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East Asia, Far East

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East Asia, Far East

Paperback. With the expanding presence of China in the global economy, Americans more and more look east for goods and trade. Focusing on the trade and consumption of porcelain, tea, and chinoiserie, this title shows that colonial Americans saw themselves as part of a world much larger than just Britain and Europe. Num Pages: 280 pages, 49 halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260280
ISBN
9780226260280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. A collection of essays that provide analyses of China's microstructure of trade, the macroeconomic implications, sector-level issues, and foreign direct investment. It enhances our understanding of China's trade and what it may mean to the rest of the world. Editor(s): Feenstra, Robert C.; Wei, Shang-Jin. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 608 pages, 104 line drawings, 126 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 48. Weight in Grams: 946.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226239743
ISBN
9780226239743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 98.11
€ 81.15

Hardcover. In less than three decades, China has grown from playing a negligible role in world trade to being one of the world's largest exporters. This book investigates the effects of China's new status. It provides a detailed analyses of the microstructure of trade, the macroeconomic implications, sector-level issues, and foreign direct investment. Editor(s): Feenstra, Robert C.; Wei, Shang-Jin. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 608 pages, 104 line drawings, 126 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226239712
ISBN
9780226239712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.47
€ 105.23

Paperback. More and more men and women in China are having sex before marriage, creating a new youth sex culture based on romance, leisure and free choice. Farrer explores this change by tracing the basic elements in talk about sex and sexuality in Shanghai. Series: Chicago Visual Library-French Popular Lithographic Imagery. Num Pages: 412 pages, 10 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFSJ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226238715
ISBN
9780226238715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.23

Paperback. This is a synthesis of Japanese history, religion, culture and social organization. The book explores the Japanese historical legacy and its impact on the Japanese experience of modernity, eschewing the polemicism of structuralist or culturalist approaches in favour of a comparative analysis. Num Pages: 596 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 37. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
596
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226195582
ISBN
9780226195582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.23

Hardcover. Tells the story of how Chinese medicine was transformed from the antithesis of modernity in the early twentieth century into a potent symbol of and vehicle for China's exploration of its own modernity half a century later. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 758.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226169880
ISBN
9780226169880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.44
€ 77.43

Paperback. Common and destructive, limited wars are significant international events that pose a number of challenges to the states involved beyond simple victory or defeat. This book investigates a crucial and heretofore ignored factor in determining the nature and direction of limited war: information institutions. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FMV; 1FPK; 1KBB; HBJK; JPSH; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226107714
ISBN
9780226107714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.91

Hardcover. Questions of national identity have long dominated China's political, social, and cultural horizons. This title uses the development of modern geology to explore this complex relationship between science and nationalism in Republican China. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFN; PDX; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226090405
ISBN
9780226090405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 42.10

Paperback. Following the travels of the nomadic Buryats, the author tells a story not only of economic devastation but also a remarkable Buryat response to it - the revival of shamanic practices after decades of socialist suppression. She offers a sophisticated analysis of the way economics, politics, gender, and other factors influence. Num Pages: 304 pages, 24 halftones, 3 maps, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPM; JHMC; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226086569
ISBN
9780226086569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 31.90

Paperback. When we think of composers like Mozart or Beethoven, we usually envision an isolated artist separate from the orchestra. For most of Japan's musical history, however, no such role existed - composition and performance were deeply intertwined. This book offers fresh insights not just into Japanese music but Japanese modernity at large. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVA; AVH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226085357
ISBN
9780226085357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.12

Hardcover. Describes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries. Num Pages: 424 pages, 6 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HRE; HRLP7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226031873
ISBN
9780226031873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.11
€ 81.15

Paperback. Highlights parallels and contrasts between historical events, political regimes, and cultural movements to explore how religion has challenged and responded to secular Chinese modernity from 1898 onwards. This book integrates historical, anthropological, and sociological perspectives in a comprehensive overview of China's religious history. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005331
ISBN
9780226005331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. Represents a true photographic pioneer; Birk's medium is inventive and predates the contrived nostalgia of contemporary apps and filters. This innovative collection of images is a stand-out in the travel photography genre. Num Pages: 128 pages, 70 Colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AJB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 385 x 10. Weight in Grams: 1888.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Glitterati Inc
Condition
New
SKU
KMK0014540
ISBN
9780988174566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.00

Paperback. This book examines early Confucianism as a form of virtue ethics and Mohism as a version of consequentialism. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HPDF; HPQ; HRKN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107407329
ISBN
9781107407329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.36

Hardcover. Describes how the states in post-1945 Austria, Germany and Japan have tried to deal with the legacy of WWII. Num Pages: 265 pages, 2 b/w illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 1FPJ; 3JJPG; JPB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518. 265 pages, 2 b/w illus. 3 tables. Describes how the states in post-1945 Austria, Germany and Japan have tried to deal with the legacy of WWII. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 1FPJ; 3JJPG; JPB. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 20. Weight: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107021600
ISBN
9781107021600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.60
€ 78.35

Hardback. Estevez-Abe explores the egalitarian capitalism of postwar Japan and the political mechanisms that sustained it. Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 b/w illus. 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521856935
ISBN
9780521856935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.81

Hardback. The value of asymmetry theory is demonstrated in the dynamics of the Sino-Vietnamese relationship. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521853200
ISBN
9780521853200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.60
€ 78.37

Hardback. This book explains why no opposition party has been able to offer itself as a sustained challenger in Japan. Num Pages: 286 pages, 32 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521846929
ISBN
9780521846929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.60
€ 69.59

Paperback. This volume examines Hong Kong cinema in transnational, historical, and artistic contexts. Editor(s): Fu, Poshek; Desser, David. Num Pages: 348 pages, 36 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521776028
ISBN
9780521776028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.87

Hardback. This volume examines Hong Kong cinema in transnational, historical, and artistic contexts. Editor(s): Fu, Poshek; Desser, David. Num Pages: 348 pages, 36 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521772358
ISBN
9780521772358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.16

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