D.P - Asia 1

First published in 1937, The Green Edge of Asia is a vivid and intimate account of the life in the Far East. The author’s writing is subtly evocative, and in a few words, he conjures up a complete p……続きを見る

The emergence of modernity has typically focused on Western male actors and privileged politics and economy over culture. The contributors to this volume successfully unsettle such perspectives by e……続きを見る

Les Philippines sont situées entre les 5è et 20è degrés de latitude nord et les 115è et 125è degrés de longitude est. Lorsqu’à Manille, leur capitale, midi sonne, il est à Paris sept heures cinquant……続きを見る

Plus que tout autre pays, le Japon laisse dans l’esprit de ceux, qui l’ont visité d’impérissables souvenirs. Souvenirs riants et pleins de charme auxquels ne sont comparables ni les émotions, ni la ……続きを見る

In 1971, as American forces hastened their withdrawal from Vietnam, a helicopter was hit by enemy fire over Laos and exploded in a fireball, killing four top combat photographers, Larry Burrows of L……続きを見る

While anxiety abounds in the old Cold War West that progress – whether political or economic – has been reversed, for citizens of former-socialist countries, murky temporal trajectories are nothing ……続きを見る

All the essential facts on ancient Egypt covering mummification, the pharaohs, the pyramids and the mysterious rituals. The ancient Egyptians have fascinated and enthralled the minds of millions dow……続きを見る

The Turning Point in Africa (1982) is a significant study of British colonial policy towards tropical Africa during a critical decade, from the complacent trusteeship of the inter-war years to the s……続きを見る

In the wake of the Asia-Pacific War, Korean survivors of the "comfort women" system-those bound into sexual slavery for the Japanese military during the war-lived under great pressure not to speak a……続きを見る

In the wake of the Asia-Pacific War, Korean survivors of the "comfort women" system-those bound into sexual slavery for the Japanese military during the war-lived under great pressure not to speak a……続きを見る

En 'Contribución Para El Estudio de los Antiguos Alfabetos Filipinos', Trinidad Pardo de Tavera ofrece una exploración exhaustiva y erudita sobre los sistemas de escritura que existieron en Filipina……続きを見る

The British Empire is often misunderstood. Judgments of it differ widely, from broadly adulatory - a 'great' enterprise, spreading 'civilization' through the world; to the blame that is often put on……続きを見る

East Asia is now the world’s economic powerhouse, but ghosts of history continue to trouble relations between the key countries of the region, particularly between Japan, China and the two Koreas. U……続きを見る

The British Empire was an astonishingly complex and varied phenomenon, not to be reduced to any of the simple generalisations or theories that are often taken to characterise it. One way of illustra……続きを見る

Combative forms of movement meet all the criteria required to be called “arts”. Additionally, items associated with martial art theory and practice can be shown in a variety media and appreciated as……続きを見る

This book analyzes the Central Asian economies of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, from their buffeting by the commodity boom of the early 2000s to its coll……続きを見る

I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies Among the considerable oeuvre of Muhammad al-Shahrastani (1086–1153), the prominent Persian theologian and heresiographer, the Majlis……続きを見る