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East Asia, Far East
Hardcover. When it comes to talking about democracy in China, Chinese nationalists argue that it cannot solve China's problems, while Chinese liberals remain unduly silenced. This book presents the difficulties and obstacles to the democratic approach to the respective Tibet and Taiwan questions. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPH; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748699711
- ISBN
- 9780748699711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.96€ 114.36
€ 118.96
€ 114.36
Hardcover. The Chinese Communist welfare state was established with the goal of eradicating income inequality. Paradoxically, it widened that gap, undermining a primary objective of Mao Zedong's revolution. Nara Dillon traces the origins of the Chinese welfare state from the 1940s to the 1960s to uncover the reasons why the state failed to achieve this goal. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504318
- ISBN
- 9780674504318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Hardback. East Asian cinema is a growing industry, producing films popular all over the world. This book gives an account of East Asian cinema, its successes and challenges. It also examines how local production has responded to global trends and explores the effects of widespread de-regulation and China's accession to the World Trade Organisation. Series: International Screen Industries. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JFD; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 158 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844571802
- ISBN
- 9781844571802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.81€ 96.10
€ 106.81
€ 96.10
Hardcover. Henry Lansdell was one of the great travellers of the Victorian age. Num Pages: 1040 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBJF1; HBTP; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1040
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784538101
- ISBN
- 9781784538101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 378.05
€ 378.05
Hardcover. Charles Downing provides one of the first detailed descriptions of life in China by a western visitor. Num Pages: 1016 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1016
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784535865
- ISBN
- 9781784535865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 386.60
€ 386.60
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Paul Holberton Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780995557703
- ISBN
- 9780995557703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.57
€ 52.99
€ 37.57
Hardback. Specialist manufacturers have existed in Japan from even before the start of industrialization in the late nineteenth century. Proliferating since but remaining steadfastly lean, many of them can be categorized as leading medium-sized enterprises. This book looks at how they are globalizing and assuming a role as East Asian specialists. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218420
- ISBN
- 9780230218420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.05€ 67.65
€ 107.05
€ 67.65
Hardback. Rebecca E. Karl interrogates the concept and practice of "the economic" as it was understood in China in the 1930s and the 1980s and 90s, showing how the use of Eurocentric philosophies, narratives, and conceptions of the economic that exist outside lived experiences fail to capture modern China's complex history. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363101
- ISBN
- 9780822363101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. .
- Publisher
- I B Tauris & Co Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850431114
- ISBN
- 9781850431114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.28€ 137.74
€ 154.28
€ 137.74
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 760
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674175563
- ISBN
- 9780674175563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.28€ 52.17
€ 52.28
€ 52.17
Hardcover. Studies the significant developments in Japanese genre filmmaking since the turn of the millennium. This book includes detail the ways in which individual films have both drawn and departed from those films that have comprised the key works and trends in these generic categories. It features developments in filmmaking. Series: Traditions in World Cinema. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748683734
- ISBN
- 9780748683734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.07€ 103.50
€ 107.07
€ 103.50
Paperback. Translator(s): Tulachandra. Num Pages: 663 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 128 x 200 x 36. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Firecracker Interactive Thailand
- Number of pages
- 663
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789747100662
- ISBN
- 9789747100662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.44
€ 42.44
Paperback. This anthology offers a glimpse of women's writings not only in poetry but in other genres, including essays and letters, drama, religious writing and narrative fiction. These are presented within their respective biographical and historical contexts. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 800 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013933
- ISBN
- 9780674013933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.22
€ 45.99
€ 38.22
Paperback. The first comprehensive history of a major Muslim rebellion and the rise and fall of an independent Islamic state within China during the second half of the nineteenth century-in Xinjiang, where potentially separatist Islamic movements still worry the Chinese state. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 tables, 4 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 585. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804773645
- ISBN
- 9780804773645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.75
€ 30.99
€ 27.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 156. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138970557
- ISBN
- 9781138970557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.49
€ 61.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16, 1 black & white halftones, 4 tables, 9 charts, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPH; KNXB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479311
- ISBN
- 9780801479311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardcover. Zuyan Zhou offers an astute look at the concept of androgyny in key works of Chinese fiction and drama from the 16th to the 18th centuries. This study probes deviations from engendered codes of behaviour both in culture and literature. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824825713
- ISBN
- 9780824825713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.68
€ 93.68
Paperback. This is the previously untold story of one of the most ferocious and prolonged air/naval battles in history: the battle at the radar picket stations during the American assault on Okinawa in spring 1945. Num Pages: 448 pages, black and white photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 714. Okinawa 1945. 448 pages, black and white photos throughout. This is the untold story of one of the most ferocious and prolonged battles in history: the battle at the radar picket stations during the American assault on Okinawa. It weaves together the experiences of the ships and their crews, Navy, Army, and Marine Corps pilots, and Japanese kamikazes in an account which provides the complete story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight: 714.
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935149415
- ISBN
- 9781935149415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.57
€ 26.99
€ 26.57
Paperback. This book examines how labor migration is changing the countryside in post-Mao China. Series: Cambridge Modern China Series. Num Pages: 306 pages, 28 b/w illus. 2 maps 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; GTB; JFFN; JP; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 306
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521005302
- ISBN
- 9780521005302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.46
€ 52.46
Paperback. At once a history of policing in China, as well as a political history of "the nation" in the 20th century. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JKSW1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334897
- ISBN
- 9780822334897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02