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In Rana Mitter's tense, moving and hugely important book, the war between China and Japan - one of the most important struggles of the Second World War - at last gets the masterly history it deserve……続きを見る

Carlos Rojas presents a sweeping survey of the historical and political significance of one of the world’s most recognizable monuments. Although the splendor of the Great Wall has become virtually s……続きを見る

In international relations today, influence is as essential as military and economic might. Consequently, leaders promote favorable images of the state in order to attract allies and win support for……続きを見る

A Financial Times “Summer Books” Selection “Will become required reading.” ーTimes Literary Supplement “Elegantly written…with a confidence that comes from decades of deep research on the topic, ill……続きを見る

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Outcasts of Empire unveils th……続きを見る

Piracy and smuggling are as great a problem today as they were several hundreds of years ago. The studies in Elusive Pirates, Pervasive Smugglers, for the first time, carefully describe and critical……続きを見る

This monograph examines the dynamics of China's energy security dilemma and the role of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). Following this, PLAN development is discussed, and its future role i……続きを見る

During China's late imperial period (roughly 1400-1900 CE), men would gather by the millions every two or three years outside official examination compounds sprinkled across China. Only one percent ……続きを見る

When Japan invaded China in the summer of 1937, many Chinese journalists greeted the news with euphoria. For years, the Chinese press had urged Chiang Kai-shek to resist Tokyo’s aggressive overtures……続きを見る

The collapse of China’s Qing dynasty coincided roughly with discoveries that helped revolutionize views of infectious disease. Together, these parallel developments generated a set of paradigm shift……続きを見る

The Maoist state’s dominance over Chinese society, achieved through such watersheds as the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, is well known. Maoism at the Grassroots reexamines this per……続きを見る

In De keizerin vertelt Jung Chang het dramatische levensverhaal van Cixi, een sterke, eigenzinnige vrouw die bijna vijftig jaar lang China regeerde, voor en achter de schermen. Een vrouw die begon a……続きを見る

De opkomende wereldmacht China en de heersende wereldmacht Amerika botsen steeds vaker. Sinds 1500 is het zestien keer voorgekomen dat een gevestigde grootmacht werd uitgedaagd door een rijk in opma……続きを見る

The Western Roman Empire collapsed more than 1500 years ago, while the Eastern Roman Empire survived for almost a thousand more years. When the west collapsed, no one questioned why. It was simply t……続きを見る

“... Il pourra paraître extraordinaire qu’il y ait dans cette bonne Chine, dont les habitants sont si sensibles au gain, des marchands qui se refusent à faire des affaires, même d’or, avec des Europ……続きを見る

Tibetan Subjectivities on the Global Stage: Negotiating Dispossession explores the many ways Tibetans are reimagining their cultural identity since the communist takeover of Tibet in the 1950s. Focu……続きを見る

Bushido: The Soul of Japan is, along with Hagakure by Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659–1719), a study of the way of the samurai. A best-seller in its day, it was read by many influential foreigners, among t……続きを見る

Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295748207 At the beginning of the new millennium, the Chinese government launched the Great Opening of the West, a development strategy targeted at remote areas ……続きを見る

From 1931 to 1945, as Japanese imperialism developed and spread throughout China, three regions experienced life under occupation: the puppet state of Manchukuo, East China, and North China. Each di……続きを見る

Long before Deng Xiaoping’s market-based reforms, commercial relationships bound the Chinese Communist Party to international capitalism and left lasting marks on China’s trade and diplomacy. China ……続きを見る

'Essential reading for all those interested in how India will deal with its greatest strategic challenge, an increasingly powerful China**'-SHIVSHANKAR MENON** 'Vijay Gokhale strips away the illusi……続きを見る

Verhaal van het vergaan van het jacht de Sperwer, geschreven door Hendrik Hamel, is een historisch verslag van de schipbreuk van het VOC-schip de Sperwer voor de kust van Korea in 1653. Hamel beschr……続きを見る

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY THE NEW YORKER **WOMEN'S NATIONAL BOOK ASSOCIATION 2023 Great Group Read This extraordinary memoir shares an insight into the lives of the Uyghurs, a people and……続きを見る

Naranjas de la China narra el periplo de un joven español que, movido por la curiosidad, se marcha a Pekín a aprender mandarín, donde termina pasando una década. Allí se impregna de la cultura china……続きを見る

Shanghai, China…a riveting true riches to rags story about my family’s charmed life turning to devastation when our entire family was thrown into two Japanese Concentration Camps during WWII. This i……続きを見る

This book’s main objective is to determine the role, if any, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) plays in de-escalating tensions among its members. It argues that the SCO is uniquely suited ……続きを見る

Eindelijk alles wat je moet weten over het bloedbad van Nanjing in minder dan een uur! In de zomer van 1937 raakten China en Japan in oorlog. Wanneer Shanghai valt, rukt het Japanse keizerlijke lege……続きを見る

Sonunda, Nanjing Katliamı hakkında bilmeniz gereken her şey bir saatten kısa bir sürede! 1937 yazında Çin ve Japonya savaşa girdi. Şangay düştüğünde, Japon İmparatorluk Ordusu Nanking'e ilerledi ve ……続きを見る

A dramatic new telling of the dawn of modern East Asia, placing Korea at the center of a transformed world order wrought by imperial greed and devastating wars. In the nineteenth century, Russia par……続きを見る

One of the most momentous stories of the last century is China’s rise from a self-satisfied, anti-modern, decaying society into a global power that promises to one day rival the United States. Chian……続きを見る