East Asia, Far East
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East Asia, Far East
Paperback. Tells stories of a young army captain who risked execution to swim from free-market Taiwan to Communist China, a barber who made $150 million in the gambling dens of Macau, and, the richest woman in China, a recycling tycoon known as the 'Wastepaper Queen'. This book describes the clash between the individual and the Communist Party's struggle. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099589976
- ISBN
- 9780099589976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Hardback. This book examines how and why China has moved, over the last twenty years, from opposing nonproliferation of missiles and nuclear weapons to support proliferation. Series: Studies in Asian Security. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804755528
- ISBN
- 9780804755528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.77
€ 100.77
paperback. Evelyn Rawski presents a revisionist history of early modern China in the context of northeast Asian geopolitics and global maritime trade. Series: Asian Connections. Num Pages: 349 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107471528
- ISBN
- 9781107471528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.50
€ 33.99
€ 28.50
Paperback. The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was the last and arguably the greatest of the conquest dynasties to rule China. This title provides an interpretation of the remarkable success of this dynasty, arguing that it derived not from the assimilation of the dominant Chinese culture, as has previously been believed. Num Pages: 493 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 3 charts, 3 maps, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 770. A Social History of Qing Imperial Institutions. 493 pages, 10 b&w illustrations, 3 line figures, 3 maps, 18 tables. The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was the last and arguably the greatest of the conquest dynasties to rule China. This title provides an interpretation of the remarkable success of this dynasty, arguing that it derived not from the assimilation of the dominant Chinese culture, as has previously been believed. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLL. Dimension: 152 x 225 x 22. Weight: 770.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 493
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228375
- ISBN
- 9780520228375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.92
€ 40.99
€ 28.92
Paperback. In this companion to the "Tibetan Book of the Dead", seven Tibetan yoga texts, offer meditations used by Hindu and Tibetan gurus and philosophers to attain Enlightenment. Commentaries precede the texts and an introduction compares Buddhism with European religion, philosophy and science. Editor(s): Evans-Wentz, W. Y.; Chen-Chi Chang. Num Pages: 434 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; HRLC1; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195133141
- ISBN
- 9780195133141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.25
€ 27.25
Paperback. No one in the twentieth century had a greater impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. The author intends to disentangle the contradictions embodied in the life and legacy of China's boldest strategist - the pragmatic, disciplined force behind China's radical economic, technological, and social transformation. Num Pages: 928 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725867
- ISBN
- 9780674725867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.58
€ 33.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. Vogel aims to bring insight to the underlying question of why Japan and the "little dragons" - Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore - have been so extraordinarily successful in industrializing while other developing countries have not. Series: The Edwin O.Reischauer Lectures. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 1FPCH; 1FPCW; 1FPJ; 1FPK; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674315266
- ISBN
- 9780674315266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.53
€ 36.99
€ 30.53
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; BGH; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691639635
- ISBN
- 9780691639635
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Condition: New
€ 193.26
€ 193.26
Paperback. This is a history of China for the 900-year time span of the late imperial period. F.W. Mote highlights the personal characteristics of the rulers and dynasties and probes the cultural theme of Chinese adaptations to recurrent alien rule. Num Pages: 1128 pages, 5 halftones, 22 maps, 9 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; GTB; HBJF; HBLC; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 165 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1600.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012127
- ISBN
- 9780674012127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.65
€ 41.99
€ 34.65
Hardback. In parts of eighteenth-century Japan, couples raised only two or three children. As villages shrank and headcounts dwindled, posters of child-murdering she-devils began to appear, and governments offered to pay their subjects to have more children. This book focuses on Eastern Japan, where population growth resumed in the nineteenth century. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 439 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 21 line illustrations, 17 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272439
- ISBN
- 9780520272439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.44€ 62.16
€ 81.44
€ 62.16
Paperback. An exquisite collection of objects relating to the traditions of samurai warriors, from swords and armor to dishes and paintings Num Pages: 132 pages, 178 color + 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 218 x 8. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933789033
- ISBN
- 9781933789033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.23
€ 21.99
€ 17.23
paperback. Offers new insights into the tumultuous history of the relations between China and Tibet at the start of the twentieth century Translator(s): Bisset-Buechel, Rebecca. Num Pages: 402 pages, 61 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPCT; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9786162150166
- ISBN
- 9786162150166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.01
€ 54.01
Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 318 x 32. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152389
- ISBN
- 9780231152389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.22€ 54.68
€ 71.22
€ 54.68
Hardback. A study of the religious aspects of Chinese alchemy and its relation to the Taoist traditions of the early medieval period. Series: Asian Religions & Culture. Num Pages: 392 pages, 6 tables, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; 3F; HRKN; HRQX2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751773
- ISBN
- 9780804751773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.19
€ 90.19
Paperback. At once a gazetteer, an ethnography, and a natural history of south China--mainly Guangxi and Hainan--and its indigenous people during the twelfth century Translator(s): Hargett, James M. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 368 pages, 13 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; GTB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295990798
- ISBN
- 9780295990798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.24
€ 46.99
€ 41.24
paperback. In 1966, twelve-year-old Fan Shen, a newly minted Red Guard, plunged happily into China's Cultural Revolution. A story of coming of age in the midst of monumental historical upheaval, this work is a memoir of a young man's harrowing experience during a time of terror. It recounts how Shen escaped, again and again, from his appointed fate. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1K; BG; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293366
- ISBN
- 9780803293366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.35
€ 29.99
€ 26.35
hardcover. Analyses significant Chinese arbitration law materials and cases decided by the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China. Num Pages: 1500 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; LBHT; LNAC5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107082199
- ISBN
- 9781107082199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 313.87
€ 313.87
Hardback. Series: Global Research Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFD; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018397
- ISBN
- 9780253018397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.31
€ 90.31
Paperback. Series: Global Research Studies. Num Pages: 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFD; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018465
- ISBN
- 9780253018465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Num Pages: 120 pages, More Than 80 Full Colour Photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; YNNR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 219 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- BetterLink Press Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602201309
- ISBN
- 9781602201309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.54
€ 19.99
€ 17.54