East Asia, Far East
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East Asia, Far East
Paperback. Drawing on eye-witness accounts, official Ming histories, and African, Arab and Indian sources, this work shows readers the inside of China's most illustrious scientific and technological era. It sheds light on the historical and cultural context in which this great civilization thrived. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pp halftones, line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195112078
- ISBN
- 9780195112078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.43
€ 19.99
€ 15.43
Hardcover. Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 pages of color and 83 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBT; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871404336
- ISBN
- 9780871404336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.76
€ 29.99
€ 24.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 64 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; BM; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143219
- ISBN
- 9780231143219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
Paperback. With foul air, filthy water, rising temperatures and encroaching deserts, China is already suffering an environmental disaster. Now it faces a stark choice: either accept catastrophe, or make radical changes. This title portrays individual lives in a country all too often viewed from outside as a faceless state. Num Pages: 496 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; RNC; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571239825
- ISBN
- 9780571239825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.80
€ 16.99
€ 13.80
Hardcover. An insider's perspective on this growing economic powerhouse What's Wrong With China opens the doors to one of the least understood countries in the world. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119213710
- ISBN
- 9781119213710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.37
€ 24.99
€ 20.37
paperback. This work takes an anthropological approach to the fundamental question of what makes life worth living. It considers the issue by examining nine pairs of similarly situated individuals in the United States and Japan. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520201330
- ISBN
- 9780520201330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.35
€ 37.99
€ 27.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442215566
- ISBN
- 9781442215566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.86
€ 113.86
Hardcover. Wellington Koo (1887-1985) achieved notoriety at the Paris Peace Conference where he sternly resisted Japanese attempts to hold onto seized German colonial territory in mainland China. Koo was China's first representative to the League of Nations, and ended up as acting president of Republican China during the unrest of the period 1926-7. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 tables, 2 maps, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791699
- ISBN
- 9781905791699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.31
€ 14.99
€ 13.31
Hardback. Estevez-Abe explores the egalitarian capitalism of postwar Japan and the political mechanisms that sustained it. Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 b/w illus. 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521856935
- ISBN
- 9780521856935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.85
€ 58.85
Paperback. "Weapons for Victory" originally appeared in 1995, the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II. Now, in this paperback edition, Robert James Maddox provides a new introduction about the ongoing controversy related to the decision to bomb Hiroshima. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJF; HBWQ; JWLF; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 133. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826215628
- ISBN
- 9780826215628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.72
€ 35.72
Paperback. A lively and absorbing narrative of China's ascent from imperial doormat to global economic powerhouse. Num Pages: 496 pages, Integrated photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349139647
- ISBN
- 9780349139647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.99
€ 16.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Presents essays on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. This book draws from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history and challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradition that has been promoted by scholars and popular culture alike, both in China and the West. Editor(s): Yu, Pauline; Bol, Peter; Owen, Stephen; Peterson, Willard. Series: Studies on China. Num Pages: 292 pages, 6 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224667
- ISBN
- 9780520224667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.35
€ 37.99
€ 27.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595589378
- ISBN
- 9781595589378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.27
€ 23.99
€ 21.27
Paperback. A history of the rise and fall of the world's riches nations from China in the days of Marco Polo to the fortunes of the Vanderbilts, Astors and the contemporary world of Sony, Intel and modern China. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1QFH; HBTB; KCL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 35. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472139009
- ISBN
- 9781472139009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.46
€ 19.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. "Mao: The Unknown Story" portrays Mao as a monster - equal to or worse than Hitler and Stalin - and a fool who won power by native cunning and ruled by terror. This book brings together sixteen reviews of "Mao: The Unknown Story" by some of the internationally well-regarded specialists in modern Chinese history. Editor(s): Chun, Lin; Benton, Gregor. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415493307
- ISBN
- 9780415493307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.16
€ 60.16
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739196830
- ISBN
- 9780739196830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.02€ 66.49
€ 107.02
€ 66.49
Hardcover. Examines the nature of South Korea's economic success, and asks whether the country's current prosperity is inextricably bound up with political repression. Kearney also considers the threat that such an economically successful and authoritarian system poses to the West. Num Pages: 250 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJF; HBLW3; JP; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- I B Tauris & Co Ltd
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850433439
- ISBN
- 9781850433439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.25
€ 135.25
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691623481
- ISBN
- 9780691623481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.78€ 40.44
€ 51.78
€ 40.44
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650135
- ISBN
- 9780691650135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.80
€ 170.80
Hardcover. Describes how the states in post-1945 Austria, Germany and Japan have tried to deal with the legacy of WWII. Num Pages: 265 pages, 2 b/w illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 1FPJ; 3JJPG; JPB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518. 265 pages, 2 b/w illus. 3 tables. Describes how the states in post-1945 Austria, Germany and Japan have tried to deal with the legacy of WWII. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 1FPJ; 3JJPG; JPB. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 20. Weight: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107021600
- ISBN
- 9781107021600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.67
€ 75.67