Regional studies
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Regional studies
Edited essays that originally appeared as Sam Venable's columns in the Knoxville news sentinel. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Tennessee Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621900061
- ISBN
- 9781621900061
Condition: New
€ 30.46
€ 30.46
Reform of Ownership in Modern China: The Social, Economic and Legal Im...
. Ed(S): Dongtao, Zou; Rihui, Ouyang
Hardback. Presents an account of China's comprehensive private ownership reforms from 1978 to 2008. This title combines research knowledge with examples and academic theories, and quotations, anecdotes, idioms, and Chinese sayings to outline and present the sequence and difficulties of China's monumental ownership reforms. Editor(s): Dongtao, Zou; Rihui, Ouyang. Series: Economic Change in China Series. Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Paths International Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844640980
- ISBN
- 9781844640980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.73€ 69.20
€ 75.73
€ 69.20
Hardback. Modern history demonstrates that achieving economic growth within the parameters of a one-party socialist state is rarely attainable, yet China has been able to achieve this on a vast scale. This major new two-volume work draws on the expertise of China's leading scholars to show you the reasons behind this success. Editor(s): Jianying, Zhao. Series: Studies on New China Series. Num Pages: 700 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JP; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Paths International Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 700
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844642717
- ISBN
- 9781844642717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.68€ 99.68
€ 110.68
€ 99.68
Paperback. Looks at Japanese studies in the United States and Canada at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This study reflects the life experiences and academic training of the people who identify themselves as Japan specialists, and the structures that have been created to house and nurture the study of Japan. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 1KBC; GTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784875400790
- ISBN
- 9784875400790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.49
€ 31.99
€ 27.49
Inventory of Artisanal Fishery Communities in the Western and Central ...
Food And Agriculture Organization Of The Unit...
Paperback. Num Pages: 82 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; TVT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- FAO
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789251056066
- ISBN
- 9789251056066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.45
€ 27.99
€ 24.45
Hardcover. The Middle East Contemporary Survey (MECS) is a reference series on the politics of the Middle East. This volume covers 1999 with chapters on regional, Arab-Israeli, and Islamic affairs, and country-by-country surveys of all the Arab states, Israel, Turkey, and Iran. Editor(s): Maddy-Weitzman, Bruce. Num Pages: 732 pages, 25 maps, tables, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; GBC; GTB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652240491
- ISBN
- 9789652240491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.03€ 89.27
€ 99.03
€ 89.27
Talks about the research on the Indonesian military (TNI) going beyond traditional scholarship on the TNI's dual function. This book interprets security policy in terms of its social roots asserting that the realpolitik behaviour of the TNI has strong "socio-cultural" undertones, which in turn shape the development of military doctrine. Series: Books and Monographs S. Num Pages: 600 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; GTB; JP; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1043.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore
- Number of pages
- 595
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789812303110
- ISBN
- 9789812303110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.92€ 58.02
€ 62.92
€ 58.02
Any analysis of Vietnam's state-society relations needs to recognize both elements of dominance and accommodation, and specify the context in which either or both are seen. To demonstrate how state-disaggregation can make our view more nuanced, this book analyses state-society interaction at the ward level of Hanoi, an urban local authority. Series: IndoChina Unit. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; GTB; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789812303431
- ISBN
- 9789812303431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.21€ 47.81
€ 51.21
€ 47.81
Hardback. Featuring the Malaysia Study Programme of ISEAS, this title covers the duration from the time when data are available up to the early eighties. It presents a study of the multiracial population of the region for the period under consideration. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMM; GTB; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789812304278
- ISBN
- 9789812304278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.74
€ 50.99
€ 42.74
A collection of articles that takes a look at the dynamics of regionalism in Eastern Asia and shows how although the past limits the future, its hold on our possibilities for peaceful coexistence is not as strong as we think. It examines Japan's diplomatic history as well as the heritage of its conquest of Eastern Asia. Editor(s): Beng, Ooi Kee; Ming, Ding Choo. Num Pages: 223 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; GTB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789812304483
- ISBN
- 9789812304483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.21€ 47.81
€ 51.21
€ 47.81
Shows that the political and social fallout from the Second World War is divisive. This volume presents an example of how former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine prevented China, Japan and South Korea from sitting down together to talk about Northeast Asian integration and wider Asian integration. Editor(s): Hock, David Koh Wee. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789812304681
- ISBN
- 9789812304681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.74
€ 50.99
€ 42.74
Editor(s): Singh, Daljit. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; JP; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 177 x 23. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814517959
- ISBN
- 9789814517959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.73€ 69.20
€ 75.73
€ 69.20
Hardcover. How much did making it new have to do with making it? For the four "outsider poets" considered here, the connection was everything. Both a social history of literary ambition in America in the 1950s and 1960s and a collective literary biography, this is an account of postwar poetry underground. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299168407
- ISBN
- 9780299168407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.72
€ 49.99
€ 41.72
Hardcover. Shows how gossip and the responses to it form an ongoing dialogue through which the moral reputations of trading women and businessmen, and cultural ideas about moral value and gender, are constructed and rethought. This work reveals a different perspective on the globalization of the market economy and its meaning and impact on the local level. Series: Women in Africa and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 b/w photos, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; GTB; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299220907
- ISBN
- 9780299220907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.37€ 48.83
€ 52.37
€ 48.83
Hardcover. In the Red Sea Hills of eastern Sudan, where poverty, famines, and conflict loom large, women struggle to gain the status of responsible motherhood. But biological fate can be capricious in impoverished settings. This work shows how Muslim Hadendowa women manage health and reproductive suffering in their quest to become "responsible" mothers. Series: Women in Africa and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 b/w photos & an eight page colour insert 4 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBS; GTB; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299223809
- ISBN
- 9780299223809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.08€ 59.04
€ 64.08
€ 59.04
Hardcover. Offering a historical and cultural analysis of the late Ottoman period and Republican Turkey, this book collects Serif Mardin's seminal essays written throughout the span of his prolific career. These essays deal with the historical background, political travails, and socioeconomic metamorphosis of Turkey during a century of modernization. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 464 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DVT; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 34. Weight in Grams: 875.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628101
- ISBN
- 9780815628101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.58€ 55.99
€ 60.58
€ 55.99
Hardcover. This work explores the cultural and social developments of the USA during the 1970s and offers a survey of both 1970s popular culture and political, economic, and military developments. Central to the text is the belief that the 1970s were a time of betrayal and loss for the USA. Num Pages: 264 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JJPL; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629733
- ISBN
- 9780815629733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.74
€ 50.99
€ 42.74
Paperback. This work provides an account of the Church Universal Triumphant (CUT), from its modest origin as a tiny fragment of the esoteric community to its growth into a wealthy and formidable organization in the 1960s and early 1970s. It also covers its leader, Elizabeth Clare Prophet. Series: Religion and Politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HRCZ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630005
- ISBN
- 9780815630005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.39
€ 21.99
€ 20.39
Hardcover. This work shows how Buddhism has been as deeply affected by America as America has been affected by it. Buddhism is one of the world's oldest and most widely-practiced faiths, but in America it has a relatively short history. This work explores how Asian immigrants have brought Buddhism to America. Editor(s): Melton, John Gordon. Series: Faith in America. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HRE. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 189 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Facts on File Inc
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816049882
- ISBN
- 9780816049882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.51
€ 38.99
€ 33.51
This volume collects much of Walter K. Lew's poetry and arranges it into five thematic sections: his family's experience of Korea's turbulent history; the aesthetics of music and painting; death; eroticism; and mal, which means "language" in Korean. Num Pages: 136 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; DSBH; DSC; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819565105
- ISBN
- 9780819565105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.86
€ 16.99
€ 15.86