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Paperback. Editor(s): Reid, Anthony. Series: Asia East by South. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486. Trade, Power and Belief. Series: Asia East by South S. 288 pages, 14 black and white illustrations, 6 maps. Editor(s): Reid, Anthony. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; HBLL; KCZ. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801480935
- ISBN
- 9780801480935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.82
€ 56.82
Paperback. Clever toys created in Japan after WWII from celluloid, tin, and glass were exported around the world. Here many are examined in 370 color photographs that include most of the boxes that held the objects, a boon to collectors who highly value authentic packaging. A price guide is included. Num Pages: 144 pages, 370 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; TDP; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 281 x 10. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887408755
- ISBN
- 9780887408755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.77
€ 36.99
€ 24.77
Paperback. The reality of the Arab-Israeli balance consists of two subordinate balances: Israel versus Syria and Israel versus the Palestinians. This book analyzes these two balances and their impact on defense planning in each country and on the overall strategic risk to the region as a whole. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; JP; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804759670
- ISBN
- 9780804759670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.82
€ 56.82
Paperback. Series: CSIS Reports. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, colour tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBWS4; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 214 x 9. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442224995
- ISBN
- 9781442224995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.16
€ 94.16
Hardcover. The volume sets out to recreate the atmosphere and events of the Irish in India. It interweaves the outline of the life of John Henry Foley (1818-74), Queen Victoria's favourite sculptor, with that of some of his principal subjects - Hardinge, Montgomery and Lawrence. Num Pages: 160 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; BG; FA; HBJF; HBLL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 136. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901866360
- ISBN
- 9781901866360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.10
€ 17.99
€ 16.10
paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Company United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812695526
- ISBN
- 9780812695526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.68
€ 31.68
Hardcover. The Logic of Withdrawal. 208 pages, map. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBQ; 1KBB; GTJ; JPS; JW. Dimension: 198 x 142 x 21. Weight: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595580795
- ISBN
- 9781595580795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. Probes the underlying causes of the conflict that has pitted Aceh against Jakarta, explaining why the Acehnese entered the Indonesian republic in 1945 with a determination to resist outside domination, and how these attitudes have shaped Aceh's relations with the Indonesian state. Editor(s): Reid, Anthony. Num Pages: 0 tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780295986333
- ISBN
- 9780295986333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.42
€ 39.42
Paperback. Separatist feeling in Aceh, Indonesia's westernmost province, has deep historical roots but it is often dismissed as a reaction to a heavy-handed military presence in the area since 1989. This book on the history of Aceh and the Aceh problem contains a balanced coverage from leading authorities in history, political science and journalism. Editor(s): Reid, Anthony. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Singapore University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789971693312
- ISBN
- 9789971693312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.36
€ 32.36
hardcover. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLL; JFSK. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- V9780199468188
- ISBN
- 9780199468188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.11
€ 63.11
Paperback. The contributors to Speaking of the Self interrogate the varied ways in which a diverse group of mostly female writers from South Asia-from a seventeenth-century Mughal princess to twentieth century Pakistani novelists-construct and articulate their subjectivity through their autobiographical memoirs, poetry, novels, and diaries. Editor(s): Malhotra, Anshu; Lambert-Hurley, Siobhan. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKAS; DS; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359913
- ISBN
- 9780822359913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.12
€ 38.12
Paperback. Aiming to dispel the notion that Britain is exclusively responsible for the formation of the Persian Gulf's modern states, this text puts into perspective the central roles played by the Ottoman empire and explains the reasons behind the Ottoman occupation of the Persian Gulf in 1871. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVT; 1FBXK; 1FBXQ; 1FBXS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLL; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231108393
- ISBN
- 9780231108393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.31
€ 58.31
Hardback. Exposes the workings of Iranian politics. This book examines the Iranian neocons agenda on issues like Iraq, Israel and nuclear enrichment, and assess how likely it is that they will be able to implement it. It also reveals the forces which brought hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845113889
- ISBN
- 9781845113889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.59€ 53.33
€ 58.59
€ 53.33
hardcover. Why Democracy Deepens explains how socio-economic changes in India are shaping its politics to promote grassroots democracy. Num Pages: 202 pages, 29 b/w illus. 3 maps 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPF; JPHC; JPHV; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107177512
- ISBN
- 9781107177512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.05
€ 114.05
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- United Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1944
- Edition
- 1st ed
- SKU
- KLN0004984
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 6.00€ 4.99
€ 6.00
€ 4.99
Paperback. Investigates how a political system aimed at managing ethnic communities in the larger material context of the colonial urban project was first imagined and tested through the physical segregation of the colonial prison. This book demonstrates the way in which racial politics were inscribed spatially in the division of penal facilities. Series: Writing Past Colonialism. Num Pages: 416 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 3JH; HBJF; LNFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824833541
- ISBN
- 9780824833541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.29
€ 37.29
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Export ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747560081
- ISBN
- 9780747560081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. For more than 2000 years, Confucius has been a fundamental part of China's history. This book negotiates the reconstructions, guess-work and numerous Chinese texts in order to establish an account of the thinker's life and legacy. It shows how Confucius lived and thought, his habits and inclinations, and his work as a teacher and as a counsellor. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HPDF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300151183
- ISBN
- 9780300151183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.84
€ 27.84
Hardcover. Celebrating the 400th anniversary of traditional Japanese ceramic culture as interpreted by today's leading designers Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JM; ACBP; AFPC; AKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 300 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1900.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714871981
- ISBN
- 9780714871981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.53€ 44.62
€ 58.53
€ 44.62
Paperback. Annette Yates' book is designed for the person who has to prepare individual meals for whatever reason Num Pages: 128 pages, 14ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Elliot Right Way Books
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- 3Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716020448
- ISBN
- 9780716020448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. In 1908, the American adventurer Robert Sterling Clark organized a scientific expedition to northern China to create a detailed geographical survey, photograph the region, and collect samples of the flora and fauna. This title showcases over 85 excavated objects from museums and archaeological institutes in cities along Clark's original route. Series: Clark Art Institute. Num Pages: 288 pages, 150 colour images + 75 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 238 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1028.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition first Printing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300179675
- ISBN
- 9780300179675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.07
€ 57.07
Paperback. The Mughal empire (1526 1857) has long been viewed as a wonderland of unimaginable treasure; it was in fact the mightiest Islamic empire in the history of India. This book describes the political, military and economic rise of the Mughals, their system of rule, and their gradual collapse, finally supplanted by the British colonial empire in 1857. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 92 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 208 x 25. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861892515
- ISBN
- 9781861892515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.82
€ 56.82
Paperback. "Saladin" represents the best kind of biography a portrait of a man who is said to have made an age, and the most complete account we have to date of an age that made the man. The result is a unique view of the Crusades from an Arab perspective, and an erudite biography of a political figure whose image was layered in myth with the passage of time. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBAH; HBJF1; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674283978
- ISBN
- 9780674283978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.79
€ 33.99
€ 28.79
Hardcover. Intent on realising her late husband's vision, Dorothy de Rothschild first offered to provide funding for a new building housing the Supreme Court of Israel in the 1960s. In 1983 the offer was seriously considered and accepted. Num Pages: 56 pages, 60 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FBH; AMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 310 x 290 x 11. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565717
- ISBN
- 9783932565717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.41
€ 37.99
€ 27.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFK; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501703041
- ISBN
- 9781501703041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.36
€ 175.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFK; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501703058
- ISBN
- 9781501703058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.60
€ 47.60
Hardcover. Explores Chinese artistic and stylistic influences on Modernist practice in early twentieth century Britain. This volume examines the ways in which an intellectual vogue for a mythic China was a constituent element of British modernism. It offers a coverage of literature, painting and poetry, as well as performance and visual media, and more. Editor(s): Witchard, Dr Anne Veronica. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 b&w illustrations 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; 2AB; AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748690954
- ISBN
- 9780748690954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.32€ 105.10
€ 111.32
€ 105.10
Hardback. A collection of short biographies of ordinary Japanese men and women, most of them unknown outside their family and locality, whose lives collectively span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: The Human Tradition Around the World Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029117
- ISBN
- 9780842029117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.70
€ 154.70
Paperback. Combining translations of five peasant narratives with critical commentary on their provenance and implications for historical study, this book illuminates the life of the peasantry in Tokugawa Japan. Editor(s): Walthall, Anne. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; JFS; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226872346
- ISBN
- 9780226872346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.63
€ 46.63
Paperback. Presenting the biography of Matsuo Taseko, a peasant woman of the Tokugawa period, honoured and then adopted as a patron saint by rightist nationalists, this text gives perspectives on the practices and intellectual concerns of rural entrepreneurs and their role in the Meiji Restoration. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 20 halftones, 2 maps, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226872377
- ISBN
- 9780226872377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.12
€ 48.12
hardcover. Explores the many facets of what constitutes a moral life within the Terapanthi Svetambar Jain ascetic community, and examines the central role ascetics play in upholding the Jain moral order. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRKJ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802035455
- ISBN
- 9780802035455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.67
€ 115.67
Paperback. Illuminates the complexities of river restoration in Kathmandu - one of the fastest-growing cities in South Asia Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-first Century. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKN; RBKF; RNF; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350804
- ISBN
- 9780822350804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.20
€ 36.99
€ 33.20
hardcover. A significant contribution to our understanding of the varied experience of women in the Islamic Middle East, Tournaments of Value gives a careful description of a world of female socializing, and the velocity, energy, and elaborateness of this remarkable female social world. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 20th Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487501341
- ISBN
- 9781487501341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.56
€ 94.56
Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JFCV; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158602
- ISBN
- 9780231158602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.96
€ 47.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816672868
- ISBN
- 9780816672868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.87
€ 36.87
paperback. Exploring identity-based organizations, welfare, and civil society Series: Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 316 pages, 9 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221957
- ISBN
- 9780253221957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.29
€ 37.29
Hardcover. Focuses on the life of leading monk and educator Hikkaduve Sumangala (1827-1911) to examine Buddhist life under foreign rule. This work reveals that during Sri Lanka's crucial decades of deepening colonial control and modernization, there was a surprising stability in the religious activities of Hikkaduve and the Buddhists among whom he worked. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226055077
- ISBN
- 9780226055077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.17
€ 80.17
Hardback. Comparing eighteenth-century Sri Lankan Buddhist monastic education to medieval Christian and other contexts, this book examines such issues as bilingual commentarial practice, the relationship between clerical and "popular" religious cultures, and the place of preaching in the constitution of "textual communities". Series: Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JF; HRAX; HRE; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070445
- ISBN
- 9780691070445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.66
€ 119.66
Paperback. The result is an unprecedented guide to the study of Chinese myth for specialists and nonspecialists alike. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801861833
- ISBN
- 9780801861833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.17
€ 40.17
Paperback. Examines how the presence of the United States as a colonial power in Southeast Asia was perceived by Americans, and how it influenced Southeast Asians and European imperial powers in the region. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348009
- ISBN
- 9780822348009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.70
€ 45.70