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Paperback. Explores the relation between histories of violence and their contemporary commemoration. Editor(s): Makdisi, Ussama; Silverstein, Paul A. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217981
- ISBN
- 9780253217981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.95
€ 35.95
Hardback. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843312321
- ISBN
- 9781843312321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.62
€ 127.62
Paperback. This title is an analysis of Chinese prescriptions of gender as represented in Cao Xueqin's famous 18th-century Chinese novel of manners, "The Red Chamber Dream", or "The Story of the Stone". Drawing on feminist literary critical methods, it examines Qing notions of masculinity and femininity. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824824686
- ISBN
- 9780824824686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.98
€ 27.98
Paperback. Men of Capital reveals how Palestinian businessmen and British colonial officials used economy to shape territory, the nation, the home, and the body. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804796613
- ISBN
- 9780804796613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.97
€ 36.97
Hardback. Focuses on the interaction between two "places," China and Guanzhong, the capital area of several dynasties. This book addresses such questions as What do we mean by "local"? Did the inhabitants of a locality believe that being "local" required them to assume a certain identity? And, If so, how did they talk and write about it? Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031708
- ISBN
- 9780674031708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.20
€ 55.20
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 34. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784537067
- ISBN
- 9781784537067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.23
€ 34.99
€ 29.23
Paperback. Editor(s): Ivanhoe, Philip J. Translator(s): Bloom, Irene. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122054
- ISBN
- 9780231122054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.29
€ 46.29
hardcover. Throughout much of Chinese history, Mencius (372-289 B.C.) was considered the greatest Confucian thinker after Confucius himself. This study begins a reassessment of Mencius by examining his ethical thinking (how one should live) in relation to that of other early Chinese thinkers. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727884
- ISBN
- 9780804727884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.96
€ 154.96
paperback. Tells the story of a young woman named Meng Jiang who makes a long, solitary journey to deliver winter clothes to her husband, a drafted labourer on the grandiose Great Wall construction project of the notorious First Emperor of the Qin dynasty (BCE 221-208). Translator(s): Idema, Wilt. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 240 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987842
- ISBN
- 9780295987842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.06
€ 46.06
Paperback. A translation of the Mengzi (Mencius). Accompanied by selected passages from the classic commentary of Zhu Xi - one of the insightful interpreters of Confucianism - it provides readers with a parallel to the Chinese practice of reading a classic text alongside traditional commentaries. Translator(s): Norden, Bryan W. Van. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209138
- ISBN
- 9780872209138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.17
€ 25.99
€ 19.17
Hardcover. Editor(s): Yip, Kam-Shing. Num Pages: 209 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKSM; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 189 x 18. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600215278
- ISBN
- 9781600215278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.78€ 128.85
€ 191.78
€ 128.85
paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations, 1map. BIC Classification: 1FB; JWXN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 185 x 126 x 7. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Spokesman United Kingdom
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851241975
- ISBN
- 9780851241975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.05
€ 11.05
Paperback. The book turns conventional scholarship on its head by asking whether lineages, Confucian morality, and the cultural orientation of merchant families might have provided an unusual space for women's action in South China from the late Qing to the present. Num Pages: 388 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789888083480
- ISBN
- 9789888083480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.04
€ 36.04
Paperback. An anecdotal memoir of the author that captures the mood and milieu of Singapore as the country emerged from colonial rule to become a self-governing independent nation. It records his meetings with a number of the region's leaders, and encounters with students and colleagues who would later feature in Singapore politics. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMS; BM; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- NUS Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789971694227
- ISBN
- 9789971694227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.36
€ 22.36
Paperback. Examining the complex confrontation between Jewish fundamentalism and Israeli political sovereignty, this study discusses Orthodoxy's divergent positions on Zionism, which range from radical condemnation to virtual beatification. Translator(s): Swirsky, Michael; Chipman, Jonathan. Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HRJ; JFSR1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226705781
- ISBN
- 9780226705781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.91
€ 46.91
Paperback. In Metabolic Living Harris Solomon studies obesity and diabetes in Mumbai, India, presenting a new narrative of metabolic illness in which it is less about the overconsumption of food than it is about the body's relationship to its environment and the substances it absorbs. Series: Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JHMC; MFGM; MJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361015
- ISBN
- 9780822361015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.37
€ 46.37
Hardback. In Metabolic Living Harris Solomon studies obesity and diabetes in Mumbai, India, presenting a new narrative of metabolic illness in which it is less about the overconsumption of food than it is about the body's relationship to its environment and the substances it absorbs. Series: Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JHMC; MFGM; MJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360872
- ISBN
- 9780822360872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.56
€ 185.56
Hardcover. Everyday life in the Crown colony of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) was characterized by a direct encounter of people with modernity through the consumption and use of foreign machines - in particular, the Singer sewing machine, but also the gramophone, tramway, bicycle and varieties of industrial equipment. Num Pages: 176 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382423
- ISBN
- 9781782382423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.65
€ 148.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell Univ East Asia Program
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885445193
- ISBN
- 9781885445193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.32
€ 29.32
Paperback. In Metroimperial Intimacies Victor Roman Mendoza shows how America's imperial incursions into the Philippines fostered social and sexual intimacies between Americans and native Filipinos, that along with representations of Filipinos as sexually degenerate, were crucial to regulating both colonial subjects and gender norms at home. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360346
- ISBN
- 9780822360346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.61
€ 46.61