.png){kind=logo}
East Asia, Far East
Results 281 - 300 of 4762
East Asia, Far East
Paperback. Chronicles a harsh world in which young women faced the realities of sex for sale and were deprived of their freedom and identity. This work also tells of the author's life after leaving the geisha house, painting a panorama of the grinding poverty of rural life in wartime Japan. Translator(s): Rowley, G. G. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; BGA; HBJF; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KOC0012729
- ISBN
- 9780099462040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. In this text, the authors argue that Chairman Mao can best be compared to a specific imperial predecessor, Ming Taizu, the 14th century peasant rebel who founded the Ming dynasty. They examine imperial predecessors and the elements linking Mao and Taizu. Editor(s): Andrew, Anita M.; Rapp, John A. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847695799
- ISBN
- 9780847695799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.20
€ 176.20
Hardcover. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403984463
- ISBN
- 9781403984463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Paperback. Stephen R. Platt's Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom tells the dramatic and disastrous story of the Taiping Rebellion: the bloodiest civil war in history. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w plates plus 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 46. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857897688
- ISBN
- 9780857897688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.91
€ 24.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. This work analyzes the link between the awakening of China as a historical narrative and the awakening of the Chinese people as a political technique for building a sovereign and independent state. In sum, it asks what we mean when we say that China woke up in the last century. Num Pages: 480 pages, 12 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 27. Weight in Grams: 645.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804733373
- ISBN
- 9780804733373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. The economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention - and justifiably so. The author scrutinizes the phenomenal rise of both nations, and demolishes the myths that have accumulated around the economic achievements of these two giants over the years. Num Pages: 192 pages, 13 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; KCG; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- With a New afterword by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156408
- ISBN
- 9780691156408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
Hardcover. By mid-1944 the Axis missile guidance systems were systematically interfered by the Allies superior technology. As an emergency measure, Germany was forced to use the Soviet tactics of fighter-taran against the American bombers, while Japan used the terminal dive bomber ritual against the invasion fleets and designed new airplanes to that purpose. Num Pages: 288 pages, 128 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 255 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555651
- ISBN
- 9781781555651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.96
€ 40.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848192904
- ISBN
- 9781848192904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.41
€ 24.41
Paperback. An ethnographic analysis of the Japanese embrace of dancehall reggae and other elements of Jamaican culture, including Rastafari, roots reggae, and dub music. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVG; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460. Performing Dancehall, Roots Reggae, and Rastafari in Japan. 304 pages, 5 illustrations. Traces the history of the Japanese embrace of dancehall reggae and other elements of Jamaican culture, including Rastafari, roots reggae, and dub music. This title provides an ethnographic analysis of the ways that many Japanese involved in reggae as musicians and dancers, seek to reimagine their lives through Jamaican culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVG; GTB; JHMP. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347224
- ISBN
- 9780822347224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 95 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1QFH; 3JH; 3JJ; ACBP; ACV; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175753
- ISBN
- 9780231175753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 95 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1QFH; 3JH; 3JJ; ACBP; ACV; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175746
- ISBN
- 9780231175746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.82€ 90.75
€ 118.82
€ 90.75
Hardback. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 519.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403969460
- ISBN
- 9781403969460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Paperback. Presents a theoretical analysis of Japanese thinkers and activists' efforts to reintegrate the natural environment into Japan's social and political thought in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 table, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356998
- ISBN
- 9780822356998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. Presents a theoretical analysis of Japanese thinkers and activists' efforts to reintegrate the natural environment into Japan's social and political thought in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 table, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356905
- ISBN
- 9780822356905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Paperback. Offers a long-overdue corrective to the mythology and the mystique which has plagued the study of pirates and served to deny them their rightful legitimacy as subjects of investigation Editor(s): Pennell, C. R. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KJ; 1QSA; 1QSM; HBTM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 183 x 255 x 25. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814766781
- ISBN
- 9780814766781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBG; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158. Weight in Grams: 725.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804714068
- ISBN
- 9780804714068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Hardcover. Chinese banks have been making headlines recently, but what lies beneath? Banking in China appears different. What explains the current arrangement? What can we expect from such a banking industry in the future? This book answers these two questions in a fully revised second edition and contributes to a new understanding of Chinese banks. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 32. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272699
- ISBN
- 9780230272699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.13
€ 129.13
Hardback. China's banking system is central to their development. This text offers detailed analysis of the Chinese banking sector, its challenges, reasons for the present form, and the implications for reform. The book interrogates the industry's critical issues, such as financial intermediation, capital and credit risk management, and corporate governance. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KFFK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230006959
- ISBN
- 9780230006959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Hardback. Banking on Multinationals is a study of Japan's world lead in publicly financing the expansion of multinational corporations in order to help sunset industries cope with loss of international competitiveness through offshore manufacturing. Num Pages: 296 pages, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KJVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748872
- ISBN
- 9780804748872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Hardcover. "Banking Reform in India and China" explores the ways in which banking reform is conditioned by a variety of institutional mechanisms. To uncover these dynamics, Lawrence Saez draws primarily from analytical tools developed in modern game theory and institutional economics. Num Pages: 154 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; KCLF; KCP; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312239350
- ISBN
- 9780312239350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.13
€ 66.13