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Hardback. Reflects the approach the Chinese have pursued since the last century and especially why after so many successful or unsuccessful revolutions they finally took up reform as a means to solve their national problems. The authors expose the undercurrents pushing the leaders to economic reform. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333521809
- ISBN
- 9780333521809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.01
€ 181.01
paperback. Num Pages: 79 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 79
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604565515
- ISBN
- 9781604565515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.02€ 42.80
€ 60.02
€ 42.80
Hardcover. Although not a professional historian, the author raises several issues pertinent to the state of history today.Qualifying the "non-historian" as an "able" interventionist in historical studies, the author explores the relationship between history and theory within the current epistemological configurations and re-figurations. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBAH; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454843
- ISBN
- 9780857454843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.22
€ 151.22
Hardback. Editor(s): Hill, Hal; Khan, Muhammad Ehsan; Zhuang, Juzhong. Series: The Anthem-Asian Development Bank Series. Num Pages: 504 pages, 150+ figures, tables and graphs. BIC Classification: 1FMN; KCG; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 37. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857284471
- ISBN
- 9780857284471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.13
€ 133.13
Hardcover. For millions of people around the world, Tibet is a domain of undisturbed tradition, the Dalai Lama a spiritual guide. This book addresses the question of who has the right to represent Tibet in museums and beyond. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 colour plates, 50 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; AB; GM; HBJF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 256 x 32. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317472
- ISBN
- 9780226317472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.17€ 77.43
€ 94.17
€ 77.43
Paperback. Shirane and Suzuki examine how the Japanese canon of "classics" (The Tale of Genji, The Tale of the Heike, Noh drama, Saikaku, Chikamatsu, and Basho) was constructed as part of the creation of Japan as a modern nation-state and as a result of Western influence. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo; Suzuki, Tomi. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804741057
- ISBN
- 9780804741057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
Hardcover. This book examines how dependent development and struggles for power within and outside the state apparatus led to formation of alliances with imperial powers and how the latter used these alliances to manipulate political development in Afghanistan to their own advantage. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462. The British, Russian, and American Invasions. 304 pages, illustrations. This book examines how dependent development and struggles for power within and outside the state apparatus led to formation of alliances with imperial powers and how the latter used these alliances to manipulate political development in Afghanistan to their own advantage. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103894
- ISBN
- 9780230103894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.15
€ 63.15
Paperback. Offers a multi-archival review of the history of Chinese-American conflict and cooperation in the 1970s. Editor(s): Kirby, William C.; Ross, Robert S.; Li, Gong. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 425 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 29. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 425
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025943
- ISBN
- 9780674025943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.31
€ 27.99
€ 24.31
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906033811
- ISBN
- 9781906033811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.50
€ 21.99
€ 17.50
Paperback. Rule by Aesthetics draws on extensive fieldwork in Delhi's slums, courtrooms and state offices to shed fresh light on the violent underpinnings of contemporary city making. Presenting a new theory of urban power, Ghertner shows how aesthetic codes replaced conventional city planning tools in Delhi's millennial slum clearance drive. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199385577
- ISBN
- 9780199385577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.68
€ 54.68
Paperback. This work takes the reader behind the headlines of the confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians, examining its human dimension and setting it in a balanced historical context. Daniel Gavron talks to Israelis and Palestinians of all backgrounds and shades of opinion. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; GTB; JFSL; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742517523
- ISBN
- 9780742517523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.85
€ 38.85
Hardcover. As more countries develop nuclear weapons, the effectiveness of the bomb as a deterrent reduces. The author discusses this proliferation with regard to the options open to the USA naval forces. Using scenarios, the author discusses whether these countries are immune to superpower intervention. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FKA; 1HBL; 1KBB; JPSD; JWMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 405. Clean copy lacking dust jacket with minor shelf wear. Stamp to page edges
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Praeger Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0001687
- ISBN
- 9780275933456
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403974792
- ISBN
- 9781403974792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.21
€ 140.21
Hardcover. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KKD0007361
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292728813
- ISBN
- 9780292728813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.56
€ 21.56
Hardback. Attiya Ahmad examines the practice of conversion to Islam by South Asian migrant domestic workers in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf region and how these women's conversions stem from an ongoing process rooted in their everyday experiences as migrant workers rather than a clean break from their preexisting lives. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSJ5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363330
- ISBN
- 9780822363330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Paperback. The territorial dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands has repeatedly strained Sino-Japanese relations. This book reminds us that the tensions over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands are only a part of a long history of both conflict and cooperation in maritime relations between Japan and China. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 maps, 7 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626160354
- ISBN
- 9781626160354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.85
€ 70.85
Hardback. This book provides an insightful new study, drawn from the largely unpublished Buddhist paintings at Dunhuang, of medieval Chinese wall painting, workshop production, and artistic performance in theory and practice. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 tables, 155 illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1FPC; AFC; AGR; HBT; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 29. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804745338
- ISBN
- 9780804745338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.73
€ 92.73
hardcover. Editor(s): Lincoln, Toby; Tao, Xu. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 231 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 447.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554703
- ISBN
- 9781137554703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.35
€ 170.35
Hardcover. Editor(s): Marta, Karen. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrated in colour and b&w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1HFMS; 3JJP; ACXJ; AFF; AGB; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 165. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- UCCA/Koenig Books/Marta and Cosentino
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780996215602
- ISBN
- 9780996215602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.12
€ 30.99
€ 29.12
Hardcover. Num Pages: 294 pages, b/w tables & maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 190 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607410188
- ISBN
- 9781607410188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.50€ 114.40
€ 169.50
€ 114.40
Paperback. The Chinese overseas now number 25 to 30 million, the 2000-year history of Chinese attempts to venture abroad and the underlying values affecting that migration are presented in this volume. Series: The Edwin O.Reischauer Lectures. Num Pages: 160 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; GTB; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 182 x 119 x 11. Weight in Grams: 149.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674009868
- ISBN
- 9780674009868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.70
€ 36.99
€ 31.70
Hardcover. Suggests important ramifications for both Western and Eastern Human Resources Practices and is the first research of its kind to empirically investigate the effect of Chinese core values, which originated from Chinese traditional thinking, on HRM practices in China. Series: Palgrave Studies in Chinese Management. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304117
- ISBN
- 9781137304117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.41
€ 119.41
Paperback. This volume describes and analyses the structure of Israel's education system from a political and policy-making perspective. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JNK; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898723424
- ISBN
- 9781898723424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98