Tokyo, Japan: University of Tokyo Press, 2001. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Rare. Historical demography is the study of patterns and changes in a society's population before the collection of data through modern censuses. For Japan, data on family size and structure, fertility and infant mortality, marriage patterns, urban and rural..... More
Tokyo, Japan: University of Tokyo Press, 2001. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Rare. With promotional band on dust jacket. Historical demography is the study of patterns and changes in a society's population before the collection of data through modern censuses. For Japan, data on family size and structure, fertility and infant..... More
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1976. First Edition. Trade Paperback. The Nayars of Kerala, south-west India, unusually trace descent through the female line and, in the past, had a marriage system in which women were allowed several husbands simultaneously. This system has brought the Nayars continuing fame in anthropological circles..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1974. Emil Antonucci (cover design). Reprint. Trade Paperback. A Galaxy Book. No. GB 7 About the author Charles Norris Cochrane (August 21, 1889 – November 23, 1945) was a Canadian historian and philosopher who taught at the University of Toronto. He is known for..... More
Taipei, Taiwan: Linking Publishing, Co., 1988. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Collection of essays by Professor Ch'en Chieh-hsien of National Taiwan University concerning the study of Ch'ing archival material. More
New York: Anchor Books Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964. Paperback. More
New York: Anchor Books, 1972. Chin-Yee Lai (cover design). Reprint. Softcover. First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia’s philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of..... More
New York: Anchor Books, 1972. Chin-Yee Lai (cover design). Reprint. Softcover. First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia’s philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of..... More
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Engelbert Kaempfer's History of Japan was a best-seller from the moment it was published in London in 1727. Born in Westphalia in 1651, Kaempfer travelled throughout the Near and Far East before settling in Japan as physician to the trading..... More
London: Collins/Fontana Press, 1981. First U.K. Paperback Edition. Softcover. From Kirkus (Jan. 1, 1981): The Braudel craze set off in 1972 by the English translation of his great work The Mediterranean has abated a bit, but it is likely to flourish again with the appearance in English of his..... More
Ann Arbor, Michigan: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 1982. First Edition (presumed). Softcover. No. 42 in the Michigan Papers in Chinese Studies series. More
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. An analytically innovative work, Begin Here widens the current critical focus of Asian North American literary studies by proposing an integrated thematic and narratological approach to the practice of autobiography. It demonstrates how Asian North American memoirs of childhood..... More
London: Cambridge University Press, 1970. First Edition. Paperback. Dr Tambiah describes the religious practices and beliefs of the people of a remote village in north-east Thailand, relating them to the wider context of the civilization in which they are embedded, and examining the relationship of the religious practices of the..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Additional handling charge for heavy item. The central character in Susan Naquin's extraordinary new book is the city of Peking during the Ming and Qing periods. Using the city's temples as her point of entry, Naquin carefully excavates Peking's..... More
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