Books - "politics"
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China Transformed: Historical Change and the Limits of European Experience
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: China Chinese Europe European history change historical economics politics
The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG+) section of prelims pages detached but all present, otherwise still a tidy copy; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1998
KEYWORDS: ancient China Chinese history Ming dynasty antiquity culture politics trade economics
Early Ming China: A Political History 1355-1435
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1982
KEYWORDS: ancient China Chinese history antiquity early Ming dyansty politics political
The Structure of Power in North China During the Five Dynasties
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of Malaya Press 1963
KEYWORDS: ancient China Chinese history five 5 dynasties politics political antiquity
Lost Modernities: China, Vietnam, Korea and the Hazards of World History
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: ancient history Asia China bureaucracy Vietnam Korea politics government political
Crystal Eastman on Women and Revolution
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1979
KEYWORDS: political science gender politics feminism Crystal Eastman women revolution
Framing the Sexual Subject
LACKS D/W, super octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2000
KEYWORDS: gender sexuality power politics civil rights AIDS culture
Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan
Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1998
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese communities popular culture lgbtq sexual politics
Sexuality, Politics, and Social Control in Virginia 1920-1945
Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of North Carolina Press 2006
KEYWORDS: Virginia US America stds sexually transmitted diseases sexual relations government politics
Confucianism and Autocracy: Professional Elites in the Founding of the Ming Dynasty
LACKS FFEP, octavo, beige buckram boards, maroon lettering to spine, ix + 358pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & board extrems, sl soiling to page edges, ffep missing) in d/w, VG+ (minor adhesive staining to edges, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1983
KEYWORDS: China Chinese ancient history Ming dynasty elite politics confucianism
Taming Babel: Language in the Making of Malaysia
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xx + 261pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges/corners, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2018
KEYWORDS: Malaysia Malaysian history languages government politics postcolonial Asia British empire
The Teahouse Under Socialism: The Decline and Renewal of Public Life in Chengdu, 1950-2000
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, white & blue lettering to spine, xi + 311pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 2018
KEYWORDS: China Chinese culture Chengdu late 20th twentieth century tearooms socialism socialist politics political
Waiting for the Dawn: A Plan for the Prince: Huang Tsung-hsi's Ming-i-tai-fang lu
Super octavo, blue light card covers, blue & cream lettering to spine, xiv + 340pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to covers & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: China Chinese government politics political Huang Tsung-hsi history
Embassy to Tamerlane 1403-1406
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, l + 363pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Hardinge Simpole Ltd 2009
KEYWORDS: Timur Tamerlane history early 15th fifteenth century politics Asia
The Economic History of China: From Anitquity to the Nineteenth Century
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, blue lettering to spine, xiv + 461pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine, sl chafing & curling to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge Univesity Press 2016
KEYWORDS: China Chinese ancient history antiquity economics politics trade commerce
The Art of Being Governed: Everyday Politics in Late Imperial China
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 303pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history imperialism politics political government Ming dynasty military
The Art of Secularism: The Cultural Politics of Modernist Art in Contemporary India
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 206pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor horizontal creasing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: modern contemporary art politics political India Indian secular secularism
China from Empire to Nation-State
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 179pp, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light soiling to front board, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history governance politics political empire
God's Playground: A History of Poland, Volume II: 1795 to the Present
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, xxiii + 591pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing/soiling & creasing to spine & covers, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor separation at gutter of title page)
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: Europe European history Poland politics political communities culture
Pap v Pap: The Party's Struggle to Adapt to a Changing Singapore
Super octavo, white light card covers, coloured lettering to spine, xi + 162pp, Near FINE (sl creasing to spine)
PUBLISHER: Cherian George & Donald Low 2020
KEYWORDS: Singapore politics political PAP People's Action Party essays literature