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Hardback. This collection argues that minorities in the Southeast Asian Massif are not powerless in the face of economic and political change in the region - they are drawing on ethnicity and culture to indigenize modernity and maintain their livelihoods. Editor(s): Michaud, Jean; Forsyth, Tim. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 b&w photographs, 16 maps, 6 graphs & tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPC; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774818377
- ISBN
- 9780774818377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.53
€ 141.53
Paperback. This collection argues that minorities in the Southeast Asian Massif are not powerless in the face of economic and political change in the region - they are drawing on ethnicity and culture to indigenize modernity and maintain their livelihoods. Editor(s): Michaud, Jean; Forsyth, Tim. Num Pages: 256 pages, , black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FML; 1FMV; 1FPC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774818384
- ISBN
- 9780774818384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.14
€ 49.14
Paperback. An innovative study of three provocative Chinese directors: Wong Kar-wai, Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang. Focusing on the highly stylized and nonlinear configurations of time in each director's films, she argues that these directors have brought new Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; APF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789888028061
- ISBN
- 9789888028061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.96
€ 33.96
Paperback. An ethnography of Ayurvedic medicine which argues the ills it cures are largely effects of postcolonial identity. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 illus., 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMP; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329480
- ISBN
- 9780822329480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.06
€ 46.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBB; JFSL3; JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816687183
- ISBN
- 9780816687183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.83
€ 36.83
Paperback. These novellas appeared at the height of fin-de-siecle American fascination with Japanese culture. Usually dismissed by critics because of their stereotypical treatment of Asian women, they have been paired here to show how they defined and redefined contemporary misconceptions of the "Orient". Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813530635
- ISBN
- 9780813530635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.29
€ 41.29
hardcover. In what is today Malaysia, the British established George Town on Penang Island in 1786 and encouraged Chinese merchants and laborers to settle there. This book analyzes the relations between the Chinese and British and between the Chinese and Malays, focusing on the role of temples and religion in organizing Chinese social life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 26 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744867
- ISBN
- 9780804744867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.30
€ 91.30
Paperback. As the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) set about reforming its centrally planned economy, it faced the thorny policy question of how to reform its state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Editor(s): Oi, Jean C. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931368223
- ISBN
- 9781931368223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.39
€ 41.39
Paperback. This anthology offers a wide selection of modern Palestinian literature including translations of poems, stories and the excerpts of novels. Also included are personal narratives by Palestinian writers depicting aspects of Palestinian life from the turn of the century to the present. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. Num Pages: 740 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 755
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231075091
- ISBN
- 9780231075091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Keyes, Charles F.; Sears, Laurie J.; Rafael, Vicente. Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 3 maps, 27 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295996677
- ISBN
- 9780295996677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.16
€ 117.16
Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, Map: 1. BIC Classification: 1FKA; CFB; HBJF; JHB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 37. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198099154
- ISBN
- 9780198099154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.59
€ 80.59
Paperback. Editor(s): Jayal, Niraja Gopal; Mehta, Pratap Bhanu. Num Pages: 644 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 181 x 35. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Edition
- Student ed
- Number of pages
- 644
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198075929
- ISBN
- 9780198075929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.45
€ 50.45
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 644
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195669763
- ISBN
- 9780195669763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.64
€ 128.64
Hardcover. This stunning Chinese art book presents almost a hundred recently unearthed objects that offer a glimpse into the extraordinary wealth and artistic accomplishments of elite society during the Western Han Dynasty Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; ACBP; AMGD; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1461.
- Publisher
- Asian Art Museum
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939117789
- ISBN
- 9780939117789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.95
€ 41.95
Hardcover. Chiang Ching-kuo, son and political heir of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, died in 1988 as the leader of Taiwan, a budding democracy. This book examines his role in the struggles of 20th century China as well as his integral part in Taiwan's transition from dictatorship to democracy. Num Pages: 544 pages, 20 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 889.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002876
- ISBN
- 9780674002876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.87
€ 124.87
Paperback. A modernist as well as a neo-Confucianist, Chiang was a man of war who led the most ancient and populous country in the world through a quarter century of bloody revolutions, civil conflict, and wars of resistance against Japanese aggression. This biography reveals aspects of Chiang's life. Num Pages: 736 pages, 41 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 988.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060494
- ISBN
- 9780674060494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.64
€ 30.99
€ 28.64
Hardback. An ethnography that describes life in the Uyghur suburbs of Yining, a city near the border with Kazakhstan, and situates that account in a broader examination of Uyghur culture. This book explores topics ranging from family life to market trading, from informal socializing to forms of religious devotion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032828
- ISBN
- 9780674032828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.50
€ 55.50
Paperback. Jasvinder Sanghera, international bestselling author of SHAME, describes her life-changing journey to the rural Punjabi village of Kang Sabu - the village where her parents grew up. Num Pages: 304 pages, Integrated b&w pictures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGA; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340962091
- ISBN
- 9780340962091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 46 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 208 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Imprint unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881613875
- ISBN
- 9789881613875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Ng, Lee Po. Num Pages: 220 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881900319
- ISBN
- 9789881900319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.23
€ 14.99
€ 14.23
Hardback. In March 2004, Capt. Jason Whiteley was appointed the governance officer for Al Dora, one of Baghdad's most violent districts. His job was to establish and oversee a council structure for Iraqis that would allow them to begin governing themselves. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16 b&w photos, 1 map, index. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597975445
- ISBN
- 9781597975445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.58
€ 55.58
Hardback. What impact did the Persian Zoroastrian Empire, as both a real historical force and an imaginary interlocutor, have on rabbinic identity and authority as expressed in the Talmud? This book addresses this question by bringing into mutual fruition Talmudic studies and ancient Iranology, two historically distinct disciplines. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1QDA; HRAX; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286207
- ISBN
- 9780520286207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.33
€ 127.33
Paperback. "A Navy SEAL's highly-charged account of his combat missions in Iraq and his miraculous recovery from wounds that might have killed him--if it were not for his grit and the devotion of his wife and family"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062208323
- ISBN
- 9780062208323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.49
€ 17.99
€ 16.49
Hardback. This book examines Chinese culture under the condition of postsocialist modernity, in which market reforms have fundamentally altered the fields of film, literature, and cultural debate. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 table, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758741
- ISBN
- 9780804758741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.19
€ 144.19