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East Asia, Far East

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East Asia, Far East

Hardback. Gift-giving is extremely important in Japanese society, not only at the personal and household levels, but at the national and macroeconomic levels as well. This book is the first in English to document the extraordinary scale, complexity, and variation of giving in contemporary Japan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747035
ISBN
9780804747035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.41

Hardback. This volume's contributors examine the ways the legacies of socialism continue to shape and inform China's capitalist present, contending that contemporary China is shaped by an overlapping mix of socialist and capitalist institutional strategies, political procedures, legal regulations, religious rituals, and everyday practices. Editor(s): Rojas, Carlos; Litzinger, Ralph A. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; KCM; KCP; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822361770
ISBN
9780822361770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.66
€ 111.46

Paperback. This volume's contributors examine the ways the legacies of socialism continue to shape and inform China's capitalist present, contending that contemporary China is shaped by an overlapping mix of socialist and capitalist institutional strategies, political procedures, legal regulations, religious rituals, and everyday practices. Editor(s): Rojas, Carlos; Litzinger, Ralph A. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; KCM; KCP; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361930
ISBN
9780822361930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. There is nowhere else in the world quite like Chungking Mansions, a dilapidated seventeen-story commercial and residential structure in the heart of Hong Kong's tourist district. This title shows us, a trip to Chungking Mansions that reveals a far less glamorous side of globalization. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; JFFS; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226510200
ISBN
9780226510200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, includes color pull-out folded map and color maps and photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WTRS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 208 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Tuttle Shokai Inc Japan
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Vinyl Bound Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9784805309643
ISBN
9784805309643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.07

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Feign, Larry. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; KJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Blacksmith Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9789881376466
ISBN
9789881376466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.76

CD-ROM. "Combining all the learning from the popular Get talking Korean in ten days and Keep talking Korean -- ten days to confidence, this beginner audio course will give you the skills and confidence to speak and understand [Korean]."--Container. Num Pages: 2 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GK; CFH; CJB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 191 x 30. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
CD
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Murray Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471801273
ISBN
9781471801273
CD
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.75

Hardcover. This book presents a pragmatic approach to developing below ground space for transportation, delivery systems, living quarters, retail space and cultural activities. It discusses challenges such as legal rights to underground space and social, behavioral, economic and psychological implications of designing and using that space. Num Pages: 400 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 1KBC; AMVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 27. Weight in Grams: 882.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471162520
ISBN
9780471162520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.49

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863562884
ISBN
9780863562884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.26

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 662 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1FPC; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBTB; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1085.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
662
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691648354
ISBN
9780691648354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 352.19

hardcover. Editor(s): Molony, Barbara; Uno, Kathleen S. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674017801
ISBN
9780674017801
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.03
€ 55.00

Paperback. Includes chapters which treat men as well as women, theories of sexuality as well as gender prescriptions, and same-sex as well as heterosexual relations. This book examines how Japanese have (en) gendered their ideas, institutions, and society. Editor(s): Molony, Barbara; Uno, Kathleen S. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 46. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674028166
ISBN
9780674028166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.63

Hardback. Through a detailed analysis of macroeconomic changes and individuals' lifetime employment trajectories, this book explains why Japan and Taiwan have experienced different levels of improvement in women's economic status over the last half century. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 280 pages, 15 tables, 51 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1FPJ; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804760096
ISBN
9780804760096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Hardback. This is the first exploration of women's campaigns to gain equal rights to political participation in China. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; JFFK; JPHV; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804756884
ISBN
9780804756884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.24

Hardcover. Critiquing the fictive nature of socially accepted values about gender, the authors unravel the strategies adopted by writers and filmmakers in (de)constructing the gendered self in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Editor(s): Tam, Kwok-kan. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629963996
ISBN
9789629963996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.79

Paperback. Through the lens of modern Chinese literature, this title explores the relationship between gender and modernity, notions of the feminine and masculine, and shifting arguments for gender equality in China. It also features historical accounts of gendered writing in Taiwan and semi-colonial China. Editor(s): Barlow, Tani E. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822313892
ISBN
9780822313892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. Gender in Chinese Music draws together contributions from ethnomusicologists, anthropologists, and literary scholars to explore how music is implicated in changing notions of masculinity, femininity, and genders "in between" in Chinese culture. Editor(s): Harris, Rachel; Pease, Rowan; Tan, Shzr Ee. Series: Eastman/Rochester Studies: Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 316 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AV; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
316
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465441
ISBN
9781580465441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 41.88

hardcover. This book explores the link between the everyday relations of gender and the reform of the rural political economy in the 1980's, and argues that the reconstitution of the Chinese state in the reform era draws force and authority from the inherent politics and power of gender. Editor(s): Judd, Ellen R. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 28. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722957
ISBN
9780804722957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.23

Paperback. This book explores the link between the everyday relations of gender and the reform of the rural political economy in the 1980's, and argues that the reconstitution of the Chinese state in the reform era draws force and authority from the inherent politics and power of gender. Editor(s): Judd, Ellen R. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9780804726986
ISBN
9780804726986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.00

Paperback. Traces the genealogy of modern womanhood in the encounters between Koreans and American Protestant missionaries in the early twentieth century, during Korea's colonization by Japan. This book presents an historically specific, textured analysis that sheds light on the interplay between local and global politics of gender and modernity. Series: Seoul-California Series in Korean Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HRCX7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520098695
ISBN
9780520098695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.98

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