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East Asia, Far East

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East Asia, Far East

Hardback. Taiwan's relationship with China is one of the most fraught in East Asia, a key issue in the island's domestic politics and a major obstacle in Sino-American relations. This book explores the roots of the conflict in the post-war period and examines how the Nationalists consolidated their rule. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 1FPCW; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744577
ISBN
9780804744577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Hardback. A sourcebook for readers and scholars interested in Japan from eighteenth century to post-World War II period. It presents writings from modern Japan's philosophers, religious figures, writers, and political leaders. It also offers introductory essays and commentary to assist in understanding documents' historical setting and significance. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 1448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 69. Weight in Grams: 2224.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
1448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129848
ISBN
9780231129848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.56
€ 84.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; 3JMC; BGB; TVF; TVG; TVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781603585309
ISBN
9781603585309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.07

Hardback. Ardent explorers and adventurers Belliveau and O'Donnell have followed Marco Polo's route from beginning to end, artfully weaving their own adventures with Polo's descriptions and experiences. Color photos throughout. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
Media tie-in
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742556836
ISBN
9780742556836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.04

Paperback. Follows the development of Korea from prehistoric times to the student revolution of 1960, and examines Korea's politics and culture. Translator(s): Wagner, Edward W. Num Pages: 518 pages, 15 maps, 21 color illustrations, 10 halftones, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 231 x 32. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674615762
ISBN
9780674615762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

Paperback. First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 957.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138976306
ISBN
9781138976306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21

Paperback. The Navajo Code was the only battlefield code that Japan never deciphered. This book details the history of the men who created this secret code and used it on the battlefield to help the United States win World War II in the Pacific. Num Pages: 144 pages, 17 images, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSL9; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 167 x 7. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803224568
ISBN
9780803224568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy unlocks the mystery of ancient Chinese philosophy and unravels the complexity of Chinese Buddhism by placing them in the contemporary context of discourse. * Elucidates the central issues and debates in Chinese philosophy, its different schools of thought, and its major philosophers. Num Pages: 456 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405129503
ISBN
9781405129503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.25

Hardcover. The first scholarly account of the Royal Navy's participation in the Pacific War between 1942 and the Japanese surrender in 1945. It offers controversial accounts of the key personalities and events that shaped the outcome including the struggle of the Chiefs of Staff to overcome Churchill's opposition to sending a major fleet to the Pacific. Num Pages: 664 pages, 8 pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 44. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
664
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198201502
ISBN
9780198201502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 264.16

Paperback. Series: Anthropology of Contemporary Issues S. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFN; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801488085
ISBN
9780801488085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. A landmark in travel writing, this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer's escape across the Himalayas to Tibet, set against the backdrop of the Second World War. Translator(s): Graves, Richard. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; WSZG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240. Good copy in original cloth covers. Light shelf wear. Light foxing. Spine lightly sunned. Title in gilt to spine, remains good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Flamingo
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KCW0017422
ISBN
9780586087077
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 13.99
€ 10.54

Paperback. This is a comprehensive portrait of Taiwan. It covers the major periods in the development of this small but powerful island province/nation. The work is designed in the style of the multi-volume "Cambridge History of China". Num Pages: 450 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563248160
ISBN
9781563248160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.17

Hardback. This ethnographic study of a Chinese Catholic village reveals how the rapid penetration of transnational processes into the People's Republic of China during the post-Mao period has redefined and created new social and cultural structures in rural communities. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRCC7; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804740975
ISBN
9780804740975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Hardback. Why would one country impose economic sanctions against another in pursuit of foreign policy objectives? How effective is the use of economic weapons in attaining such objectives? This book examines how and why the US and its allies instituted economic sanctions against China in the 1950s. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 392 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPG; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 757.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804739306
ISBN
9780804739306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Hardback. Traces the roots of the Chinese empire's exceptional longevity and unparalleled political durability, and shows how lessons from the imperial past are relevant for China today. This book demonstrates that the empire survived and adjusted to a variety of domestic and external challenges through a peculiar combination of rigid ideological premises. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QDA; HBJF; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134956
ISBN
9780691134956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 51.90

Hardback. Editor(s): Duus, Peter; Myers, Ramon H.; Peattie, Mark R. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 494 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
494
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632629
ISBN
9780691632629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.94
€ 156.45

Paperback. Works about Zhou Enlai are heavily censored in China. This work offers a portrait of the real Zhou, a man who lived his life at the heart of Chinese politics for fifty years, who survived both the Long March and the Cultural Revolution - no thanks to ideological or personal purity - but because he was artful, crafty and politically supple. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 pp. b/w photo insert. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586486457
ISBN
9781586486457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.82

Paperback. This story of a South Korean social movement offers a window to a decade of tumultuous social protest. It describes the period in which farmers, student activists and organizers joined to protest the corporate ownership of tenant plots never distributed in the 1949 Land Reform. Num Pages: 467 pages, 19 photographs, 2 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; HBJF; HBLW3; JHM; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
467
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520204188
ISBN
9780520204188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816659036
ISBN
9780816659036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. This book presents a case study of the ascendancy of Gonpo Namgyel, a minor Tibetan chieftain in Kham who had a great impact on Sino-Tibetan relations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture. Num Pages: 402 pages, 2 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Lexington Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739177921
ISBN
9780739177921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.47

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