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East Asia, Far East

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East Asia, Far East

Paperback. * In the tradition of Tim Severin's bestselling tales of intrepid exploration. * Adventure travel book by explorer in search of the unseen camels of Tartary in forbidden China. Num Pages: 272 pages, Section: 16, Col. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPM; WNC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349111469
ISBN
9780349111469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. In pre-modern Japan, wolves were worshipped as sacred; with the spread of rabies in the 18th century, they became feared and hunted; by 1905 wolves had disappeared from the country. This book examines how and why wolves became extinct in Japan, and the changing attitudes toward nature that are implied. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 360 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; PSVW7; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988146
ISBN
9780295988146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Rebecca E. Karl interrogates the concept and practice of "the economic" as it was understood in China in the 1930s and the 1980s and 90s, showing how the use of Eurocentric philosophies, narratives, and conceptions of the economic that exist outside lived experiences fail to capture modern China's complex history. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363217
ISBN
9780822363217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. Rebecca E. Karl interrogates the concept and practice of "the economic" as it was understood in China in the 1930s and the 1980s and 90s, showing how the use of Eurocentric philosophies, narratives, and conceptions of the economic that exist outside lived experiences fail to capture modern China's complex history. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363101
ISBN
9780822363101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.46

Hardback. This reassessment of the critical issues in modern Chinese history traces social, economic and ecological change in northern China during the late Qing Dynasty. It maps changes in local finance, farming, transportation, taxation and popular protest, and analyzes their consequences. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 b&w illustrations, 5 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520080515
ISBN
9780520080515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.98
€ 49.59

Hardback. Based on more than two decades of research conducted on five continents, this work focuses on the activities of members of the Society of Jesus from its foundation to the eve of its expulsion from the Portuguese world. Num Pages: 748 pages, 23 half-tones 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1FKA; 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6466 x 4531 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
748
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804722711
ISBN
9780804722711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

Hardback. Num Pages: 273 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789811004933
ISBN
9789811004933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.81

Hardback. This is the most comprehensive, in-depth account of how Chinese foreign and security policy is made and implemented during the reform era. It includes the contributions of more than a dozen scholars who undertook field research in the People's Republic of China, South Korea, and Taiwan. Editor(s): Lampton, David M. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 36. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740555
ISBN
9780804740555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.16

Paperback. This is the most comprehensive, in-depth account of how Chinese foreign and security policy is made and implemented during the reform era. It includes the contributions of more than a dozen scholars who undertook field research in the People's Republic of China, South Korea, and Taiwan. Editor(s): Lampton, David M. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 31. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740562
ISBN
9780804740562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Hardcover. A study of governance in the emerging global domain, this book traces the evolution of global public policy making by focusing on four entities: a globalizing sector (health); a global disease (HIV/AIDS); a global organization (the Global Fund); and a major sovereign state (China). Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPQ; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137020826
ISBN
9781137020826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Paperback. Explores the history of Japanese imperialism in Manchuria from the acquisition of a railway concession following the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 to the founding of the puppet state of Manchoukuo in 1932. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 544 pages, 11 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674012066
ISBN
9780674012066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; 3JJPN; HBJF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475733
ISBN
9780801475733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801445668
ISBN
9780801445668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.04

Paperback. An account of Japanese society during the modern era, from 1600 to 2000. This book analyzes the making of the modern state, a time which saw three periods of major social change: the imposition of hegemonic order on feudal society; the opening of Japanese ports; and defeat in World War II. Num Pages: 936 pages, 53 halftones, 9 maps, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1278.
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Number of pages
936
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009912
ISBN
9780674009912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.67

Paperback. In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. This book illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1FPJ; 3F; 3H; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226706276
ISBN
9780226706276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

hardcover. In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. This book illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1FPJ; 3F; DSB; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226706269
ISBN
9780226706269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.82
€ 98.73

Hardback. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 281 pages, 3 colour illustrations, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPR; 3JM; JFSC; JPA; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137393388
ISBN
9781137393388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.75

Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPA; LAB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 483.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9789811026591
ISBN
9789811026591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.09

Paperback. This study examines how views of the so-called Rape of Nanking, or the Nanjing Massacre, have evolved in history writing and public memory in Japan, China, and the United States from 1937 to the present. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195383140
ISBN
9780195383140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.43

Hardback. Aims to contribute to the knowledge base of management within the Chinese context. This title presents a mapping of research on management in PRC, and offers theoretical insights for cross-context, institutional, and behavioral studies. Editor(s): Tsui, Anne S.; Lau, Chung-Ming. Num Pages: 510 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCL; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 906.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402070990
ISBN
9781402070990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 259.67

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