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East Asia, Far East

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East Asia, Far East

Paperback. Denise Lett argues that South Korea's contemporary urban middle class not only exhibits upper-class characteristics, but also has a culturally inherited disposition to seek high status. Combined with a favourable political and economic climate, many Koreans have thus been able to achieve it. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 270 pages, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; HBJF; HBLW; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007819
ISBN
9780674007819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.76

Hardback. A comprehensive, English-language study of early twentieth-century Japanese modern art. It constructs a critical theory of artistic modernism in Japan between 1900 and 1930 by analyzing the work of Yorozu Tetsugoro, whose paintings she casts as a polemic response to Japan's late-nineteenth-century encounter with European art. Series: The Phillips Book Prize Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 color illustrations and 99 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259522
ISBN
9780520259522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.36
€ 65.36

Paperback. For seven generations, Japan's 'Hidden Christians' preserved a faith that was forbidden on pain of death. Just as remarkably, descendants of the Hidden Christians continue to practise their beliefs today, refusing to rejoin the Catholic Church. Why? And what is it about Japanese culture that makes it so resistant to Western Christianity? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780281075522
ISBN
9780281075522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 191 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475627
ISBN
9780801475627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Lost in modern myth, false history and general misinterpretation, ninjas have been misrepresented for many years. This book explores the truth and lies surrounding their history and skills. Num Pages: 240 pages, 130 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBW; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752492100
ISBN
9780752492100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.75

Hardback. Hiratsuka Raicho (1886-1971) was the most influential figure in the early women's movement in Japan. This autobiography describes her childhood, early youth, and subsequent rebellion against the strict social codes of the time. Translator(s): Craig, Teruko. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 245 x 30. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138123
ISBN
9780231138123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.32
€ 83.75

Paperback. Series Editor(s): Harrell, Stevan. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 176 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 2 recorded music items, 3 maps, 19 b&w illus., 3 maps, 2. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HREX; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 267 x 14. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999487
ISBN
9780295999487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. Ardent explorers and adventurers Belliveau and O'Donnell have followed Marco Polo's route from beginning to end, artfully weaving their own adventures with Polo's descriptions and experiences. Color photos throughout. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
Media tie-in
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742556836
ISBN
9780742556836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.04

Hardback. The Communist Labor University introduced uneducated farmers and peasants to basic agricultural science and farming techniques until 1980. The author explores the inner workings of this Chinese institution and the direct personal involvment in its affairs by the nation's key communist leaders. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JNMN; JPFC; JPV; KCS; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847699360
ISBN
9780847699360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.52

Paperback. The Communist Labor University introduced uneducated farmers and peasants to basic agricultural science and farming techniques until 1980. The author explores the inner workings of this Chinese institution and the direct personal involvment in its affairs by the nation's key communist leaders. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JNMN; JPFC; JPV; KCS; TV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847699377
ISBN
9780847699377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.37

Paperback. A leading observer of Chinese literature, society, and politics lifts the veil on the culture wars that have raged between officials and dissidents in the period before and after the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Num Pages: 512 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231106153
ISBN
9780231106153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardback. A leading observer of Chinese literature, society, and politics lifts the veil on the culture wars that have raged between officials and dissidents in the period before and after the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Num Pages: 512 pages, 22 photos; cartoons. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 40. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231106146
ISBN
9780231106146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.27
€ 102.15

Hardback. Income Inequality in Korea explores the relationship between economic growth and social developments over the last three decades. Analyzing equalizing trends in the 1980s to early 1990s and reversals since the 1997--1998 financial crisis, the authors examine the growing gap between rich and poor in Korea and offer solutions for reducing inequality. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 36 line illustrations, 30 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073197
ISBN
9780674073197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardcover. This collection presents a varied picture of the state of democracy in Asia, revealing unique findings from a project entitled the 'Asia Democracy Initiative' which explored the role of ordinary people in democratization through the rise of expressive social values in Indonesia, South Korea, the Philippines and Thailand. Editor(s): Dore, Giovanna Maria Dora; Ku, Jae H.; Jackson, Karl. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1FMP; 1FMT; 1FPK; JPB; JPHV; JPR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137397492
ISBN
9781137397492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.45

Hardcover. Analyses how independent documentaries are forging a new public sphere in today's China. This book offers a detailed account of one of the world's active and challenging contemporary documentary sectors. It draws extensively on first hand interviews with filmmakers. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748695621
ISBN
9780748695621
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.94
€ 103.50

Hardcover. The rise of independent documentary film production is the most radical development in the contemporary Chinese mediascape. This book is a sustained examination of Chinese independent documentary in relation to one of its central principles: xianchang, or being 'on the scene'. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230298293
ISBN
9780230298293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.64

Hardback. Editor(s): Naidu, G. V. C.; Chen, Mumin; Narayanan, Raviprasad. Num Pages: 191 pages, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; JPS; KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer, India, Private Ltd India
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9788132221371
ISBN
9788132221371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.70

Hardcover. Editor(s): Surit, Lea M. Num Pages: 177 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 181 x 18. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600218132
ISBN
9781600218132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.86
€ 133.76

Hardback. Editor(s): Tseng, Wanda S.; Cowen, David G. Series: Procyclicality of Financial Systems in Asia. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; KCLT; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
329
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403943514
ISBN
9781403943514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.51

Paperback. Can China and India continue to rank among the fastest expanding economies? This book highlights what has worked and what more needs to be done to ensure sustained rapid economic growth and poverty reduction. Addressing the two countries' recent experiences with growth and reform, this book provides important insight for other developing economies. Editor(s): Tseng, Wanda S.; Cowen, David. Series: Procyclicality of Financial Systems in Asia. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230542815
ISBN
9780230542815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.52

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