Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. Translator(s): Jones, Andrew F. Series: Fiction from Modern China S. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
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- New
- SKU
- V9780824817824
- ISBN
- 9780824817824
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€ 44.99€ 37.65
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Paperback. Editor(s): Bacchilega, Cristina; Moore, Cornelia Niekus. Series: Literary Studies East & West. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
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- New
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- V9780824818692
- ISBN
- 9780824818692
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€ 35.99€ 30.54
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Hardcover. Koda Aya's short stories, novels and essays offer insight into women's lives, the family and traditional culture. This text presents a discussion of her life and work in light of changes in critical horizons, readerly communities and constructions of gender and the family in the late 20th century. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; BG; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 564.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
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- New
- SKU
- V9780824818999
- ISBN
- 9780824818999
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€ 51.46€ 47.81
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Paperback. Editor(s): Stewart, Frank; Whaitiri, Reina; Sullivan, Rovert. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
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- New
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- V9780824819736
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- 9780824819736
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€ 19.99€ 18.34
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Hardcover. This text presents a study of Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's novels, critical essays and poetry. It critically examines his work, arguing that it displays a dark, romantic voice and explores the problems of closure, the subversion of forms and narrative structures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 447.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
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- New
- SKU
- V9780824819811
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- 9780824819811
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€ 27.99€ 24.45
€ 27.99
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Paperback. This text presents the American author's attempts to focus his impressions of New Zealand's literary culture and relate its mental and moral landscape to that of the USA. To do this he explores a selection of contemporary New Zealand authors and film directors. Series: A Latitude 20 Book. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 2AB; APF; DSBH; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
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- New
- SKU
- V9780824820169
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- 9780824820169
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€ 26.99€ 23.43
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Paperback. A study of Japanese wartime writer Shimao Toshio. The book assesses his literary legacy and considers broader issues of his work relating to the nature of the Japanese postwar sense of identity, concluding that Toshio challenges common readings of Japanese war literature. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 477.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
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- New
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- V9780824820893
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- 9780824820893
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€ 29.99€ 25.46
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Hardcover. This is a translation of five plays by Oh T'ae-sok, Korea's leading playwright and one of the most original dramatists and stage-directors working in Asia in the 1990s. A visual storyteller, Oh mines Korea's cultural and theatrical traditions, and interrogates them in a social light. Translator(s): Graves, R.B.; Kim, Ah-jeong; Kim, A. Num Pages: 176 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 2GK; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 600.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
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- New
- SKU
- V9780824820992
- ISBN
- 9780824820992
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€ 45.99€ 38.66
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Hardcover. Examining the literary career of Nagai Kafu, this text focuses on his fiction in terms of narrative strategy, placing him squarely within some of the most important currents of literary modernism - at the nexus of Naturalism and the largely antiethical development of the modernist reflexive novel. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Univ of Hawaii Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824821470
- ISBN
- 9780824821470
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Condition: New
€ 51.46€ 47.81
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Paperback. This is a translation of five plays by Oh T'ae-sok, Korea's leading playwright and one of the most original dramatists and stage-directors working in Asia in the 1990s. A visual storyteller, Oh mines Korea's cultural and theatrical traditions, and interrogates them in a social light. Translator(s): Graves, R.B.; Kim, Ah-jeong; Kim, A. Num Pages: 176 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 2GK; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824821586
- ISBN
- 9780824821586
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€ 24.99€ 21.40
€ 24.99
€ 21.40
Paperback. Introducing 20 writers of Asian descent, this text invites the writers to comment on their work and to speak openly about aesthetics, politics, and the difficulties they have encountered in pursuing a writing career. They also address the expectations attached to the label "Asian American". Editor(s): Cheung, King-Kok. Series: Intersections: Asian & Pacific American Transcultural Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824822163
- ISBN
- 9780824822163
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€ 35.99€ 30.54
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Paperback. An examination of censorship and suppression of Indonesian writers. Works include fiction, poetry, journalism, interviews and courtroom testimony. An overview essay discusses the state of censorship in Indonesia and the role of censorship in a democratic society. Editor(s): McGlynn, John H.; Stewart, Frank. Series: Manoa S.: Pacific Journal of International Writing. Num Pages: 230 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 2PGNA; DQ; DSBH; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 617.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824823214
- ISBN
- 9780824823214
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.36
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Paperback. This title is an analysis of Chinese prescriptions of gender as represented in Cao Xueqin's famous 18th-century Chinese novel of manners, "The Red Chamber Dream", or "The Story of the Stone". Drawing on feminist literary critical methods, it examines Qing notions of masculinity and femininity. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
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- New
- SKU
- V9780824824686
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- 9780824824686
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€ 26.99€ 23.43
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Paperback. This title provides a cultural history of "huaju" (modern Chinese drama) from 1966 to 1996. It is situated both in the context of Chinese literary and cultural history and in the context of comparative drama and theatre, cultural studies and critical issues relevant to national theatre worldwide. Num Pages: 440 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJP; AN; DSBH; DSG; GTB; HBT; JFC; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 786.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824824839
- ISBN
- 9780824824839
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€ 42.99€ 35.62
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Hardcover. From its humble "straw mat" origins to its paradoxical status as a national treasure, "p'ansori" has survived centuries of change and remains the primary source of Korean narrative and poetic consciousness. Chan Park celebrates "p'ansori" as a living tradition, adapting to an ever-shifting context. Series: Hawaii Studies on Korea. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 2GK; AVGE; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 621.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824825119
- ISBN
- 9780824825119
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€ 59.72€ 54.97
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Paperback. This title should provide advanced students (those with at least four years of college-level training in Korean) with materials that should help them understand and appreciate modern Korean literary traditions as well as challenge them to use their Korean-language competence to the fullest extent. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2GK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824826277
- ISBN
- 9780824826277
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€ 42.99€ 35.62
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Hardcover. Explores representations of Americans that emerged onstage in China between 1987 and 2002 and considers how they function as racial and cultural stereotypes, political strategy, and artistic innovation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824826536
- ISBN
- 9780824826536
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€ 66.74€ 61.07
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Hardcover. This work examines the boom in Japanese women's detective fiction and the ways in which five contemporary authors critically engage with a variety of social issues and concerns including consumerism and the crisis of identity and discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; 3JJPR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824827366
- ISBN
- 9780824827366
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€ 60.89€ 55.99
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Hardcover. This is a study of postwar modernist verse in Japan. It combines close readings of individual Japanese postwar poets and poetry with historical and critical analysis. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824827380
- ISBN
- 9780824827380
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€ 66.74€ 61.07
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Hardcover. During the 1980s and 1990s the crippled agent who fails to realise the humanist autonomy envisioned by post-Mao theorists remained a common subject of Chinese literature. Rong Cai studies the work of five contemporary writers and assesses the reasons for the popularity of this subject. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824827618
- ISBN
- 9780824827618
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€ 66.74€ 61.07
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Hardcover. Originally conceived as a single work, Maxine Hong Kingston's autobiographical novels The Woman Warrior and China Men tell the story of one Asian American family from various gendered perspectives. In this study, Sabine brings these divided texts together and considers theories of intertextuality th Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ of Hawaii Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824827847
- ISBN
- 9780824827847
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€ 51.46€ 47.68
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Hardcover. Using a range of texts, the author focuses on the ways in which Japanese writers and readers revised and devised - rhetoric to convey "Chineseness" and how this practice contributed to shaping a national Japanese identity. This volume examines how Japanese travelers in China, and Chinese travelers in Japan, are portrayed in early literary works. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824829186
- ISBN
- 9780824829186
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€ 74.94€ 68.19
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Hardcover. Offers an analysis of major interwar women's magazines, especially the literary journal "Ladies' Review", the popular domestic periodical "Housewife's Friend", and the politically radical magazine "Women's Arts". This book considers the central place of representations of women for women in the culture of interwar-era Japan. Num Pages: 280 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; DSBH; HBTB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824829971
- ISBN
- 9780824829971
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€ 93.68€ 84.45
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Hardcover. Considers the various ways in which auto/biographical accounts situate and question the self in contemporary southern Africa. Editor(s): Coullie, Judith Lutge; Meyer, Stephan; Ngwenya, Thengani H.; Olver, Thomas. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 903.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824830045
- ISBN
- 9780824830045
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Condition: New
€ 66.74€ 61.07
€ 66.74
€ 61.07