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In 1938, with the Japanese army approaching from Nanking, Huan Hsu’s great-great grandfather, Liu, and his five granddaughters, were forced to flee their hometown on the banks of the Yangtze River. ……続きを見る

The Indian village council, or panchayat, has long held an iconic place in India. Ironies of Colonial Governance traces the history of that ideal and the attempts to adapt it to colonial governance.……続きを見る

This is the second of two volumes on the Sung Dynasty, which together provide a comprehensive history of China from the fall of the T'ang Dynasty in 907 to the Mongol conquest of the Southern Sung i……続きを見る

Based on in-depth ethnographic work, this book presents a study of Filipinas trafficked to South Korea, focusing on women who entered South Korea as migrant entertainers and subsequently became depl……続きを見る

Nazi Germany and Japan occupied huge areas at least for some period during World War II, and those territories became integral parts of their war economies. The book focuses on the policies of World……続きを見る

Voices of East Asia provides significant yet accessible readings in translation chosen to stimulate interest in the long and rich cultural history of East Asia, the countries of China, Japan, and Ko……続きを見る

The year 2016 is the Chinese Year of the Monkey – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – an interesting year of……続きを見る

The year 2016 is the Chinese Year of the Monkey – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – an interesting year of……続きを見る

The year 2016 is the Chinese Year of the Monkey – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – an interesting year of……続きを見る

The year 2016 is the Chinese Year of the Monkey – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – an interesting year of……続きを見る

The year 2016 is the Chinese Year of the Monkey – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – an interesting year of……続きを見る

The year 2016 is the Chinese Year of the Monkey – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – an interesting year of……続きを見る

The year 2016 is the Chinese Year of the Monkey – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – an interesting year of……続きを見る

The year 2016 is the Chinese Year of the Monkey – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – an interesting year of……続きを見る

Momentum and the East Timor Independence Movement: The Origins of America’s Debate on East Timor examines the campaigns by people in the United States on behalf of those seeking peace for East Timor……続きを見る

The year 2016 is the Chinese Year of the Monkey – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – an interesting year of……続きを見る

Yokohama Street Life: The Precarious Career of a Japanese Day Laborer is a one-man ethnography, tracing the career of a single Japanese day laborer called Kimitsu, from his wartime childhood in the ……続きを見る

The year 2016 is the Chinese Year of the Monkey – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – an interesting year of……続きを見る

The year 2016 is the Chinese Year of the Monkey – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – an interesting year of……続きを見る

The year 2016 is the Chinese Year of the Monkey – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – an interesting year of……続きを見る

The year 2016 is the Chinese Year of the Monkey – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – an interesting year of……続きを見る

The Second World War was not fought by Britain alone. India produced the largest volunteer army in world history: over 2 million men. But, until now, there has never been a comprehensive account of ……続きを見る

No es tracta d'un llibre religiós. Tampoc parla sobre budisme. Ni n'és un de turístic. El Tibet trenca el seu silenci és un llibre cívic. 35 cròniques amb to periodístic que relaten de primera mà i ……続きを見る

Operation Meghdoot was launched by the Indian Army on the barren and icy heights of the Siachen Glacier to thwart Pakistan from gaining control of this strategically located glacier. For three decad……続きを見る

The Great Rebellion of 1857 in India was much more than a ‘sepoy mutiny’. It was a major event in South Asian and British colonial history that significantly challenged imperialism in India. This fa……続きを見る

With overview essays and more than 400 A-Z entries, this exhaustive encyclopedia documents the history of Asians in America from earliest contact to the present day. Organized topically by group, wi……続きを見る

Basketball has a lock on the Filipino soul. From big arenas in Manila to makeshift hoops in small villages, basketball is played by Filipinos of all walks of life and is used to mark everything from……続きを見る

This book provides a broad account of the international history of East Asia from 1900 to 1968 - a subject that is essential to any understanding of the modern epoch. Whereas much of the scholarship……続きを見る

This groundbreaking book presents the first full history of the Manila galleons, which marked the true beginning of a global economy. Arturo Giraldez, the world’s leading scholar of the galleons, tr……続きを見る

The Historical Dictionary of Science and Technology in Modern China provides the most up-to-date information on science and technology in China from the late nineteenth century to the present. Speci……続きを見る