University of Washington Press Forlag
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Top-Down Democracy in South Korea (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
While popular movements in South Korea rightly grab the headlines for forcing political change and holding leaders to account, those movements are only part of the story of the construction and practice of democracy.
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Shapes of Native Nonfiction: Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
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One Left: A Novel (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A powerful tale of trauma and endurance that transformed a nation’s understanding of Korean comfort womenDuring the Pacific War, more than 200,000 Korean girls were forced into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers.
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Bad Dog: Pit Bull Politics and Multispecies Justice (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
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History and Collective Memory in South Asia, 1200–2000 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In this far-ranging and erudite exploration of the South Asian past, Sumit Guha discusses the shaping of social and historical memory in world-historical context.
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Puer Tea: Ancient Caravans and Urban Chic (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Puer tea has been grown for centuries in the “Six Great Tea Mountains” of Yunnan Province, and in imperial China it was a prized commodity, traded to Tibet by horse or mule caravan via the so-called Tea Horse Road and presented as tribute to the emperor in Beijing.
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Homo Aestheticus: Where Art Comes from and Why (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
“Dissanayake argues that art was central to human evolutionary adaptation and that the aesthetic faculty is a basic psychological component of every human being.
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Dreaming of Money in Ho Chi Minh City (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The expanding use of money in contemporary Vietnam has been propelled by the rise of new markets, digital telecommunications, and an ideological emphasis on money's autonomy from the state.
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The Way of the Barbarians: Redrawing Ethnic Boundaries in Tang and Song China (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
New discourses emphasized the fluidity of the Chinese-barbarian dichotomy, subverting the centrality of cultural or ritual practices to Chinese identity and redefining the essence of Chinese civilization and its purported superiority.
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Building Reuse: Sustainability, Preservation, and the Value of Design (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
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Glacier Ice: Revised Edition (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The awesome beauty and majesty of glaciers, the world of ice which has shaped and reshaped large parts of the earth’s surfaces, are presented here through more than 100 photographs and a closely integrated, informed text.
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Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In the early twentieth century, most Chinese immigrants coming to the United States were detained at the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay.
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