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Hardcover. The dramatic arc of Saigo Takamori's life, from his humble origins as a lowly samurai, to national leadership, to his death as a rebel leader, has captivated generations of Japanese readers and now Americans as well - his life is the inspiration for a major Hollywood film, The Last Samurai, starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471089704
- ISBN
- 9780471089704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.47
€ 40.99
€ 28.47
paperback. Introduces readers to an Iran that few people see, meeting opium-smoking clerics, women cab drivers and sartorially challenged presidential officials, among others. This work reveals a country where both t-shirt wearing teenagers and religious martyrs express pride in their Persian origins, that is deeply religious yet highly cosmopolitan. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141047416
- ISBN
- 9780141047416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.60
€ 19.99
€ 14.60
Paperback. In 1898 the United States declared sovereignty over the Philippines. While it became a colonial power at the zenith of global imperialism, the United States nevertheless conceived of its rule as exceptional - as an exercise in benevolence rather than in tyranny and exploitation. This book aims to untangle this peculiar self-fashioning. Editor(s): Go, Julian; Foster, Anne L. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330998
- ISBN
- 9780822330998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.33
€ 31.99
€ 30.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 90 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 180 x 7. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120723832
- ISBN
- 9788120723832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.79
€ 7.79
Hardcover. This text is based on extensive personal viewing of urban Chinese women and study of contemporary literature and articles in the periodical press that touched on the problems of rural women. Each chapter is devoted to one aspect of women's lives including: girlhood, sexuality, marriage, and work. Num Pages: 400 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 43. Weight in Grams: 725.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714167
- ISBN
- 9780804714167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.95
€ 157.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; BGX; HRCM; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 188 x 7. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Tree of Life Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780930852337
- ISBN
- 9780930852337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.48
€ 16.99
€ 12.48
Hardback. Circa 1960, artists working at the margins of the international art world breached the frame of canvas painting and ruptured the institutional frame of art. This title shows how artists and critics in Brazil and Japan brought modern painting to a point of crisis that paved the way for the radical experiments of the 1960s generation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 b/w scattered, 24 color on 16 page insert. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSB; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282438
- ISBN
- 9780520282438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.74€ 50.14
€ 64.74
€ 50.14
Paperback. This new edition of a highly praised ethnography of nomadic peoples in Afghanistan includes a discussion of the colonial roots of terrorism written since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1FCA; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295982625
- ISBN
- 9780295982625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. Editor(s): Prados, John. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566638685
- ISBN
- 9781566638685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.22
€ 29.99
€ 26.22
Hardback. universities counter these trends and restore the palace of American higher learning. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417998
- ISBN
- 9781421417998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.81
€ 35.99
€ 29.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Furuto, Sharlene B.C.L. Num Pages: 304 pages, B&W Illus.: 1,. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; JKS; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408. 304 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Furuto, Sharlene. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; JKS; KCR. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157155
- ISBN
- 9780231157155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Treating China's Cultural Revolution as much more than a political event, this volume explores its ideological dimensions. It focuses on the CR's discourse of heroism and messianism and its demonization of the enemy as reflected in political practice, official literature and propaganda art. Editor(s): Chong, Woei Lien. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742518742
- ISBN
- 9780742518742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.05
€ 84.05
Paperback. By 1885, India may have become the jewel in the British crown, but already a series of changes had occurred within Indian society that would set the foundations for the modern states of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Providing an introduction to these dramatic changes, this volume introduces the major historical developments and debates. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582317383
- ISBN
- 9780582317383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.79
€ 48.99
€ 46.79
Hardback. A consideration of the impact of racism and questions of sovereignty on genetic research, which details the exploitative history of research on Taiwanese Aborigines. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774826594
- ISBN
- 9780774826594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.33
€ 113.33
hardcover. This book analyzes the changes in property rights in contemporary China in light of the rapid economic growth of the last two decades. Editor(s): Oi, Jean C.; Walder, Andrew G. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 645.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734561
- ISBN
- 9780804734561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.70
€ 179.70
Paperback. An interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring the harem as it was imagined, represented, and experienced in Middle Eastern and North African societies, and by visitors to those societies. Editor(s): Booth, Marilyn. Num Pages: 424 pages, 39 illustrations, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348696
- ISBN
- 9780822348696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.85
€ 33.99
€ 33.85
hardcover. This sweeping study examines the law of intellectual property in Chinese civilization from imperial days to the present. It uses materials drawn from law, the arts and other fields as well as extensive interviews with Chinese and foreign officials, business people, lawyers, and perpetrators and victims of "piracy." Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 half-tone. BIC Classification: 1FPC; LNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804722704
- ISBN
- 9780804722704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.43
€ 124.43
Paperback. Offers a long-overdue corrective to the mythology and the mystique which has plagued the study of pirates and served to deny them their rightful legitimacy as subjects of investigation Editor(s): Pennell, C. R. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KJ; 1QSA; 1QSM; HBTM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 183 x 255 x 25. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814766781
- ISBN
- 9780814766781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Pearson Education (US) United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780321394262
- ISBN
- 9780321394262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.20
€ 63.20
Paperback. A history of book production and consumption in Japan showing how the Tokyo-based publishing industry manufactured the very concept of modern Japanese literature. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 photos, 11 tables, 3 maps, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346722
- ISBN
- 9780822346722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.19
€ 31.99
€ 30.19
Paperback. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 95 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 1QDA; HBJF1; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 7. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 95
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772890685
- ISBN
- 9788772890685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.95
€ 38.99
€ 27.95
Hardback. This study offers a methodological approach for comparative philosophy on the level of the philosophical system, examines Confucian philosophy as a philosophical system, with emphasis on its epistemological dimensions, and uses the thought of a particular thinker as an example of how the Confucian tradition was appropriated by individual thinkers. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726054
- ISBN
- 9780804726054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.00
€ 86.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCLT; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604566864
- ISBN
- 9781604566864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.02€ 42.80
€ 60.02
€ 42.80
Paperback. This text provides students and professionals with an international and comparative examination of changes in global cities, to reveal a growing pattern of social and spatial division or polarization. Case studies of New York, Johannesburg, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Calcutta and Rio are included. Editor(s): Marcuse, Peter; Kempen, Ronald van. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVT; 1FKA; 1HFMS; 1KBB; 1KLSB; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212904
- ISBN
- 9780631212904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.86
€ 32.99
€ 32.86