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The International Politics of the Asia-Pacific: Fourth and Revised Edition
ISBN: 9781138647060 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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759,15 |
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Imagination and Narrative: Lexical and Cultural Translation in Buddhist Asia
ISBN: 9786162151354 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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180,18 |
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Rethinking Prehistoric Central Asia: Shepherds, Farmers, and Nomads
ISBN: 9781138737082 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The peoples of Inner Asia in the second half of the first millennium BC have long been considered to be nomads, engaging in warfare and conflict. This book, which presents the findings of new archaeological research in southeastern Kazakhstan, analyses these findings to present important conclusions about the nature of Inner Asian society in this period. Pots, animal bones, ancient plant remains, and mud bricks are details from the material record proving that the ancient folk cultivated wheat, barley and the two millets as well as husbanded sheep, goats, cattle, and horses. The picture... The peoples of Inner Asia in the second half of the first millennium BC have long been considered to be nomads, engaging in warfare and conflict. T... |
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734,66 |
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Silk, Slaves, and Stupas: Material Culture of the Silk Road
ISBN: 9780520281783 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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128,89 |
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Remembering Independence
ISBN: 9781138905733 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Remembering Independence looks at the period since the end of the Second World War when the great waves of decolonisation occurred, and these events were subsequently remembered. The book is organised in three sections. The first introduces a number of case studies and through recent celebrations of national days investigates the importance of independence in narratives of national progress. The following sections explore the case studies in greater detail, as well as introducing wider examples, focusing on the unceasing "work" of remembering independence as well as the contests... Remembering Independence looks at the period since the end of the Second World War when the great waves of decolonisation occurred, and th... |
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205,65 |
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Ali Shariati and the Future of Social Theory: Religion, Revolution, and the Role of the Intellectual
ISBN: 9789004351912 / Angielski / Twarda / 12 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Ali Shariati and the Future of Social Theory: Religion, Revolution and the Role of the Intellectual, Dustin J. Byrd and Seyed Javad Miri bring together a collections of essays by a variety of scholars who explore the lasting influence of the Iranian sociologist and revolutionary, Ali Shariati. Thought to be the most important intellectual behind the Iranian Revolution of 1979, these essays engage in a future-oriented remembrance of Shariati’s life and praxis, with the practical attempt to clarify, expand, and apply his liberational Islamic thought to modern conditions. Making use of...
In Ali Shariati and the Future of Social Theory: Religion, Revolution and the Role of the Intellectual, Dustin J. Byrd and Seyed Javad Miri bring toge...
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531,17 |
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We Answered the Call: Building the Crown Jewel of Afghanistan
ISBN: 9781546908128 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2004, University professor, Dr. James Wilhite was called to active duty for Operation Enduring Freedom and became Colonel James Wilhite. Given a mission to build a four year university for Afghan students, that modeled West Point, Wilhite was given no money, no full time staff and only ten months to complete what was believed to be an impossible assignment. With only a dream and a group of volunteers from West Point Colonel Wilhite embarked on a journey that changed his life forever. Follow along with Colonel Wilhite as he and his group of volunteers produce what has been called the Crown...
In 2004, University professor, Dr. James Wilhite was called to active duty for Operation Enduring Freedom and became Colonel James Wilhite. Given a mi...
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40,43 |
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The Well-Being of the Labor Force in Colonial Bombay: Discourses and Practices
ISBN: 9783319661636 / Angielski / Twarda / 283 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study draws on extensive archival research to explore the social history of industrial labor in colonial India through the lens of well-being. Focusing on the cotton millworkers in Bombay in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the book moves beyond trade union politics and examines the complex ways in which the broader colonial society considered the subject of worker well-being. As the author shows, worker well-being projects unfolded in the contexts of British Empire, Indian nationalism, extraordinary infant mortality, epidemic diseases, and uneven urban development.... This study draws on extensive archival research to explore the social history of industrial labor in colonial India through the lens of well-being.... |
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402,53 |
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A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia, Volume II: Inner Eurasia from the Mongol Empire to Today, 1260 - 2000
ISBN: 9780631210382 / Angielski / Twarda / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is Volume One of A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia, covering from the time of the first inhabitants in the region right up to the Mongol Empire in the 13th century of the modern era. Inner Eurasia, as the author defines it, comprises: most of the former Soviet Union and Russia's territories in Siberia; Russia's former empire in Central Asia; China's central Asian empire; and Mongolia, both the parts within China and those within the Mongolian People's Republic. The author presents Inner Eurasia as a coherent region with an underlying unity in geography and history despite...
This is Volume One of A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia, covering from the time of the first inhabitants in the region right up to the Mo...
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381,24 |
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Korea-China Relations in History and Contemporary Implications
ISBN: 9783319622644 / Angielski / Twarda / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the complex relations between Joseon Korea (1392-1910) and Ming/Qing China in history, and reveals their contemporary implications for the nature of a China-dominated order in East Asia and the relations between China and the middle powers in the region.
This book examines the complex relations between Joseon Korea (1392-1910) and Ming/Qing China in history, and reveals their contemporary implications ...
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523,30 |
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Spirits and Ships: Cultural Transfers in Early Monsoon Asia
ISBN: 9789814762755 / Angielski / Miękka / 577 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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225,30 |
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The Uyghur Community: Diaspora, Identity and Geopolitics
ISBN: 9781137531445 / Angielski / Twarda / 189 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyses the Uyghur community, presenting a brief historical background of the Uyghurs and debating the challenges of emerging Uyghur nationalism in the early 20th century.
This book analyses the Uyghur community, presenting a brief historical background of the Uyghurs and debating the challenges of emerging Uyghur nation...
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644,07 |
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Kusunoki Masashige. Nationalisierung eines gescheiterten Helden in der Meiji-Zeit?
ISBN: 9783668493346 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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180,05 |
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Das Trostfrauenproblem aus der japanischen Perspektive
ISBN: 9783668493469 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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147,68 |
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‘Alā’ al-Dawla al-Simnānī Between Spiritual Authority and Political Power: A Persian Lord and Intellectual in the Heart of the Ilkhanate: With a Critical Edition of al-Wārid al-šārid al-ṭārid šubhat a
ISBN: 9789004352889 / Angielski / Twarda / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In ʿAlāʾ al-Dawla al-Simnānī between Spiritual Authority and Political Power: A Persian Lord and Intellectual in the Heart of the Ilkhanate, Giovanni Maria Martini investigates the personality of a major figure in the socio-political and cultural landscape of Mongol Iran. In pursuing this objective, the author follows parallel paths: Chapter 1 provides the most updated reconstruction of Simnānī’s (d. 736/1336) biography, which, thanks to its unique features, emerges as a cross-section of Iranian society and as a microhistory of the complex relationships between a Sufi master, Persian...
In ʿAlāʾ al-Dawla al-Simnānī between Spiritual Authority and Political Power: A Persian Lord and Intellectual in the Heart of the Ilkhanate, Giov...
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645,90 |
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Paradise Afire: The Sri Lankan War: Volume 1 - 1971-1987
ISBN: 9781912390342 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Sri Lankan War 19711987. 110 photos, 10 maps, 12 colour profiles
The Sri Lankan War 19711987. 110 photos, 10 maps, 12 colour profiles
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100,40 |
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Embodied Reckonings: "Comfort Women," Performance, and Transpacific Redress
ISBN: 9780472037100 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines the political and cultural aspects of contemporary performances that have grappled with the history of the ""comfort women", the Japanese military's euphemism for the sexual enslavement of girls and young women - mostly Korean - in the years before and during World War II.
Examines the political and cultural aspects of contemporary performances that have grappled with the history of the ""comfort women", the Japanese mil...
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141,79 |
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They Called Themselves the Battling Bastards of Bataan
ISBN: 9780998889382 / Angielski / Miękka / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tells the story of Japan's six-month struggle to seize the Philippines from the determined but underequipped American and Filipino forces in the islands.
Tells the story of Japan's six-month struggle to seize the Philippines from the determined but underequipped American and Filipino forces in the islan...
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19,34 |
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Port Cities: Multicultural Emporiums of Asia, 1500-1900
ISBN: 9789811113802 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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176,32 |
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Jesus in Asia
ISBN: 9780674051133 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reconstructions of Jesus occurred in Asia long before the Western search for the historical Jesus began in earnest. Asians remade Jesus at times appreciatively and at other times critically. R. S. Sugirtharajah situates the historical Jesus beyond the narrow confines of the West and offers an eye-opening chapter in the story of global Christianity.
Reconstructions of Jesus occurred in Asia long before the Western search for the historical Jesus began in earnest. Asians remade Jesus at times appre...
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121,18 |