Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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
€ 119.05
€ 119.05
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€ 34.82
€ 38.99
€ 34.82
Hardcover. Explores how the Great War influenced the construction of identity and nationalism in the Ottoman Empire. This title also explores how, during the First World War, Ottoman prisoners of war and military doctors discursively constructed their nation as a community, and at the same time attempted to exclude certain groups from that nation. Num Pages: 452 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748665785
- ISBN
- 9780748665785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.42
€ 158.42
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
€ 149.60
€ 149.60
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
€ 53.11€ 42.04
€ 53.11
€ 42.04
Paperback. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJH; HBTR; JHMC; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999548
- ISBN
- 9780295999548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
€ 33.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901) was a leading figure in the cultural revolution that transformed Japan from an isolated feudal nation into a full-fledged player in the modern world. Dictated by Fukuzawa in 1897, this autobiography offers a vivid portrait of the intellectual's life story and a rare look inside the formation of a new Japan. Translator(s): Kiyooka, Eiichi. Num Pages: 480 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGHA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139878
- ISBN
- 9780231139878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.13
€ 50.13
Paperback. A collection of eleven stories, a play and five poems. The authors featured were all influenced by "Akai Tori" (Red Bird), a Tokyo children's literary magazine and also wrote for adult audiences. The stories are striking in that they differ little in style and content from those written for adults. Num Pages: 188 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 5AF; DQ; DSY; YQF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780765605566
- ISBN
- 9780765605566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.05
€ 57.05
Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12, 9 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801451805
- ISBN
- 9780801451805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.10
€ 60.10
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; ACBP; HBJF; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804798112
- ISBN
- 9780804798112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.04
€ 81.04
Hardcover. Rather than a stark, unbroken line dividing East and West in Cold War Europe, the Iron Curtain was instead made up of distinct landscapes. This book traces a genealogy of one such landscape - the woods between Czechoslovakia and West Germany - to debunk our misconceptions about the iconic partition. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226154190
- ISBN
- 9780226154190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 39.32
€ 51.99
€ 39.32
Paperback. Assesses the historical significance of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) - commonly called the Tokyo trial - established as the eastern counterpart of the Nuremberg trial in the immediate aftermath of World War II. This title explores some of the central misunderstandings and historiographical distortions. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JWXK; LBBS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033399
- ISBN
- 9780674033399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.41
€ 27.99
€ 24.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 22, 11 black & white halftones, 7 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801450419
- ISBN
- 9780801450419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.23
€ 62.23
Hardback. Num Pages: 343 pages, 6 colour illustrations, 6 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JM; JPB; JPS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 591.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503343
- ISBN
- 9781137503343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.97
€ 141.97
Paperback. Winner of the 2011 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Book and Shortlisted for the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography: "An ingenious and absorbing book..It will permanently change the way we tell this troubled yet gripping story." -Jonathan Spence Num Pages: 384 pages, 35 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFG; JKVF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340396
- ISBN
- 9780393340396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.21
€ 17.99
€ 16.21
Paperback. For seven years in the 1970s, the author lived in a village in northeast China as a farmer. In 1989 he returned as an anthropologist to begin the span of 11 years' fieldwork that has resulted in this work - an account of family change and the transformation of private life in rural China. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JFSF; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744560
- ISBN
- 9780804744560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.14
€ 29.99
€ 29.14
Paperback. Remembrance of a once-thriving Jewish culture in Slovakia Num Pages: 128 pages, 39 color illus., 17 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVKS; 3JJH; AJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 243 x 11. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253223777
- ISBN
- 9780253223777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Hardcover. Editor(s): Goldstein, Darra. Translator(s): Schwartz, Marian. Num Pages: 400 pages, 25 colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 39. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Publisher
- Prospect Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903018989
- ISBN
- 9781903018989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.11€ 33.59
€ 53.11
€ 33.59
Paperback. This work accesses the period during which Ukraine rose to become an important part of the European geo-strategic posture. The collection treats Ukraine's relations with the US and Israel; the Chornobyl aftermath; the status of Sevastapol; NATO enlargement; and Ukrainian-Jewish relations. Series: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies. Num Pages: 160 pages, 3 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458850
- ISBN
- 9780916458850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.17
€ 14.99
€ 14.17
Hardback. Once a Soviet scientist, Tarnopolsky became a refusnik activist arguing the right to emigrate. As a result, he spent the year of 1984 in a Siberian labour camp. Scenes of camp life are interspersed with essays on topics such as the Russian mentality, moral choices, and modern Jewish problems. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPN; BGA; JFSR1; JPVH; JPVR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819191977
- ISBN
- 9780819191977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.24
€ 116.24
Hardback. Yuval Ben-Bassat examines the petitions, including many previously unpublished ones, sent during the last decades of the Empire to the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II. The petitions enable Ben-Bassat to explore Palestine's history in this formative period from a unique perspective, providing first-hand accounts. Num Pages: 331 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLL; HBLW; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780764573
- ISBN
- 9781780764573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.43€ 135.20
€ 153.43
€ 135.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBLL; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 211 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465062980
- ISBN
- 9780465062980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.20
€ 25.20
Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, 450 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; ACXD; AFC; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 369 x 314 x 56. Weight in Grams: 4078.
- Publisher
- Cahiers d'Art
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782851171900
- ISBN
- 9782851171900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 324.56€ 281.79
€ 324.56
€ 281.79
The Ethiopian Campaign and French Political Thought
Yves R.; Edited By Anthony O. Simon; Translat...
paperback. The relatively obscure events leading up to the Italian invasion had larger implications for Europe and the world, perhaps even paving the way for Vichy France's collaboration with Hitler's German New Order. This book offers a case study of such ethical concerns as just war theory and preemptive war. Editor(s): Simon, Anthony O. Translator(s): Royal, Robert. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HFGA; 3JJ; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031638
- ISBN
- 9780268041304
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49