This book tells the story of Bali-the "paradise island of the Pacific"-its rulers and its people, and their encounters with the Western world.
Balinese history tells a fascinating story. For a thous……続きを見る
著者:Tuong Vu
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2016年12月31日
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
著者:Chong Yah Lim
出版社: World Scientific Publishing Company
発売日: 2017年01月18日
Why are some nations rich and others poor? Why do the citizens of some countries lead a happy, prosperous life while others struggle in terrible want?This book takes the reader through the eventful ……続きを見る
著者:Ben Kiernan
出版社: Oxford University Press
発売日: 2017年02月10日
For many Westerners, the name Vietnam evokes images of a bloody televised American war that generated a firestorm of protest and brought conflict into their living rooms. In his sweeping account, Be……続きを見る
著者:John D. Ciorciari
出版社: Georgetown University Press
発売日: 2010年08月16日
The Limits of Alignment is an engaging and accessible study that explores how small states and middle powers of Southeast Asia ensure their security in a world where they are overshadowed by greater……続きを見る
著者:Yi Li
出版社: Palgrave Macmillan US
発売日: 2017年02月25日
Using previously unexplored archives from colonial institutions and individuals, and primary materials produced by the Burmese Chinese, this comprehensive study investigates over a century of histor……続きを見る
In 1936, Ngo Van was captured, imprisoned, and tortured in the dreaded Maison Centrale prison in Saigon for his part in the struggle to free Vietnam from French colonial rule. Five years later, Viet……続きを見る
Explore the fascinating history of south-east Asia
A Short History of South-East Asia, Sixth Edition is the latest in a series of updated texts spotlighting this fascinating region. With revised cha……続きを見る
著者:Imma Ramos
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2017年03月16日
From the late nineteenth century onwards the concept of Mother India assumed political significance in colonial Bengal. Reacting against British rule, Bengali writers and artists gendered the nation……続きを見る
“It took courage to do what Spalding didーcourage to make theatre so naked and unadorned, to expose himself in this way and fight the demons in public. In doing so, he entered our heartsーmy heartー……続きを見る
Marcelino Truong: Marcelino Truong is an illustrator, painter, and author. Born the son of a Vietnamese diplomat in 1957 in the Philippines, he and his family moved to America (where his father work……続きを見る
The Thiri Rama – or the Great Rama – was written for court performance and is the only known illustrated version of the Ramayana story in Myanmar. Based on palm-leaf manuscripts and scenes carved on……続きを見る
Finalist, Templer Medal
In the spring of 1944, on the eastern front of India near the Burmese border, the seemingly unstoppable Imperial Japanese Army suffered the worst defeat in its history at the……続きを見る
Après une veillée funèbre, quand ils se séparèrent en pleine nuit, dans un état voisin de l'ivresse, les deux amis d'enfance pouvaient-ils s'imaginer que dans un proche avenir, ils se retrouveraient……続きを見る
著者:Yves Boquet
出版社: Springer International Publishing
発売日: 2017年04月21日
This book presents an updated view of the Philippines, focusing on thematic issues rather than a description region by region. Topics include typhoons, population growth, economic difficulties, agra……続きを見る
Just hours after two pilots had taken possession of a Cessna aircraft, they were flying over the Midwest on a lovely autumn morning when their small plane was targeted by F-16 fighter jets. It was S……続きを見る
On May 8, 1945, Victory in Europe Day-shortened to "V.E. Day"-brought with it the demise of Nazi Germany. But for the Allies, the war was only half-won. Exhausted but exuberant American soldiers, re……続きを見る
(This edition contains a limited number of illustrations.)
The most frank, readable and detailed account available in the English language of the political, economic, environmental and cultural chan……続きを見る
**The definitive history of modern Vietnam and its diverse and divided past
“The best one-volume history of modern Vietnam in English.” ーWall Street Journal**
In Vietnam, Christopher Goscha tells t……続きを見る
Although not a major player during the course of the First World War, Southeast Asia was in fact altered by the war in multiple and profound ways. Ranging across British Malaya, the Dutch East Indie……続きを見る
著者:Colin Brown
出版社: Allen & Unwin
発売日: 2003年07月01日
Islamic, authoritarian, democratic, developing, disintegrating, Indonesia is an enigma to outside observers who have never seemed sure just what it is.
The largest country in its region, Indonesia h……続きを見る
著者:Philip Short
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2013年04月25日
Pol Pot was an idealistic, reclusive figure with great charisma and personal charm. He initiated a revolution whose radical egalitarianism exceeded any other in history. But in the process, Cambodia……続きを見る
著者:Tony Shome
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2004年08月02日
This book demonstrates how particular values and 'notions of leadership', which underpinned traditional Malay leadership, have played a crucial role in the political evolution of the modern Malaysia……続きを見る
Thailand is one of the world’s most popular travel destinations for many very good reasons: friendly people, warm climate, sandy beaches, clear sea, stunning landscape, fascinating culture, spicy fo……続きを見る
Offering the first comprehensive history of U.S relations with Indonesia during the 1960s, Economists with Guns explores one of the central dynamics of international politics during the Cold War: th……続きを見る
Journey Through the Philippines is the ultimate Philippines travel pictorial for exploring Asia's second largest archipelago, home to some of the world's most beautiful natural landscapes.
Often ove……続きを見る
著者:David M. Pomfret
出版社: Stanford University Press
発売日: 2017年05月16日
This is the first study of its kind to provide such a broadly comparative and in-depth analysis of children and empire. Youth and Empire brings to light new research and new interpretations on two r……続きを見る
Minds Without Fear is an intellectual and cultural history of India during the period of British occupation. It demonstrates that this was a period of renaissance in India in which philosophy--both ……続きを見る
著者:Tobias Wolff
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2017年08月08日
“We weren’t meant to be here.” From the modern classic memoir, In Pharaoh’s Army, a selection by Tobias Wolff portrays the final days of civilian life before boarding the bus that would carry him to……続きを見る