East Asia, Far East
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East Asia, Far East
Hardcover. The book outlines the evolution and role of minority languages locally and nationally; it investigates current educational language policies in minority areas; and it assesses the social and economic outcomes of language change for communities in contemporary China. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551480
- ISBN
- 9780230551480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.97
€ 63.97
Paperback. Talks about gender, ethnicity, and nation in China, as seen through an ethnography of the changing cultural production of the Miao, a minority population. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 384 pages, 42 b&w photographs, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324447
- ISBN
- 9780822324447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Hardback. For most of East Asia, Buddhist sutras were written in classical Chinese and inaccessible to many devotees. How, then, did such devotees access these texts? The author argues that the medieval genre of 'explanatory tales' illuminates the link between human body (devotee) and sacred text (sutra). Series: Buddhisms S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HRES. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265615
- ISBN
- 9780520265615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.15€ 63.55
€ 84.15
€ 63.55
hardcover. Centered around an ethnographic case study of a dragon king temple, this book examines the social and political dynamics underlying the revival of popular religion in contemporary rural China. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 table, 13 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRKN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751605
- ISBN
- 9780804751605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.97
€ 139.97
Paperback. Centered around an ethnographic case study of a dragon king temple, this book examines the social and political dynamics underlying the revival of popular religion in contemporary rural China. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 table, 13 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HR; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761000
- ISBN
- 9780804761000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Hardcover. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; MBX; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1096.
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861714674
- ISBN
- 9780861714674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.40€ 49.47
€ 55.40
€ 49.47
hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 70 colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WBN; WBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 232 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Pavilion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910904619
- ISBN
- 9781910904619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 15.87
€ 23.99
€ 15.87
Hardback. Written from a feminist perspective, this is a cultural and ideological study of modern China as seen in the writing of experimental fiction, one of the main attempts to subvert the conventions of socialist realism in contemporary Chinese literature. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724630
- ISBN
- 9780804724630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.73
€ 135.73
Paperback. Written from a feminist perspective, this is a cultural and ideological study of modern China as seen in the writing of experimental fiction, one of the main attempts to subvert the conventions of socialist realism in contemporary Chinese literature. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724647
- ISBN
- 9780804724647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Hardback. From England's Jerusalem to Shanghai, China, the story of one man's mission to bring the East and West into closer union. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HRCX7; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 245 x 35. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445661346
- ISBN
- 9781445661346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.23
€ 26.99
€ 20.23
Paperback. In the sixteenth century, the vast and sophisticated empire of China lay almost entirely unknown to Western travellers. Confronting enormous challenges, the Italian priest Matteo Ricci and a tiny handful of learned companions gained permission to settle in the fabled Forbidden City. This title tells the story of the first Jesuit mission to China. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571225187
- ISBN
- 9780571225187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Mission to Tibet: The Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Account of Fath...
Fr. Ippolito Desideri S.J.
Paperback. Num Pages: 696 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861716760
- ISBN
- 9780861716760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.69
€ 36.99
€ 32.69
Num Pages: 291 pages, Illustrationsports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813120157
- ISBN
- 9780813120157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.17
€ 47.17
Hardback. An enthralling and detailed history of the Mitsubishi Zero, an aircraft that was both feared and revered during the course of its operational history at the vanguard of Japanese military engineering. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 pages of black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781593196
- ISBN
- 9781781593196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.23
€ 26.99
€ 20.23
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764301483
- ISBN
- 9780764301483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.55
€ 15.99
€ 15.55
Hardback. This book draws on the narratives of small-to-medium business owners, born on the Chinese mainland, who have immigrated to Hong Kong and then returned to their homes to establish their enterprises. The book highlights critical issues in migrant economics. Series: International Series on Consumer Science. Num Pages: 165 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441996428
- ISBN
- 9781441996428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.55
€ 121.55
Hardback. Chinese citizens are becoming increasingly mobile, both inside China and abroad. China is caught between perceived benefits and dangers posed by mobility, complicated by the government's own conflicting impulses to support and discourage it. This book demonstrates this balance through an in-depth look at patterns of migration and state response. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990156
- ISBN
- 9780295990156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Hardcover. Based on recently acquired internal party documents, this study of the roots of revolution in the Chinese province of Henan describes in detail more than two decades of the efforts of the Communist Party to build mass support for revolution. Num Pages: 492 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press California
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721424
- ISBN
- 9780804721424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.82
€ 105.82
Hardcover. This book explores the interface between modernity and tradition in selected societies in Taiwan, mainland China and Vietnam. The chapters question to what extent traditions are themselves exploiting modernity in creative ways, in the interests of their own further developments. Editor(s): Wilkerson, James; Parkin, Robert. Num Pages: 284 pages, 18 ills, 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPC; 1FPCW; JFC; JHBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476. the Interface of Tradition and Modernity in East Asia. 284 pages, 18 ills, 23 tables. Editor(s): Wilkerson, James; Parkin, Robert. This book explores the interface between modernity and tradition in selected societies in Taiwan, mainland China and Vietnam. The chapters question to what extent traditions are themselves exploiting modernity in creative ways, in the interests of their own further developments. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPC; 1FPCW; JFC; JHBT. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455680
- ISBN
- 9780857455680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.11
€ 152.11
Hardcover. Series: Advances in Foreign Policy Analysis. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403971791
- ISBN
- 9781403971791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.44
€ 63.44
Hardcover. Num Pages: 170 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 1MBF; JNKP; JNLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619423084
- ISBN
- 9781619423084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.88€ 83.50
€ 120.88
€ 83.50
Modeling Risk Management for Resources and Environment in China
. Ed(S): Wu, Desheng Dash; Zhou, Yong
Paperback. Editor(s): Wu, Desheng Dash; Zhou, Yong. Series: Computational Risk Management. Num Pages: 592 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCN; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642270833
- ISBN
- 9783642270833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 188.90
€ 188.90
Paperback. A wide-ranging, accessible guide to contemporary economic policy debates. Systematically examines the performance of UK, US, Japanese, German and Swedish economies, using up-to-date research data. Assesses the impact of globalisation on each model economy. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1DNS; 1FPJ; 1KBB; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745620596
- ISBN
- 9780745620596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.26
€ 28.26
Paperback. An intriguing historical examination of China's widespread opium epidemic Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 drawing, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- First Softcover Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472067688
- ISBN
- 9780472067688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.37
€ 41.37