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Society & culture: general

Paperback. An introduction to Japanese history and culture. This fourth edition includes expanded sections on numerous topics, among which are samurai values, Zen Buddhism, the tea ceremony, Confucianism in the Tokugawa period, the story of the 47 "ronin", and mass culture in contemporary times. Num Pages: 384 pages, 72 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Edition
Updated and Exp
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824821524
ISBN
9780824821524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.27

Paperback. This is a synthesis of Japanese history, religion, culture and social organization. The book explores the Japanese historical legacy and its impact on the Japanese experience of modernity, eschewing the polemicism of structuralist or culturalist approaches in favour of a comparative analysis. Num Pages: 596 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 37. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
596
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226195582
ISBN
9780226195582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Traces the struggles and achievements of Japanese Americans in claiming their place in American society. This title outlines three forces shaping ethnic groups in general: shared interests, shared institutions, and shared culture, and chronicles the Japanese American experience within this framework. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813544335
ISBN
9780813544335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.73

paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, tabs. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780295973760
ISBN
9780295973760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479821785
ISBN
9781479821785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479810796
ISBN
9781479810796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

paperback. Covering the full spectrum of political, economic, diplomatic as well as cultural and intellectual history, this classroom resource offers insight not only into the past but also into Japan's contemporary civilisation. This volume (the first of two) covers up to the late 18th century. Num Pages: 322 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3D; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Routledge United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563249075
ISBN
9781563249075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.26

Paperback. Japan-Africa Relations seeks to study the complex nature of the dynamics of power relations between Japan and Africa since the Bandung Conference in 1955, with an emphasis on the period starting from the 1970s up to the present. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349382033
ISBN
9781349382033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

hardcover. Explores the Japanese motivations in raising the proposal for racial equality at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. Offering new insights, this is the first comprehensive analysis of an historically significant event. Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415172073
ISBN
9780415172073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.91

Hardcover. Series: East Asian Monograph. Num Pages: 178 pages, 1ill.5M. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674471924
ISBN
9780674471924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.57

Hardback. This study focuses on the regional and local impact of the globalization of Japanese businesses, particularly Toyota, in the United States. For example, 15 years after Toyota announced it would build a manufacturing plant in the heart of Bluegrass, Kentucky crafts help sell Camrys in Japan. Editor(s): Karan, Pradyumna P. Num Pages: 256 pages, 37 b&w photographs, 53 maps, 37 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBBSK; 1M; GTB; JFC; KCL; KJK; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 943.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813121970
ISBN
9780813121970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 black & white halftones, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACV; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152815
ISBN
9780231152815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Hardcover. This multidisciplinary collection of essays represents studies on Japan and Korea mainly from the Nordic countries, but also from other parts of Europe, and from the USA, Canada, Korea and Japan. The full range of contemporary Japanese studies is covered. Editor(s): Frellesvig, Bjarke; Starrs, Roy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 868.
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772886893
ISBN
9788772886893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Number of pages
307
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349626595
ISBN
9781349626595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.96
€ 45.34

Paperback. Scholars of history, anthropology, literature, and film explore the transformations in Japanese politics, culture, and society since Japan s recession of the early 1990s. Editor(s): Yoda, Tomiko; Harootunian, Harry. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338130
ISBN
9780822338130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. .
Publisher
Kuperard
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857338607
ISBN
9781857338607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 40 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 104 x 89 x 2. Weight in Grams: 88.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Kar-Ben Copies Ltd United States
Number of pages
40
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822570509
ISBN
9780822570509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.33

Hardback. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810858022
ISBN
9780810858022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.73

Hardback. Drawing on extensive archival research as well as the biographical and literary tradition surrounding William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, this book argues that Jane Morris is a figure who complicates current understandings of Victorian female subjectivity because she does not fit neatly into Victorian categories of feminine identity. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641277
ISBN
9780748641277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58
€ 102.03

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 35.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762778805
ISBN
9780762778805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.91

Hardback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 31 hts. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; JFFK; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190656454
ISBN
9780190656454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.39

Hardback. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 240 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474419130
ISBN
9781474419130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58
€ 102.41

Paperback. With a new introduction by the authors, this paperback edition of Jane Austen and the Fiction of Culture takes the complete body of work of a major novelist as the basis for rethinking ethnographic representation and cross-cultural analysis. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847690480
ISBN
9780847690480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.79

Hardcover. In this landmark biography, Jane Addams becomes America's most admired and most hated woman-and wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBTB; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 280 x 29. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393071658
ISBN
9780393071658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.63

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