First published in 1932 Land and Labour in China is an introductory volume dealing with certain aspects of economic life in China. R. H. Tawney discusses important themes ranging from rural framewor……続きを見る
This book bridges the gap between historical research on Japan and the field of childhood history by writing children and childhood into the general historical record of the Meiji period.
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This open access book provokes critical thinking regarding the most ambitious Chinese project since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The book prese……続きを見る
The Routledge Handbook of Africa–Asia Relations is the first handbook aimed at studying the interactions between countries across Africa and Asia in a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive way. Provi……続きを見る
Herbert Allen Giles' 'A History of Chinese Literature' is a comprehensive exploration of the vast and rich literary tradition of China. Giles meticulously examines the evolution of Chinese literatur……続きを見る
Katsuro Hara's 'An Introduction to the History of Japan' provides a comprehensive overview of Japan's rich historical tapestry, from its ancient origins to modern-day society. Through a meticulous e……続きを見る
著者:Zhu Xianghui
出版社: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
発売日: 2023年08月13日
This book is concerned with three major issues in the relationship between the frontier peoples and the modern Union of Myanmar: the awakening of a sense of national identity among the frontier peop……続きを見る
The world food crisis (1972–1975) gave rise to new development concepts. To eradicate world hunger, small peasants were supposed to use ‘modern’ inputs like high-yielding seeds, fertilizer, pesticid……続きを見る
Religion as a form of cultural expression constitutes a critical element in the relationship between Germany and India. The discovery of Indian traditions in Germany and re-interpretations of those ……続きを見る
In Hong Kong Public and Squatter Housing: Geopolitics and Informality, 19631985, Alan Smart and Fung Chi Keung Charles trace two decades of development of squatting in Hong Kong. The authors reconst……続きを見る
著者:Vivian Kong
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2023年10月31日
What does it mean to be British? To answer this, Multiracial Britishness takes us to an underexplored site of Britishness – the former British colony of Hong Kong. Vivian Kong asks how colonial hier……続きを見る
This book explores Soviet–North Korean relations during the Cold War (1945–1991).
Based on many primary documents and sources (including Russian and Korean), it reveals how the influence of the Sovi……続きを見る
This Open Access book carefully examines the legal and historical bases of the territory of Japan as a modern State from the Meiji period to 2002. A new preface summarizes key developments in the si……続きを見る
Why some of Asia’s authoritarian regimes have democratized as they have grown richerーand why others haven’t
Over the past century, Asia has been transformed by rapid economic growth, industrializat……続きを見る
These essays, by thirteen specialists from Japan and the United States, provide a comprehensive view of the Japanese empire from its establishment in 1895 to its liquidation in 1945. They offer a va……続きを見る
This Open Access book describes the history of the relationship between the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), the heir to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), and the United States Navy (US Na……続きを見る
著者:Thomas D. Conlan
出版社: Oxford University Press
発売日: 2024年01月10日
In the sixteenth century, members of the Ouchi family were kings in all but name in much of Japan. Immensely wealthy, they controlled sea lanes stretching to Korea and China, as well as the Japanese……続きを見る
This Open Access book includes chapters on the key turning points in modern Japanese history from the Meiji Restoration to Japan-China diplomatic normalization in the 1970s and beyond. The topics co……続きを見る
This Open Access book provides a comprehensive analysis of political reforms in Japan since the 1990s, emphasizing the role of ideas in shaping their goals and outcomes.
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Understanding Authenticity in Chinese Cultural Heritage explores the construction of "authenticity" and its consequences in relation to Chinese cultural heritageーthose objects, texts, and intangibl……続きを見る
Colonial agents worked for fifty years to make a Japanese Taiwan, using technology, culture, statistics, trade, and modern ideologies to remake their new territory according to evolving ideas of Jap……続きを見る
This book explores Taiwan's development from its beginnings as a political entity to a home for a Mingloyalist regime, to its centuries as a Ch'ing prefecture and province, to its half-century as a ……続きを見る