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Paperback. Stunning biographical portraits explore the lives of five women--two actresses, two writers, and a painter--who did their best to stand up and cause more trouble than was considered proper in Japanese society. Their lives stretch across a century and a half of explosive cultural and political transformations in Japan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BG; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113571
- ISBN
- 9780231113571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.88
€ 36.99
€ 26.88
Hardcover. What role does race, geography, religion, orthography and nationalism play in the crafting of identities? What are the origins of Singlish? This book offers a thorough investigation of old and new identities in Asia's most global city, examined through the lens of language. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMS; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137012333
- ISBN
- 9781137012333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.00
€ 122.00
Paperback. The essays in this volume reassess Gandharan Buddhism in light of these findings, utilizing a multidisciplinary approach that illuminates the complex historical and cultural dynamics of the region. Editor(s): Brancaccio, Pia; Behrendt, Kurt A. Series: Asian Religions and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774810814
- ISBN
- 9780774810814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.81
€ 44.99
€ 39.81
Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies on Children and Development. Num Pages: 180 pages, 10 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FMT; JFFN; JFSL9; JHM; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137572172
- ISBN
- 9781137572172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Hardcover. This text offers an account of the Israel-Palestinian peace process, dealing in particular with the factors on the Palestinian side. The book details the Abu Iyad and Abu Jihad streams within the PLO, seeks the roots of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements, and discusses American policies. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898723202
- ISBN
- 9781898723202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.03
€ 124.03
Paperback. This text offers an account of the Israel-Palestinian peace process, dealing in particular with the factors on the Palestinian side. The book details the Abu Iyad and Abu Jihad streams within the PLO, seeks the roots of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements, and discusses American policies. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898723219
- ISBN
- 9781898723219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.73
€ 35.99
€ 32.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ; AGC; AKL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1814.
- Publisher
- PIE Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784756247131
- ISBN
- 9784756247131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.13€ 36.95
€ 52.13
€ 36.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, Throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; ACV; AFKC; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 184 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- PIE Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784756246691
- ISBN
- 9784756246691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.17
€ 26.99
€ 18.17
hardcover. This book investigates the origins and mechanics of recent Chinese migration, focusing on the work and life of Fujianese migrants in the United Kingdom, Hungary, and Italy, and exploring the many transnational spaces that connect Fujianese across Europe, the United States, and China. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 maps, references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JJPR; 3JM; GTB; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749947
- ISBN
- 9780804749947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.87
€ 135.87
Paperback. Basing on inaccessible Vietnamese materials as well as French, British, Canadian, and American documents, this book examines the internal debates and other elements that shaped Hanoi's revolutionary strategy in the decade preceding US military intervention, and resulting domestic and foreign programs. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287495
- ISBN
- 9780520287495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.30
€ 32.99
€ 24.30
Hardback. In agreeing to the accords, Ho Chi Minh and other leaders of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam anticipated a new period of peace leading to national reunification under their rule; they never imagined that within a decade they would be engaged in an even bigger feud with the United States. This title explores the communist path to war. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 357
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276123
- ISBN
- 9780520276123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.28€ 42.06
€ 53.28
€ 42.06
Paperback. Demonstrating the centrality of diplomacy in the Vietnam War, Pierre Asselin traces the secret negotiations that led up to the Paris Agreement of 1973, which ended America's involvement but failed to bring peace to Vietnam. Series: New Cold War History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF; HBJK; HBJM; HBLW3; HBWS2; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807854174
- ISBN
- 9780807854174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.40
€ 45.40
Paperback. Combining fresh approaches with a historical synthesis, this work presents general history of French Indochina. Focusing on economic, social, intellectual, and cultural dimensions, it treats Indochina's history from its inception in Cochinchina in 1858 to its crumbling at Dien Bien Ph in 1954 and on to decolonization. Editor(s): Goscha, Christopher E. Translator(s): Dill-Klein, Ly Lan. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 508 pages, 14 line illustrations, 10 maps, 37 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 720. An Ambiguous Colonization, 1858-1954. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. 508 pages, Illustrations, maps. Combining fresh approaches with a historical synthesis, this work presents general history of French Indochina. Focusing on economic, social, intellectual, and cultural dimensions, it treats Indochina's history from its inception in Cochinchina in 1858 to its crumbling at Dien Bien Ph in 1954 and on to decolonization. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight: 706. Translator(s): Dill-Klein, Ly Lan.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 508
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269743
- ISBN
- 9780520269743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
In the late twelfth century, Japanese people called the transitional period in which they were living the "age of warriors." This book provides an account of the religious, intellectual, and literary practices of medieval Japan in order to reveal the era's own cultural creativity and enormous economic potential. Translator(s): Roth, Kathe. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118422
- ISBN
- 9780231118422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.13
€ 128.13
Paperback. In the late twelfth century, Japanese people called the transitional period in which they were living the "age of warriors." This book provides an account of the religious, intellectual, and literary practices of medieval Japan in order to reveal the era's own cultural creativity and enormous economic potential. Translator(s): Roth, Kathe. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118439
- ISBN
- 9780231118439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.24
€ 46.24
Hardback. Originally published: La Guerre Iran-Irak, 1980-1988: Premiere guerre du Golfe. Perrin, un department d'Edi8, 2013. Num Pages: 580 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1200.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088634
- ISBN
- 9780674088634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 42.96
€ 51.99
€ 42.96
Paperback. The most detailed, sophisticated and theoretically grounded analysis of wartime media coverage written to date. Describes and explains how British news media variously supported, and dissented from, coalition propaganda campaigns during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 black & white tables, 9 black & white line drawings, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1FBQ; JPS; KNTJ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719084454
- ISBN
- 9780719084454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.43
€ 33.43
Hardcover. Introduces the history and people of West Papua, tracing the origins of the international conflict surrounding their struggle for self-determination following the Second World War. This title focuses on the sham referendum of 1969, which Indonesia dubbed 'The Act of Free Choice', an election rigged to legitimize Indonesian control over West Papua. Num Pages: 928 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1MKLP; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1520.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851687152
- ISBN
- 9781851687152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.39
€ 157.39
Hardback. With the growth of the recycling sector, trade in recyclables increased tremendously. It is striking that most of this trade flows from developed to developing countries. This book addresses the causes of this trade pattern and investigates its economic and environmental effects. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FKA; 1FPC; KCN; RNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368984
- ISBN
- 9780792368984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.16
€ 127.16
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073175
- ISBN
- 9780252073175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25