Asian history

What is the role of cultural authenticity in the making of nations?

In 1271 Marco Polo set out on a journey to China to meet the Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan.

This great collection contains over 30 most influential and pivotal speeches by the great British statesman Winston Churchill, including:Liberalism and the Social ProblemThe Conciliation of South AfricaThe Transvaal ConstitutionThe Orange Free State ConstitutionLiberalism and SocialismImperial Preference-I.

This book investigates the long-term continuity of large-scale states and empires, and its effect on the Near East's social fabric, including the fundamental changes that occurred to major social institutions.

Rewriting Buddhism is the first intellectual history of premodern Sri Lanka's most culturally productive period.

In the 1960s and 1970s in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), or West Germany, newspaper readers and television viewers were appalled by terrible images of fires burning half a world away.

First we mapped the heavens, then we started mapping the land.

In 'Becoming the Superpowers: John Dewey's Reflections on U.

Almost 10 years ago the mineral-rich country of Mongolia experienced very rapid economic growth, fuelled by China's need for coal and copper.

The Tale of Genji (?

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;China, Japan and the U.

In 'Der Aufruhr um den Junker Ernst' von Jakob Wassermann wird die Geschichte eines jungen Junkers erzählt, der in eine politische Intrige verwickelt wird.

Dieses eBook: "Francisco Pizarro, der Eroberer von Peru (Romanbiografie)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

Most of the following chapters were written some time since, at the request of the publisher, whose intention it was to present the readers of Irish history with a portable volume, which, while removing the necessity of wading through many tomes, would give an authentic account of the two leading events of a very important period,-the battles of the Boyne and Aughrim.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;Kim (Adventure Classic) - Illustrated Edition"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;Kim (Adventure Classic) - Illustrated"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

Se presenta en estas páginas la crónica histórica de las principales batallas que marcaron uno de los momentos más difíciles en la historia del México independiente: la invasión norteamericana.

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Now one of Kirkus Reviews' "e;Best Books of the Year"e; From Paul French, the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Peking-winner of both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction-comes City of Devils, a rags-to-riches tale of two self-made men set against a backdrop of crime and vice in the sprawling badlands of Shanghai.

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The Vietnam War was a tragic and dismal failureat least that is what the mainstream media and history books would have you believe.

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Approaching the end of his five year stint as a BBC journalist in Beijing, Michael Bristow decided he wanted to write about the country's modern history.

No detailed description available for "e;Inventing the Performing Arts"e;.

An introduction to Pakistan's ISI, which has been both an essential ally and problematic partner of the United StatesForged during the tumultuous aftermath of Partition in 1947, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) has grown to become the preeminent intelligence service in Pakistan.

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