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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780932885289
- ISBN
- 9780932885289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.19
€ 21.99
€ 20.19
Paperback. Series: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8, 6 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMC; JNFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479182
- ISBN
- 9780801479182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
Hardcover. Deconstructs stereotypes and cultural assumptions made by non- South Asians and South Asians alike Num Pages: 26 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992440
- ISBN
- 9780295992440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.03
€ 132.03
Paperback. Series: Mini Cookbooks. Num Pages: 80 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; WBN; WBTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 136 x 6. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd Singapore
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789812615633
- ISBN
- 9789812615633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.69
€ 5.69
Hardcover. By approaching May Fourth from novel perspectives, the authors of the eight studies in this volume seek to contribute to the ongoing critique of the movement. Editor(s): Dolezelova-Velingerova, Milena; Kral, Oldrich. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 374 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; JFC; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007864
- ISBN
- 9780674007864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.47
€ 49.99
€ 41.47
hardcover. This study examines the emergence and evolution in China of a tradition of popular organization generally known under the rubric of secret society. It suggests that the society is properly understood as one variety of the brotherhood association that flourished in the early and mid-Qing period. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; HBLL; JFSJ; JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726511
- ISBN
- 9780804726511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.21
€ 75.21
Paperback. Beate Sirota Gordon was born in Vienna, but in 1929 her family moved to Japan so that her father, a noted pianist, could teach, and she grew up speaking German, English, and Japanese. In 1946, at age twenty-two, she helped to draft the new postwar Japanese constitution. This title chronicles the unlikely string of events that led her to that role. Num Pages: 176 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226132518
- ISBN
- 9780226132518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.92
€ 18.92
paperback. Drawing upon current theoretical debates in social anthropology, development studies and political ecology, this text addresses the changing histories and identities of Indonesian upland people as they relate in new ways to the natural resource base, to markets and to the state. Series: Studies in Environmental Anthropology. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JHMC; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789057024016
- ISBN
- 9789057024016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.72
€ 56.72
Paperback. In Pipe Politics, Contested Waters, Lisa Bjorkman explores why water is chronically unavailable in Mumbai, India's economic and financial capital. She attributes water shortage to economic reforms that allowed urban development to ignore the water infrastructure, which means that in Mumbai, politics is often about water. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JHMC; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359692
- ISBN
- 9780822359692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FBH; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Gefen Books
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652293107
- ISBN
- 9789652293107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.37
€ 34.99
€ 23.37
Paperback. This volume aims both to establish cinema as a vital force in Shanghai culture and to direct attention to early Chinese cinema, a crucial chapter in Chinese cultural history long neglected by Western scholars. Editor(s): Zhang, Yingjin. Num Pages: 392 pages, 23 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804735728
- ISBN
- 9780804735728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.10
€ 42.99
€ 42.10
Hardcover. Editor(s): Sokolski, Henry. Num Pages: 224 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 186 x 18. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606923856
- ISBN
- 9781606923856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.34€ 115.12
€ 169.34
€ 115.12
Hardcover. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Conflicts of Interest: Art and War in Modern Japan, presented at the Saint Louis Art Museum from October 16, 2016-January 8, 2017. Num Pages: 288 pages, 240 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACV; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7112 x 6147 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2223.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999814
- ISBN
- 9780295999814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.90
€ 52.90
Hardcover. Tipu's Tiger is one of the V&A's most enduringly famous and fascinating objects. Commissioned in the 1790s by Tipu Sultan of Mysore, who kept the spectacular wooden semi-automaton in the music room of his palace, the tiger was shipped to London after Tipu was killed in 1799. This book explores the continuing appeal of Tipu Sultan's tiger. Num Pages: 96 pages, 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 250 x 14. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- V & A Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851775750
- ISBN
- 9781851775750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.08
€ 20.08
Hardback. A masterful account of the complex history of Korea Num Pages: 720 pages, 9 b&w illus., 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253000248
- ISBN
- 9780253000248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.14
€ 59.14
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839019
- ISBN
- 9781843839019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.00
€ 96.00
Hardback. This book presents the voices of foreign brides from 123 countries who married Korean men in response to a critical shortage of marriageable women in rural Korea since the early 1990s. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759120358
- ISBN
- 9780759120358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.56
€ 128.56
Hardcover. The authors use major new documentary sources, including cables and letters between Mao Zedong and Stalin, to tell for the first time the inside story of the creation of the Sino-Soviet alliance and the origins of the Korean War. Editor(s): Goncharov, Sergei; Lewis, John Wilson; Litai, Xue. Series: Studies in Intl Security and Arm Control. Num Pages: 412 pages, 42 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FPC; 1FPK; 3JJPG; HBG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721158
- ISBN
- 9780804721158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.04
€ 169.04
Num Pages: 288 pages, over 140 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBW; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 224 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1574. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBW; JWXV. Dimension: 289 x 224 x 32. Weight: 1590.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764339523
- ISBN
- 9780764339523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.64€ 66.26
€ 71.64
€ 66.26
Hardcover. In less than three decades, China has grown from playing a negligible role in world trade to being one of the world's largest exporters. This book investigates the effects of China's new status. It provides a detailed analyses of the microstructure of trade, the macroeconomic implications, sector-level issues, and foreign direct investment. Editor(s): Feenstra, Robert C.; Wei, Shang-Jin. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 608 pages, 104 line drawings, 126 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226239712
- ISBN
- 9780226239712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.37€ 105.23
€ 129.37
€ 105.23
Paperback. Explores a range of grassroots efforts - initiated by the state and society alike - intended to restrain arbitrary and corrupt official behaviour and enhance the accountability of local authorities. This book covers topics such as village and township elections, fiscal reforms, legal aid, media supervision, and informal associations. Editor(s): Perry, Elizabeth J.; Goldman, Merle. Series: Harvard Contemporary China Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024861
- ISBN
- 9780674024861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.29
€ 41.99
€ 34.29
Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages, 260 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FC; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 0. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909982734
- ISBN
- 9781909982734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.23
€ 52.92
€ 41.23
Paperback. The author recounts his command of the 7th Armoured Brigade Group - the Desert Rats - during the Gulf War; from preparation and training, to coping with the pressures of a ground war on unfamiliar terrain. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp B&w Photographs, 8pp Colour Photographs, Maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 3JJPR; BGHA; HB; JWD; JWKT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Hodder Paperbacks
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0021030
- ISBN
- 9780340682463
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. With in-depth theoretical foundations and empirical analysis, the book interrogates the paradigm of 'growth' being 'inclusive', proposing that only a comprehensive structural change can resolve the challenges of the informal sector. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; KCM; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 47. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2016
- SKU
- V9780199466061
- ISBN
- 9780199466061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.20
€ 83.20