M.M. - Asia 1

Die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung Europas war über Jahrhunderte eng mit den politischen Verhältnissen entlang der Seidenstraßen verbunden. Stabilität oder Konflikte in Zentralasien beeinflussten Hande……続きを見る

Spain, China and Japan in Manila, 1571ー1644 offers a new perspective on the connected histories of Spain, China, and Japan as they emerged and developed following Manila's foundation as the capital……続きを見る

Discover the timeless tales of heroes, deities, creatures and villains from one of the world's most influential cultures Rooted in Shinto and Buddhist traditions, ancient legends about spirits, crea……続きを見る

They called it the Cold War. For most of the world, it burned white-hot. While the superpowers never fired directly at each other, millions died in their name. From the rice paddies of Vietnam to th……続きを見る

Free Trade with India: An Enquiry into the True State of the Question at Issue Between His Majesty's Ministers, the Honorable the East India Company, and the Public at Large, on the Justice and Poli……続きを見る

During World War II, the Japanese military extended Japan’s civilian licensing regime for domestic brothels to those next to its overseas bases. It did so for a simple reason: to impose the strenuou……続きを見る

On September 20, 1519, five proud ships crewed by 239 sailors set off to sea from the little Spanish town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda. On September 6, 1522, a single ship returned, battered and scarcel……続きを見る

In this study of Japan's imperial historiography in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Birgit Tremml-Werner examines the use of history to promote expansion in the Asia-Pacific regio……続きを見る

Constructing Kanchi: City of Infinite Temples traces the emergence of the South Indian city of Kanchi as a major royal capital and multireligious pilgrimage destination during the era of the Pallava……続きを見る

Pictures of Cotton in Eighteenth-Century China narrates cotton’s journey from a little understand material to a cherished commodity ennobled by associations with the classical heritage of China. In ……続きを見る

Der Band nimmt Gedankengänge auf, die Ernst Tugendhat in seinem Buch Egozentrizität und Mystik ausgeführt hat. Die Religion, die im vorherigen Buch neben der Mystik ein Randdasein führte, tritt jetz……続きを見る

As Adam M. McKeown demonstrates, the push for increased border control and identity documentation is the continuation of more than 150 years of globalization. Not only are modern passports and natio……続きを見る

In 66 BCE, in the woods of Armenia Minor, Pompey the Great defeated Mithridates VI Eupator, making him one of the most successful Roman generals of all time. The victory presented him with the enorm……続きを見る

This book reclaims Bangladesh’s institutional historiography by retrieving the eclipsed political parties and the inheritances from its earlier configuration as East Pakistan from 1947 to 1971. This……続きを見る

How Enlightenment Europe rediscovered its identity by measuring itself against the great civilizations of Asia During the long eighteenth century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals loo……続きを見る

Why do ordinary people engage in corruption? In Corruption as a Last Resort, Kelly M. McMann contends that bureaucrats, poverty, and culture do not force individuals in Central Asia to pay bribes, u……続きを見る

This open access book captures and elaborates on the skill of storytelling as one of the distinct leadership features of Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and the Pre……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

Au petit jour, sur la rivière de Saigon. Le bateau va lentement, comme intimidé par le silence de la nature et las des récentes attaques de la mousson de nord-est. On se croirait au « pays des matin……続きを見る

La vieille race aryenne s’était transformée pour toujours ; les tribus nomades, quittant leurs montagnes, étaient venues se fixer dans la plaine aux sept rivières. Les rois pasteurs ne dressaient pl……続きを見る

L’histoire des origines de Babylone et de la Chaldée est pour ainsi dire l’histoire des origines de l’humanité. Le récit en est écrit dans les premiers chapitres de la Genèse ; mais, à côté du lacon……続きを見る

L'"Histoire des Samanides", œuvre monumentale de Mīrkhond, offre une chronique détaillée de la dynastie samanide qui a régné sur l'Empire persan entre le IXe et le Xe siècle. Par son style érudit et……続きを見る

India’s State of Emergency (1975-1977) is one of the most controversial moments in the country’s history since independence. During this infamous 21-month period, Indira Gandhi’s government suspende……続きを見る

In the second half of the nineteenth century, global labor migration, trade, and overseas study brought China and the United States into close contact, leading to new cross-cultural encounters that ……続きを見る

Sanitized Sex analyzes the development of new forms of regulation concerning prostitution, venereal disease, and intimacy during the American occupation of Japan after the Second World War, focusing……続きを見る

Leading historians and archaeologists offer a comprehensive introduction to the increasingly entangled worlds that spanned the globe between 600 and 1350 CE. The period between the seventh and fourt……続きを見る

The city of Herat in western Afghanistan long sat at the edge of empires and served as a hub for trade and a conduit for armies. Yet it has been much more than simply a staging post or plaything of ……続きを見る

L’Inde est par excellence le pays des flatteurs ; d’habiles courtisans ont voulu exalter le règne de leurs princes en mêlant aux gloires contemporaines celles du temps passé. Plusieurs de ces histor……続きを見る

During Soviet rule, the state all but imposed atheism on the primarily Islamic people of Kyrgyzstan and limited the tradition of polygynyーa form of polygamy in which one man has multiple wives. Pol……続きを見る

Environmental Narratives in the Huainanzi and the Anthropocene analyzes the contemporary discourse of the Anthropocene using the Huainanzi ???, an eastern Eurasian text from the second century BCE. ……続きを見る