Asian history

This comprehensive but concise narrative of China since the eighteenth century builds its story around the delicate relationship between central government and local communities.

This book provides a comprehensive survey of Japanese-Russian relations from the end of the Russo-Japanese War until the present.

n einer Zeit, in der technologische Entwicklungen und Marktveränderungen Unternehmen ständig herausfordern, wird strategisches Denken zu einer überlebenswichtigen Kompetenz.

This book presents an extensive literary survey of the influence of ancient Chinese cultural classics around the globe, highlighting a mammoth research project involving over forty countries or regions and more than twenty languages.

A gripping account of how and why the legendary 'scourge of God' was able to inscribe his legacy into the annals of military history.

The most striking feature of Wutong, the preeminent God of Wealth in late imperial China, was the deity's diabolical character.

In the mid-nineteenth century, Cuba's infamous "e;coolie"e; trade brought well over 100,000 Chinese indentured laborers to its shores.

In August 1904 Sir Francis Younghusband's invasion force reached the forbidden city of Lhasa.

In this gripping, previously untold story from World War II, Michael Smith examines how code breakers cracked Japans secret codes and won the war in the Pacific.

A Companion to Chinese History presents a collection of essays offering a comprehensive overview of the latest intellectual developments in the study of China s history from the ancient past up until the present day.

In recent decades a significant 'transnational' turn has occurred in German Studies, with the role of India in German cultural history becoming a growing area of interest, yet there are serious challenges to the historian within this.

An in-depth look at the forces and trends changing China and its place in the world China has dominated the news for nearly a decade and will continue to grab headlines as it moves inexorably toward becoming the world's largest economy.

Peaceful War is an epic analysis of the unfolding drama between the clashing forces of the Chinese dream and American destiny.

'Odd Arne Westad's daring ambition, supra-nationalist intellect, polyglot sources, masterly scholarship and trenchant analysis make The Cold War a book ofresounding importance for appraising our global future as well as understanding our past' Richard Davenport-Hines, TLS, Books of the YearAs Germany and then Japan surrendered in 1945 there was a tremendous hope that a new and much better world could be created from the moral and physical ruins of the conflict.

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Professor Tan Tai Yong is the Institute of Policy Studies' 6th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore.

This book is the 6th volume of the Monograph Series of the Socio-Economic History Society, Japan.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the political instability of South Vietnam between the two Republics and offers a valuable contribution to the study of the history of Vietnam as it focuses on a decisive period in the history of South Vietnam.

The hajj calls Muslims to journey to Mecca from wherever they are across the world.

This book provides a comprehensive overview and explanation of China's population, analyzing its special characteristics and patterns of growth over the past 2,000 years.

This book analyzes why Indians have been made invisible in Vietnamese society and historiography.

The Phoenicians present a tantalizing face to the ancient historian.

The first English translation of Master Li Ching-yun's teachings on the Eight Brocades, the central practice of qigong.

Enlightenment in Dispute is the first comprehensive study of the revival of Chan Buddhism in seventeenth-century China.

A comparative history that reconsiders China's relations with the rest of Eurasia, Sui-Tang China and Its Turko-Mongol Neighbors challenges the notion that inhabitants of medieval China and Mongolia were irreconcilably different from each other.

Of the three major branches of Christianity, Orthodoxy is the least known and most misunderstood.

Dharma is central to all the major religious traditions which originated on the Indian subcontinent.

Fletcher explains how three writers--Ryu Shintaro, Royama Masamichi, and Miki Kiyoshi--who were supporters of democratic socialism became ideologues for the East Asian bloc ideal that rationalized Japan's dominance of Asia after 1937, and he demonstrates how and why they designed the New Order movement of 1940.

Sanitized Sex analyzes the development of new forms of regulation concerning prostitution, venereal disease, and intimacy during the American occupation of Japan after the Second World War, focusing on the period between 1945 and 1952.

The Jesuit Archives in Rome (Archium Romanum Societatus Iesu) contains books and manuscripts from the Ming (1369-1644) and Ching (1644-1911) dynasties on Chinese history, Chinese and Western philosophy, astronomy and other sciences; volumes by Westerners introducing Christian thought to the Chinese; and works by Chinese Christians comparing what they were taught by the Jesuits with the Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian traditions.

The Great East Japan Disaster – a compound catastrophe of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that began on March 11, 2011 – has ushered in a new era of cultural production dominated by discussions on safety and security, risk and vulnerability, and recovery and refortification.

Since the economic reforms of the 1990s, India's economy has grown rapidly.

Nagaland, the 16th state of the Indian Union was born on 1st Dec.

Why Would I Be Married Here?

They Were Soldiers showcases the inspiring true stories of 49 Vietnam veterans who returned home from the "e;lost war"e; to enrich America's present and future.

This book interprets the concepts, philosophies and cultural traditions of lunli (roughly construed as "e;relationships and rationality"e;) from the perspective and domain of 'dialogue civilization.

This book looks at the case study of Hachioji as a major transit hub with a world-class public transportation system in Japan.

India as colourful and vibrant, a land as diverse as its people.

This book focuses on Luis Frois, a 16th-century Portuguese Jesuit and chronicler, who recorded his impressions of Japanese gardens, cities and building practices, tea-drinking rituals, Japan's unification efforts, cultural traditions, and the many differences between Europe and Japan in remarkable manuscripts almost lost to time.

Volume VI in theBen cao gang museries offers a complete translation of chapters 26 through 33, devoted to vegetables and fruits.

An illuminating and concise telling of the 5000 years of turbulent history that led India from the ruins of ancient civilisations to emerging global superpowerOne of the oldest civilisations and the largest democracy in the world, India is an amalgam of customs, races, castes, languages and spiritual beliefs, woven together over 5000 years of wonderfully colossal and chaotic history.

Since the beginning of the Meiji period when Japan evolved into a modern and powerful nation-state, ideas of empire and constitution imbued Japanese rule and progress.

In the five months after Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese Navy won a string of victories in a campaign to consolidate control of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.

Writing about Gandhi without being obvious is always difficult.

Colonial Sequence 1930-1949 (1967) presents a valuable body of evidence for the enquiry into Britain's colonial actions, written at a time when Britain was retreating from empire.

A fascinating survey of popular culture in Europe, from Celtic punk and British TV shows to Spanish fashion and Italian sports.

The circulation of musical instruments, practices, and thought in pre-modern Eurasia at the crossroads of empires and nomadic cultures.

What does it mean to be a conservative in Republican China?

Written by an expert in media, popular culture, gender, and sexuality, this book surveys the common archetypes of Internet users-from geeks, nerds, and gamers to hackers, scammers, and predators-and assesses what these stereotypes reveal about our culture's attitudes regarding gender, technology, intimacy, and identity.