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This is the first Open Access book introducing more than 20 of Japan’s leading innovative entrepreneurs from the 17th century to the present. The author outlines the innovative business models creat……続きを見る

This open access book is intended for common readers who are interested in the life story of Qian Xuesen (also know as Tsien Hsue-Shen). Based on a large number of original archives and historical m……続きを見る

"资中筠先生，大概是今天学术界、文化界、思想界中一位最受尊敬的老前辈了。"--梁文道 "她不阿世、不迎俗，以独立的人格，自立于天地之间。"--杨继绳 "作者绝少废话，叙述简练直白，切中肯綮，持论倘正，隐藏启蒙……続きを見る

This Open Access book provides eight problem solving lectures for sustainable development for people, peace, and partnerships. Those are three of the five keywords for the Sustainable Development Go……続きを見る

This open access book asks why and how some of the developing countries have “emerged” under a set of similar global conditions, what led individual countries to choose the particular paths that led……続きを見る

This open access book presents a new translation, interpretation and analysis of selected passages from the so-called Mohist Canon, a Chinese text from ca. 300 BCE, and discusses the role of the tex……続きを見る

Durant la protohistoire, une population joua-t-elle un rôle civilisateur de l'océan Indien à la Méditerranée en passant par la mer Rouge? 続きを見る

　　臺灣在日本統治時期的大正12年(1923)4月16日到27日止，當時身兼攝政重任的裕仁皇太子，曾經來此地訪問。等同天皇位階人員的殖民地訪問（日文稱行啟），不只是在臺灣，在日本本國也是劃時代的創舉。本次臺灣訪……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

This open access book considers a pivotal era in Chinese history from a global perspective. This book’s insight into Chinese and international history offers timely and challenging perspectives on i……続きを見る

This open access book reconstructs and examines a crucial episode of Anglo-Iberian diplomatic rivalry: the clash between the Portuguese-sponsored Jesuit missionaries and the English East India Compa……続きを見る

This open access book provides an analysis of human actors and their capacity to explore and conceptualise their own agency by being curious, gathering knowledge, and shaping identities in their tra……続きを見る

This book examines mid-Victorian discourse on the expansion of the British Empire’s role in the Middle East. It investigates how British political leaders, journalists and the general public respond……続きを見る

Basil Edward Hammond's 'The Political Institutions of the Ancient Greeks' is a comprehensive study that delves into the intricacies of the political structures of ancient Greek city-states. Hammond ……続きを見る

好評不斷，台灣史名學者聯合推薦的台灣史！ ★榮獲行政院新聞局「第33次中小學生優良課外讀物」推薦（人文類） ★台灣史名學者 聯合推薦 「這本書讓您生趣盎然認識台灣歷史。」ー台灣師範大學歷史系 吳文星教授 「一……続きを見る

This open access book assesses the profound impact of Japan’s aspirations to become a great power on Japanese security, democracy and foreign relations. Rather than viewing the process of normalizat……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

This open access book discusses a variety of important but unprecedented ways in which psychology can be useful to philosophy. The early chapters illustrate this theme via comparisons between Chines……続きを見る

作者是退休电视新闻编辑，旧南洋大学历史系毕业，现年73岁。 本着对历史的兴趣，作者从学术的角度，客观地评述了中国在1989年发生的天安门事件。（《重读‘六四’-提点问题 说点感想》） 古为今用，“中（中国）为新……続きを見る

隨著香港發展成為強大的經濟體，商業航空逐漸成型。王迪安博士認為香港能夠發展成為區域及全球航空業樞紐並非全球流動時代的必然結果。《香港振翅》一書探討香港如何轉變成為航空業樞紐，旨在敘述源於亞洲間及區域……続きを見る

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. Rethinking the ways global history is envisioned and conceptualized in diverse countries such as China, Japan, Mexico or Spain, this collections c……続きを見る

This text provides a thorough examination of the history of Myanmar from Neolithic times to the present. Myanmar has experienced a seemingly endless series of conquerors, dating from prehistoric tim……続きを見る

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia offers the first comprehensive, cross-disciplinary overview of key issues in Central Asian studies. The 30 chapters by leading and emerging schola……続きを見る

To this day, Japan's modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and why the modern world looks the way it does. In this e……続きを見る

The Constitution of the Republic of China, authored by the government of the Republic of China, is a seminal document that outlines the political structure, principles, and rights within the Republi……続きを見る

It’s about the almost forgotten Glorious Cham Hindu kingdoms of Champa buried in the past of today’s VietnamIt’s about the almost forgotten Glorious Cham Hindu kingdoms of Champa buried in the past ……続きを見る

In the 'Constitution of the Soviet Union,' J. V. Stalin critically examines the foundational principles and structure of the Soviet political system. Written in a straightforward and authoritative s……続きを見る

This open access book examines why Japan discontinued its quarter-century history of troop contribution to UN Peacekeeping Operations (1992–2017). Japan had deployed its troops as UN peacekeepers si……続きを見る

This open access book explores the histories and geographies of fishing in North Korea and the surrounding nations. With the ideological and environmental history of North Korea in mind, the book ex……続きを見る

In 'American Diplomacy in the Orient' by John W. Foster, readers are taken on a journey through the history and evolution of American diplomatic relations in the East. Foster's detailed account shed……続きを見る