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Sino-Tibetan languages

Hardback. This book explores the interplay between ritual performance of the opera Mulian and gentrified mercantile lineages in late imperial Huizhou. It shows how local elites appropriated the opera, turning it into a medium for conveying orthodox values and religious precepts and for negotiating local social and gender issues in a rising money economy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables, 13 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750325
ISBN
9780804750325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.50

Paperback. A step-by-step workbook for learning to write standard style or regular script (kaishu). It is suitable for enthusiasts and students. Num Pages: 32 pages, illustrations, bibliog , further reading. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFL; WFU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 211 x 3. Weight in Grams: 182. Standard Script for Beginners. 32 pages, illustrations, bibliog , further reading. A step-by-step workbook for learning to write standard style or regular script (kaishu). It is suitable for enthusiasts and students. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFL; WFU. Dimension: 250 x 211 x 3. Weight: 182.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714124254
ISBN
9780714124254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. A collection of essays which use critical theory to reflect on issues pertaining to modern Chinese literature and culture. It addresses topics such as 20th-century literature produced in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China; film, art, history, popular culture, and literary and cultural criticism and the geographies of migration and diaspora. Editor(s): Chow, Rey. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822325970
ISBN
9780822325970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Hardcover. Num Pages: 316 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JD; 3JF; DSA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 263 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1872.
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884024095
ISBN
9780884024095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.30

Hardback. Num Pages: 456 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2GDC; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231055307
ISBN
9780231055307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.15
€ 90.24

Paperback. Suitable for learners of Mandarin Chinese, this dictionary provides a list of the 5,000 words and the 2,000 Chinese characters most commonly used in the language. Based on a fifty-million-word corpus composed of spoken, fiction, non-fiction and news texts, it provides the user with a detailed frequency-based list, as well as alphabetical index. Series: Routledge Frequency Dictionaries. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GDC; CBDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 706.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1 Blg
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415455862
ISBN
9780415455862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

Hardback. For centuries, readers of Tao Qian have felt directly addressed by his poetic voice. This book revisits Tao's approach to his readers by attempting to situate it within the particular poetics of address that characterized the Six Dynasties classicist tradition. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053212
ISBN
9780674053212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.10

Hardcover. Num Pages: 386 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDT; CFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 311 x 222 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1915.
Publisher
Shambhala
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570624162
ISBN
9781570624162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.34
€ 59.98

Paperback. A Chinese language programme that features a dramatic series filmed entirely in China. By combining a story line with a wealth of educational materials, it helps students progress from listening and speaking to the more difficult skills of reading and writing Chinese characters, building grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation skills along the way. Series: Encounters: Chinese Language and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJCW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Spi Wkb
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300161717
ISBN
9780300161717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.82

Paperback. .
Publisher
iEdutainments Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908869432
ISBN
9781908869432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Provides an annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations. Num Pages: 720 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1060.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126197
ISBN
9780691126197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. Provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous "Chin P'ing Mei", an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. Translator(s): Roy, David Tod. Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations. Num Pages: 520 pages, 40 illus. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
714
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691016146
ISBN
9780691016146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Hardback. By examining how narrative strategies reinforce or contest deterministic paradigms, this work describes modern Chinese fiction's contribution to ethical and literary debates over the possibility for meaningful moral action. It analyses discourses of agency and fatalism and the ethical import of narrative structures. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022676
ISBN
9780674022676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.19

Hardback. A fun and interactive way for children to listen to and learn 128 everyday Chinese words spoken by a native speaker. Select one of four double-sided topic cards, each with sixteen words and pictures about clothes, food, animals and more. Then slot the card into the book's special frame and press the pictures to hear the words read aloud. Illustrator(s): Bonnet, Rosalinde. Series: Listen & Learn. Num Pages: full colour throughout. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 4KHA; 5AC; YBGT1; YBLA1. Category: (JN) Preschool (0-5). Dimension: 220 x 253 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781474921268
ISBN
9781474921268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.14

Hardcover. Sarah M. Allen explores the tale literature of eighth- and ninth-century China to show how written tales of the Tang canon we know today grew out of a fluid culture of hearsay in elite society. The book focuses on two main types of tales, those based in gossip about recognizable public figures and those developed out of lore concerning the occult. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417205
ISBN
9780674417205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.07

Paperback. A follow-up volume that include all facets of Chinese life and culture in twelve central sections. Each begins with an overview of key characters before a presentation of the subject using those characters as a basis, providing insight into how Chinese thinking has shaped its language and civilization in a way that anyone can understand. Num Pages: 256 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBT; YQF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 240 x 180. .
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500292266
ISBN
9780500292266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.21

Paperback. Provides you the opportunity to practise writing Chinese characters. In this workbook, playful and appealing colour illustrations are interspersed with practical pages showing learners how to write the characters themselves. It also features short facts that illuminate the meaning of a character or the origin of its shape. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBT; YQF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 247 x 185 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500420607
ISBN
9780500420607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.29

Paperback. Introduces the radicals the key characters on which the language is built and reveals how they can be combined to form a wealth of more complex words and phrases. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 245 x 183 x 21. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500650288
ISBN
9780500650288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.51

Hardback. This work offers a mapping of the cultural landscape of China in the late 20th century. By focusing on Chinese cultural formations and critical discourses of the last decade of the century, the book dissects the intellectual, economic, and political contradictions of a turbulent era. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJ; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. .
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804738965
ISBN
9780804738965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.75

Hardback. After the 1911 fall of the Qing dynasty, many declared the classical Chinese poetic tradition dead. In this book, the author draws on extensive archival research into the poetry collections and literary journals of two generations of writers to challenge this claim and demonstrate the continuing significance of the classical form. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 788.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
488
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674726673
ISBN
9780674726673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.20

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