Search Results: Asia from Cat's Cradle Books

New York: Crowell-Collier Press; Michigan State University, 1961. Hard Cover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges, clean and bright pages. DJ has edge wear, tanning especially at spine, chip at top back. Comparative study of American universities in Japan and Korea by economist Martin Bronfenbrenner, reflecting his secondary interest in Japanese studies. 9.25" (23 cm) tall; 260 pages.

Madras: University of Madras, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair in Good dust jacket. First Edition. Binding has cracked hinge papers but hinges are holding. Pages clean, tanned. Previous owner's name on ffep. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed with bumped corners. DJ has edge wear, overall shelf wear, some closed tears on edges. Spine darkened with author and title written on it in ink that has faded over time. ; Three sections: Character and methodology of comparative philosophy with special reference to Advaita and Neoplatonism. Metaphysics of Advaita. A comparison between Advaita and Neoplatonism. Appendix, bibliography, abbreviations, list of names. ; 9.75" tall; 262 pages.

Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1991. Hard Cover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Cloth over boards has light shelf wear. Square, tight binding and hinges. Corners slightly bumped. Chapters: General principles and objectives of American foreign policy. Organization and conduct of American foreign policy. National security policy. Arms control. Foreign economic policy. The United Nations. Oceans and international environmental and scientiic affairs. Human rights, refugees, narcotics, terrorism. International information, educational exchange, and cultural affairs programs. Europe and Canada. Middle East. South Asia. East Asia and the Pacific. Africa. Latin America. Index laid in. Volume presenting the principal public foreign policy messages, addresses, statements, interviews, press briefings and conferences, and congressional testimony by the executive branch of the U.S. government. ; Department and Foreign Service; 9.25" tall; 890 pages.

Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1984. Hard Cover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Cloth over boards has light shelf wear. Square, tight binding and hinges. Corners slightly bumped. Chapters: General principles and objectives of American foreign policy. Organization and conduct of American foreign policy. National security policy. Arms control. Foreign economic policy. The United Nations: developments in international law. Oceans and international environmental and scientiic affairs. Refugees, human rights, and terrorism. International information, educational exchange, and cultural affairs programs. Europe and Canada. Middle East. South Asia. East Asia and the Pacific. Africa. Latin America. Volume presenting the principal public foreign policy messages, addresses, statements, interviews, press briefings and conferences, and congressional testimony by the executive branch of the U.S. government. ; Department and Foreign Service; 9.25" tall; 1444 pages.

Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1985. Hard Cover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Cloth over boards has light shelf wear. Square, tight binding and hinges. Corners slightly bumped. Chapters: General principles and objectives of American foreign policy. Organization and conduct of American foreign policy. National security policy. Arms control. Foreign economic policy. The United Nations: developments in international law. Oceans and international environmental and scientiic affairs. Refugees, human rights, terrorism, narcotics. International information, educational exchange, and cultural affairs programs. Europe and Canada. Middle East. South Asia. East Asia and the Pacific. Africa. Latin America. Volume presenting the principal public foreign policy messages, addresses, statements, interviews, press briefings and conferences, and congressional testimony by the executive branch of the U.S. government. ; Department and Foreign Service; 9.25" tall; 1477 pages.

Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1985. Hard Cover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Cloth over boards has light shelf wear. Square, tight binding and hinges. Corners slightly bumped. Chapters: General principles and objectives of American foreign policy. Organization and conduct of American foreign policy. National security policy. Arms control. Foreign economic policy. The United Nations: developments in international law. Oceans and international environmental and scientiic affairs. Refugees, human rights, and terrorism. International information, educational exchange, and cultural affairs programs. Europe and Canada. Middle East. South Asia. East Asia. Africa. Latin America. Volume presenting the principal public foreign policy messages, addresses, statements, interviews, press briefings and conferences, and congressional testimony by the executive branch of the U.S. government. ; Department and Foreign Service; 9.25" tall; 1536 pages.

Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 1996. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have very light handling wear. ; Collection of essays built around the theme in Japanese history of the extent to which the exaggeration of antiquity has distorted historical understanding. ; 8.5" (23.5 cm) tall; 232 pages.

Tokyo: The Asian Club, 1986. Soft Cover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Square, tight copy with clean and bright pages, no writing or marks. Wrappers are slightly shelf worn. ; Contents: Ian Scott, "Sino-British Agreement and Political Power in Hong Kong"; Joseph Y. S. Cheng, "Hong Kong: The Challenge of the Future"; Suk-ching Ho, "Entering the China Market - Via Hong Kong?"; Martin Stuart-Fox, "The First Ten Years of Communist Rule in Laos"; Harutaka Sakai, "Instructor of Geology in Nepal"; Chang Pao-min, "China: Problems and Pitfalls of Economic Reform"; T. T. Poulose, "Nuclear Polycentrism and Denuclearization of South Asia"; Donald C. Daniel and Gael D. Tarleton, "The U.S. Navy in the Western Pacific"; Bilveer Singh, "Moscow's 'New Cold War' against ASEAN."; 9.0" (23 cm) tall; 149 pages.

New York: Oxford University Press and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1991. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Square, tight binding. Clean, bright pages illustrated with color photographs. Wraps have light edge rubbing. ; Contents: Jessup, "Voices of the Ancestors or Internationalism The Dilemma of the Indonesian Artist"; map of Indonesia; Harnish, "Balinese Performance as Festival Offering"; Sedyawati, "Traditional Dramatic Performances of Indonesia"; Rodgers, "A Single Indonesian Art World? Continuities Across the Archipelago." ; 11.0" tall.. 64 pages.

Washington, D.C.: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution / Oxford University Press, 1987. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages with color and black and white illustrations. Wrappers have light handling wear. ; Inaugural issue. Contents: Beach, Foreword. Chaves, Reading the painting: levels of poetic meaning in Chinese pictorial art. Yonemura, The art of Chinese lacquer. Lawton, An imperial legacy revisited: bronze vessels from the Qing Palace Collection. Chronology. ; 11.0" tall; 80 pages.

Bristol, UK: Intellect Ltd, 2012. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light handling wear. Contents: Wong, "The Chinese who never die": spectral Chinese and contemporary European cinema. Gladwin, No country for young men: Chinese modernity, displacement, and initiatory ritual in Chinese sixth generation cinema. Berra and Yang, Cheap laughs: the mass-production of low-budget Chinese comedies from Feng kuang de shi tou/Crazy Stone (Ning Hao, 2006) to Gao Xing (Agan, 2009). Childs, Representations of a colonial past in contemporary Korean cinema. Williams, Wang-Yu - the Taiwan years. Lent, The history of the Asian Cinema Studies Society and Asian Cinema - continued: 1994-2012. Kam, ACSS and I: a sentimental journey. Wong, Asian Cinema Studies Society Conference 2012. ; 9.5" tall; 122 pages.

N. P.: Association for Asian Performance, 1989. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have general light handling wear. ; Contents: Goto, The theatrical fusion of Suzuki Tadashi. Perng, At the crossroads: Peking opera in Taiwan today. Xireng, The children's aart theatre of Shanghai. McCaslin, American Children's Theatre goes to China: an interview with playwright Aurand Harris. Arjo, Women's dance among the Sundanese of west Java, Indonesia. Reports, review. ; 10.0" tall; 108 pages.

N. P.: Association for Asian Performance, 1999. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have general light handling wear. ; Contents: Kunio, An Older Sister Burning Like a Flame: a play (trans. and intro. by J. Thomas Rimer). Chen The Temple of Guanyin: a Chinese shadow play. Pan, Triumphant dancing in chains: two productions of Huaju plays in the late 1980s. Book reviews. ; 10.0" tall; 133 pages.

Jakarta: Lembaga Studi Dan Advokasi Masyarakat (ELSAM), 1995. Soft Cover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the Indonesian language. Square, tight binding. Clean and bright pages. Wraps very well preserved with only very light shelf wear. Study emphasizing the World Bank and its role in development as well as human rights in Indonesia. 8.25" (21 cm) tall; 191 pages.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Korea Institute, Harvard University, 2014. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have very light handling wear. Special feature on contemporary Korean American writing, with contributions by Heinz Insu Fenkl, Minnow Park, Karla Kim, Gary Pak, Yongsoo Prk, Kalliope Lee, Thomas Lee, Alice Sola Kim, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Angela Mi Young Hur, Christine Hyung-Oak Lee, Minsoo Kang, Janice Lee, Alexander Chee, Ed Bok Lee, Ji Lee. Conversation on East Asian civilization past and present by Kim Uchang and Karatani Kojin, moderated by Noma Hideki. Fiction by Jeon Seong-tae, Joh Hyun, Kim Nam-il. Flash fiction in Korea, with contributions by Bruce Fulton, Ch'oe Su-ch'ol, Ch'oe Yun, Kim Sagwa, Kim T'ae-yong, Han Yujoo. Poetry by Kim Ki-taek and Jin Eun-young. Special feature on David R. McCann: Five Decades with Korean Poetry, from Andong to Cambridge, with contributions by Young-Jun Lee and David R. McCann. Another perspective,… Read More

Paris: Bordas, 1981. Hard Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Alain Le Toct, Vincent Ferlito. Square, tight binding and hinges. Writing on ffep. Text pages clean. Color cartoon illustrations with some text. Pages bright. Pictorial paper over boards is edge worn, lightly shelf worn. Full color comic book-style history of Marco Polo's adventures and travels from Venice to Cathay. 11.5" (29 cm) tall. 48 pages.

Jakarta: Museum Pusat, 1974. Soft Cover. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Book is in the Indonesian language in typescript font. Clean, tanned pages. Tight binding. Wrappers generally shelfworn and tanned. Reference sheet tipped in at back. ; Transcripts of chronicles of the Javanese kingdom of Blambangan, with commentary. 11.25" (28.5 cm) tall; 48 pages.

Carrboro, NC: North Carolina Writers' Network, 1997. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Stapled binding is tight. Pages clean, bright. Wraps have light shelf wear, some darkening around edges and light soiling. ; Poetry by Hawaii-born Asian American writer Debra Kang Dean. ; NC Writers' Network Poetry Chapbook; 8.5" tall; 24 pages.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is clean. DJ has no sign of wear. ; Novel set in China in the period of Mao Tse Deng's "re-education" campaign. ; 7.5" tall; 197 pages.

Hong Kong: Government Publications Centre, 1989. Fifth Edition. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Fifth Edition. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light handling wear. Illustrated in color, a few b&w. ; This expanded edition includes information on species occurring commonly in areas adjacent to Hong Kong but not yet established there. 8.0" tall; 214 pages.