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Hardcover. Editor(s): Chin, Felix. Num Pages: 415 pages, tables & graphs. BIC Classification: 1F; JP; JW; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 184 x 28. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 415
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611224719
- ISBN
- 9781611224719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 411.61€ 275.29
€ 411.61
€ 275.29
Hardback. This investigation of the economy and cultural politics of Sensoji shows that its culture of prayer and play reflected changes taking place in Tokugawa Japan, particularly in the city of Edo. The book provides a cultural critique of conventional scholarship on Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 line illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HRKN; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002401
- ISBN
- 9780674002401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.32
€ 47.99
€ 39.32
Hardcover. Hafvenstein joined a team of contractors in Afghanistans harsh and brutal Helmand Province seeking to convince local farmers to stop growing poppies, the source of opium. This is his groups story of intrigue, excitement, success, and heartbreaking failure at the far edge of the world. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 42.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Lyons Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781599211312
- ISBN
- 9781599211312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.80
€ 25.99
€ 20.80
Paperback. Aims to capture the metamorphosis of Islamic movement in Iran, from encounters with Great Britain and United States in the 1920s through twenty-first-century struggles between those seeking to reform Islam's role and those who take a defensive stance. This book describes how the extremism of 1960s brought more confidence to Islam-minded Iranians. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Series. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1 figure, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292717565
- ISBN
- 9780292717565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Paperback. A fascinating account of the Na society, which functions without the institution of marriage. Translator(s): Hustvedt, Asti. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Number of pages
- 505
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951139
- ISBN
- 9781890951139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.41
€ 33.99
€ 24.41
Hardback. Late medieval Japan witnessed a growth in the power of the commoner, as seen in the spread of corporate villages (so) marked by collective ownership and administration and other self-governing features. This study of a community of so villages from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries reconstructs the life of these villages. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719414
- ISBN
- 9780804719414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.88
€ 85.88
Hardback. This book examines how state officials and select businessmen come together informally to shape economic development in Syria. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and I. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804773324
- ISBN
- 9780804773324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.68
€ 135.68
Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy and Peace. Num Pages: 345 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBW; JPFC; JPSD; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 345
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813144764
- ISBN
- 9780813144764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.53
€ 43.53
Paperback. Here, the author analyzes the debate over subjectivity. He traces the arguments of intellectuals from various disciplines and viewpoints, and asserts that despite their stress on individual autonomy, they all came to define subjectivity in terms of deterministic historical structures. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW3; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226451220
- ISBN
- 9780226451220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.85
€ 42.99
€ 32.85
Paperback. Details the history, weapons and tactics of the Japanese destroyers that was built before the war. This book includes the famous Fubuki class called Special Type by the Japanese, which were, when completed in the late 1920's, the most powerful class of destroyers in the world. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTM; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 186 x 6. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849089845
- ISBN
- 9781849089845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.34
€ 17.99
€ 16.34
Paperback. To mark the sixtieth anniversary of the PRC, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies convened a conference to consider this question: After three decades of internal strife, followed by reform, entrepreneurialism, and internationalization, is the PRC here for the dynastic long haul? This volume presents an energetic exchange of views on the topic. Editor(s): Kirby, William C. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10 figures, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JMC; HBJF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060647
- ISBN
- 9780674060647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.24
€ 33.99
€ 28.24
paperback. Michael Tenzer offers a study of Balinese gamelan music, focusing on the pre-eminent 20th-century genre, gamelan gong kebyar. He applies music theory and analysis to this non-Western orchestral genre to discuss composition and structure, as well as looking at the ethographic background. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 504 pages, 27 halftones, 70 music examples, 26 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; AVGE; AVGH; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226792835
- ISBN
- 9780226792835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.56€ 59.33
€ 70.56
€ 59.33
Paperback. Editor(s): Xiang, Jianhai. Num Pages: 182 pages, 30 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; KJMV6; PSAF; RBKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 282 x 208 x 8. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642053450
- ISBN
- 9783642053450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 115.09
€ 115.09
Paperback. Surveying the initiatives of more than five hundred groups across the past century, this timely book reveals how thousands of ordinary Israelis and Palestinians have worked together to end violence and forge connections between their peoples. Num Pages: 307 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; GTJ; HBJF1; HBTB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 573.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477310625
- ISBN
- 9781477310625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.11
€ 29.99
€ 29.11
Paperback. Presents the analyses that consider how questions of national identity become entangled with environmental concerns in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and India and provide insight into the motivations of colonial and national governments in controlling or managing nature. Editor(s): Cederlof, Gunnel; Sivaramakrishnan, K. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JHM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993843
- ISBN
- 9780295993843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.49
€ 33.99
€ 30.49
Paperback. Throughout the East there runs a legend of a great mountain at the centre of the world, where four rivers have their source. Charles Allen traces this legend to Western Tibet where there stands Kailas, worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists alike as the home of their gods and the navel of the world." Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- DO NOT USE
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349139388
- ISBN
- 9780349139388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754583
- ISBN
- 9780804754583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.52
€ 86.52
Hardcover. Editor(s): Brandow, Patrick M. Num Pages: 172 pages, tables & graphs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616689469
- ISBN
- 9781616689469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.34€ 115.12
€ 169.34
€ 115.12
Paperback. This second edition of Dru Gladney's critically acclaimed study of the Muslim population in China includes a new preface by the author, as well as a valuable addendum to the bibliography, already hailed as one of the most extensive listing of modern sources on the Sino-Muslims. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 518 pages, 40ill.1ch.5M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSR2; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 35. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 518
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674594975
- ISBN
- 9780674594975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.36
€ 26.99
€ 26.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages, 65 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 164 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881774231
- ISBN
- 9789881774231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.16
€ 13.99
€ 13.16
Paperback. Considers the European representation and understanding of landscape and nature in early nineteenth-century India. This book draws on travel narratives, literary texts, and scientific literature to show the diversity of European responses to the Indian environment and the ways in which these contributed to the wider colonizing process. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; GTB; RGC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993836
- ISBN
- 9780295993836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
€ 33.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages, 40 color photographs, 5 color illustrations, 12 black-and-white photographs, 3 black-and-w. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; AMVD; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard Graduate School of Design United States
- Number of pages
- 86
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934510315
- ISBN
- 9781934510315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.19
€ 21.99
€ 20.19
Hardback. This cross cultural study of Hong Kong cinema looks at Eastern and Western influences upon the medium and examines its development compared to film industries of mainland China and Southeast Asia. The book spans the 20th century, focusing on a number of key elements, including the changing image of women and the rise of the martial arts film. Editor(s): Kar, Law; Bren, Frank. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 187 x 31. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810849860
- ISBN
- 9780810849860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.80
€ 154.80
Hardback. Explores how Asian Americans figured in the effort to shape the credibility of American democracy during the Cold War, even while their perceived "foreignness" cast them as likely alien subversives Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 285 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBG; HBLW3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814759356
- ISBN
- 9780814759356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.87
€ 74.87