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East Asia, Far East

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East Asia, Far East

Paperback. The territorial dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands has repeatedly strained Sino-Japanese relations. This book reminds us that the tensions over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands are only a part of a long history of both conflict and cooperation in maritime relations between Japan and China. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 maps, 7 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626160354
ISBN
9781626160354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.02

Hardback. Offers a contribution to the study of the arts of East Asia. This book features the essays that address a range of subjects, building bridges in many directions, from early jades and bronzes through traditional painting and prints, to photography, cinema, and modern museum practice. Editor(s): Silbergeld, Jerome; Ching, Dora C. Y.; Smith, Judith G.; Murck, Alfreda. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 576 pages, 550 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FP; ACBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 343 x 255 x 88. Weight in Grams: 5254.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
960
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152981
ISBN
9780691152981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.94
€ 153.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; TNCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 261 x 19. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634829564
ISBN
9781634829564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 289.19
€ 215.28

Paperback. The charismatic form of healing called qigong, which at its core involves meditative breathing exercises, has achieved enormous popularity in China since the early 1980s. This text examines the cultural context of medicine and healing practices in the PRC, Taiwan and the USA. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; VFM; WSTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 279 x 22. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128056
ISBN
9780231128056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.78

Paperback. This fascinating and instructive book offers about a revealing, blow-by-blow description of secret, headline-making negotiations in the Mideast, Korea, Africa, and Bosnia, as well as an invaluable guide to conducting such a difficult process of tremendous practical application to a wide variety of conflict resolution professionals. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 tables; 18 graphs; 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1FB; 1FPK; 1H; GTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 193 x 21. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787957438
ISBN
9780787957438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.44

Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 14 graphs, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137386
ISBN
9780231137386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.19
€ 51.06

hardcover. Constantine Vaporis challenges the notion that an elaborate and restrictive system of travel regulations in Tokugawa Japan prevented widespread travel, maintaining instead that a "culture of movement" developed in that era. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AMVD; HBJF; KNG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674081079
ISBN
9780674081079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.20
€ 53.89

Hardback. Circa 1960, artists working at the margins of the international art world breached the frame of canvas painting and ruptured the institutional frame of art. This title shows how artists and critics in Brazil and Japan brought modern painting to a point of crisis that paved the way for the radical experiments of the 1960s generation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 b/w scattered, 24 color on 16 page insert. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSB; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282438
ISBN
9780520282438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.19
€ 50.63

Hardback. In 1900, China chose to take on imperialism by fighting a war with the world on the parched north China plain. This multi-disciplinary volume explores the causes behind what is known as the Boxer war, examining its particular cruelties and its impact on China, foreign imperialism in China, and on the foreign imagination. Editor(s): Bickers, Robert; Tiedemann, R. G. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLW; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742553941
ISBN
9780742553941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.53

Hardback. A systematic and in-depth analysis and explanation of China's rapid increase in inequality in the last two decades. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 264 pages, 26 tables, 18 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804757942
ISBN
9780804757942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.95

Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799553
ISBN
9780804799553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

Hardback. Num Pages: 283 pages, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520241718
ISBN
9780520241718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.15
€ 63.55

Paperback. This is a personal account of the Cultural Revolution. As a student, the author was caught up in dramatic events as, with jeers and chants, students-turned-Red Guards held mass rallies. The interplay between the perceptions of father and son offer an additional, unusual, perspective. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804713696
ISBN
9780804713696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF; JPF; KCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799232
ISBN
9780804799232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.98

Paperback. Offers a study based on extensive fieldwork as well as historical sources. This book examines the different trajectories of landscape change and land use among communities who call themselves Akha (known as Hani in China) in contrasting political contexts. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 1FPC; JPSL; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780295987637
ISBN
9780295987637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

Hardcover. A group of internationally recognised experts examine the recent trends of cross-border movements of people, goods and economic activity at fifteen major borders in the Greater Mekong Sub-region with the aim of predicting the long terms future for this region. Editor(s): Ishida, Masami. Series: IDE-JETRO series. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137302892
ISBN
9781137302892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811713085
ISBN
9780811713085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.34

Paperback. Despite popular images of priests seeking enlightenment in snow-covered mountain temples, the central concern of Japanese Buddhism is death. This title investigates what changing burial forms reveal about the ways temple Buddhism is perceived and propagated in contemporary Japan. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 halftones, 2 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226730158
ISBN
9780226730158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.56

Paperback. Following the assault on Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese military saw action across Asia, from the capture and defence of the islands of the Pacific to the occupation of territory in China and Burma. This title deals with this topic. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Bolt Action. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBWQ; WDHW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 191 x 6. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780960913
ISBN
9781780960913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.38

Paperback. This volume brings to the study of China the theoretical concerns and methods of contemporary critical cultural studies. Contributors investigate problems of bodiliness, engendered subjectivities and discourses of power through written texts, paintings, buildings, interviews and observations. Editor(s): Zito, Angela; Barlow, Tani E. Num Pages: 316 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226987279
ISBN
9780226987279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.98

Paperback. Japan and the United States became close political allies so quickly after the end of World War II, that it seemed as though the two countries had easily forgotten the war they had fought. This work offers a look at how Japanese postwar society struggled to understand its war loss and the resulting national trauma. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691049120
ISBN
9780691049120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.19

Paperback. Japan's jazz community - both musicians and audience - has been begrudgingly recognised for its talent, knowledge, and level of appreciation. Underpinning this tentative admiration, however, has been a tacit agreement that, for cultural reasons, Japanese jazz 'can't swing'. This title explores the true and legitimate nature of Japanese jazz. Num Pages: 384 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; AVGJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBT; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822327219
ISBN
9780822327219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Based on countless diaries and letters, Schrijvers recounts American GIs' experiences in Asia and the Pacific. From the daunting spaces of the China-India theatre to the fortress islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, he brings to life their struggle with suffocating wilderness, devastating diseases, and Japanese soldiers who preferred death over life. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBJM; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380. American Soldiers at War with Japan. 304 pages, 16, 16 black & white plates. Based on countless diaries and letters, Schrijvers recounts American GIs' experiences in Asia and the Pacific. From the daunting spaces of the China-India theatre to the fortress islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, he brings to life their struggle with suffocating wilderness, devastating diseases, and Japanese soldiers who preferred death over life. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBJM; HBWQ; JWLF. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 17. Weight: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230274365
ISBN
9780230274365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 184 illustrations, 62 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 240. .
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857232737
ISBN
9788857232737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.74
€ 63.96

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