Asian history Books
Monsoon Books Sayonara Singapura
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Palgrave Macmillan The Origin of the Rice Culture
Book Synopsis1. The Wild Rice in Hunting and Gathering Societies.- 2. The Origin of the Rice Culture.- 3. The Development of the Rice Culture in the Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River.- 4. Archaeological Excavations and Researches on Rice Farming Sites.- 5. The Rice Farming of the Hemudu Culture.- 6. Rice Farming of the Liangzhu Culture.
£98.99
Palgrave Macmillan Strangers at the Heavenly Court
Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- 2. The Decline of the Secretariat.- 3. The Supreme Commander and Foreign Trade in Guangdong.- 4. The Foreign Trade Eunuch and False Embassies.- 5. The Minister of War and Tribute Policy.- 6. The Emperor’s Personal Foreign Affairs.- 7. Portuguese Trade in Guangdong 1512-1521.- 8. A Pawn between Two Factions: The Embassy in Guangdong, 1517.- 9. Rites and War: The Debate over Tribute Policy at the Court, 1517-1519.- 10. In the Company of the Emperor in Nanjing, 1519-1520.- 11. At the Heavenly Court in Beijing, 1520.- 12. The 1521 Report on the Portuguese.- 13. The Rise of Yang Tinghe and the Fall of the Embassy, 1521.- 14. The Battle of Tamão.- 15. Conclusion.- 16. Appendix: Philological Notes.
£40.49
Springer Shanghai under the Socialist System
Book SynopsisChapter 1 Introduction.- Part I The Shanghai Economy and the Formation of the Socialist System.- Chapter 2 Profile of the Shanghai Economy.- Chapter 3 The Establishment of the People's Republic of China and Shanghai Enterprises.- Chapter 4 The Korean War and the Formation of the Socialist System.- Part II The Socialist Fiscal System and Shanghai.- Chapter 5 Reform of the Fiscal and Taxation System.- Chapter 6 Local Government and Local Enterprises.- Chapter 7 Interregional Comparison of Provincial-level Local Public Finances.- Part III Industrial Development in Shanghai under the Socialist System.- Chapter 8 The Impact of the Heavy-industry-priority Strategy: The Textile and Machinery Industries.- Chapter 9 The Restructuring of Industrial Organization: The Rubber Processing Industry.- Chapter 10 The Material Distribution System: The Cement Industry.- Chapter 11 Regional Integration and Interregional Network: The Power Industry.- Chapter 12 Conclusion.- Index.
£999.99
Springer A Historical Geography Research of Canals in China
Book SynopsisChapter 1. The Utilization of Natural Waterways in Ancient Times.- Chapter 2. Canal Construction in the Pre-Qin Period and Its Impact.- Chapter 3. The Rehabilitation of the Canal Transport Network during the Qin and Han.- Chapter 4. The Destruction and Restoration of the Canal Transport Network After the Eastern Han Dynasty.- Chapter 5. The Excavation of Canals During the Sui Dynasty and Its Impact.- Chapter 6. The Eastward Shift of the Political Center and the Obstruction of the Canal System.- Chapter 7. The Construction and Decline of the Grand Canal.- Chapter 8. The Decline and Restoration of the Grand Canal.
£116.99
Springer Food in the Making of Modern Korea
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£179.99
Springer Critical Insights on Colonial Modes of Seeing
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£98.99
Palgrave Macmillan Aesthetics from Ancient China
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£113.99
Springer Vietnam Over the Long Twentieth Century
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£33.24
Penguin Publishing Group The Elements of Power
£14.30
Bloomsbury Academic The History of the Philippines
£999.99
Bloomsbury Academic The History of China
£27.20
Haymarket Books The Longest Night
£66.50
Oxford University Press Diversity and Change in Modern India
Book SynopsisIndia''s society, economy, and polity have been transformed at a gathering pace since the early 1990s, and India''s growing role on the world stage makes it imperative to understand the roots and consequences of these changes. The 11 papers in this interdisciplinary volume review the growing body of data that help to make sense of these changes and to understand their likely significance. The volume provides systematic, macro-level studies of economic, demographic, social, and political change in India but also micro-level analyses of the detailed mechanisms ''on the ground'' of how Indian society is being re-shaped. This rare combination of micro- and macro-level analyses thus gives a rounded picture not only of national trends but also of the underlying processes of change.Each of the papers, by leading authorities in each field, showcases the fruits of new, previously unpublished scholarship across the social sciences. For example, Oliver Heath and Yogendra Yadav''s paper draws on tTable of Contents1. Incongruities, Ironies and Achievements: India's Tryst with Modernity ; 2. Growing Regional Variation: Demographic Change and its Implications ; 3. Costly Absences, Coercive Presences: Health Care in Rural North India ; 4. Economic Resurgence, Lopsided Reform and Jobless Growth ; 5. The Blind Side of Globalization: Auditing Merchant Producers in India's Export Sector ; 6. Unequal Opportunities: Class, Caste and Social Mobility ; 7. The Die is Cast(e): The Debate on Backward Caste/Class Quotas,1990 and 2006 ; 8. . The Rise of Caste Politics: Party System Change and Voter Realignment, 1962- 2004 ; 9. Understanding Popular Politics: Caste, Kinship and Factionalism among Yadavs in North India ; 10. A Left Front Election ; 11. The Challenge of Representing the Complex Reality of India
£66.50
Oxford University Press Heroic Shaktism
Book SynopsisHeroic Saktism is the belief that a good king and a true warrior must worship the goddess Durga, the form and substance of kingship. This belief formed the bedrock of ancient Indian practices of cultivating political power. Wildly dangerous and serenely benevolent at one and the same time, the goddess''s charismatic split nature promised rewards for a hero and king and success in risky ventures. This book is the first expansive historical treatment of the cult of Durga and the role it played in shaping ideas and rituals of heroism in India between the 3rd and the 12th centuries CE. Within the story of ancient Indian kingship, two critical transitions overlapped with the rise of heroic Saktism: the decline of the war-god Skanda-Mahasena as a military symbol, and the concomitant rise of the early Indian kingdom. As the rhetoric of kingship once strongly linked to the older war god shifted to the cultural narratives of the goddess, her political imagery broadened in its cultural resonanceTrade ReviewThis book's eclecticism offers something to every scholar interested in the goddess tradition... Sarkar's book considerably enhances our historical ability to recognise the goddesses at the heart of both households and state-formations in the early subcontinent. * Indrani Chatterjee, The English Historical Review *a paradigm-shifting work that forces scholars of South Asian religions, history, and goddess traditions rethink the role of royal goddesses and kings' devotion in the broader shifts of the political process. It is essential for anyone interested in religion and kingship in Gupta/post-Gupta India. * Caleb Simmons, newbooks.asia *[an] interesting and absorbing book ... the result of 10 years of research, is the first detailed historical study of the evolution of the cult of Durgā and the role it played in shaping civilizational ideals in India. * Pravrajika Prabuddhaprana, The Telegraph India *Heroic Shāktism is a paradigm-shifting work that forces scholars of South Asian religions, history, and goddess traditions rethink the role of royal goddesses and kings' devotion in the broader shifts of the political process. It is essential for anyone interested in religion and kingship in Gupta/post-Gupta India. Portions might be useful for advanced undergraduate readers, but it is primarily geared toward specialists. * Caleb Simmons, University of Florida, newbooks.asia *Table of ContentsPART 1: BEGINNINGS; PART 2: SYNTHESIS; PART 3: BELIEF SYSTEMS AND RITUALS
£71.25
Oxford University Press Weaving Histories
Book SynopsisWeaving Histories looks at the economic history of South Asia from a fresh perspective, through a detailed study of the handloom industry of South India between 1800 and 1960, drawing out its wider implications for the Indian economy. It employs an unusual array of sources, including paintings and textile samples as well as archival records, to excavate the links between cotton growing, cleaning, spinning and weaving before the nineteenth century. The rupture and re-configuration of these links produced a sea-change in the lives of ordinary weavers. Weaving Histories examines the configuration of forceslocal, regional, national and globalthat drove this transformation, and uncovers its effects on different groups of weavers.The handloom industry is used as a case study to throw light on the historical emergence of the ''informal sector'' in India, and to re-examine contemporary debates about industrialisation and economic development.Trade ReviewIn Weaving Histories, Karuna Dietrich Wielenga mobilizes an impressive range of sources to show that for at least south India many of the truisms often repeated are, if not incorrect, then surely imprecise. To understand the important revisionist work of this book, the author provides a careful analysis not just of weaving but also of raw cotton cultivation and spinning. * Giorgio Riello, European University Institute, Labour History Review *By providing the local, granular details of handloom production, Weaving Histories not only sets the stage for a nuanced understanding of a sophisticated industry within a complex socioeconomic environment but also offers greater targeted insights into its technical, social, and economic operations. * Alka Raman, Victoriaand Albert Museum, Technology and Culture, Volume 63, Number 1 *Weaving History is an exceptional scholarly work that not only engages lively with these debates but indeed also offers answers and insightful analysis. To begin with the book combines different traditions to produce an excellent outcome. It bridges economic, social, cultural, and labor history while it rarely compromises on any of these fronts. The length and breadth of the sources employed in the book is similarly truly impressive ... Weaving History is thus an outstanding contribution to existing debates and would hopefully bring new life to some of the classical questions concerning the economic/social nexus. * Nikolay Kamenov, H-Soz-Kult *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1: The Geography of Weaving: South India in the Early Nineteenth Century 2: Statistics, Looms and People: The Changing Contours of the Handloom Industry 3: From Cotton to Cloth: The Linking Threads 4: Weaving: Changing Structures 5: Caste and Work 6: Solidarity and Action 7: The State and the Weaver Conclusion Appendix: Note on the Loom Tax Bibliography Index
£76.00
Oxford University Press How Maoism Was Made
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The University of Chicago Press Ordinary Images
Book SynopsisSituating his study in the gaps between conventional categories such as Buddhism, Daoism and Chinese popular art, Stanley K. Abe examines the large body of sculpture, paintings and other religious imagery produced for China's common classes from the third to the sixth centuries CE.
£88.00
The University of Chicago Press Taken by Storm The Media Public Opinion and U.S.
Book SynopsisThis text examines the role played by the mass media and public opinion in the development of United States foreign policy in the Gulf War. It explores the prewar media debate, news coverage during and after the war, and the media's effect on public opinion and decision-makers.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction to the Media and Foreign Policy A View from the Press Marvin Kalb A View from the Military Thomas W. Kelly A View from the Academy Bernard C. Cohen 1: The News About Foreign Policy W. Lance Bennett 2: The Press as Prologue: Media Coverage of Saddam's Iraq, 1979-1990 Gladys Engel Lang, Kurt Lang 3: News and Historical Content: The Establishment Phase of the Persian Gulf Policy Debate William A. Dorman, Steven Livingston. 4: The News before the Storm: The Iraq War Debate and the Limits to Media Independence Robert M. Entman, Benjamin I. Page. 5: Domesticating a Crisis: Washington Newsbeats and Network News after the Iraq Invasion of Kuwait Timothy E. Cook 6: Strategic Public Diplomacy: Managing Kuwait's Image During the Gulf Conflict Jarol B. Manheim 7: The Gulf War as Popular Culture and Television Drama Daniel C. Hallin, Todd Gitlin. 8: News Coverage of the Gulf Crisis and Public Opinion: A Study of Agenda-Setting, Priming, and Framing Shanto Iyengar, Adam Simon. 9: Elite Leadership of Mass Opinion: New Evidence from the Gulf War John Zaller 10: Crisis, War, and Public Opinion: The Media and Public Support for the President Richard A. Brody 11: A Mutual Exploitation Model of Media Influence in U.S. Foreign Policy Patrick O'Heffernan 12: Strategic Politicians, Public Opinion, and the Gulf Crisis John Zaller 13: Just Deserts? David L. Paletz Appendix: Gulf Conflict Event Guide Contributors Index
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The University of Chicago Press Grains of Gold
Book SynopsisIn 1941, philosopher and poet Gendun Chopel (1903-51) sent a large manuscript by ship, train, and yak across mountains and deserts to his homeland in the northeastern corner of Tibet. He would follow it five years later, returning to his native land after twelve years in India and Sri Lanka.Trade Review"Gendun Chopel's Grains of Gold is the magnum opus of arguably the single most brilliant Tibetan scholar of the twentieth century, and the team of Donald S. Lopez Jr. and renowned translator Thupten Jinpa is the ideal combination of talents to expertly render its eclectic contents into faithful but accessible English. This excellent translation will be enthusiastically (and gratefully) welcomed by both scholars and general readers." -Lauran Hartley, Columbia University"
£39.90
The University of Chicago Press The Byzantines
Book SynopsisThrough a series of detailed composite portraits, an international collection of contributors have created in this volume a clear vision of the Byzantines and their social world.
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press The Calling of History Sir Jadunath Sarkar and
Book SynopsisSir Jadunath Sarkar (1870-1958) was knighted in 1929 and became the first Indian historian to gain honorary membership in the American Historical Association. This book examines Sarkar's career - and poignant obsolescence - as a way in to larger questions about the discipline of history and its public life.Trade Review"This is a wonderful book: at once a deep study of what modernity meant to some complex and fascinating Indian intellectuals, a rich analysis of a major scholar's assumptions and practices, and a compelling read. The Calling of History will be an unforgettable experience for anyone who shares Sarkar's, and Chakrabarty's, interest in historical research and writing." (Anthony Grafton, Princeton University)
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press Chinese Thought from Confucius to Mao Tsetung
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The University of Chicago Press The Only Woman in the Room
Book SynopsisBeate Sirota Gordon was born in Vienna, but in 1929 her family moved to Japan so that her father, a noted pianist, could teach, and she grew up speaking German, English, and Japanese. In 1946, at age twenty-two, she helped to draft the new postwar Japanese constitution. This title chronicles the unlikely string of events that led her to that role.Trade Review"Gordon's personal story will enlighten all who question the importance of women's presence in the corridors of power." (Gloria Steinem) "Gordon's death has unearthed her legacy promoting gender equality for all women. Let's hope it stays in the light." (Atlantic) "Quietly feminist, freshly illuminating." (Publishers Weekly)"
£16.15
The University of Chicago Press Rescuing History from the Nation Questioning
Book SynopsisThis study offers a systematic account of the relationship between the nation-state, nationalism, and the concept of linear history.Table of ContentsLinear history and the nation-state; Bifurcating linear histories in China and India; the campaigns against religion and the return of the repressed; secret brotherhood and revolutionary discourse in China's Republican revolution; the genealogy of Fengjian or feudalism - narratives of civil society and state; provincial narratives of the nation - federalism and centralism in modern China; critics of modernity in India and China.
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Between Mao and McCarthy Chinese American
Book SynopsisDuring the Cold War, Chinese Americans struggled to gain political influence in the United States. This book looks at the divergent ways that Chinese Americans in these two cities balanced domestic and international pressures during the tense Cold War era.Trade Review"Between Mao and McCarthy opens new ground in the study of Chinese American politics. Recovering a lost history with contemporary significance, Brooks's energetically researched study returns a host of once prominent personalities and organizations to their place as political pioneers. This richly textured account is an original and important contribution." (Gordon Chang, Stanford University)"
£37.05
The University of Chicago Press Everyday Technology
Book SynopsisShowcases how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author examines how such technologies became integral to fresh ways of thinking about class, race, and gender, as well as about the politics of colonial rule.Trade Review"Everyday Technology organizes an enormous amount of unfamiliar detail on a hitherto largely neglected subject, reinforced with copious statistics and illustrated with some appealing historical and contemporary images." (Nature) "In this fascinating study, Arnold casts his eye over a range of much smaller and humbler machines which, nonetheless, have transformed the 'everyday' lives of the people using them." (Times Literary Supplement)
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The University of Chicago Press The Crafting of the 10000 Things Knowledge and
Book SynopsisThe last decades of the Ming dynasty saw a significant increase in publications that examined advances in knowledge and technology. Among the numerous guides and reference books that appeared during this period was a series of texts by Song Yingxing. The author probes this text to focus on the development of scientific thinking in China.Trade Review"The Crafting of the 10,000 Things is a great achievement, which will repay careful reading on the part of historians of Western Europe and other parts of the world, as well as of China." (Metascience)
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press A Village with My Name
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The University of Chicago Press Conquest and Community The Afterlife of Warrior
Book SynopsisFew topics in South Asian history are as contentious as that of the Turkic conquest of the Indian subcontinent that began in the twelfth century and led to a long period of Muslim rule. How is a historian supposed to write honestly about the bloody history of the conquest without falling into communitarian traps? Conquest and Community is Shahid Amin's answer. Covering more than eight hundred years of history, the book centers on the enduringly popular saint Ghazi Miyan, a youthful soldier of Islam whose shrines are found all over India. Amin details the warrior saint's legendary exploits, then tracks the many ways he has been commemorated in the centuries since. The intriguing stories, ballads, and proverbs that grew up around Ghazi Miyan were, Amin shows, a way of domesticating the conquest recognizing past conflicts and differences but nevertheless bringing diverse groups together into a community of devotees. What seems at first glance to be the story of one mythical figure become
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The University of Chicago Press China Visions through the Ages
Book SynopsisAt the entrance of The Field Museum's Cyrus Tang Hall of China, two Chinese stone guardian lions stand tall, gazing down intently at approaching visitors. One lion's paw rests upon a decorated ball symbolizing power, while the other lion cradles a cub. Traditionally believed to possess attributes of strength and protection, statues such as these once stood guard outside imperial buildings, temples, and wealthy homes in China. Now, centuries later, they guard this incredible permanent exhibition. China's long history is one of the richest and most complex in the known world, and the Cyrus Tang Hall of China offers visitors a wonderful, comprehensive survey of it through some 350 artifacts on display, spanning from the Paleolithic period to present day. Now, with China: Visions through the Ages, anyone can experience the marvels of this exhibition through the book's beautifully designed and detailed pages. Readers will gain deeper insight into The Field Museum's important East Asian coll
£37.05
The University of Chicago Press Ottoman Empire and Islamic Tradition Phoenix Book
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£19.00
The University of Chicago Press Seeking Sakyamuni South Asia in the Formation of
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The University of Chicago Press Seeking Sakyamuni South Asia in the Formation of
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£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Women the Family and Peasant Revolution in China
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£30.00
The University of Chicago Press The Invention of Religion in Japan
Book SynopsisThrough most of its long history, Japan had no concept of what we call "religion." In this book, the author reveals how Japanese officials invented religion in Japan and traces the sweeping intellectual, legal, and cultural changes that followed.Trade Review"The Invention of Religion in Japan is truly revolutionary. Original, well-researched, and engrossing, it overturns basic assumptions in the study of Japanese thought, religion, science, and history." (Sarah Thal, University of Wisconsin - Madison)"
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Revolution and Subjectivity in Postwar Japan
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.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Asia in the Making of Europe
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The University of Chicago Press Asia in the Making of Europe Volume I The
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The University of Chicago Press Asia in the Making of Europe
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The University of Chicago Press Asia in the Making of Europe
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The University of Chicago Press Asia in the Making of Europe
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The University of Chicago Press Asia in the Making of Europe
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The University of Chicago Press Asia in the Making of Europe
Book SynopsisPart of a series which studies the impact of Asia's high civilizations on the development of modern Western society. Volume III, Book One examines Christian missions, trade and conquest in the East and the histories, reports, letterbooks and travelogues of 17th-century Europe.
£52.25
The University of Chicago Press Asia in the Making of Europe
Book SynopsisPart of Volume III of a series which traces European encounters with Asia, and the ways in which those encounters altered the development of Western society, art, literature, science and religion since the Renaissance. The books of the third volume of this work cover the 17th century.
£42.75
The University of Chicago Press Asia in the Making of Europe
Book SynopsisPart of Volume III of a series which traces European encounters with Asia, and the ways in which those encounters altered the development of Western society, art, literature, science and religion since the Renaissance. The books of the third volume of this work cover the 17th century.
£42.75
The University of Chicago Press Asia in the Making of Europe
Book SynopsisPart of Volume III of a series which traces European encounters with Asia, and the ways in which those encounters altered the development of Western society, art, literature, science and religion since the Renaissance. The books of the third volume of this work cover the 17th century.
£52.25
The University of Chicago Press Natural Resources and the New Frontier
Book SynopsisA history of China's Xinjiang Province that shows how the hunt for natural resources determined how Chinese and Russian authorities viewed and tried to control it over the years.
£91.00
