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Pendant une année, notre famille a été domiciliée au compound diplomatique, Munsundong, Taedonggang district, à Pyongyang.Nous avons pu soulever un coin du rideau, nous glisser dans le décor, et nou……続きを見る

Creating Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force, 1945–2015 is a timely contribution to postwar Japan security studies. It is the first comprehensive account of Japan’s post-1945 army, including a compreh……続きを見る

This book provides a timely analysis of the politics, philosophy, and history of Chinese power, focusing on social, strategic, and diplomatic trends that have shaped China for over three thousand ye……続きを見る

The South China Sea has long been regarded as one of the most complex and challenging ocean-related maritime disputes in East Asia. Recently it has become the locus of disputes that have the potenti……続きを見る

தமிழ் இலக்கிய வரலாற்று ஆசிரியர்கள் விரிவாக எழுதாததும், கடல் கொண்டு மறைத்த மிகப் பழங்காலத்தைச் சேர்ந்ததுமான ஒரு சூழ்நிலையில் இந்தக் கதை நிகழ்கிறது. இன்றும் தமிழ் மொழிக்குப் பெருமையளித்துக் கொண்டிருக்……続きを見る

Providing a modern English translation of a key selection of Ibn Fadl Allah al-`Umarī’s Masālik al-absār, this book offers a rich description of Egypt and Syria under the Mamluks in the first half o……続きを見る

Over the centuries, the Hmong have called many places home, including China, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and most recently France, Australia, and the United States. Their new neighbors, though welcomin……続きを見る

Manchuria entered the twentieth century as a neglected backwater of the dying Qing dynasty, and within a few short years became the focus of intense international rivalry to control its resources an……続きを見る

This is a riveting firsthand account by Blake Kerr, an American doctor who inadvertently walked into one of the grimmest scenes of political oppression in the world. Kerr was visiting Tibet with his……続きを見る

The epic of Gesar has been the national treasure of Tibet for almost a thousand years. An open canon of tales about a superhuman warrior-king, the epic is still a living oral tradition, included on ……続きを見る

Japanese security, economic, institutional, and developmental policies have undergone a remarkable evolution in the 70 years since the end of World War II. In this volume, distinguished Japanese sch……続きを見る

*Shortlisted for the 2018 Book Award in Social Sciences of the Central Eurasian Studies Society* Rewriting the Nation in Modern Kazakh Literature is a book about cultural transformations and traject……続きを見る

這是一本以普通民眾為對象的通俗臺灣歷史書，但是歷史學家、人類學家也可以用輕鬆的態度來讀一讀。臺灣史話的範圍不但多而且雜，本書以史事的重要性及趣味性為選擇的條件，從原住民在臺灣居住下來到日本對臺灣統治……続きを見る

In this book, Xiaolong Wu offers a comprehensive and in-depth study of the Zhongshan state during China's Warring States Period (476–221 BCE). Analyzing artefacts, inscriptions, and grandiose funera……続きを見る

Even 700 years after the suppression of the Order of the Temple and the execution of the last grandmaster, Jacques de Molay, there is no shortage of publications on this influential military order. ……続きを見る

Asia in International Relations decolonizes conventional understandings and representations of Asia in International Relations (IR). This book opens by including all those geographical and cultural ……続きを見る

Within the next decade, China could be home to more Christians than any country in the world. Through the 150-year saga of a single family, this book vividly dramatizes the remarkable religious evol……続きを見る

By tracing the evolving worldview of Vietnamese communists over 80 years as they led Vietnam through wars, social revolution, and peaceful development, this book shows the depth and resilience of th……続きを見る

The Defiant Border explores why the Afghan-Pakistan borderlands have remained largely independent of state controls from the colonial period into the twenty-first century. This book looks at local P……続きを見る

In this compelling new study, Louise Edwards explores the lives of some of China's most famous women warriors and wartime spies through history. Focusing on key figures including Hua Mulan, Zheng Pi……続きを見る

This deeply informed and clearly written text provides a comprehensive and comprehensible history of China from prehistory to the present. Now updated to include recent political events and scientif……続きを見る

This book examines the historical background of game development, offline and online gamer interactions, and presents a method to study the health impacts of digital games in East Asia. Focusing on ……続きを見る

Fletcher explains how three writers ー Ryu Shintaro, Royama Masamichi, and Miki Kiyoshi ー who were supporters of democratic socialism became ideologues for the East Asian bloc ideal that rationaliz……続きを見る

The trial of Cultural Revolution leaders, including Mao's widow and her Gang of Four, was the signal event in China's post-Mao transition. In its wake, Chinese socialism emerged from the rubble of t……続きを見る

This book argues that the history of colonial empires has been shaped to a considerable extent by negative emotions such as anxiety, fear and embarrassment as well as by the regular occurrence of pa……続きを見る

Winner of the 2019 Scott Bills Memorial Prize for Outstanding First Book in Peace History. Memory, Reconciliation, and Reunions in South Korea: Crossing the Divide explores the history and tells the……続きを見る

In recent years, there has been a noticeable and enthusiastic increase of interest in Buddhist temples and Shintō shrines in Japan. The legends of these temples and shrines are recorded in many hist……続きを見る

For two hundred years India was the jewel in the British imperial crown. During the course of governing India – the Raj – a number of words came to have particular meanings in the imperial lexicon. ……続きを見る

This edition does not include illustrations. Inspiration for the major film starring Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal and Huma Qureshi and directed by Gurinder Chadha. Seventy years a……続きを見る

While the rise of the charmingly simple, brilliantly evocative haiku is often associated with the seventeenth-century Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, the form had already flourished for more than four h……続きを見る