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East Asia, Far East
Hardback. Examines the way divisions between Chinese rural workers and the state were recast in the 20th century as divisions between intellectuals and peasants. The author argues that this division was a central concern of the literature, resulting in a picture of a repressed peasantry, allowing them to become a focus of political and revolutionary protest. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804733199
- ISBN
- 9780804733199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.22
€ 92.22
hardcover. Offers an anthropological study of contemporary Tibetan Buddhist monasticism and tantric ritual in the Ladakh region of North-West India and of the role of tantric ritual in the formation and maintenance of traditional forms of state structure and political consciousness in Tibet. This work builds up a picture of Tibetan tantric traditions. Series: Routledge Studies in Tantric Traditions. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; HRLF; HRLP5; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700714704
- ISBN
- 9780700714704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.48
€ 187.48
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield International
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783481248
- ISBN
- 9781783481248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.03
€ 157.03
Hardback. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 376 pages, 30 illus & 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRKN; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 185 x 32. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016538
- ISBN
- 9780674016538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.11€ 46.46
€ 50.11
€ 46.46
Hardback. This perspective historical ethnography draws attention to the range of cultural and social practices that exist within contemporary Okinawa. The narrative problematizes both the location of identity and the processes involved in negotiating identities within Okinawa. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; GTB; JHMP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742517141
- ISBN
- 9780742517141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.32
€ 183.32
Hardback. Levy explores the classic Chinese novel The Story of the Stone(also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber), illuminating the work by interpreting its four major themes: the inversion of traditional family dynamics, the function of illness and medicine in a Buddhist society, the role of poetry in a dynastic Chinese society, and the use of poetry as a vehicle for spiritual retribution. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114066
- ISBN
- 9780231114066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.89€ 83.70
€ 109.89
€ 83.70
Hardcover. Ibsen has often been considered as the most important source, besides Goethe, of Western influence in modern Chinese literary thinking and remains influential in both the modern Chinese theatre and the Chinese women's movement. This bibliography charts how modern Chinese culture has developed. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789622019072
- ISBN
- 9789622019072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.04
€ 33.04
Hardback. Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390. And Other Stories of China. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. 256 pages. Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FYB. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight: 390. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136945
- ISBN
- 9780231136945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Paperback. Placing meanings of health and disease at the center of modern Chinese consciousness, this title reveals how hygiene became a crucial element in the formulation of Chinese modernity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 420 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; MBN; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283824
- ISBN
- 9780520283824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardback. This book presents a new perspective on attempts by the contemporary Chinese government to transform the diverse conditions found in countless rural villages into what the state's social welfare program deems 'socialist new villages'. Series: China's Environment and Welfare. Num Pages: 248 pages, 59 full color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089648464
- ISBN
- 9789089648464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.00
€ 136.00
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPM; AJB; AJC; WNCB; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 260 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1216.
- Publisher
- Merrell Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858946436
- ISBN
- 9781858946436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Hardcover. Hunan is a legendary London restaurant which attracts customers from all over the world. At Hunan, diners don't choose - they simply say what they don't eat and how spicy they like their food. This book features 70 such as 'absurdly delicious' prawn dumplings, and lettuce wraps filled with diced chicken. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 260 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1206.
- Publisher
- Preface Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848094345
- ISBN
- 9781848094345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.42
€ 37.99
€ 25.42
Hardback. A clear roadmap for the new territory of education Education in the U.S. has been under fire for quite some time, and for good reason. The numbers alone tell a very disconcerting story: according to various polls, 70% of teachers are disengaged. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 269 x 31. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119283102
- ISBN
- 9781119283102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.63
€ 33.99
€ 26.63
Hardback. The Human Tradition in Premodern China is a collection of biographical essays revealing the variety and complexity of human experience in China from the earliest historical times to the dawn of the modern age. Editor(s): Hammond, Kenneth J. Series: The Human Tradition Around the World Series. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 171 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029582
- ISBN
- 9780842029582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.83
€ 166.83
Hardback. A collection of short biographies of ordinary Japanese men and women, most of them unknown outside their family and locality, whose lives collectively span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: The Human Tradition Around the World Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029117
- ISBN
- 9780842029117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.28
€ 167.28
Hardback. Includes bibliographic references and index. Editor(s): Hammond, Kenneth J.; Stapleton, Kristin. Series: The Human Tradition Around the World Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742554658
- ISBN
- 9780742554658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.13
€ 140.13
Hardcover. Editor(s): Austin, Kimberly. Num Pages: 143 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 238 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634631808
- ISBN
- 9781634631808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.88€ 132.59
€ 195.88
€ 132.59
Hardcover. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607411161
- ISBN
- 9781607411161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.52€ 70.65
€ 101.52
€ 70.65
hardcover. "Essential reading for anyone wishing to understand why human rights advocacy has failed in international relations."-Asia and Pacific Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235975
- ISBN
- 9780812235975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.09
€ 82.09
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643304
- ISBN
- 9780691643304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.46
€ 186.46