Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction

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India is widely recognised as a new global powerhouse. It has become one of the world`s emerging powers, rivalling China in terms of global influence. Yet people still know relatively little about the economic, social, political, and cultural changes... More

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The history of modern Italy is characterized by recurrent cultural and political projects of modernity, rejuvenation, and regeneration; projects which often had their roots in a widespread dissatisfaction with social and political reality, and... More

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China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presence, and the Chinese `economic miracle`. It seems to be a country of contradictions: a peasant society with... More

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VERY RARE TRANSITIONAL BINDING 1927/1928 MODERN LIBRARY EDITION IN DUST JACKET A Bed of Roses by W. L. George. New York: The Modern Library, 1927/1928 Reprint. RARE TRANSITIONAL BINDING. Bound in purple balloon cloth but a spine type 6 usually... More

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* A jargon--free introduction to the whole history of the novel in the twentieth century. * Examines the main strands of twentieth--century fiction including post--war post--imperial and multicultural fiction the global novel the digital novel and the... More

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54p; 29 color plates; 112 b/w plates. An oversize hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Owner's bookplate inside front cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket has a few small closed tears, none longer than one inch, and the... More

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xix, 292 pages, 9 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color, folded), maps, portrait, plans ; 32 cm. Folio. Errata laid-in. Hardcover. Publisher's original black raw silk over boards, silver lettering to leather spine label. Book Condition: Spine... More

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This short introduction to Modernism analyses the movement from the perspective of English and American literature. & 8727; Provides a critical overview of some of the central texts of literary Modernism. & 8727; Covers both established works and those... More

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Akerman founded the Numismatic Journal in 1836. This is the first edition of his introduction to the study of coins, with 220 pages, and a generous appendix of 56 pages of an archeological index, as well as lengthy lists of books for sale by John... More

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An excellent brief introduction to the Crusades, forcing a re-examination of lazy historical clichés, tendentious modern moralizing, and political posturing. Edition produced for BBC History Magazine. First published as 'Fighting for Christendom' in 2004. More

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The American founding fathers were dedicated to the project of creating a government both functional and incapable of devolving into tyranny. To do this, they intentionally decentralized decision making among the legislative, executive, and judiciary... More

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Our extraordinary capacity to reason and solve problems sets us aside from other animals, but our evolved thinking processes also leave us susceptibile to bias and error. The study of thinking and reasoning goes back to Aristotle, and was one of the... More

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Some people are cleverer than others. This everyday observation is the subject of an academic field that is often portrayed as confused and controversial, when in fact, the field of intelligence holds some of psychology`s best-replicated findings.This... More