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Hardcover. Looks at the origins of the iconic cheongsam dress, and its social and cultural importance in Singapore. This book examines the origins and development of the cheongsam in the social context of Singapore since its introduction from Shanghai, China, in the 1920s onwards. Num Pages: 160 pages, photographs & illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1FMS; AKTH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 180 x 27. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Editions Didier Millet Pty Ltd Singapore
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814260923
- ISBN
- 9789814260923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.18
€ 19.99
€ 18.18
Hardback. Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390. And Other Stories of China. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. 256 pages. Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FYB. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight: 390. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136945
- ISBN
- 9780231136945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.91
€ 40.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. Series: Decolonizing Feminisms. Num Pages: 20 black & white illustrations, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JFSJ5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995328
- ISBN
- 9780295995328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. A comprehensive collection of contemporary writings on political Islam from key thinkers in the field. Includes a substantial introduction. Editor(s): Abu-Rabi', Ibrahim M. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRAM2; HRH; JFSR2; JPFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745328898
- ISBN
- 9780745328898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.95
€ 40.99
€ 30.95
paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; BM; BTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Monsoon Books Singapore
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789810589738
- ISBN
- 9789810589738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
hardcover. Against Harmony traces the history of progressive and radical experiments in Japanese Buddhist thought and practice from the mid-Meiji period (ca. 1885) through the early Showa period (ca. 1935). Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PR United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190664008
- ISBN
- 9780190664008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.38
€ 206.38
Paperback. A comprehensive look at the Boxer Rebellion of 1898-1900, a bloody uprising in north China against native Christians and foreign missionaries. Num Pages: 428 pages, 36 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTV; HRC; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106511
- ISBN
- 9780231106511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.05
€ 46.99
€ 33.05
Hardcover. "Translated from the French by Jean Stewart - Chinese revolution in new terms. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall Cloth. Very Good. Jacket condition is described as - Very Good. 1st Edition". Keywords: Subjects
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1967
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KON0521687
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786162150159
- ISBN
- 9786162150159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
€ 26.99
€ 26.93
Paperback. Shows how the complex and contradictory characteristics of globalization constrain and promote the peace processes in Israel/Palestine and Northern Ireland. This title views that a critical interrogation of the interface between economic interests and policy makers is central to an understanding of the relationship between globalization and peace. Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1FBH; 1FBP; GTJ; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630692
- ISBN
- 9780815630692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.22
€ 42.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; DSB; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816651269
- ISBN
- 9780816651269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 239 x 174 x 3. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Learners Press India
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788171817559
- ISBN
- 9788171817559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.01
€ 7.01
Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22. BIC Classification: 1FBS; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801423734
- ISBN
- 9780801423734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.73
€ 90.73
Hardback. Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion and Security argues that Japanese public opinion matters and has acted to prevent overseas military deployments involving combat while increasingly supportive of a more normal military establishment capable of autonomously defending Japanese territory. Series: Studies in Asian Security. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804772167
- ISBN
- 9780804772167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.54€ 103.56
€ 116.54
€ 103.56
Hardcover. Explores the central issues of vision and visibility in Iranian culture. This book focuses on historical and literary texts to understand the use of visual culture in the production of the contemporary nation. It examines various discourses that have constituted the image of the "Babi." Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; APFA; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631798
- ISBN
- 9780815631798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.68
€ 42.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBP; AFKV; JFD; TJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816689507
- ISBN
- 9780816689507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.23
€ 29.99
€ 29.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 201 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Kip Kotarim International Publishing Israel
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789659141586
- ISBN
- 9789659141586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.48
€ 27.99
€ 19.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 46. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801449321
- ISBN
- 9780801449321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.48
€ 147.48
Hardcover. Num Pages: 190 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 181 x 16. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590331606
- ISBN
- 9781590331606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.90€ 70.71
€ 92.90
€ 70.71
Hardback. Follows the spread of Chinese tobacco use from the sixteenth century, when it was introduced to China from the New World, through the development of commercialized tobacco cultivation, and to the present day. This title analyzes the factors that have shaped China's highly gendered tobacco cultures. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262775
- ISBN
- 9780520262775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.58€ 63.89
€ 83.58
€ 63.89
Paperback. The story of an idealistic Russian woman doctor in pre- and post-revolutionary Siberia. Editor(s): Bek, Anna; Rassweiler, Anne D.; Lindenmeyr, Adele. Num Pages: 176 pages, 11 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FCS; BGA; JFSJ1; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 168 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217172
- ISBN
- 9780253217172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.70
€ 23.70
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Sivaramakrishnan, Arvind; Sivaramakrishnan, K.; Kaimal, Padma; Yang, Anand A. Series: Global South Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 2 maps, 9 illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JHMC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995526
- ISBN
- 9780295995526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.50
€ 131.50
Paperback. The Persians is a succinct narrative of Iranian history from the time of Cyrus the Great in 560BC to the present day. * A succinct narrative of Iranian history from the time of Cyrus the Great in 560BC to the present day. Series: Peoples of Asia. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405156806
- ISBN
- 9781405156806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.30
€ 51.30
Hardback. Translator(s): Kimbrough, R. Keller. Num Pages: 288 pages, 53. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; ASZM; DD; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146586
- ISBN
- 9780231146586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.59€ 78.05
€ 103.59
€ 78.05