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Paperback. In the planned city of Islamabad, order and disorder are produced through the ceaseless inscription and circulation of millions of paper artifacts among bureaucrats, politicians, and property owners. What are the implications of such paper mediation of relationships among people, things, places, and purposes? This book explores this question. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JHB; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272156
- ISBN
- 9780520272156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.67
€ 41.67
Paperback. An international bestseller, Twilight in the Desert has generated a firestorm of media attention from publications such as the Los Angeles Times, BusinessWeek, the Wall Street Journal, and even a cover story in the acclaimed New York Times Magazine. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; KCL; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471790181
- ISBN
- 9780471790181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.93
€ 23.99
€ 17.93
Paperback. A raucously funny memoir of one scrawny American's quest to become a kung fu master at China's legendary Shaolin Temple. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8pp of b/w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WSTM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0008778
- ISBN
- 9780349120157
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. A raucously funny memoir of one scrawny American's quest to become a kung fu master at China's legendary Shaolin Temple. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8pp of b/w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WSTM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KLN0017553
- ISBN
- 9780349120157
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783605071
- ISBN
- 9781783605071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.88
€ 30.99
€ 25.88
Hardback. This book examines the emergence of modern Chinese geopolitics by showing how, in its relations with British India, the Qing empire came to understand its place in the world through competition with European imperialism. Num Pages: 408 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; HBJF; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804782241
- ISBN
- 9780804782241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.23
€ 155.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACXJ; AFF; AGHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Tundra Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781101982709
- ISBN
- 9781101982709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.64
€ 11.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including declassified government documents, court records, and personal interviews with intelligence and law enforcement officials around the world, this book examines Hezbollah's beginnings, its first violent forays in Lebanon, and then its terrorist activities and criminal enterprises abroad in Europe. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626162013
- ISBN
- 9781626162013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.02
€ 29.02
Hardcover. Offers a study of Islamic laws in Pakistan to show how the relationship between Islam, Islamic law and democracy is understood and, transformed in different cultural contexts. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSR2; JPF; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850659266
- ISBN
- 9781850659266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.80
€ 96.80
Paperback. This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, showing how regulation shifted away from status to a new regime of gender that mandated a uniform standard of sexual morality and criminal liability for all people, regardless of their social status. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745598
- ISBN
- 9780804745598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.47
€ 41.47
Hardback. Offers a study of polyandry, wife-selling, and a variety of related practices in China during the Qing dynasty. This book explores the functions played by marriage, sex, and reproduction in the survival strategies of the rural poor under conditions of overpopulation, worsening sex ratios, and shrinking farm sizes. Num Pages: 499 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBTB; JFSL3; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 37. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287037
- ISBN
- 9780520287037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.45
€ 106.45
Paperback. In this history of the British surveys of India, the author relates how imperial Britain employed modern scientific survey techniques to create and define the spacial image of its Indian empire, and to legitimize its colonialist activities as triumphs of liberal, rational science. Num Pages: 474 pages, 31 halftones, 5 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBTP; PDX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184883
- ISBN
- 9780226184883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.39
€ 54.39
Hardcover. Matthew Fraleigh examines the life and works of Narushima Ryuhoku (1837-1884): Confucian scholar, world traveler, pioneering journalist, and irrepressible satirist. This is the first book-length study of Ryuhoku in a Western language and one of the first Western-language monographs to examine Sinitic poetry and prose composition in modern Japan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 263 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674425224
- ISBN
- 9780674425224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.40
€ 87.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15, 10 black & white halftones, 4 maps, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBBWF; JFFA; JFFB; JFSG; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479700
- ISBN
- 9780801479700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.53
€ 44.53
Paperback. From Cairo to Damascus and from Tunisia to Bahrain, Layla Al-Zubaidi and Matthew Cassel have brought together some of the most exciting new writing born out of revolution in the Arab world. This is a remarkable collection of testimony, entirely composed by participants in, and witnesses to, the profound changes shaking their region. Editor(s): Cassel, Matthew; Al-Zubaidi, Layla. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; HBJF; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780765402
- ISBN
- 9781780765402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.32
€ 25.99
€ 22.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816691982
- ISBN
- 9780816691982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.90
€ 23.99
€ 23.90
Paperback. This Guide outlines the critical responses to the novels of one of the most popular contemporary authors, and examines the key critical positions that have subsequently developed. Matthew Beedham also explores the themes which are central to Kazuo Ishiguro's work, such as narration, memory and ethics. Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517462
- ISBN
- 9780230517462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.13
€ 31.99
€ 27.13
Hardback. This perspective historical ethnography draws attention to the range of cultural and social practices that exist within contemporary Okinawa. The narrative problematizes both the location of identity and the processes involved in negotiating identities within Okinawa. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; GTB; JHMP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742517141
- ISBN
- 9780742517141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.52
€ 169.52
Hardback. A Hurricane book." "First published May, 1942." Commissioning organisation: by L.W. Matters, a factual survey of the country, its peoples, leaders and problems. 2 p.l., 60 p. 18 cm. Original printed wraps. Good copy with clean but slightly rubbe". Keywords: Pamphlet
- Publication date
- 1942
- Publisher
- W.H. Allen & Co
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0091204
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. A Hurricane book." "First published May, 1942." Commissioning organisation: by L.W. Matters, a factual survey of the country, its peoples, leaders and problems. 2 p.l., 60 p. 18 cm. Original printed wraps. Good copy with clean but slightly rubbe". Keywords: Pamphlet
- Publication date
- 1942
- Publisher
- W.H. Allen & Co
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0091202
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99