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East Asia, Far East

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816693573
ISBN
9780816693573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

paperback. The endless squares and rectangles of Hong Kong architecture produce a sense of infinity, and this book is dedicated to styles of repetition in urban design. Num Pages: 260 pages, 200 colour, 260 b&w. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; AMC; AMVD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 184. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
ORO Editions United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939621658
ISBN
9781939621658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.51

Paperback. Explores the cultural significance of the explosive growth of China s cities during the past three decades through interpretations of Chinese fiction, cinema, visual art, architecture, and urban design. Num Pages: 376 pages, 53 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822347286
ISBN
9780822347286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. This book presents the first panoramic study of minkan (citizen publications) in China before the Internet. This recent history of citizen publications contributes to the reclamation of a lost past of resistance. It is an exercise in remembering a past that has been marginalized by official history and recovering ideas obliterated by state power. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137492074
ISBN
9781137492074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. Migration of people across national borders is increasingly frequent, resulting in reconsideration of national citizenship. This book addresses this problem of changing nature of citizenship in the context of flow of people and ideas between Asia and Europe. Editor(s): Pohlmann, Markus; Yang, Jonghoe; Lee, Jong-Hee. Series: Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context. Num Pages: 237 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 19 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPK; JFFN; JPVH1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642197383
ISBN
9783642197383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.98

Paperback. Hong Kong is perched on the fault line between China and the West, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC. This book offers an insider's view of Hong Kong, capturing the history and culture that make the city so different from its generic neighbors. It shows the relationship between Hong Kong's geography and its colonial experience. Num Pages: 332 pages, 64 color illustrations, 24 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 183 x 26. Weight in Grams: 806.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046894
ISBN
9780674046894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 maps, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780295741741
ISBN
9780295741741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. Chinese civil examinations, a piece of social engineering worked out over centuries, prefigured the regime of meritocratic exams that undergirds higher education around the globe today. This book describes how education, examinations, and civil service fostered the world's first professional class based on demonstrated knowledge. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 764.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724952
ISBN
9780674724952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.97
€ 52.81

hardcover. Based on newly available records of 628 civil dispute cases from the 1760's to the 1900's, this book challenges many conventional assumptions about the Qing legal system. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 605.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804727402
ISBN
9780804727402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.96

Paperback. Shows that contrary to previous scholarly belief, the courts in Qing and Republican China dealt extensively with civil matters and, moreover, did so in a consistent and predictable way. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 356 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 595.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804737791
ISBN
9780804737791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.84

paperback. This volume addresses the role of the judge and the parties in civil litigation in mainland China, Hong Kong and various European jurisdictions. It examines how these roles have been changed in order to cope with growing caseloads and quality demands. Editor(s): Rhee, C. H. van; Fu, Yulin. Series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice. Num Pages: 372 pages, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; LAFD; LAM; LNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 569.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9789402402827
ISBN
9789402402827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.24

Hardcover. Written by scholars from both inside and outside China, this wide-ranging collection of essays explores the complexity of the relationship between governance and civil society by combining theoretical exploration and empirical case studies based on the governance practice in China. Editor(s): Yu, Jianxing; Guo, Sujian. Num Pages: 253 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHB; JPA; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230340961
ISBN
9780230340961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.90

Hardcover. This book focuses on the question of whether and how civil society may contribute to policy innovation. As the focus of civil society research is often more on the constraints on civil society by the state and less on the agency and effects of civil society organisations the authors provide a fresh and fruitful perspective. Series: The Nottingham China Policy Institute Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 black & white tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137518637
ISBN
9781137518637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.21

Hardback. This study looks at the changing relations between the Japanese state and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in promoting effective aid policies and analyses the changing nature of policy making and governance in Japan. Num Pages: 221 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPJ; JPQB; JPS; JPWH; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239367
ISBN
9780312239367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Paperback. Monsters, ghosts, the supernatural, the fantastic, the mysterious. This title asserts that discourse on the fantastic was at the heart of the historical configuration of Japanese modernity - that the representation of the magical and mysterious played an integral part in the production of modernity beginning in Meiji Japan (1868-1912). Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822324188
ISBN
9780822324188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.87

Paperback. Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 More than three decades of economic growth have led to significant social change in the People's Republic of China. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653372
ISBN
9780745653372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.08

Hardback. Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 More than three decades of economic growth have led to significant social change in the People's Republic of China. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653365
ISBN
9780745653365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPQ; HPS; HRKN1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 244 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163048
ISBN
9780691163048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Hardcover. Editor(s): Luttrell, Isaac P. Num Pages: 285 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; KNBT; THX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 262 x 184 x 21. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607413295
ISBN
9781607413295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.13
€ 88.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, 27 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JFFR; JHB; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837630572
ISBN
9783837630572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.40
€ 46.95

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