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Paperback. An ethnography of contemporary Java. It analyzes how language operates to organize and to order an Indonesian people. It exposes the ways a culture reconstitutes itself. It leads to insights into the 'accidents' that precede the formulations of culture as such. Num Pages: 350 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FMN; CFB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000855
- ISBN
- 9780691000855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.29€ 47.09
€ 60.29
€ 47.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; AMN; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119000587
- ISBN
- 9781119000587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Hardcover. Includes bibliography. 508 p. 23 cm. Original boards. A good copy. Some worn at the edges. Library marked internally. Keywords: Subjects
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Ranjit Printers & Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1961
- SKU
- KEX0121156
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 85.77€ 4.99
€ 85.77
€ 4.99
Hardback. One linchpin of China's expansion has been township and village enterprises (TVEs), a vast group of firms with diverse modes of ownership and structure. This book explores the emergence and success of rural enterprises. It also examines how ordinary rural residents have made sense of and participated in the industrialization engulfing them. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KN; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027831
- ISBN
- 9780674027831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.06
€ 44.99
€ 37.06
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606061305
- ISBN
- 9781606061305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.16
€ 17.99
€ 14.16
Paperback. Combining personal stories and analytical insights, this title helps students of conflict understand how a seemingly irrational and archaic riot becomes a means for renegotiating the distribution of power and rights in a small community. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKB; JFFE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520083424
- ISBN
- 9780520083424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.97
€ 35.99
€ 25.97
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
€ 46.99€ 39.96
€ 46.99
€ 39.96
Paperback. This book provides an introduction not only to the works of Sun'Allah Ibrahim, but also, more generally, to the modern literature of Egypt (and elsewhere in the Arab world) over a 40-year period, in its social, historical and political setting. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBE; DQ; DSB; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474426442
- ISBN
- 9781474426442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.02
€ 31.99
€ 29.02
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641321
- ISBN
- 9780748641321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.35€ 100.65
€ 104.35
€ 100.65
Paperback. In the sunny, subtropical Sipsongpanna region, Tai Lues perform flirtatious, exoticized dances for an increasingly growing tourist trade. This title reveals how Tai Lues are reviving and reinventing their culture in ways that contest the official state version. Num Pages: 216 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135276
- ISBN
- 9780231135276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.30
€ 45.30
Hardback. This exploration of the life and times of a poet in late medieval Japan is a companion volume to the author's translation of "The Journal of Socho", the travel diary and poetic memoir of Saiokuken Socho (1448-1532), the preeminent linked-verse (renga) poet of his generation. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5893 x 4522 x 32. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732840
- ISBN
- 9780804732840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.45
€ 102.45
Paperback. Tells the story of a family of rich feudal landlords - the proud descendents of a warrior caste - who became powerbrokers in Karachi, Pakistan. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKP; BM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099532668
- ISBN
- 9780099532668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.34
€ 15.99
€ 12.34
Hardback. A discharged official in mid-Ming China faced significant changes in his life. This book explores three such officials in the sixteenth century - Wang Jiusi, Kang Hai, and Li Kaixian - who turned to literary endeavors when forced to retire. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; DSBD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674056046
- ISBN
- 9780674056046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.06
€ 44.99
€ 37.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Hu, Fang; Xiaoyu, Wang. Num Pages: illustrated in colour and b&w. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AMB; AMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Vitamin Creative Space
- Edition
- Pap/Pmplt
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783863357726
- ISBN
- 9783863357726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.75
€ 42.75
This new release is a spirited yet humble account of one man's scientific career and personal journey to save the endangered rhinoceros in his native Nepal. For more info go to souloftherhino.com Editor(s): Ottaway, Jim. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8-page b/w photo insert. BIC Classification: 1FKN; RNKH1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781599211466
- ISBN
- 9781599211466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.51
€ 26.99
€ 21.51
Hardcover. Soul of the Samurai contains modern translations of three classic works of Zen and BushidoIn Soul of the Samurai bestselling author and respected translator Thomas Cleary reveals the true essence of the Bushido code or Zen warrior teachings Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804848954
- ISBN
- 9780804848954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.19
€ 10.99
€ 9.19
Hardback. This volume explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the environment - in this case: minerals, gems, metals but also geological formations such as mountains and the earth itself. Editor(s): Dahnhardt, Thomas. Num Pages: 316 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAC; HRLK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 73.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781791288
- ISBN
- 9781781791288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.94
€ 44.94
Paperback. This volume explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the environment - in this case: minerals, gems, metals but also geological formations such as mountains and the earth itself. Editor(s): Dahnhardt, Thomas. Num Pages: 316 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAC; HRLK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781791295
- ISBN
- 9781781791295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.82
€ 43.82
Paperback. In the reign of Ch'ien-lung emperor, Hungli, mass hysteria broke out. It was feared that sorcerers were roaming the land clipping off the ends of men's queues (braids worn by royal decree) and stealing their souls. Kuhn chronicles this epidemic of fear and the official prosecution of soulstealers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 254 x 58. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674821521
- ISBN
- 9780674821521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.07
€ 38.99
€ 33.07
Paperback. This work investigates the power behind classical music and dance in Bangkok, the capital and sacred center of Buddhist Thailand. Focusing on the ritual of honouring teachers of music and dance, Deborah Wong reveals a complex network of connections among kings, teachers, knowledge and performance. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 378 pages, 63 halftones, 1 line drawing, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FMT; AS; AVGD; AVGW; HRE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226905860
- ISBN
- 9780226905860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.05
€ 51.99
€ 40.05