Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardback. This book explores two important moments of dislocation in Chinese history, the early medieval period (317--589 CE) and the nineteenth century. Tian juxtaposes a rich array of materials from these two periods in comparative study, linking these historical moments in their unprecedented interactions, and intense fascination, with foreign cultures. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 398 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; 3JH; HBJF; HBLA; HBLL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062528
- ISBN
- 9780674062528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.51
€ 43.99
€ 36.51
Hardback. For more than five centuries the shamanistic fox cult has attracted large portions of Chinese population and appealed to a range of social classes. This book explores the manifold meanings of the fox spirit in Chinese society. It describes various cult practices, activities of worship, and the exorcising of fox spirits. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133388
- ISBN
- 9780231133388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.12€ 55.59
€ 71.12
€ 55.59
Hardback. The most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of corruption and change in the Chinese Communist Party, Cadres and Corruption reveals the long history of the party's inability to maintain a corps of committed and disciplined cadres. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 392 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; GTB; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 675.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739580
- ISBN
- 9780804739580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.79
€ 165.79
paperback. Explores China's rich visual culture from the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 to the present day. Num Pages: 287 pages, 90 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 174 x 248 x 10. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107446373
- ISBN
- 9781107446373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.00€ 27.48
€ 28.00
€ 27.48
Paperback. Presents a comprehensive examination of the PLA from the Cold War to the beginning of the twenty-first century. This title charts the development of China's armed forces against the backdrop of Chinese society and links China's military modernization to the country's growing international and economic power. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 photos, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192406
- ISBN
- 9780813192406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.37
€ 37.37
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691651095
- ISBN
- 9780691651095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.35€ 74.19
€ 96.35
€ 74.19
Hardcover. Num Pages: 446 pages, illus & maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 36. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845197377
- ISBN
- 9781845197377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.03
€ 124.03
Paperback. The tsunami was perceived as so 'un-natural' that it provoked an immediate, unprecedented international outpouring of sympathy. It took many months, by contrast, for the story of a new famine in the Sahel to make headlines. This book endeavors to shed light on a multifaceted crisis. Editor(s): Crombe, Xavier; Jezequel, Jean-Herve. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDR; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLX; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Hurst
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850659549
- ISBN
- 9781850659549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.45
€ 41.45
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838449
- ISBN
- 9781843838449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.69
€ 32.99
€ 27.69
Paperback. * A brilliant, colourful narrative history of a pivotal year in European history Num Pages: 480 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349118642
- ISBN
- 9780349118642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.39
€ 19.99
€ 15.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Bonnier Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910536711
- ISBN
- 9781910536711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.85
€ 11.99
€ 9.85
Hardcover. Editor(s): Wilcox, Wynn. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJ; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780877277828
- ISBN
- 9780877277828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.38
€ 143.38
Paperback. Tarr is the blackly comic story of the lives and loves of two artists, set against the backdrop of Paris before the start of the First World War. The first edition to do the novel justice, with an introduction and notes placing it in the context of social satire and avant-garde art movements, offering new insights into a major Modernist novel. Editor(s): Klein, Scott W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, one map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199567201
- ISBN
- 9780199567201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.25
€ 14.99
€ 12.25
Hardcover. In Japanese Landscapes and Gardens, 1650-1950 Wybe Kuitert presents a richly illustrated survey of the gardens and the people who commissioned, created, and used them and chronicles the modernization of traditional aesthetics in the context of economic, political, and environmental transformation. Series: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 140 color, 49 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; AMV; HBJF; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 254. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812244748
- ISBN
- 9780812244748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.48€ 81.07
€ 84.48
€ 81.07
Hardback. A compact and incisive history of the American economy since 1945, concentrating on the development of economic policy, economic structure, and ideas about both, and explaining the complex interaction of these factors over the past half-century. Series: American Ways Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635370
- ISBN
- 9781566635370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.36
€ 33.36
Paperback. Shows how the United States sought to impose its antitrust policy on other nations. This book chronicles how the attack on cartels and monopoly abroad affected everything from energy policy and trade negotiations to the occupation of Germany and Japan. It shows how the architects of the economy uncoupled political ideology from antitrust policy. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBG; HBLW3; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123990
- ISBN
- 9780231123990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.72
€ 47.72
hardcover. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810832770
- ISBN
- 9780810832770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.27
€ 87.27
hardcover. The authorized, paginated WTO Dispute Settlement Reports in English: cases for 2015. Series: World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Reports. Num Pages: 658 pages. BIC Classification: 3JMG; GBCY; LBBM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 658
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107191815
- ISBN
- 9781107191815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.21
€ 162.21
hardcover. The authorized, paginated WTO Dispute Settlement Reports in English: cases for 2015. Series: World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Reports. Num Pages: 453 pages. BIC Classification: 3JMG; GBCY; LBBM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 453
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107191792
- ISBN
- 9781107191792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.21
€ 162.21
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2006 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821362495
- ISBN
- 9780821362495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.51
€ 41.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AVGP; AVH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509832507
- ISBN
- 9781509832507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.10
€ 10.10
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bedford/St. Martin's
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312413590
- ISBN
- 9780312413590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.41
€ 41.41
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 684 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBLL; JNB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 684
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691602394
- ISBN
- 9780691602394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 133.34
€ 133.34
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 684 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; JNB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 684
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631899
- ISBN
- 9780691631899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 320.50
€ 320.50