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Paperback. * Provides a complete history of the region from 8000 BC to the present day. * Covers all varieties of history from cultural and social to economic and environmental. . Series: Blackwell History of the World. Num Pages: 656 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3D; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 176 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214472
- ISBN
- 9780631214472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.03
€ 55.03
Paperback. Nicole F. Watts sheds light not only on the particular situation of Kurds in Turkey, but also on the challenges, risks, and potential benefits for comparable movements operating in less-than-fully democratic contexts. Series: Studies in Modernity and National Identity. Num Pages: 208 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990507
- ISBN
- 9780295990507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.75
€ 36.99
€ 35.75
Paperback. This new study presents striking parallels in both ethnic (non-European) and folk (European) traditional costumes and ornaments made with silver and glass. From Sudan, Guinea Coast, East and South Africa, Alps, Baltic Sea, Russia, Afghanistan, and Himalaya, these examples display a common sense of beauty among many distant peoples. Num Pages: 160 pages, 484 color photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1H; JFCK; WCP; WFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764311451
- ISBN
- 9780764311451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.89
€ 36.99
€ 24.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 recorded music items. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; JPSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166225
- ISBN
- 9780231166225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 45.72
€ 58.80
€ 45.72
Hardback. Theorists of autobiography tend to emphasize the centrality of the individual against the community. By contrast, in her reading of Hebrew autobiography, Tamar Hess identifies the textual presence and function of the collective and its interplay with the Israeli self. What characterizes the ten writers she examines is the idea of a national self, a Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLX; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688795
- ISBN
- 9781611688795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.97€ 66.52
€ 79.97
€ 66.52
Hardback. Serving as a study of Chinese-language films, this title emphasizes the transnational nature of contemporary Chinese cinema. It provides readings of most of the important films of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and explores the interactions and transactions among these films and between Chinese cinema and Hollywood. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742554498
- ISBN
- 9780742554498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.03
€ 143.03
Hardcover. Describes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries. Num Pages: 424 pages, 6 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HRE; HRLP7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226031873
- ISBN
- 9780226031873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.79€ 81.15
€ 98.79
€ 81.15
Paperback. Series: The Wilder House Series in Politics, History & Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801497582
- ISBN
- 9780801497582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.56
€ 46.99
€ 45.56
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- THAMES & HUDSON
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500970454
- ISBN
- 9780500970454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.08€ 83.54
€ 85.08
€ 83.54
Hardback. Designing Modern Japan is a unique, comprehensive history of Japanese design, exploring the emergence and development of fashion, graphic, product and automotive design in Japan. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 colour, 80 black and white. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACX; AKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 171. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780232027
- ISBN
- 9781780232027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.34
€ 46.99
€ 38.34
hardcover. Drawing on newly available archival case records, this book demonstrates that Chinese women's rights to property changed substantially from the Song through the Qing dynasties, and even more dramatically under the Republican Civil Code of 1929-30. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735261
- ISBN
- 9780804735261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.48
€ 135.48
Hardcover. By the lead commissioner of the UN investigation, an authoritative account of Benazir Bhutto's assassination. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; JPH; JPWL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 244 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393062915
- ISBN
- 9780393062915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.23
€ 27.99
€ 24.23
Paperback. This volume brings together original documents, memorandums, and writings of B.R. Ambedkar to highlight his contribution to the development of exclusion and inclusive policies. Editor(s): Thorat, Sukhadeo; Kumar, Narender. Num Pages: 404 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; HBTR; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 439.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198063506
- ISBN
- 9780198063506
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Condition: New
€ 41.90
€ 41.90
Paperback. In Tourist Distractions Youngmin Choe uses Korean hallyu cinema as a lens to examine the importance of tourist films and film tourism in creating transnational bonds throughout East Asia and how they help Korea negotiate its twentieth-century history with the neoliberal present. Num Pages: 264 pages, 87 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; APFA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822361305
- ISBN
- 9780822361305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KNSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 9. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634842686
- ISBN
- 9781634842686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 115.24€ 86.97
€ 115.24
€ 86.97
Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 32. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740449
- ISBN
- 9780804740449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.91
€ 108.91
Hardcover. Editor(s): Macleod, Tim S. Num Pages: 302 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 22. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607411970
- ISBN
- 9781607411970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.41€ 93.34
€ 136.41
€ 93.34
Paperback. Focusing upon Hollywood's portrayal of Asian races, this study describes how social taboos concerning Orientals helped to perpetuate social and racial inequality in the USA. The author's discussion covers early silent films, later classics such as "Shanghai Express" and the recurring geisha movies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; APFA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520084957
- ISBN
- 9780520084957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Thousands of once-familiar items of ceramic, paper, glass, celluloid, wood, and papier-mch marked "Made in Occupied Japan" were shipped to the U.S. and the U. K. Today, these items have increased in value and are avidly collected. The book presents over 400 color photos of the items and shows 133 different manufacturers' marks. Num Pages: 208 pages, 405 color photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1196.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887403781
- ISBN
- 9780887403781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.09€ 38.86
€ 54.09
€ 38.86
Hardback. Series: Global Research Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFD; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018397
- ISBN
- 9780253018397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.54
€ 85.54
Hardcover. An enormous number of burial objects have been unearthed from ancient tombs in archaeological excavations in China. These mingqi were made in all kinds of materials and in a broad range of forms, techniques and craftsmanship. This book examines a particular type of mingqi - pottery building. Num Pages: 272 pages, 330 b/w & 20 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845193218
- ISBN
- 9781845193218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Paperback. Although the "I Ching" is an Eastern classic, it contains perspectives and ideas about the social and human situation, which western sociologists may find useful as a tool for understanding their world. This book interprets the 64 hexagrams of "I Ching" as keys to understanding society. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HPDF; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761817994
- ISBN
- 9780761817994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.67
€ 111.67
Paperback. Through an ethnography of the Dhanka in Jaipur, this book brings you inside an imaginative work of the long-marginalized tribal communities. It shows how they must affirm and refute their tribal status on a range of levels, from domestic interactions to historical representation, by relegating their status to the past. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226253046
- ISBN
- 9780226253046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.41
€ 32.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. In the 1930s and 1940s, the prevalent American view of China was that of a friendly, democratic, and increasingly Christian state, in many ways akin to the United States. This book shows how the notion of the Chinese as aspiring Americans helped shape American opinion and policies toward Asia. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 illustrations, halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736541
- ISBN
- 9780804736541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35