This memoir of the author's tour of duty in Vietnam in 1968 is a true account of a 19-year-old's journey from a quiet civilian life in Connecticut to an Army infantryman in Vietnam, first as a private and a point man, later as platoon sergeant.
This memoir of the author's tour of duty in Vietnam in 1968 is a true account of a 19-year-old's journey from a quiet civilian life in Connecticut to an Army infantryman in Vietnam, first as a private and a point man, later as platoon sergeant.
This textbook specifically focuses on sociological theories of development for upper undergraduate students of sociology, international development studies, South Asian studies, and related courses.
This textbook specifically focuses on sociological theories of development for upper undergraduate students of sociology, international development studies, South Asian studies, and related courses.
Adopting a cultural materialist reading in the post-colonial context of Hong Kong, this book examines post-1997 Hong Kong Shakespeare that comments on the identity of the city through staging sinicized, aestheticized and socio-politicised versions of the plays.
Adopting a cultural materialist reading in the post-colonial context of Hong Kong, this book examines post-1997 Hong Kong Shakespeare that comments on the identity of the city through staging sinicized, aestheticized and socio-politicised versions of the plays.
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, the arch-appeaser of 1938, waged the only war he could manage: a war of appeasement that was phoney from the start.
This book chronicles the history of Chinese miners in one of the largest mines in Northeast Asia from 1900 to 1948, situating this emergent working class at the nexus of industrial capitalism, imperial expansion, and nation-state construction.
"e;Synodalitat"e; erscheint vielen als ein Schlussel, um dem kirchlichen Leben neue Impulse zu geben und Krafte fur eine innere Erneuerung freizusetzen.
This book chronicles the history of Chinese miners in one of the largest mines in Northeast Asia from 1900 to 1948, situating this emergent working class at the nexus of industrial capitalism, imperial expansion, and nation-state construction.
Das Mogulreich war eines der prachtigsten Imperien seiner Zeit - ein Reich der Palaste, Garten und Gelehrten, in dem Machtpolitik und kulturelle Blute nebeneinander existierten.
Die Ming-Dynastie (1368-1644) war eine Ara der Widerspruche: China erlebte unter ihrer Herrschaft maritime Groexpeditionen bis nach Afrika, den Bau der Verbotenen Stadt und eine kulturelle Blute - doch zugleich zog es sich hinter die Groe Mauer zuruck und verschloss sich der Welt.
"e;En el relato historico, las mujeres han estado representadas desde el discurso de los hombres, digamos que han sido 'habladas', en tanto que su voz 'brilla por su ausencia'.
Bringing together nine chapters penned by experts in different area studies, From Empire to Federation in Eurasia investigates how empires and postimperial regimes - including the Ottoman, Russian, Habsburg, Qing/Republican Chinese, Japanese, and Siamese polities - grappled with the challenges of diversity, decentralization, and self-determination.
Bringing together nine chapters penned by experts in different area studies, From Empire to Federation in Eurasia investigates how empires and postimperial regimes - including the Ottoman, Russian, Habsburg, Qing/Republican Chinese, Japanese, and Siamese polities - grappled with the challenges of diversity, decentralization, and self-determination.
This book systematically reviews the over 100-year history of Shanghai's trade, tells the legend of Shanghai's century-old trade, summarizes the development of Shanghai's trade, extracts its trade characteristics, and promotes the urban spirit of Shanghai.
This book systematically reviews the over 100-year history of Shanghai's trade, tells the legend of Shanghai's century-old trade, summarizes the development of Shanghai's trade, extracts its trade characteristics, and promotes the urban spirit of Shanghai.
This book offers a critical historical analysis of the People’s Health Movement in West Bengal, India, situating it within the broader context of health policy and public health developments in the region.
This book offers a critical historical analysis of the People’s Health Movement in West Bengal, India, situating it within the broader context of health policy and public health developments in the region.
This book is an examination of the globalization of the Yijing from cross-cultural and comparative perspectives, with a special focus on the Yijing encounters with world religions and thoughts over the past centuries.
ENGThis incisive intellectual history of Japanese social science from the 1890s to the present day considers the various forms of modernity that the processes of development or rationalization have engendered and the role social scientists have played in their emergence.
This book utilizes postcards as a historical and visual lens to consider the built environment of the Philippines after the governmental regime change in 1898.
This book utilizes postcards as a historical and visual lens to consider the built environment of the Philippines after the governmental regime change in 1898.
