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Paperback. Illustrator(s): Ng, Lee Po. Num Pages: 220 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881900319
- ISBN
- 9789881900319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
Paperback. Courtesans, Concubines, and the Cult of Female Fidelity traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries. By taking women and men's relationships with women seriously, this book makes a case for the centrality of gender relations in the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970649
- ISBN
- 9780674970649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.35
€ 34.99
€ 29.35
paperback. During the second world war Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships Lomax suffered for years until, with the help of his wife Patti and the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FM; BGHA; HBJF; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099582311
- ISBN
- 9780099582311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.64
€ 13.99
€ 10.64
Hardcover. Using case studies from seven Asian countries, this volume examines why people move from rural to urban areas, how globalization affects such movements, and the synergies between globalization, urbanization, and migration. Editor(s): Beall, Jo; Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb; Kanbur, Ravi. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations map. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JFSG; KCM; KCU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198078531
- ISBN
- 9780198078531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.58
€ 69.58
Hardback. As cities all over the world have urbanized rapidly after the industrial revolution, most cities have confronted environmental problems such as poor air and water quality, high levels of traffic congestion and ambient noise. This book brings the lessons from innovative urban risk management approaches in Asian cities. Editor(s): Shaw, Rajib; Srinivas, Hari; Sharma, Anshu. Series: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFSG; RNP; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781848559066
- ISBN
- 9781848559066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.93
€ 141.93
paperback. 'A 'Must' read for anyone interested in the debate about globalization and its discontents.' Joseph H.H. Weiler, Jean Monnet Professor of Law, NYU School of Law Num Pages: 424 pages, 45 figures/10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745316758
- ISBN
- 9780745316758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.16
€ 42.99
€ 28.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 129.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Counterpoint
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619024434
- ISBN
- 9781619024434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.79
€ 15.99
€ 13.79
Hardback. This book examines when and how international commerce can come to flourish in the presence of international political tensions and rivalry, and focuses in particular on the relationship across the Taiwan Strait. Series: Studies in Asian Security. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 tables, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPCW; JPS; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762038
- ISBN
- 9780804762038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.15
€ 136.15
Hardcover. Num Pages: 190 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBG; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Clear Light Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574160659
- ISBN
- 9781574160659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 35.03
€ 53.99
€ 35.03
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 804 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 804
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691616094
- ISBN
- 9780691616094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.60€ 92.41
€ 123.60
€ 92.41
hardcover. Series: Eyes Books Series. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780938960546
- ISBN
- 9780938960546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.06
€ 83.06
Paperback. This study examines the ethnic dimension of development issues within a theoretical framework. Case histories are included from Africa, Latin America and Asia, which illustrate the role of ethnicity in the development process. Editor(s): Dwyer, Denis; Drakakis-Smith, David W. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KLC; 1KLS; GTF; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471963547
- ISBN
- 9780471963547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 369.50
€ 369.50
Paperback. Dan Pagis (1930-1986) spent three of his adolescent years in a Nazi camp before arriving in Palestine in 1946. He became one of the most vibrant voices in modern Israeli poetry and is considered a major world poet of his generation. This title features translated poems, in which, Dan Pagis' voice can be heard celebrating the human spirit. Translator(s): Mitchell, Stephen. Series: Literature of the Middle East. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 2ABM; DCF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 36.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520205390
- ISBN
- 9780520205390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.41
€ 33.99
€ 24.41
The Arc. A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State.
Suisman, Doug; Simon, Steven; Robinson, Glenn...
Paperback. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JPP; KCM; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 292 x 178 x 6. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- RAND United States
- Edition
- 3
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833051202
- ISBN
- 9780833051202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.28
€ 35.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. An ethnographic analysis of the ways that, during the 1990s, Turkish citizens began to express nostalgia for the secularist and nationalist foundations of the Turkish Republic. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1DVP; 1F; GTB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338956
- ISBN
- 9780822338956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.02
€ 28.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bridge21 Publications, LLC United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626430372
- ISBN
- 9781626430372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.28
€ 97.28
Hardback. Well known as a scholar of Asian culture, de Bary examines the concepts of self-understanding and self-cultivation in neo-Confucian thought from the 12th to the 17th centuries, in relation to the social, political, and scholarly roles of educated men in late imperial China. Rejecting the notion that Series: Neo-Confucian Studies S. Num Pages: 461 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HP; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 461
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074261
- ISBN
- 9780231074261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.83€ 84.01
€ 111.83
€ 84.01
Paperback. Born only five years after Pakistan was created in 1947, the author has lived his country's history. This title provides an insider's view of a country unfamiliar to a western audience. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1FKP; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857500649
- ISBN
- 9780857500649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.37
€ 16.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. Analyzes writers and gurus, literary texts and religious movements, and the political uses of religion alongside the literary expressions of religious teachers, showing the cosmopolitan interconnections between the Indian subcontinent, the British Empire, and the American New Age. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; 1QDB; CFB; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118284
- ISBN
- 9780691118284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
hardcover. Destined to become the classic introduction to the wonderful world of Japanese cooking. Num Pages: 240 pages, Full colour photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 248 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1184.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Absolute Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781906650575
- ISBN
- 9781906650575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.40
€ 25.99
€ 18.40
This book analyses the social, cultural and political consequences of the telegraph in British India between 1850 and 1930. It demonstrates in how far the telegraph influenced and changed newspaper reportage in British India and, at the same time, to what extend it influenced the Indian national movement after the turn of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTQ; KNTJ; KNTT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199472178
- ISBN
- 9780199472178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.30
€ 69.30
Paperback. Presents statistics on the ethnography of Vietnam. This title analyzes ethnic composition of the population, identifying each of the 54 ethnic groups and sub-groups by name, geographical distribution, and linguistic origin. It provides geographic distribution statistics for each ethnic group, showing the process of migration and redistribution. Num Pages: 50 color photos. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789747551655
- ISBN
- 9789747551655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.44
€ 33.99
€ 33.44
Paperback. Focuses on violence being perpetrated against the Pakistani state by Islamist groups and how Pakistan can address these challenges, concentrating not only on military aspects but on the often-ignored political, legal, law enforcement, financial, and technological facets of the challenge. Editor(s): Yusuf, Moeed. Series: South Asia in World Affairs Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626160453
- ISBN
- 9781626160453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.99
€ 69.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226730431
- ISBN
- 9780226730431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.99
€ 40.99
€ 30.99