Asian history

Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh is a pioneering attempt by the reputed scholars to bring together not only the all aspects of the history and culture of Bangladesh but also provides factual details of the geographical features, philosophy, religion, socio-economic life of rural and urban people, history of politics and political developments, folk culture, art and architecture, literature, dance and drama, painting, and women and their socio-political status of Bangladesh since the earliest time to present day in a logical sequence.

The medieval period of Indian history is difficult to define clearly.

How American Buddhists use Zen riddles to imagine who they are The koan is one of the most recognizable East-Asian spiritual exercisesa thought experiment in the form of a riddle or puzzle that Zen Buddhists employ to become enlightened.

The many economic factors affecting sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico region are perhaps as important as the waves on its shores and its abundant marine life.

This book delivers an in-depth analysis of the US-DPRK Peace Treaty which will be concluded as a final result of the Korean Peninsula peace process that is currently ongoing.

In the highly politicized memory space of postwar South Korea, many families have been deprived of their right to mourn loved ones lost in the Korean War.

The B-24 Liberator was built in greater numbers than any other US WW2 aircraft, and served in every theater of WW2, as heavy bomber, anti-submarine aircraft, reconnaissance and transport.

This book examines the military collapse of China's Ming Dynasty to a combination of foreign and domestic foes.

The 2012 smash "e;Gangnam Style"e; by the Seoul-based rapper Psy capped the triumph of Hallyu , the Korean Wave of music, film, and other cultural forms that have become a worldwide sensation.

A look at the revolution in game live streaming and esports broadcastingEvery day thousands of people broadcast their gaming live to audiences over the internet using popular sites such as Twitch, which reaches more than one hundred million viewers a month.

In Hindutva as Political Monotheism, Anustup Basu offers a genealogical study of Hindutva-Hindu right-wing nationalism-to illustrate the significance of Western anthropology and political theory to the idea of India as a Hindu nation.

The Imperial Japanese Navy's Special Landing Force units enjoyed a reputation out of proportion to their small size.

This book, first published in 1978, examines the local and international aspects of the struggle for Greek union with Cyprus - Enosis.

From September 1990 to June 1991, the UK deployed 53,462 military personnel in the Gulf War.

History of the British West Indies (1954) examines the history of the islands of the Caribbean from their first discovery, through the periods of colonisation and slavery, and up to the beginnings of their status as independent nations.

Negotiating China's Destiny explains how China developed from a country that hardly mattered internationally into the important world power it is today.

This book is the first to trace the unique monetary history of the Indian Ocean World.

Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914 is a cultural and engineering history of railway building in Japan during the Meiji era.

Arunachal Pradesh is a thinly populated hilly tract lying on the north-east extremity of India comprising roughly 83,573 square kilometres.

Covering two centuries of Russian history, Forging a Unitary State is a comprehensive account of the creation of what is commonly known as the "e;Russian Empire,"e; from Poland to Siberia.

In Islamic law the world was made up of the 'House of Islam' and the 'House of War' with the Ottoman Sultan - successor to the early Caliphs - as supreme ruler of the Islamic world.

Through the Valley is the captivating memoir of the last U.

This wide-ranging book re-evaluates in detail the early history and historiography of Brunei Darussalam, the origins of the sultanate, its genealogical foundations and the structure and administration of Brunei society.

Encyclopaedia lndica is a monumental work by reputed authors which highlights all aspects of lndian History and Culture in the light of modern knowledge in its pristine vigour.

Rudrangshu Mukherjee places the 'soldier-peasant' at the forefront of the Revolt.

This edited collection attends to the locations of memory along and about the Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh borders and the complex ways in which such memories are both allowed for and erased in the present.

This book examines both history textbook controversies AND teaching historical controversy in Asian contexts.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi took pride in calling himself a Sanatani Hindu.

The modern landscape of American entertainment is filled with commentary on the state of the union.

Portuguese Asia, otherwise known as the Estado da Andia Oriental, has been far less studied than the Spanish empire in America, its counterpart in the Western hemisphere.

This groundbreaking book documents the weaving traditions and textiles of one of Asia’s most ethnically diverse areas, placing them in a regional context.

This book places Li Ji (the Book of Rites) back in the overall context of "e;books,"e; "e;rites"e; and its research history, drawing on the interrelations between myth, ritual and "e;materialized"e; symbols to do so.

Warship Builders is the first scholarly study of the U.

This work based on original documents that covers history, politics, commerce and brings out the interesting transformation of traders and commercial agents, into empire builders.

This is the true story of the legendary Vietnam War hero John Ripley, who braved intense enemy fire to destroy a strategic bridge and stall a major North Vietnamese invasion into the South in April 1972.

Taner Ak am is one of the first Turkish academics to acknowledge and discuss openly the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman-Turkish government in 1915.

The volume examines the mutually constitutive relationship between the materiality of objects and their aesthetic meanings.

From entertainment to citizenship reveals how the young use shows like X-factor to comment on how power ought to be used, and how they respond to those pop stars - like Bono and Bob Geldof - who claim to represent them.

This book presents a rough sketch of Dr.

Plague in the Early Modern World presents a broad range of primary source materials from Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, China, India, and North America that explore the nature and impact of plague and disease in the early modern world.

The papers presented in this collection offer a wide range of cases, from Asia, Africa and the Americas, and broadly cover the last two centuries, in which commodities have led to the consolidation of a globalised economy and society - forging this out of distinctive local experiences of cultivation and production, and regional circuits of trade.

First published in 1980, Quakers in India is an account of the Quaker encounter with India from the day the first Quaker-owned ship sailed from Liverpool for Calcutta in 1815, until more than a century later.

Rise of the War Machines: The Birth of Precision Bombing in World War II examines the rise of autonomy in air warfare from the inception of powered flight through the first phase of the Combined Bomber Offensive in World War II.

"e;The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of the New York Times or the college campuses.

Western missionaries in China were challenged by something they could not have encountered in their native culture; most Westerners were Christian, and competitions in their own countries were principally denominational.

This book argues that the role of the British East India Company in transforming warfare in South Asia has been overestimated.

Tokyo lives up to its reputation as a modern metropolis and, as this book shows, it is also one of the most exciting and diverse places on the planet.