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Hardcover. Although the two representations of Paekche history differ markedly the underlying problem faced by both the twelfth century and the twenty first century historian is essentially the same, fashioning a responsible and reasonably coherent history of the kingdom, from the meagre, fragmentary evidence. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 500 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 43. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019577
- ISBN
- 9780674019577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.92€ 54.40
€ 59.92
€ 54.40
Paperback. Chinese Chess, or Elephant Chess, has intrigued game lovers for centuries. The Chinese game requires players to master subtle variations of strategy. This guide introduces Chinese chess to Westerners, discussing the board, and the movement and value of the pieces. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350. Chinese Chess, or Elephant Chess, has intrigued game lovers for centuries. The Chinese game requires players to master subtle variations of strategy. This guide introduces Chinese chess to Westerners, discussing the board, and the movement and value of the pieces. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KKD0000745
- ISBN
- 9780804835084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.28
€ 7.28
Hardback. This book provides a survey of India's foreign policy towards and external relations with different countries:China, US, UK, Germany, France, Afghanistan, Israel, Russia Japan, South Korea, Africa, Latin America, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka since Independence. Editor(s): Gunguly, Sumit. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJP; 3JM; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 38. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199458325
- ISBN
- 9780199458325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.42
€ 76.42
Hardback. Nikhil Anand explores the politics of Mumbai's water infrastructure to demonstrate how citizenship and the rights through which to make demands on the state for public services emerges through the relations between residents, plumbers, politicians, engineers, and the 3000 miles of pipe that bind them. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362548
- ISBN
- 9780822362548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBWS4; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 327 x 18. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing Australia
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781925377026
- ISBN
- 9781925377026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.12
€ 35.99
€ 26.12
Paperback. This pioneering collection of 15 essays argues that Japan's medieval age began in the 14th century rather than the 12th, and marks the beginning of a fundamentally new debate about how Japan's lengthy classical period finally ended. Editor(s): Mass, Jeffrey P. Num Pages: 524 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804743792
- ISBN
- 9780804743792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.17
€ 40.99
€ 40.17
Hardcover. Editor(s): Chan, Zenobia C. Y. Num Pages: 211 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 263 x 19. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607416180
- ISBN
- 9781607416180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.45€ 137.67
€ 203.45
€ 137.67
Paperback. Opium is more than just a drug extracted from poppies. This title shows that the opium trade was not purely a British operation but involved Chinese merchants, Chinese state agents, and Japanese imperialists as well. Editor(s): Brook, Timothy; Wakabayashi, Bob Tadashi. Num Pages: 458 pages, 15 b/w illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBG; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Second Edition
- SKU
- V9780520222366
- ISBN
- 9780520222366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.68
€ 40.99
€ 28.68
Hardback. This volume examines class, gender and work in Tiruppur, South India, where export of knitted garments has been led by a networked fraternity of owners as hinging on their "toil". This book asks how these self-made men drew from their agrarian past to turn Gounder toil into capital. Num Pages: 408 pages, 24 tables, 28 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFS; JFSF; JHBL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 29. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748735
- ISBN
- 9780804748735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.03
€ 81.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 133 pages, tables, maps, graphs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 133
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608763214
- ISBN
- 9781608763214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.90€ 51.35
€ 72.90
€ 51.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520240339
- ISBN
- 9780520240339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.51
€ 83.50
€ 63.51
hardcover. Editor(s): Renouf, Alice; Ryan-Maher, Mary Beth. Num Pages: 246 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPR; 3JMC; BJ; DQ; VSW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781442212695
- ISBN
- 9781442212695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.61
€ 131.61
Hardcover. This volume offers overviews and syntheses in various areas of the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Contributors provide information about the community that produced the scrolls; they then survey the current situation with regard to Qumram law, worship and wisdom, eschatology, and scripture. Editor(s): Ulrich, Eugene C.; VanderKam, James C. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HRJ; HRLB; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Univ of Notre Dame Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268008024
- ISBN
- 9780268008024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.40
€ 114.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 189 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University East Asia Program United States
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885445018
- ISBN
- 9781885445018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.89
€ 12.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 178 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 304 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764352027
- ISBN
- 9780764352027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.09€ 38.86
€ 54.09
€ 38.86
Paperback. Centered around an ethnographic case study of a dragon king temple, this book examines the social and political dynamics underlying the revival of popular religion in contemporary rural China. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 table, 13 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HR; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761000
- ISBN
- 9780804761000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
In the wake of evidence demonstrating the irreparable damage humans have inflicted on the planet, some have adopted a defeatist attitude toward environmental crises. This book illustrates how local groups in both Japan and the United States are refusing to surrender the earth to a depleted and polluted fate. Editor(s): Karan, Pradyumna P.; Suganuma, Unryu. Num Pages: 336 pages, 60 photographs, 17 illustrations, 29 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; RGL; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124889
- ISBN
- 9780813124889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.35
€ 51.35
Hardcover. Provides an analysis of two Islamist political parties in Pakistan, the highly influential Jama'at-e-Islami and the more militant Jama'at-ud-Da'wa, widely blamed for the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. This title offers an account of the relationship between the ideology of secularism and the processes of secularization. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226384689
- ISBN
- 9780226384689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 77.43
€ 94.08
€ 77.43
Hardback. "The Law Code of Visnu" ("Vaisnava-dharmasastra") is one of the of the ancient Indian legal texts composed around the seventh century ce in Kashmir. This title contains a critical edition of the Sanskrit text based on fifteen manuscripts, an annotated English translation, and an introduction evaluating its textual history. Editor(s): Olivelle, Patrick. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 560 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2B; 2BM; CJB; DSBB; HBJF; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674051393
- ISBN
- 9780674051393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.76
€ 54.99
€ 45.76
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574889765
- ISBN
- 9781574889765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.44
€ 18.99
€ 18.44
Hardback. Num Pages: 770 pages, 281 black & white illustrations, 162 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 770
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319242729
- ISBN
- 9783319242729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 371.56
€ 371.56
Paperback. An exploration of how and why food matters in the culture and literature of the South Asian diaspora Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- American Literatures Initiative
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439900789
- ISBN
- 9781439900789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
€ 33.99
€ 33.59
hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 49. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bravo Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061721502
- ISBN
- 9780061721502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.61
€ 40.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. Tracing Japan's religions from the Hein Period through the middle ages and into modernity, this book explores the unique establishment of Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism in Japan, as well as the later influence of Roman Catholicism, and the problem of Restoration--both spiritual and material--following World War II. Num Pages: 475 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; HRKN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 475
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231028387
- ISBN
- 9780231028387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.20
€ 46.99
€ 33.20