Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Eric Fish provides compelling portraits of young Chinese as they struggle to cope with their country's wrenching socioeconomic and demographic transition after years of lofty expectations. He deftly captures their hopes, disillusionment, and rebellion in a system that is scrambling to keep them in line as they increasingly refuse to conform. Num Pages: 268 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; JFSP2; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442248830
- ISBN
- 9781442248830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.55
€ 90.55
Hardback. This volume brings together scholars from different disciplines and nations to examine and assess the effectiveness of China's soft power initiatives in Africa. It throws light not only on China's engagement with Africa but also on how China's increasing influence is received in the African media. Editor(s): Zhang, Xiaoling; Wasserman, Herman; Mano, Winston. Series: Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137545657
- ISBN
- 9781137545657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.92
€ 100.92
Hardback. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JP; KCP; KCS; KNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 483.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349951567
- ISBN
- 9781349951567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.38
€ 124.38
Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KB; AVGC9; AVGE; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040566
- ISBN
- 9780252040566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.47
€ 132.47
Paperback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KB; AVGC9; AVGE; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252082030
- ISBN
- 9780252082030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. Translator(s): Baker, Timothy D., Jr.; Duke, Michael S. Series: Masters of Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 632 pages, Halftones: 62,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231159203
- ISBN
- 9780231159203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.28€ 100.69
€ 134.28
€ 100.69
Paperback. Translator(s): Baker, Timothy D., Jr.; Duke, Michael S. Series: Masters of Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 632 pages, 62 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 848. A New Cultural History. Series: Masters of Chinese Studies. 632 pages, 62 black & white halftones. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFC. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 31. Weight: 848. Translator(s): Baker, Timothy D., Jr.; Duke, Michael S.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231159210
- ISBN
- 9780231159210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.07
€ 50.99
€ 36.07
paperback. 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; 3JJ; DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804742047
- ISBN
- 9780804742047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 45.98
€ 47.99
€ 45.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 294 pages, 73 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1MBN; JFFS; JPS; KCLT; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 219 x 2. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137522276
- ISBN
- 9781137522276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.52
€ 124.52
Paperback. Editor(s): Powell, Jason L. BIC Classification: JFSP31. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621009153
- ISBN
- 9781621009153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.67€ 52.37
€ 73.67
€ 52.37
paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10ill.3fig.5M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816646159
- ISBN
- 9780816646159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.77
€ 19.99
€ 19.77
Paperback. During China's Cultural Revolution, Chairman Mao Zedong's "rustication program" resettled seventeen million urban youths, known as "sent downs," to the countryside for manual labor and socialist reeducation. This book examines the mechanisms and dynamics of state craft in China, from the rustication program's inception to its termination. Series: Public Management and Change Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 text boxes, 7 b&w photos, 3 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JFSF; JFSP2; JPFC; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589019874
- ISBN
- 9781589019874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.82
€ 71.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484766
- ISBN
- 9780801484766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.41
€ 44.99
€ 39.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press Chicago
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226239576
- ISBN
- 9780226239576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83
paperback. Fine clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- SKU
- KTJ0025425
- ISBN
- 9780349108742
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This study looks at the way that the consumption of commodities defined by the concept of nationality not only helped create the idea of "modern China" but also became the primary means by which the Chinese learned to see themselves as citizens of a modern nation. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 425 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 425
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012141
- ISBN
- 9780674012141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
Paperback. A unique insider's view of the most important forces shaping our era-the rise of global satellite news and the rise of China. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFD; JPVK; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847693184
- ISBN
- 9780847693184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.58
€ 21.58
Hardback. This collection offers a critical reexamination of the development and current status of comparative literature studies that engage the literary practices of both China and the West. In so doing, it attempts to refashion literary methodologies and cultural theories in Chinese studies. Editor(s): Zhang, Yingjin. Num Pages: 324 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731867
- ISBN
- 9780804731867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.60
€ 183.60
Paperback. Editor(s): Gerstlacher, Anna; Miosga, Margit. Series: Spinifex Travel and Culture S. Num Pages: 358 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1; WTM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559404
- ISBN
- 9781875559404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.88
€ 26.99
€ 18.88
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845205157
- ISBN
- 9781845205157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.28
€ 50.99
€ 42.28
Paperback. So, and Lu Zhang. Editor(s): Hung, Ho-fung. Series: Themes in Global Social Change. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFS; JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801893087
- ISBN
- 9780801893087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.45
€ 35.99
€ 30.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTB; JF; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745335377
- ISBN
- 9780745335377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.01€ 83.19
€ 101.01
€ 83.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFS; KCG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415504010
- ISBN
- 9780415504010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.81
€ 88.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 638 pages, 880 colour photos & 33 maps. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 151 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 638
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789889979942
- ISBN
- 9789889979942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.71
€ 19.00
€ 15.71