Global Cities: How the World Really Lives is the acclaimed narrative nonfiction series that dives deep into the soul of one city per volume – blending history, humor, sensory storytelling, and socia……続きを見る
Global Cities: How the World Really Lives is a radically entertaining series of literary city portraits – each one part cultural deep dive, part urban field guide, and part love letter to the human ……続きを見る
Communal Intimacy and the Violence of Politics explores the notoriously brutal Philippine war on drugs from below. Steffen Bo Jensen and Karl Hapal examine how the war on drugs folded itself into co……続きを見る
Comment peut-on être vietnamien sans être việt ; être cambodgien sans être khmer ? C'est la question qui se pose aux Jaraï, Brou, Mnong et autres Stieng, populations autochtones des hauts plateaux, ……続きを見る
In Southeast Asia, atmospheric violence emerges from the haze plumes of burning of palm oil plantations, the invisible but powerful spread of viral flows, and the subordination of upland farmers who……続きを見る
In 1940 Japan placed Vietnam under military occupation, restricting the local French administration to a figurehead authority.
Seizing the opportunity, the Communists organised a Vietnamese independ……続きを見る
“A compelling, finely researched account of an adventure that was hailed as one of the grandest explorations of the nineteenth century.” ーThe Washington Post
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In 1866, ……続きを見る
著者:Bonnie C. Wade
出版社: The University of Chicago Press
発売日: 2024年05月31日
When we think of composers, we usually envision an isolated artist separate from the orchestraーsomeone alone in a study, surround by staff paperーand in Europe and America this image generally has ……続きを見る
A lively and easy-to-read guide to Southeast Asian history written by one of the world's pre-eminent historians of the area.
The first edition of Southeast Asia: An introductory history was publishe……続きを見る
In the connected highlands of southwest China, Vietnam, and Laos, recalling the past is a highly sensitive act. Among local societies, many may actively avoid recalling the past for fear of endanger……続きを見る
A lively and easy-to-read guide to Southeast Asian history written by one of the world's pre-eminent historians of the area.
Southeast Asia: An introductory history was first published in 1979 and i……続きを見る
This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organisation of the troops that fought in Cambodia in the 1970s.
Kenneth Conboy and Ken Bowra's detailed text discusses all the US and Cambodi……続きを見る
著者:Ulbe Bosma
出版社: Columbia University Press
発売日: 2019年07月30日
Island Southeast Asia was once a thriving region, and its products found eager consumers from China to Europe. Today, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia are primarily exporters of their surplu……続きを見る
The Philippine Revolution of 1896–1905, which began against Spain and continued against the United States, took place in the context of imperial subjugation and local resistance across Southeast Asi……続きを見る
Using new material unearthed in French archives, Vietnamese-language publications and the testimony of veterans, Valley of the Shadow offers a new perspective on the climactic French defeat at Dien ……続きを見る
« L'Empire khmer : à la découverte de l'Âge d'Angkor" est un voyage captivant à travers l'histoire et la culture d'une civilisation légendaire. Plongez dans les mystères de l'Empire khmer, dont les ……続きを見る
**A “remarkable” history of the great river of Southeast Asia (**Jill Ker Conway, author of The Road from Coorain).
The Mekong River runs over nearly three thousand miles, beginning in the mountains……続きを見る
Discover what it was like to be amidst the action as a military photographer during the Vietnam War.
Shooting Vietnam takes you there as you read the firsthand accounts and view the hundreds of phot……続きを見る
This book investigates the institutional characteristics of state-linked firms in Vietnam to draw lessons for investors/MNCs targeting Vietnam and other emerging markets in the region. Vietnam and m……続きを見る
In Crip Colony, Sony Coráñez Bolton examines the racial politics of disability, mestizaje, and sexuality in the Philippines. Drawing on literature, poetry, colonial records, political essays, travel……続きを見る
An incisive look at Hmong religion in the United States, where resettled refugees found creative ways to maintain their traditions, even as Christian organizations deputized by the government were g……続きを見る
The Mekong is one of the world's great rivers, and by far the largest in Southeast Asia. Flowing through or beside no less than six countries - China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam - t……続きを見る
One Crowded Hour is the bestselling biography of one of the world's greatest combat cinecameramen and an extraordinary Australian.
First published in 1987, One Crowded Hour remains a must-read for a……続きを見る
著者:Bob Welch
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2012年11月06日
**On April 9, 1942, thousands of U.S. soldiers surrendered as the Philippines island of Luzon fell to the Japanese. But a few hundred Americans placed their faith in their own hands and headed for t……続きを見る
What martial arts are associated with Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar (Burma)? What makes them unique when compared with other Asian martial systems? This anthology is a convienent collecti……続きを見る
"Well-researched... a welcome guide." The Spectator
"Reliable and lucid." History Today
With a fractured geography and complex identity, The Philippines is an eclectic and unique mix of culture, env……続きを見る
著者:John Bowring
出版社: ’S GRAVENHAGE, H. C. SUSAN, C. HZ.
発売日: 2014年09月23日
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The Indonesian struggle for independence seen through the eyes of the people who witnessed the revolution up close.
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