Asian history

The narrative is powerful, well-written, often hair-raising.

This book presents a comprehensive account of the growth and development of militant nationalism in Punjab between two landmark events in the history of the Indian nationalist movement - the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh.

From its invasion of Manchuria through to the Allies’ victory in 1945 the Japanese Imperial Army was guilty of widespread atrocities against its enemies and, in particular, the civilians of occupied countries.

This book presents a comprehensive account of the growth and development of militant nationalism in Punjab between two landmark events in the history of the Indian nationalist movement - the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh.

This book employs a biographical approach to comprehensively study a set of Tang era-tomb guardian figurines, known as the Four Gods (Sishen), comprising a pair of warriors (Dangkuang and Dangye) and a pair of hybrid beasts (Zuming and Dizhou).

This book employs a biographical approach to comprehensively study a set of Tang era-tomb guardian figurines, known as the Four Gods (Sishen), comprising a pair of warriors (Dangkuang and Dangye) and a pair of hybrid beasts (Zuming and Dizhou).

In this astonishing novel, Zainab Fawwaz weaves the threads of ancient history into an epic work brimming with excitement and emotion.

Wer in Zeiten gesellschaftlicher Pluralität im öffentlichen Kontext religiöse Handlungen vollzieht, teilt etwas mit.

This book prepared on Byzantine Coins of Çanakkale Museum includes an evaluation of the coins documented.

This book prepared on Byzantine Coins of Çanakkale Museum includes an evaluation of the coins documented.

As World War Two drew to a close, jet-powered aircraft were beginning to be introduced into service.

The Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India was founded in 1820 by an English Baptist missionary, William Carey.

The Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India was founded in 1820 by an English Baptist missionary, William Carey.

Traces the emergence of literary history, showing how Iranians and South Asians drew from their shared heritage to produce a ''Persianate modernity''.

Explores the spaces and events of the interwar Round Table Conference which drafted the blueprint for colonial India''s constitutional future.

Ethnography of Shias living along frontiers of Kashmir, negotiating belonging to India by calibrating transnational religious-cultural ideas with nationalist ideologies.

Situating Birsa Munda as the canon, the book demonstrates how political parties and civil societies mobilise and reproduce his memory.

A literary and historical analysis of Urdu travel writing during the nineteenth century.

This interdisciplinary volume re-evaluates the interconnectedness of the Merovingian world with its Mediterranean surroundings.

This cultural history of the Japanese home front during the Asia-Pacific War challenges ideas of the period as one of deprivation and repression.

Shah uncovers the complex interaction between constitutional law, religion and politics in three key plural societies in Asia.

A fresh response to the problem of illegal immigration in the United States through the context of Christian theology.

From a single merchant''s list of baggage begins a history that explores the dynamic world of the medieval Indian Ocean.

Song examines the transformation of East Asia through Tumen River border disputes in a period of disaster, turbulence, and war.

A fresh descriptive and normative perspective on law and religion supported by comparative case studies of Greater China.

Discusses state and religion relations in Israel by applying a general theory regarding the role of religion in liberal countries.

Reframes gender variance and transition in positive, non-oppositional terms, informed by Christian constructive theologies of creation and personhood.

In examining the key merchant group in late imperial China this book provides a framework for understanding China''s path to modernity.

The first systematic global study of how Christians respond to persecution, presenting new research by leading scholars of global Christianity.

Challenges the persistent orthodoxies of the Tokyo tribunal and provides a new framework for evaluating the trial, revealing its importance to international jurisprudence.

North and South Vietnamese youths had very different experiences growing up during the Vietnamese War.

Explores how refugees were used as agents of nation-building in India, leading to gendered and caste-ridden policies of rehabilitation.

Draws on recently declassified and unpublished sources to provide an original and in-depth analysis of Russian and Soviet Iranian studies.

Explores how the British Empire responded to the environmental challenges of the world''s largest tidal delta.

Rethinks the tea plantation economy of colonial east India by highlighting its human and non-human networks and practices.

A vision of contemporary China from the inside, Xu''s essays offer a liberal reaction to the complexity of China''s rise.

The book brings together cutting-edge scholarship from the United States and Europe to address political and cultural responses to the arms race of the 1980s.

History mattered to the political elite in ancient China.

Offers fresh perspectives on the relationship between secularization, tolerance and democracy through a theoretically informed look at South Asian politics.

Far from being a Judeo-Christian invention, apocalyptic thought had its roots in the ancient Near East and was expressed in its art.

Argues that Qing China was not just a continental empire, but a maritime power protecting its interests at sea.

Examines the entrenchment of Salafism in Lebanese society while also highlighting the movement''s transnational links to the Persian Gulf.