East Asia, Far East
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East Asia, Far East
Hardback. The massive drought/famine that killed at least ten million people in north China during the late 1870s remains one of China's most severe disasters and provides a window through which to study the social side of a nation's tragedy. This book presents the history of a horrific famine that took place and focuses on cultural responses to trauma. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253025
- ISBN
- 9780520253025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.81€ 65.14
€ 84.81
€ 65.14
hardcover. Taking you to the classrooms of Japanese preschools, this book explores the everyday, implicit behaviors that form a crucially important - but grossly understudied-aspect of educational practice. It focusses on how teachers embody their lessons: how they use their hands to gesture, comfort, or discipline; and more. Num Pages: 224 pages, 189 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226263076
- ISBN
- 9780226263076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.33€ 83.32
€ 100.33
€ 83.32
Paperback. This innovative account examines the social and political impacts of Chinese teacher's schools in the early 20th century, their role in a society in transition, and their production of grassroots forces that lead to the Communist Revolution. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774813488
- ISBN
- 9780774813488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.49
€ 40.99
€ 36.49
Paperback. This work reveals the existence of a previously unknown stratum of literate women among the urban gentry in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century China. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 line diagrams 18 half-tones 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723596
- ISBN
- 9780804723596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.41
€ 37.99
€ 34.41
Hardback. Series: Studies of the East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JNKH; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691645872
- ISBN
- 9780691645872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.58
€ 193.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 330+ color photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; AFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 219 x 12. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764316791
- ISBN
- 9780764316791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.42
€ 37.99
€ 25.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 432 color photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 215 x 63. Weight in Grams: 930. 160 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AFY. Dimension: 278 x 215 x 63. Weight: 928.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764321238
- ISBN
- 9780764321238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.44
€ 37.99
€ 25.44
paperback. Finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in History. "Like Lauren Hillebrand's Unbroken..Target Tokyo brings to life an indelible era." -Ben Cosgrove, The Daily Beast Num Pages: 672 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393352276
- ISBN
- 9780393352276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.32
€ 21.99
€ 21.32
Paperback. Originally published in New York in 1944 by Duell, Sloan and Pearce with the subtitle: The story of a battle. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620871010
- ISBN
- 9781620871010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.38
€ 19.99
€ 17.38
Paperback. This title examines the 76-hour battle to take Tarawa by the Americans in 1943. It recounts how a garrison of 3700 Japanese soldiers withstood the onslaught of some 3000 US marines in a pioneering amphibious invasion. Illustrator(s): Gerrard, Howard. Editor(s): Chandler, David. Series: Osprey Military Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 75 b&w and 13 colour illustrations, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 185 x 8. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841761022
- ISBN
- 9781841761022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.72
€ 23.99
€ 20.72
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Lotus Press United States
- Edition
- 1st English Ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914955719
- ISBN
- 9780914955719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.20
€ 21.99
€ 20.20
Paperback. Looks at how changes made when medieval Chinese manuscripts were copied influenced a writer's literary reputation Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991344
- ISBN
- 9780295991344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33
Paperback. Selected for CHOICE's list of Outstanding Academic Books for 1995. Series: Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892641093
- ISBN
- 9780892641093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.32
€ 29.99
€ 26.32
Paperback. Tantra is an Asian body of beliefs and practices that seeks to channel the divine energy in creative and liberating ways. This book looks at the wide geographical scope of Tantra by examining thirty-six texts from China, India, Japan, Nepal, and Tibet, since the seventh century and representing Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, and Islamic experiences. Editor(s): White, David Gordon. Series: Princeton Readings in Religions. Num Pages: 664 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKN; 1FPCT; 1FPJ; DQ; DSB; GTB; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691057798
- ISBN
- 9780691057798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.70€ 51.22
€ 65.70
€ 51.22
Paperback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 344 pages, 24, 19 black & white halftones, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478321
- ISBN
- 9780801478321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.27
€ 37.99
€ 34.27
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; AGN; DSB; HBJF; HPDF; HRKN5; JFFZ; WNGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231181266
- ISBN
- 9780231181266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.06€ 57.43
€ 74.06
€ 57.43
Hardback. This book attempts to elucidate Japanese religious experiences by presenting an innovative interpretation of the oldest existing text of Japanese myth, the Kojiki. Iwasawa offers new insights into Japanese mythology regarding the relationship between the human and the divine. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761855248
- ISBN
- 9780761855248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.37
€ 126.37
Hardback. The figure of the New Woman was in the process of being composed at the turn of the 20th century. This study of the forces that produced the New Woman in revolutionary China employs a model of translation, in which both the self and the other are subject to multiple transformations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; 2GDC; 3JJC; 3JJF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804737746
- ISBN
- 9780804737746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.45
€ 81.45
Paperback. Features a collection of stories from Japan that are retellings of legends and fairy tales. This work contains the Sea Spirit, the Moon God, the Emperor Kiyomori, Dragon Princess, and many other magical characters. It aims to evoke the beauty of Japan - its people, its animals, and its landscape. Illustrator(s): Fowler, Rosamund. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 5AK; YFJ; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 200 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192751751
- ISBN
- 9780192751751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.46
€ 15.46
Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- BetterLink Press Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602201149
- ISBN
- 9781602201149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.47
€ 26.99
€ 24.47