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Book SynopsisThis lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China during a period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations, from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the present day. The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China promises to be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this rising superpower on the verge of what promises to be the ''Chinese century'', introducing readers to important but often overlooked events in China''s past, such as the bloody Taiping Civil War (1850-1864), which had a death toll far higher than the roughly contemporaneous American Civil War. It also helps readers see more familiar landmarks in Chinese history in new ways, such as the Opium War (1839-1842), the Boxer Uprising of 1900, the rise to power of the Chinese Communist Party in 1949, and the Tiananmen protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989. This is one of the first major efforts - and in many ways the most ambitious to date - to come to terms with the broad sweep of modern Chinese history, taking readers from the origins of modern China right up through the dramatic events of the last few years (the Beijing Games, the financial crisis, and China''s rise to global economic pre-eminence) which have so fundamentally altered Western views of China and China''s place in the world.Trade ReviewThis finely crafted volume has much to offer to readers, no matter how familiar they are with modern Chinese history ... the wealth of images together with the rich chapters make this history of modern China one of a kind. * Jennifer Altehenger, History Today *An excellent introduction to the history of modern China for the general reader and student alike ... The illustrations are excellent and help to bring the text to life with further colour (in both senses of the word) and detail. I am sure it will prove popular with students and the general public alike. * Tim Chamberlain, LSE Review of Books *the best place to start for those who wish to get a handle on modern China. * Asian Review of Books *Table of ContentsJeffrey Wasserstrom: Introduction 1: Anne Gerritsen: From Late Ming to High Qing, 1550-1792 2: Stephen R. Platt: New Domestic and Global Challenges, 1792-1860 3: Robert Bickers: Restoration and reform, 1860-1900 4: Peter Zarrow: Felling a Dynasty, Founding a Republic 5: James Carter: The Rise of Nationalism and Revolutionary Parties, 1919-1937 6: Rana Mitter: The War Years, 1937-1949 7: S. A. Smith: The Early Years of the People's Republic, 1950-1964 8: Richard Curt Kraus: The Cultural Revolution Era, 1964-1976 9: Timothy Cheek: Reform and Rebuilding, 1976-1988 10: Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess: Tiananmen and Its Aftermath, 1989-1999 11: William A. Callahan: China Rising, 2000-2010 12: Ian Johnson: The Presence of the Past - A Coda Timeline Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisHere, the author analyzes the debate over subjectivity. He traces the arguments of intellectuals from various disciplines and viewpoints, and asserts that despite their stress on individual autonomy, they all came to define subjectivity in terms of deterministic historical structures.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1: The Politics of Democratic Revolution in Postwar Japan 2: Literature and the Bourgeois Subject 3: Philosophy and the Lacuna in Marxism 4: The Modern Ethos 5: Nationalism Conclusion: The Subject of Modernity Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Strong marshals a wide range of sources and tells the story of the tooth relic in a compelling way . . . This is not just the story of a relic, but of western colonization and its appropriation or destruction of the traditions of the colonized." * Times Literary Supplement *"Strong [reveals] what the stories surrounding these two objects—their “storical evolution,” as it were—tell us about the West’s evolving concept of Buddhism after its initial colonial encounter and the way objects are infused with meaning, potency, and cultural import through centuries of narrative layering." * Buddhadharma *"Likely to give mythological thrillers a run for their money . . . The Buddha’s Tooth is an insightful book for those interested in world history, mediaeval times, Buddhist Studies, and for those interested in how stories spread and make histories." * Asian Review of Books *"A fascinating and eminently readable account of Western encounters with the Buddha's tooth . . . The Buddha's Tooth offers a richly detailed study incorporating extensive primary source research, including information drawn from published historical accounts, travel diaries, administrative records, and personal correspondence." * Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art and Belief *“Artfully conceived and elegantly written . . . This is a masterful work, one that brilliantly orchestrates a plethora of compelling historical particularities and telling details while also bringing into focus several original interpretive perspectives and analytical insights. . . . This is a work that deserves and will undoubtedly attract a wide readership across several academic disciplines.” * Journal of Religion *"[An] outstanding piece of scholarship, exhaustively researched and beautifully written. . . . It is the rare book that can be read with benefit and interest by anyone working in any area of Buddhist Studies as well as by scholars of colonial-period South Asia.” * The Numata Center for Buddhist Studies *“Insightful, provocative, and meticulously researched, The Buddha’s Tooth is a fascinating analysis of how European colonials comprehended and attempted to mitigate the ascribed powers of the most revered relic in Buddhist Sri Lanka. Strong’s intricate study leads its reader from an episodic rendering into a wide-ranging apprehension of how European conceptions of Buddhism were fashioned and further forged over four hundred years of encounter.” * John Holt, Bowdoin College *“The product of extensive research, this authoritative book recounts how this sacred tooth has served as an object of religious and political significance to both the colonized and colonizers, adroitly illustrating many of the dominant Western approaches and attitudes toward Buddhism over the last several centuries.” * Stephen C. Berkwitz, Missouri State University *“Strong offers a stimulating and perceptive study of how European and British persons engaged with Buddha relics materially and ideationally. This is a valuable contribution to intellectual and diplomatic history, as well as to our understanding of how European ideas about Buddhas and Buddhism altered over time.” * Anne M. Blackburn, Cornell University *"John S. Strongʼs The Buddhaʼs Tooth: Western Tales of a Sri Lankan Relic expands the study of Buddhist relics in new directions. . . Employing a historiography focused on details, he avoids leveling out the history of these relics into a single uniform line of events. . . By reflecting the complexity of historical reality, the work is made richer, and more informative." * Reading Religion *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Note on Usage Introduction Part I : The Portuguese and the Tooth Relic One / The Tale of the Portuguese Tooth and Its Sources Two / Where the Tooth Was Found: Traditions about the Location of the Relic in Sri Lanka Three / Whose Tooth Was It? Traditions about the Identity of the Relic Four / The Trial of the Tooth Five / The Destruction of the Tooth Conspectus of Part One / The Storical Evolution of the Tales of the Portuguese Tooth Part II : The British and the Tooth Relic Six / The Cosmopolitan Tooth: The Relic in Kandy before the British Became Aware of It Seven / The British Takeover of 1815 and the Kandyan Convention Eight / The Relic Returns: The Tooth and Its Properties Restored to the Temple Nine / The Relic Lost and Recaptured: The Tooth and the Rebellion of 1817–1818 Ten / The Relic Disestablished: Missionary Oppositions to the Tooth Eleven / Showings of the Tooth: The Story of the King of Siam’s Visit (1897) Twelve / Showings of the Tooth: The Story of Queen Elizabeth’s Shoes (1954) Summary and Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“This is the first major ethnographic study of the way in which the mobilization of a public is now carried out in India primarily through the new digitally powered mass media. From populist politics, court judgments, sensational crime and corruption to police brutality, Cody examines with brilliant clarity and theoretical sophistication the coming together of publics as well as counterpublics in Tamil Nadu.” * Partha Chatterjee, professor emeritus, Columbia University *“In this fascinating study, Cody shows how popular sovereignty is shaped within the media-saturated environment of Tamil Nadu politics, making sovereign power vulnerable to popular politics generated by the fact of the ‘news event’ and its circulation. His unraveling of the boundaries between online and offline communicative acts, the virtual and the actual, or the old media and new media, is accomplished with great sensitivity and attention to the empirical, which provides the grounds for the conceptual to emerge. A splendid achievement.” * Veena Das, Johns Hopkins University *Table of ContentsIntroduction: In the Event of News Chapter One Populist Publics Chapter Two Defamation Machine Chapter Three Law at Large Chapter Four Celebrity Outlaws Chapter Five Short Circuits Epilogue: Environmental Engineering Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDavid Gordon White excavates and seeks to centre within its broader Indian context the lost tradition of the medieval Siddhas.

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Book SynopsisThis study points up the complex interplay of ethnic and national identities in the lives of Chinese in Britain, arguing that transnational studies reinforce essentialist conceptions of identity and cultural authenticity in diasporic communities, and thus frustrate the promotion of ethnic co-existence and social cohesion in multi-ethnic societies.Trade Review'The study reveals a greater complexity to Chinese life in Britain than has been assumed to be the case, and clearly shows how a distinct identity has emerged and is now threatened, as young modern Chinese rely less on ethnic customs forged over the last century. The book also provides a useful case study of exclusionary practices of the dominant white society in Britain, and how they have influenced, for good and bad, British Chinese identity.' - CHOICE 'A reawakening, a rejection of infatuation with fashionable theories and concepts. The authors have stayed close and true to the studies of Chinese diaspora...Thus, the book is a valuable contribution towards to the understanding of similarities and more importantly diversities among Chinese communities.' - Yow Cheun Hoe, East Asia 'The most ambitious publication to date about the often overlooked Chinese population. The work offers a blend of history and anthropology that combines empirical depth with analytical perceptiveness. It demonstrates an unparallelled historical depth of scholarship. The book places Chinese in Britain in comparative context with Chinese migrants in other parts of Europe and North America. The authors' critique of transnationalism offers a starting point for a wider reflection on the state of Chinese migrant studies today.' - David Parker, Diaspora 'A major breakthrough in the study of European Chinese history and society that deserves a close reading by anyone interested in diasporic Chinese affairs. I suggest the authors and publisher consider bringing out a Chinese version to benefit those with no English.' - Liu Hong, International Journal of Diasporic Chinese Studies 'A comprehensive survey of the social and economic experiences of this group in an often unwelcoming host society. While the book's primary intended audience is scholars of the sociology of globalization and transnational studies and its primary focus is the twentieth century, there is much in this clearly written, thoroughly researched, and theoretically provocative account to interest a wider readership in Victorian studies. As we once again enter an era marked by profound ambivalence regarding China's role on the world stage, Benton and Gomez's work provides a timely antidote to all-too-common assumptions regarding the supposed ethnic unity of the Chinese and the historical novelty of their current economic prominence in national and international affairs.' - David Porter, Victorian Studies 'The first comprehensive study of the long history of Chinese migration to Britain. It corrects many misunderstandings in transnational studies and is a must-read for those studying Chinese migration, transnationalism, Chinese identity and British-Chinese relations. It will also be important for those who take an interest in Chinese business practices in Britain.' - Elena Barabantseva, The China Journal 'Does a great job of providing an unusually rich amount of detail on the Chinese historical presence in Britain.' - Leo Douw, China Information 'The most substantial monograph on the Chinese in Britain to date.' - Pal Nyiri, Pacific AffairsTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Migration and Settlement The Chinese Economy in Britain Institutions and Divisions Transnationalism British Racism and the Shaping of the Chinese Community Ethnic Culture and Identity Conclusions Appendices: Companies Owned by British Chinese

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Book SynopsisThis book looks at the bitter factionalism in the last days of China's Ming Dynasty as an ideological struggle between scholar-officials who believed that sovereignty resided in the imperial state and those who believed that it resided with the learned gentry.Trade Review"Harry Miller provides an essential and authoritative account of the last quarter of the Ming Dynasty, blending political, social, and intellectual history. Writing with clarity and concision, he touches on a wide range of issues and frequently offers novel interpretations. By bringing together a sequence of political events, and analyzing them from the perspective of factionalism that was informed by philosophical differences, Miller has produced a truly innovative unifying overview of late Ming history." - Edward L. Farmer, University of Minnesota"Harry Miller has given us a dramatic new way of looking at the late Ming, placing himself in the front rank of a generation of new and innovative scholars such as Nimmick, Robinson, Marme, and Swope. He brings a revisionist view that focuses on the necessity of looking throguh Confucian rhetoric to the vicious power struggles that lay beneath the surface of the ideological battles. This is a tightly argued book with a clear and accessible interpretation." - Murray A. Rubinstein, Baruch CollegeTable of ContentsZhang Juzheng, 1572-1582 The Righteous Circles, 1582-1596 The Wanli Emperor, 1596-1606 The Donglin Faction, 1606-1626 Wei Zhongxian, 1626-1628 The Restoration Society, 1628-1644

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Book SynopsisAmerica’s Response to China has long been the standard resource for a succinct, historically grounded assessment of an increasingly complicated relationship. For this sixth edition, Warren I. Cohen adds an analysis of the policies of Barack Obama and the complications of the presidency of Donald Trump.Trade ReviewCohen . . . [is] the leading historian of Sino-American relations of his generation. This book has much to offer both newcomers to its subject as well as those who have been studying relations between these two countries nearly as long as its author. * American Diplomacy *A fresh new look at the history of United States diplomacy toward China . . . The subject will never be the same again. -- John King Fairbank * American Political Science Review *Careful, well-documented. * Political Science Quarterly *Lucid and concise . . . a model of its kind, thoughtful, even-tempered, and extremely well-written. * Pacific Historical Review *Provocative and perceptive. * China Quarterly *A venerable work. -- Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom * The Daily Beast *Table of ContentsPreface to the Sixth EditionAcknowledgments to the Sixth EditionRomanization TablePrologue: The Barbarians and the Tribute System1. The Development of the Treaty System2. The United States as a Power in East Asia3. In the Light of the Rising Sun4. The Response to Chinese Nationalism5. China as an Abstraction—the Conflict with Japan6. Communism in China7. The Great Aberration8. Rapprochement—at Last9. In the Shadow of Tiananmen10. America in the Age of Chinese PowerConcluding ThoughtsNotesBibliographical EssayIndex

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Book SynopsisA fascinating read combining film and Asian studies, Theorizing Colonial Cinema reveals new contexts within film theory, history, and ideologies as it centers the question of the colonial perspective and emphasizes how the present is constantly entangled with the colonial past.Trade Review"With this excellent anthology, the history of colonization finally receives the full reckoning it deserves in articulations of film history and theory. By accounting for the legacies, stages, stagings, and afterlives of imperialism writ large and small in cinemas of or about Asia, the authors of this collection teach us how profoundly our historical and conceptual understanding of film transforms when we begin from the time and place of the colony. This is a ground shift that can no longer be ignored."—Priya Jaikumar, author of Where Histories Reside: India as Filmed Space"There was a time when writing about cinema was mostly about cinema from Western European countries and the US, spoken in one of the six European languages of Western modernity. No longer. Storytelling in moving images and non-Western languages carries within them praxes of living rooted in colonial legacies absent in the hegemonic history of Western cinematography. Theorizing Colonial Cinema is written by a majority of scholars that inhabits and endures colonial legacies and are embedded in the soundtrack languages of these moving images. This book is a landmark that complements and surpasses Third Cinema's heritage of the '60s and '70s."—Walter D. Mignolo, author of The Politis of Decolonial Investigations"A brilliant intervention into history, film, and cultural studies that goes far beyond the national cinema rubric and conventional binaries such as colonizer/colonized, white/non-white, East/West, anthropos/humanitas, theory/text, human/animal – this work by leading scholars of colonialism and film excavates cultural production and its political unconscious under colonialism to show not only the entanglements of colonialism and film but also the coloniality of cinema itself and the inevitable return of the repressed through the Cold War and postmillennial moments. A major work that will make many waves across disciplines and areas of specialization."—Takashi Fujitani, author of Race for Empire, University of TorontoTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsOn Romanization, Naming and TranslationIntroduction, by Nayoung Aimee Kwon and Takushi OdagiriPart I: "Time and Racialized Other: Colonial Modernity and Early Cinema"1. Time, Race, and the Asynchronous in the Colonial Documentaries of Malaya, by Nadine Chan2. Facing Malcontent Colonial Korean Comrades: A Typology of Colonial Cinema in Asia's Socialist Alliances, by Moonim Baek3. Colonial-Era Film Theory, Spectatorship, and the Problem of Internalization, by Aaron Gerow4. Chinese Cinema's Other: Wrangling over "China-humiliating" Films (ruHua pian), by Yiman Wang5. World Export: Melodramas of Colonial Conquest, by Jane Marie GainesPart II: "Divided Mis-en-Scène: Colonial Cinema and Cold War Afterimages"6. Tarzan/Taishan and Other Orphans: Taiwan's Melodrama of Decolonization, by Zhang Zhen7. What Is an Auteur? Hŏ Yŏng/Hinatsu Eitarō/Huyung Between (Post)Colonial Indonesia, Japan, and Korea, by Thomas A. C. Barker and Nikki J. Y. LeePart III: "Millennial Hauntings: Rising Global Asian Cinemas"8. Cinema's Coloniality, by Takushi Odagiri9. A Hallucinatory History of the Philippine-American War: Khavn's Balangiga: Howling Wilderness, by José B. Capino10. Millennial Vengeance: Park Chan-Wook's Agassi (The Handmaiden) and the Return of Postcolonial Japonisme, by Nayoung Aimee KwonIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In her fine-grained analysis of local realities and the globalization of religion, Tâm Ngô has delivered an important contribution to Hmong and Vietnamese studies, the study of religion, Southeast Asian ethnography, and globalized evangelical Protestantism." -- Pascal Bourdeaux * Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review *"Not only is the book remarkable for its collection and use of hard-to-get data from a wide array of sources in Vietnam and abroad, including extended periods of fieldwork in a Hmong village, but also for the story it recounts of conversion not by mission on the ground but via broadcast from the air." -- Nick Cheesman * New Books in Southeast Asian Studies (NBN) *"This book on the conversion of the Vietnamese Hmong is important because, to an extent, the history of modern Vietnam is a history of contending with Christianity. . . . Ngô argues that beginning in the 1980s the Vietnamese Hmong, disillusioned by broken promises and oppressive developmental policies, have seized Protestantism as a route to empowerment and modernity." -- Mai Na M. Lee * Pacific Affairs *"Represents a great achievement as the summation of extensive independent fieldwork on a topic that is essentially the convergence of three 'politically sensitive' topics in Vietnam: religious change, ethnic politics, and transnational groups. Ngô has become the first academic to publish English-language research about this topic based on ethnographic methods, which is no mean feat given the government restrictions placed on academic research in upland Vietnam." -- Seb Rumsby * Southeast Asian Studies *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Focusing exclusively on premodern travel literature written in classical Chinese, Hargett (Univ. at Albany, SUNY) adroitly traces the development of this literary genre in China from the Six Dynasties through the late Ming. . . . Readers will enjoy the fine balance between the author’s analysis and his translation of excerpts from representative travel essays. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *"This long-awaited, first book-length literary history of imperial Chinese travel prose in English is an impeccably researched guide to the Chinese literature of “movement across the planet’s surface.” Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools is eminently readable, with little exoteric or specialist vocabulary. While written primarily for those interested in China studies, it is certainly accessible to the general reader or to the enthusiast of Western travel literature." * Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews *"This book will be welcomed by specialists and should be mandatory reading in a variety of disciplines. Its accessibility will also make it useful in the classroom for teachers at the undergraduate and graduate levels. As the culmination of a sinological career devoted to the translation and study of travel writing, Jade Mountains & Cinnabar Pools is an invaluable contribution to students and scholars in an array offields." * Journal of Asian Studies *"Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools succeeds in sweeping the armchair traveler along on a journey through both time and space, along a river journey with Fan Chengda and Lu You, and even beyond the confines of China with Faxian and Xuanzang, to landscapes and travel accounts heretofore unexplored." * Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR) *"Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools offers the first book-length, comprehensive genre study and history of Chinese youji游記, or travel literature in English language." * Monumenta Serica *"[P]rovides a refreshing analysis of the fledgling field of studies in Chinese travel literature." * IIAS Newsletter (International Institute for Asian Studies) *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Mobrand's study not only provides an explanation of why Korea's top-down democracy is the way it is, but also generates questions for future research on authoritarian legacies, democratic consolidation, and varieties of democracy." * Pacific Affairs *"[A] concise, compelling, and original examination." * Journal of American-East Asian Relations *"[A] sophisticated analysis of the evolution of South Korea’s democracy and its perspectives in the twenty-first century. The author demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the multiple details and nuances of internal Korean politics and a deep understanding of the international context." * European Journal of Korean Studies *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Guha’s expertise in early modern Indian history allows him to explore “social structure and historical narration in western India” in great depth." * Journal of Asian Studies *"Guha brings together sources from a range of languages and regions toprovide the rst intellectual history of the ways in which socially recognized historicalmemory has been made across the subcontinent. This thoughtful study contributes todebates beyond the eld of history that complicate the understanding of objectivityand documentation in a seemingly post-truth world." * New Books in South Asian Studies *"Guha’s book comes at a time when the authority of specialist historians is increasingly under challenge, while the gap between academic and public history seems larger and more in open conflict than ever. Through meticulous presentation of how the practice of history writing is shaped by the social-political context of the recording agents, Guha problematises the view that history writing can be seen as an autonomous cognitive practice of a specialised group." * South Asia Research *"[D]evelops important arguments about the public significance of historical knowledge and the essential role of historians in public life." * History and Theory *"[O]ffers the most recent reflection on historiography, history, and memory by a leader in the discipline of South Asian history. Given publications spanning a range of topics in South Asian history, such as caste in social and cultural history, environmental history, health and population history, and agrarian history, Guha gives a veteran practitioner’s perspective on history and memory in South Asian history." * South Asian History and Culture *"[A] welcome addition to the burgeoning scholarship around the practices of history writing in India and its relationship with the public sphere." * Contemporary South Asia *"[E]xtraordinary scholarship." * H-Asia (H-Net) *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[W]ill be of interest to scholars and policy makers of East Asia who are interested in theoretical frameworks to explicate the transitions in this part of the world." * Journal of Chinese Political Science *"[A] timely effort to integrate our understanding of environmental action in four major countries of East Asia. This book steps beyond the democracy/autocracy binary to point out the many ways that they have followed a similar development pathway, just at different times. This volume offers three commonalities" * China Quarterly *"[A] truly interdisciplinary endeavour that contributes to environmental and Asian studies. Given the relative paucity of edited materials that explicitly apply a comparative lens to East Asia’s environment, this is a much-welcomed scholarly intervention. Besides the impressive breadth of topics, this brilliantly edited collection ensures that the chapters are not only in conversation with each other, but also consistently engaged with the eco-developmentalism concept. Such strong cohesion enhances a reader’s sense of being able to piece together a fascinating yet complex picture of environmental governance and advocacy in East Asia." * Pacific Affairs *"[A] highly readable volume…Given its relevance to the ongoing climate emergency, this book should interest scholars, activists, and policy makers of the region and beyond." * Pacific Affairs *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A useful glossary of names, places, and botanical terms in Chinese and English, along with the detailed index, make this work valuable for researchers but the story is accessible to general readers. This book will fascinate anyone interested in botany and the geopolitical dimensions of modern science." * Choice *"This is a well-researched and well-written study of an important part of the history of botany, and of the resourcefulness and determination of Chinese botanists. It belongs in botanical and horticultural libraries everywhere, and as a story, it is recommended to anyone with an interest in plants and how they are studied." * The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries *"An indispensable addition to our still rather limited knowledge of scientific development in late Imperial and Republican China. Books such as this one are instrumental in putting together the complicated and at times complexing puzzle of the emergence and development of modern scientific practice in China, a process, which has consequences up to the present day." * Social History of Medicine *"Ordering the Myriad Things sets out to show how two knowledge systems—one that preoccupied itself by trying to understand how processes of change generated and manifested themselves through things such grasses, trees, and grains and another that sought understanding by making encountered objects the object of study themselves—interacted and ultimately became intertwined." * Journal of Chinese History *"Menzies presents a process-focused chronicle of how one newly emergent scientific discipline—botany—was introduced to China and developed by successive generations of Chinese botanists...Excellent, engaging, and well-written." * H-Net Reviews *"In this scrupulously researched monograph, Nicholas K. Menzies narrates personal, institutional, and scientific stories in astonishing and vivid detail to create a sweeping narrative of the establishment of the modern science of botany in China." * Isis, a Journal of the History of Science Society *"A fascinating and well-researched inquiry into the development of modern Chinese botany." * Monumenta Serica *"[A] welcome presentation of the history of modern botany in China. . . . The thought-provoking questions raised by Menzies and his analytical approach are sure to make this book instructive reading for historians of natural history." * Archives of Natural History *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A landmark book across a range of disciplines, and it makes for compelling and enjoyable reading." * Asian Studies Review *"Mumbai Taximen accomplishes several things. While it offers an ethnographic account of an automobility that is part of a distinctively non-Western mode of capitalism, first and foremost it constitutes an intriguing case study of how a vehicle may be appropriated as a metaphor of social identity and moral agency. . . [T]he book includes sharply drawn vignettes that bring us into the practices and concerns of daily life. These will make the volume especially useful in the classroom." * Ethnos *"[T]heoretically and empirically rich. . . This book is an important contribution to work on the critical occupation of taxi-driving (related to urban mobility), which is currently undergoing a rapid transformation driven by technology and the aspirations of post-colonial citizens and the state." * Pacific Affairs *"Mumbai Taximen’s narrative genius lies in the author’s “sensuous approach” which effectively transports the reader into the embodied, lived worlds of Indian automobility. . . [B]y inviting (indeed impelling) the reader into the lives of Mumbai’s taximen, in all its material messiness, palpable precariousness, quiet comforts, and dignified dangers, Bedi’s narrative puts up a roadblock to the charting of any easy path from social critique to straightforward solutions. This book unsettles. Which is why it needs to be read." * Journal of Asian Studies *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In its contents and methods, this captivating case study has far broader relevance beyond its regional focus." * Choice *"While historians have produced studies of individual polities in the region before and after the imposition of imperial rule, The Camphor Tree and the Elephant is the first to situate this transition in a much larger environmental and religious perspective, thus providing a vibrant reevaluation of approaches to the Southeast Asian past." * Journal of Southeast Asian Studies *

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Book SynopsisGaining prominence as a seaport under the Ottomans in the mid-1500s, the city of Mocha on the Red Sea coast of Yemen pulsed with maritime commerce. This book tells how and why Mocha's urban shape and architecture took the forms they did.Trade Review"Um demonstrates that Mocha's urban history is much richer than its link to a single commercial product. . . . Scholars like Um are breaking the unfortunate but long-lasting misassumption that pre-modern Arabian history is stagnant and devoid of source material." -- Molly Patterson * MESA *"Um's call for a wider reexamining of secular architecture . . . is all the more resounding for her own contribution that so clearly demonstrates the possibilities and value of such an undertaking." -- Sebastian R. Prange * Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East *"Her treatment of Mocha, often presented in the context of engaging and insightful comparative data, offers a refreshing examination of the city's urban and architectural history, which sheds considerable light on social and commercial history. . . . Um's study is based on a variety of sources—architectural, archival, and literary—that she wields effectively. . . . The Merchant Houses of Mocha is a valuable contribution to the growing number of recent studies on particular localities within the Red Sea . . . all of which are refining and refashioning our understanding of a poorly understood but important region that connected the worlds of the Middle East, South Asia, and East Africa." * International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies *"With her study of Mocha in the period between 1650 and 1750, Nancy Um has broken new ground through an innovative combination of architectural and archival materials, thus combining the approaches of historian and art historian in a unique way. . . . [H]er important contribution to debates on port cities in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean with regard to their functioning and relation to sea and hinterland, as well as to debates on architectural history, will surely have a major impact on how we understand urban history on the Arabian Peninsula and beyond. This unusually well-written work deserves a place on reading lists in art history, the history of the Arabian Peninsula as well as the history of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, and port cities in general." * Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies *"Rather than offering the reader a linear framework for understanding the development of Mocha's premodern urban history, Um weaves together many different historical narratives and maps them onto the city itself. . . . Scholars like Um are breaking the unfortunate but long-lasting misassumption that pre-modern Arabian history is stagnant and devoid of source material." * Review of Middle Eastern Studies (RoMES) *"This book deserves to be widely read, and praised. Um demonstrates familiarity with a host of secondary work in urban history, and where necessary challenges and modifies them. Her use of architecture as a key source is extremely innovative. In terms of Indian Ocean studies, we now have a few foundational studies . . . which sketch broad themes. We need many more micro-studies which can modify received wisdom. Um's book is an exemplary case study of what we need, and . . . in its use of difficult sources, and its successful analysis." * IIAS *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Transliteration, Dates, and Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Mocha Trade Network 2. The Yemeni Coffee Network 3. A Littoral Society in Yemen 4. Merchants and Nakhudhas 5. The Urban Form and Orientation of Mocha 6. Trading Spaces 7. On the Politics of Inside and Out Conclusion: The End of the Mocha Era Appendix A. The Imams of Qasimi Yemen and the Governors of Mocha Appendix B. Archival and Museum Sources Consulted Notes Glossary References Cited Illustration Credits Index

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Book SynopsisScholar-officials of late medieval China were not only enthusiastic in amateur storytelling, but also showed unprecedented interest in recording stories on different aspects of literati life. This book shows how these writings that offer crucial insights into the reconfiguration of the Chinese elite.Trade Review"Scholars of the Tang dynasty and of Chinese narrative should certainly consult this book. Luo’s ambitious range of sources and her creativity as a reader allow her to make some new, insightful arguments about the relationship between narratives and the dominant cultural interests of late medieval literati." -- Anna M. Shields * Journal of Asian Studies *"[An] original and insightful new study of late Tang narratives. . . . Literati Storytelling takes an innovative, hybrid approach to this vast and heterogeneous corpus. . . . Literati Storytelling produces important new interpretations that stress the limits of subversion in Tang romance." -- Gregory Patterson * Journal of the American Oriental Society *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note to Readers Chronology Introduction 1. Sovereignty: The Case of the Illustrious Emperor 2. Literati Sociality: Remembering Individuals and Community in Historical Miscellanies 3. Sexuality: Women, Literati, and Nonmarital Bonds 4. Cosmic Mobility: The Possibility and Impossibility of Moving Beyond Conclusion: The Power and Legacies of Late Medieval Literati Storytelling Chinese Character Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis text provides a thorough examination of the history of Myanmar from Neolithic times to the present.Myanmar has experienced a seemingly endless series of conquerors, dating from prehistoric times through the reign of Kublai Khan''s Mongol forces beginning in the late 1200s, all the way through the modern era, when it was subject to both British colonial control and invasion by the Japanese during World War II.The History of Myanmar provides a detailed, historical overview of the key people, places, and events in this often-overlooked country''s past and present. It examines the history of Myanmar, from Neolithic times to all of its ruling dynasties to the modern era in a chronological manner, providing a contextual framework for the further exploration of its complex history. This text pays special attention to the unique circumstances that led to the formation of the modern nation of Myanmar.Trade ReviewThe work includes an informative time line, an excellent index, and a sound table of contents. This history manages to be readable, brisk, and an excellent source of information. * Booklist *Table of ContentsSeries Foreword Acknowledgments Timeline of Historical Events 1 Myanmar: An Introduction 2 Prehistory: The Emergence of Civilization in Early Myanmar 3 Bagan (1044–1287) and Small Kingdoms (1287–1531) 4 The Toungoo (1531–1599) and Restored Toungoo Dynasties (1599–1752) 5 The Konbaung Dynasty (1752–1885) 6 The British Conquest of Burma 7 Burma under Colonial Rule 8 The Japanese Conquest of Burma 9 From Independence to Military Dictatorship: Burma 1948–1962 10 Myanmar 1962–1988: The Dictatorship of Ne Win 11 Revolutionary Upheaval and Aborted Democracy, 1988–1990 12 Continued Dictatorship and Lost Hope, 1990–2007 13 Political Turmoil and Natural Catastrophe, 2007–2008 14 Contemporary Myanmar: Optimism and Caution Notable People in the History of Myanmar Bibliographic Essay Index

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Book SynopsisChina has emerged as a dominant power in Eurasian affairs that not only exercises significant political and economic power, but increasingly, ideational power too.Since the founding of the People's Republic, Chinese Communist Party leaders have sought to increase state capacity and exercise more effective control over their western frontier through a series of state-building initiatives. Although these initiatives have always incorporated an international component, the collapse of the USSR, increasing globalization, and the party's professed concerns about terrorism, separatism, and extremism have led to a region-building project in Eurasia. Garcia traces how domestic elite-led narratives about security and development generate state-building initiatives, and then region-building projects. He also assesses how region-building projects are promoted through narratives of the historicity of China's engagement in Eurasia, the promotion of norms of non-interference,Trade Review"Zenel Garcia has produced an in-depth examination of the historical underpinnings of China’s westwards expansion, now labelled the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Garcia utilises a rigorous theoretical framework concerning the co-constitutive relationship between state-building and region-building to evaluate the implementation of the BRI in the Eurasian landmass. He achieves this through the judicious deployment of rich troves of empirical data. The book fills a gap in terms of putting China’s current Eurasian expansion via the BRI into historical context in terms of earlier eras of government. Although other authors mention the fact that the BRI builds upon previous Chinese initiatives, few of them make this point the central focus of their research."---Jeremy Garlick, Associate Professor and Director of the Jan Masaryk Centre for International Studies, Prague University of Economics and Business."Zenel Garcia's thorough analysis of the impact of China and its Belt Road Initiative on the Eurasia region is timely and important to understanding the many political, economic and social issues involved. The author brings deep historical knowledge and a solid theoretical approach to explore what has been an understudied area, including the strong link between the Chinese domestic elite-led narratives about security and development with state-building and region-building initiatives. It is a must read for researchers, students, or anyone interested in both Chinese politics and the challenges facing Eurasia in the 21st century."---Sebastien Peyrouse, Research Professor, Central Asia Program, IERES, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington UniversityTable of Contents1.The Co-Constitution of State and Region-Building 2.National Integration and Regional Formation 3.National Consolidation and Regional Institutionalization 4.National Rejuvenation and Regional Transformation 5. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis new edition of An Economic History of Early Modern India extends the timespan of the analysis to incorporate further research. This allows for a more detailed discussion of the rise of the British Empire in South Asia and gives a fuller context for the historiography.Table of ContentsIntroduction 2. State Formation 3. State Consolidation 4. The Agrarian Order 5. Conditions of Business 6. Towns 7. Levels of Living 8. The Rebellion of 1857 9. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisFinalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in History "Like Lauren Hillebrand's Unbroken…Target Tokyo brings to life an indelible era." —Ben Cosgrove, The Daily BeastTrade Review"Gripping, compulsively readable…will have great appeal to anyone with even a passing interest in the Second World War." -- Terry Hartle - Christian Science Monitor"Vividly narrates the saga…Scott uses original, almost untapped sources and carefully balances praise for the 80 airmen’s valor and a sober appraisal of the terrible costs." -- Alexander Rose - Wall Street Journal"Scott’s tight prose and meticulous research provide a gripping and at times heartbreaking account of the raid." -- Bob Carden - Philadelphia Inquirer"The Doolittle raid and its effects need to be remembered; Target Tokyo will make them hard to forget." -- Ray Locker - USA Today"Scott is an agile writer who offers strong portraits of key figures such as Doolittle. And his immense amount of research enabled him to produce a book that appeals not just to military buffs, but to a much broader audience." -- Hal Bernton - Seattle Times"[A] breakthrough work of popular history." -- Michael Giltz - Huffington Post"A fantastic story fantastically told." -- Charleston Mercury"Filled with thrilling heroism and sacrifice, Target Tokyo is the definitive account of the amazing Doolittle raid." -- Chris Patsilelis - Tampa Bay Times"[A] brilliant tale of adventure and bravery…The telling is fresh and packs a wallop that puts it up with the best of World War II combat stories." -- Edward Cuddihy - Buffalo News"A terrific story and a cracking good read." -- Ian Toll, author of Pacific Crucible, War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942"One of the most incredible accounts of American military valor I've ever read." -- Pat Conroy"The Doolittle raid on Tokyo was one of the most impossible, daring, and consequential missions ever taken by American military men, and James Scott brings it back to the reader with you-are-there immediacy and drama. Filled with great characters, great heroism, and great suffering, Target Tokyo is at once thorough, realistic, and thrilling." -- Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder and Ike's Bluff

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Book Synopsis“Each sentence is a struck match... [Nylan’s] translation is insightful and alert.” — Dwight Garner, The New York TimesTrade Review"... presents a fresh, distinctive and original rendition of the much-parsed classic... the text is presented in a form that is clear and readily understood and at the same time inexhaustibly rich in meaning." -- New Statesman"Michael Nylan’s masterful translation of The Art of War brings historical depth to our understanding of the classic and also illuminates its broad significance for our world today." -- Wai-yee Li, Harvard University

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Book SynopsisSikh Art and Literature introduces Sikhism through its rich artistic culture. Using an assembly of rare imagery and literature, we are given the chance to explore the fruitful world of the Sikhs.Trade Review'An appealing overview of 500 years achievement.' - The Scotsman'Sikh Art and Lierature is a timely addition to much needed scholary work on Sikhism ...[it] will prove to be a valuable resource for those who are engaged in teaching Sikh studies courses in colleges and universities ... I strongly recommend that all Sikh families should buy a copy ...' - Sewa Singh, World Faiths Encounter'... it is to the credit of Routledge ... that it has brought out this absorbing book ...' - Financial TimesTable of ContentsContents List of Colour Plates and Illustrations Art Foreword Literature Foreword AcknowledgementsIntroduction, Narinder Singh Kapany, Founding Chair of Sikh Foundation and Kerry Brown, The Sikh FoundationArt1. From Gurus to Kings: Early and Court Painting Gursharan Singh Sidhu, President of The Society for Art and Cultural Heritage for India 2. An Illustrated Life: Guru Nanak in Narrative Art Robert J.Del Bonta, Asian Art Museum 3. The Sikh Treasury: The Sikh Kingdom and the British Raj Susan Stronge, V&A Curator, Museum 4.Golden Temple, Marble Forum: Form and Meaning in Sacred Architecture Henry J.Walker, Bates College, MaineLiterature1. The Unstruck Melody: Mystical Mysticism in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Gobind Singh Mansukhani, former chair of Sikh Studies at Chandigarh University 6. The Western Gateway toSikhism: The Life and Works of M.A.Macauliffe Harbans Lal, trustee of the Academy of Guru Granth Studies 7. Poetry Urges Poetry: From the Guru Granth to Bhai Vir Singh Nikky Guninder Kaur Singh, Colby College 8. Critical Ecstacy: The Modern Poetry of Puran Singh Surjit Singh Dulai, Michigan State University 9. Old Culture, New Knowledge: The Writings of Bhai Mohan Singh Vaid Ardaman Singh, writer, Delhi and Nirvikar Singh, University of California, Santa Cruz 10. A Mirror to Our Faces: The Short Stories of Khushwan Singh Abdul Jabbar, City College of San FranciscoAppendices 1. The Ten Sikh Gurus 2. The Contributors to Sri Guru Granth Sahib 3. The Structure of Sri Guru Granth Sahib 4. Custodians of Sikh Art Recommended Reading Glossary.

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Book SynopsisThis engaging new biography dispels many myths surrounding Nehru, and distinguishes between the icon he has become and the politician he actually was. Benjamin Zachariah places Nehru in the context of the issues of his time, including the central theme of nationalism, the impact of Cold War pressures on India and the transition from colonial control to a precarious independence.How did Jawaharlal Nehru come to lead the Indian nationalist movement, and how did he sustain his leadership as the first Prime Minister of independent India? Nehru''s vision of India, its roots in Indian politics and society, as well as its viability have been central to historical and present-day views of India.Connecting the domestic and international aspects of his political life and ideology, this study provides a fascinating insight into Nehru, his times and his legacy. Trade Review'A fresh presentation.' - The Hindu'Nehru is fun to read: lively, provocative … Zachariah cares deeply about his subject and has many good ideas.' - Institute of Historical ResearchTable of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, CHRONOLOGY, PREFACE, Introduction, 1 The making of a colonial intellectual, 2 The young Gandhian, 3 ‘Ineffectual angel’, 1927–39, 4 The end of the Raj, Interlude – Envisioning the new India, 5 Consolidating the state, c. 1947–55, 6 High Nehruvianism and its decline, c. 1955–63, Conclusion: death, succession, legacy, NOTES, FURTHER READING, INDEX

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Book SynopsisExamines the contributions of three powerful Meiji women and how their own education and ideas about Japanese women's potential shaped how females were to participate in modern society

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Book SynopsisSince the 1990s Seoul has sought to recreate itself from a mega city to a global city, equipped with cutting-edge knowledge industries and infrastructures. By juxtaposing the cultural turn and cultural/creative city-making, this book interrogates the formation of new citizen subjectivity, namely the enterprising self, in post-Fordist Seoul.

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Book SynopsisRecounting the influence of Greek communities and their culture through Central Asia, India and Western China, from the Bronze Age through to the rise of Islam, this book examines a wealth of art and artifacts as well as literary sources to reveal the remarkable influence of Greek culture.Trade Review'Attractively illustrated' - Society of Antiquaries'Undoubtedly an erudite book, the product of a lifetime’s research and reflection' - Current World Archaeology'A learned book, displaying an enormous and enviable range' - Journal of Greek ArchaeologyTable of Contents1. Greece and the east: beginnings • 2. Greeks and Achaemenid Persia; 3. Greeks and Alexander ‘the Great’ • 4. The new Greek kingdoms in the east • 5. Greeks and their arts in Central Asia • 6: Greeks and their arts in India • 7. Greeks, Romans, Parthians and Sasanians: before Islam; Epilogue: myth, history and archaeology

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Book SynopsisRemains of the Everyday traces the changing material culture and industrial ecology of China through the lens of recycling. Over the last century, waste recovery and secondhand goods markets have been integral to Beijing's economic functioning and cultural identity, and acts of recycling have figured centrally in the ideological imagination of modernity and citizenship. On the one hand, the Chinese state has repeatedly promoted acts of voluntary recycling as exemplary of conscientious citizenship. On the other, informal recycling networksfrom the night soil carriers of the Republican era to the collectors of plastic and cardboard in Beijing's neighborhoods todayhave been represented as undisciplined, polluting, and technologically primitive due to the municipal government's failure to control them. The result, Joshua Goldstein argues, is the repeatedly re-inscribed exclusion of waste workers from formations of modern urban citizenship as well as the intrinsic liminality of recycling itTrade Review"This is a highly engaging and important book. It provides a rich introduction to a subject that has received only scant attention in historical scholarship. . . . The book is a great achievement. It is sure to reward readers with its astute analysis of recycling at a time when finding solutions to our global environmental crisis could not be more urgent." * Technology and Culture *"Remains of the Everyday significantly contributes to the state of research on Beijing’s modern history, urban governance, environmental policy, formal–informal economic dynamics and resource recovery." * China Quarterly *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Part One. The Republican Era (1912–1949) Recycling of a Different Sort 1 Dreams of a Hygienic Infrastructure Deferred 2 From Imperial Capital to Secondhand Emporium Modernity of a Different Sort Part Two. The Mao Era (1949–1980) Recycling According to Plan 3 The Rural Exile of Urban Wastes 4 Standardizing Chaos: Rationalizing the Junk Trades in the 1950s 5 Effortful Equilibriums of the State-Managed Scrap Sector, 1960–1980 Beijing’s Waste-Scape on the Cusp of Market Reform Part Three. The Reform Era (1980–Present) Fighting over the Scraps 6 A Tale of Two Cities, 1980–2003 7 Top of the Heap 8 No Longer the World’s Garbage Dump! Whither Beijing’s Recyclers? Appendix: Timelines of Selected Events in the Recycling and Sanitation Bureaucracies, 1949–2000 Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.

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Book SynopsisThis major biography of Mao draws on never before seen documents to reveal surprising details about Mao's rise to power and leadership in China.This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.

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Book SynopsisLi Hsiu-ch'eng - the Loyal Prince - was the most important military leader on the rebel side during the last years of the Taiping Rebellion in China (185164). The Taiping Rebellion has been called the greatest popular revolt in modern history, and it came remarkably close to toppling the Ch'ing empire some fifty years before it was finally overthrown in 1911.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The capture of Li Hsiu-ch'eng and the origin of the Deposition; 3. Tseng Kuo-fan and Li Hsiu-ch'eng; 4. Tseng Kuo-fan and the Deposition; 5. A hero made and overthrown; 6. Li Hsiu-ch'eng and his Deposition: an assessment.

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Japan's ancient age was a period of radical and political change during which a Chinese-style empire emerged. This volume of The Cambridge History of Japan spans the beginnings of human existence to the end of the eighth century, focusing on the thousand years between 300 BC and 784, the end of the fabulous Nara period. The volume explores this period in four stages: (1) The Yayoi period (to about AD 250) when small kingdoms and kingdom federations accumulated enough power to dispatch diplomatic missions to Korea and China; (2) the Yamato period (to 587) when priestly rulers, having gained economic and military power, conquered most of Japan; (3) the Century of Reform (to 710) when Japanese leaders, pressed by China's expanding T'ang empire, set out to build a strong Chinese-style empire of their own; (4) the Nara period (to 784) when spectacular literary, artistic, architectural, and religious advances were made.

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Book SynopsisBefore the age of Industrial Revolution, the great Asian civilisations - whether located in the Middle East, India, South-East Asia, or the Far East - constituted areas not only of high culture but also of advanced economic development. They were the First World of human societies. This 1985 book examines one of the driving forces of that historical period: the long chain of oceanic trade which stretched from the South China Sea to the eastern Mediterranean. It also looks at the natural complement of the seaborne commerce, its counterpart in the caravan trade. Its main achievement is to show how socially determined demand derived from cultural habits and interpretations operated through the medium of market forces and relative prices. It points out the unique and limiting features of Asian commercial capitalism, and shows how the contribution of Asian merchants was valued universally, in reality if not legally and formally. Professor Chaudhuri's book, based on more than twenty years' rTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. General Problems and Historical Events: 1. Trade and civilisation in the Indian Ocean: social, cultural, economic, and temporal dimensions; 2. The rise of Islam and the pattern of pre-emporia trade in early Asia; 3. The Portuguese seaborne empire in the Indian Ocean; 4. The Dutch and English East India companies and the bureaucratic form of trade in Asia; 5. Emporia trade and the great port-towns in the Indian Ocean; Part II. Structure and la longue durée: 6. The sea and its mastery; 7. Ships and shipbuilding in the Indian Ocean; 8. The land and its relationship with long-distance trade; 9. Commodities and markets; 10. Capital and trade in the Indian Ocean: the problem of scale, merchants, money and production; 11. Conclusion.

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