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East Asia, Far East

Paperback. Editor(s): Haboush, JaHyun Kim; Robinson, Kenneth R. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231163712
ISBN
9780231163712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.93

Hardback. Editor(s): Haboush, JaHyun Kim; Robinson, Kenneth R. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231163705
ISBN
9780231163705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.22
€ 76.28

Paperback. While the number of domestic leisure travelers has increased dramatically in reform-era China, the persistent gap between urban and rural living standards attests to ongoing social, and political inequalities. This book investigates the contested meanings and unintended consequences of tourism for those people whose lives and livelihoods. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL3; JHBS; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993669
ISBN
9780295993669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.86

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7, 7 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 239 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501704901
ISBN
9781501704901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.57

Paperback. This is the first historically comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the causes, content, and consequences of nationalism in China, an ancient empire that has struggled to construct a modern nation-state and find its place in the modern world. Num Pages: 376 pages, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750011
ISBN
9780804750011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.82

Paperback. High quality photographs from the region's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers geography and climate, vegetation, opportunities for naturalists and the main sites for viewing the listed species. Num Pages: 176 pages, 250 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
John Beaufoy Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909612235
ISBN
9781909612235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.73

Paperback. Written from the perspective of a foreign student who has just arrived in China, this title provides the lessons and learning materials about the changing face of China. It includes lessons on daily life, such as doing laundry and getting a haircut, as well as visiting the zoo, night markets, and the Great Wall. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CJBR; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 277 x 219 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1236.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised, Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148366
ISBN
9780691148366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.91
€ 54.68

Paperback. In this new book, one of the world's leading writers in the field looks at Christianity's long history in China, its extraordinarily rapid rise in the last half of the twentieth century, and charts its future direction. Bays unfolds a bold reinterpretation which reveals a process that was closely bound up with national and local politics. Series: Wiley Blackwell Guides to Global Christianity. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405159555
ISBN
9781405159555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 42.99

Hardback. In this new book, one of the world's leading writers in the field looks at Christianity's long history in China, its extraordinarily rapid rise in the last half of the twentieth century, and charts its future direction. Bays unfolds a bold reinterpretation which reveals a process that was closely bound up with national and local politics. Series: Wiley Blackwell Guides to Global Christianity. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405159548
ISBN
9781405159548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.54

Hardback. In this first systematic study in English of the highly influential yet overlooked thinker Xue Xuan (1389--1464), author Khee Heong Koh seeks to redress Xue's marginalization while showing how a study interested mainly in "ideas" can integrate social and intellectual history to offer a broader picture of history. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 370 pages, 2 maps, 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HPDF; HRKN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674062443
ISBN
9780674062443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.51

Hardback. In focusing on China's social survey movement, this title analyzes how information generated by a range of research practices - census, sociological investigation, and ethnography - was mobilized by competing political factions to imagine, manage, and remake the nation. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520267862
ISBN
9780520267862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.05
€ 62.16

Hardback. Addresses how gender became a defining category in the political and social modernization of Japan. This book shows how 'a woman's place' in late-nineteenth-century Japan was characterized by contradictions and unexpected consequences, by new opportunities and new constraints. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056053
ISBN
9780674056053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.51

Paperback. Hu Shi's life touched virtually every important aspect of society in 20th century China. This title explores the lesser-known side of this supporter of John Dewey's philosophy and reconstructs his romance with Edith Clifford Williams, an American avant-garde painter, by delving into the correspondences the two exchanged over almost half a century. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BG; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629963415
ISBN
9789629963415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.30

Paperback. This culture-based primer provides lessons organized around readings on Chinese history, culture, geography, literature, folktales and mythlogy, customs and cuisine. The focus is on reading strategies and the teaching of "discourse grammar", a more authentic approach to the study of languages. Editor(s): Liu, Irene; Hailong, Wang. Series: Asian Studies Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, numerous spot illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CJBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125550
ISBN
9780231125550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.25

Hardback. Translator(s): Wang, Yi-T'ung. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HBJF; HBLC; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640655
ISBN
9780691640655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.04
€ 16.78

Hardback. Engaging with topics central to scholarly debates on modern China, this book shows that China's early twentieth-century school system, a product of negotiation and compromise, was more successful than previous scholarship has allowed. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774821766
ISBN
9780774821766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.70

Paperback. Engaging with topics central to scholarly debates on modern China, this book shows that China's early twentieth-century school system, a product of negotiation and compromise, was more successful than previous scholarship has allowed. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, , black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNB; JNF; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780774821773
ISBN
9780774821773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.12

Hardback. Examines the vast Kanto region as a locus of cultural identity and an object of familial attachment in late fifteenth and early sixteenth century Japan. Using memoirs, letters, travelogues, land registers, and other documents, the author analyzes the relationships of the eastern elites to the space they inhabited. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674726734
ISBN
9780674726734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3J; 5AG; YNH; YNJ; YNM. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 270 x 210. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Hungry Tomato Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910684726
ISBN
9781910684726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.61

Paperback. A fascinating account of the Na society, which functions without the institution of marriage. Translator(s): Hustvedt, Asti. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
505
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951139
ISBN
9781890951139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

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