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In the highly regulated world of nuclear fuel processing, there is zero margin for error. Yet in 1999, at a fuel preparation plant in Tokaimura, Japan, technicians were actively encouraged to use st……続きを見る

For over fifteen centuries, the Silk Road network connected East and West through overland routes traversing deserts, mountain passes, and steppe grasslands. More than a single path, this complex sy……続きを見る

Chinese dynastic history was not a series of isolated reigns but a continuous evolution of institutional frameworks that shaped governance for three millennia. This book examines how administrative ……続きを見る

The Silk Road is romanticized as a continuous route carrying exotic goods between East and West. Yet this linear narrative overlooks the complex reality: dozens of interconnected trade networks oper……続きを見る

Ancient Egyptian culture appears exotic to modern eyesーanimal-headed gods, elaborate mummification, towering templesーbut beneath these striking visuals lay a coherent worldview that governed every……続きを見る

This groundbreaking volume offers a historical comparison between the events leading up to World War I and current global tensions related to the economical and political rise of Asia. What are the ……続きを見る

Lonely Planet Across Asia on the Cheap is a reprint of the very first Lonely Planet guide, originally published in 1973. It gives anyone interested in travel a unique insight into how Lonely Planet ……続きを見る

En un país donde el silencio es ley y la vigilancia nunca duerme, los habitantes de Pyongyang aprenden a moverse entre sombras. En las calles de Tongil Street, un lugar donde lo prohibido se interca……続きを見る

Japan is arguably today's most successful industrial economy, combining almost unprecedented affluence with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products are consumed a……続きを見る

First published in 1988, Science, Politics and the Cold War is a history of the cold-war era that demonstrates the extent to which science and scientists have been implicated in every aspect of the ……続きを見る

First published in 1967, The Giants of Asia discusses the growth of Asian nationalism and Asian power. It surveys the major Asian countries and the three major forms that Asian nationalism has taken……続きを見る

The growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Asia-Pacific region greatly surpasses the world average. When the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is better realized, then the world’s larg……続きを見る

"Moving to Kazakhstan: A Comprehensive Guide" is your essential companion for anyone considering a move to this vibrant and diverse country in Central Asia. Written by seasoned traveler and expatria……続きを見る

On his first morning in Taiwan in 1981, Mark O'Neill was awoken by military conscripts singing a patriotic song on the sports ground of their camp. It was a fitting introduction to martial law and t……続きを見る

Embark on an extraordinary journey through the heart of Central Asia with "Discovering Kazakhstan: A Traveler's Guide." Written by seasoned traveler and explorer William Jones, this comprehensive gu……続きを見る

Are you ready to embark on a life-changing journey to the enchanting Land of Smiles? "A Guide to Moving to Thailand: Your Passport to a New Adventure" is your indispensable companion to making the d……続きを見る

Are you considering a life-changing move to the bustling and vibrant city of Singapore? "A Guide to Relocating to Singapore: Your Path to a Vibrant Life in the Lion City" is your comprehensive compa……続きを見る

Are you ready to embark on a life-changing journey to the enchanting Land of Smiles? "A Guide to Moving to Thailand: Your Passport to a New Adventure" is your indispensable companion to making the d……続きを見る

A NEW TESTAMENT offers a recast economic, legal, and social history of the strangely neglected, enduring and power-laden relationship between a Scandinavian Transatlantic mission and the Santals, Bo……続きを見る

Ce guide fera office de véritable vadémécum à qui souhaite s’intégrer sans trop d’accrocs dans la société vietnamienne, qu’il soit un simple voyageur, un entrepreneur, un diplomate ou une personne a……続きを見る

Remembering Hiroshima, the city obliterated by the world's first nuclear attack, has been a complicated and intensely politicized process, as we learn from Lisa Yoneyama's sensitive investigation of……続きを見る

This exciting third volume of David B. Honey’s comprehensive history of Chinese thought begins with China after nomadic invaders overran the northern regions of the historic kingdom. The differentia……続きを見る

Volume II of David M. Honey’s comprehensive history of Chinese thought covers a vital 500-year stretch in China’s history, from national unification in 221 BCE to the first post-imperial fragmentati……続きを見る

Cassella-Blackburn and Langone provide an account of the ways in which the small group of zealots known as the China Lobby conspired to create a hysterical fear of the threat of Soviet imperialism a……続きを見る

The promise of magic has always commanded the human imagination, but the story of industrial modernity is usually seen as a process of disenchantment. Drawing on the writings and performances of the……続きを見る

From Comfort Woman: “We began the day with breakfast, after which we swept and cleaned our rooms. Then we went to the bathroom downstairs to wash the only dress we had and to bathe. The bathroom did……続きを見る

This monumental reference workーlong awaited by collectors and scholarsーfills an important gap in the available literature on oriental rugs. Lavishly illustrated with over 1000 photographs and draw……続きを見る

This book includes every Supreme Court case relevant to gender and sexual equality from the Court's beginnings in 1787 to the end of the 1999/2000 term. It is a primary document reference book, orga……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1973, gives a vivid picture of British-Indian social life from the eighteenth century to Independence, as well as of the houses themselves. The Government Houses were n……続きを見る

The Chinese government has attempted to bolster its legitimacy as a political response to emerging social, cultural, political, economic, environmental challenges and crises experienced during marke……続きを見る