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Paperback. What is it like to be a Westerner teaching political philosophy in an officially Marxist state? Why do Chinese sex workers sing karaoke with their customers? And why do some Communist Party cadres get promoted if they care for their elderly parents? This title provides an account of Chinese culture and debunks various stereotypes. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145853
ISBN
9780691145853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.29

paperback. Fisher examines how China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) remains critical to the existence of the Chinese Communist government and looks at China's political and military actions designed to protect its expanded strategic interests in both the Asia-Pacific and Central to Near-Asian regions. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804771955
ISBN
9780804771955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 271 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231179744
ISBN
9780231179744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.49
€ 49.91

Hardback. China's future is arguably the most consequential question in global affairs. Having enjoyed unprecedented levels of growth, China is at a critical juncture in the development of its economy, society, polity, national security and international relations. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JPS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509507139
ISBN
9781509507139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.63
€ 49.52

Paperback. China's future is arguably the most consequential question in global affairs. Having enjoyed unprecedented levels of growth, China is at a critical juncture in the development of its economy, society, polity, national security and international relations. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JPS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509507146
ISBN
9781509507146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.07

Paperback. An eminent China expert considers how the Chinese Communist Party will be removed from power and democratic transition will take place. Num Pages: 320 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130851
ISBN
9780231130851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.95

Hardback. An eminent China expert considers how the Chinese Communist Party will be removed from power and democratic transition will take place. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130844
ISBN
9780231130844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.88
€ 81.36

Hardback. China's efforts to modernize yielded a kleptocracy characterized by corruption, wealth inequality, and social tensions. Rejecting conventional platitudes about the resilience of Party rule, Minxin Pei gathers unambiguous evidence that beneath China's facade of ever-expanding prosperity and power lies a Leninist state in an advanced stage of decay. Num Pages: 316 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBJF; JPA; JPZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737297
ISBN
9780674737297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.63

Paperback. Nathan explored the roots of the Tiananmen tragedy in Deng Xiaoping's ten-year reform. How will cultural values and attitudes shape China's political development? What will be the impact of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the West? Drawing on ground-breaking empirical research, Nathan measures the expectations of individual Chinese and their attitudes toward government and democracy. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 242 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072854
ISBN
9780231072854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. Few issues affect the future of China - and hence all the nations that interact with China - more than the nature of its ruling party and government. This work assesses the strengths and weaknesses, durability, adaptability, and potential longevity of China's Communist Party (CCP). Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260078
ISBN
9780520260078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPH; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784535063
ISBN
9781784535063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.49
€ 41.80

paperback. Editor(s): Ross, Robert S.; Feng, Zhu; Star, Susan Leigh. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 336 pages, 21. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474446
ISBN
9780801474446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.44

Hardback. Editor(s): Schwartz, Rita. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS; KCM; KNBT; RNFY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
115
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634831666
ISBN
9781634831666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.30
€ 142.65

Hardback. Editor(s): White, Dominic. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634841313
ISBN
9781634841313
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 228.65
€ 169.93

Hardback. Editor(s): Carpenter, Emily E. Num Pages: 119 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPA; JWA; JWG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 243 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634829250
ISBN
9781634829250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.30
€ 143.42

Hardback. Asks why it is that China despite its size and once advanced culture and technology did not become a world power? This book traces the answer through Chinese innate sense of superiority which made foreign conquest and trade an irrelevance. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750946834
ISBN
9780750946834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.35

Paperback. China is a rising economic and political power. But what is the message of this rise? Tongdong Bai addresses this increasingly pressing question by examining the rich history of political theories and practices from China's past, and showing how it impacts upon the present. Series: World Political Theories. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 140 x 215 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780320755
ISBN
9781780320755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.37

paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRA; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Human Rights Watch United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564322241
ISBN
9781564322241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.20

Hardcover. Editor(s): Finn, Jerald D. Num Pages: 221 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 266 x 193 x 22. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604560527
ISBN
9781604560527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.66
€ 69.24

Hardcover. Num Pages: 406 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; 1FPC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 172 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publisher
Manohar Publishers and Distributors India
Number of pages
406
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9788173047619
ISBN
9788173047619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.28

Paperback. "A report of the CSIS Energy and National Security Program." Series: CSIS Reports. Num Pages: 52 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S. United States
Number of pages
52
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892066711
ISBN
9780892066711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Paperback. "An ambitious and impressive undertaking that makes a significant contribution to the understanding of how international regimes function and how China interacts with the international order."--R. Randle Edwards, Columbia University Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPSN1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216813
ISBN
9780812216813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.08

Hardback. Series: Center for International Studies, Princeton University. Num Pages: 610 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1257.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
610
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691631714
ISBN
9780691631714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 269.70
€ 199.61

Hardcover. Editor(s): Costa, Meredith A.; Silva, Jeremy P. Num Pages: 173 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPCW; 1KBB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 188 x 16. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613244234
ISBN
9781613244234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 333.01
€ 223.97

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