Regional studies
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Regional studies
Hardback. This is an original and comprehensive examination of China's hukou (household registration) system, a system that fundamentally determines the Chinese way of life and shapes China's sociopolitical structure and socioeconomic development. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804750394
- ISBN
- 9780804750394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.64
€ 96.64
Paperback. Surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation - a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the 'otherness' of eastern culture, customs and beliefs. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141187426
- ISBN
- 9780141187426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.68
€ 14.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. This Reader provides the student with a selection of key readings from this debate, covering a range of areas including myth, imperialism, the cultural perspective, Marxist interpretation and feminist attitudes. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HPCD; HPCF; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 174 x 23. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748614417
- ISBN
- 9780748614417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.74
€ 42.99
€ 37.74
hardcover. Revolutionizing received opinion of Taoism's origins in light of historic new discoveries, Harold D. Roth has uncovered China's oldest mystical text-the original expression of Taoist philosophy-and presents it here with a complete translation and commentary. Translator(s): Roth, Harold D. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRKN5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115643
- ISBN
- 9780231115643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.15
€ 129.15
Paperback. What is "Chinese" about China's modern state? This book proposes that the state we see today has developed over the past two centuries largely as a response to internal challenges emerging from the late empire. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749299
- ISBN
- 9780804749299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.48
€ 32.48
Hardback. In this major intervention into the 'Asian Century', Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak challenges the reader to re-think Asia, in its political and cultural complexity, in the global South and in the metropole. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 179 x 28. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405102063
- ISBN
- 9781405102063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.39
€ 138.39
Paperback. In this major intervention into the 'Asian Century', Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak challenges the reader to re-think Asia, in its political and cultural complexity, in the global South and in the metropole. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405102070
- ISBN
- 9781405102070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.03
€ 54.03
Paperback. Investigates the politics of ethnic identity in post-socialist China. By combining innovative research with fieldwork conducted during the late 1980s and early 1990s in south-central and southwestern China, the author provides a detailed ethnography of the region's Yao population in order to question how minority groups are represented in China. Num Pages: 360 pages, 21 b&w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822325499
- ISBN
- 9780822325499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.82
€ 50.82
Paperback. Offers free verse translations of 75 lyric poems from the mid-fourteenth to the early twentieth centuries, along with the Ottoman Turkish texts and photographs of many of the original manuscripts. This volume also includes biographies of the poets, and background information on Ottoman history and literature. Editor(s): Andrews, Walter G.; Black, Najaat; Kalpakli, Mehmet. Series: Publications on the Near East. Num Pages: 392 pages, 40 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1F; 1QDT; DC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Expanded ed.
- SKU
- V9780295985954
- ISBN
- 9780295985954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.39
€ 36.39
Paperback. Assesses the tide of discontent that has destabilized the conceptions, institutions, and communities dedicated to African studies. This book examines African scholars' struggle against paradigms that have justified and covered up colonialism, militarism, and underdevelopment. Editor(s): Martin, William G.; West, Michael O. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJ; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252067808
- ISBN
- 9780252067808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.12
€ 43.12
Hardcover. The Kakoli of the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), the focus of this study, did not traditionally have a concept of mental illness. They classified madness according to social behavior, not mental pathology.. Series: Social Identities. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; GTB; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857450944
- ISBN
- 9780857450944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.47
€ 148.47
Paperback. Targeting cultural icons as diverse as Madonna and Spike Lee, this work presents a collection of feminist explorations. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415389587
- ISBN
- 9780415389587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99
€ 23.99
Paperback. A history of the British Royal Marines twelve-year occupation of San Juan Island. Num Pages: 112 pages, illus., bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4531 x 5830 x 8. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914019466
- ISBN
- 9780914019466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.77
€ 20.77
Paperback. In American football, seven out of ten players are black, but few are fully aware of the struggle to achieve equal rights. This text examines how sports laid a foundation for social change by integrating black and white athletes in the National Football League. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFJ; JFSL3; WSJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814774960
- ISBN
- 9780814774960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.72
€ 45.72
hardcover. Reveals that Chinese Americans began 'shooting hoops' nearly a century before Chinese superstar Yao Ming turned pro. Drawing on interviews with players and coaches, this book takes readers back to San Francisco in the 1930s and 1940s, when young Chinese American men and women developed a new approach to the game - with fast breaks. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19 Halftones, 1 Figure. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 534. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592139422
- ISBN
- 9781592139422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.11
€ 37.11
Paperback. Presents a description of the economic and ecological organization of rural Korean domestic groups Series: Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Num Pages: 27 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTB; JFSL9; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992761
- ISBN
- 9780295992761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.41
€ 41.41
Hardback. In the run-up to the Iraq invasion, a number of Americans thought the idea was crazy. Now everyone, except a few die-hards, thinks it was. So what was going through the minds of the talented and experienced men and women who planned and initiated the war? What were their assumptions? Overreach> aims to recover those presuppositions. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBWS5; JPA; JPB; JPHC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674729100
- ISBN
- 9780674729100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.27
€ 58.27
Paperback. As part of the "Explorations in Anthropology" series and based on extensive fieldwork, this volume addresses a range of subjects of interest to peoples of the Pacific Island nations. Editor(s): Wassmann, Jurg. Series: Explorations in Anthropology. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1M; 1QSP; GTB; JHM; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers Oxford
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KRS0018175
- ISBN
- 9781859731598
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. Few doubt that the dynamics of Asia will shape the global political economy of the twenty-first century. It is clear that the Pacific Asian region is undergoing extensive development and these processes generate questions of intense interest. This work is suitable for those interested in Japan, and its role within the Pacific Asian region. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; 1M; GTB; JH; JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631202370
- ISBN
- 9780631202370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.44
€ 178.44
Pacific Diaspora: Island Peoples in the United States and Across the P...
. Ed(S): Spickard, Paul R.; Rondilla, Joanne ...
paperback. Pacific Islander Americans constitute one of the United States' least understood ethnic groups and are given many stereotypes. This work brings together the individual and community histories of Pacific Islands peoples in the US. Editor(s): Spickard, Paul R.; Rondilla, Joanne L.; Wright, Debbie Hippolite. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKP; 1QSP; GTB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824826192
- ISBN
- 9780824826192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.47
€ 41.47