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East Asia, Far East

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East Asia, Far East

Hardcover. By approaching May Fourth from novel perspectives, the authors of the eight studies in this volume seek to contribute to the ongoing critique of the movement. Editor(s): Dolezelova-Velingerova, Milena; Kral, Oldrich. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 374 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; JFC; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007864
ISBN
9780674007864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.39

Paperback. Denise Lett argues that South Korea's contemporary urban middle class not only exhibits upper-class characteristics, but also has a culturally inherited disposition to seek high status. Combined with a favourable political and economic climate, many Koreans have thus been able to achieve it. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 270 pages, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; HBJF; HBLW; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007819
ISBN
9780674007819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Hardcover. In this meditation on the relationship between East Asia and the United States, Warren I. Cohen examines how cultural influences have transformed - and benefited - both Asians and Americans. Series: The Edwin O.Reischauer Lectures. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KBB; JH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 191 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007659
ISBN
9780674007659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.05

Hardcover. The question: can - or should - the United States try to promote reform in client states in the Third World is at the heart of this book. The book focuses on three case studies of reformist intervention in Asia: China 1946-1948; the Philippines 1950-1953; and Vietnam 1961-1963. Num Pages: 374 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1FMV; 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005778
ISBN
9780674005778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.50
€ 48.60

Hardcover. This volume analyzes the representation of gender and desire in elite, male-authored literary texts in China dating from roughly 200 B.C. until 1000 A.D. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3D; 3F; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA; HBLC; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 34. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005273
ISBN
9780674005273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.39

Hardcover. In this volume, through exploring the reasons for Ayukawa Yoshisuke's failure, Iguchi illuminates many of the economic problems of modern Japan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; KCL; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674003743
ISBN
9780674003743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.21

Hardcover. Editor(s): Kirby, William C.; etc. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPHC; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1990.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674003675
ISBN
9780674003675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.64
€ 64.04

Hardcover. Examines how archaeological finds from throughout Northeast Asia have been used in Korea to construct a myth of state formation. The book shows that the Korean state was in fact formed much later and that it reflected diverse influences from throughout Northern Asia, particularly of Han China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 590 pages, 27 illustrations, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; HBJF; HDD; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 237 x 43. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
590
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002449
ISBN
9780674002449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.50
€ 48.52

Hardcover. Focusing on the marginal region of Toyama, this book explores the interplay of central and regional authorities, local and national perceptions of rights, and the emerging political practices in Toyama and Tokyo that became part of the new political culture in Japan following the Meiji Restoration. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 376 pages, 36 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002425
ISBN
9780674002425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.49

Hardcover. This text explores the issues of nation and modernity in China by focusing on the work of Zhou Zuoren, a controversial Chinese intellectual and brother of the writer Lu Xun Zhou was radically at odds with many of his contemporaries and opposed their nation-building and modernization projects. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002388
ISBN
9780674002388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.13

Hardback. This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to Tibet, its culture and history. * A clear and comprehensive overview of Tibet, its culture and history. * Responds to current interest in Tibet due to continuing publicity about Chinese rule and growing interest in Tibetan Buddhism. Series: Peoples of Asia. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631225744
ISBN
9780631225744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.54

Hardback. This text features leading scholars describing and critically assessing the works of 16 major 20th-century Chinese philosophers. It explores these philosophers' attempts to revive and modernize traditional schools as well as their critiques of Western thinkers from Plato to Wittgenstein. Editor(s): Cheng, Chung-Ying; Bunnin, Nicholas. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 174 x 36. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631217244
ISBN
9780631217244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.89

Paperback. An introduction to the major non-Western philosophical traditions, this text looks particularly at Chinese, Indian, Buddhist and Islamic philosophies. African and Polynesian thinking are also covered by way of historical and contemporary survey articles. Editor(s): Deutsch, Eliot; Bontekoe, Ron. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 608 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1H; 1MKP; 1QFM; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 245 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631213277
ISBN
9780631213277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.27

Hardback. Circa 1960, artists working at the margins of the international art world breached the frame of canvas painting and ruptured the institutional frame of art. This title shows how artists and critics in Brazil and Japan brought modern painting to a point of crisis that paved the way for the radical experiments of the 1960s generation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 b/w scattered, 24 color on 16 page insert. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSB; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282438
ISBN
9780520282438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.70
€ 51.27

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

€ 59.72
€ 46.85

Hardback. It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened in the 1950's. This title examines the critical years of 1955 through 1957. Num Pages: 592 pages, 20 halftones and 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 44. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
684
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276512
ISBN
9780520276512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.81
€ 64.27

Paperback. Go (Weiqi in Chinese) is one of the most popular games in East Asia, with a steadily increasing fan base around the world. Like chess, Go is a logic game but it is much older, with written records mentioning the game that date back to the 4th century BC. This title deals with this game. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ2; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276321
ISBN
9780520276321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.00

Paperback. Challenges the notion that globalized social formations emerged solely in the Global North prior to impacting the Global South. This book brings the reader into the lives of Chinese scientists, officials, villagers, and expatriate conservationists who were caught up in environmental trends over the past years. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
F First Paperback Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276208
ISBN
9780520276208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.99

Hardback. Drawing on a range of memoirs, art, poetry, and contemporary records, this title reconstructs their experience of captivity, return, and encounter with a postwar Japan that now seemed as alien as it had once been familiar. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 3 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276154
ISBN
9780520276154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.70
€ 51.21

Paperback. The author records her life from her early years as the daughter of Chinese diplomats in Switzerland, to her girlhood at an elite middle school in Beijing, to her adolescent experience as a Red Guard and later as a laborer on a pig farm in the remote northern wilderness. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 310 pages, photographs (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPC; BM; HBJF; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434. A Memoir. 310 pages, illustrations. The author records her life from her early years as the daughter of Chinese diplomats in Switzerland, to her girlhood at an elite middle school in Beijing, to her adolescent experience as a Red Guard and later as a laborer on a pig farm in the remote northern wilderness. This title tells her story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPC; BM; HBJF; WQY. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition, 15th Anniversary Edition with a New
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276024
ISBN
9780520276024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.04

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