Asian history

What if we could imagine hierarchy not as a social ill, but as a source of social hope?

Long recognized as an authority on Japanese history, Marius Jansen synthesizes a lifetime of scholarship in this landmark book.

Covering wars and conflicts of Afghanistan from the modern founding of the country in the 1700s to the contemporary struggle with the Taliban, this single-volume reference analyzes the causes and results of Afghanistan's wars and examines leading political and military figures, weapons, and tactics.

Published in 1851, this is the first book written by the famed Victorian explorer Richard F.

Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have faced each other as powers of relatively equal strength for the first time in their long history.

Examining the widespread phenomenon of human trafficking in Vietnam during the period of French colonial rule, this book focuses on the practice of kidnapping or stealing Vietnamese women and children for sale in Chinese markets from the 1870s through to the 1940s.

At the start of the third Christian millennium we are aware of massive political, economic and ideological changes which condition the chances of liberty, wealth and equality.

In examining the key merchant group in late imperial China this book provides a framework for understanding China''s path to modernity.

Tracing descent from common ancestors was extremely important in imperial China.

Representing a lifetime of research and writing by noted historian Arif Dirlik, the essays collected here explore developments in Chinese socialism and the issues that have occupied historians of the Chinese revolution for the past three decades.

What was for the United States a struggle against creeping Communism in Southeast Asia was for the people of North Vietnam a great patriotic war that saw its eventual victory against a military Goliath.

Provides a detailed analysis of Thailand's political development since 1932, when Thailand became a constitutional monarchy, until the present.

Liberalism in Modern Japan: Ishibashi Tanzan and His Teachers, 1905-1960 offers a compelling exploration of the evolution of liberal thought in Japan during a period of profound social, political, and economic transformation.

This volume gives an in-depth account of cultural heritage of Nagaland covering important themes like cultural beliefs, traditional knowledge, material culture, and social institutions.

What will the Asia-Pacific rim look like in the years ahead?

The bloody, month-long battle for the Citadel in Hue during 1968 pitted U.

From Cairo to Damascus and from Tunisia to Bahrain, Layla Al-Zubaidi and Matthew Cassel have brought together some of the most exciting new writing born out of revolution in the Arab world.

Marking the debut of a stunning new literary talent, Lisa Huang Fleischman's extraordinary saga -- inspired by her grandmother's life as an early feminist, political activist, and friend of Mao Zedong -- is a masterpiece about one clever and resourceful woman, growing up amidst the turmoil of twentieth-century China.

Over the course of the nineteenth century, most of the Theravada world of Southeast Asia came under the colonial domination of European powers.

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.

This unique work presents an extraordinary breadth of contemporary and historical views on Asian America and Pacific Islanders, conveyed through the voices of the men and women who lived these experiences over more than 150 years.

What is the real nature of Hamas?

This book examines the ideas which have structured half a century of civil war in Burma, and the roles which political elites and foreign networks - from colonial missionaries to aid worker activists - have played in mediating understandings of ethnic conflict in the country.

A Companion to South Asia in the Past provides the definitive overview of research and knowledge about South Asia s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, provided by a truly global team of experts.

This book, first published in 1970, examines the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, when an entire industrial city was devastated and the bulk of its population killed or wounded.

This book offers several perspectives on the contemporary position of North Korea.

The first systematic attempt to introduce a full range of Japanese scholarship on the agrarian history of British India to the English-language reader.

From ecological disaster to partition, this is a fascinating account of the extraordinary events that have produced modern Bangladesh.

In the late Nineteenth-century, the Japanese embarked on a program of westernization in the hope of building a strong and modern nation.

This fully revised 2nd edition of the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Taiwan provides a comprehensive overview of both contemporary Taiwan and the Taiwan studies field.

Bringing together experts from history, international relations and the social sciences, United States Relations with China and Iran examines the past, present and future of U.

This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history.

This book examines the emergence of imperial state in East Asia during the period ca.

For commoners in the Qing dynasty, the most salient agents of the imperial state were not the emperor's appointed officials but rather the clerks and runners of the county yamen, the lowest level of functionaries in the Qing state's administrative hierarchy.

The war in Afghanistan is over, but the memories will live as long as its veterans.

The central argument of this book is that the half-century of Russian rule in Central Asia was shaped by traditions of authoritarian rule, by Russian national interests, and by a civic reform agenda that brought to Turkestan the principles that informed Alexander II's reform policies.

One of the central issues in the study of the Chinese Communist Party and its foreign policy is its relations with Moscow.

The ten essays in this book explore the intersection of race and class in the study of labour on three continents.

Unfiltered Regard for China is a collection of six unique narratives of French academics who, through decades of fieldwork, research, and engagement-some beginning as early as 1964 and continuing to the present-have explored China's history, politics, and society.

A very first for Bangladesh, this edited book examines the complex issues of development-induced displacement and resettlement using case studies with "e;good practice"e; examples from a wide range of ongoing projects.

Explores the global expansion of Christianity since 1500 from the perspectives of the indigenous people who were affected by it.

This book offers a systematic analysis of the violent clashes between the South Indian 'right' and 'left' hand caste divisions that repeatedly rocked the European settlements on the Coromandel Coast in the early colonial period.

Brian Hodgson lived in Nepal from 1820 to 1843 during which time he wrote and published extensively on Nepalese culture, religion, natural history, architecture, ethnography and linguistics.

THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India A book of beauty' Gerard DeGroot, The TimesIn August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces.

Discover the epic history of human exploration and migration, and the stories of fearless pioneers the world over, with this stunning tour of history - map by map.

The memoirs of Sister Ying Mulan describe her experiences as a Chinese Christian living in a turbulent era marked by the Communist takeover, the Cultural Revolution, and many momentous political reforms.

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Sevea reveals a universe of miracle-workers in Islamic Malaya, connecting the supernatural to material life, socioeconomic activities and production.