Asian history Books

Since the 1990s, questions of Japanese wartime conduct, apologies for aggression, and compensation to former victims of the country's imperial policies, have been brought to the fore of national and regional politics. The state is undoubtedly the most...

Jews and Judaism in Modern China explores and compares the dynamics at work in two of the oldest, intact and starkly contrasting civilizations on earth; Jewish and Chinese. The book studies how they interact in modernity and how each civilization views...

Providing a different approach to the history of India than previously advocated, this textbook argues that there was constant interaction between peoples and cultures. This interactive, dialogic approach provides a clear understanding of how power and...

This edited collection explores issues surrounding the provision of collective goods within the context of post-crisis East and Southeast Asia. It includes case studies on Korea, Indonesia, China, Laos, Malaysia and Singapore among others.

Based on a vast range of primary sources from Europe and India, this thorough study explores the wider geo-political, cultural and institutional context of the Mughal military.

After emerging from the tumult of social movements of the 1960s and 1970s, the field of Asian American studies has enjoyed rapid and extraordinary growth. Nonetheless, many aspects of Asian American history still remain open to debate. The Oxford...

A Bitter RevolutionChina's Struggle with the Modern WorldExciting account of how the politics and culture of China changed forever during the twentieth centuryBrings previously unheard voices from modern China to light, using a range of new and...

The Life of the Madman of U tells the story of Kunga Zangpo (1458-1532), a famous Tibetan Buddhist ascetic of the Kagyu sect. Having grown weary of the trials of human existence, Kunga Zangpo renounced the world during his teenage years, committing...

The ancient landscape of North Asia gave rise to a mythic narrative of birth, death, and transformation that reflected the hardship of life for ancient nomadic hunters and herders. Of the central protagonists, we tend to privilege the hero hunter of the...

Learn the journey of 5,000 years of Chinese history. Easy book in the Chinese History series provides you general details (学习中国历史的基础知识) of a dedicated topic, such as a ruling dynasty, from Chinese history. These books are designed for the beginner...

Learn the journey of 5,000 years of Chinese history. Easy book in the Chinese History series provides you general details (学习中国历史的基础知识) of a dedicated topic, such as a ruling dynasty, from Chinese history. These books are designed for the beginner...

Learn the journey of 5,000 years of Chinese history. Easy book in the Chinese History series provides you general details (学习中国历史的基础知识) of a dedicated topic, such as a ruling dynasty, from Chinese history. These books are designed for the beginner...

Learn the journey of 5,000 years of Chinese history. Easy book in the Chinese History series provides you general details (学习中国历史的基础知识) of a dedicated topic, such as a ruling dynasty, from Chinese history. These books are designed for the beginner...

Learn the journey of 5,000 years of Chinese history. Easy book in the Chinese History series provides you general details (学习中国历史的基础知识) of a dedicated topic, such as a ruling dynasty, from Chinese history. These books are designed for the beginner...

Learn the journey of 5,000 years of Chinese history. Easy book in the Chinese History series provides you general details (学习中国历史的基础知识) of a dedicated topic, such as a ruling dynasty, from Chinese history. These books are designed for the beginner...

Internationalism in Practice is a timely exploration of Claudia Jones' tireless advocacy for international, anti-imperialist, and anti-war solidarity during the pivotal, tumultuous years of the early 1950s. This new scholarly collection from Iskra Books...

The Delhi Sultanate was an Islamic empire based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of South Asia for 320 years. Following the invasion of the subcontinent by the Ghurid dynasty, five dynasties ruled over the Delhi Sultanate sequentially: the Mamluk...

History of Modern India provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, and compendious account of the history, institutions and culture of India from the decline of the Mughal Empire to the post-independence era. The arrival of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da...

आनंदमठ बंकिम चंद्र चट्टोपाध्याय द्वारा रचित एक ऐतिहासिक और देशभक्तिपूर्ण उपन्यास है, जो 18वीं सदी के बंगाल में संन्यासी विद्रोह की पृष्ठभूमि पर आधारित है। यह उपन्यास ब्रिटिश शासन के खिलाफ भारतीयों के संघर्ष और देशभक्ति की भावना को प्रकट करता है। "वंदे...

Ce livre classique a été initialement publié il y a plusieurs décennies sous le titre "Mysterious Japan". Il a maintenant été traduit par Writat en langue française pour ses lecteurs francophones. Chez Writat, nous sommes passionnés par la préservation...

Dieses klassische Buch wurde ursprünglich vor Jahrzehnten unter dem Titel "Mysterious Japan". Es wurde jetzt von Writat für seine französischsprachigen Leser in die französische Sprache übersetzt. Bei Writat liegt uns die Bewahrung des literarischen...

The driving force of Minangkabau history arises from the struggle to build a balanced social order on a convergence of seemingly contradictory social and cultural aspects. From the time when Islam was conceived as a pillar of the Minangkabau world, the...

The China-Japan Association for the Promotion of Journalism in Beijing  has initiated, arranged and presided over the compilation of this book.The year 2012 marked the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and...

This book is a meticulous work by renowned scholar, Liu Yingsheng who has spent years in the research of history of the Silk Road. The book consists of two parts as: the land Silk Road and the maritime Silk Road, which includes 14 chapters, totally. With...

... Nous voulons penser maintenant à l'entrée de l'Asie sur le devant de la scène du monde, ce qui est un des événements les plus marquants, un des faits les plus saillants que nous vivions parmi tant d'autres. Nous croyons que ce fait nouveau dans...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Politik - Region: Südasien, Note: 1,3, Universität Regensburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Hausarbeit soll sich zunächst mit der Begrifflichkeit des Genozids auseinandersetzen. Nach einer kurzen...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Asien, Note: 1,0, Philipps-Universität Marburg (Geschichte und Kulturwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Geschichte Chinas, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 1. EINLEITUNGDie Mandschuren der Qing-Dynastie...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

This book contains the full text of the final two stories in our 31-volume Journey to the West series for people learning to read Chinese. The stories told here are unchanged from the original books except for minor editing and reformatting.In The Lazy...

This book contains the full text of the 28th and 29th stories in our 31-volume Journey to the West series for people learning to read Chinese. The stories told here are unchanged from the original books except for minor editing and reformatting.In The...

The first modern English translation of The History of the Tartars.The History of the Tartars first appeared in 1307 in the city of Poitiers. Book I is a geographical survey of fourteen countries of Asia and the Near East. Book II is a brief account of...

With a thorough analysis of the ideational visions of Rabindranath Tagore, Aurobindo Ghose, Sarala Devi Chaudhurani and Nazrul Islam, the book sets out a new ideational design to capture the complex texture of nationalization in India and other...

Who am I? This question is often asked in youth, as a part of "coming of age".No longer in his youth, the author asks the question in hindsight, in the form of a memoir not only about individuals - himself and his father - but also about the nations and...

Hilton was one of the La Martinière College boys who participated in the defence of Lucknow, and the greater part of his guide relates to the events of the Mutiny. The Boys' College is the only school in the world to have been awarded royal battle...