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East Asia, Far East

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East Asia, Far East

hardcover. This book focuses on the lives, struggles, and contrasting perspectives of the 60,000 workers, military administrators, and technical staff employed in the largest, most strategic industry of the Nationalist government, the armaments industry based in China's wartime capital, Chongqing. Num Pages: 480 pages, 22 tables, 3 maps, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBTB; KNDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 757.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748964
ISBN
9780804748964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02

hardcover. On the basis of three carefully drawn surveys of Beijing residents between 1995 and 1999, the author finds that diffuse support for the current political system--based on attitudes toward institutions and values--remains strong, at least among city-dwellers, though it is gradually declining. Num Pages: 248 pages, 35 tables, 17 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749596
ISBN
9780804749596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

hardcover. In this book, Tang addresses how public opinion is shaped in China's political, economic, and social environment and how it affects decision making and political change. Num Pages: 268 pages, 8 tables, 33 figures, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPH; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752190
ISBN
9780804752190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.45

Hardback. This study seeks to lay bare the relationship between the sociopolitical structures that shaped peasant lives in Manchuria (northeast China) during the Qing dynasty and the development of that region's economy. Num Pages: 440 pages, 13 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752718
ISBN
9780804752718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.07

hardcover. This book examines the structure and impact of the SARS epidemic, and its short- and medium-range implications for an interconnected, globalized world. In so doing, it poses a question of the greatest possible significance: Can we learn from SARS before the next pandemic? Editor(s): Kleinman, Arthur; Watson, James L. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPQB; MBNS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804753135
ISBN
9780804753135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.36

hardcover. This book offers a simple but compelling answer to the apparently difficult question: Why is the PRC so determined to assert its sovereignty over Taiwan? Series: Studies in Asian Security. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 figure, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755535
ISBN
9780804755535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.45

hardcover. This book reports the results of the first systematic nationwide survey in China of the attitudes that ordinary Chinese citizens have toward increased inequalities generated by the market reform program launched in 1978. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 tables, 14 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; JFSL3; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804769419
ISBN
9780804769419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

hardcover. "Essential reading for anyone wishing to understand why human rights advocacy has failed in international relations."-Asia and Pacific Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812235975
ISBN
9780812235975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

Hardcover. Provides original insight into the co-construction of technology and subjectivity as well as the multiple forces that shape contemporary China Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 277 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; GTC; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814795262
ISBN
9780814795262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.11

Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations (some col.). Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947112
ISBN
9781933947112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.65

Paperback. Presents five post-war Japanese plays as an introduction to a genre which is gradually supplanting the more exotic Japanese theaters of No, Kabuki, and Bunraku. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231046855
ISBN
9780231046855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.91

The first of a two-volume sourcebook of the Korean civilization, which emcompasses social, intellectual and religious traditions from Neolithic times to the present day. It focuses on the following dynasties: Three Kingdoms, Koryo, Early Choson, Late Choson and Modern. Editor(s): Lee, Peter H. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 750 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 226 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1120.
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
750
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231079129
ISBN
9780231079129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.24

These twenty-nine original essays focuses on how cultural and literary genres and norms have developed in response to historical and cross-cultural influences. Editor(s): Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 953.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231096966
ISBN
9780231096966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 109.36

Hardback. A trenchant reappraisal of Chinese communist foreign policy that provides the first comprehensive analysis of the actual party documents, memoirs, and writings of Mao Zedong that have only recently become available. Num Pages: 343 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPFC; JPHF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
343
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231103107
ISBN
9780231103107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.66

In this collection of original essays, leading scholars of East Asian studies seek to define the deeply religious dimensions of Confucian and Neo-Confucian thought and practice in order to demonstrate its intellectual connections with other traditions of thought--such as Taoism, Buddhism, and Shintoism--at specific junctures in history. Editor(s): Cohen, Irene; Fogel, Joshua A. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; HPDF; HRAB; HRKN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231103527
ISBN
9780231103527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.70

A prominent member of the Manhattan Project, Robert Serber was one of a team of scientists who assembled the bombs on Tinina Island for transport to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was also one of the first Americans to walk among the Japanese ruins after the catastrophe. This revealing self portrait is the story of Serber's life before, during, and after World War II. Series: George B. Pegram Lectures S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 67 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; BG; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ; JWMN; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231105460
ISBN
9780231105460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.28

The fourth book in a multivolume history of modern Japanese literature by one of the world's most accomplished translators and scholars of Japanese culture and literature, this volume offers unparalleled insight into Japanese poetry, drama, and criticism. Num Pages: 698 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 158. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
698
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114387
ISBN
9780231114387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.12

In the late twelfth century, Japanese people called the transitional period in which they were living the "age of warriors." This book provides an account of the religious, intellectual, and literary practices of medieval Japan in order to reveal the era's own cultural creativity and enormous economic potential. Translator(s): Roth, Kathe. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118422
ISBN
9780231118422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.05

This is the autobiography of Xie Bingying (1906-2000), providing a portrait of a woman fighting to free herself from the constraints of ancient Chinese tradtion amid the changes that shook China during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Translator(s): Brissman, Lily Chia; Brissman, Barry. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGA; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231122504
ISBN
9780231122504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.50

Since the late 1980's, Brazilians of Japanese descent have been 'return' migrating to Japan as unskilled foreign workers. This book illuminates how cultural encounters caused by transnational migration can reinforce local ethnic identities and nationalist discourses. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128384
ISBN
9780231128384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.82

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