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East Asia, Far East

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East Asia, Far East

Paperback. How has the Japanese government persuaded its citizens to save substantial portions of their incomes? How did the public come to support legalized prostitution as in the national interest? The author helps us to understand this mobilizing spirit as he taps into the intimate relationships everyday Japanese have with their government. Series: Princeton Paperbacks. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 halftones 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSL; JHM; JMH; JPHC; KF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691001913
ISBN
9780691001913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.02
€ 42.10

Paperback. Describes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries. Num Pages: 424 pages, 6 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HRE; HRLP7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226031903
ISBN
9780226031903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.91

Hardcover. Describes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries. Num Pages: 424 pages, 6 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HRE; HRLP7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226031873
ISBN
9780226031873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.96
€ 82.46

Paperback. Expands our understanding of the role of art in the international 1960s, and of the dynamics of art and policing in Japan Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 464 pages, 125 illustrations, including 19 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; HBG; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 874.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349808
ISBN
9780822349808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.71

Hardback. During the 1960s, a group of artists challenged the status quo in Japan through interventionist art. William Mariotti situates the artists in relation to postwar Japan and the international activism of the 1960s. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 464 pages, 125 illustrations, incl. 19 in color. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; HBG; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 975.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822349655
ISBN
9780822349655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.97

Paperback. Mongolia Travel Guide - Travel information and tips including Ulaanbaatar hotels and restaurants, ger camps and homestays, local culture and nomadic traditions. Also covering Kazakh eagle hunting, walking and trekking, suggested itineraries, Great Lakes Basin, Genghis Khan history, Kharkhorin, Gobi Gurvansaikhan, Flaming Cliffs and Lake Khovsgol. Series: Bradt Travel Guides. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16pp colour 38 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Bradt Travel Guides United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841624167
ISBN
9781841624167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.64

Paperback. Series: Culture Smart!. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPM; JFCA; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Kuperard United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857337174
ISBN
9781857337174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. Explores the development of Mongolia's state religion, from its formation in the thirteenth century around the time of Chinggis Qaan (Genghis Khan) until its demise in the twentieth century under the Soviet Union. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9789749511268
ISBN
9789749511268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.05

Hardback. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 1 map, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276734
ISBN
9780520276734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.91
€ 46.10

Hardback. Exploring sensitive issues often hidden to outsiders, this engaging study traces the transformation of Ku Village during the first tumultuous decade of reform. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTF; JHMP; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742509276
ISBN
9780742509276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.86

Hardcover. With the growing fragmentation of western societies and disillusionment with the political process, the question of legitimacy has become one of the key issues of contemporary politics and is examined in this volume in depth for the first time. Drawing on ethnographic material from the U.S., Europe, India, Japan, and Africa.. Editor(s): Pardo, Italo. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FKA; 1FPJ; 1H; 1KBB; JFF; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571817655
ISBN
9781571817655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.94

Paperback. Throughout the East there runs a legend of a great mountain at the centre of the world, where four rivers have their source. Charles Allen traces this legend to Western Tibet where there stands Kailas, worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists alike as the home of their gods and the navel of the world." Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
DO NOT USE
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139388
ISBN
9780349139388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Through biographies of China's most colorful and famous personalities, this book displays the five-thousand-year sweep of Chinese history from the legendary sage emperors to the tragedy of Tiananmen Square. It is written for the general public curious about China and for the student beginning to study its rich cultural heritage. Num Pages: 440 pages, 12 line illus. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155876
ISBN
9780691155876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.12

Paperback. Series: New Directions in International Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813569970
ISBN
9780813569970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.41

Paperback. Based on two propositions: that the educational system in Japan is undergoing a number of changes, despite charges to the contrary, and that there is a conflict between the rhetoric of the National Council on Education Reform undertaken by Prime Minister Nakasone (1982-1987) and its emphasis on issues like internationalism. Series: Social Science Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, charts. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JNK; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772884776
ISBN
9788772884776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.84

Paperback. This collection argues that minorities in the Southeast Asian Massif are not powerless in the face of economic and political change in the region - they are drawing on ethnicity and culture to indigenize modernity and maintain their livelihoods. Editor(s): Michaud, Jean; Forsyth, Tim. Num Pages: 256 pages, , black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FML; 1FMV; 1FPC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774818384
ISBN
9780774818384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.00

Hardback. This collection argues that minorities in the Southeast Asian Massif are not powerless in the face of economic and political change in the region - they are drawing on ethnicity and culture to indigenize modernity and maintain their livelihoods. Editor(s): Michaud, Jean; Forsyth, Tim. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 b&w photographs, 16 maps, 6 graphs & tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPC; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774818377
ISBN
9780774818377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781250396
ISBN
9781781250396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Paperback. A new edition of this hugely successful, trend-setting business adventure Num Pages: 336 pages, map, port. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BM; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849013079
ISBN
9781849013079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

paperback. This text recounts, through one individual's tortured life and a family's struggle, how a generation of Chinese intellectuals was lost to the harsh experiences of the labour camps. It reveals in detail what happened in China in the 1950s before the Cultural Revolution. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; BGA; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Routledge United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813339795
ISBN
9780813339795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.31

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