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Hardback. Charlotte Horlyck explores oil and ink paintings to video art, multi-media installations, ready-mades and performance, and the questions that arise about the role of art and the artist's position within society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 150 illustrations, 130 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; ACX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 190. .
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780237367
- ISBN
- 9781780237367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.34
€ 59.34
Paperback. How has rapid economic development and the aging of the population affected the expression of filial piety in East Asia? Eleven experienced fieldworkers take a fresh look at an old idea, analyzing contemporary behavior, not norms, among both rural and urban families in China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. Editor(s): Ikels, Charlotte. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 tables, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747912
- ISBN
- 9780804747912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.37
€ 46.37
Paperback. This book aims to introduce the reader to contemporary Chinese urban life and to examine how reforms have changed not only the material circumstances of daily life, but also the overall well-being of urban residents. Num Pages: 332 pages, 23 half-tones 2 maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725811
- ISBN
- 9780804725811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.82
€ 52.82
Paperback. The extraordinary and unique memoir of the first ever British female Apache pilot Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JMC; BM; HBWS4; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755319626
- ISBN
- 9780755319626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Nicholson, Charlotte P. Num Pages: 40 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 5. Weight in Grams: 70.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 40
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590334034
- ISBN
- 9781590334034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.57
€ 43.99
€ 31.57
Hardcover. Challenges the notion of the court and the monastic order as static institutions by examining how competition within and between them prompted major rethinking about the intellectual foundations of indigenous society and culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Centers for South and Southeast Asian Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780891480938
- ISBN
- 9780891480938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.31
€ 69.31
Hardcover. Series Editor(s): Yang, Anand A.; Sivaramakrishnan, K.; Kaimal, Padma. Series: Global South Asia. Num Pages: 352 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 33 illus. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995649
- ISBN
- 9780295995649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.63
€ 128.63
Paperback. Despite its pervasive presence in the South Asian past, slavery is overlooked in the region's historiography. This work contributes to a rethinking of slavery in world history. It describes a range of sites and contexts covering more than a thousand years, foregrounding the life stories of individual slaves. Editor(s): Chatterjee, Indrani; Eaton, Richard Maxwell. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1FM; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218735
- ISBN
- 9780253218735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.47
€ 37.47
Hardcover. Most of the papers presented at the conference on 'New Cultural Histories of India', organized by Centre for Studies in Social Sciences during 5-7 January 2010. Editor(s): Chatterjee, Partha; Guha-Thakurta, Tapati; Kar, Bodhisattva. Num Pages: 480 pages, 93 (B&W). BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 252 x 40. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198090373
- ISBN
- 9780198090373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.02
€ 93.02
Conflicted Democracies and Gendered Violence - The Right to Heal; Inte...
Chatterji, Angana P.; Buluswar, Shashi; Kaur,...
Hardback. Num Pages: 454 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFE; JFSJ1; JKV; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Zubaan India
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789384757113
- ISBN
- 9789384757113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.20
€ 53.20
Paperback. The village existed before capitalism and before the state. It has its own culture which owes little to urban influence. It took the Buddhism that came from outside and subordinated it to local beliefs. This book states that the Thai rural economy was a subsistence economy and remained so much longer than is commonly thought. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 205.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789747551099
- ISBN
- 9789747551099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.30
€ 42.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 12 recipes; colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FMT; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Vinyl Bound Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804844666
- ISBN
- 9780804844666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.79
€ 16.99
€ 15.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMM; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NUS Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789971696757
- ISBN
- 9789971696757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.46
€ 43.46
Hardcover. This collection of papers highlights the research achievements in the field of Chinese Anthropology, particularly those of Mainland scholars. The authors examine the reproduction of traditions in post-Mao southern Fujian, surveying lineages, religion, status of women, and other aspects of the cultural life. Editor(s): Tan, Chee-Beng. Num Pages: 300 pages, With a number of pictures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629962333
- ISBN
- 9789629962333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.41
€ 57.41
Hardcover. The Western discovery of Japanese paintings at nineteenth-century world's fairs and export shops catapulted Japanese art to new levels of popularity. This volume explores the visual characteristics and social functions of nihonga and traces its relationship to the past, its viewers, and emerging notions of the modern Japanese state. Num Pages: 296 pages, 34 colour plates, 70 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 292 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1482.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226110806
- ISBN
- 9780226110806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.42
€ 89.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBTB; HRKN1; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629966348
- ISBN
- 9789629966348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.06
€ 62.06
Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 416 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QFH; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JPS; KCLT1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231173742
- ISBN
- 9780231173742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.21
€ 79.21
Hardback. This text features leading scholars describing and critically assessing the works of 16 major 20th-century Chinese philosophers. It explores these philosophers' attempts to revive and modernize traditional schools as well as their critiques of Western thinkers from Plato to Wittgenstein. Editor(s): Cheng, Chung-Ying; Bunnin, Nicholas. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 174 x 36. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217244
- ISBN
- 9780631217244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.74
€ 207.74
Paperback. Contemporary Chinese Philosophy features discussion of sixteen major twentieth--century Chinese philosophers. Leading scholars in the field describe and critically assess the works of these significant figures. * Critically assesses the work of major comtemporary Chinese philosophers that have rarely been discussed in English. Editor(s): Cheng, Chung-Ying; Bunnin, Nicholas. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 182 x 24. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217251
- ISBN
- 9780631217251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.83
€ 69.83
Hardcover. As Russia and China leave communism behind, they struggle to forge a new political ideology for a new era Num Pages: 234 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPC; HB; JPA; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472119936
- ISBN
- 9780472119936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.42
€ 85.42