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Paperback. Stories of homosexual love affairs between samurai men and boys and between young kabuki actors and their patrons held broad appeal in pre-modern Japanese culture. An independent popular writer, Saikaku wrote "Nanshoku Okagami" in 1687 with the intention of extending his readership. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; 3JD; FA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718950
- ISBN
- 9780804718950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.80
€ 36.99
€ 32.80
Paperback. This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, showing how regulation shifted away from status to a new regime of gender that mandated a uniform standard of sexual morality and criminal liability for all people, regardless of their social status. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745598
- ISBN
- 9780804745598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.33
€ 36.99
€ 33.33
Hardback. This book traces the emergence and evolution of a discourse of minority identity within Japan's Korean community through its examination of their literary narratives and political struggles over the past three decades. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Twenty-Third and ed.
- SKU
- V9780804750400
- ISBN
- 9780804750400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.56
€ 127.56
Paperback. Ranging from abstract theory to practical design solutions, this book provides the reader with the understandings needed to design and run cutting edge experiments. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 table, 14 figures. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780804752466
- ISBN
- 9780804752466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.63
€ 24.99
€ 23.63
Paperback. The book provides a clear assessment of the New Labour governments in Britain, when Tony Blair then Gordon Brown were Prime Ministers between 1997 and 2009. This assessment is based upon a review of implemented public policies and their outcomes instead of programmes or discourses. Translator(s): Elliott, Gregory. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPHL; JPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762359
- ISBN
- 9780804762359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.75
€ 29.99
€ 26.75
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804784719
- ISBN
- 9780804784719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. Translator(s): Becker, G. Num Pages: 153 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Schocken
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805210477
- ISBN
- 9780805210477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.67
€ 17.99
€ 13.67
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM9; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807053928
- ISBN
- 9780807053928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.46
€ 26.99
€ 22.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBZ; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807076996
- ISBN
- 9780807076996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.55
€ 23.99
€ 19.55
Paperback. Translator(s): Kuprel, Diana. Series: Jewish Lives S. Num Pages: 80 pages, 23 cm. BIC Classification: 2AGP; FA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 136 x 6. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810117433
- ISBN
- 9780810117433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.77
€ 23.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Friedman, Susan Stanford. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811216036
- ISBN
- 9780811216036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.91
€ 29.91
Paperback. The Internet and social media are pervasive and transformative forces in contemporary China. The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China explores the changing relationship between China's Internet and social media and its society, politics, legal system, and foreign relations. Editor(s): DeLisle, Jacques; Goldstein, Avery; Yang, Guobin. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223514
- ISBN
- 9780812223514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.67€ 64.59
€ 66.67
€ 64.59
Paperback. Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity provides a solid foundation for comprehending what a human rights framework implies and the potential for greater justice in health it entails. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223989
- ISBN
- 9780812223989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.29
€ 46.99
€ 41.29
Hardcover. Based on previously inaccessible material from international archives, Human Rights in the Shadow of Colonial Violence examines the relationship between emerging human rights concepts after 1945 and repressive British and French actions against anticolonial movements in Africa. Translator(s): Geyer, Dona. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 1HFGK; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812244953
- ISBN
- 9780812244953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.85
€ 100.85
Paperback. The definitive history of the powerful and brutal East German Secret Police Num Pages: 478 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; JKSW1; JPFC; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- 1st US - 1st Printing
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813337449
- ISBN
- 9780813337449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.18
€ 21.99
€ 16.18
Paperback. Argues that the conventional wisdom on religion makes sense only as a strategy of intellectual and political control. It examines how nationalists, officials, missionaries and scholars in the West and the colonis defined and redefined the relationship between the political and religious. Editor(s): Peterson, Derek R.; Walhof, Darren. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813530932
- ISBN
- 9780813530932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.62
€ 42.62
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813553528
- ISBN
- 9780813553528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.58
€ 40.99
€ 36.58
Hardcover. Part of a series which covers the eight precedent-setting years of Washington's presidency and his brief retirement. Volume three covers most of the summer of 1789 and focuses on the problems facing the new administration. Series: Papers of George Washington: Presidential Series. Num Pages: 625 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1166.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 625
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813912103
- ISBN
- 9780813912103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.19
€ 126.19
Hardcover. Part of a series presenting public papers either written by George Washington or presented to him during both of his administrations. Volume 4 covers the autumn and early winter of 1789-90 and focuses on the problems facing the new administration. Series: Papers of George Washington: Presidential Series. Num Pages: 627 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1166.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 627
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813914077
- ISBN
- 9780813914077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.19
€ 126.19
Hardcover. During the period of this third volume of the "Secretary of State" series, Madison was concerned with ongoing problems in foreign policy, particularly US relations with the European powers. Diplomatic letters describe his efforts to defend American commercial rights. Num Pages: 608 pages, annotations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915418
- ISBN
- 9780813915418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.81
€ 125.81
Hardcover. Beginning with Madison's return to Washington from Montpelier, this fourth volume in the "Secretary of State" series ends with the acquisition of Louisiana by the United States. The letters show Madison's response to the "Louisiana Crisis" as it happened and annotation aids understanding of events. Editor(s): Stagg, J. C. A.; Cross, Jeanne Kerr; Perdue, Susan Holbrook; Barber, Ellen J. Num Pages: 720 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1483.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917474
- ISBN
- 9780813917474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.66
€ 120.66
Hardcover. This volume covers March-September of 1791, when Washington completed a tour of the southern states. On tour and when he returned to the capital, the heads of executive departments regularly reported to him about affairs of state, whilst friends and foreign correspondents sent news from Europe. Series: Presidential Series. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918105
- ISBN
- 9780813918105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.19
€ 126.19
Hardcover. The tenth volume of the revolutionary war papers of George Washington. It opens with Washington headquartered at the Continental army's encampment at Middlebrook, New Jersey. From this vantage point Washington could survey the country between Perth Amboy and New Brunswick. Series: Papers of George Washington: Revolutionary War Series. Num Pages: 768 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1247.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 768
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919010
- ISBN
- 9780813919010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.19
€ 126.19
Hardcover. This is the ninth volume of George Washington's presidential papers, covering the period September 1791 to February 1792. Over 40 letters concern the problems arising from Pierre L'Enfant's high-handedness as designer of the Federal City. Series: Papers of George Washington: Presidential Series. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919225
- ISBN
- 9780813919225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.19
€ 126.19