Professor - Asia 1

The Mongol Empire changed the world, but early chronicles of its conquests, written from regional perspectives and widely dispersed, could not convey its far-reaching significance. The Khan and the ……続きを見る

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is described as the basis of a “fourth industrial revolution” with profound effects to science, industry, and various aspects of society. Rooted in philosophical and tec……続きを見る

The fourth edition of this concise textbook offers students a comprehensive introduction to the politics, economy, culture and society of modern China, while grounding all of these areas in the cont……続きを見る

Azerbaijanis speak a Turkic language close to the Turkish of Turkey and live in a vast historical landscape between Russia's Dagestan, eastern Georgia, and Iran's capital, Tehran. The nation declare……続きを見る

No dia 24 de dezembro de 1979, tropas soviéticas cruzaram a fronteira do Afeganistão sob o pretexto de apoiar um governo aliado. O que se desenrolaria nos anos seguintes não seria apenas mais um cap……続きを見る

Enigmatic, Eminence grise, the 'power behind the throne' – these phrases sum up Zhou Enlai's long and varied, but always pivotal, political career in the Chinese Communist Party from the 1920s to 19……続きを見る

China is now the most powerful country on earth. Its manufacturing underpins the world's economy; its military is growing at the fastest rate of any nation and its leader - Xi Jinping - is to set th……続きを見る

In the next decade China's actions on the world stage will affect us all. A new superpower, with the largest population and GDP on the globe, there are now fears that China is becoming more assertiv……続きを見る

Mongolia remains a beautiful barren land of spectacularly clothed horse-riders, nomadic romance and windswept landscape. But modern Mongolia is now caught between two giants: China and Russia; and k……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

One of the most important figures in global politics during the second half of the 20th century; Deng Xiaoping is generally considered the central figure behind China's economic liberalization progr……続きを見る

Macau, uma pequena península situada no delta do Rio das Pérolas, no sul da China, é um dos territórios mais singulares e fascinantes do mundo. Poucos lugares carregam consigo a rica e complexa mist……続きを見る

Major themes in the history of finance in China reflect the persistent tension between a powerful state guiding the economy versus vibrant market forces operating according to basic commercial princ……続きを見る

This groundbreaking study examines the unlikely merger of two Japanese cultural phenomena, an 11th-century aristocratic text and contemporary manga comics. It explores the ways in which the manga ve……続きを見る

Following decades of ignoring the environment, China has become a global leader in air and water purification, solid waste management, and wastewater treatment with dramatic growth especially in sol……続きを見る

WINNER Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award 2025, Society of Architectural Historians WINNER Historians of British Art Book Award 2025 for Exemplary Scholarship on the Period between 1800-1960 Small Spa……続きを見る

Perhaps the most important contribution the Phoenician civilization has made is the modern-day phonetic alphabet. In this book, you will get to trace how the phonetic alphabet was used as the basis ……続きを見る

Learn to summarize all of the legacies of the ancient civilizations of India. This is an easy to read and comprehend book on ancient history that only focuses on one region. It is an ideal addition ……続きを見る

Passing, Posing, Persuasion interrogates the intersections between cultural production, identity, and persuasive messaging that idealized inclusion and unity across Japan’s East Asian empire (1895–1……続きを見る

Azerbaijan, a souverain republic as broad as Austria and located on the Caspian Sea’s western shore and sharing common borders with Russian Federation, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey and Iran. Having enjo……続きを見る

When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) assumed power in October 1949 China was one of the poorest nations in the world and so weak it had been conquered in the late 1930s and early 1940s by its neig……続きを見る

Can you point on the map the location of Mongolia? It’s not as popular as its neighboring countries but it has beauty distinct to itself. In this geography book, your child will be learning more tha……続きを見る

'The reigning Queen of Classics' Spectator 'Mary Beard is the best in the business' Dan Snow 'Excellent' Guardian **'Enthralling' Sunday Times Britain's most famous classicist asks: what are civilis……続きを見る

History records all the events of the past. In this book, we're going to learn about the Story of the Crusades and determine if it has a happy or sad ending. Think of history books as a novel that h……続きを見る

Covering wide-ranging topics from the arts and entertainment to customs and traditions from the ancient imperial and modern eras, Historical Dictionary of Chinese Culture provides more than 300 sepa……続きを見る

India, over the decades, has experienced multiple changes, including population explosion, urbanisation, technological advancement, commercialisation of agriculture, change in land-use pattern, vast……続きを見る

This important new study investigates the competing demand for water in the Bhavani and Noyyal River basins of south India from the early 19th century to the early 21st century from a historical per……続きを見る

An FT SUMMER READ 2020 The forces of globalization have transformed the world economically, but in the West politics is becoming increasingly fractured as living standards stagnate for all but the v……続きを見る

Michael Laver examines how the giving of exotic gifts in early modern Japan facilitated Dutch trade by ascribing legitimacy to the shogunal government and by playing into the shogun's desire to crea……続きを見る

Meditation has flourished in different parts of the world ever since the foundations of the great civilizations were laid. It played a vital role in the formation of Asian cultures that trace much o……続きを見る