Regional studies
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Regional studies
Paperback. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Num Pages: 688 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HB; PBX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1085.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401058209
- ISBN
- 9789401058209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 493.08
€ 493.08
Paperback. Examines the shaping of local sexual cultures in the Asian Pacific region in order to move beyond definitions and understandings of sexuality that rely on Western assumptions. This book underscores the mutual transformation of gender and sexuality in both Asian Pacific and Western cultures. Editor(s): Martin, Fran; Jackson, Professor Peter; McLelland, Mark. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075070
- ISBN
- 9780252075070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.16
€ 31.99
€ 29.16
Paperback. An examination of Asian security, this work makes a case for taking regional politics and security dynamics seriously. The book examines the salience of the pathways, investigates the management of specific security issues, and discusses the nature of security order in Asia. Editor(s): Alagappa, Muthiah. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 38. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804746298
- ISBN
- 9780804746298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.09€ 56.22
€ 57.09
€ 56.22
Hardback. An examination of Asian security, this work makes a case for taking regional politics and security dynamics seriously. The book examines the salience of the pathways, investigates the management of specific security issues, and discusses the nature of security order in Asia. Editor(s): Alagappa, Muthiah. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1093.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804746281
- ISBN
- 9780804746281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.96
€ 256.96
Paperback. This book explores an alternative, largely unacknowledged side of the history of the popular British periodical, and offers a comparative view of the genesis of satirical journalism from Egypt and the Ottoman Empire through British India to China and Japan. Editor(s): Harder, Hans; Mittler, Barbara. Series: Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context. Num Pages: 454 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 91 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642286063
- ISBN
- 9783642286063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.69
€ 124.69
Paperback. 40 or 50 families control the economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia. Their interests range from banking to property, from shipping to sugar, from vice to gambling. This book lifts the lid on a world of staggering secrecy and shows that the little most people know is almost entirely wrong. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; KCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861977113
- ISBN
- 9781861977113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.01
€ 17.99
€ 13.01
Hardcover. Editor(s): Columbus, Frank. Num Pages: 151 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 151
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616680152
- ISBN
- 9781616680152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.70€ 147.90
€ 216.70
€ 147.90
Paperback. This collection of essays examines the worldwide dispersal of Asian populations and links these seemingly disparate movements through the category of Asian diasporas. Editor(s): Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar; Siu, Lok. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFF; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752442
- ISBN
- 9780804752442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.16
€ 31.99
€ 29.16
Hardback. This collection of essays examines the worldwide dispersal of Asian populations and links these seemingly disparate movements through the category of Asian diasporas. Editor(s): Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar; Siu, Lok. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFF; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752435
- ISBN
- 9780804752435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.42
€ 130.42
Paperback. Examines various topics and contexts of travel writings on China, Japan and South East Asia. This book offers a kaleidoscopic glimpse of the various cultures in the eyes of their beholders coupled with understanding of the various politics and relationships that are involved. It is useful to scholars and students of Asian studies. Editor(s): Clark, Steve; Smethurst, Paul. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789622099159
- ISBN
- 9789622099159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.52
€ 41.52
Paperback. Asian Americans are emerging as a political force and yet their politics have not been systematically studied by either social scientists of politicians. This text brings together original sources on key topics influencing Asian American politics. Editor(s): Nakanishi, Don T.; Lai, James S. Series: Spectrum Series: Race and Ethnicity in National and Global Politics. Num Pages: 496 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; GTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 0496th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742518506
- ISBN
- 9780742518506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.76
€ 95.76
Hardback. Katsumata demonstrates that something interesting is taking place inside the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). He shows that an association of minor powers in Southeast Asia is promoting its cooperative security norm, and influencing the policies of its external partners. Thus, the ARF is one of the important pathways to regional security. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 217 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1QFS; GTB; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229297
- ISBN
- 9780230229297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
Paperback. This is a national history of American race relations, examined through the lens of housing discrimination. The book graphically demonstrates the variety of methods used by whites to thwart the racial integration of their neighbourhoods. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697014
- ISBN
- 9780847697014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.04
€ 59.04
Articulating Islam: Anthropological Approaches to Muslim Worlds
. Ed(S): Marsden, Magnus; Retsikas, Konstanti...
Paperback. This book applies the methods and techniques of anthropology to analyze the role of Islam in the social lives of Muslims. Tracks and assesses key developments of the last three decades, and discusses the place of Islam in the anthropology of world religions. Editor(s): Marsden, Magnus; Retsikas, Konstantinos. Series: Muslims in Global Societies Series. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HRA; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 427.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400795976
- ISBN
- 9789400795976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.71
€ 123.71
Paperback. This work explores the ways in which Nazi Germany used art and media to portray their country as a champion of Kultur and civilisation. Revealing how multiple domains of cultural activity served to conceptually de-humanize Jews, this work shows how the seeds of the Holocaust were sown Editor(s): Etlin, Richard A. Num Pages: 368 pages, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; AB; GTB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226220871
- ISBN
- 9780226220871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.57
€ 46.99
€ 36.57
Paperback. Fascinated by the idea of Western civilization as being a sequence of numerous misinterpretations and misrepresentations, these 19 essays, of Ilan Stavans, cover a broad range of topics with the unifying theme being the crossroads where politics and the imagination meet. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADSL; DSB; GTB; JFCX; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240318
- ISBN
- 9780312240318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.23
€ 31.99
€ 27.23
Paperback. Explores the artistic and aesthetic bases of popular Chinese woodblock prints Series: Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AFTB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Publisher
- U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892641543
- ISBN
- 9780892641543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.70€ 50.66
€ 54.70
€ 50.66
Hardback. Steven I. Wilkinson explores how India has succeeded in keeping the military out of politics, when so many other countries have failed. He uncovers the command and control strategies, the careful ethnic balancing, and the political, foreign policy, and strategic decisions that have made the army safe for Indian democracy. Num Pages: 262 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJF; HBW; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 293 x 40. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728806
- ISBN
- 9780674728806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.21€ 47.64
€ 51.21
€ 47.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816649495
- ISBN
- 9780816649495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.02
€ 36.02
Paperback. Editor(s): Arondekar, Anjali R.; Patel, Geeta H. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; GTB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822368410
- ISBN
- 9780822368410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.97
€ 13.99
€ 13.97