Regional / International studies Books

Historia De Granada, Comprendiendo La De Sus Cuatro Provincias Almería, Jaen, Granada Y Málaga... ofrece un relato detallado de la historia de Granada y sus provincias circundantes. Miguel Lafuente Alcántara explora la rica historia de la...

Histoire Des Ariégeois (comté De Foix Et vicomté De Couserans), by Henri Louis Duclos, explores the history of the Ariège region in France, focusing on the county of Foix and the viscounty of Couserans. This third volume...

Descubre Casanare, una región fascinante en los Llanos Orientales de Colombia, a través de la mirada de Jorge Brissón. Este libro ofrece una exploración profunda de su rica historia, su vibrante cultura y sus impresionantes paisajes naturales. ...

Explore the rich tapestry of Bihar's history and culture with "The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volume 5." This meticulously curated volume offers a deep dive into the historical, social, and cultural facets of Bihar, India. A valuable resource...

Discusses Joseph Clark Grew's role in the formation of postwar US policy on Japan and the emperor. The text examines the evolution of Ambassador Grew's convictions and demonstrates their impact on postwar US-Japan relations.

Russia has a very large pool of economic migrants. Although many migrants entered Russia legally, they frequently face bureaucratic obstacles to legal employment and Russian citizenship, factors which have led to a very large "shadow economy". This book...

Boundaries, Identity and Belonging in Modern Judaism addresses these new dimensions, bringing together experts in the field to explore the various and fluid modes of expressing and defining Jewish identity in the modern world. Its interdisciplinary...

Clouds above the Hill is one of the best-selling novels ever in Japan, and is now translated into English for the first time. Volume III finds Admiral Tōgō continuing his blockade of Port Arthur. Meanwhile, a Japanese land offensive gains control of...

This book is part of a series which makes available to English-speaking audiences the work of the individual Chinese economists who were the architects of China's economic reform. The series provides an inside view of China's economic reform, revealing...

This book examines the ideas of China in the works of major thinkers in the early European Enlightenment. Against the backdrop especially of the Jesuit accounts of China which these philosophers read, imperial China was interpreted in radically divergent...

Since the end of the 1980 coup d'état Turkey has been in the midst of a complex process of democratization. Applying methodological pluralism in order to provide a comprehensive analysis of this process in a Turkish context, this book brings together...

This anthology presents translations of 30 songs recorded from a living epic tradition over the past two hundred years. The authors have captured the distinctive poetic language of Russian oral epics. All subgenres of the Russian epic are covered and...

Besides looking at major outbreaks of diseases and how they were coped with, this book also examines how the successive government regimes in Hong Kong took action to prevent diseases and control potential threats to health. It shows how policies...

This is a history of the Vietnam war in a single province of the Mekong Delta over the period 1930-1975, focusing on the revolutionary movement that became popularly known as the "Viet Cong". It drawns on documents captured by U.S. and South Vietnamese...

The world-wide growth in demand for Japanese throughout the world has led to rapid developments in Japanese language teaching. This volume examines these developments and their implications for the future in a series of case studies.

This text provides an ethnography of a Chinese middle school based on fieldwork conducted in 1988 to 1989. It provides a way of looking at classroom and societal interactions in terms of the interplay among criticism, face and shame.

The first part of this book examines domestic developments and their influence on Iran's policy and posture. The second explores Iran's regional ambitions and politics.

Looking at the political, military and intelligence components of the Yom Kippur War, this work offers interpretations of Israel's conflict with the Arabs.

Based mainly on unknown Russian archival sources which have previously been unobtainable, this book analyses the Bolshevik concepts of the Chinese revolution and their reception in China.

This highly acclaimed, 'bold and refreshing' collection of essays takes a critical look at Asians' perception of their natural environments as well as at Western views of Asia in this respect.

This is a facsimile reissue of the 1926 classic edition, outlining the characteristics of Buddhist morality.

This book examines the role of NATO in the Middle East. It reviews the strategic importance of the region and why it has become a source of instability, looks at US and international initiatives to counteract this instability and charts the development...

The Sanskrit Mahabharata is one of the greatest works of world literature and pivotal for the understanding of both Hindu traditions and wider society in ancient, medieval and modern South Asia. This book presents a new synthesis of philological,...

China's economic success has been founded partly on relatively cheap labour, especially in export industries. In recent year, however, there has been growing concern about wages and labour standards in China. This book examines how wages are bargained,...

An empirical and theoretical study of the Koizumi administration. Uchiyama looks at the policy making process; institutional arenas such as the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy; Koizumi's populist strategy; foreign policy; and neoliberal convictions...

Based on interviews with ex members and triad victims, police from Hong Kong, mainland China and Europe, and documentary evidence, The Triads as Business gives a compelling picture of the triads as part of a wider society.

Bringing to light the enduring legacy of a great Japanese author who has contributed to an unmasking of the unsustainability of talk of an 'East-West' divide, this volume will be of interest to Japanese literature students.

Credits Japan's industrial success to innovation and training, looking at the pre-War period and in depth at the Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard. The book has implications for industrial development worldwide.

A comprehensive presentation of cross-cultural crisis negotiation principles and strategies, this book relates established communication models to the practical knowledge and experience of crisis negotiators across international organisations and...

Operation Rising Lion 2025: Israel's Strike on Iran's Nuclear ProgramOn June 13, 2025, at 0400 hours local time, Israel executed the most audacious preemptive military operation in modern history. Operation Rising Lion 2025 represents not merely a...

Estudio Histórico de la América Central, written by Agustin Gómez Carrillo and published in 1886, offers a detailed historical account of Central America. This significant work delves into the region's past, providing valuable insights into its...

Le patois boulonnais comparé avec les patois du nord de la France; introduction, phonologie, grammaire, Volume 2, by Daniel Haigneré, offers a detailed examination of the Boulonnais dialect in comparison to other dialects of northern France...

Le Saguenay et la vallée du Lac St. Jean; étude historique, géographique, industrielle et agricole by Arthur Buies, published in 1880, offers a detailed examination of the Saguenay and Lac St. Jean region of Quebec. This historical...

Det ny Sibirien (The New Siberia) by Holger Rosenberg (Craal) offers a vivid depiction of Siberia at the dawn of the 20th century, focusing on the transformative effects of the Trans-Siberian Railway. This account paints a picture of a burgeoning land of...

Bergamo, by Pietro Pesenti, offers a detailed historical and cultural exploration of the Italian city of Bergamo around the year 1910. Written in Italian, the book provides insights into the region's history, art, and social life. Pesenti's work serves...

In "Planning for the South; an Inquiry Into the Economics of Regionalism," John Van Sickle delves into the economic intricacies of regional planning with a specific focus on the Southern United States. Published in 1943, the book examines the challenges...

Diccionario Chorographico, Histórico E Estatístico De Pernambuco, published in 1908, is a comprehensive resource detailing the region of Pernambuco, Brazil. Compiled by Sebastião Vasconcellos De Galvão, this historical dictionary provides a wealth of...

Critical Planning Futures brings together an international range of voices from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to explore new directions in planning theory, interrogate planning's orthodoxy, and push the boundaries of contemporary theory using ideas...

During much of the twelfth century the Crusaders dominated the military scene in the Levant. The unification of Egypt and Syria by Saladin gradually changed the balance of power, which slowly begun to tilt in favour of the Muslims. This book examines the...

This book is the first comprehensive account of the tsarist army's relationship to Muslim soldiers in late imperial Russia. It will be of interest to researchers in European History, Modern History, Military and Naval History, and Central Asian, Russian...

Nadzri explores a range of factors that have influenced nation-building in Malaysia and Singapore, with principal emphasis on the importance of social and economic class. A valuable read for scholars and students of politics in Malaysia and Singapore,...

At the core of the author's concern stands the question of cultural transmutation in an era riddled with media channels and all-embracing messages. Fragments of the Israeli experience are pieced together in this provocative essay to provide a...

A survey of the history of women in Russia, this book is the result of the collaboration of leading Russian and American specialists on Russian women's history. It is divided into four chronological periods, and four main topics are discussed for each...

In Africa, come nel resto del mondo, la bambola è certamente un giocattolo. Ma presso molti popoli neri il gioco non si ferma al termine dell'infanzia, ma si protrae al di là, assumendo un significato nuovo, si carica di ben altri contenuti: è per...

First Published in 2000. This is a collection of twelve short stories from Libya that Fagih edited during the seventies and eighties, initially published in a London magazine called Azure. Penned by prominent Libyan writers, these stories shed light on...

First Published in 2005, but published originally in 1938 on the eve of the Second World War, this work focuses on the last member of a distinguished group of genros, or elder statesmen, who participated in the wars of the Meiji restoration and in 1889...

First Published in 1994. False Inheritance discusses the policies and actions of the successive administrations which have governed Israel since the formation of the state in 1948. Largely historical in its approach, it has long been the author's...

First Published in 1987. Japan's surrender on 15 August 1945 was an unprecedented event in Japanese history. The shift from the life of hunger to the life of saturation that took place between 1945 and 1980 has brought about a great change in life style...