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East Asia, Far East

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East Asia, Far East

Hardcover. Without trial and without due process, the United States government locked up nearly all of those citizens and longtime residents who were of Japanese descent during World War II. This title presents an account of the inmates' experiences and an examination of American imperialism and racist hysteria. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226354767
ISBN
9780226354767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. In 1987 Michael Harrold went to North Korea to work as English language adviser on translations of the speeches of the late President Kim Il Sung (the Great Leader) and his son and heir Kim Jong Il (then Dear Leader and now head of state). Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 134 x 31. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470869765
ISBN
9780470869765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.20

Paperback. When we think of composers like Mozart or Beethoven, we usually envision an isolated artist separate from the orchestra. For most of Japan's musical history, however, no such role existed - composition and performance were deeply intertwined. This book offers fresh insights not just into Japanese music but Japanese modernity at large. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVA; AVH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226085357
ISBN
9780226085357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.71

hardcover. With Cantonese stir-fries and spicy Sichuan favourites alongside discoveries from the lesser-known culinary styles of Yunnan and Hong Kong, this collection is filled with accessible and easy-to-follow recipes, demonstrating the amazing depth of flavour that is only now being fully appreciated in Chinese cuisine. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 195 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1264.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
BBC Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849900829
ISBN
9781849900829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.00
€ 24.23

Hardcover. Competition and Compassion in Chinese Secondary Education examines the nature of academic competition in Chinese schools and documents its debilitating effects on Chinese adolescents' social, moral, and civic development. Series: Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137479402
ISBN
9781137479402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.83

paperback. Editor(s): Allen, J.; Inenaga, Y.; Velden, R. van der; Yoshimoto, K. Series: Higher Education Dynamics. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1FPJ; JHBL; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 427.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048175147
ISBN
9789048175147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.80

Hardback. Investigates how social and cultural factors affect the education, training and career development of graduates of higher education in Japan and the Netherlands. This title explores how Dutch and Japanese graduates choose and develop their careers in reference to the above-mentioned challenges. Editor(s): Allen, J.; Inenaga, Y.; Velden, R. van der; Yoshimoto, K. Series: Higher Education Dynamics. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1FPJ; JHBL; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402060434
ISBN
9781402060434
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.62

Hardcover. The author aims to develop conceptual refining and theoretical reframing of the productivist welfare capitalism thesis in order to address a set of questions concerning whether and how productivist welfarism has experienced both continuity and change in East Asia. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JKSB; JPRB; KCM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137471840
ISBN
9781137471840
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KBB; 2GK; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJF; JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137557179
ISBN
9781137557179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.28

Hardcover. Explores how British and Japanese firms have responded to globalization from a long-term perspective. Incorporates studies from the 18th century and sheds light on the impact of the institutional setting, the influence of government and entrepreneurs, and the weight of historical contingency in conditioning firm responses to globalization. Editor(s): Umemura, Maki; Fujioka, Rika. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPJ; JFFS; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137263629
ISBN
9781137263629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.01

Hardback. Num Pages: 300 pages, 20 colour illustrations, 20 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; JPB; KCU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9789811030956
ISBN
9789811030956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.39

Paperback. Editor(s): Hartmann, Rudi; Wang, Jing'ai; Ye, Tao. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 402 pages, 149 black & white illustrations, 40 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401778053
ISBN
9789401778053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.48

hardcover. This pathbreaking work attempts to understand China's economic policies by examining the political logic behind economic reforms in authoritarian, command-economy states from the wholly original perspective of property rights. Num Pages: 300 pages, 2 line diagrams 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1FP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 605.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804723886
ISBN
9780804723886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Hardcover. A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan is an unprecedented collection of original essays by some of the field's most distinguished scholars of Japan which, taken together, offer a comprehensive overview of the field. Editor(s): Robertson, Jennifer. Series: Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 544 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 187 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1162.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631229551
ISBN
9780631229551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 210.48

Hardback. Series: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements. Num Pages: 152 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 26 colour illustrations, 15 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 1FPKS; AMVD; JFSG; RNU; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 245 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9789811019852
ISBN
9789811019852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.45

Hardback. Through a case study of one imperial institution, the community school, this book examines the primary sources we use to study it, the role it has played in debates over history and politics, and the nature of the Ming state. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751742
ISBN
9780804751742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.34

Hardback. Community Practices for Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan Editor(s): Shaw, Rajib. Series: Disaster Risk Reduction. Num Pages: 248 pages, 29 black & white illustrations, 29 colour illustrations, 20 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; RNR; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 557.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9784431542452
ISBN
9784431542452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.55

Hardback. Late medieval Japan witnessed a growth in the power of the commoner, as seen in the spread of corporate villages (so) marked by collective ownership and administration and other self-governing features. This study of a community of so villages from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries reconstructs the life of these villages. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719414
ISBN
9780804719414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

Hardback. Everyday life in contemporary rural China is characterized by an increased sense of moral challenge and uncertainty. This ethnographic study of the village of Zhongba is an attempt to grasp the ethical reflexivity of everyday life in rural China. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 308 pages, 19 ills, 6 figs & tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHB; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857458902
ISBN
9780857458902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.57

Hardback. Communication and Popularization of Science and Technology in China Num Pages: 361 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 22 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642395604
ISBN
9783642395604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.43

Paperback. Presents a study of an important genre of Ming-dynasty Chinese painting in which landscapes are actually disguised portraits that celebrate an individual and his achievements, ambitions, and tastes in an open effort to win recognition, support, and social status. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 144 pages, 51 color illus. 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 259 x 183 x 13. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154763
ISBN
9780691154763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816649921
ISBN
9780816649921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.90

Hardback. Comics, the Holocaust and Hiroshima breaks new ground for history by exploring the relationship between comics as a cultural record, historiography, memory and trauma studies. Comics have a dual role as sources: for gauging awareness of the Holocaust and through close analysis, as testimonies and narratives of childhood emotions and experiences. Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts. Num Pages: 102 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 3JJH; AKLC; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
102
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137407238
ISBN
9781137407238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.22

Paperback. Yoshimi provides a wealth of documentation and testimony to prove the existence of some 2,000 "comfort stations" where as many as 200,000 women of varying nationalities, euphemistically known as "comfort women," were imprisoned and forced to engage in sexual activity with Japanese military personnel. Translator(s): O'Brien, Suzanne. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 262 pages, 4 halftones, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJF; HBWQ; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231120333
ISBN
9780231120333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

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