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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. From WWI to Operation Desert Storm, American policymakers have repeatedly invoked the 'lessons of history' as they contemplated taking their nation to war. This work argues that leaders use analogies not merely to justify policies but also to perform specific cognitive and information-processing tasks essential to political decision-making. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBG; HBJF; HBLW; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691025353
- ISBN
- 9780691025353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.47€ 42.58
€ 53.47
€ 42.58
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
€ 152.47
Paperback. Explores how the Great War influenced the construction of identity and nationalism in the Ottoman Empire. This book broadens the discussion of nationalism to include both ideological and biological factors. It explores the social, demographic, psychological and medical impact of the Great War on the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748695898
- ISBN
- 9780748695898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.58
€ 38.99
€ 35.58
Hardback. This text offers a study of management decision-making in six Beijing state enterprises during the period 1985 to 1989, when the government adopted decentralization as the key to reforming state industries. It examines the relations between managers, Party and planning authorities. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; JPH; KCC; KJMD; KJV; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333619483
- ISBN
- 9780333619483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Paperback. This is a personal account of the Cultural Revolution. As a student, the author was caught up in dramatic events as, with jeers and chants, students-turned-Red Guards held mass rallies. The interplay between the perceptions of father and son offer an additional, unusual, perspective. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804713696
- ISBN
- 9780804713696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardback. Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while serving an eleven-year prison sentence-has helped shatter longstanding barriers to freedom of organization and expression in China. This biography, written by one of his closest friends, retraces Liu Xiaobo's inspiring life, from his childhood years to his current imprisonment. Translator(s): Hsu, H.C. Num Pages: 260 pages, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442237131
- ISBN
- 9781442237131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.40
€ 115.40
Hardback. Industrial Development in a Frontier Economy is pioneering microanalysis of 59 Argentinean corporations between 1890 and 1930 that explains Argentina's failure to develop an efficient manufacturing sector, even as countries in similar circumstances successfully modernized. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759830
- ISBN
- 9780804759830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Hardback. Num Pages: 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811022470
- ISBN
- 9789811022470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Hardback. Focuses upon the development of economics at Oxford after the establishment of the PPE and the contributions of Oxford economists during the "years of high theory" and afterwards. Unpublished correspondence, memoranda, and papers collected at various archives are cited. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBTB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333513620
- ISBN
- 9780333513620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Paperback. A Companion to the Vietnam War contains twenty-four definitive essays on America's longest and most divisive foreign conflict. It represents the best current scholarship on this controversial and influential episode in modern American history. * Highlights issues of nationalism, culture, gender, and race. Editor(s): Young, Marilyn B.; Buzzanco, Robert. Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 528 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405149839
- ISBN
- 9781405149839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.44
€ 60.44
Hardback. "A profile of the Asia Pacific War, the most important and still the least understood experience of Japan and Asia's modern history--as seen and lived by ordinary Japanese"--Provided by publisher. Translator(s): Mark, Ethan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 360 pages, 4 maps, 3 graphs, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231165686
- ISBN
- 9780231165686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Hardback. Analyses quantitatively in a comprehensive, consistent, and integrated manner the production structure and productivity of post-war Japanese agriculture for the latter half of the twentieth century, more specifically, 1957-97. Num Pages: 403 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; KCN; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 403
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137287601
- ISBN
- 9781137287601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.99
€ 128.99
Paperback. Japan and the United States became close political allies so quickly after the end of World War II, that it seemed as though the two countries had easily forgotten the war they had fought. This work offers a look at how Japanese postwar society struggled to understand its war loss and the resulting national trauma. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049120
- ISBN
- 9780691049120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBTB; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 264 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177702
- ISBN
- 9780231177702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Explores the history of Japanese imperialism in Manchuria from the acquisition of a railway concession following the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 to the founding of the puppet state of Manchoukuo in 1932. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 544 pages, 11 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012066
- ISBN
- 9780674012066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.99
€ 33.99
€ 28.99
Paperback. From the mangaka who told his life story in A Drifting Life, and gave you Abandon the Old in Tokyo and The Push Man and Other Stories, comes this collection of gekiga of the 1970s which have never before been translated into English. Num Pages: 200 pages, Fully illustrated. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; ACXJ; AKLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 185 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Landmark Books Pte.Ltd ,Singapore
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814189385
- ISBN
- 9789814189385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.08
€ 16.99
€ 13.08
Paperback. Yoshimi provides a wealth of documentation and testimony to prove the existence of some 2,000 "comfort stations" where as many as 200,000 women of varying nationalities, euphemistically known as "comfort women," were imprisoned and forced to engage in sexual activity with Japanese military personnel. Translator(s): O'Brien, Suzanne. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 262 pages, 4 halftones, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJF; HBWQ; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120333
- ISBN
- 9780231120333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Translator(s): Mark, Ethan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 b&w illustrations and 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231165693
- ISBN
- 9780231165693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
The New South Africa. Prospects for Domestic and International Securit...
Yorke, Edmund. Ed(S): Toase, F. H.
Hardback. A collection of essays representing an analysis and re-intepretation of the political, social and economic events which have occurred within the new South Africa since the 1994 general election. The book also provides a study of the security prospects under the leadership of Nelson Mandela. Editor(s): Toase, F. H. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPR; JPH; JPL; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333683194
- ISBN
- 9780333683194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.70
€ 127.70
Hardback. Sex, Soldiers and the South Pacific 1939-45 explores the lives and loves of men across Australia and forward bases in the south seas and the official responses that sought to regulate and contain expressions of homosex in and out of the forces. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJH; HBJM; HBWQ; JFSK2; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 257 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137365132
- ISBN
- 9781137365132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.14
€ 116.14