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Sino-Tibetan languages

Contemporary Taiwanese literature has often been neglected and misrepresented by literary historians both inside and outside of Taiwan. Chang provides a comprehensive and fluent history of late twentieth-century Taiwanese literature by placing this vibrant tradition within the contexts of a modernizing local economy, a globalizing world economy, and a postcolonial and post-Cold War world order. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 2GDC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231132343
ISBN
9780231132343
Condition: New

€ 98.13

Hardcover. This text explores the issues of nation and modernity in China by focusing on the work of Zhou Zuoren, a controversial Chinese intellectual and brother of the writer Lu Xun Zhou was radically at odds with many of his contemporaries and opposed their nation-building and modernization projects. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002388
ISBN
9780674002388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.34

Paperback. Uses techniques to put beginning learners of Mandarin Chinese on the path toward mastery. This book aims to lead students to adopt Chinese as one of their own languages and not to regard it as an object of study and translation. It features texts in traditional and simplified Chinese characters, and includes a Chinese introduction for teachers. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 616 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 281 x 213 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Rev Blg
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691129914
ISBN
9780691129914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 104.64
€ 80.25

Paperback. Features lessons that are relevant to everyday life, concentrating on training of the ear and tongue in the sound system of Chinese. This title includes grammar notes, with attention to mistakes English-speakers are likely to make, and a sequenced character workbook embodying a practical approach to the learning of Chinese characters. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 144 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CF; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691036946
ISBN
9780691036946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Hardback. Fiction and drama repeatedly pose questions concerning relations both among people and between people and their possessions: What ties individuals together, whether permanently or temporarily? When can ownership be transferred, and when does an object define its owner? This book traces how these political questions were addressed in fiction. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031562
ISBN
9780674031562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. Focusing on two late-Ming or early-Qing plays central to the Chinese canon (Peony Pavilion and Peach Blossom Fan), this study explores crucial questions concerning personal identity. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSA; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804737111
ISBN
9780804737111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.79

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 462 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
462
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635293
ISBN
9780691635293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.66

Paperback. Written from a feminist perspective, this is a cultural and ideological study of modern China as seen in the writing of experimental fiction, one of the main attempts to subvert the conventions of socialist realism in contemporary Chinese literature. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724647
ISBN
9780804724647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.83

paperback. This study traces the development of Chinese writing from the earliest inscriptions to the advent of printing, organizing its history with significant attention to the tools used for these acts. In this revised edition Edward L.Shaughnessy contributes a new introduction. Num Pages: 234 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CF; GL; HBJF; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226814162
ISBN
9780226814162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Hardback. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939161628
ISBN
9781939161628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.85

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Traditional character ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804839358
ISBN
9780804839358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.21

Cards. .
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing United States
Number of pages
64
Publication date
2008
Edition
Simplified Character Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804839396
ISBN
9780804839396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.85

Cards. Editor(s): Tuttle Publishing; Tuttle Publishing. Series: Tuttle Flash Cards. BIC Classification: 2GDC; YQF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 145 x 41. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing United States
Publication date
2008
Edition
Simplified character ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804839365
ISBN
9780804839365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Capturing the literary quality of "The Art of War", this book presents the core text in two different formats. It allows readers to form their own first impressions of the ancient words of wisdom ascribed to Sun-tzu. It includes an introduction, chronologies, suggested readings, and other apparatus. Translator(s): Minford, John. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143105756
ISBN
9780143105756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.53

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Mistry, Nilesh. Series: Early Years. Num Pages: 24 pages, colour illustration. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GDC; YBC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 215 x 88 x 3. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Mantra Lingua United Kingdom
Number of pages
24
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852691615
ISBN
9781852691615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 365 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDCC; CBDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
IBS Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908357540
ISBN
9781908357540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.03

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Mantra Lingua United Kingdom
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852699307
ISBN
9781852699307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.75

Paperback. Including works of varied genres from fiction and poetry to folk stories and elegies, travelogues and jokes to criticism and theory, this wide-ranging collection brings together more than two thousand years of great works in one portable volume. Editor(s): Mair, Victor H. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 1376 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DQ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 234 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1952.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
1376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231074292
ISBN
9780231074292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.23
€ 68.61

Paperback. Series: Grammar Workbooks. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDCC; CJBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 232 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415815598
ISBN
9780415815598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.48

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415815611
ISBN
9780415815611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.38

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