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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardcover. This collection of papers highlights the research achievements in the field of Chinese Anthropology, particularly those of Mainland scholars. The authors examine the reproduction of traditions in post-Mao southern Fujian, surveying lineages, religion, status of women, and other aspects of the cultural life. Editor(s): Tan, Chee-Beng. Num Pages: 300 pages, With a number of pictures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629962333
ISBN
9789629962333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.75

Hardback. An insightful memoir from a counterculture legend Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 pp insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; ASZB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455592340
ISBN
9781455592340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.64

Hardback. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBTB; HRKN1; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The Chinese University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629966348
ISBN
9789629966348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.53

Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 416 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QFH; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JPS; KCLT1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231173742
ISBN
9780231173742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.54

Hardback. This text features leading scholars describing and critically assessing the works of 16 major 20th-century Chinese philosophers. It explores these philosophers' attempts to revive and modernize traditional schools as well as their critiques of Western thinkers from Plato to Wittgenstein. Editor(s): Cheng, Chung-Ying; Bunnin, Nicholas. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 174 x 36. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631217244
ISBN
9780631217244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.89

Hardcover. Editor(s): Yoon, Chengji. Num Pages: 180 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 3JMC; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 269 x 185 x 16. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600219429
ISBN
9781600219429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 280.45
€ 190.03

Hardback. Explores various aspects of chiefly authority in South Sudan from its historical origins and evolution under colonial, postcolonial and military rule, to its current roles and value in the newly independent country. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, 9, 8 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings, 8 black and white, 1 lin. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJ; 3JM; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010674
ISBN
9781847010674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.43

paperback. This Very Short Introduction offers an overview of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural awakening among African Americans between the two world wars. Cheryl A. Wall brings readers to the Harlem of 1920s to identify the cultural themes and issues that engaged writers, musicians, and visual artists alike. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 116. Clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0024664
ISBN
9780199335558
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This book examines the relationship between women's fashion, female representation and femininity in Britain throughout the 1900s. The authors unpick the dynamics of the fashion system and set fashion into the context of British social life. Num Pages: 192 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; ACX; AKTA; JFCK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860645068
ISBN
9781860645068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.39

Hardback. An overview of a wide range of aspects of maritime social history in the Tudor and early Stuart period. Editor(s): Fury, Cheryl A. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15, 15 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843836896
ISBN
9781843836896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.35

Hardcover. Explores the burst of horticulture interest in the 19th century, and documents its influence on Midwestern domestic landscapes. With its portrayal of ornamental plant use and its examination of 19th-century horticultural advice literature and nursery and seed trades, this book aims to appeal to rural, cultural, and environmental historians. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JH; HBT; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557532862
ISBN
9781557532862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 5AK; YBG; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 218 x 279 x 10. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Act
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613730515
ISBN
9781613730515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.84

hardcover. This book collects the letters written between 1906 and 1932 by the African-American novelist and civil rights activist Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932). His correspondents included prominent members of the Harlem Renaissance as well as major American political figures Chesnutt sought to influence on behalf of his fellow African Americans. Editor(s): Crisler, Jesse S.; Leitz, Robert C.; McElrath, Joseph R., Jr. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804745086
ISBN
9780804745086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.97

Paperback. An analysis of Eisenhower's presidency, focusing not on whether he was an active or passive president, but on how his decisions shaped American life in the 1950s and beyond. The authors explore the significance of Eisenhower's policies on a range of issues, from civil rights to atomic testing. Series: American Presidency Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700604371
ISBN
9780700604371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.67

Hardback. A probing reflection on how silence and complicity in the face of mass violence affects a society for decades. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1DVUR; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 832.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044585
ISBN
9781849044585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.26

Hardback. This is a comparative study of the reforms and revolutions that have swept through the former USSR and Balkan states in the past 25 years. The collection examines the struggle to modernise the economies and political systems of the former Soviet states and Eastern Europe. It specifically focuses on the mostly nonviolent Colour Revolutions. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
276
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041447
ISBN
9781849041447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.71
€ 52.89

Hardback. Part of a new wave of cross-disciplinary scholarship, where Chinese studies meets the British eighteenth century, this novel work will appeal to scholars in a number of fields, including performance studies, East Asian studies, British literature, cultural history, gender studies, and postcolonial studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; DSA; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402161
ISBN
9781421402161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.31

Hardback. Acclaimed fantasy author China Mieville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside down Num Pages: 384 pages, 8pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784782771
ISBN
9781784782771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.72

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white halftones, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPHL; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 37.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762777549
ISBN
9780762777549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
Paper edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816525850
ISBN
9780816525850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.09

Hardcover. In this exploration of the era of the Grand Tour, contributors from the fields of history, art history, literary history and theory, science history and anthropology investigate the experiences of travellers and their ways of understanding and representing their encounter with the foreign. Editor(s): Chard, Chloe; Langdon, Helen. Series: Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 350 pages, 100 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; AC; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1271.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Paul Mellon Centre BA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300063820
ISBN
9780300063820
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.71
€ 42.55

Paperback. When sixteen-year-old Emma Nash is 'ghosted' by the love of her life Leon Naylor, she does what any normal teenage girl would do.. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JMG; YFM; YFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008220976
ISBN
9780008220976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780877271383
ISBN
9780877271383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415670371
ISBN
9780415670371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.71

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