Asian history

The position of India's princely states is a relatively under-studied aspect of the British withdrawal from India and the early years of Indian and Pakistani independence.

This compact, incisive study by a senior scholar explores two sources of violent conflict in India: religion and nationalism.

Japan at War, 1914-1952 is a synthetic and interpretive history that highlights the centrality of war to the modern Japanese experience.

The Museum in Asia advances an understanding of the flourishing museum landscape in the region by offering a variety of conceptual tools and frameworks through which museum development can be analysed and understood.

Most writing on modern China dwells on those aspects which are new to China since the Communist takeover, stressing above all politics, Marxism, economic and agricultural development.

What does an art history of Instagram look like?

This book traces the role of technology in shaping, curating, disseminating, and archiving knowledge and life in South Asia.

The Mongols had a profound effect on the regions that they ruled in the eastern Muslim world, from the first Mongol invasion in 1219 through the breakup of the Ilkhanate in 1335 and the various, short-lived successor states.

This study evaluates how the ideology of Socialist Realism, developed by the Soviets in policies and the practices of art, has been influential in the Asia-Pacific region from 1917 until today.

'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire .

Japanese society believes they enjoy socio-economic equality.

Japanese society believes they enjoy socio-economic equality.

This book explores Taiwan's development from its formal beginnings as a political entity to a home for a Ming-loyalist regime, to a Ch'ing prefecture and province, to its half-century as a Japanese possession, and to fifty years as the home of the Kuomintang-controlled Republic of China.

Tales of alien abductions, miraculous relics, and haunted castles have attracted believers and skeptics across the globe for centuries.

Masamune, der legendäre Schwertschmied aus der Kamakura-Zeit, gilt als unübertroffener Meister der japanischen Schwertkunst.

This book explores the relations between China and the Palestinian organizations and their development during the period of 1964-1971.

In the early hours of 22 November 1970, six Portuguese warships surrounded Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea, on the West African coast.

An insight to the often unseen civilian life in a modern war zone.

An insight to the often unseen civilian life in a modern war zone.

Fighting Stars provides a rich and diverse account of the emergence and legacies of Hong Kong martial arts cinema stars.

In the early hours of 22 November 1970, six Portuguese warships surrounded Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea, on the West African coast.

This edited volume presents the latest research on the intersection of religion and medicine in Asia.