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Paperback. Blending political, cultural and economic perspectives, this text traces the evolution of Asian countries in the 20th century. Its aim is to determine the mix of culture, experience, scale, timing, leadership and policy that shapes individual developing nations. Series: The Edwin O.Reischauer Lectures. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJ; GTF; HBJF; JFC; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674687585
- ISBN
- 9780674687585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.07
€ 40.99
€ 34.07
Paperback. This book investigates the impact of Kim Il Sung on the history and politics of North Korea and what his death means for the future of the country and its relations with the rest of the world. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 443 pages, 40 halftones; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; BGH; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 443
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231065733
- ISBN
- 9780231065733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.89
€ 51.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138642
- ISBN
- 9780231138642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.37€ 74.12
€ 97.37
€ 74.12
Paperback. Based on two propositions: that the educational system in Japan is undergoing a number of changes, despite charges to the contrary, and that there is a conflict between the rhetoric of the National Council on Education Reform undertaken by Prime Minister Nakasone (1982-1987) and its emphasis on issues like internationalism. Series: Social Science Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, charts. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JNK; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772884776
- ISBN
- 9788772884776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.23
€ 28.23
Hardcover. Study of different forms of political and market capitalism in emerging countries in Central Europe and Southeast Asia emerging post-colonial and communist eras. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 black & white tables, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1FK; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137383051
- ISBN
- 9781137383051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Hardcover. Num Pages: 310 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Manohar Publishers and Distributors India
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788173046209
- ISBN
- 9788173046209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.94
€ 58.94
Hardcover. This volume examines the links between the changes in the oil industry in the Middle East and North Africa, and the growth of politically radical movements referring to Islam. It charts the rise in oil revenues in the 1970s and early 1980s, and the region's subsequent economic and social failures. Series: Petroleum Research Series in Petrolem Economics & Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFSR2; KCP; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471971535
- ISBN
- 9780471971535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 268.51
€ 268.51
Hardback. This compelling historical ethnography explores how people in Bahla, an oasis town in the interior of Oman, experienced dramatic transformation in their lives following the discovery of oil in the late 1960s, and now grapple with the prospect of this resource's future depletion. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; HBJF1; HBLW3; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756266
- ISBN
- 9780804756266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.39
€ 130.39
Paperback. A case study of economic development in Cairo that sheds light on issues of agency and empowerment in the age of neoliberal globalization Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JHMC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335719
- ISBN
- 9780822335719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.02
€ 31.99
€ 29.02
Paperback. Within hours of the September 11 attacks, Sean M. Maloney deciphered that Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda were the aggressors behind the despicable act. A war in Afghanistan then was inevitable. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 b&w photos, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597970495
- ISBN
- 9781597970495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.99
€ 23.99
€ 21.99
Paperback. This translation presents the Analects in a revolutionary new format that, for the first time in any language, distinguishes the original words of the Master from the later sayings of his disciples and their followers, enabling readers to experience China's most influential philosophical work in its true historical, social, and political context. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 342 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DNF; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; HPD; HRKN1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104319
- ISBN
- 9780231104319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.19
€ 42.99
€ 30.19
Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1FMV; 1FPC; 1FPJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403995902
- ISBN
- 9781403995902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.66
€ 64.66
Paperback. In the early twentieth century, the Chinese state made strenuous efforts to broaden and deepen its authority over rural society. This book is an ambitious attempt to offer both a method and a framework for analyzing Chinese social history in the state-making era. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBG; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804718882
- ISBN
- 9780804718882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.39
€ 38.99
€ 35.39
Hardcover. Sow Keat Tok explores the adaptation of the Western concept of 'sovereignty' into China's management of Taiwan and Hong Kong affairs. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPCH; 1FPCW; JPRB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263834
- ISBN
- 9781137263834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardcover. Explores the richness of Pakistan's religious landscape, giving attention to a number of topics: Shia flagellation processions, Urdu-language pulp fiction, streetside rituals involving animals (pariah-kites and fortune-telling parrots), and the use of sorcery to contend with the jinns that are believed to infest cities such as Lahore. Series: Comparative Islamic Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HRH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 489.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845533458
- ISBN
- 9781845533458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.83
€ 48.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 219 x 26. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652296177
- ISBN
- 9789652296177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.18
€ 34.99
€ 23.18
Paperback. In a remote corner of the world, forgotten for nearly three thousand years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Mostly illiterate, they dwelt in harmony with their Muslim and Christian neighbors in the mountains of northern Iraq. This book tells their story. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; BM; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781565129337
- ISBN
- 9781565129337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.85
€ 13.99
€ 10.85
Hardcover. Increases our understanding of the history and development of the arts of the book Num Pages: 384 pages, 152 illus., 90 in color. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 5487 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1792.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295991917
- ISBN
- 9780295991917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.49
€ 85.49
Hardcover. Editor(s): Turner, Christopher L.; Giordano, Denise M. Num Pages: 317 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FCA; JP; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 184 x 24. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612097084
- ISBN
- 9781612097084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 339.70€ 228.78
€ 339.70
€ 228.78
hardcover. This a wide-ranging study focuses on five main themes: labour processes, migration and labour systems; labour circulation or mobility; the gendered nature of labour relations; and class consciousness, worker organization and labour standards. Series: A Modern Economic History of Southeast Asia. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JH; 3JJ; KCF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333736968
- ISBN
- 9780333736968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.32
€ 123.32
Hardcover. This book addresses the effects of climate change on different horticultural crops and focuses on the adaptation strategies based on the scientific knowledge generated by the experts in different agro-climatic regions in India. Editor(s): Singh, Harish Chandra Prasad; Rao, Nadipynayakanahally Krishnamurthy S.; Shivashankar, Kodthalu Seetharamaiah. Num Pages: 303 pages, 44 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; TVK; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer, India, Private Ltd India
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788132209737
- ISBN
- 9788132209737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.49
€ 189.49
Paperback. 'A pioneering and highly important enterprise .. historic, wide-ranging, important, and interesting.' Yuval Dror, Zemanim Num Pages: 430 pages, map, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Littman Library Of Jewish Civilization
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874774396
- ISBN
- 9781874774396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.50
€ 34.99
€ 31.50
Paperback. -- "New York Times Book Review" Num Pages: 375 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 220 x 26. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231069090
- ISBN
- 9780231069090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.22
€ 56.22
paperback. Num Pages: 145 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; HBTQ; JPHV; JPS; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 145
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850365504
- ISBN
- 9780850365504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.10
€ 19.99
€ 18.10