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Paperback. Scholars discuss the theme of resistance within 20th-century Japanese American communities. Editor(s): Fiset, Louis; Nomura, Gail M. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984612
- ISBN
- 9780295984612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.81
€ 37.81
paperback. This text paints a portrait of Palestinian society on the verge of modernity. Through the voices of merchants, peasants and Ottoman officials, the book investigates the ways in which urban-rural dynamics in a provincial setting gave meaning to Ottoman rule and European economic expansion. Num Pages: 340 pages, 6 illustrations, 3 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1; JH; JP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520203709
- ISBN
- 9780520203709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Hardback. A Tender Voyage is the first full-length study of the history of childhood and children's lives in late imperial China. Num Pages: 378 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBT; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804741644
- ISBN
- 9780804741644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.64
€ 205.64
Paperback. What did it mean to be a 'half caste' in early twentieth-century North America? This collection of short works ranges from magazine romance to story melodrama and provides an introduction to a unique literary personality - Onoto Watanna. It includes nineteen - thirteen stories and six essays - intended to show the versatility of her writing. Editor(s): Moser, Linda Trinh; Rooney, Elizabeth. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliographical references. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBC; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252070945
- ISBN
- 9780252070945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.82
€ 23.99
€ 21.82
Paperback. Presents and analyses fatwas - rulings of Islamic law - issued by religious sages and clerics on issues of war and peace in regard to the actual or future possibility of conducting a peace agreement between Muslim states and Israel. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; GTJ; HRH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194802
- ISBN
- 9781845194802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.67
€ 33.99
€ 30.67
Paperback. This is the story of how the women's movement in China took advantage of the government's official efforts to position women in the rural economic reforms of the 1980s to achieve a significant and ever-increasing role in China's developing turn toward a market economy, which was not the state's intent. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JHMC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316. 208 pages, 1 map. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JHMC; KCP. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744065
- ISBN
- 9780804744065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
paperback. Series: Encounter Broadsides. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 120 x 5. Weight in Grams: 71.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Encounter Books United States
- Edition
- Americantion ed.
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594036200
- ISBN
- 9781594036200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.73
€ 10.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. This is a synthesis of Japanese history, religion, culture and social organization. The book explores the Japanese historical legacy and its impact on the Japanese experience of modernity, eschewing the polemicism of structuralist or culturalist approaches in favour of a comparative analysis. Num Pages: 596 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 37. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 596
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226195582
- ISBN
- 9780226195582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.58
€ 36.99
€ 28.58
Hardcover. Explores the connections between two central functions of Third World governments - development and security - in an analysis of Corazon Aquino's six years as President of the Philippines. Information in the book is updated to reflect recent events, including the changes of leadership. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; GTF; HBJF; HBLW3; JPH; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press New York
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312055936
- ISBN
- 9780312055936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.27€ 85.33
€ 103.27
€ 85.33
Paperback. Was George Mallory the first man to reach the summit of Everest? Conrad Anker and Leo Houlding embark on a death-defying expedition to find out Num Pages: 272 pages, 2x8pp. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; BT; WSZG; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Murray Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719524929
- ISBN
- 9780719524929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Hardback. The Honganji branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism was a powerhouse that exercised its military will by fanning violent uprisings of ikko ikki, loosely structured "leagues of one mind". This title looks at the complex and often contradictory relationship between these ikko leagues and the Honganji institution. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HRE; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025097
- ISBN
- 9780674025097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
€ 37.79
Paperback. An extraordinary testimony of changed lives through kindness, courage, prayer and grace. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8pp colour pics. BIC Classification: 1FMP; BGXA; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson Plc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857215048
- ISBN
- 9780857215048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.41
€ 13.99
€ 13.41
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909384385
- ISBN
- 9781909384385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42
Hardcover. Editor(s): Fleischer, Samuel E. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608768462
- ISBN
- 9781608768462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.17€ 87.44
€ 127.17
€ 87.44
Paperback. Monsters, ghosts, the supernatural, the fantastic, the mysterious. This title asserts that discourse on the fantastic was at the heart of the historical configuration of Japanese modernity - that the representation of the magical and mysterious played an integral part in the production of modernity beginning in Meiji Japan (1868-1912). Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822324188
- ISBN
- 9780822324188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.48
€ 31.99
€ 28.48
paperback. Beginning where the autobiography left off, Green has selected letters, essays, interviews, and speeches that offer a complete self-narration of Gandhi's life from 1920 to 1948. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780874514186
- ISBN
- 9780874514186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 111 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; WJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 121 x 166 x 5. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881376404
- ISBN
- 9789881376404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Based on internal documents, long-term fieldwork, and interviews, this book charts the emergence of population as a central source of power in the People's Republic of China, documenting the gradual shift from hard birth planning techniques toward soft neoliberal approaches. Num Pages: 412 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JMC; JHBD; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748803
- ISBN
- 9780804748803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718892449
- ISBN
- 9780718892449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.40
€ 42.40
Paperback. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 426 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016545
- ISBN
- 9780674016545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.69
€ 32.99
€ 27.69
Hardback. This book argues that Japan's extremely low fertility rate is due to labor markets inhospitable to women , which make it difficult for them to balance home and work and discourage them from having as many children as they want. Editor(s): Rosenbluth, Frances. Num Pages: 240 pages, 29 tables, 31 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JHBD; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754866
- ISBN
- 9780804754866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.18
€ 72.18
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222541
- ISBN
- 9780253222541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Hardcover. This study explains the rejection by Smith and Adams of "normal" Christian replacement theology and sets out the apologetics by which Smith and Adams promoted courage and conviction in all who joined them in encouraging the ingathering of the Jewish exiles to Jerusalem. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HRAF; HRCM; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903900628
- ISBN
- 9781903900628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.51
€ 129.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 257. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Nippan IPS
- Edition
- Adr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784865050653
- ISBN
- 9784865050653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.10
€ 47.99
€ 39.10