F.F - Asia 1

Considered a doyen of Meiji studies, particularly in the field of the newspaper press in Japan, former journalist Jim Huffman and H. Orth Hirt Professor of History [Emeritus] at Wittenberg Universit……続きを見る

Republican Citizenship in French Colonial Pondicherry, 1870-1914 revisits and analyses the earlier part of the Third Republic, when France granted citizenship rights to Indians in Pondicherry. This ……続きを見る

The book examines relations between the post-Soviet countries to detect opportunities and limitations of cooperation between them. Existing bilateral and multilateral cooperation are analyzed agains……続きを見る

“With compelling and candid prose, Berkoff takes us to the front lines as life-or-death decisions are made involving living and breathing characters. You must read this to understand what the war wa……続きを見る

In his book “The Study Of Ancient Times In The Malay Peninsula”, Dato Sir Roland Braddell (1880-1966) writes, “No statement could be more untrue or more unwise than that Malaya has no history”. This……続きを見る

L’EGYPTE est presque une terre française. Elie a été régénérée par nos compatriotes, qui ont renouvelé son antique histoire, en déchiffrant les caractères sacrés de ses monuments et de ses papyrus. ……続きを見る

Jeff Sahadeo reveals the complex and fascinating stories of migrant populations in Leningrad and Moscow. Voices from the Soviet Edge focuses on the hundreds of thousands of Uzbeks, Tajiks, Georgians……続きを見る

This book describes struggles of different countries and their development after World War II. It presents a panorama of different ideologies of accelerated development, which dominated the world ju……続きを見る

Der Autor untersucht die zeitgenössische und die diachrone Wahrnehmung des Erinnerungsorts «Boxeraufstand in China» in zwei europäischen Ländern. Dieses spezielle Ereignis hatte vielfältige soziale ……続きを見る

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The Silk Road may be one origin of globalization, but the Indian Ocean is another. Barry Cunliffe examines the beginning of maritime trade using the evidence of archaeology and the tales of great tr……続きを見る

This eBook+ version includes the following enhancements: • Colour images to support visual learning • Pop-up explanations of Who's Who and glossary terms to help readers refresh their knowledge and ……続きを見る

Gendered archaeology in Asia has been studied by archaeologists since the 1990s and scholars have posed questions such as the role and construction of gendered identities in ancient societies. In th……続きを見る

Perhaps more than anywhere else in the world, the nineteenth century encounter between East Asia and the Western world has been narrated as a legal encounter. Commercial treaties--negotiated by dipl……続きを見る

Bombay, devenue Mumbai en 1995, est surtout connue en France pour ses conditions catastrophiques de logement et pour son industrie cinématographique florissante, Bollywood. Au-delà de ces images att……続きを見る

As Tangseng and his three disciples continue on their westward journey, they meet the king of Scarlet Purple Kingdom. The king is gravely ill, sick with grief over the loss of one of his wives who w……続きを見る

The wooden dhow, with its characteristic lateen sail, is an appropriate icon for the early trading world of the Indian Ocean. It was based on free trade unhindered by monopolies or superpower domina……続きを見る

In "Historical Matters Concerning Xinjiang," the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China delivers a comprehensive examination of the sociopolitical dynamics and historical……続きを見る

Colonial and Post-Colonial Identity Politics in South Asia analyses the colonial and post-colonial documentation and caste classification among Muslims in India, demonstrating that religion negotiat……続きを見る

Né il y a à peine un demi-siècle dans la tourmente, le Pakistan - ou " pays des purs "- semble toujours en quête de son identité. L'histoire de cet Etat, dont les racines remonteraient à la civilisa……続きを見る

This book’s main objective is to determine the role, if any, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) plays in de-escalating tensions among its members. It argues that the SCO is uniquely suited ……続きを見る

L'Inde fait aujourd'hui irruption sur la scène internationale à la faveur de la globalisation économique, forte de son nouveau statut de puissance nucléaire et en vertu d'une formidable dynamique cu……続きを見る

The Colonial Office (1956) examines the organisation and work of the Office as it stood in the mid-1950s. The role of the Colonial Office had changed following the Second World War, and this book lo……続きを見る

An article from the November 1921 issue of The Century Magazine in which Nathaniel Peffer discusses the place of Japan in America's relations with China and the impending collision as Japan strives ……続きを見る

Heroes, Horror & Humor is a collection of stories from the tumult of times in the early 20th Century, a compilation of personal tales. It offers stories from both combatants and civilians and gives ……続きを見る

This book contains the complete text, in Chinese, pinyin and English, of all 31 books in the best-selling Journey to the West series of graded readers by Jeff Pepper and Xiao Hui Wang. If printed in……続きを見る

Based on more than a decade's writing, research, and travel, this book offers a rare glimpse into China's expanding economic, cultural, and political power in the Eurasian heartland. China's rise is……続きを見る

After the death of his master Gaofeng Yuanmiao, Zhongfeng Mingben (1263-1323) left Gaofeng's mountain and lived in solitude. For many years, he resided in various small mountain hermitages (often ca……続きを見る

""Future presidents will need to find the right balance in China policy, so as to maintain America's strength and watchfulness but not fall into the classic security dilemma, wherein each side belie……続きを見る

Mayasari-Hoffert examines the depiction of the Left in Indonesian literature since the anti-leftist purge in 1965. With close textual analysis of Indonesian literary texts and their political contex……続きを見る