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Hardback. Demonstrates how a politics of polarity have defined the experience of Chinese immigration in America. This book is a useful resource on the Asian immigrant experience for researchers and students in Chinese American studies, Asian American history, immigration studies, and American history. Editor(s): Cassel, Susie Lan. Series: Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans. Num Pages: 480 pages, references, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759100008
- ISBN
- 9780759100008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.97
€ 167.97
Hardback. 264 pages, 2 tables. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBTB; JFCX. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 20. Weight: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147163
- ISBN
- 9780231147163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.60€ 79.12
€ 104.60
€ 79.12
Paperback. Religious Politics and Secular States fills this gap by situating this trend within long-standing debates over the proper role of religion in public life. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HBE; 1KBB; HRAM2; JPB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405773
- ISBN
- 9781421405773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.74
€ 38.99
€ 32.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 177 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583226032
- ISBN
- 9781583226032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.74
€ 10.99
€ 10.74
Hardcover. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFSP2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745679174
- ISBN
- 9780745679174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardcover. Collects essays that examine issues of gender, family, and law in the Middle East and South Asia. This title addresses the role of religious politics in writing family law and the implications for gender relations, and the tension between international standards emerging from UN conferences and conventions and various nationalist projects. Editor(s): Cuno, Kenneth M.; Desai, Manisha, PhD. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 296 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FK; JFSJ; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632351
- ISBN
- 9780815632351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.96
€ 61.96
hardcover. This book illuminates the remarkable resilience of South Asian Sufi saints and their cults in the face of radical economic and political dislocations. It breaks new ground in current research. Editor(s): Werbner, Pnina; Basu, Helene (University of Munster). Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKB; HRH; HRLB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415150996
- ISBN
- 9780415150996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.25
€ 173.25
Paperback. Ida Pruitt, born of American missionaries and raised in a rural Chinese village at the end of the nineteenth century, witnessed almost a century of China's revolutionary upheavals. This work tells the story of this remarkable woman, and brings a different perspective to the study of modern Chinese history. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629962210
- ISBN
- 9789629962210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.96
€ 39.96
paperback. In Taiwan, small-scale subcontracting factories are found in rice fields and urban areas, front yards and living rooms, mostly employing married women in line with the government slogan that promotes work in the home "Living Rooms as Factories". The author studies the experiences of the married women who work in this satellite system of factories. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 illustrations, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JFSJ; JHM; KCF; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566393904
- ISBN
- 9781566393904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.19
€ 38.99
€ 35.19
Hardback. Explores the Daoist encounter with modernity through the activities of Chen Yingning (1880-1969), a famous lay Daoist master, and his group in early twentieth-century Shanghai. This study tells a story of Daoist resilience, reinvigoration and revival. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HRKN5. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033092
- ISBN
- 9780674033092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.34
€ 54.99
€ 46.34
Hardback. Placing the social history of East Syrian Christians at the center of the Iranian imperial story, this book explains the endurance of a culturally diverse empire across four centuries. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 b/w images, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3D; 3F; HBLA; HRCC; HRKZ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286191
- ISBN
- 9780520286191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.09€ 72.21
€ 95.09
€ 72.21
Hardcover. Editor(s): Chandra, Satish; Ghoshal, Baladas. Num Pages: 300 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120724259
- ISBN
- 9788120724259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.33
€ 24.99
€ 17.33
Paperback. Explores the history of Japanese imperialism in Manchuria from the acquisition of a railway concession following the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 to the founding of the puppet state of Manchoukuo in 1932. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 544 pages, 11 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012066
- ISBN
- 9780674012066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.84
€ 33.99
€ 28.84
Hardcover. Num Pages: 299 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1FM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 24. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594541889
- ISBN
- 9781594541889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.47€ 122.09
€ 179.47
€ 122.09
Paperback. The current place of Marxism in Asian and Asian Studies thinking. Editor(s): Barlow, Tani E. Series: A Positions Book. Num Pages: 440 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1FPK; JPFC; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 28. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328735
- ISBN
- 9780822328735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 120 pages, 57. BIC Classification: 1FBH; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 287 x 20. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Kehrer Verlag
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783868286175
- ISBN
- 9783868286175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 44.50
€ 51.99
€ 44.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 1084 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; CBDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1641.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1944
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1084
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804703833
- ISBN
- 9780804703833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.21
€ 145.21
Hardback. Assisted reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization have provoked global controversy and ethical debate. This book provides a groundbreaking investigation into those debates in the Islamic Middle East, simultaneously documenting changing ideas of kinship and the evolving role of religious authority in the region.. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JFSR2; MFKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454326
- ISBN
- 9781845454326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.45
€ 155.45
Paperback. The medieval Rajput queen Padmini - believed to have been pursued by Alauddin Khalji, the Sultan of Delhi - has been the focus of numerous South Asian narratives. This book investigates these legends and traces their subsequent appropriation by colonial administrators and nationalist intellectuals, for varying different political ends. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987606
- ISBN
- 9780295987606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Hardback. Focusses on financial developments in the MENA region, emphasizing the role of stock markets and portfolio flows, foreign direct investments and private and public savings in the growth and development experience of the region. This volume addresses the role commercial banks played in channelling funds from savings to investments. Editor(s): Neaime, Simon; Colton, N. Series: Research in Middle East Economics. Num Pages: 249 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; KCM; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762312160
- ISBN
- 9780762312160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.38
€ 188.38
Hardback. Series: History & Society of the Modern Middle East. Num Pages: 480 pages, 7 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1FB; HBJD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231154925
- ISBN
- 9780231154925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.86€ 89.47
€ 118.86
€ 89.47
Since becoming president of China and general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping has emerged as China's most powerful leader since Deng Xiaoping. This title examines both the prospects for China's continuing rise and the emergent and unintended consequences posed by China's internal instability and international assertiveness. Editor(s): Ross, Robert S.; Bekkevold, Jo Inge. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 figures, 9 tables, 9 figures, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JMG; HBJF; HBLX; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 655.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626162976
- ISBN
- 9781626162976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.64
€ 121.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FBXQ; 3JMC; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452093
- ISBN
- 9780801452093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
Paperback. Useful for students of gender and Middle East studies, this book examines gender, women's involvement, and sexuality in the ideologies and strategies of a transnational Palestinian political movement. It focuses on the central party apparatus of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Democratic Front branches. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 216 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; 1FBP; JFSJ1; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630876
- ISBN
- 9780815630876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.59
€ 36.59