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Hardback. This work considers several texts, cultural practices and intellectual processes to chart the emergence of a new geographical conciousness in early modern Japan. The study shows how spatial and geographical knowledge confined to elites in early Japan became more widespread in the Tokugawa period. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 249 pages, 22 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232693
- ISBN
- 9780520232693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.58€ 63.89
€ 83.58
€ 63.89
Hardback. Analysing parental anxieties about children s healthcare in urban China, this book engages with debates about modernity, risk and anxiety by analysing economic and population policy changes in post-reform China. It studies representations of health issues in a parenting magazine, advertising and new media, with parents and grandparents responses. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 6 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFD; JFSP1; JHBK; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137498762
- ISBN
- 9781137498762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.56
€ 108.56
Hardcover. The Japan Library School, now called the School of Library and Information Science, at Keio University, was founded in 1951. This is a collection of reminiscences of events that took place over nearly 90 years. It has been reviewed and revised by the narrator, and organized by the editor. Num Pages: 202 pages, 22 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GLM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836327
- ISBN
- 9780810836327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.74
€ 127.74
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846944444
- ISBN
- 9781846944444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.20
€ 13.99
€ 13.20
Encyclopedia of European and Asian Regional Geology
. Ed(S): Moores, Edward M.; Fairbridge, Rhode...
Hardback. Organized alphabetically by country, this encyclopedia provides an overview of the general geology of Europe and Asia, excluding the Arab countries and Israel. It contains articles offering information about the stratigraphy, structure, tectonics and natural resources of each country. Editor(s): Moores, Edward M.; Fairbridge, Rhodes W. Series: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Num Pages: 826 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; RB; RGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 294 x 225 x 53. Weight in Grams: 2324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 826
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412740404
- ISBN
- 9780412740404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 547.45
€ 547.45
hardcover. A text about the metamorphosis of national ideology in Ba'thist Iraq. By "ideology" the reference is to a very broad sense of the term, closer to a "collection of political proposals" than a comprehensive world view. The book attempts to follow the change in the Ba'th party's perception. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1991st Edition
- SKU
- V9780333548455
- ISBN
- 9780333548455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Hardcover. Editor(s): Downing, Sandra L. Num Pages: 193 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590336984
- ISBN
- 9781590336984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.97€ 56.18
€ 72.97
€ 56.18
Hardcover. Provides an analysis of two Islamist political parties in Pakistan, the highly influential Jama'at-e-Islami and the more militant Jama'at-ud-Da'wa, widely blamed for the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. This title offers an account of the relationship between the ideology of secularism and the processes of secularization. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226384689
- ISBN
- 9780226384689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.17€ 77.43
€ 94.17
€ 77.43
Paperback. Explores how social and economic changes to Chinese society create various cultural values and forms of inequality. This book examines changes to a particular set of jobs - service work, in this case salesclerk work - and the nature of the social interactions involved. It shows how change involves unequal relations between clerks and customers. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758376
- ISBN
- 9780804758376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.97
€ 27.99
€ 26.97
Hardcover. Editor(s): Rajgopal, P. V. Num Pages: 237 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BG; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Wisdom Tree India
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788183280396
- ISBN
- 9788183280396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.34
€ 21.99
€ 16.34
Hardcover. Focusing substantially on the relation between the concept of constitutionalism and Islamic Law in general and how such relation is specifically reflected in the Shiite jurisprudence, this volume explores the juristic origins of constitutionalism, especially in the context of 1905 Constitutional Revolution in Iran. Series: Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJ; HRAX; HRH; LAFS; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110731
- ISBN
- 9780230110731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Hardback. Chinese culture was a performance culture, and ritual was the highest form of performance. Village ritual life everywhere in pre-revolutionary China was complex, conservative, and extraordinarily diverse. This title discusses the ritual world of a group of rural settlements in Shanxi province in pre-1949 North China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; HRKN; HRLF; JFSF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033047
- ISBN
- 9780674033047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.72
€ 54.99
€ 45.72
Hardback. Provides a deeply researched account of contemporary Asian art movements, focusing on the work of a select group of internationally renowned and politically engaged artists. Series Editor(s): Jones, Amelia; Meskimmon, Marsha. Series: Rethinking Art's Histories. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Illustrations, colour. BIC Classification: 1F; AC; HBJF; HBTB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 259 x 18. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090646
- ISBN
- 9780719090646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.71
€ 136.71
Hardcover. Num Pages: 206 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTQ; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909982819
- ISBN
- 9781909982819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.77
€ 46.99
€ 32.77
Paperback. Series: The Gulf War series. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JWL; MJCJ; MMG; MMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- RAND United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833026774
- ISBN
- 9780833026774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.73
€ 38.73
Hardback. Everyday life in contemporary rural China is characterized by an increased sense of moral challenge and uncertainty. This ethnographic study of the village of Zhongba is an attempt to grasp the ethical reflexivity of everyday life in rural China. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 308 pages, 19 ills, 6 figs & tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHB; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458902
- ISBN
- 9780857458902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.02
€ 133.02
Hardback. Offers an analysis of the origins of the Chinese communist revolution in the countryside. This book provides a local perspective on the rise of a revolution that reshaped China and the world. It explores the social cleavages that enabled the revolution to grow and dramatically influenced the structure of conflict within the party itself. Series: State & Society in East Asia. Num Pages: 488 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742528789
- ISBN
- 9780742528789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.37
€ 125.37
Hardcover. Focuses on short-story small scrolls (ko-e), one of the most complex but visually appealing forms of early Japanese painting. This book offers an examination of Tosa Mitsunobu's extensive and underappreciated body of artistic achievements. Num Pages: 320 pages, 180 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; AGB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 285 x 261 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989020
- ISBN
- 9780295989020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.40
€ 86.40
Paperback. Translator(s): Thanegi, Ma. Num Pages: 205 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1F; BGH; HBJF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780877277477
- ISBN
- 9780877277477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.49
€ 32.99
€ 32.49
Hardcover. Editor(s): Izuta, Takeshi. Num Pages: 322 pages, 82 black & white illustrations, 26 colour illustrations, 70 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; PSAF; PST; RNP; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431564362
- ISBN
- 9784431564362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.18
€ 192.18
Hardback. A biography of diplomat William Smith Clark, an exponent of the modernization of Japan in the nineteenth century and founder of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Series: Studies of Modern Japan. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739104170
- ISBN
- 9780739104170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.72
€ 157.72
Hardback. This book examines how Japan's naval leaders worked at both the elite political and local levels in society to secure the vast financial support necessary to assemble the world's third-largest naval force between 1868 and 1922. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749770
- ISBN
- 9780804749770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.86
€ 85.86
Hardcover. The volume brings together cutting-edge political economy analyses of the Palestinian people: those living in the occupied territory of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, those living within Israel, and refugees in Arab states. It is a must-read for those who wish to understand the historical origins and contemporary realities that face Palestinians. Editor(s): Turner, Mandy; Shweiki, Omar. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 maps, 3 tables, 16 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137448743
- ISBN
- 9781137448743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76
In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stag...
Tsutsui, William M., Ito, Michiko
Paperback. Editor(s): Tsutsui, William M.; Ito, Michiko. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403964632
- ISBN
- 9781403964632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54