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A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Duong Van Mai Elliott's The Sacred Willow illuminates recent Vietnamese history by weaving together the stories of the lives of four generations of her family. Beg……続きを見る

This is the remarkable story of tea and its uses from ancient times to the present. The narrative takes the reader from the jungles of Southeast Asia to the splendour of the Tang and Song Dynasties ……続きを見る

A Poet and Bin-Laden is a novel set in Central Asia at the turn of the 21st century against a swirling backdrop of Islamic fundamentalism in the Ferghana Valley and beyond. The story begins on the e……続きを見る

In A History of Myanmar since Ancient Times, Michael Aung-Thwin and Maitrii Aung-Thwin take us from the sacred stupas of the plains of Pagan to grand, colonial-era British mansions, revealing the st……続きを見る

This fully illustrated book tells the story of China through 96 short biographies. Expert authors have drawn on a huge range of sources to assemble information about the widest possible range of ind……続きを見る

Wissenschaftlicher Aufsatz aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Asien, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Südflanke der ehemaligen Sowjetunion ist eine alte, geschichtlich gewachsene Konflik……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur la guerre d’Afghanistan de 1979 à 1989 en moins d’une heure ! C’est en pleine guerre froide qu’a lieu la guerre d’Afghanistan, qui voit s’affronter sur ……続きを見る

Taliban: A Critical History from Within by Abdul Hai Mutma’in offers an inside account of the Afghan movement and their government. In his preface, the author notes that his book will please neither……続きを見る

The first decades of the twentieth century witnessed an explosion of nationalist sentiment in East Asia, as in Europe. This comprehensive work explores how radical Chinese and Japanese thinkers comm……続きを見る

An anthropologist explores the politics and society of Kyrgyzstan through a study of one influential man’s life. A pioneering study of kinship, patronage, and politics in Central Asia, Blood Ties an……続きを見る

With fresh and provocative insights into the everyday reality of politics in post-Soviet Central Asia, this volume moves beyond commonplaces about strong and weak states to ask critical questions ab……続きを見る

States are the key to contemporary government reform efforts in the United States, but we know very little about their relative effectiveness at resource allocation and their actual capacity to abso……続きを見る

In Haj to Utopia, Maia Ramnath tells the dramatic story of Ghadar, the Indian anticolonial movement that attempted overthrow of the British Empire. Founded by South Asian immigrants in California, G……続きを見る

De tranquilles yeux sombres. Un petit homme débile, la face maigre, aux grandes oreilles écartées. Coiffé d’un bonnet blanc, vêtu d’étoffe blanche rude, les pieds nus. Il se nourrit de riz, de fruit……続きを見る

In an era characterized by complex geopolitical dynamics and interconnected global challenges, China's rise as a major player on the world stage has captivated the attention of scholars, policymaker……続きを見る