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Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 32. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740449
- ISBN
- 9780804740449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.91
€ 108.91
Hardcover. Editor(s): Chan, Zenobia C. Y. Num Pages: 246 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 263 x 187 x 24. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607410263
- ISBN
- 9781607410263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.45€ 137.67
€ 203.45
€ 137.67
Paperback. Focusing upon Hollywood's portrayal of Asian races, this study describes how social taboos concerning Orientals helped to perpetuate social and racial inequality in the USA. The author's discussion covers early silent films, later classics such as "Shanghai Express" and the recurring geisha movies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; APFA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520084957
- ISBN
- 9780520084957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. A survey of classical Chinese history and thought Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Warring States Project United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936166756
- ISBN
- 9781936166756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.46
€ 31.46
Hardback. Series: Global Research Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFD; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018397
- ISBN
- 9780253018397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.54
€ 85.54
Hardcover. An enormous number of burial objects have been unearthed from ancient tombs in archaeological excavations in China. These mingqi were made in all kinds of materials and in a broad range of forms, techniques and craftsmanship. This book examines a particular type of mingqi - pottery building. Num Pages: 272 pages, 330 b/w & 20 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845193218
- ISBN
- 9781845193218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; HR; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761813569
- ISBN
- 9780761813569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 90.44
€ 90.44
Paperback. In the 1930s and 1940s, the prevalent American view of China was that of a friendly, democratic, and increasingly Christian state, in many ways akin to the United States. This book shows how the notion of the Chinese as aspiring Americans helped shape American opinion and policies toward Asia. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 illustrations, halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736541
- ISBN
- 9780804736541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Empirically thorough and conceptually clear, Crafting State-Nations will have a substantial impact on the study of comparative political institutions and the conception and understanding of nationalism and democracy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPHV; JPSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897238
- ISBN
- 9780801897238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.96
€ 73.96
Paperback. Takes a look at Hindi films and movie trends - the decline of song-and-dance sequences, the upgraded status of the horror genre, and the rise of the multiplex and multi-plot - to demonstrate how these relationships exemplify different formulas of contemporary living. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 240 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226304267
- ISBN
- 9780226304267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
Paperback. When Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stepped onto the summit of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953 they caught the imagination of the world in a way that was to be unmatched until man stood on the surface of the Moon. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2x8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JJPG; WSBX; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444760897
- ISBN
- 9781444760897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.87
€ 19.99
€ 14.87
Hardback. Towering over the Kanto Plain, the sacred mountain oyama has loomed large over the religious landscape of early modern Japan. This book offers a narrative history of the mountain and its place in contemporary society and popular religion by focusing on the development of the oyama cult and its religious, political, and socioeconomic contexts. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 1 table, 1 map, 23 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRKN3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027756
- ISBN
- 9780674027756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.31
€ 44.99
€ 37.31
Paperback. This history gives a balanced and judicious introduction to the immensely complex and controversial subject of Arab-Israel conflice, weaving different strands of the story into a single coherent narrative, thus making it essential reading for all students studying conflict in the Middle East. Series: Origins of Modern War. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1HB; JW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582823204
- ISBN
- 9780582823204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.61
€ 60.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 Maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBTB; HRAX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199469345
- ISBN
- 9780199469345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.58
€ 63.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Peleggi, Maurizio. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7, 4 black & white halftones, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HBAH; HBJF; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780877277668
- ISBN
- 9780877277668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.72
€ 32.99
€ 32.72
Paperback. This collection brings together essays by authorities in the field on nine contemporary Arab women novelists from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine. The works focus on texts available in English translations and explore topics such as the relationship of the authors' texts to societal change. Editor(s): Majaj, Lisa Suhair; Sunderman, Paula; Saliba, Therese. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DN; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629764
- ISBN
- 9780815629764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.07
€ 27.07
Paperback. This fascinating study confirms that the Indus script was logo-syllabic and that the Indus language belonged to the Dravidian family. Num Pages: 400 pages, 135 line figures 141 tones 32 maps 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; CFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 271 x 201 x 23. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780521795661
- ISBN
- 9780521795661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.11
€ 58.11
Paperback. * In the tradition of Tim Severin's bestselling tales of intrepid exploration. * Adventure travel book by explorer in search of the unseen camels of Tartary in forbidden China. Num Pages: 272 pages, Section: 16, Col. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPM; WNC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349111469
- ISBN
- 9780349111469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. This book investigates the origins and mechanics of recent Chinese migration, focusing on the work and life of Fujianese migrants in the United Kingdom, Hungary, and Italy, and exploring the many transnational spaces that connect Fujianese across Europe, the United States, and China. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 maps, references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JJPR; 3JM; GTB; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804749954
- ISBN
- 9780804749954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.27
€ 32.99
€ 31.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612093376
- ISBN
- 9781612093376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.95€ 69.24
€ 99.95
€ 69.24
Hardcover. Based on an extensive study of Jianyang imprints, genealogies of the leading families of printers, local histories, documents and annotated catalogues and bibliographies, this is not just a history of commercial printing but also a wide-ranging study of the culture of the book in traditional China. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 78 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBT; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 34. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009554
- ISBN
- 9780674009554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.57
€ 54.99
€ 45.57
Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- BetterLink Press Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602202290
- ISBN
- 9781602202290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.30
€ 24.99
€ 23.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages, 34 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 34 b&w illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295741734
- ISBN
- 9780295741734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.31
€ 33.99
€ 33.31
Paperback. This volume examines the events of the Sinai Campaign of 1955-56. The Suez Crisis and the Sinai Campaign, were the final stage in a process rather than an autonomous episode. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FBH; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898723479
- ISBN
- 9781898723479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.00
€ 40.99
€ 36.00