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Hardback. A sourcebook for readers and scholars interested in Japan from eighteenth century to post-World War II period. It presents writings from modern Japan's philosophers, religious figures, writers, and political leaders. It also offers introductory essays and commentary to assist in understanding documents' historical setting and significance. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 1448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 69. Weight in Grams: 2224.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
1448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129848
ISBN
9780231129848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.20
€ 84.52

paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, fig. and tables. BIC Classification: CB; CFF; CFM; DSBH; EB; GTB; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Condition
New
SKU
9783631502112
ISBN
9783631502112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.49

Paperback. A guide describing more than 400 important Chinese symbols, explaining their esoteric meanings and connections. Their use and development in Chinese literature, customs and attitudes to life are traced lucidly and precisely. Series: Routledge Dictionaries. Num Pages: 336 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFL; GTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415002288
ISBN
9780415002288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.87

Paperback. This text raises questions about artistic freedom and censorship. Wu Hung uses the Chinese government's cancellation of the exhibition "It's Me", Beijing 1998, to anchor his analysis of the challenges face by contemporary Chinese artisits and curators. Num Pages: 224 pages, 111 colour plates, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AB; AC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 184 x 22. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573336
ISBN
9780935573336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.51

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992891
ISBN
9780295992891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.21

Paperback. Chinese journalist and intellectual Xu Zhiyuan paints a portrait of the world's second-largest economy via a thoughtful and wide-ranging series of mini essays on contemporary Chinese society. Translator(s): Deeter, Michelle; Harman, Nicky. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781859803
ISBN
9781781859803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Offers a critical analysis of China's "long 1990s," the tumultuous years between the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001. This title examines the reactions of intellectuals, authors, and filmmakers to the cultural and political shifts in 1990s China. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342304
ISBN
9780822342304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.66

Paperback. Shows how the complex interplay of feminism, nationalism, empire, and modernity helped shape conceptions of the transpacific Filipina Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 2AB; DSBH; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460. The Making of the Modern Filipina. 320 pages, 14 photographs. Shows how the complex interplay of feminism, nationalism, empire, and modernity helped shape conceptions of the transpacific Filipina. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 2AB; DSBH; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353164
ISBN
9780822353164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. A look at how blackness is represented in entertainment programming in Puerto Rico. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 24 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KJP; APT; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780822335436
ISBN
9780822335436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Filipino Americans, who experience life in the United States as immigrants, colonized nationals, and racial minorities, are one of our largest immigrant groups. This title investigates how Filipino women and men are transformed through the experience of migration, and how they in turn remake the social world around them. Num Pages: 282 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; GTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400. Filipino American Lives across Cultures, Communities, and Countries. 282 pages, 3 tables. Filipino Americans, who experience life in the United States as immigrants, colonized nationals, and racial minorities, are one of our largest immigrant groups. This title investigates how Filipino women and men are transformed through the experience of migration, and how they in turn remake the social world around them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; GTB; JFSL. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520235274
ISBN
9780520235274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Provides social, cultural, and historical context for understanding one of Europe's longest-running conflicts Editor(s): Papadakis, Yiannis (Asst. Professor of Anthropology, University of Cyprus); Peristianis, Nicos; Welz, Gisela. Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DVC; 1FB; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218513
ISBN
9780253218513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. A multi-dimensional picture of China at the political crossroads, this title looks at the significant change in the state-society relationship in contemporary China in three interrelated areas: intellectual, social and cultural. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPR; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780774808392
ISBN
9780774808392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

hardcover. This book offers the nature and evolution of Japan's most ambitious postwar foreign policy, the Japanese challenge to the U.S.-led neoliberal world order in the politics of economic development. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758123
ISBN
9780804758123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.27

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
€ 28.84

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
€ 29.15

Paperback. * A timely publication as Arab nationalism is being challenged by the emergence of Islamic fundamentalism and the impact of a host of religio--ethnic problems. * The only book to provide such a breadth of Arab nationalist history. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 1HB; GTB; HBJF1; HPDC; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631217299
ISBN
9780631217299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First edition
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816632787
ISBN
9780816632787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBC; GTB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552667620
ISBN
9781552667620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.62

Paperback. Presents an English translation that includes essays which chart an orientation for German life, culture, and politics beyond the Cold War and at the dawn of an unprecedented era. Translator(s): Adelson, Leslie A. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 145 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
145
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803292758
ISBN
9780803292758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.79

Paperback. Examines the historical processes that transformed Ottoman Algiers, the 'Bulwark of Islam', into 'Alger la blanche', the colonial urban showpiece - and, after the outbreak of revolution in 1954 - counter-model of France's global empire. This title offers a look at the social use of urban space in a North African city. Editor(s): Celik, Zeynep; Clancy-Smith, Julia; Terpak, Frances. Num Pages: 288 pages, 90 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; AC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 16. Weight in Grams: 788.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295988689
ISBN
9780295988689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.72

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