Asian history Books
Lulu Press Hong Kong Incident
£18.46
Lulu Press Civilization Killer
£25.10
£20.28
Lulu Press Taiwan China
£22.46
Lulu Press Book Review
£25.94
Lulu Press Pig Right Society
£21.60
Lulu Press Social Steal
£22.72
Lulu.com Peoples Sovereignty and Racism
£20.84
Lulu Press Power Clash
£21.68
Lulu Press Refugee Behavior Science
£27.30
Lulu Press Ethnic Intersection
£21.60
Lulu Press Democratic Disturbance
£23.87
Lulu Press Yellow Russian Yellow Jewish
£23.00
Lulu Press The Aftermath of June 4th Massacres
£22.02
Lulu Press Historical Mechanics
£26.22
Gallery Books Destroyer of Worlds
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£29.75
£27.34
£34.62
Academica Press In the `Wild Countries’ of Central Asia:
Book SynopsisIn this stimulating and timely book, Scott Bailey, an American teaching Russian and Eurasian history in Japan, traces the history of the dynamic Russian Geographical Society, which carried out major research expeditions to Central Eurasia during the second half of the nineteenth century. The immediate goal of its expeditions was to collect ethnographic, geographic, and natural-scientific information on these regions and their peoples. Their wider benefits established and extended Russia’s imperial control in Central Eurasia, including some regions under direct or indirect Chinese control. These expeditions served the acquisition of social and scientific information to benefit the Russian Empire’s colonization efforts. Their leaders were often elites trained in ethnography, geography, and natural science subjects, and a major objective of this book is to give a fuller picture of the diverse biographies of these figures, not all of whom were Russian or European males.In the `Wild Countries’ moves chronologically from the founding of the Russian Geographical Society in 1845 to the beginning of the revolutionary period in Russia in 1905. During these decades, research missions became more overtly “imperial” and coincided with the consolidation of Russian hegemony over Central Eurasia and an increasing Russian interest in territories in the western and northern regions of the Chinese Q’ing Empire. The book also addresses wider moves toward imperial projects worldwide.
£135.00
Academica Press The Last Great Banzai: Saipan, 1944
Book SynopsisOn July 7, 1944, all remaining Japanese forces on Saipan conducted a massive suicide attack against the American forces that had landed on the island several weeks earlier. At approximately 3am, the Japanese forces rushed southward on the Tanapag Plain and overwhelmed the soldiers of the U.S. Army's 27th Infantry Division. Hundreds of Japanese soldiers continued unimpeded for 1,200 yards, where they came upon the U.S. Marine artillerymen of the 3rd Battalion of the 10th Marine Regiment of the 2nd Marine Division. Direct howitzer and machine gun fire slowed, but did not stop, the massive suicide attack. The howitzer batteries, as well as headquarters battery, were overrun, and the Marines banded together in small pockets with rifles and pistols in an effort to hold off the Japanese. Against formidable odds, the Marines withstood continued Japanese attacks for nearly twelve hours until soldiers from other units fought their way forward and finally stopped the charge. The scene of carnage on the Tanapag Plain the next day was indescribable. The Marines who survived the attack were in shock. Those who observed the aftermath of the battle could not believe it had happened, but it was one of the most dramatic days in military history.
£96.30
Academica Press Opium Consumption and Experience in India: From
Book SynopsisOpium Consumption and Experience in India offers a "cultural biography" of opium in the subcontinent. It spans the Raj and India after independence. The book examines the "social lives" of opium in India, beginning as a commodity in the sixteenth century to its social transformation and singularization in the eighteenth century, and its decline from the mid-nineteenth century to obsolescence in the twentieth century to new "paths and diversions" in our own times. The book attempts to illuminate how opium came to occupy a central place in the "cultures of consumption" and also in the socio-economic and political life of a people. How did opium become embedded in a social ethos where it not only served as a social lubricant but soon morphed into a narco-identity for the people of India. The identification of India as a land of "great opium eaters" spawned the propaganda of a "civilizing mission" that ushered in a new era of material exploitation and political domination. This had a significant impact on the development and regulation of opium and its use.
£96.30
Academica Press Ghazipur, The Opium Mint: From 1820 to the
Book SynopsisThe Opium Factory of Ghazipur has a history all its own. Like most other colonial enterprises, it was developed to further colonial mercantile and imperial interests. Ghazipore, as it was known in British India, was the headquarters of the Benaras opium agency, which included almost the whole of the then-United Provinces. Directed and driven by metropolitan capital, the opium factory's success signaled the rise of colonial India as a major exporter of raw opium. Nevertheless, the opium factory was not simply a site of production of "provision" opium; it was where metropolitan capital and imperial science and technology intertwined to ensure the vitality of a colonial establishment. Technology was not everything, however. Raising the standard of opium manufacturing required the services of the "opium chemist," who became vital to the efficacy of the entire operation. Colonial research focused on the extraction of alkaloids to meet the growing demand of medicinal opium and its imports to England during and after World War II. From a site of manufacture of crude raw opium, the factory evolved into a modern pharmaceutical concern that was totally redesigned and reequipped. Renamed the "Government Opium and Alkaloid Works," some elements of continuity render this 200-year old monument a legacy embodying a powerful narrative of how "opium made the world go round." This work is an attempt to revisit and uncover the many trajectories of the Ghazipur opium factory, which still remains a site of production in the twenty-first century.
£96.30
Academica Press Homo Eurasicus: New Scholarly Views of Siberia
Book SynopsisThis volume contains five chapters that present highly original research on Siberia's unique history by five Russian scholars. The volume is edited by Prof. Elena A. Okladnikova, a faculty member of the Herzen State Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg, Russia. The articles include discussions of seafaring along the Siberian coast, ethnolinguistic considerations, the worldview of inner Asian nomads, and ethnocultural understandings of civilization crossroads.
£135.00
Academica Press Earning and Spending in Rural India: The Case of
Book SynopsisIndia has one of the world's largest tribal populations. According to the 2011 census, the total tribal population was estimated at 8.6 percent in India. In Tamil Nadu, the tribal population is about 1.1 percent spread among six major primitive tribal communities. Consumption expenditure is one of the indicators of wellbeing and standard of living in households. This book focuses on the Malaiyali Tribe, which inhabits the Jawadhu hills. This tribal group lives below the poverty line, deriving main sources of income from seasonal agricultural and agricultural labor work. It also depends on secondary sources of income from gathering and selling forest-based products. The major objectives of the study are i) to identify factors influencing household income and expenditure patterns, and ii) to analyze income and expenditure patterns of scheduled tribe households. An appropriate study area will be chosen in the State of Tamil Nadu. The book aims to help understand tribal income and expenditure patterns, and it would be useful for designing further tribal livelihood programs in India and elsewhere.
£135.00
Naval Institute Press Chinese Communist Espionage: An Intelligence
Book SynopsisThis is the first book of its kind to employ hundreds of Chinese sources to explain the history and current state of Chinese Communist intelligence operations. It profiles the leaders, top spies, and important operations in the history of China's espionage organs, and links to an extensive online glossary of Chinese language intelligence and security terms. Peter Mattis and Matthew Brazil present an unprecedented look into the murky world of Chinese espionage both past and present, enabling a better understanding of how pervasive and important its influence is, both in China and abroad.Trade Review“Mr. Mattis and Mr. Brazil deliver a detailed history and current assessment of Chinese espionage activities. Their encyclopedic review of key Chinese intelligence officers and their spying operations dating back to the 1949 Communist takeover highlights how the United States and other major trading partners are under siege from a pernicious, multifaceted attack on government, commercial and academic targets.” —The Washington Times “A sophisticated analysis of China’s competent and effective intelligence capabilities within diplomatic, military, economic and technological contexts.” —East West Notes “Chinese Communist Espionage is recommended reading for those interested in the craft of intelligence, and perhaps even more so for American intelligence mavens and policymakers, not to mention the ordinary citizen.” —StrategyPage “Chinese Communist Espionage is required reading for anyone wanting a thorough, documented introduction into the world of communist Chinese espionage and tradecraft. And how it impacts America and the world.” —American Defense News“Chinese Communist Espionage: An Intelligence Primer by Peter Mattis and Dr. Matthew Brazil has coincided with fast-breaking stories about Chinese espionage and influence operations, both in mainland China and beyond.” —NTD “Mr Mattis and Mr Brazil provide a useful field guide to Chinese intelligence services.” —The Economist "Messrs. Mattis and Brazil’s book is the most comprehensive attempt yet to outline the range of China’s spying and the complicated web of agencies that carry it out. The scale of China’s relentless espionage activities is far more understandable thanks to their work. Readers may be surprised, for example, to find out that some of the earliest American Cold War spies gave their loyalty to Beijing, not Moscow, prompting one to wonder: Does China today have its own Kim Philby? The ignominious list of Americans, both of Chinese descent and otherwise, who have sold national or corporate secrets to China, or attempted to do so, is enough to raise questions about how much of China’s military and economic rise could have been achieved without espionage.” —The Wall Street Journal “Chinese Communist Espionage is an excellent resource for scholars, practitioners of intelligence and foreign policy, and businesspersons interested in China and its intelligence services. The book not only is valuable for China watches but also is relevant to a variety of subjects…. The sheer amount of information gathered from both Chinese and English sources, as well as from the anonymous testimonies of knowledgeable insiders, combined with a rigorous and thoughtful analysis of the facts by authors with deep knowledge of the subject, make the book exceptionally valuable.” —Comparative Strategy “The first book of its kind to employ hundreds of Chinese sources to explain the history and current state of Chinese Communist intelligence operations, Chinese Communist Espionage: An Intelligence Primer profiles the leaders, top spies and important operations, and links to an extensive online glossary of Chinese-language intelligence and security terms.” —The Foreign Service Journal “Chinese Communist Espionage … serves as an introduction to [Chinese intelligence operations]. The authors include notes and a bibliography reflecting their extensive research. This book is a must-read for government and private-sector security stakeholders at policy and practitioner levels.” —Military Review “The authors have given the reader two books in one: the history and organization of the PRC’s intelligence operations, and the biographies of notable intelligence operatives.” —Japan Forward “A well-laid-out account of how Chinese intelligence works, along with its internal contradictions and conflicts.” —Foreign Policy "Chinese Communist Espionage is a well-researched reference guide that should be in the library of every student of espionage and every intelligence and security specialist.” —The Washington Times “Chinese Communist Espionage will be a standard work for historians, China experts and analysts in intelligence and security services.” —Militaire Spectator “The authors present an alphabetical who’s who of Chinese intelligence leaders and top spies, as well as detailing important operations.” —Survival: Global Politics and Strategy “Chinese Communist Espionage is informative and functional for the US intelligence professional.” —Air and Space Power Journal “Mr. Mattis and Mr. Brazil have provided a crucial insight into the intelligence activities of the Chinese Communist state.” —Asian Affairs “Chinese Communist Espionage: An Intelligence Primer is precisely what the subtitle says it is, a primer, and a very useful one…. Serious students of Chinese espionage and anyone interested in doing additional research—which the authors encourage—will find the footnotes and the bibliography extremely helpful.” —The Cipher Brief “This book is full of excellent and useful detail.” —Kerry Brown Reviews “This book will be of interest to the security specialist.... It will also be useful to those who are engaged in research on and teaching of comparative intelligence systems.” —Security Management “Those wanting to amplify their grasp of Chinese intelligence organizations should read ... Chinese Communist Espionage: An Intelligence Primer.” —The Australian “American citizens who care about their health as well as U.S. national security need to know about China's domestic and international security and intelligence organizations, and the global web of companies and organizations they control and manipulate. A superb source for this information is Chinese Communist Espionage: An Intelligence Primer by Peter Mattis and Matthew Brazil.” —Townhall.com "This timely work joins a select body of literature that examines China's intelligence operations. This book is a very strong contribution to the field of study and unlike sensationalized or journalistic accounts, it presents an accurate and descriptive view of China's Espionage activities." —Nicholas Eftimiades, Assistant teaching Professor, Penn State University, and author Chinese Intelligence Operations “Chinese espionage, both within and beyond cyberspace, lies at the heart of tensions between the United States and China. In Chinese Communist Espionage the authors make a painstaking investigation of China’s espionage choices and show how they affected the Party’s continued survival. Detailed, rich, surprising in parts, and altogether essential." —Martin Libicki, author of Cyberspace in Peace and War "As the US and China appear head towards an increasingly adversarial relationship that is divided not just by trade disputes, but by territorial conflicts in the South and East China Sea, Taiwan, as well as completely opposite political systems and values, the question of the Chinese Communist Party’s intelligence gathering operations and influence seeking abroad gains new importance. In this painstakingly researched and very detailed effort to pierce the veil of Chinese opacity, Brazil and Mattis have helped limn both the history and current dimensions of the still shadowy world of Chinese intelligence and counter intelligence operations." —Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations, former Dean and Professor at the University of California, Berkeley "This is an important and timely book. Brazil and Mattis place China's sustained campaign of espionage in context. Chinese Communist Espionage: An Intelligence Primer is a must read for all who play a role in protecting free and open societies from this pernicious threat to security and prosperity." —H.R. McMaster, author, Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Lies that Led to Vietnam "In this painstakingly researched and very detailed effort to pierce the veil of Chinese opacity, Brazil and Mattis have helped limn both the history and current dimensions of the still shadowy world of Chinese intelligence and counter-intelligence operations." —Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director, Center on US-China Relations, Asia Society “Chinese Communist Espionage performs several vital functions. It shows us how the Communist Party's earliest espionage operations inform the present; it describes the true scale and scope of Chinese espionage; and it alerts us to the nature of the world we now inhabit. For clarity and authority, this book is unmatched. We now have a standard text on China's intelligence history and machinery, and this is it." —Adam Brookes, author of the Night Heron trilogy
£26.36
Dixie W Publishing Corporation 1977
£18.99
Dixie W Publishing Corporation Christianity and Chinese Culture Bilinguagual Edition
£17.95
Lulu Press 19491966
£33.59
Monthly Review Press,U.S. Hidden History of the Korean War: New Edition
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£999.99
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Islam in China Volume 2
£17.00
Independently Published Country Jumper in Bhutan
£11.43
Independently Published Country Jumper in Brunei
£11.43
Independently Published Islam in China Volume 3
£18.46
Independently Published Country Jumper in Cambodia
£11.29
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£25.80
Lulu Press Battlefield Economy
£18.46
Lulu Press America and China
£27.27
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£21.49
Independently Published Spying Against India: Second Edition Chinese Military Intelligence from 1962 to 2012
£27.37
Independently Published The 1959 Tibetan Uprising Documents: Second Edition The Chinese Army Documents
£28.40
Shelley Marshall The New Chushingura: The Forty-Seven Ronin
£23.52
£15.19
Dragon & Phoenix Publishing Rediscovering Korea
£30.00
michael williams Brief Sojourn in Your Native Land
£11.48
Hembury Books Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen
£14.24
The Prison Tree Press Australia and China Before Captain Cook
£22.50
