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Complexities of meaning and historical interpretations illustrate the timelessness of Sun Tzu's treatise on war.Categories: Education & Teaching Schools...

On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China to "proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from th...

William H. Overholt. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Library Journal Best BooksCategories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Gove...

From the renowned historian and author of The Death of Woman Wang, a vivid and gripping account of the 16th-century missionary’s remarkable sojourn to Ming...

Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction finalistWinner of the 2014 National Book Award in nonfictionAn Economist Best Book of 2014Winner of the bronze medal f...

A Narrative Account Of The Relationship Between The U.s. And China From The Revolutionary War To The Present Day. Our Relationship With China Remains One Of...

"'On the outside, [the foreigners] seem intractable, but inside they are cowardly ... Although there have been a few ups-and-downs, the situation as a whole...

Evocative, funny and full of life, this is a beautifully observed childhood memoir of growing up in colonial Hong Kong in the 1950s.As an inquisitive seven-...

Asia's History Has Been Shaped By Her Waters. In Unruly Waters, Historian Sunil Amrith Reimagines Asia's History Through The Stories Of Its Rains, Rivers, C...

China in DisintegrationCategories: History AsiaChina

John Costello's The Pacific War has now established itself as the standard one-volume account of World War II in the Pacific. Never before have the separa...

Jung Chang, Jon Halliday. Originally Published In Great Britain By Jonathan Cape, London--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [739]-790) And...

A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle ...

The new York Times Bestselling Author Of 1421 Offers Another Stunning Reappraisal Of History, Presenting Compelling New Evidence That Traces The Roots ...

now Available In Two Volumes, This Accessible, Yet Rigorous, Introduction To The Political, Social, And Cultural History Of China Provides A Balanced And T...

Thirty years after the epic journey chronicled in his classic work The Great Railway Bazaar, the world’s most acclaimed travel writer re-creates his 25,00...

Preface -- Part 1-traditional Japan-1.1-land And People-1.2-the Adoptions Of The Chinese Pattern-1.3-the Development Of A Native Culture-1.4-the Birth Of A ...

Relates The Life Of The Mongol Leader And Emperor Of China Who Ruled At The Time Of Marco Polo, And Describes How The Grandson Of Genghis Khan Helped Change...

Joseph Kitagawa, one of the founders of the field of history of religions and an eminent scholar of the religions of Japan, published his classic book Rel...

At the heart of the empire Japan won and then lost in the Pacific War was Manchukuo, a puppet state created in Northeast China in 1932. Not unlike India for...

1930s Shanghai Could Give Chicago A Run For Its Money. In The Years Before The Japanese Invaded, The City Was A Haven For Outlaws From All Over The World: A...

When Gao Wenqian first published this groundbreaking, provocative biography in Hong Kong, it was immediately banned in the People's Republic. Using classifi...

Finalist for the 2015 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in JournalismLonglisted for the Lionel Gelber Award for the Best Non-Fiction book in the wo...

Through the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her family's history through early 20th Century to pres...

An American Journalist Living In Beijing Offers An Odyssey Through Twenty-first-century China As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Handful Of Ordinary People. I: A...

An inside account of the Soong family, whose wealth and power have dominated China and U.S.-Asia policy in the 20th century.Categories: Biographies & Me...

Jan Wong, a Canadian of Chinese descent, went to China as a starry-eyed Maoist in 1972 at the height of the Cultural Revolution. A true believer—and one o...

How climate change ushered in the collapse of one of history’s mighty empires\In 1644, after close to three centuries of relative stability and prosperity...

this Is A Fascinating Analysis Of The Meaning Of Rice As A Symbol Of Personal And Particularly Of Social Identity In Japanese Culture.--robert N. Bellah o...

“A fascinating picture of a lively and brilliant society. . . . Every major aspect of life during this period is treated with meticulous exactitude. . . ....

The definitive account of the wartime history of Hong Kong On Christmas Day 1941 the Japanese captured Hong Kong, and Britain lost control of its Chinese c...

the Definitive Book On China's Uneasy Transformation Into An Economic And Political Superpower By Two Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Reporters. An ...

Product Description A personal account of life in the orbit of Mao and Zhao En-Lai and one woman's effort to tell what it was like to be at the center ...

Whether one views Mao Zedong as a hero or a villain, the ‘Great Helmsman’ was, undoubtedly, a pivotal figure in the history of twentieth-century China, a ma...

"A brilliant history of ancient China's masters of philosophy--and how they help us understand China today. In Ways of Heaven, leading China scholar Roel St...

Teaching The I Ching (pinyin Yijing) Is A Comprehensive And Authoritative Source For Attaining An Understanding Of 3,000 Year Old Book Of Changes, Arguably ...

Thousands of wounded servicemen returned to Japan following the escalation of Japanese military aggression in China in July 1937. Tens of thousands would re...

The United States' involvement in World War II began with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. But for Japan, the conflict began at a m...

Once A Sleeping Giant, China Today Is The World's Fastest Growing Economy -- The Leading Manufacturer Of Cell Phones, Laptop Computers, And Digital Cameras ...

Frank Ching. Parallel Title In Chinese Characters. Map On Lining Papers. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 471-511.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences...

Ting-xing Ye. First Published In 1997.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Community & CultureWomen Asian & Asian American Memoirs HistoricalAsi...

Although numerous books on the Cultural Revolution have been published, they do not analyze the profound shift in aesthetic values that occurred in China...

Collection Of Essays By ... Experts On What The New Global Elite Needs To Know About Modern India-- Reimagining -- Politics & Policy -- Business & T...

From the beloved, internationally bestselling author of Wild Swans, and co-author of the bestselling Mao: The Unknown Story, the dramatic, epic biography of...

Is the Confucian tradition compatible with the Western understanding of human rights? Are there fundamental human values, regardless of cultural difference...

In this comparative, interdisciplinary study based on extensive fieldwork as well as historical sources, Janet Sturgeon examines the different trajectories ...

In November 1937, Ishii Itaro, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Bureau of Asiatic Affairs, reflected bitterly on the decline of the ministry's influ...

Japan's Informal Empire In China, 1895-1937 : An Overview / Peter Duus -- The Changing Pattern Of Sino-japanese Trade, 1884-1937 / Mizoguchi Toshiyuki -- Ja...