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Asia Pacific Dynamism 1550-2000
ISBN: 9780415227780 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume showcases research by a team of international scholars into the economic development of the Asia Pacific region. A geographically and historically diverse range of case studies assess core elements, such as industrialization, markets, education and banking, that are woven inextricably through the economic history of the region.
This volume showcases research by a team of international scholars into the economic development of the Asia Pacific region. A geographically and hist...
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704,29 zł |
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Consumption in Asia: Lifestyle and Identities
ISBN: 9780415232449 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the 1960s until 1995, East and South-East Asia experienced tremendous capitalist economic growth, through which emerged a new urban middle class with a greatly improved material life. This book examines the processes which have transformed underdeveloped countries into full-blown consumer societies. The essays in this collection challenge conventional ideas about consumption and consumerism: they consider if the inundation of Western consumer goods have created identity confusions among the affluent in Asia, and if the expansion of consumer culture really does threaten the stability of...
From the 1960s until 1995, East and South-East Asia experienced tremendous capitalist economic growth, through which emerged a new urban middle class ...
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250,36 zł |
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Asian Nationalism
ISBN: 9780415232845 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Asian Nationalism brings together internationally renowned experts in the field analysing current theories of nationalism. Featuring detailed chapter case-studies on Pakistan, China, Japan, Taiwan, India, Indonesia and the Philippines, this book provides a good balance of theoretical and empirical material.
Completely up-to-date, this book will be invaluable for scholars of both Asian Studies and Politics. Key issues covered include: theories of nationalism the changing faces of Chinese nationalism Indian National Democracy the imagined community reflections on... Asian Nationalism brings together internationally renowned experts in the field analysing current theories of nationalism. Featuring detailed...
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704,29 zł |
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Asian Nationalism
ISBN: 9780415232852 / Angielski / Miękka / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Asian Nationalism brings together internationally renowned experts in the field analysing current theories of nationalism. Featuring detailed chapter case-studies on Pakistan, China, Japan, Taiwan, India, Indonesia and the Philippines, this book provides a good balance of theoretical and empirical material.
Completely up-to-date, this book will be invaluable for scholars of both Asian Studies and Politics. Key issues covered include: theories of nationalism the changing faces of Chinese nationalism Indian National Democracy the imagined community reflections on... Asian Nationalism brings together internationally renowned experts in the field analysing current theories of nationalism. Featuring detailed...
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250,36 zł |
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Mediaeval Researches from Eastern Asiatic Sources : Fragments Towards the Knowledge of the Geography and History of Central and Western Asia from the 13th to the 17th Century: Volume II
ISBN: 9780415244862 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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1565,08 zł |
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Financial Liberalization and the Economic Crisis in Asia
ISBN: 9780415288125 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What brought about a financial crisis in the "miracle" economies of Asia? What went wrong with financial reform in Asia? What can the developing countries of the world learn from the reform experiences in Asia?
Financial Liberalization and the Economic Crisis in Asia analyses how financial liberalization was undertaken in eight Asian countries and how it might be linked to the subsequent crises. The country studies focus on China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand. What brought about a financial crisis in the "miracle" economies of Asia? What went wrong with financial reform in Asia? What can the developing count...
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704,29 zł |
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Strolling About on the Roof of the World : The First Hundred Years of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs
ISBN: 9780415298575 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume covers the first one hundred years of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, formerly the Royal Central Asian Society. It traces its fons et origo in the Central Asian Question, within the context of the 'Great Game', and continues its fascinating chronology through the two World Wars to the present day. There are separate chapters on its widely drawn membership, variety of activities and archive collection. Throughout the pages are glimpses and vignettes of some of its extraordinary, even eccentric, members and their astonishing adventures. The wealth of factual and often...
This volume covers the first one hundred years of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, formerly the Royal Central Asian Society. It traces its fon...
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704,29 zł |
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Russian Literary Culture in the Camera Age: The Word as Image
ISBN: 9780415306683 / Angielski / Twarda / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores how one of the world's most literary-oriented societies entered the modern visual era, beginning with the advent of photography in the nineteenth century, focusing then on literature's role in helping to shape cinema as a tool of official totalitarian culture during the Soviet period, and concluding with an examination of post-Soviet Russia's encounter with global television. As well as pioneering the exploration of this important new area in Slavic Studies, the book illuminates aspects of cultural theory by investigating how the Russian case affects general notions of...
This book explores how one of the world's most literary-oriented societies entered the modern visual era, beginning with the advent of photography in ...
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704,29 zł |
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Social and Economic Change in the Pamirs (Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan): Translated from German by Nicola Pacult and Sonia Guss with Support of Tim Sh
ISBN: 9780415308069 / Angielski / Twarda / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since Olufsen and Schulz published their monographs on the Pamirs in 1904 and 1914, respectively, this is the first book to deal with the history, anthropology and recent social and economic development of the Pamiri people in Gorno-Badakhshan, Eastern Tajikistan. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, such high mountain areas were more or less forgotten and people would have suffered severely from their isolation if an Aga Khan Foundation project in 1993 to 1994 had not afforded broader support. The reader will be confronted by an almost surrealistic world: Pamiri income and living...
Since Olufsen and Schulz published their monographs on the Pamirs in 1904 and 1914, respectively, this is the first book to deal with the history, ant...
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756,45 zł |
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The Internationalisation of Retailing in Asia
ISBN: 9780415309042 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text examines developments in retailing in Asia, showing in particular how international influences are beginning to be felt in this sector.
This text examines developments in retailing in Asia, showing in particular how international influences are beginning to be felt in this sector.
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704,29 zł |
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Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe
ISBN: 9780415314794 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After the collapse of communism there was a widespread fear that nationalism would pose a serious threat to the development of liberal democracy in the countries of central Europe. This book examines the role of nationalism in post-communist development in central Europe.
After the collapse of communism there was a widespread fear that nationalism would pose a serious threat to the development of liberal democracy in th...
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756,45 zł |
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The Great Game : Britain and Russia in Central Asia
ISBN: 9780415316385 / Angielski / Twarda / 2280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of key works written in the course of the 19th century, when Central Asia was the focus of a political and diplomatic confrontation between Britain and Russia.
A collection of key works written in the course of the 19th century, when Central Asia was the focus of a political and diplomatic confrontation betwe...
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6260,31 zł |
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The Battle for Asia: From Decolonization to Globalization
ISBN: 9780415325288 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Asia has long been an ideological battleground between capitalism and communism, between nationalism and Westernisation and between the nation-state and globalization. This book is a history of the Asian region from 1945 to the present day which delineates the various ideological battles over Asia's development. Subjects covered include:
* theories of development * decolonization * US political and economic intervention * the effects of communism * the end of the Cold War * the rise of neo-liberalism * Asia after the crisis * Asia in the era of globalisation Broad... Asia has long been an ideological battleground between capitalism and communism, between nationalism and Westernisation and between the nation-state a...
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704,29 zł |
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The Battle for Asia: From Decolonization to Globalization
ISBN: 9780415325295 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Asia has been an ideological battleground between capitalism and communism, between nationalism and Westernization and between the nation-state and globalization. This book is a history of the Asian region from 1945 to 2003, which delineates the various ideological battles over Asia's development. The subjects covered include: theories of development; decolonization; US political and economic intervention; the effects of communism; the end of the Cold War; the rise of neo-liberalism; Asia after the crisis; and Asia in the era of globalization. Broad in sweep and rich in theory and empirical...
Asia has been an ideological battleground between capitalism and communism, between nationalism and Westernization and between the nation-state and gl...
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359,92 zł |
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Microregionalism and Governance in East Asia
ISBN: 9780415331340 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides an analysis of the processes of micro-regionalisation in East Asia within the broader context of globalisation and regionalisation.
This book provides an analysis of the processes of micro-regionalisation in East Asia within the broader context of globalisation and regionalisation....
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704,29 zł |
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The Ethics of War in Asian Civilizations: A Comparative Perspective
ISBN: 9780415342926 / Angielski / Twarda / 18 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores how issues of ethics in war and warfare have been treated by major ethical traditions of Asia. It opens a discussion about whether there are universal standards in the ideologies of warfare between the major religious traditions of the world. While the chapters are written by specialists in Asian cultures, some of the conceptual apparatus is drawn from the scholarly discourse on just war, developed in the study of the ethical tradition of Christianity. Taking a comparative approach, the book looks at six different Asian religious, philosophical and political... This book explores how issues of ethics in war and warfare have been treated by major ethical traditions of Asia. It opens a discussion about wheth... |
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704,29 zł |
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Akbar and the Jesuits : An Account of the Jesuit Missions to the Court of Akbar
ISBN: 9780415344814 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1926.
'These documents are full of intimate interest' Times Literary Supplement 'A serious and intensely interesting piece of work' The Guardian The Jesuit missionaries were some of the earliest Europeans to find their way into the Mogul empire in the sixteenth century. Spending more years at Akbar's court than others did months, and traversing his dominions from Lahore to Kabul, and from Kashmir to the Deccan, they undoubtedly sowed the seeds of British influence in the East. Reproducing, or summarizing the most valuable of the missionaries' letters written... First published in 1926.
'These documents are full of intimate interest' Times Literary Supplement 'A serious and intensely interesting piece of... |
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912,96 zł |
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Early Buddhist Metaphysics: The Making of a Philosophical Tradition
ISBN: 9780415345194 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Early Buddhist Metaphysics provides a philosophical account of the major doctrinal shift in the history of early Theravada tradition in India: the transition from the earliest stratum of Buddhist thought to the systematic and allegedly scholastic philosophy of the Pali Abhidhamma movement. Entwining comparative philosophy and Buddhology, the author probes the Abhidhamma's metaphysical transition in terms of the Aristotelian tradition and vis-a-vis modern philosophy, exploits Western philosophical literature from Plato to contemporary texts in the fields of philosophy of mind and...
Early Buddhist Metaphysics provides a philosophical account of the major doctrinal shift in the history of early Theravada tradition in India...
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704,29 zł |
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Advancing East Asian Regionalism
ISBN: 9780415349093 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Developments in East Asia have progressed rapidly in terms of regionalism since the 1997 crisis. The end of the Asian miracle called into question not only the capacity of regional states to meet the needs of their attendant peoples, but also challenged the viability of regional organizations, such as ASEAN, to adapt and respond to the changing circumstances.
"Advancing East Asian Regionalism" looks at the ways in which ASEAN has expanded since the crisis and evaluates the potential of East Asia to come together in a regional formation - one capable of representing the region as whole -... Developments in East Asia have progressed rapidly in terms of regionalism since the 1997 crisis. The end of the Asian miracle called into question not...
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505,98 zł |
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Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism: The Doctrinal History of Nirvana
ISBN: 9780415355506 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Soonil Hwang studies the doctrinal development of nirvana in the Pali Nikaaya and subsequent tradition and compares it with the Chinese aagama and its traditional interpretation. He clarifies early doctrinal developments of Nirvana and traces the word and related terms back to their original metaphorical contexts, elucidating diverse interpretations and doctrinal and philosophical developments in the abhidharma exegeses and treatises of Southern and Northern Buddhist schools. The book finally examines which school, if any, kept the original meaning and... Soonil Hwang studies the doctrinal development of nirvana in the Pali Nikaaya and subsequent tradition and compares it with the Chinese |
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782,54 zł |
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