East Asia, Far East
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East Asia, Far East
Hardback. Gathering all of Claude Levi-Strauss's writings on Japan, this sustained meditation follows his dictum that to understand one's own culture, one must see it from another's point of view. For Levi-Strauss, Japan occupied a unique place among world cultures. This English translation presents one of France's most public figures at his most personal. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHBT; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072923
- ISBN
- 9780674072923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.72
€ 46.99
€ 39.72
Paperback. Popular understanding of Zen Buddhism typically involves a stereotyped image of isolated individuals in meditation, contemplating nothingness. This book presents the 'other side of Zen', by examining the movement's growth during the Tokugawa period (1600-1867) in Japan and by shedding light on the Japanese religious landscape during the era. Series: Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 line illus. 7 halftones. 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HREZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144290
- ISBN
- 9780691144290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 26.99
€ 38.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. Presents an analysis of Japanese literary feminist discourse of the 1960s - a decade before the 'women's lib' movement emerged in Japan. This book highlights the work of three female fiction writers of this generation (Kono Taeko, Takahashi Takako, and Kurahashi Yumiko) for their avant-grade literary challenges to dominant models of femininity. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Hawaii
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824834531
- ISBN
- 9780824834531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.51
€ 33.99
€ 28.51
Hardcover. An exploration of the conflict between traditional Chinese ideology and modern Chinese business practice Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472098095
- ISBN
- 9780472098095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.05€ 77.11
€ 85.05
€ 77.11
Hardback. Editor(s): Rojas, Carlos; Chow, Eileen. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 736 pages, 86 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFA; APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 257 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1264.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199765607
- ISBN
- 9780199765607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.44
€ 208.44
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199683758
- ISBN
- 9780199683758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.61
€ 42.99
€ 30.61
Hardcover. This book looks at Chinese policy towards the South Pacific in the context of China's grand strategy. Analysts are divided on the implications of China's deepening involvement in the region and the study of Chinese involvement in the South Pacific is a part of the great debate on the rise of China. Num Pages: 254 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1M; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113237
- ISBN
- 9780230113237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.50
€ 123.50
Paperback. Provides a wealth of insight into the history of the Tai and the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Myanmar and Thailand. Series: Michigan Papers on South & Southeast Asia. Num Pages: 326 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Center for South East Asian Studies, The
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780891480877
- ISBN
- 9780891480877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.50
€ 37.50
Paperback. Interweaves the stories of George Forrest and Joseph Francis Charles Rock, two early twentieth-century botanists and explores the collaborative relationships each formed with Yunnan villagers in gathering botanical specimens from the borderlands between China, Tibet, and Burma. Num Pages: 376 pages, 45 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; 1FPCT; 3JJC; JHMC; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538. Archive and Experience in the Botanical Exploration of West China and Tibet. 376 pages, illustrations. Interweaves the stories of George Forrest and Joseph Francis Charles Rock, two early twentieth-century botanists and explores the collaborative relationships each formed with Yunnan villagers in gathering botanical specimens from the borderlands between China, Tibet, and Burma. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; 1FPCT; 3JJC; JHMC; PST. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight: 520.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269033
- ISBN
- 9780520269033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.68
€ 38.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. In 1961 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979, it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society that led to democracy eight years later. This volume examines the transformation as a study in the politics of modernization, contextualizing many historical ambiguities in South Korea's trajectory toward sustainable economic growth. Editor(s): Kim, Byung-Kook; Vogel, Ezra F. Num Pages: 744 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 40. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 744
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072312
- ISBN
- 9780674072312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.27
€ 35.99
€ 31.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403969828
- ISBN
- 9781403969828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.87
€ 64.87
Hardback. Arguing that cultural reform is a key aspect of political reform, Richard Kraus shows here that China's economic transformation has dramatically liberated the production and consumption of culture. In this original and provocative study, Kraus offers a political analysis of Chinese culture that includes all genres of art. Series: State & Society in East Asia. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742527195
- ISBN
- 9780742527195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.48
€ 181.48
Paperback. How has the Party merged Marx, Mao and the market to create a global superpower? And what does this mean for the world? This book delves deeply into its inner sanctum, revealing how this secretive cabal keeps control of every aspect of the country - its military and media, legal system and businesses, even its religious organizations. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFC; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141975559
- ISBN
- 9780141975559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.71
€ 12.99
€ 9.71
Paperback. Revises the common observation that Philippines-Japan relations are characterized by inequality. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1FPJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Ateneo de Manila University Press Philippines
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789710426034
- ISBN
- 9789710426034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.72
€ 49.99
€ 41.72
Paperback. Memoir of normal boy in rural Norfolk who grew up to train with the last living Ninjas and fulfill his dreams. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGSA; BM; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444764413
- ISBN
- 9781444764413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. An intimate portrait of Tibetans and Buddhism by a leading Magnum photographer. Num Pages: 144 pages. Dimension: 248 x 251 x 16. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714863146
- ISBN
- 9780714863146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.58
€ 26.99
€ 18.58
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804708760
- ISBN
- 9780804708760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.74
€ 45.74
Paperback. Series: Michigan Abstracts of Chinese & Japanese Works on Chinese History. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892649068
- ISBN
- 9780892649068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. A book concerning the Japanese identity in which the author theorizes that the national mentality is a dichotomy between the "equestrian" and the "peasant". He draws on Japanese and European classical literature, on the history of warfare and on studies of law and business management. Translator(s): Derges, Susan. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333443538
- ISBN
- 9780333443538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.74
€ 36.74
Paperback. In this study of the monarchy in postwar Japan, the author examines not only its reform during the Occupation (1945-52), but also its evolution in the decades since the Japanese regained the power to shape their monarchy and polity. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTG; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010888
- ISBN
- 9780674010888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.37
€ 27.99
€ 24.37