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East Asia, Far East

Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 5fig. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674017764
ISBN
9780674017764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.30

Hardback. Tells the story of why China's entry into the modern age was not just traumatic, but uproarious. The author argues that this period from the 1890s to the 1930s transformed how Chinese people thought and talked about what is funny. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 b/w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283848
ISBN
9780520283848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.93
€ 54.45

Paperback. An investigation of the creation and circulation of Western medical discourses linking ideas about disease to Chinese identity, beginning in the eighteenth century. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 248 pages, 42 illustrations, incl. 8 in color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341130
ISBN
9780822341130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

hardcover. By exploring the "aesthetics of shadow" in Japanese cinema in the first half of the twentieth century and treating cinematographers and lighting designers as essential collaborators in moviemaking, Daisuke Miyao reinterprets Japanese film history. Num Pages: 400 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AJRD; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822354079
ISBN
9780822354079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.19

Paperback. In this revealing study, Daisuke Miyao explores "the aesthetics of shadow" in Japanese cinema in the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 400 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AJRD; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354222
ISBN
9780822354222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardback. Offers a study of Japanese cultural expression. This title reveals how a particular, often seemingly innocent aesthetic sensibility - present in novels, essays, popular songs, film, and political writings - helped create an 'aesthetic of fascism' in the years leading up to World War II. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; HBJF; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245051
ISBN
9780520245051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.15
€ 64.18

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607748953
ISBN
9781607748953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.60

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333607305
ISBN
9780333607305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.38

Paperback. Based on extensive on-the-ground research, reveals the human stories behind China's extraordinary growth. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTF; HBJF; HBLX; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745332307
ISBN
9780745332307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.20

On August 13, 1944, the submarine struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Sulu Sea in less than one minute, leaving only fourteen of its eighty-six crewmen alive. Though some of the Flier's mysteries remain with the submarine beneath the sea, this title sheds light on the nature of underwater warfare and naval protocol. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124810
ISBN
9780813124810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.29

Paperback. The first translation into English of essays on modern Japanese literature, culture, and urban ethnography written by the late Ai Maeda, arguably the most prominent 20th century Japanese literary and cultural critic Editor(s): Fujii, James A. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 408 pages, 16 illus., 7 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333463
ISBN
9780822333463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

paperback. Considers the presence and use of texts in religious and political ritual in Early China. Through balanced attention to both the received literary tradition and the range of excavated artefacts, manuscripts, and inscriptions, this title reveals the rich and multilayered interplay of textual composition and ritual performance. Editor(s): Kern, Martin. Num Pages: 362 pages, 7 bw photos,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987873
ISBN
9780295987873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935408185
ISBN
9781935408185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud is a beautifully written account of Sun Shuyun's journey to retrace the steps of one of the most popular figures in Chinese history - the monk Xuanzang, who travelled to India searching for true Buddhism. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers London
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007129744
ISBN
9780007129744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.95

Hardback. .
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
260
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739188279
ISBN
9780739188279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.68
€ 19.22

Paperback. A collection of essays on late imperial and modern Chinese history spans the brilliant forty-year career of the late Frederic E Wakeman, Jr. It offers narratives of critical historical events as well as analyses of China's place in world history. Editor(s): Wakeman, Lea H. Num Pages: 480 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256064
ISBN
9780520256064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560729136
ISBN
9781560729136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.46
€ 71.61

Hardcover. Provides original insight into the co-construction of technology and subjectivity as well as the multiple forces that shape contemporary China Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 277 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; GTC; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814795262
ISBN
9780814795262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.11

Hardback. Will new technologies, especially the Internet, bring freedom and democracy to authoritarian China? This book argues that the internet has brought new dynamics of sociopolitical change in China, not always supportive of democracy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 tables, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPHX; JPWJ; UBJ; UDB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804757379
ISBN
9780804757379
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.21

Paperback. Enka, a sentimental ballad genre, epitomizes for many the nihonjin no kokoro (heart/soul of Japanese), and to older members of the Japanese public this music evokes a direct connection to the traditional roots of "Japaneseness". Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, 7 halftones, 8 musical examples, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVGJ; GTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674012769
ISBN
9780674012769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.69

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

€ 84.15
€ 64.18

Paperback. Series: ELT in Context. Num Pages: 68 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNM; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 211 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
TESOL Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781942799252
ISBN
9781942799252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.76

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

€ 99.56
€ 82.56

Paperback. Taking you inside 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 examines how teachers act, think, and talk. And how they use the tone of their voice to communicate empathy, frustration, or enthusiasm. Num Pages: 224 pages, 189 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226263106
ISBN
9780226263106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.92

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