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Paperback. This volume aims both to establish cinema as a vital force in Shanghai culture and to direct attention to early Chinese cinema, a crucial chapter in Chinese cultural history long neglected by Western scholars. Editor(s): Zhang, Yingjin. Num Pages: 392 pages, 23 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804735728
- ISBN
- 9780804735728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.10
€ 42.99
€ 42.10
Hardcover. Num Pages: 87 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FBX; KF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 87
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606924303
- ISBN
- 9781606924303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.95€ 69.24
€ 99.95
€ 69.24
Hardcover. In this meditation on the relationship between East Asia and the United States, Warren I. Cohen examines how cultural influences have transformed - and benefited - both Asians and Americans. Series: The Edwin O.Reischauer Lectures. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KBB; JH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 191 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007659
- ISBN
- 9780674007659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.45
€ 47.99
€ 39.45
Hardcover. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Conflicts of Interest: Art and War in Modern Japan, presented at the Saint Louis Art Museum from October 16, 2016-January 8, 2017. Num Pages: 288 pages, 240 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACV; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7112 x 6147 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2223.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999814
- ISBN
- 9780295999814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.90
€ 52.90
This is a comprehensive ethnographic study about the Moso, a matrilineal group in Southwest China, whose unique traditions are bound to change accepted notions of marriage, kinship, the family, and gender relations. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table, 20 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761994
- ISBN
- 9780804761994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.58
€ 97.58
Paperback. In the reign of Ch'ien-lung emperor, Hungli, mass hysteria broke out. It was feared that sorcerers were roaming the land clipping off the ends of men's queues (braids worn by royal decree) and stealing their souls. Kuhn chronicles this epidemic of fear and the official prosecution of soulstealers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 254 x 58. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674821521
- ISBN
- 9780674821521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.29
€ 40.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. A powerful and moving account of the treatment of Raif Badawi, the Saudi blogger sentenced to 1000 lashes, as well as the story of his wife and their family's struggle. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 3JJPN; BGHA; JPVH1; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 25. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408707937
- ISBN
- 9781408707937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Focuses on the representations and stereotypes of South Asian characters in American film and television. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 208 pages, 17 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; APF; APT; GTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078934
- ISBN
- 9780252078934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.06
€ 28.06
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838548
- ISBN
- 9781843838548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.41
€ 113.41
Hardback. Presenting the masked theatre of Thailand as an ideal model of a performance structured and expressive human activity, this book suggests that performance, as a genre of aesthetic and religious import, may be further regarded as a significant theological agenda for Christian ritual praxis. Num Pages: 192 pages, 27 photographs, appendix, index. BIC Classification: 1FMT; AN; HRCM; HRCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761804154
- ISBN
- 9780761804154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.27
€ 104.27
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804715997
- ISBN
- 9780804715997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.43
€ 103.43
Num Pages: 160 pages, over 250 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; AJC; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1152.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764340390
- ISBN
- 9780764340390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 34.99
€ 53.99
€ 34.99
Hardback. Between 1751 and 1784, the Qianlong emperor embarked upon six southern tours, travelling from Beijing to Jiangnan and back. This study elucidates the tensions and the constant negotiations characterising the relationship between the imperial centre and Jiangnan, which straddled the two key provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 11 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024540
- ISBN
- 9780674024540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.13
€ 54.99
€ 45.13
Hardcover. Series: War and Military Culture in South Asia, 1757-1947. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 b/w illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBW; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909982918
- ISBN
- 9781909982918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.74€ 45.42
€ 58.74
€ 45.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSP1; JPVH; JPWH; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199466801
- ISBN
- 9780199466801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.15
€ 69.15
Paperback. Series: American School of Prehistoric Research Bulletins S. Num Pages: 108 pages, 108 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 200 x 7. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873655507
- ISBN
- 9780873655507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.50
€ 54.99
€ 45.50
Paperback. A companion volume to the exhibition of the same name at the Smart Museum of Art. With over eighty illustrated catalogue entries, it offers fresh insight into traditional Chinese culture, visual arts, and theater, and reveals how Chinese visual and performing traditions were aesthetically, ritually, and commercially intertwined. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935573558
- ISBN
- 9780935573558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 27.98
€ 35.99
€ 27.98
Hardback. This book focuses on the Middle East arms control process as it unfolded during the years 1992-1995, as part of the multilateral track of the Arab-Israeli peace process initiated in Madrid, October 1991. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845190286
- ISBN
- 9781845190286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Details Shanghai's beginnings as a treaty port in the mid-nineteenth century; its capitalist boom following the 1911 Revolution; the fifteen years of economic and social decline initiated by the Japanese invasion in 1937 and attempts at resistance; and the city's disgraced years under Communism. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 520 pages, 2 tables, 40 illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749053
- ISBN
- 9780804749053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.59
€ 36.99
€ 35.59
Hardcover. Editor(s): Wang, Yue; Ramburuth, Prem. Num Pages: 225 pages, Tables, graphs, charts. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 251 x 21. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608769087
- ISBN
- 9781608769087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.34€ 115.12
€ 169.34
€ 115.12
Hardback. Explores the generative crisis in understanding property's role in the constitution of a liberal polity, which intersected in Bengal with a new politics of peasant independence based on practices of commodity exchange. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition, 1 ed.
- SKU
- V9780520281684
- ISBN
- 9780520281684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.09€ 56.71
€ 74.09
€ 56.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 45 full-colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WBN; WBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580089654
- ISBN
- 9781580089654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.76
€ 26.99
€ 24.76
Paperback. An outstandingly written, action-packed memoir of a decorated British soldier's experience of fighting Taliban forces in Afghanistan in summer 2006. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pages colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pocket Books London
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847393999
- ISBN
- 9781847393999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Hardcover. This work analyzes the image Europe presented to Japan, deliberately or otherwise, from the mid-16th century to the end of the 18th century. It covers developments in Japanese culture and civilization during 300 years of interaction between Japanese and Europeans. Translator(s): Bell, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 276 pages, b&w and colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; GTB; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268027612
- ISBN
- 9780268027612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.10
€ 43.10