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Hardback. Intended for professionals and academics working in urban planning and international development. This work: utilizes an 'integrated solid waste management perspective' in its analysis; provides embedded case study data; deals with both formal and informal actors and institutional arrangements in solid waste management and recycling; and more. Editor(s): Baud, I.; Furedy, Christine; Post, Johan. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFGK; RNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402019753
- ISBN
- 9781402019753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.57
€ 186.57
Hardcover. An illustrated history of the pastoral nomadic way of life in Mongolia, this book examines the many challenges that Mongolian herders continue to face in the struggle over natural resources in the post-socialist free market era. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HBJQ; HBLC; HBLH; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269652
- ISBN
- 9781137269652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.02
€ 119.02
Hardcover. Presents diaries and correspondence left by members of the tokkotai and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the World War II. Outside of Japan, these kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This book explores writings, which speak otherwise. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BTM; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226619507
- ISBN
- 9780226619507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.80€ 43.95
€ 51.80
€ 43.95
Hardcover. This work researches banking structure in developing Japan and gives insight into how Japan's banks have become embroiled in financial crisis. It also re-evaluates the role and function of Japan's commercial banks among its corporate groupings. Series: Studies on the Modern Japanese Economy. Num Pages: 161 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; KC; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333711392
- ISBN
- 9780333711392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.95
€ 61.95
Hardcover. This volume is the product of scholars of various backgrounds, specialties and agendas bringing forth their most treasured findings regarding the Chinese Catholic Church. The chapters in this book covering the church from 1900 to the present trace the development of the Church in China from many historical and disciplinary vantage points. Editor(s): Chu, Cindy Yik-Yi. Num Pages: 282 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137361745
- ISBN
- 9781137361745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.06
€ 62.06
Paperback. Written by Ouyang Xiu, an intellectual giant of the eleventh century, this is a history of the preceding century (907 - 979), a period known as the Five Dynasties. This book emphasises on the art of historical writing in the eleventh century. It includes sections that are helpful to understand the politics and personalities of the time. Translator(s): Davis, Richard L. Num Pages: 736 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1082.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128278
- ISBN
- 9780231128278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. This study examines the case for and against regional financial arrangements in East Asia. It describes the CMI, compares it with financial agreements in other regions, and recommends how the initiative can preserve its complementarity to multilateral institutions and be strengthened. Series: Policy Analyses in International Economics. Num Pages: 122 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; KCLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 149 x 7. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881323382
- ISBN
- 9780881323382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 17.66
€ 20.00
€ 17.66
Paperback. The dramatic story of the 1945 war crimes trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita, who was charged with atrocities he neither committed nor ordered and of which he likely had no knowledge. Even so, he was convicted and, following a Supreme Court review, executed for having failed to control his troops." Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JWXK; LNDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620142
- ISBN
- 9780700620142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.52
€ 40.52
Hardcover. Bringing together both contemporary and historical just war concepts, Peter Lee shows that Blair's illusion of morality evaporated quickly and irretrievably after the 2003 Iraqinvasion because the ideas Blair relied upon were taken out of their historical context and applied in a global political system where they no longer hold sway. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBQ; 3JMC; GTJ; HBWS5; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230319271
- ISBN
- 9780230319271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28
Hardback. In the early twentieth century poverty became the focus of an anguished national conversation about the future of China. Investigating the lives of the urban poor in China during this critical era, this book examines the solutions implemented by a nation attempting to deal with "society's most fundamental problem." Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFA; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152103
- ISBN
- 9780691152103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.63€ 54.23
€ 70.63
€ 54.23
Hardback. The history of one of the most dramatic and underreported stories of WWII. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8-page black & white illustrated insert. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1QSPN; 3JJH; HBJF; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 41.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592289783
- ISBN
- 9781592289783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.80
€ 25.99
€ 20.80
paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 300 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816649426
- ISBN
- 9780816649426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.20
€ 29.99
€ 27.20
Paperback. During the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906 to 1911 a variety of forces played key roles in overthrowing a repressive regime. Afary sheds new light on the role of ordinary citizens and peasantry, the status of Iranian women, and the multifaceted structure of Iranian society. Series: History & Society of the Modern Middle East. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJC; HBJF1; JFFK; JPHC; JPHV; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103510
- ISBN
- 9780231103510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.05
€ 46.99
€ 33.05
Hardcover. Editor(s): Lasserson, Petr G. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; JPS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621003335
- ISBN
- 9781621003335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.15€ 114.71
€ 167.15
€ 114.71
Hardcover. Africa. 654 pp. Illustrated end papers, with map. Includes index
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Distribution Services
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0000668
- ISBN
- 9780246106056
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. How did ordinary people live through the extraordinary changes that swept across modern China? How did peasants transform themselves into urbanites? How did the citizens of Shanghai cope with the epic upheavals - revolution, war, and again revolution - that shook their lives? In this carefully researched study, Hanchao Lu weaves rich. Num Pages: 473 pages, 36 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 473
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520243781
- ISBN
- 9780520243781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
Paperback. Oregon had the second largest Chinese population in the United States. In terms of geographical coverage, Portland's two Chinatowns were the largest in all of North America. This title chronicles the history of Portland's Chinatowns from their early beginnings in the 1850s until the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act in the 1940s. Num Pages: 352 pages, 64 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983837
- ISBN
- 9780295983837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.39
€ 36.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 127 pages, 1 port. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell Univ East Asia Program
- Edition
- Paper edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885445940
- ISBN
- 9781885445940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.51
€ 21.51
hardcover. Series: International Policy Exchange Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; JFSC; JKS; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PR United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190218133
- ISBN
- 9780190218133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.66
€ 104.66
Hardback. "Human Remolding in North Korea" offers a comprehensive overview of the historical development of education in North Korea from 1945 through 2004. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJP; HBTB; JN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 174 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761831723
- ISBN
- 9780761831723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.28
€ 131.28
Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; DSK; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804798693
- ISBN
- 9780804798693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.48
€ 135.48
Hardback. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 376 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HREZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231143929
- ISBN
- 9780231143929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.98€ 56.19
€ 72.98
€ 56.19
Paperback. Shows how the complex and contradictory characteristics of globalization constrain and promote the peace processes in Israel/Palestine and Northern Ireland. This title views that a critical interrogation of the interface between economic interests and policy makers is central to an understanding of the relationship between globalization and peace. Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1FBH; 1FBP; GTJ; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630692
- ISBN
- 9780815630692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.22
€ 42.22
Paperback. Series: Impact Guides. Num Pages: 332 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Impact Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570230561
- ISBN
- 9781570230561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.15
€ 17.99
€ 17.15