Schooldays in Imperial Japan: A Study in the Culture of a Student Elite by Donald Roden offers the first sustained exploration of the daily life, values, and rituals of Japan's prewar higher schoolselite, all-male academies that prepared a fraction of one percent of the nation's youth for the Imperial Universities.
Although most perished, hundreds of thousands of Central European Jews escaped the Holocaust; tens of thousands of these Jewish refugees ended up in East Asia, Southeast Asia, or South Asia.
When the crucial years after the Korean War are remembered today, histories about North Korea largely recount a grand epic of revolution centering on the ascent of Kim Il Sung to absolute power.
Cebuano Sorcery: Malign Magic in the Philippines offers an in-depth exploration of persistent sorcery beliefs and practices in the Cebuano region of the Philippines, shedding light on their cultural significance amidst centuries of social transformation.
Politics and Social Change: Orissa in 1959 offers a dual exploration of political dynamics and theoretical frameworks, reflecting both the regions evolving democratic practices and broader questions in social anthropology.
This book presents the history of the British Empire as the "e;Bridge"e; for creating a Global History, especially emphasizing its connections with Asian regions.
This book explores the Jesuit order of its origins, historical evolution, missionary endeavors, and global dynamics, with a specific focus on Portugal and the challenges arising from changes in the former Portuguese Empire.
From 1935 to 1945, the Japan Romantic School (Nihon Romanha), a group of major intellectuals and literary figures, explored issues concerning politics, literature, and nationalism in ways that still influence cultural discourse in Japan today.
