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This volume examines the role of objects in the region north of early dynastic state centers, at the intersection of Ancient China and Eurasia, a large area that stretches from Xinjiang to the China……続きを見る

How to remember World War Two in East Asia is a huge source of friction between China and Japan, causing major diplomatic and political difficulties right up to the present. As this book shows, howe……続きを見る

From Jail to Jail  is the political autobiography of Sutan Ibrahim gelar Tan Malaka, an enigmatic and colorful political thinker of twentieth-century Asia, who was one of the most influential figure……続きを見る

The death by famine of tens of millions of human beings in Asia and Africa during the Victorian era (1837–1901) is “the secret history of the nineteenth century” about which Western history books co……続きを見る

Prisoners of the Sumatra Railway is the first book to detail the experiences of British former prisoners of war (POWs) who were forced to construct a railway across Sumatra during the Japanese occup……続きを見る

The last and most intriguing book of the Ramayana, the Uttara Kanda is rendered here by noted Sanskrit scholar Arshia Sattar in vivid, sensuous detail. First composed around 500 BCE, it tells the st……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

Ⓞ 精選臺灣歷史上具代表性的名人與偉人，以34篇精采故事介紹給小讀者。Ⓞ 故事描述由淺入深，讓小讀者「津津有味」的了解臺灣歷史名人，輕鬆奠定歷史基礎。Ⓞ 文字均搭配精美、趣味插圖，閱讀、理解容易，且加深記憶……続きを見る

Ⓞ 精選臺灣民間具代表性的傳奇與趣聞，以26篇精采故事介紹給小讀者。Ⓞ 故事描述精采有趣，讓小讀者輕鬆藉由臺灣民間故事，増進對臺灣各地的了解。Ⓞ 文字均搭配精美、趣味插圖，閱讀、理解容易，且加深記憶。年齡：……続きを見る

Ⓞ 精選臺灣各地具代表性的民俗、慶典、文化等33篇精采的故事，讓小讀者更認識台灣。Ⓞ 故事描述流暢、趣味，讀來輕鬆自在，宛如身歷臺灣各地體驗民俗民情，極為生活化與在地性，適合親子共同増 進對臺灣的了解。Ⓞ ……続きを見る

The Routledge Handbook of Asian Security Studies provides a detailed exploration of security dynamics in the three distinct subregions that comprise Asia, and also bridges the study of these regions……続きを見る

As religious polarisation in society deepens, political actors and policy-makers have begun to struggle with questions on the role of the dominant religion and how religion influences constitutional……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1926, is neither a catalogue of libraries and record offices, no is it a selection of transcripts from the English and Indian archives. The object of the undertaking is……続きを見る

In October 1860, at the culmination of the Second Opium War, British and French troops looted and destroyed one of the most important palace complexes in imperial Chinaーthe Yuanmingyuan. Known in t……続きを見る

Central Asia was the sole Muslim region of the former Russian Empire that lacked a centralized Islamic organization, or muftiate. When Soviet leader Joseph Stalin created such a body for the region ……続きを見る

"Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier" is an account of the of sixteen years spent working with tribes in Afghanistan. Theodore Leighton Pennell (1867-1912) was a doctor and Christian missio……続きを見る

This book explores the regional coordination and impact of state responses to irregular migration in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The main argument is that regional and international trends of se……続きを見る

Language, Literacy, and Social Change in Mongolia is the first full-length treatment of literacy in Mongolian. Challenging readers’ assumptions about Central Asia and Mongolia, this book focuses on ……続きを見る

Myanmar, since its independence from the British in 1948, has witnessed decades of military dictatorship, a plethora of ethnic and political problems, and an arduous struggle to political normalcy a……続きを見る

This work focuses exclusively on Rabindranath Tagore's sermons/addresses and miscellaneous prose writings in Bengali. With a substantive introduction by Amiya P. Sen identifying various stages in th……続きを見る

In its most brutal form, the prison in British India was an instrument of the colonial state for instilling fear and dealing with resistance. Exploring the lived experience of select political priso……続きを見る

Environmental history of India has developed as an important field of inquiry in the last twenty-five years. While providing major insights, the existing scholarship has primarily focused on drawing……続きを見る

Over the past three decades, Uzbekistan has attracted the attention of the academic and policy communities because of its geostrategic importance, its critical role in shaping or unshaping Central A……続きを見る

This book analyses the Uyghur community, presenting a brief historical background of the Uyghurs and debating the challenges of emerging Uyghur nationalism in the early 20th century. It elaborates o……続きを見る

Deng Xiaoping is widely acknowledged as the principal architect of China’s economic reforms, but how far was he also responsible for shaping China’s foreign policy which emphasized “peace and develo……続きを見る

This book proposes the alternative explanation on the pattern of ethnic conflict, especially the on-going civil war in Myanmar. Previously, most scholars accepted that narcotics play the crucial rol……続きを見る

A new interpretation of imperialism and environmental change, and the anxieties imperialism generated through environmental transformation and interaction with unknown landscapes. Tying together Sou……続きを見る

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject History - Asia, National University of Malaysia, course: History, language: English, abstract: Japan cautious in establishing closer ……続きを見る

Since the concept of the Silk Road as an avenue of inter-civilizational exchange emerged more than 130 years ago, scholars from both Eastern and Western societies have conducted persistent research ……続きを見る

The Partition of India left in its wake far-reaching consequences for the northeastern state of Assam. Appearing to be caught in a time warp, the region continues to grapple with questions that enga……続きを見る