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Hardback. The Korean War is enjoying growing popularity and interest after years of neglect. A unique account by a conscript who was uniquely present at two of the key battles of the War. The author records his extraordinary experiences with modest understatement Num Pages: 210 pages, 16pp B & W plates. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPG; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781593431
- ISBN
- 9781781593431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.00€ 19.46
€ 23.00
€ 19.46
Hardback. A catalogue that presents the rich Tibetan artistic heritage through the collection of Michael and Justyna Buddeberg: carpet manufacture, craftwork in metal and the manufacture of furniture. It explores various aspects of everyday Tibetan culture and includes masterpieces of Tibetan art in textile and metal work. Num Pages: 340 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 315 x 28. Weight in Grams: 2054.
- Publisher
- Hirmer Verlag
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783777426266
- ISBN
- 9783777426266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.78€ 44.23
€ 51.78
€ 44.23
Paperback. Written in Chinese from a Chinese point of view for a Chinese audience, this title describes the contrasting organizational principles of Chinese and Western societies, thereby conveying the useful features of both. It shows how these features reflect and are reflected in the moral and ethical characters of people in these societies. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First Edition, A translation of Fei Xiaotong’s Xi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520077966
- ISBN
- 9780520077966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.60
€ 30.99
€ 22.60
Paperback. Explores the important interconnections involving questions of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality on world screens by examining a range of films, videos, and digital works associated with global Chinese culture. This book includes films and other texts that represent a range of work by media artists working within China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Num Pages: 352 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1K; APFA; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592132782
- ISBN
- 9781592132782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Paperback. Between 1988 and 2013, the Chinese city of Zouping transformed from an impoverished village of 30,000 people to a bustling city of over 300,000, complete with factories, high rises, parks, shopping malls, and all the infrastructure of a wealthy East Asian city. This is a portrait of the rapid change of Zouping, its environs, and more. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26 b/w, 7 maps, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289710
- ISBN
- 9780520289710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.94
€ 32.99
€ 23.94
hardcover. Xiaoyuan Liu shows how the history of the Chinese Communist Party was, from the Yan'an period onward, intertwined with the ethnopolitics of the Chinese "periphery." As a Han-dominated party, the CCP had to adapt to an inhospitable political environment, particularly among the Hui (Muslims) of northwest China and the Mongols of Inner Mongolia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBT; JPFC; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749602
- ISBN
- 9780804749602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.64
€ 80.64
Hardback. A dominant force in the stele school of caligraphy was the eminent calligrapher and art theorist Fu Shan (1607-1685). Because his work spans the late Ming-early Qing divide, the author of this work examines his influence as an ideal prism through which to view the transformation in calligraphy. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, 161 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; WFU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 225 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1186.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010925
- ISBN
- 9780674010925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.52€ 53.05
€ 58.52
€ 53.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; BM; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555975296
- ISBN
- 9781555975296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.64
€ 17.99
€ 15.64
Hardback. Editor(s): Sutou, Shizuyo. Num Pages: 267 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JMG; KNBN; RNQ; RNR; RNT; THK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 183 x 19. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634637480
- ISBN
- 9781634637480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 245.10€ 179.62
€ 245.10
€ 179.62
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Carpet Bombing Culture
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908211484
- ISBN
- 9781908211484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.70
€ 25.99
€ 22.70
Hardcover. A major new study of avant-garde Japanese fashion, from the early 1980s to the present day. Featured designers include such international masters as Rei Kawakubo, Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake and Jun Watanabe, as well as a new generation of radical designers, such as Jun Takahashi. Num Pages: 256 pages, 250 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 207 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1360.
- Publisher
- Merrell Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858945460
- ISBN
- 9781858945460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 34.90
€ 45.99
€ 34.90
Hardback. Future Living: Collective Housing in Japan. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 200 colour illustrations, 80 black & white line drawings,. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AMKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783038216681
- ISBN
- 9783038216681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.99
€ 23.99
€ 22.99
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. The architect and photographer Rolf Reiner Maria Borchard has chosen seven of the most beautiful gardens and photographed them in spring, at a time when the garden architecture has not yet been overwhelmed by the vegetation, and so can make the best possible impact in the image. This title features text in English and German. Num Pages: 152 pages, 137 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AMV; WMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 310 x 290 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Axel Menges
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565366
- ISBN
- 9783932565366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.52
€ 75.52
Paperback. Published with a new preface, this bestseller offers an intimate glimpse into a unique female community. Liz Dalby, the only non-Japanese woman ever to have trained as a geisha, reveals the realities of geisha life. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JFSL; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st UK Paperback Edition
- SKU
- V9780099286387
- ISBN
- 9780099286387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.93
€ 16.99
€ 12.93
Num Pages: 128 color images. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764327469
- ISBN
- 9780764327469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.52
€ 30.99
€ 25.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 238 pages, 582 color and b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; AJCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 314 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764321535
- ISBN
- 9780764321535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.83€ 50.70
€ 52.83
€ 50.70
Hardback. This book examines the impact of global human rights norms on the development of women's, children's, and minority rights in Japan since the early 1990s. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750226
- ISBN
- 9780804750226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.30
€ 85.30
Paperback. Traces the genealogy of modern womanhood in the encounters between Koreans and American Protestant missionaries in the early twentieth century, during Korea's colonization by Japan. This book presents an historically specific, textured analysis that sheds light on the interplay between local and global politics of gender and modernity. Series: Seoul-California Series in Korean Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HRCX7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520098695
- ISBN
- 9780520098695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
Paperback. This book explores the link between the everyday relations of gender and the reform of the rural political economy in the 1980's, and argues that the reconstitution of the Chinese state in the reform era draws force and authority from the inherent politics and power of gender. Editor(s): Judd, Ellen R. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780804726986
- ISBN
- 9780804726986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 29.51
€ 44.99
€ 29.51