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Aleph Book Company The Past as Present
Book SynopsisUnderstanding the past is crucial for the present. Romila Thapar's essays explore historical questions and the importance of accurately interpreting history to combat misrepresentation by politicians and fundamentalists. Her work sheds light on Indian history, religion, and the impact of historical narratives on contemporary society.
£29.60
Sharada Publishing House Glimpses of the Sociopolitical History of
Book SynopsisThe present work deals with the Socio-political history of Kishtwar from early to later medieval period. The book deals with the origin of Kishtwar with its geographical location and different nomenclatures. It explains the foundation of Kishtwar by Raja Kahan Pal, his origin and annexation of rule from the Panjasasis (a ruling tribe from Punjab). The chronology of important Rajas from Raja Kahan Pal to Kirat Singh and economy of Kishtwar has been discussed in detail. The army of Kishtwar and the source of income to maintain the army has been discussed. The relations of Kishtwar with the neighbouring states like Kashmir, Jammu, Bhaderwah, Balor Basoli, Chamba, and the mighty Mughal rulers have been explained. It provides an insight how geographical, political, social and religious conditions played a vital role in the varying nature of relations of Kishtwar with these states. The work explains the factors which led to successful resistance by the Rajas of Kishtwar against the mighty Mughal emperors.
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Sharada Publishing House Echoes in Stone
Book SynopsisEach sculpture is carefully analysed with respect to its iconography (the religious or symbolic imagery it employs), style, and location within the landscape.
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Mapin Publishing Pvt.Ltd Shringara of Shrinathji: From the Collection of
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Indus Source Books Byways of Bombay
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Knowledge World International Guardian of the Gate: A Military History of the
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Manohar Publishers & Distributors From Mountain Fastness To Coastal Kingdoms
Book SynopsisThis book examines money use in the Bay of Bengal world, using the case of medieval Bengal as a fulcrum. Situated between mountains and the sea, this region had simultaneous access to both overland and maritime trade routes.
£43.22
Primus Books Modes of Philology in Medieval South India
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Pentagon Press To the Edge and Back: 1962 India-China War
Book SynopsisThe saga of 1962 is one of failure at multiple levels. Starting from the failure of the Prime Minister and the government to formulate a coherent national security policy, to the failure of the diplomats to effectively engage and gauge the Chinese. It was a failure on the part of the senior military leadership to provide sound military advice to the political leadership. In fact, they are guilty of ignoring basic military precepts in order to meet political requirements.This book traces the historical background of the boundary dispute and the slow build-up of mistrust, suspicion and acrimony between India and China that started sometime after the `Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai` phase of relationships and resulted in the outbreak of war in October 1962. It documents the course of the battle, where the robust junior leadership and steadfastness of the Indian Jawan are the two factors that stand out as saving grace amidst the overall disaster. Everywhere small bodies of men fought isolated battles under desperate conditions and extreme shortages. In every instance, the junior leaders on the spot led from the forefront, often to their last breath. And the jawans followed their leaders unquestioningly, unhesitatingly and uncomplainingly. Never once were the `Naam, NamakaurNishaan` let down. This was a testimony to the strong espirit de corps forged by the regimental system of the army, which continues to stand the test of time even to date.1,383 soldiers had lost their lives, 1,696 were missing and 3,968 had been captured, of which 36 died in captivity.Written with the lay reader in mind, this book avoids military jargon and can be easily followed by readers without any prior knowledge of military matters . It is suitable for students, youth and others who are interested in learning more about the dispute and the war.
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Pentagon Press LLP The Gita Secret
Book SynopsisThe awesome revelation that the vital epic The Gita' has a secret final chapter still to be unfolded to mankind leads a Nobel neurologist on a bizarre quest. The Amazing journey from the Mahabharata era of 3000 BC to the Global Expo of 2025 is laced with Science and Spirituality merging to culminate in an awesome climax all setup against the backdrop of individual intrigue and global diplomacy. Will Dr. Roy be able to fulfill the tryst with destiny to grant transcendence to humanity and in the process redeem his own real identity? Ravi Kapur's spine chilling thriller strips the reader to a pure consciousness that engulfs all including himself. Fasten your seat belts. The ferocious flight into your core within is about to begin
£11.99
Lector House Indian Speeches (1907-1909)
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Primus Books Social Worlds of Premodern Transactions:
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Manohar Publishers & Distributors Japan and Bengal
Book SynopsisThe present book is a revised version of the authorâs doctoral thesis, for which he was awarded a Ph.D. degree from the Faculty of Arts, Jadavpur University.
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Leuven University Press History of Japanese Art after 1945: Institutions,
Book SynopsisHistory of Japanese Art after 1945 is a compilation of essays that surveys the development of art in Japan since WWII. The original Japanese work, which has become essential reading for those with an interest in modern and contemporary Japanese art and is a foundational resource for students and researchers, spans a period of 150 years, from the 1850s to the 2010s. Each chapter is dedicated to a specific period and written by a specialist. The English edition first discusses the formation and evolution of Japanese contemporary art from 1945 to the late 1970s, subsequently deals with the rise of the fine art museum from the late 1970s to the 1990s, and concludes with an overview of contemporary Japanese art dating from the 1990s to the 2010s. These three parts are preceded by a new introduction that contextualizes both the original Japanese and the English editions and introduces the reader to the emergence of the concept of art (bijutsu) in modern Japan. This English-language edition provides valuable reading material that offers a deeper insight into contemporary Japanese art. Contributors: Kitazawa Noriaki (editor), Mori Hitoshi (editor), Sato Doushin (editor), Tom Kain (translation editor), Alice Kiwako Ashiwa (translator), Kenneth Masaki Shima (translator), Ariel Acosta (translator) and Sara Sumpter (translator) Translated from the original Japanese edition published with Tokyo Bijutsu, 2014 In cooperation with Art Platform Japan / The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan Art Platform Japan is an initiative by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, to maintain the sustainable development of the contemporary art scene in Japan.Trade Review'Anarchy of the Body' is cited in 'History of Japanese Art After 1945', particularly in the third section of the work where Kuresawa Takemi, professor at the Tokyo University of Technology, discusses the postmodern turn of contemporary Japanese art from 1990 to 2010: Kuresawa goes on to list a number of exhibitions and studies that give insight into the sometimes scattered influence of the 1960s on contemporary Japanese art in the 1990s and beyond. KuraDalaiJee’s work is considered here as a 'masterpiece' that deals, not only with the major figures of performance (such as Hi-Red Center), but also with artists and collectives of lesser fame. Alexandre Taalba, « Chokusetsu kōdō : l’action directe comme méthode artistique au Japon », Critique d’art, 60 | 2023, 80-90, https://journals.openedition.org/critiquedart/104361Table of ContentsErratum:p. 28, l. 18‒21→In 2018, the University of Tokyo Cooperative Association (Co-op) was found to have disposed of Kizuna [Bonds], a painting by Usami Kenji that had hung in the Central Cafeteria of the Hongo Campus for more than forty years, during repairs the previous year._____TRANSLATION CREDITS NOTES ON THE TRANSLATION INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH EDITION KAJIYA KENJICHAPTER 1.THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY ART [GENDAI BIJUTSU]: 1945 TO THE EARLY 1970S MITSUDA YURI Introduction: The Formation and Evolution of Japanese Contemporary Art Section 1. The Inception of “Contemporary Art”: The 1955 System of Art (1945–54) Section 2. The Era of “Contemporary Art”: Anti-Art (1955–64) Section 3. The Evolution of “Contemporary Art”: Dismantlement and Reincarnation (1965–74) Notes CHAPTER 2.THE AGE OF THE FINE-ART MUSEUM: THE LATE 1970S TO THE 1990S KITAZAWA NORIAKI Introduction: Institutions and Alternatives Section 1. Fine Art’s “Conservative Revolution” and the New Wave: The Mid-1970s to the Early 1990s Section 2. The Rise of Neo-Pop: The “Modern Art” of the 1990s CHAPTER 3.THE END OF “ART”: THE 1990S TO THE 2010S KURESAWA TAKEMI Introduction: After the Postmodern—Art after the 1990s Section 1. Formation of New Spaces [Genba] and Institutions [Seido]—The 1990s Section 2. After “Art”: The 2000s to the 2010s Notes BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEXES
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The Chinese University Press The Empress and the Heavenly Masters: A Study of the Ordination Scroll of Empress Zhang
Book SynopsisThis book uncovers the history of imperial ordinations through a detailed examination of the Ordination Scroll of Empress Zhang (1493), an important Ming Dynasty Daoist artifact—its transcriptions and meticulously-painted images of celestial beings, as well as the influences of the Daoist leaders known as the Zhengyi Heavenly Masters.
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Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Pen and Sail: Literature and History in Early
Book SynopsisPen and Sail combines intellectual history and economic history. Nidhi argues that the emergence of a market economy in the early Bangkok era (1782–1855) was the driving force behind a major change in mentality and worldview seen in poetry, early prose works, biographies of the Buddha, scripts for chanting the Jataka tales, language primers, manuals of behavior, and revisions of the royal chronicles.Table of ContentsEditorial Foreword Publication History Author's Preface Preface to the First Thai Edition (1982) 1. Bourgeois Culture and Early Bangkok Literature 2. Sunthon Phu: Bourgeois Poet Laureate 3. On the Phetchaburi Version of the Mahachat 4. The World of Landy Nophamat 5. The Life of the Buddha and the Religious Movement of the Early Bangkok Period 6. The History of Bangkok in the Chronicles of Ayutthaya Reigns Glossary Abbreviations Bibliography Afterword Index
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Reproduction of Inequality and Social Exclusion: A Study of Dalits in a Caste Society, Nepal
Book SynopsisThis book is a detailed account of how hierarchy has been maintained historically by the Nepali state, affirming the uniqueness of a caste-based social order by bringing outsiders, especially ethnic groups and religious minorities, into the caste fold. Focusing on the contemporary state of Dalits, the community that was and is put at the bottom of a very hierarchical social order in Nepal, the author argues that the traditional caste-based social order is still prevalent in the “new” Nepal even after the recent socio-political and constitutional changes. Illustrated by scientifically employed and interpreted data mainly in the three sectors of education, politics and employment, the book postulates that people who were and are born into the “high caste” still have more access to the resources and opportunities available in society in comparison with those born into the “lower” caste. It further argues that although reservation policies are in place to address social exclusion, these could not bring expected outcomes mainly due to the lack of engagement, if not ignorance, of both dominant groups and the community in the margin. The absence of clarity among political actors on the positive discrimination and affirmative actions has contributed to backtracking the recently created space in line with “inclusive Nepal”. Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1 Defining Dalits in a Nepali ContextChapter 2 Dalits and Exclusion in EducationChapter 3 Work, Employment and Social Exclusion of DalitsChapter 4 Politics, Decision-Making and Dalits in NepalChapter 5 ConclusionReferencesIndex
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Maritime Prehistory of Northeast Asia: With a
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. The Origins of Watercraft in the North Pacific and its role in Northeast Asian Prehistory.- 2. Synthetic perspective on prehistoric hunter-gatherer adaptation and landscape change in northern Japan.- 3. Over the Water into and out of the Japanese Archipelago during the Pleistocene: Humans, Obsidian, and Lithic Techniques.- 4. Human Behavior in the Insular World of the Okhotsk and Japan Seas during the Late Pleistocene/Holocene Transition and Between the late Palaeolithic/Neolithic Boundaries.- 5. Maritime prehistory of Korea: an archaeological review.- 6. The Origins of Aquatic Subsistence Practices among Hunter-Gatherer-Fishers during the Late Pleistocene/Holocene Transition in the Russian Far East.- 7. A Hypothesis Pertaining to the Initial Dispersal of Pottery Production in East Asia; A View from the Far East.- 8. From Continent to Continent: proposed pathways of human travel from Kamchatka to America in ancient times.- 9. Digital Characterization of the Stemmed Projectile Point Technology from the Ushki Lake Site, Layer VII, Kamchatka, Russia.- 10. The Onset of Maritime Adaptation in Eastern Chukotka and the Emergence of Marine Economies and Seafaring Activities between 8000 - 3500 years Before Present.- 11. Evidence of Maritime Adaptations During the Neolithic Period in the Primorye Region of the Russian Far East.- 12. Watercraft in the Context of Marine Adaptations in Peter the Great Bay.- 13. Seafaring in the Bohai State.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Chinese Handicrafts
Book SynopsisThis book systematically introduces readers to traditional Chinese handicrafts, which are original, distinct, and have had major impacts in China and around the globe. It explores 14 different types of handicraft, and provides a clear definition, detailed information on the techniques, and extensive discussion of each. Readers will not only learn the fascinating stories behind traditional Chinese handicrafts, but also be inspired by the great Chinese handicraftsmen’s inherent spirit of innovation and creativity. Table of ContentsMaking Tools and Devices.- Agricultural and Mineral Processing.- Construction.- Spinning, Dyeing, and Embroidering.- Ceramics.- Metallurgy and Metalworking.- Sculpture.- Weaving and Tying.- Lacquering.- Furniture Making.- Making Calligrapher’s Tools.- Printing.- Carving and Painting.- Special Handicrafts and Others .- Protection, Inheritance and Revitalization of Traditional Crafts.
£104.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore The Evolution of China’s Anti-Poverty Strategies:
Book SynopsisThis open access book presents the findings of the author’s 3 decades of studying China’s evolving anti-poverty strategies. It argues that much of the billions that nations spend yearly on economic aid is used inefficiently or to treat the symptoms but not the root causes of poverty. China, however, has evolved an effective sustainable alternative by providing the means for self-reliance to not only relieve economic poverty but also poverty of spirit. As a result, the success of China’s historic war on poverty has been due not only to top-down visionary leadership but also to the bottom-up initiatives of an empowered populace unswervingly united in ending poverty.From 1993 to 2019, the author drove over 200,000 km around China and interviewed hundreds of people from all walks of life as he explored the evolution of China’s anti-poverty strategies from simplistic aid and redistribution, which often engendered dependency and poverty of spirit. Over time, the philosophy shifted to empowerment by fostering self-reliance—or as Chinese put it, “blood production rather than blood transfusion.” The primary method of empowerment was to provide modern infrastructure, “Roads first, then riches,” so rural dwellers in remote Inner Mongolia or the Himalayan heights of Tibet had the same access to markets, jobs and internet for e-commerce as their urban counterparts. People who seized the opportunities and prospered first then used their newfound wealth and experience to help others.The stories in this book include a Tibetan entrepreneur whose family was impoverished in spite of 300 years of service to the Panchen Lama, or the farm girl with 4 years of education who now has several international schools, a biotechnology company and poverty alleviation projects across China, or the photographer who walked 40,000 km through deserts to chronicle the threat of desertification. Their tales underscore how diverse people across China helped make possible China’s success in alleviating absolute poverty and why Chinese are now confident in achieving a “moderately prosperous society.”Trade Review“It is highly recommended reading for social issues students interested in alternative anti-poverty strategies that have proven successful in the real world. … For those interested in the social issues of various nations and China in particular, The Evolution of China's Anti-Poverty Strategies provides a blueprint of entrepreneurial efforts that demonstrates how prosperity may be encouraged at all levels of society.” (California Bookwatch, Vol. 18 (4), April, 2023)Table of Contents- Chapter 1: Mogan Mountain’s Tang Hairong- Chapter 2: Liu Yunguang: An Entrepreneur With a Passion for Youth - Chapter 3: Jing Xuhua — A Loving Mother Triumphs at Home and in Business - Chapter 4: Ye Nan Brings a Bright Future to West China - Chapter 5: Yang Ying— From House Maid to Millionaire Philanthropist - Chapter 6: Gerile — Making Snacks to Put Her Daughter Through College - Chapter 7: Zhang Fang — Documenting Inner Mongolia’s Environmental Fight - Chapter 8: Zhao Xuan, A Retired Teacher From Xi’an - Chapter 9: Bu Wenjun: Inheriting Wei-family’s Brick-Carving Craftsmanship - Chapter 10: Zhang Jianlong — From Migrant Worker to Cattle King - Chapter 11: Xin Baotong— Helping the Helpless to Dream Again - Chapter 12: Wang Zenghao — Young Volunteer Working in Tibet - Chapter 13: Dawa Wangdui: A Tibetan Serf -turned Entrepreneur - Chapter 14: Xia Jiangping — Greening the Roof of the World! - Chapter 15: Wu Qiong (吴琼) — Educated to Serve Tibet - Chapter 16: How Self-made Man Xu Lidao Found He Needed Society - Chapter 17: Zhu Qingfu — Passionate About Photography - Chapter 18: Chen Qiaodi, The Yangshuo of Guangxi - Chapter 19: Lin Ruiqi, Huawei’s Senior Vice President Chapter 20: Lucy: The Youthful Heart of Huawei
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Splendors of Quanzhou, Past and Present
Book SynopsisThis open access book explores the past and present of Quanzhou (Zayton) and the rich diversity and tolerance that kindled Quanzhou’s innovativeness and helped it prosper both commercially and culturally—values that are today being embraced by China’s global trade partners. Quanzhou (Zayton), Marco Polo’s port of departure and Columbus’ goal in China, was not only the start of the Maritime Silk Road and the Middle Age’s greatest port but also centuries ahead of its time in its tolerance and diversity. The fabled “City of Light” had 7 mosques for its 40,000 Muslims, some of whom served in government, as well as 3 Franciscan cathedrals funded in part by the emperor, Jewish synagogues, and centers for Nestorian Christians, Hindus, Taoists, Manicheans, Jains, etc. As Franciscan Bishop Andrew of Perugia wrote in 1322, “Tis a fact that in this vast empire, there are people of every nation under heaven, and every sect, and all and sundry are allowed to live freely according to their creed.” In 2021, UNESCO designated “Quanzhou, Emporium of the World,” as a world heritage site, and the city is now the hub of the Belt and Road Initiative, the 21st Century Silk Road, which was inspired by ancient Quanzhou.Table of ContentsQuanzhou at a Glance.- The Story of Zaytun.- Exploring Quanzhou Maritime Museum.- Exploring the Ancient Maritime Silk Road in Today’s Quanzhou.- Quanzhou: Home of Miraculous Chinese Puppets!.
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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Revolutionary Spirit: Jose Rizal in Southeast
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ISEAS A View from the Highlands: Archaeology and
Book SynopsisThe highland of the Minangkabau community in Indonesia was the core area of the realm of Sumatra’s last Buddhist king, Adityavarman (c. 1347–75). An increasing socio-political integration, mentioned in his inscriptions, is marked by ceremonial architecture, changes of land use, and the establishment of an administration. Surveys and excavations have yielded new archaeological evidence that changes in settlement and socio-cultural patterns have occurred. New technology—metallurgy and an irrigation system—has also emerged. From the fourteenth century a territorial consolidation and increasing socio-economic complexity are evidenced, which initiated international trade and an incipient urbanisation process in this highland region.This book analyses the rise of the settlement system in the heartland of the Minangkabau region in the highlands of West Sumatra. It explores the regional settlement pattern arising from Adityavarman’s highland interregnum, and provides the first attempt to place the archaeological remains and the landscape of Tanah Datar, a fertile plain in the highlands of West Sumatra, in a cultural historic synthesis. The core of this research consisted of excavations at Bukit Gombak and Bukit Kincir. Bukit Gombak was a central place in Adityavarman’s kingdom, and provides evidence of the organisation and material development of this political entity. Surveys in the Tanah Datar plain provided evidence of other settlements that could be examined in relation to each other and to sites from earlier and later periods, and used to sketch out the settlement history of Tanah Datar from prehistoric times to the precolonial period. The book consists of detailed studies of metal, ceramics and glass finds by laboratory-based specialists as well as careful descriptions of stone, clay and other finds.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Friendship Across the Seas: The US Navy and the
Book SynopsisThis Open Access book describes the history of the relationship between the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), the heir to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), and the United States Navy (US Navy), with a focus on the individuals who helped build it. Former enemies who fought fiercely on the seas and in the air during the Pacific War, the two navies came to respect each other in action. Soon after the war, when the Cold War turned hot, they began to work together as allies, driven by their respective national interests. With the generous assistance of the US Navy, the JMSDF was established as its counterpart. Over the years, these two navies have gradually built strong ties. Individual officers and sailors on both sides overcame mixed feelings about their erstwhile foes to feel respect for and trust in each other. This was made possible by conducting countless joint exercises and operations at sea. US Navy leaders began to realize that this small maritime force, notwithstanding domestic political, constitutional, and legal limitations, does its job well, is reliable, and can be fully trusted. The JMSDF realized that, sharing common interests and values, there was no better navy in the Asia-Pacific region to ally with. Over seventy years of accumulated shared experiences have transformed this into perhaps the most successful navy-to-navy partnership in the world. The US-Japan maritime alliance today is anchored in this history. Numerous admirals, officers, and sailors of the two navies working together have greatly contributed to the stability and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region for the past seven decades. This book is intended for readers interested in the history of US-Japan relations and for naval officers and sailors from the US and other countries. It is the author’s sincere desire that they read this book and appreciate the longstanding cooperation between the JMSDF and the US Navy.Table of ContentsChapter 1. James E. Auer and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.- Chapter 2. Kazuomi Uchida, the Chief of Maritime Staff.- Chapter 3. Teiji Nakamura, the Chief of Maritime Staff.- Chapter 4. Minesweepers Crossing the Sea.- Chapter 5. Arleigh Burke and the Founding of the JMSDF.- Chapter 6. Mr. Navy: Ichirō Masuoka.- Chapter 7. The US Navy’s War Generation.- Chapter 8.A Dogwood in Etajima, a Cherry Tree in Annapolis.- Chapter 9. Minesweepers Crossing the Sea Again.- Chapter 10. After the Gulf War.- Chapter 11. The Alliance and the Two Navies: 2001–2022.- Chapter 12. Naval Alliance for a Better Peace.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore The Chinese May Fourth Generation and the Irish
Book SynopsisThis book examines how the early twentieth-century Irish Renaissance (Irish Literary Revival) inspired the Chinese Renaissance (the May Fourth generation) of writers to make agentic choices and translingual exchanges. It sheds a new light on “May Fourth” and on the Irish Renaissance by establishing that the Irish Literary Revival (1900-1922) provided an alternative decolonizing model of resistance for the Chinese Renaissance to that provided by the western imperial center. The book also argues that Chinese May Fourth intellectuals translated Irish Revivalist plays by W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, Seán O’Casey and Synge and that Chinese peasants performed these plays throughout China during the 1920s and 1930s as a form of anti-imperial resistance. Yet this literary exchange was not simply going one way, since Yeats, Lady Gregory, Synge and O’Casey were also influenced by Chinese developments in literature and politics. Therefore this was a reciprocal encounter based on the circulation of Anti-colonial ideals and mutual transformation.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Yeats and Lu Xun: Postcolonised Modernists?.- 3.How Lu Xun translated Yeats and the Irish Revival.- 4. Yeats’s Reception in China: How Chinese May Fourth Writers Translated Yeats and the Irish Revival.- 5. Tempests in Tenements and Teahouses: A Comparison of Irish Revivalist Seán O’Casey’s trilogy of plays with Lao She’s Teahouse.- 6. Spreading the News Lady Gregory’s Plays Made it all the Way to China! A Gendered Comparison of “Founding Mothers” Lady Gregory in Revivalist Ireland and Qiu Jin in China.- 7. How Was the New Woman Constructed in Revivalist Ireland and May Fourth China? A Comparison of Socialist and Feminist Writers Ding Ling and Eva Gore-Booth.- 8. Irish Revivalist J. M. Synge and Chinese May Fourth Playwright Cao Yu: ‘Boys’ Who ‘Play’ in the Postcolonised Wilderness?.- 9. Did Ye Ever Hear of the Christmas Rising by Liu Bannong? Receptions of the 1916 Irish Easter Rising in Republican era China.- 10. Conclusion
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Ekta Books Distributors Pvt. Ltd. There is a Beautiful Courtyard in Patan
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Martin Chautari Infrastructures of Democracy
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Dttv Publications The Rise of Civilizations Concerning Vedic
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Independently Published An Inconvenient History: Japan's Dark Shadow on
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State University of New York Press Dalit Journeys for Dignity
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State University of New York Press Zen Time
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Haymarket Books The Bottom Worker in East Asia
Book SynopsisThe protagonist of The Bottom Worker in East Asia: Composition and Transformation under Neoliberal Globalization is a bottom worker. Bottom workers are workers in the North and the South, who have suffered from the downward pressure of hierarchy under neoliberal globalization and have been re-stratified among themselves, from employed irregularly to self-employed and the working homeless. The existing division has become increasingly more fluid as the disparities in working conditions and wages are compressed downward. The book examines workers'' entrapment at the bottom, getting off the bottom, and intersecting each other by analyzing how they work, reside in, and build lifeworlds in cities and suburbs of four East Asian countries. In this way, it draws a dynamic picture of the contemporary working class.Contributors are: Tatsuto Asakawa, Ilju Kim, Jah-Hon Koo, Ashita Matsumiya, Yuko Matsusono, Shinji Sakamoto, Keishiro Tsutsumi, Keiko Yamaguchi, and Tsubasa Yuki.
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Arthasastra: Selections from the Classic
Book SynopsisThe only extant treatise on statecraft from classical India, the Arthsastra is an invaluable resource for understanding ancient South Asian political thought; it also provides a comprehensive and unparalleled panoramic view of Indian society during the period between the Maurya (320-185 BCE) and Gupta (320-497 CE) empires.This volume offers modern English translations of key selections, organized thematically, from the Arthasastra. A general Introduction briefly traces the arc of ancient South Asian history, explains the classical Indian tradition of statecraft, and discusses the origins and importance of the Arthasastra. Thorough explanatory essays and notes set each excerpt in its intellectual, political, and cultural contexts.Trade Review"It's of great value to nonspecialists to have this classic work of political theory and political prudence available. This carefully edited and lucidly commented volume will be useful for both research and for courses on the comparative history of politics and civilizations." --Randolph C. Head, University of California, RiversideThe translations are the collaborative product of the two leading authorities today on the Arthasastra. . . . Their work is consistently, meticulously accurate throughout, yet written in the most straightforward and direct manner imaginable. The material prefatory to each translated section is, again, clear and accessible. . . . Complex matters are effectively distilled in plain language, and the key issues brought out. Superb on all counts. I have been awaiting such a volume for a long time. --Timothy Lubin, Washington and Lee UniversityMcClish and Olivelle's general Introduction to the Arthasastra is destined to become a classic in the field of South Asian studies; they have translated the text itself in an accessible style that students and general readers alike will comprehend and enjoy. --James Frey, University of Wisconsin, OshkoshTable of ContentsIntroduction; Authorship & Date: The Cāṇakya Legend, The Composer of the Arthaśāstra: the Historical Kauṭilya, Date & Location of the Arthaśāstra; Historical Context: The Indus Valley Period, The Vedic Period, The Classical Period; Arthaśāstra: Text & Tradition: The Concept of "artha", The Genre of Śāstra, The Tradition of Statecraft, Structure & Style of the Text; The World of the Arthaśāstra: Kingship & Royal Authority, Ruling a Kingdom, The King's Administration, The Layout of the Kingdom, Society, Religion & Ethics, Conquest & Success. The Arthaśāstra -- How to be Good King; The Kingdom; Central Administration; The Judiciary; Internal Security & Suppression of Criminal Activities; Foreign Affairs; War; Index of Passages.
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Indian Rebellion, 1857 - 1859: A Short
Book Synopsis"Frey's concise and readable history of the Indian Rebellion is an excellent introduction to one of the most important wars of the nineteenth century. The rebellion lasted more than a year and pitted broad sections of north Indian society against the British East India Company. British victory consolidated colonial rule that would only be dislodged by twentieth-century nationalist movements. Frey provides a crystal-clear account of the causes, principal events, and consequences of the rebellion. Equally importantly, he deftly discusses why the rebellion remains controversial. Well-chosen documents add texture to the analysis. This is the best short history of the rebellion in print." —Ian Barrow, Middlebury CollegeTrade Review"Frey skillfully condenses and explains the complexities of the Indian sepoy mutiny of 1857 and the campaign to suppress it. This is a heroic achievement. The context provided is extremely helpful and the concluding analysis provides a bold attempt at synthesis. The documents are well selected, being quite different from previous collections. This book is highly detailed and informative, well written, and engaging to read. For undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers it will be a boon having so much information within a single volume. It will be especially useful in courses addressing South Asian, British, World, or Imperial history." —Crispin Bates, University of Edinburgh
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Trine Day Pisces Moon: The Dark Arts of Empire
Book SynopsisPisces Moon: The Dark Arts of Empire is a non-fiction book about what writer William Burroughs called, “ the backlash and bad karma of empire.” Set against the author’ s month-long trip to London, Vietnam and Thailand in early 1991, it tells how the American empire was created by rapacious businessmen backed by a murderous military establishment, media moguls who designed a relentless psychological warfare campaign that glorifies warriors who are programmed to kill on command, and clerics who contrived a religious justification for imperialism, the subordination of women, and the establishment of chattel slavery. Pisces Moon shows how these mythmakers, led by CIA drug traffickers after World War Two, destroyed much of Southeast Asia. It also tells how the myth of American greatest has come home to roost and is now manifest as the vainglorious, militant Christian nationalist movement that wishes to establish a right-wing dictatorship. Pisces Moon argues that the survival of American democracy, and the world, depends upon people being able to distinguish between material evidence and substantiated facts on the one hand, and conspiracy theories, religious beliefs, and supremacist myths
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HarperCollins India Becoming Babasaheb: The Life and Times of Bhimrao
Book SynopsisMeanwhile, old myths and inaccurate 'facts' about his thought and life events, even his relationships, persist. Becoming Babasaheb has been written on the basis of entirely original archival research to set the historical record straight.
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Rupa Publications The Hindi Heartland
Book SynopsisIt consumes the bulk of the countryâs resources, but lags behind other states on various economic and welfare indices. It is plagued by violence, illiteracy, unemployment, corruption, poor life expectancy, and numerous other ills.
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Amberley Publishing The Sun Must Set
Book SynopsisIndiaâs experience of British colonialism. The true financial, social and ecological cost of British rule and the contrasting experiences of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh following independence.
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PublicAffairs Destiny Disrupted
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Verso Books The Panthay Rebellion: Islam, Ethnicity and the
Book SynopsisThe Panthay Rebellion of 1856-1873 held the armies of the Qing dynasty at bay for nearly two decades. This account by David Atwill offers a remarkable panorama of the cosmopolitan frontier society from which the rebellion sprang.The rebel leader, Du Wenxiu, took the name of Sultan Suleiman, established a Muslim court at the ancient city of Dali and sought to unite the population against Manchu rule, with considerable success at a time when the Qing faced threats in all parts of the empire. Atwill offers the first detailed account of Du's seventeen-year rule and upturns a historiography that filters the Panthay Rebellion through the political and military lenses of the Chinese centre. The insurrection was not rooted solely in Hui hatred of the Han Chinese, he argues, nor was it primarily Islamic in orientation. Atwill draws out the multitudinous complexities of Yunnan Province, China's most ethnically diverse region and a crossroads for Tibetan, Chinese and Southeast Asian culture.The Panthay Rebellion was the last of a series of mid-century Chinese revolts to be suppressed. Its downfall marked the beginning of a renewed offensive by the imperial government to control its border regions and influence the cultures of those who lived there.Trade ReviewValuable reading for persons interested in the economic and political history of minorities in China . and in particular the history of Muslims in China' -- Eva Goldschmidt * H-Net *A thought-provoking, sophisticated study * Journal of Asian Studies *Compelling, I would strongly recommend it -- Beth E. Notar * Pacific Affairs *A book that should be read * Journal of Chinese Studies *A major contribution to the historiography of nineteenth-century China and of Chinese Islam * American Historical Review *
£23.75
Columbia University Press Chinas Philological Turn
Book SynopsisIn eighteenth-century China, a remarkable intellectual transformation took place, centered on the ascendance of philology. In China’s Philological Turn, Ori Sela foregrounds the polymath Qian Daxin to reconstruct the history of eighteenth-century Chinese learning and its long-lasting consequences.Trade ReviewOri Sela clearly and persuasively argues for the importance of the philological turn in the late eighteenth century, explaining fully the larger moral and intellectual justification for the turn and its significance for the whole course of Chinese intellectual history. This book also treats an extremely important figure in the history of Chinese scholarship, Qian Daxin. Sela makes clear both the remarkable range and depth of Qian’s philological scholarship and the crucial moral and ethical importance that Qian saw in what has often been dismissed as dry pedantry. -- Cynthia Brokaw, Brown UniversityIn China’s Philological Turn, Sela explicates the superlative classical scholarship championed by the literatus Qian Daxin (1728–1804). Among the leading classicists in Qing China, Qian and his students and colleagues were forgotten after the Opium War. Overlapping the prisms of society, ideas, and science, Sela reexamines China’s eighteenth-century philological revolution and convincingly shows that modern historians have generally overlooked the ‘philological turn’ from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century. -- Benjamin A. Elman, Princeton UniversityIn this rich and lucidly argued account of the mid-Qing revolution in Chinese intellectual thought and identity, presented on its own terms and within the contexts of social history and the history of science, Ori Sela definitively lays to rest outdated understandings of China's relation to the modern world. It is a timely reminder of the contemporary resonance of historical understanding. -- Joanna Waley-Cohen, Julius Silver Professor of History, New York University and Provost, NYU ShanghaiA well-researched work and offers a new standard for the comprehensive study of high-Qing polymaths. For yearsto come, it will be an important reference for conceiving the relationship between Han learning and Song learning, philology and science, social network and scholarly pathway. * East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine *Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Way and Its CrossroadsPart I. The Way of Man: Scholarly Networks and the Social History of Scholarship 1. Learning to Be a Scholar2. Official Scholars and the Growing Philologists’ Networks3. Private Scholars, Private Academies, and the Community of KnowledgePart II. The Way of Antiquity: Searching for the True Way in the Past4. The Way of Ancient Learning: Philology, Antiquity, and Ru Identity5. Philology and the Message of the Sages: The Classics and the Four Books6. Historical Philology: Navigating the SourcesPart III. The Way of Heaven and Earth: The Mandate of Scholarship and the Search for Order 7. Astronomy, Mathematics, and Calendar: Historical Perspective8. Ancient Learning Encounters Western Learning: Scientific Knowledge and Its Cultural Baggage9. Fate, Ritual, and Ordering All Under HeavenConclusion: The Consequences of the Eighteenth-Century Intellectual TurnsAppendix A: Selections from Qian Daxin’s 1754 Palace Examination AnswerAppendix B: Major Shuowen and Erya Studies of the Qian-Jia Period (and Related Works)Appendix C: Qian Daxin’s Letter to Dai ZhenAppendix D: Questions and Answers About AstronomyAppendix E: Essay on the Value of Pi ΠAppendix F: Qian Daxin’s Writings on Mathematics, Astronomy, and DivinationAppendix G: On SaṃsāraAppendix H: Sources for the Works of Qian DaxinNote on Abbreviations and CitationsNotesSelected Bibliography of Chinese and Japanese TitlesIndex
£52.70
University of Illinois Press The Huawei Model
Book SynopsisIn 2019, the United States' trade war with China expanded to blacklist the Chinese tech titan Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. The resulting attention showed the information and communications technology (ICT) firm entwined with China's political-economic transformation. But the question remained: why does Huawei matter? Yun Wen uses the Huawei story as a microcosm to understand China's evolving digital economy and the global rise of the nation's corporate power. Rejecting the idea of the transnational corporation as a static institution, she explains Huawei's formation and restructuring as a historical process replete with contradictions and complex consequences. She places Huawei within the international political economic framework to capture the dynamics of power structure and social relations underlying corporate China's globalization. As she explores the contradictions of Huawei's development, she also shows the ICT firm's complicated interactions with other political-economic forcesTrade Review"Recommended." --Choice "With The Huawei Model, Yun Wen has written a superb book on the complex relationship between Huawei and China as well as the implications of their simultaneous rises, albeit in different roles, with regard to the information and communications technology (ICT) industry and geopolitics." --Chinese Journal of Communication "Yun Wen's book The Huawei Model provides a detailed and useful account of the evolution and global expansion of Huawei Technologies." --China QuarterlyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction {Introductions and conclusions don’t typically have chapter numbers} Chapter 1. Huawei’s Domestic Accumulation: A Path Intertwining with China’s ICT Development Chapter 2. Going Global: Outward Expansion into the Global South Chapter 3. March into the Global North: Opportunity or Peril? Chapter 4. From Path-Dependent to Path-Breaking? Huawei’s Technological Capability Development Chapter 5. Ownership, Management, and Labor Discipline Conclusion Notes Index
£17.99
Indiana University Press Go East A History of Hungarian Turanism
Book SynopsisGo East! provides fresh insight into Turanism's key political and artistic influences in Hungary and illuminates the mark it has left on history.Trade Review"A long-awaited history of Turanism in Hungary that conjures cultural history and politics across two full centuries. A fascinating travel into a key concept of modern Hungary's ideological roots."—Marlene Laruelle, George Washington UniversityTable of ContentsMapsAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. A Batch of Bread2. György Ilosvay Writes a Letter3. The Moment4. Silver Age5. Székelys, Pagans and Hunters6. Everyday Life and Holidays in Turania7. Dévény and Tokyo8. Waiting for the Winds to Change9. Renaissance and MannerismBibliographyIndex
£25.19
University of Wisconsin Press Fagen An African American Renegade in the
Book SynopsisIn 1898 the US sent troops to suppress the Filipino struggle for independence, including three regiments of the “Buffalo Soldiers”. Among them was David Fagen. The outlines of Fagen's legend have been known for more than a century, but the details of his military achievements, his personal history, and his fate have remained a mystery - until now.Trade ReviewWith dedicated sleuthing, informed speculation, and gifted storytelling style, Morey sheds new light on David Fagen, an African American insurgent against U.S. colonialism, who has long remained as elusive to historians as he was to the American soldiers that chased him through Philippine forests over a century ago."" - Paul Kramer, author of The Blood of Government: Race, Empire, the United States, and the Philippines""A model for how to take a mythic figure, about whom very little documentation exists, and successfully transform him into a living, breathing man whose life is a window to understanding the meaning of race, war, and masculinity in American society."" - Jennifer D. Keene, author of Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of AmericaTable of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Part One: The Young Man from Tampa 1 The Young Man from Tampa 2 Santiago 3 The Far Side of the World 4 Westward 5 The Waiting Game 6 Permissions to Hate 7 Benevolent Assimilation 8 Snowbound 9 “Fighting Fred” Funston 10 Slander 11 Stalemate 12 Sequoia 13 The White Man’s Burden 14 Aguinaldo Adrift 15 Over the Hill Part Two: Renegade 16 Another Kind of War 17 Billet Doux 18 The Death of Captain Godfrey 19 “The Afro-American Traitor Called David” 20 Urbano Lacuna 21 Mount Corona 22 Alstaetter 23 Funston’s Great Roundup 24 Sergeant Washington and Captain Fagen 25 Fall Offensive 26 Old Scores 27 “General Fagan” 28 “Negritos Soldados” 29 “The Courage of His Convictions” 30 Alstaetter Revisited 31 A Christmas Souvenir 32 The Revolution Falters 33 The Road to Palanan 34 Surrender Part Three: Ladrone 35 Ladrone 36 The Renegade Comes to Town 37 A People’s War 38 “The Old Arch-Renegade Fagan” Afterword A Note on Sources Notes Index
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Yale University Press Designing Reform
Book SynopsisInvestigating the rich architecture of post-Mao China and its broad cultural impactTrade Review“A timely contribution, helping us grasp how the shift in Sino–U.S. relations facilitated architectural engagement between the two countries and reshaped architectural production in China during this period.”—Guanghui Ding, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians“Impeccably researched, Designing Reform is a groundbreaking study of architecture in contemporary China that provides firm grounds for further scholarship.”—Vladimir Kulić, author of Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980“Cole Roskam’s study offers a window into an important transitional period in both Chinese architecture and history, convincingly tying architectural production to shifts and subtleties of policy.”—Alan Plattus, Yale University“In this remarkable volume, Cole Roskam illuminates the role architecture and building played in the crucial two decades just before, and just after, China’s turn toward reform and opening. Roskam provides a compelling history-based argument about architecture and social change, as well as the depth and context that allow us to look at buildings we have long taken for granted and see them with a fresh eye.”—Barry Naughton, University of California, San Diego“Roskam combines an architectural historian’s attention to detail with a sinologist’s political acumen to give us a lucid and fascinating backstory of China’s consequential twenty-first century return to the world stage.”—Shiqiao Li, University of Virginia
£45.12
Yale University Press Ogata Korin Art in Early Modern Japan
Book SynopsisA lush portrait introducing one of the most important Japanese artists of the Edo periodTrade Review"With a mastery of the prodigious Kōrin scholarship in Japanese and insightful visual analysis, Feltens weaves together a narrative of artistic development that gives readers a textured understanding of the life and circumstances of this major world artist."—Yukio Lippit, Harvard University"This is an excellent treatment of a figure regarded as a towering artist of early modern Japan, and indeed of all Japanese art. Feltens demonstrates an impressive and thorough mastery of critical Japanese source materials, and weaves them into a compelling account of Kōrin's career."—Timon Screech, SOAS, University of London
£45.12
Yale University Press Power and Perspective
Book SynopsisA critical reconsideration of the history of photography that explores how commerce and conflict fueled its practice in nineteenth-century ChinaTrade Review“This substantial and lavishly illustrated book is an important contribution to scholarship. . . . A timely reassessment of early photography in China that urges readers to reflect.”—Claire Roberts, Burlington MagazineWinner of the Photography Network Prize, sponsored by the Photography Network
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