Asian history Books

Das Buch behandelt die chinesische Rezeptionsgeschichte am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts. Als Musterbeispiel dient das Deliktsrecht. Die Interaktion zwischen dem europäischen Recht und den chinesischen konfuzianistischen Elementen wird thematisiert und auf...

The book is a systematic study of the China-Britain relationship during the 1942-1949 period with a particular focus on the two countries' discussions over both the 1943 Sino-British treaty and the discarded Sino-British commercial treaty, the future of...

The movement of goods and passengers between port cities not only stimulates growth in coastal trading networks and centers but also inevitably changes the social and economic lives of people in these port cities and, subsequently, of their fellow...

This book is about the legendary Rajput chieftain Hammira Chauhan, the king of the impregnable fortress of Ranthambore in southern Rajasthan who died in 1301 CE after a monumental battle against Alauddin Khalji, the sultan of Delhi. This singular event...

When we entered Afghanistan airspace, the mountainous terrain full of snow reminded me of when I flew over them as an air force pilot.Where I live in the United States, I am close to a mountain range where it snows during the winter, but these mountains,...

1787年，剛剛獨立不久的美國十三州代表聚集在費城舉行制憲會議。在此之前，人類社會從未出現過成文憲法。因此制憲既是在制定未來美國政治的框架和所需遵循的最高原則，也是在開創一個先例，即人類憑藉理性和善意協商出解決未來利益紛爭的原則，並永為定例。儘管願望是美好的，但具體操作時，各方卻多次因利益衝突而令會議陷入僵局。當然最簡單的做法就是拂袖而去，各州繼續各自爲政，形成鬆散邦聯，如此就不會有今天的美國和美國的憲法了。正當大家感到氣憤和絕望時，本傑明·富蘭克林站了起來，向會議主席華盛頓將軍講了這樣一番話："主席先生...

How have femininity and masculinity been defined and understood in China from prehistoric times to the present day? Gender History in China presents for the first time in English the work of leading Japanese scholars in the fields of archaeology,...

 Bhishma Pitamah is remembered with reverence from ages to ages as a well-known personality among the great generals and state veterans. To deprive him of the succession of the state for the happiness of his father, and to dedicate his entire life...

Until now, important research on the historical records of comets and meteor showers from China, Japan, and Korea has remained the exclusive preserve of those with expertise in the relevant languages. With a compilation like the present volume the...

Recollections of Japan is a personal account of living in Tokugawa Japan in the beginning of the nineteenth century, from a European's perspective. The author, Hendrik Doeff, chief of the United Dutch East India Company in Deshima, mastered the Japanese...

With Chinese-led initiatives such as One Belt One Road (OBOR) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) combined with uncertainty due to US shifts in policy and apparent commitments over the past decade, the stakes are high for companies...

<p><b><i>A History of the Brahma Samaj - From its Rise to the Present Day</i> by G. S. Leonard offers a comprehensive account of the evolution and influence of the Brahma Samaj, a significant religious and social reform movement...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

To students of Indian Culture interested in tracing the influence of India in the institutions of her Cultural Colonies, as also to Anthropologists, the Religious Festivals and Court Ceremonies, which still remain the most characteristic features of...

What is the impact of institutional reform implemented by the Nice Treaty on European Governance? What should be done to enhance democratic legitimacy in the EU? This book provides an up-to-date guide to understanding the European Union as an institution...

This is a wide-ranging collection of essays written by experts in the field. The variety of topics provide an interdisciplinary approach to the study of contemporary Mongolia. Topics include the impact of industrialization in Mongolia, environmental...

This book is a critical analysis of how the discursive and material practices of the "War on Terror" influenced security politics in Southeast Asia after 9/11.It explores how the US-led War on Terror, operating both as a set of material practices and as...

The Orang Suku Laut consider themselves indigenous Malays. Yet their interaction with others who call themselves Malays is characterised on both sides by fear of harmful magic and witchcraft. The nomadic Orang Suku Laut believe that the Qur'an contains...

This study is a radical and controversial analysis of the life and works of Rewi Alley utilizing both Chinese materials and previously unpublished materials from western sources. Rather than a biography as such, it is a revisionist history, re-examining...

This important collection analyses the changing context of China's relationship with Japan. Its eminent international contributors address core issues including strategic concerns; security; the issue of Taiwan; diplomacy; economic relations; trade; the...

The fragmentation of Bengal and Assam in 1947 was a crucial moment in India's socio-political history as a nation state. Both the British Indian provinces were divided as much through the actions of the Muslim League as by those of Congress and the...

The history of colonial East Asia is a human anatomy describing beneficial organs of foreign rule. Proclaiming itself a schematic diagram open to inspection, the anatomy of the late British Empire nevertheless obscured much more than it revealed. This...

This book brings home the story of how three clustered villages grew into a primate city, in which a garrison town, a port city and the capital of an empire merged into one entity-Calcutta. This and its companion volume Birth of a Colonial City examine...

Long before Calcutta was 'discovered' by Job Charnock, it thrived by the Hugli since times immemorial. This book, and its companion Colonial Calcutta, is a biographical account of the when, the how and the what of a global city and its emergence under...

Grounded in multidisciplinary research, this book presents a methodical understanding of those displaced within their national borders, the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).The IDP phenomenon remains less understood than that of refugees due to the...

This book provides a conceptual history of the emergence of civilizational consciousness in early China. Focusing on how words are used in pre-Qín (before 221 BCE) texts to construct identities and negotiate relationships between a 'civilised self' and...

This book offers a feminist analysis of military sacrifice and reveals the importance of a gender perspective in understanding the idea of honourable death.In present-day security discourses, traditional masculinised obligations to die for the homeland...

Modern Iran since 1797 offers a comprehensive analysis of political, social and economic developments in Iran since the end of the eighteenth century. Spanning two centuries, the book provides historical context for Iran's international...

First published in 1980, this second edition of Islam in Tropical Africa presents specialist studies of the history and sociology of Muslim communities in Africa south of the Sahara. The studies cover an extensive and range of time and place, and include...

This book traces the roots of modern-day Kashmir and the role of Sheikh Abdullah in its making. As the most influential political figurehead in twentieth-century Kashmir, he played a crucial role in its transformation from a kingdom to a state in...

This book offers diverse and original perspectives on South Asia's imperial military history. Unlike prevailing studies, the chapters in the volume emphasize both the vital role of culture in framing imperial military practice and the multiple cultural...

""Evidences And Doctrines Of The Christian Religion, Part 1: On Buddhism"" is a book published in 1862 by an anonymous author. The book aims to provide evidence and doctrines of the Christian religion in comparison to Buddhism. The author argues that...

Das Buch ""Des Pater Alexander Von Rhodes Aus Der Gesellschaft Jesu Missionsreisen: In China, Tonkin, Cochinchina Und Anderen Asiatischen Reichen (1858)"" von Alexandre De Rhodes ist eine umfassende Beschreibung der Missionsreisen des Jesuitenpaters...

Le livre ""Le Royaume D'Annam Et Les Annamites"" �����crit par De Rhins et J. L. Dutreuil en 1879 est une description compl�����te du royaume d'Annam et de son peuple, les Annamites. Les auteurs ont voyag����� ������ travers le pays et ont �����tudi�����...

De L'Authenticit����� Des Annales Et Des Histoires De Tacite (1890) est un ouvrage �����crit par Polydore Hochart qui traite de l'authenticit����� des Annales et des Histoires de Tacite, deux ouvrages historiques romains du Ier si�����cle apr�����s...

Le livre ""Le Th����������tre des Chinois"" (1886) de Tcheng-Ki-Tong, M. est une exploration fascinante du th����������tre chinois traditionnel. L'auteur examine les diff�����rents genres de th����������tre chinois, tels que le th����������tre de...

Le livre ""Essai Sur L'Organisation Et La Juridiction Municipales Au Moyen Age (1886)"" �����crit par Henri Pauffin explore l'organisation et la juridiction des municipalit�����s au Moyen �����ge. L'auteur examine les diff�����rentes formes de...

""Auf Neu Guinea: Neun Jahre Unter Den Orang Woks"" ist ein Buch von Ludwig Freigang, das im Jahr 1878 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es beschreibt seine neunj�����hrige Erfahrung als Missionar auf der Insel Papua-Neuguinea, wo er unter den Einheimischen...

Die Jahrb�����cher von Fulda und Xanten (1852) von Carl Rehdantz ist eine historische Abhandlung �����ber die Geschichte der St�����dte Fulda und Xanten. Das Buch enth�����lt eine Zusammenstellung von Dokumenten und Aufzeichnungen, die die Geschichte...

Die Runen und ihre Denkm�����ler ist ein Buch des d�����nischen Gelehrten Gustav Thormod Legis, das erstmals im Jahr 1829 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Werk besch�����ftigt sich mit der Geschichte und Bedeutung der Runen, einer Schrift, die von den...

Das Buch ""Die Vedisch Brahmanische Periode Der Religion Des Alten Indiens"" wurde im Jahr 1893 von Edmund Hardy ver������ffentlicht. Es beschreibt die vedisch-brahmanische Periode der Religion im alten Indien. Der Autor gibt einen �����berblick �����ber...

""Etudes sur le Lexique du Rig Veda"" est un livre �����crit par Abel Bergaigne en 1884. Ce livre est une �����tude approfondie du vocabulaire utilis����� dans le Rig Veda, un texte sacr����� de l'hindouisme. Bergaigne examine les racines des mots et...

Essai Sur Le Pali: Ou Langue Sacree De La Presqu�������Ile Au Dela Du Gange (1826) est un livre �����crit par Emile Burnouf. Ce livre est une �����tude approfondie de la langue Pali, consid�����r�����e comme la langue sacr�����e de la presqu'�����le...

Studier Til Danmarks Historie I Det 13 Aarhundrede (1869) er en bog skrevet af den danske forfatter Caspar Paludan-Muller. Bogen er en historisk unders������gelse af Danmarks historie i det 13. ������rhundrede og d�����kker emner som politik,...

""Etude Sur La Publicit����� De L'Etat Des Personnes"" est un livre �����crit par Albert Lesmaris et publi����� en 1899. Ce livre se concentre sur l'�����tude de la publicit����� de l'�����tat des personnes, c'est-������-dire la mani�����re dont les...