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East Asia, Far East

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East Asia, Far East

Paperback. In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. This book illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1FPJ; 3F; 3H; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226706276
ISBN
9780226706276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.91

Hardback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 308 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1108.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hatje Cantz
Condition
New
SKU
V9783775739696
ISBN
9783775739696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.23

Paperback. This study-bridging contemporary theory, Chinese history, comparative literature, and culture studies-analyzes the historical interactions among China, Japan, and the West in terms of "translingual practice." Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSBH; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780804725354
ISBN
9780804725354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.08

Paperback. Describes the development of the Japanese language from its recorded beginnings until the present day. Num Pages: 462 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644. 462 pages. Describes the development of the Japanese language from its recorded beginnings until the present day. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; CFF. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 26. Weight: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
462
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107404090
ISBN
9781107404090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.25

Paperback. Focusing on the responses of writers in Shanghai to the Japanese occupation, this book corrects the postwar conception of occupied China as a field of conflict between selfless resisters and shameless collaborators by showing a complexity and ambiguity of moral choices that defies such stereotyping. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9780804727969
ISBN
9780804727969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.74

Paperback. Presents a narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, this title unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; FA; FM; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099448785
ISBN
9780099448785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; KCB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410. An excellent, clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KRS0019537
ISBN
9780801488108
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardback. Aims to use the Mongolian question to illuminate much larger issues of twentieth-century Asian history: how war, revolution, and great-power rivalries induced or restrained the formation of nationhood and territoriality. This book focuses on the Mongolian question, which ran through Chinese politics in the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 506 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 957.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804754262
ISBN
9780804754262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.94

Paperback. Tracing Japan's religions from the Hein Period through the middle ages and into modernity, this book explores the unique establishment of Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism in Japan, as well as the later influence of Roman Catholicism, and the problem of Restoration--both spiritual and material--following World War II. Num Pages: 475 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; HRKN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231028387
ISBN
9780231028387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.49

Paperback. A compilation of case studies about Japanese intellectuals' relationships to modernity in three majors arenas of art (art and aesthetics, theater, and literature) beginning in the 1850s to the 1970s. It discusses how inevitable wave of modernity was responded to, discussed, assimilated, changed by some practitioners of art and intellectuals. Editor(s): Nara, Hiroshi. Num Pages: 284 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739118429
ISBN
9780739118429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.89

Hardcover. The author argues that by fostering awareness of membership in an elite group, the native place lodges generated a sense of belonging to a nation that furthered the reforms undertaken in the early twentieth century. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 326 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 180 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674019560
ISBN
9780674019560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JFFP; JFFS; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 5. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503600119
ISBN
9781503600119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Hardback. Editor(s): Shen, Simon; Blanchard, Jean-Marc F. Series: Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739139943
ISBN
9780739139943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.88

Paperback. Tracing the evolution of state military institutions from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, this book challenges much of the received wisdom of Western scholarship on the origins and early development of warriors in Japan. Num Pages: 284 pages, 4 half-tones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804726962
ISBN
9780804726962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.33

Paperback. Suitable for sinologists, literary critics, anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and others curious about the semiotics of food, this book examines the twentieth-century Chinese political experience as it is represented literature through hunger, cooking, eating, and cannibalising. It includes chapters on Xiao Hong, Wang Anyi, and Li Ang. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFG; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822323419
ISBN
9780822323419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

Paperback. In this new collection, Richie once again demonstrates his mastery of the essay and his deep knowledge about Japan. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stone Bridge Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933330983
ISBN
9781933330983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.16

Paperback. Throughout the East there runs a legend of a great mountain at the centre of the world, where four rivers have their source. Charles Allen traces this legend to Western Tibet where there stands Kailas, worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists alike as the home of their gods and the navel of the world." Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
DO NOT USE
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139388
ISBN
9780349139388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. Includes chapters that address the diversity and variety of everyday sexual lives and sexual politics in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. This book highlights the gendered and sexual consequences of globalization and rapid social change. It describes the local situations in which women's sexual lives are lived. Editor(s): Jackson, Stevi; Liu, Jieyu; Woo, Ms Juhyun. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FP; JFSJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 102 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842778890
ISBN
9781842778890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.25

Paperback. In researching this book, the author took on the role of a hostess in one of Tokyo's many "hostess clubs". The resulting text critically examines how such establishments create bonds among white-collar men and forge a masculine identity that suits the needs of their corporations. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JHBK5; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226014876
ISBN
9780226014876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.73

Paperback. In the reign of Ch'ien-lung emperor, Hungli, mass hysteria broke out. It was feared that sorcerers were roaming the land clipping off the ends of men's queues (braids worn by royal decree) and stealing their souls. Kuhn chronicles this epidemic of fear and the official prosecution of soulstealers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 254 x 58. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674821521
ISBN
9780674821521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.76