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Hardcover. This work analyzes the image Europe presented to Japan, deliberately or otherwise, from the mid-16th century to the end of the 18th century. It covers developments in Japanese culture and civilization during 300 years of interaction between Japanese and Europeans. Translator(s): Bell, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 276 pages, b&w and colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; GTB; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268027612
ISBN
9780268027612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.70

Hardback. Examines the rise of anti-Catholic hostility in early nineteenth-century Vietnam under the Nguyen dynasty. Focusing on, but not limited to, the Cochinchina region, this book explores grassroots experiences of the religion and the conflict between the Nguyen court and missionaries of the Missions Etrangeres de Paris (MEP). Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756518
ISBN
9780804756518
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.43

Hardcover. Editor(s): Gordon, Jacob U. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594541032
ISBN
9781594541032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.89
€ 65.64

Hardcover. Editor(s): Blackwell, Jacob C. Num Pages: 180 pages, tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; GTB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617282737
ISBN
9781617282737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.62
€ 139.42

Paperback. London's masterpiece of investigative journalism reveals the poverty of the East End of London -- a critique of capitalism that still rings true today. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BG; DSBH; DSK; GTB; JFFA; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 136 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Second Edition, Centenary Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745318028
ISBN
9780745318028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.83

Paperback. A study of China from the 1800s. It focuses on China's problems of development - the decay and collapse of the Chinese Empire, its failure to recover in the first half of the 20th-century, and its emergence in world affairs since the Communist Party Revolution of 1949. Examining economic growth, it offers an account of the Tiananmen Incident. Series: Short Oxford History of the Modern World. Num Pages: 576 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 802.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
572
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198700692
ISBN
9780198700692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.19

Paperback. This text explores the history and strategies in political and economic policy of African nations. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, is used as an example of a nation struggling to come full circle from seeking assistance to taking matters into their own hands to finally establish independence. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JP; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761817963
ISBN
9780761817963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.86

Paperback. As South Africa consolidates its democracy, chieftaincy has remained a controversial and influential institution that has adapted to various changes. This book examines the chieftaincy and how it has sought to assert its power since the end of apartheid. Num Pages: 300 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1HFM; GTB; JPA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221551
ISBN
9780253221551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Incorporates the history of regional politics and economics as they affected kuhls during the precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial periods; the role of state involvement in kuhl construction and management; and the benefits of exchanges of labor and water among members of networked kuhls. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780295987644
ISBN
9780295987644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Hardback. This book examines how Japan's naval leaders worked at both the elite political and local levels in society to secure the vast financial support necessary to assemble the world's third-largest naval force between 1868 and 1922. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749770
ISBN
9780804749770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.49

Paperback. Assesses the direction and impact of African philosophy as well as its future role. Editor(s): Karp, Ivan; Masolo, D. A. Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 274 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st. Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214171
ISBN
9780253214171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.72

Hardcover. Editor(s): Munene, Ishmael I. Num Pages: 142 pages, tables. BIC Classification: GTB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 186 x 15. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607419723
ISBN
9781607419723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.47
€ 80.34

paperback. Focuses on the development of modern architecture in the Middle East. Ranging from Jerusalem at the turn of the 20th century to Libya under Italian colonial rule, post-war Turkey, and on to Iraq, this title looks around the historical encounter between the politics of nation-building and architectural modernism's materials, methods, and motives. Editor(s): Isenstadt, Sandy; Rizvi, Kishwar. Series: Studies in Modernity and National Identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, 76 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; AM; GTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987941
ISBN
9780295987941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Describes and explains the tragedy that befell the Jews imprisoned in the first major ghetto imposed by the Germans. This book reconstructs the organization of the ghetto and discusses its provisioning, forced labor, diseases and mortality, crime and deportations, living conditions, political, social, and cultural life and resistance. Translator(s): Shapiro, Robert Moses. Num Pages: 560 pages, 41 b&w photos, 13 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219930
ISBN
9780253219930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.32

paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Black Rose Books Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551641508
ISBN
9781551641508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.39

Paperback. Viewing the diaspora of early 20th century migration from Southern Europe to the United States, Laliotou recounts the vibrant history of Greek migrants in modern America through close readings of short stories, novels, films, newspapers, and other media of the period. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; GTB; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468570
ISBN
9780226468570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardback. Editor(s): Szmolka, Inmaculada (University of Granada). BIC Classification: 1FB; 1H; GTB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474415309
ISBN
9781474415309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.12

Editor(s): Szmolka, Inmaculada (University of Granada). BIC Classification: 1FB; 1H; GTB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474415286
ISBN
9781474415286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.84

Paperback. Over the last 20 years China's extraordinary rate of economic growth has been driven by the 120-150 million people who have flocked into China's cities from the surrounding countryside ins search of a better life. This book examines the way in which these people live, work, and interact with their urban cousins. Num Pages: 238 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; GTF; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 211 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Monash Asia Institute
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876924478
ISBN
9781876924478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

Paperback. Describes a transformation in Buddhist practice in contemporary Burma. This book addresses human rights as well as the relationship between politics and religion in a country in which neither the government nor the people clearly separates the two. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMB; GTB; HRE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780896802551
ISBN
9780896802551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

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