Asia

Pt. 1. Strategies For Modernizing: On The Nature Of Western Progress: The Journal Of The Iwakura Embassy / Eugene Soviak -- Westernization And Japanization:...

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...

Introduction: Choice And Consequence / James William Morley -- Pt. 1. Political And Military: The Bureaucracy As A Political Force, 1920-45 / Robert M. Spau...

A thematic history of the women s movement in India both before and after independence, this book covers the period from the nineteenth century to the prese...

On Easter Morning 1972 Marine Captain John Ripley, The Sole U.s. Adviser To The Tough Third Battalion Of The South Vietnamese Marines, Braved Intense Enemy ...

A Long Short War is the one essential book for anyone who wants to understand the greatest global crisis of the past decade, one that bitterly divided publi...

Amagisterial account of the pains, the struggles, the humiliations, and the glories of the world's largest and least likely democracy, Ramachandra Guha's ...

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...

Vietnam WarThe Vietnam War remains one of the most iconic events of the twentieth century. In the United States, it polarized public opinion and changed for...

Whether you travel for business, pleasure, or a combination of the two, the ever-popular "Culture Shock!" series belongs in your backpack or briefcase. Get...

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

The heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of America's deadliest battles during the war in Afghanistan, acclaimed by critics everywhere as a classic. A...

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...

Shrouding themselves and their aims in deepest secrecy, the leaders of the Taliban movement control Afghanistan with an inflexible, crushing fundamentalism....

Japan's transformation from an isolated society to a military empire and, after a crushing defeat in World War II, into one of the world's foremost economi...

Edited And Introduced By Everett F. Bleiler. ... An Unabridges And Unaltered Republication Of The Work Originally Published By Fox, Duffield And Company In...

Boldly illustrated and superbly translated, Folk Legends from Tono captures the spirit of Japanese peasant culture undergoing rapid transformation into the ...

"From its creation in the early twentieth-century, policymakers used the discourse of international law to legitimate Japan's empire. Although the Japanese ...

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

Here is the autobiography of a remarkable man. Yukichi Fukuzawa's life covered the 66 years between 1835 and 1901, a period which comprised greater and mor...

What forces were behind Japan's emergence as the first non-Western colonial power at the turn of the twentieth century? Peter Duus brings a new perspective ...

In a single short book as elegant as it is wise, Ian Buruma makes sense of the most fateful span of Japan’s history, the period that saw as dramatic a tra...

Pt. 1. Beginnings -- Geology, Climate, And Biota -- From Origins To Agriculture -- Pt. 2. The Age Of Dispersed Agriculturalists, 400 Bce-1250 Ce -- Politica...

Illuminating A Pivotal Episode In East Asian History, Gordon Mark Berger Offers A Translation, With Informative Historical Notes, Of [japanese Foreign Minis...

The true story of four siblings who lost their parents in the devastating Sri Lankan tsunami and how they turned tragedy into inspiration On December 26, 2...

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...

Explore the changing nature of the West Rather than looking at Western civilization only as the history of Europe from ancient times to the present, t...

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 ...

Product Description Through a distinctive analytical framework that focuses on the relations between countries rather than their individual histories, ...

New York Times bestseller, now adapted for young readers, Flags of Our Fathers is the unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American...

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...

Best known for his academy award-winning role as Dith Pran in The Killing Fields, for Haing Ngor his greatest performance was not in Hollywood but in war-to...

It was December 3, 1984. In the ancient city of Bhopal, a cloud of toxic gas escaped from an American pesticide plant, killing and injuring thousands of peo...

H.r. Mcmaster. Originally Published: New York: Harpercollins, 1997. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 419-434) And Index.Categories: Politics & So...

"Daniel Tudor covers all the important issues, yet does not simply tell the more familiar stories, but looks deeper and wider to give the full story of Kore...

Decorated British foreign correspondent Robert Fisk has been based in the Middle East for the last twenty-five years, reporting from the world's worst troub...

The Story Of The Indian Subcontinent, One Of The World's Most Fascinating And Complicated Regions, The Home Of A Billion And A Half People, Several Major Re...

Chronicles the history of America's secret counterterrorist unit, tells how members are recruited and trained, and explains its key role in the Iran hostage...

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...

This indispensable volume is a lucid and faithful account of the Buddha’s teachings. “For years,” says the Journal of the Buddhist Society, “the ne...

This unusual and intriguing study of nationhood explores the 19th-century confrontation of ideas that transformed the kingdom of Siam into the modern concep...

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

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

Gandhi today is universally recognised as an international icon, but did his influence extend to the Vatican as well? The author unravels the answer by purs...

Japanese history.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Government International & World PoliticsAsian

Bringing together practical methods from both history and composition, Writing History: A Guide for Students, Fifth Edition, provides a wealth of tips and a...

The stirring true story of a girl who survived the brutality of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia retraces her steps from the forced "evacuation" of Phnom Penh in...