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East Asia, Far East

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East Asia, Far East

Hardback. A collection of short biographies of ordinary Japanese men and women, most of them unknown outside their family and locality, whose lives collectively span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: The Human Tradition Around the World Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842029117
ISBN
9780842029117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.81

Hardback. The Human Tradition in Premodern China is a collection of biographical essays revealing the variety and complexity of human experience in China from the earliest historical times to the dawn of the modern age. Editor(s): Hammond, Kenneth J. Series: The Human Tradition Around the World Series. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 171 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842029582
ISBN
9780842029582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.36

Hardback. A clear roadmap for the new territory of education Education in the U.S. has been under fire for quite some time, and for good reason. The numbers alone tell a very disconcerting story: according to various polls, 70% of teachers are disengaged. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 269 x 31. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119283102
ISBN
9781119283102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.04

Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPM; AJB; AJC; WNCB; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 260 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1216.
Publisher
Merrell Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858946436
ISBN
9781858946436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Hardback. This book presents a new perspective on attempts by the contemporary Chinese government to transform the diverse conditions found in countless rural villages into what the state's social welfare program deems 'socialist new villages'. Series: China's Environment and Welfare. Num Pages: 248 pages, 59 full color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089648464
ISBN
9789089648464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.98

Paperback. Placing meanings of health and disease at the center of modern Chinese consciousness, this title reveals how hygiene became a crucial element in the formulation of Chinese modernity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 420 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; MBN; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283824
ISBN
9780520283824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390. And Other Stories of China. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. 256 pages. Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FYB. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight: 390. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136945
ISBN
9780231136945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.52

Hardback. Levy explores the classic Chinese novel The Story of the Stone(also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber), illuminating the work by interpreting its four major themes: the inversion of traditional family dynamics, the function of illness and medicine in a Buddhist society, the role of poetry in a dynastic Chinese society, and the use of poetry as a vehicle for spiritual retribution. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114066
ISBN
9780231114066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.32
€ 83.75

Hardback. Editor(s): Horowitz, Shale A.; Heo, U. K.; Tan, Alexander C. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1FPK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403977878
ISBN
9781403977878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.12

Hardback. This perspective historical ethnography draws attention to the range of cultural and social practices that exist within contemporary Okinawa. The narrative problematizes both the location of identity and the processes involved in negotiating identities within Okinawa. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; GTB; JHMP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517141
ISBN
9780742517141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.00

Hardcover. Series: New Frontiers in Translation Studies. Num Pages: 231 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, 17 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; AN; CFB; CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662455401
ISBN
9783662455401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.36

Hardback. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 376 pages, 30 illus & 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRKN; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 185 x 32. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016538
ISBN
9780674016538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.73

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield International
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783481248
ISBN
9781783481248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.74

hardcover. Offers an anthropological study of contemporary Tibetan Buddhist monasticism and tantric ritual in the Ladakh region of North-West India and of the role of tantric ritual in the formation and maintenance of traditional forms of state structure and political consciousness in Tibet. This work builds up a picture of Tibetan tantric traditions. Series: Routledge Studies in Tantric Traditions. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; HRLF; HRLP5; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700714704
ISBN
9780700714704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.17

Hardback. This book studies Korean American girls between thirteen and nineteen and their formation with regard to self, gender, and God in the context of Korean American protestant congregational life. It develops a hybrid methodology of de-colonial aims and indigenous research methods, aiming to facilitate transformative life in faith communities. Series: Asian Christianity in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; HRCC9; HRCV4; HRCX6; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 357.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137497833
ISBN
9781137497833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.33

Hardback. Examines the way divisions between Chinese rural workers and the state were recast in the 20th century as divisions between intellectuals and peasants. The author argues that this division was a central concern of the literature, resulting in a picture of a repressed peasantry, allowing them to become a focus of political and revolutionary protest. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804733199
ISBN
9780804733199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

Hardback. Editor(s): Hegel, Robert E. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 4 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DQ; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999975
ISBN
9780295999975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.85

Hardcover. This is the most complete and compelling account of idols and celebrity in Japanese media culture to date. Engaging with the study of media, gender and celebrity, and sensitive to history and the contemporary scene, these interdisciplinary essays cover male and female idols, production and consumption, industrial structures and fan movements. Editor(s): Galbraith, Patrick W.; Karlin, Jason G. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APT; JFCA; JFCK; JFDT; JFDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230298309
ISBN
9780230298309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750956642
ISBN
9780750956642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, Over 450 Colour Photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WFW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Publisher
Tuttle Shokai Inc Japan
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Paperback with Flaps
Condition
New
SKU
V9784805312667
ISBN
9784805312667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.12

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