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Hardcover. Editor(s): Marshall, Samantha E. Num Pages: 144 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JPS; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608760718
- ISBN
- 9781608760718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.50€ 115.12
€ 169.50
€ 115.12
Paperback. Japan was the only non-Western nation to industrialize before 1900 and its leap into the modern era has stimulated vigorous debates among historians and social scientists. This title considers daily life in the three centuries leading up to the modern era in Japan. Num Pages: 227 pages, 6 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218123
- ISBN
- 9780520218123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.22
€ 35.99
€ 26.22
Hardback. Hanstedt and his wife and three children lived in Hong Kong for a year, a year beset by culture clash, childhood bullies, homesickness, and family tragedy. Through the eyes of the Hanstedt family, this book helps the reader discover a world they've never known before - from dim sum, jade, and junks to crazy monkeys, lion dances, and mangosteens. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; VSW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 501.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Adams Media Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781440540738
- ISBN
- 9781440540738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.46
€ 25.99
€ 22.46
Paperback. Explores the relation between histories of violence and their contemporary commemoration. Editor(s): Makdisi, Ussama; Silverstein, Paul A. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217981
- ISBN
- 9780253217981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.06
€ 28.06
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; JFSL3; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196967
- ISBN
- 9781845196967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.76
€ 126.76
Hardback. This book attempts to elucidate Japanese religious experiences by presenting an innovative interpretation of the oldest existing text of Japanese myth, the Kojiki. Iwasawa offers new insights into Japanese mythology regarding the relationship between the human and the divine. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761855248
- ISBN
- 9780761855248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.34
€ 119.34
Hardback. The danwei (workunit) has been the fundamental social and spatial unit of urban China under socialism. With particular focus on the link between spatial forms and social organization, this book traces the origins and development of this critical institution up to the present day. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 table, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBL; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750387
- ISBN
- 9780804750387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.65
€ 85.65
An examination of the climate of the American home front in the months leading up to V-J Day. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11ill. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813119878
- ISBN
- 9780813119878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.51
€ 47.51
Paperback. Introduces Korean drumming and dance to the English-speaking world. This title offers detailed descriptions of its instrumentation, dance formations, costuming, actors, teaching lineages, and the complexities of training. It is suitable for those interested in ethnomusicology, world music, anthropology, sociology, and Asian studies. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 colour plates, 34 halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 maps, 13 figures, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; AVGW; AVRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226330952
- ISBN
- 9780226330952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.86
€ 42.99
€ 32.86
Paperback. Translator(s): Macmillan, Peter. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141395937
- ISBN
- 9780141395937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
Hardback. Focuses on the interaction between two "places," China and Guanzhong, the capital area of several dynasties. This book addresses such questions as What do we mean by "local"? Did the inhabitants of a locality believe that being "local" required them to assume a certain identity? And, If so, how did they talk and write about it? Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031708
- ISBN
- 9780674031708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.31
€ 44.99
€ 37.31
Hardcover. Exploring the relationship between power and knowledge in European engagement with Asia, this work examines the East India Company at work and reveals how writing and print shaped authority on a global scale in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It also uncovers the intellectual and political legacies of early modern trade and empire. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBTK; KNTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226620411
- ISBN
- 9780226620411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.72
€ 59.72
Hardback. A lifetime's interest in, and fascination with, the central place of sushi in Japanese culinary culture animates this book. In it, Ole Mouritsen shares both his passion for the now international cuisine, and his knowledge of its scientific underpinnings. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 233 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441906175
- ISBN
- 9781441906175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.26
€ 35.99
€ 35.26
Paperback. Presents eight essays documenting the state of bast and leaf fibre weaving traditions in Vietnam, Borneo, Korea, Burma, Okinawa, the Philippines, Japan, and Micronesia. This book examines processes that have nurtured or buffeted attempts to preserve or revive the production of these textiles. It is illustrated with colour photographs. Editor(s): Hamilton, Roy W.; Milgram, B. Lynne. Series: Fowler Museum Textile Series. Num Pages: 188 pages, 204 color illus. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 304 x 15. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780974872988
- ISBN
- 9780974872988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.39
€ 30.99
€ 29.39
Hardback. Spanning academic and public debates, Empire's Ally opens a new line of argument on why the mission has entered a stage of crisis. Num Pages: 432 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBC; 3JM; HBJF; HBJK; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442645158
- ISBN
- 9781442645158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.35
€ 84.35
Paperback. This book explores a historical moment in which a Middle Eastern Jewish community not only adopted a new nation, Iraq, but a new ethnicity, Arabism--and its ultimate demise. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804778756
- ISBN
- 9780804778756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.11
€ 29.99
€ 29.11
Paperback. Five Faces of Exile is the first transnational history of Asian American intellectuals. Espiritu explores five Filipino American writers whose travels, literary works, and political reflections transcend the boundaries of nations and the categories of "Asia" and "America." Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; JFSC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751216
- ISBN
- 9780804751216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Villalobos, Gabriela A.; Segura, Daniel E. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 1KBB; JPS; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614701729
- ISBN
- 9781614701729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.26€ 48.25
€ 68.26
€ 48.25
hardcover. Editor(s): Molony, Barbara; Uno, Kathleen S. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674017801
- ISBN
- 9780674017801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.98€ 54.67
€ 59.98
€ 54.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; GTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Parallax Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888375459
- ISBN
- 9781888375459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.48
€ 14.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. A collection of 11 essays, featuring debates about meaning in Southeast Asian and Thai history. It explores themes that have been treated superficially in Thai historical writing, including Siam's semi-colonialism in the late nineteenth century, the concepts of militarism and masculinity, collective memory and dynastic succession, and more. Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986104
- ISBN
- 9780295986104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.10
€ 42.99
€ 42.10
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Michigan, Museum of Art United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781930561144
- ISBN
- 9781930561144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.44
€ 25.99
€ 25.44
Hardback. This ethnographic account invites readers to consider a fascinating case of globalized labor -- a Korean-owned and managed factory in China, operated by Chinese laborers, where the clash of cultures, traditions, and classes threatens both productivity and peace on the factory floor. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; GTF; JFFS; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804784542
- ISBN
- 9780804784542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.63
€ 75.63
Paperback. This book offers a nuanced understanding of the contexts, culturally conditioned rationality, local networks, and innovation in contentious action across the Middle East and North Africa to give the reader a substantive understanding of events in the Arab world before and since 2011. Editor(s): Beinin, Joel; Vairel, Frederic. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHB; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785693
- ISBN
- 9780804785693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30