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East Asia, Far East

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East Asia, Far East

Hardback. China's sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw an unprecedented explosion in the production of woodblock-printed books. This volume considers what a wide range of late Ming books reveal about their readers' ideas of a pleasurable private life, as well as their orientations toward early modernity and toward traditional Chinese sources of authority. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 275 pages, 5 halftones, 64 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 181 x 27. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
275
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066809
ISBN
9780674066809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 37.06

Hardback. Editor(s): Chu, Yun-han; Choffnes, Andrew J.; Diamond, Larry; Cao, Liqun; Nathan, Andrew J.; Shin, Doh Chull. Num Pages: 328 pages, 33 illus., 58 tables. BIC Classification: 1FP; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231145343
ISBN
9780231145343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.08
€ 83.42

Paperback. Editor(s): Chu, Yun-han; Choffnes, Andrew J.; Diamond, Larry; Cao, Liqun; Nathan, Andrew J.; Shin, Doh Chull. Num Pages: 328 pages, 33 illus., 58 tables. BIC Classification: 1FP; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231145350
ISBN
9780231145350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.12

Hardback. "A definitive historical record of financial development for three countries, highlighting the centrality of the financial system in each country's economic development and growth" -- Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Park, Yung Chul; Patrick, Hugh. Series: Columbia Business School Publishing. Num Pages: 376 pages, 71 recorded music items. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1FPKS; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231165266
ISBN
9780231165266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.19
€ 55.54

Hardback. Explores the rise of female athletes in China in the early twentieth century. It shows how female athletes coped with the conflicting demands of nationalist causes, unwanted male attention, and modern fame, arguing that the athletic female form helped to create a new ideal of modern womanhood in China. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSJ1; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774824811
ISBN
9780774824811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.90

paperback. This book explores the casting of China s earliest female Olympians as celebrities within the context of a national crisis, born of internal conflicts and external attack by Japan. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 348 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSJ1; WSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774824828
ISBN
9780774824828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

Paperback. For seven years in the 1970s, the author lived in a village in northeast China as a farmer. In 1989 he returned as an anthropologist to begin the span of 11 years' fieldwork that has resulted in this work - an account of family change and the transformation of private life in rural China. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JFSF; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744560
ISBN
9780804744560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.95

Hardback. Traces the roots of the Chinese empire's exceptional longevity and unparalleled political durability, and shows how lessons from the imperial past are relevant for China today. This book demonstrates that the empire survived and adjusted to a variety of domestic and external challenges through a peculiar combination of rigid ideological premises. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QDA; HBJF; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134956
ISBN
9780691134956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.67
€ 41.12

Hardcover. Translation of: Initiation calligraphie japonaise. Num Pages: 80 pages, 148 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WFU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 287 x 14. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764352188
ISBN
9780764352188
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 19.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 283 x 18. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634639798
ISBN
9781634639798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.09
€ 146.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 225.
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590309940
ISBN
9781590309940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.75

paperback. Long described as lost, this report was the result of Mao Zedong's investigation in 1930 of the people, economy, society, and history of the obscure rural county of Xunwu in South China. Translator(s): Thompson, Roger R. Num Pages: 292 pages, 21 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804721820
ISBN
9780804721820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Hardback. Long described as lost, this report was the result of Mao Zedong's investigation in 1930 of the people, economy, society, and history of the obscure rural county of Xunwu in South China. Translator(s): Thompson, Roger R. Num Pages: 292 pages, 21 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804716789
ISBN
9780804716789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.25

Paperback. A companion volume to the exhibition of the same name at the Smart Museum of Art. With over eighty illustrated catalogue entries, it offers fresh insight into traditional Chinese culture, visual arts, and theater, and reveals how Chinese visual and performing traditions were aesthetically, ritually, and commercially intertwined. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573558
ISBN
9780935573558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.21

Hardcover. Editor(s): Chan, Zenobia C. Y. Num Pages: 206 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608767236
ISBN
9781608767236
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 269.82
€ 184.12

Hardcover. Editor(s): Chan, Zenobia C. Y. Num Pages: 246 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 263 x 187 x 24. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607410263
ISBN
9781607410263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.63
€ 136.37

Hardcover. Editor(s): Chan, Zenobia C. Y. Num Pages: 211 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 263 x 19. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607416180
ISBN
9781607416180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.63
€ 136.37

Hardcover. Num Pages: 249 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 189 x 23. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606926901
ISBN
9781606926901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.63
€ 136.37

Paperback. This special issue seeks to examine the effect of postmodernism on Chinese intellectual and creative activity. Editor(s): Zhang, Xudong; Dirlik, Arif. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822325444
ISBN
9780822325444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Paperback. Chinese cultural and intellectual politics waned after the Tiananmen Square incident. This volume explores their revitalisation in the 1990s. Editor(s): Zhang, Xudong. Num Pages: 408 pages, 12 b&w photos, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPR; JFCX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 231 x 23. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822326489
ISBN
9780822326489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.17

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