A Malayan White Mischief.
‘On Sunday, 23 April 1911, Ethel Proudlock attended Mass at St Mary’s Church in Kuala Lumpur. She was well-liked at St Mary’s. She helped with jumble sales and had recently……続きを見る
著者:Melanie Chew
出版社: World Scientific Publishing Company
発売日: 2015年07月29日
Singapore is a unique city-state, an economic miracle, a political phenomenon. Many marvel at her very existence. How did Singapore survive? Who built this country? What is the secret of her success……続きを見る
The Bangkok Story traces the history of Bangkok up to the present day, and describes and places the main buildings in the city in context, to explain to the visitor their meaning and relevance, some……続きを見る
著者:Richard Cockett
出版社: Yale University Press
発売日: 2015年09月01日
Burma is one of the largest countries in Southeast Asia and was once one of its richest. Under successive military regimes, however, the country eventually ended up as one of the poorest countries i……続きを見る
South and Southeast Asia continue to be extremely critical regions, deeply intertwined and bound in many ways by centuries of intersecting histories. As the recent experiences of rapid and transform……続きを見る
著者:Yong Soon Tan
出版社: World Scientific Publishing Company
発売日: 2015年08月27日
In conjunction with Singapore's 50th birthday in August 2015, 50 Years of Environment: Singapore's Journey Towards Environmental Sustainability takes the reader through Singapore's environmental jou……続きを見る
Thailand’s position during the Cold War was ambiguous: the country’s political leadership was very keen to maintain the country’s independence on the world stage, yet at the same time was anxious to……続きを見る
“Calling in the Soul” (Hu Plig) is the chant the Hmong use to guide the soul of a newborn baby into its body on the third day after birth. Based on extensive original research conducted in the late ……続きを見る
Do ethnic minorities have the power to alter the course of their fortune when living within a socialist state? In Frontier Livelihoods, the authors focus their study on the Hmong - known in China as……続きを見る
Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Hô Chi Minh et l’indépendance du Viêt Nam en moins d’une heure !
Adulé dans son pays, Hô Chi Minh occupe une place à part dans l’histoire vietnamienne. ……続きを見る
This book presents extensive new research findings on and new thinking about Southeast Asia in this interesting, richly diverse, but much understudied period. It examines the wide and well-developed……続きを見る
This fascinating and insightful volume introduces readers to food as a window to the social and cultural history and geography of Singapore. It demonstrates how the food we consume, the ways in whic……続きを見る
著者:Cheng Lian Pang
出版社: World Scientific Publishing Company
発売日: 2015年10月23日
Singapore's success story is essentially a 'people' story. Singaporeans have good reason to celebrate the nation's golden jubilee with pride. In the short space of five decades the country has moved……続きを見る
La Birmanie (renommée Myanmar en 1989) est l'un des grands carrefours de l'Asie. Aux confins de l'Inde et de la Chine, elle est le reflet des influences multiples qu'elle tire de sa position géograp……続きを見る
Partie centrale de la péninsule indochinoise avec un long appendice dans la presqu'île de Malacca, la Thaïlande n'a justifié son appellation moderne de pays des Thais (Thai) qu'à une date relativeme……続きを見る
In 1939, the German sociologist Norbert Elias published his groundbreaking work The Civilizing Process, which has come to be regarded as one of the most influential works of sociology today. In this……続きを見る
著者:Aung San Suu Kyi
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2010年07月14日
Freedom from Fear - collected writings from the Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi's collected writings - edited by her late husband, whom the ruling military junta prevented……続きを見る
著者:Adam Lifshey
出版社: University of Michigan Press
発売日: 2015年11月23日
Subversions of the American Century: Filipino Literature in Spanish and the Transpacific Transformation of the United States argues that the moment the United States became an overseas colonial powe……続きを見る
The Basques played a remarkably influential role in the creation and maintenance of Spain’s colonial establishment in the Philippines. Their skills as shipbuilders and businessmen, their evangelical……続きを見る
Thai Literature ー An Introduction is a study of the extensive and diverse writings that form an integral part of the Thai literary tradition. The book has been divided into tentative periods beginn……続きを見る
In Metroimperial Intimacies Victor Román Mendoza combines historical, literary, and archival analysis with queer-of-color critique to show how U.S. imperial incursions into the Philippines enabled t……続きを見る
In the 50th anniversary year of Singapore's independence, it is timely to trace our developmental journey in order that young Singaporeans students, visiting tourists and foreigners working in Singa……続きを見る
This book contributes to an understanding of how globalization affects the lives of ordinary people. Since the middle of the twentieth century Taiwan has undergone a remarkably rapid change from a p……続きを見る
This book sheds new light on the foreign policies, roles, and positions of neutral states and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in the global Cold War.
The volume places the neutral states and the NAM ……続きを見る
Archaeology of East Asia constitutes an introduction to social and political development from the Palaeolithic to 8th-century early historic times. It takes a regional view across China, Korea, Japa……続きを見る
**WINNER OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION'S JOHN K. FAIRBANK PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDHILL HISTORY PRIZE 2017
'This is the finest single-volume history of Vietnam in English. It challenge……続きを見る
Prince Bira was a member of the Thai Royal family, descended from his grandfather HM Mongkut of Siam. Bira's cousin, another royal named Prince Cula, funded his racing career from the 1930s through ……続きを見る
著者:Philip Dröge
出版社: Uitgeverij Unieboek | Het Spectrum
発売日: 2015年02月19日
Het meeslepende verhaal van een van de grootste vulkaanuitbarstingen aller tijden
'Dröge belicht zijn onderwerp van alle kanten en levert een meeslepend boek af.' Trouw
In april 1815 vond op het eil……続きを見る
Profiles in courage - the definitive history of the Victoria Cross and New Zealand, fully updated in this new edition.
For 150 years the highest Commonwealth military decoration for gallantry has be……続きを見る
著者:Stephen L Keck
出版社: Palgrave Macmillan UK
発売日: 2015年10月06日
British Burma in the New Century draws upon neglected but talented colonial authors to portray Burma between 1895 and 1918, which was the apogee of British governance. These writers, most of them 'B……続きを見る