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East Asia, Far East
Paperback. Despite popular images of priests seeking enlightenment in snow-covered mountain temples, the central concern of Japanese Buddhism is death. This title investigates what changing burial forms reveal about the ways temple Buddhism is perceived and propagated in contemporary Japan. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 halftones, 2 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226730158
- ISBN
- 9780226730158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.76
€ 40.99
€ 31.76
Paperback. This is the extraordinary story of how Japan was dramatically transformed during the long reign of Emperor Meiji, from an isolated island nation to one of the five great powers of the world, poised as a rival in Asia to Russia and the European colonial powers. Num Pages: 928 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1336.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123419
- ISBN
- 9780231123419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.97
€ 32.99
€ 23.97
Hardcover. This is the first study of Chinese stars and their transnational stardom, examining the career of Jet Li, probably the best martial arts actor alive. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748645473
- ISBN
- 9780748645473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.83
€ 101.83
Paperback. Modern Japan offers us a view of a highly developed society with its own internal logic. Eiko Ikegami makes this logic accessible to us through a sweeping investigation into the roots of Japanese organizational structures. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HB; JHM; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674868090
- ISBN
- 9780674868090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.98
€ 42.99
€ 35.98
Hardback. The accession of the People's Republic of China to the WTO significantly transformed global economic relations. This book systematically analyses and explains the development, nature and challenges of rules-based regional economic integration in East Asia. Series: Studies in International Trade Law. Num Pages: 574 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; LBBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849465830
- ISBN
- 9781849465830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.45
€ 155.45
Paperback. Tokyo is a vibrant city where the cultures of the East and the West are remixed into perceptibly Japanese forms. The book traces the cultural and literary history of Tokyo from an obscure fishing village to one of the largest metropolises in the world. Series: Cities of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904955511
- ISBN
- 9781904955511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.57
€ 19.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 b/w photos & 24 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BG; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881774224
- ISBN
- 9789881774224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.64
€ 16.99
€ 15.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations (some col.), 1 col. map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850658603
- ISBN
- 9781850658603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.47
€ 41.47
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748668601
- ISBN
- 9780748668601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.56
€ 101.56
Hardback. This work offers a mapping of the cultural landscape of China in the late 20th century. By focusing on Chinese cultural formations and critical discourses of the last decade of the century, the book dissects the intellectual, economic, and political contradictions of a turbulent era. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJ; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. .
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738965
- ISBN
- 9780804738965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.39
€ 207.39
Hardback. Social assessment for projects in China is an important emerging field. This collection of essays - from authors whose formative work has influenced the policies that shape practice in development-affected communities - locates recent Chinese experience of the development of social assessment practices.. Editor(s): Price, Susanna; Robinson, Kathryn. Series: Asia Pacific Studies: Past and Present. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKS; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384571
- ISBN
- 9781782384571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.65
€ 156.65
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Unabridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781443846066
- ISBN
- 9781443846066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.53€ 37.19
€ 57.53
€ 37.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JMG; HBJF; JFSJ1; RNFF; RNQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361992
- ISBN
- 9780822361992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.89
€ 30.99
€ 27.89
Hardback. China is both a military and an economic superpower; Iran is suspected of developing nuclear weapons and arming terrorists, and sits on the world's second-largest oil and gas reserves. This title examines how similar histories of these two civilisations can inform what the likely consequences for the world of an alliance between them might be. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FPC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752448541
- ISBN
- 9780752448541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.35
€ 16.35
Hardcover. Under-researched and often forgotten, documentary film-making in Hong Kong includes a thriving independent documentary film movement, a large archive of documentaries made by the colonial film units, and a number of classic British Official Films. In this book, case studies from all three categories are examined, including The Battle of Shanghai. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748664696
- ISBN
- 9780748664696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.56
€ 101.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Christie, Kenneth; Cribb, Robert. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; 1FP; GTB; HBT; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138992238
- ISBN
- 9781138992238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.50
€ 51.50
Hardback. Translator(s): Young-nan, Yu; Epstein, Stephen. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJG; 3JJH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148986
- ISBN
- 9780231148986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.94
€ 32.99
€ 23.94
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861893352
- ISBN
- 9781861893352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.82
€ 28.82
Paperback. Explores the processes by which film was defined, transformed, and adapted during its first three decades in Japan. The author focuses in particular on how one trend in criticism, the "Pure Film Movement", changed not only the way films were made, but also how they were conceived. Num Pages: 344 pages, 22 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Trade Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254565
- ISBN
- 9780520254565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.52
€ 38.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. Based on primary documents and interviews, this text describes three rounds of responses to a tragic case of mercury poisoning, focusing on the efforts of its victims and their supporters to secure redress. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 416 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPHV; JPW; MMGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007857
- ISBN
- 9780674007857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.67
€ 32.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. A sophisticated and significant contribution to the literature on state building and the history of international relations, The Logic of Conformity is a fascinating study of how the concept of sovereignty is reshaped by the entrance of newcomers. Series: Japan and Global Society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442641884
- ISBN
- 9781442641884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.18
€ 56.18
Paperback. This book sets out to unravel and explain the puzzle of the global rise of China: how, in just forty years, China has been quickly transformed from a poor, backward third-world country to one of the world s core economic powerhouses. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTF; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664743
- ISBN
- 9780745664743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.48
€ 22.48
Hardcover. This book sets out to unravel and explain the puzzle of the global rise of China: how, in just forty years, China has been quickly transformed from a poor, backward third-world country to one of the world s core economic powerhouses. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTF; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664736
- ISBN
- 9780745664736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.59
€ 63.59
Paperback. This is the authoritative reference on samurai life and warfare published outside of Japan. Num Pages: 316 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFSC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873410387
- ISBN
- 9781873410387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.23
€ 71.23