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Hardback. Examines the way divisions between Chinese rural workers and the state were recast in the 20th century as divisions between intellectuals and peasants. The author argues that this division was a central concern of the literature, resulting in a picture of a repressed peasantry, allowing them to become a focus of political and revolutionary protest. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804733199
- ISBN
- 9780804733199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.80
€ 96.80
Hardback. The author, Saiokuken Socho (1448-1532)-the preeminent linked-verse (renga ) poet of his time-provides in his journal a vivid portrayal of cultural life in the capital and the provinces, together with descriptions of battles and great warrior families, the dangers of travel through war-torn countryside, and the plight of the poor. Translator(s): Horton, H. Mack. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5893 x 4522 x 28. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732833
- ISBN
- 9780804732833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.20
€ 169.20
Hardback. China has a long-standing writing tradition and many Chinese texts have become world treasures. Whilst certain socio-political changes acted as agents for reform of the teaching of composition, the shape these reforms are taking has been due to many different influences, coming both from inside the countries themselves and from foreign sources. Editor(s): Shum, Mark Shiu Kee; Zhang, De Lu. Series: Studies in Writing. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJA; CJCW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387263922
- ISBN
- 9780387263922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.85
€ 127.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 397 pages, 20,000+ entries. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GK; CBDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780781812344
- ISBN
- 9780781812344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.38
€ 23.99
€ 21.38
Paperback. Suitable for teaching and learning Chinese language and culture at the advanced level, this title combines classical and modern Chinese language skills, Chinese culture, and expository and narrative writing practice. It also includes sections on function words that help students to understand classical Chinese. Num Pages: 312 pages, Author to commission line drawings. Sample early July. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CJB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589016354
- ISBN
- 9781589016354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.05
€ 57.05
Paperback. Lippit offers the first book-length study in English of Japanese modernist fiction from the 1920s to the 1930s. Through close readings of four leading figures of this movement-Akutagawa, Yokomitsu, Kawabata, and Hayashi-Lippit aims to establish a theoretical and historical framework for the analysis of Japanese modernism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125314
- ISBN
- 9780231125314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.68
€ 38.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 183 x 9. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Kodansha USA
- Edition
- Pap/Com Bl
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568365589
- ISBN
- 9781568365589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.32
€ 20.99
€ 18.32
Hardcover. The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics presents critical overviews of a wide range of major topics in Chinese linguistics, and is the first book to introduce Chinese linguistics from the perspective of modern theoretical and formal linguistics. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 678 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 252 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470655344
- ISBN
- 9780470655344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.81
€ 229.81
Hardback. The legend of Mulan remains one of the most popular Chinese folktales despite (or because of) its lack of supernatural demonstrations or interventions. In addition to a translation of the earliest recorded version of the legend, this title offers translations of several later iterations of the tale. Translator(s): Kwa, Shiamin; Idema, Wilt L. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9781603841979
- ISBN
- 9781603841979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.29€ 40.43
€ 51.29
€ 40.43
Hardback. For centuries, readers of Tao Qian have felt directly addressed by his poetic voice. This book revisits Tao's approach to his readers by attempting to situate it within the particular poetics of address that characterized the Six Dynasties classicist tradition. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674053212
- ISBN
- 9780674053212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.06
€ 44.99
€ 37.06
Hardcover. Starting with the history of apocalyptic tradition in the West and focusing on modern Japanese apocalyptic science fiction in manga, anime, and novels, Motoko Tanaka shows how science fiction reflected and coped with the devastation in Japanese national identity after 1945. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137373540
- ISBN
- 9781137373540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.63
€ 132.63
Paperback. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 211 x 18. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887101786
- ISBN
- 9780887101786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 35.11
€ 48.99
€ 35.11
Paperback. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 2ZX; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048151325
- ISBN
- 9789048151325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.35
€ 122.35
Paperback. Focusing on the basics of modern Chinese phonetics and grammatical structure, this book uses everyday topics to help students establish a solid foundation in the Chinese language. It includes color illustrations, contains thirty lessons, each of which can be covered in a week's worth of classes. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 368 pages, 40 color illus. 1 line illus. 17 tables. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154206
- ISBN
- 9780691154206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.30€ 45.74
€ 58.30
€ 45.74
Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; DSK; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804798693
- ISBN
- 9780804798693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.23
€ 136.23
Multiple-component retail product. Discover a new and effective way to learn Thai. With 17 units covering the four key skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening, this best-selling course comprises a book and audio support which is easy to download to your computer or MP3 player. Num Pages: 384 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 2GRS; CJBT; CJBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 169 x 59. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444101911
- ISBN
- 9781444101911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 34.09
€ 51.99
€ 34.09
hardcover. This is an imaginative evocation and analysis-through the medium of translations (the author's own) of once popular but now forgotten literature-of the variety of "stories" in terms of which the Chinese have interpreted their lives since the early years of the 19th century. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804730907
- ISBN
- 9780804730907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.06
€ 158.06
Hardback. The literary career of Uchida Hyakken (1889-1971) encompassed a wide variety of styles and genres, including fiction, zuihitsu (essays), war diaries, poetry, travelogues, and children's stories. This title provides a critical corrective by locating in Hyakken's simple yet powerful literary language. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031128
- ISBN
- 9780674031128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.34
€ 44.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2G; DSA; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349444885
- ISBN
- 9781349444885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231034654
- ISBN
- 9780231034654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.66
€ 45.99
€ 32.66
Hardcover. The aim of this volume is to fill a knowledge-gap in pragmatic and discourse studies through high-quality research focusing on the theory and practice of Chinese discourse and, in a wider sense, interaction analysis. Editor(s): Pan, Yuling; Kadar, Daniel Z. Num Pages: 338 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFB; CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845536329
- ISBN
- 9781845536329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.41
€ 128.41
Paperback. Presents a portrait of "The Tale of Genji's" reception and reproduction, taking into consideration a wide variety of genres from no plays to Genji paintings to the modern novel. This volume explores the popularization of the Genji, considering parody, pastiche, and re-creation in various popular and mass media. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Num Pages: 416 pages, 80 illus. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592. Media, Gender, and Cultural Production. 416 pages, ill. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Presents a portrait of "The Tale of Genji's" reception and reproduction, taking into consideration a wide variety of genres from no plays to Genji paintings to the modern novel. This volume explores the popularization of the Genji, considering parody, pastiche, and re-creation in various popular and mass media. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142373
- ISBN
- 9780231142373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.38
€ 42.99
€ 30.38
Series: My First Bilingual Book. Num Pages: 16 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GDC; YBL. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 166 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Milet Publishing
- Edition
- Brdbk Blg
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785080548
- ISBN
- 9781785080548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.69
€ 10.69
Hardcover. This text maps the aesthetic and semantic meanings associated with gender in the Ming-Qing vernacular novel through close readings of five long narratives, including "Dream of the Red Chamber" and "A Tale of Heroic Lovers". Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DQ; DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005129
- ISBN
- 9780674005129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.30
€ 43.99
€ 36.30