inside China and abroad. China is caught between perceived benefits and dangers posed by mobility, complicated by the government's own conflicting impulses to support and discourage it. This book demonstrates this balance through an in-depth look at patterns of migration and state response. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990156
- ISBN
- 9780295990156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Hardback. This book draws on the narratives of small-to-medium business owners, born on the Chinese mainland, who have immigrated to Hong Kong and then returned to their homes to establish their enterprises. The book highlights critical issues in migrant economics. Series: International Series on Consumer Science. Num Pages: 165 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441996428
- ISBN
- 9781441996428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764301483
- ISBN
- 9780764301483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.33
€ 18.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. An enthralling and detailed history of the Mitsubishi Zero, an aircraft that was both feared and revered during the course of its operational history at the vanguard of Japanese military engineering. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 pages of black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781593196
- ISBN
- 9781781593196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Num Pages: 291 pages, Illustrationsports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813120157
- ISBN
- 9780813120157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.11
€ 50.11
Mission to Tibet: The Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Account of Fath...
Fr. Ippolito Desideri S.J.
Paperback. Num Pages: 696 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861716760
- ISBN
- 9780861716760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.86
€ 37.99
€ 34.86
Paperback. In the sixteenth century, the vast and sophisticated empire of China lay almost entirely unknown to Western travellers. Confronting enormous challenges, the Italian priest Matteo Ricci and a tiny handful of learned companions gained permission to settle in the fabled Forbidden City. This title tells the story of the first Jesuit mission to China. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571225187
- ISBN
- 9780571225187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. From England's Jerusalem to Shanghai, China, the story of one man's mission to bring the East and West into closer union. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HRCX7; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 245 x 35. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445661346
- ISBN
- 9781445661346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. Written from a feminist perspective, this is a cultural and ideological study of modern China as seen in the writing of experimental fiction, one of the main attempts to subvert the conventions of socialist realism in contemporary Chinese literature. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724647
- ISBN
- 9780804724647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 70 colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WBN; WBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 232 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Pavilion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910904619
- ISBN
- 9781910904619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Hardcover. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; MBX; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1096.
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861714674
- ISBN
- 9780861714674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.70€ 52.09
€ 57.70
€ 52.09
Paperback. Centered around an ethnographic case study of a dragon king temple, this book examines the social and political dynamics underlying the revival of popular religion in contemporary rural China. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 table, 13 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HR; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761000
- ISBN
- 9780804761000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
hardcover. Centered around an ethnographic case study of a dragon king temple, this book examines the social and political dynamics underlying the revival of popular religion in contemporary rural China. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 table, 13 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRKN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751605
- ISBN
- 9780804751605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Hardback. For most of East Asia, Buddhist sutras were written in classical Chinese and inaccessible to many devotees. How, then, did such devotees access these texts? The author argues that the medieval genre of 'explanatory tales' illuminates the link between human body (devotee) and sacred text (sutra). Series: Buddhisms S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HRES. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265615
- ISBN
- 9780520265615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.36€ 65.36
€ 84.36
€ 65.36
Paperback. Talks about gender, ethnicity, and nation in China, as seen through an ethnography of the changing cultural production of the Miao, a minority population. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 384 pages, 42 b&w photographs, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324447
- ISBN
- 9780822324447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Hardcover. The book outlines the evolution and role of minority languages locally and nationally; it investigates current educational language policies in minority areas; and it assesses the social and economic outcomes of language change for communities in contemporary China. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551480
- ISBN
- 9780230551480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardcover. An enormous number of burial objects have been unearthed from ancient tombs in archaeological excavations in China. These mingqi were made in all kinds of materials and in a broad range of forms, techniques and craftsmanship. This book examines a particular type of mingqi - pottery building. Num Pages: 272 pages, 330 b/w & 20 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845193218
- ISBN
- 9781845193218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.58
€ 130.58
Paperback. The Ming dynasty (1368-1644) is regarded as Chinas golden age, equivalent in British history to the Elizabethan era. Through the themes of people and places and a wealth of objects, this book provides an introduction to the Ming period. Num Pages: 96 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 191 x 10. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714124834
- ISBN
- 9780714124834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardback. Series: Critical Issues in World and International History. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442204904
- ISBN
- 9781442204904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.01
€ 125.01
Paperback. Based on primary documents and interviews, this text describes three rounds of responses to a tragic case of mercury poisoning, focusing on the efforts of its victims and their supporters to secure redress. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 416 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPHV; JPW; MMGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007857
- ISBN
- 9780674007857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.99
€ 33.99
€ 28.99