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Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij Problems of the Chinese Revolution
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Royal Book Co.,Pakistan Baluchistan: Historical and Political Processes
Book SynopsisTheir history is so chequered that no book would be complete unless a reference is made, however brief, to these aspects of the people and the country they inhabit.
£32.62
OUP Pakistan A Leadership Odyssey Muslim Separatism and the
Book SynopsisPrevious studies have not explained Muslim separatism in such a leadership framework.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Global History with Chinese Characteristics:
Book SynopsisThis open access book considers a pivotal era in Chinese history from a global perspective. This book’s insight into Chinese and international history offers timely and challenging perspectives on initiatives like “Chinese characteristics”, “The New Silk Road” and “One Belt, One Road” in broad historical context. Global History with Chinese Characteristics analyses the feeble state capacity of Qing China questioning the so-called “High Qing” (shèng qīng 盛清) era’s economic prosperity as the political system was set into a “power paradox” or “supremacy dilemma”. This is a new thesis introduced by the author demonstrating that interventionist states entail weak governance. Macao and Marseille as a new case study aims to compare Mediterranean and South China markets to provide new insights into both modern eras’ rising trade networks, non-official institutions and interventionist impulses of autocratic states such as China’s Qing and Spain’s Bourbon empires.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Implementation of the New Global History in China.- The “Global History Paradox” in China: Sinocentred Approaches along the Silk Road.- The Mandate of Heaven, the Rule of the Emperor: Self-sufficiency of the Middle-Kingdom.- Silver, Rogues, and Trade Networks: Sangleyes and Manila Galleons connecting the Spanish Empire and Qing China.- Conclusions.
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Penguin Random House SEA Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday Massacre: Lessons for
Book SynopsisRadical Islam is an enduring global challenge that presents a national and international security threat. Instigation by hate preachers, inadequate government, societal attention, religious and reciprocal radicalization have allowed this threat to manifest into terrorist violence. Extremist ideologies have infiltrated religious, educational, and digital spaces and thus, terrorism’s shadow continues to shroud the safety and stability of countries and communities worldwide today.On 21 April 2019, the world’s most dangerous threat movement, the Islamic State, mounted one of its deadliest attacks in Sri Lanka. The surge of fear, suspicion, and prejudice following what is now known as ‘Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Massacre’ fragmented the country, imbuing hatred and anger against the Muslim community. Years later, the radicalization pipeline remains intact, and the threat persists. With the global expansion of the Islamic State and al-Qaeda, will the world witness attacks of a similar or greater scale in the future?Equal parts treatise and reference material, this book answers this question by tracing the genesis, threat trajectory, and aftermath of the bombings and the personalities behind them. With unprecedented access to accounts from Islamic State detainees, affected families, intelligence specialists, and investigators, the book reflects on lessons learned and provides insight into how such attacks are organized and what measures can be taken to prevent or respond to these threats effectively.
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University Press Ltd ,Bangladesh India: Beyond the Taj and the Raj
Book SynopsisRaana Haider travels India, exploring historical sites and cultural legacies from Mughal era to Raj. Visits cities like Bombay, Jaipur, Aligarh, and Kashmir. Explores culinary heritage, traditional crafts, and meets literary figures.
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University Press Ltd ,Bangladesh History and Heritage: Reflections on Society
Book SynopsisThe text discusses the shared history and cultural heritage of South Asia, emphasizing the importance of peaceful co-existence and cooperation among the countries in the region. It highlights the need for greater awareness of present realities and cultural ties to strengthen organizations like SAARC.
£8.09
Blacksmith Books My Private China
Book SynopsisWhat do normal people in China look forward to when they get up in the morning? What is the mentor of Lang Lang like? What about the personal friend of Chairman Mao and how does his granddaughter relate to him after the murderous Cultural Revolution? What do the numerous evangelical Americans really think of the Chinese? How does the One Country, Two Systems paradigm work for Hong Kong? For the last 73 years, American Book Award winner Alex Kuo has travelled back-and-forth between America and China. These letters and essays portray the private China, and provide indispensable cultural information for anyone interested in the People''s Republic in the 21st century.
£10.44
Blacksmith Books Along the Southern Boundary: A Marine Police
Book SynopsisWe had no jurisdiction outside of Hong Kong waters. But we could see their vessels sinking in heavy seas. It was life or death, right there. We just went. Former Marine Police officer Les Bird tells of the harrowing sea journey to Hong Kong made by tens of thousands of refugees in the years that followed the end of the Vietnam War. As he patrolled the southern maritime boundary of Hong Kong, he photographed their makeshift boats and later the people-smuggling vessels coming in including the Sen On, a freighter ship that was abandoned by its crew and ran aground on Lantau Island. With this previously unpublished collection of personal photographs, Bird tells the stories of these boatpeople the young children, the father who just bought a boat to embark on a 1,000-mile journey, and the disillusioned North Vietnamese battle-hardened veterans all searching for a new life.
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Blacksmith Books Love, Money and Friendships
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Blacksmith Books Where Strange Gods Call: Harry Herveys 1920s Hong
Book SynopsisAs a young American, Harry Hervey dreamt of travelling to Asia. In 1923, he arrived to spend time in Hong Kong, Macao and Guangzhou. His impressions of southern China are lyrical and detailed, atmospheric and informative. From the basement dives of Kennedy Town to the private dining rooms of Queens Road, and Macaos Praia Grande to its fan-tan houses, Hervey is a fascinating flaneur. So too in Guangzhou, a city in tumult, where he encounters those fleeing warlord violence and is granted an audience with Dr Sun Yat-sen. Herveys impressions of China would stay with him for the rest of his life, not least in his treatment for the 1932 movie Shanghai Express. Describes a lost world: the Canton, Macao and Hong Kong of the 1920s. Written by a young American traveller who would later become a renowned screenwriter of the 1930s. Includes his interview with revolutionary leader Dr Sun Yat-sen which is perhaps the last interview Dr Sun gave to an American writer before his death less than a year later.
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Blacksmith Books Wanderings in China: Hong Kong & Canton,
Book SynopsisInveterate Victorian traveller and prolific artist Constance Gordon-Cumming roamed far and wide: from the Scottish Highlands to the American West, from the islands of Hawaii to southern China. Even among her many adventures, Gordon-Cumming''s 1878/1879 trip to Hong Kong was momentous. She arrived just before Christmas 1878 to inadvertently witness the terrible Great Fire of Hong Kong that swept devastatingly through the Central and Mid-Levels districts. She then moved on to explorations of the streets, temples and Chinese New Year festivities in Canton (Guangzhou) before returning to Hong Kong for the horse races at Happy Valley in February 1879. Gordon-Cumming is that rare travel writer who while plunging into the throngs and crowds manages to observe the minutiae of life around her.. Describes the Canton and Hong Kong of the 1870s.A travelogue written by a fearless solo female traveller who was well-known for her books and magazine articles in the late Victorian period. Describes the traditional Chinese New Year festivities.
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Blacksmith Books Paper Horses: Traditional Woodblock Prints of
Book SynopsisIn 2020 a large album of paper horses prayer prints of Chinese gods appeared for sale. How had these fragile things, cheaply printed in the 1940s and meant to be ritually burned soon after purchase, survived intact for so long? And how come there were at least three other identical sets in collections around the world? In answering this mystery, author David Leffman explores the history and techniques behind traditional Chinese woodblock printing, which dates back to at least the Tang dynasty (618-907). All 93 paper horses in the original album are reproduced alongside biographies of the gods, spirits and demons depicted, providing an illustrated introduction to the complex and fascinating world of Chinese folk religion.
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Blacksmith Books Roving Through Southern China
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Blacksmith Books The Peak: An Illustrated History of Hong Kong's
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Blacksmith Books Policing Hong Kong An Irish History: Irishmen in
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Blacksmith Books Destination Peking
Book SynopsisNew York Times bestselling author Paul French (Midnight in Peking, City of Devils, Destination Shanghai) returns to the Chinese capital to tell 18 true stories of fascinating people who visited the city in the first half of the 20th century. From the ultra-wealthy Woolworths heiress Barbara Hutton and her husband the Prince Mdivani, to the poor American girl Mona Monteith, who worked in the city as a prostitute; from socialite Wallis Simpson and novelist JP Marquand, who held court on the rooftop of the Grand Hôtel de Pékin, to Hollywood screenwriter Harry Hervey, who sought inspiration walking atop the Tartar Wall; from Edgar and Helen Foster Snow Peking''s It'' couple of 1935 to Martha Sawyers, who did so much to aid China against Japan in World War II; Destination Peking brings a lost pre-communist era back to life.
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Blacksmith Books Women, Crime and the Courts: Hong Kong 1841-1941
Book SynopsisKwan Lai-chun was sick of being made to feel second-class by her husbands concubine; sick of her mother-in-laws endless carping about the money she spent; sick of the whole family. Late one sticky, humid night, something snapped in her -- and she grabbed the meat chopper. Within minutes, three people were dead: the concubine with over 70 gashes, many of them to the bone. Kwan was found guilty and became the second and last woman in Hong Kong to suffer the death penalty. But behind her story, and those of the citys other female murderers, lie complex webs of relationships and jealousies, poverty and despair. Taking the first 100 years of Hong Kongs colonial history, this book unravels the lives of women -- Chinese and Westerners alike -- who found themselves on the wrong side of the law. Hong Kongs female prison population was a tiny fraction of that in Britain or America, but there are still plenty of tales from its women kidnappers, smugglers, bomb-makers, thieves and cruel mistresses.
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Blacksmith Books A Danger Shared: A Journalist's Glimpses of a
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Vajra Publications Panauti: Past - Present (1976-2020)
Book SynopsisPanauti: Past Present (1976-2020) by G rard Toffin and Prasant Shrestha is a visually captivating photobook documenting the architectural changes in the city, serving as a significant historical and cultural record.
£37.99
Vajra Publications Dakini: The Himalayan Quarter
Book SynopsisWith his lucid language and vivid storytelling Rana is bound to make a major comeback in contemporary literature.
£24.69
Vajra Publications Asian Influences on Tibetan Military History
Book SynopsisThe eight articles of this volume thus explore some significant points of contact between the Tibetan military and their Mongol, Manchu, Chinese, and Japanese counterparts, based on sources not only in Tibetan language, but also in these respective languages.
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Vajra Bookshop Fragile Mountains
Book SynopsisIn a harsh but beautiful land, a family navigates life with hopes and dreams until caught in a Maoist rebellion.
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Via Media Publishing Company Reflections on Mainland China and Taiwan
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Via Media Publishing Taijiquan Master Reference
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HarperCollins Publishers A History of Hong Kong
Book SynopsisThis is a one-volume history of Hong Kong, revised and updated in time for the handover to China in June 1997. It evokes the place and the characters of those who shaped it, from its buccaneering origins to its post-war growth.
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HarperCollins Publishers A THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD A Memoir of Chinas Past Through its Proverbs
Book SynopsisThe author of the international bestsellers Watching the Tree and Falling Leaves has always been fascinated by proverbs and their importance and use in China. Both her book titles are based on such proverbs.
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HarperCollins Publishers Bomb Hunters
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Fall of Imperial China
Book SynopsisFrom Simon & Schuster, The Fall of Imperial China is Frederic Wakeman, Jr.''s exploration of Imperial China—both its astronomic rise and steep decline.From the Introduction: Historians of modern China are used to contrasting the dizzying changes in post-renaissance Europe with the glacial creep of Confucian civilization. The West''s global expansion to new vistas of discovery thus distorts our perspective of those older worlds that resisted European conquest. The most tenacious of these ancient civilizations was the Chinese empire.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Great Chinese Revolution 18001985 Cornelia
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Savage Summit
Book SynopsisPresents a narrative nonfiction, in which the author chronicles individual stories of the five courageous women who have climbed K2, the most fearsome mountain in the world.Trade Review"Jordan...gives us a sense of the rapture that comes from standing on top of the world's highest mountains." -- Los Angeles Times "For mountain-climbing enthusiasts and women's history buffs, Jordan's well-researched survey is worthwhile reading..." -- Publishers Weekly "SAVAGE SUMMIT fills an interesting and neglected place in mountaineering literature." -- American Alpine Club Magazine
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Eve of a Hundred Midnights The StarCrossed Love
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An affectionate look at the adventures of a World War II correspondent. ... [A] vivid portrait." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune "[An] engaging debut. ... Lascher succeeds in highlighting Jacoby's brief yet important life." -- Library Journal "A gripping... narrative of daring and dedication." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Propulsive. ... [A] remarkable book, which is part history, part a celebration of war correspondence, but, mostly, a love story. ... Lascher conveys the privation, danger, and romance of this time in an utterly detailed and beguiling way." -- Booklist (starred review) "A gripping, well told, and accurate reconstruction of a very dramatic and romantic time in the life stories of two young journalists caught in the upheavals of World War II Asia. A story of high adventure." -- Stephen R. MacKinnon, author of China Reporting: An Oral History of American Journalism in the 1930s and 1940s "I am deeply moved by the story of Mel and Annalee Jacoby. Bill Lascher provides a rich account of life in Chungking, where young Jacoby cut his teeth as a Time correspondent, before taking us into the whirlwind of MacArthur's retreat to Corregidor. It's a breathtaking story all the way." -- Peter Rand, author of China Hands "The unforgettable story of Bill Lascher's cousin, a man he meets through his own reporting to uncover a piece of family history that also belongs in the archives of America's great war correspondents. This is every bit a book about what drives reporters to the frontlines." -- Jackie Spinner, author of Tell Them I Didn't Cry "Bill Lascher charts the career of Melville Jacoby, his equally erudite wife Annalee, and their circle of committed, talented reporter-friends whose combined journalism evokes an era." -- Paul French, New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Peking
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Vietnam
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc India After Gandhi The History of the Worlds
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Penguin Publishing Group The Gate of Heavenly Peace The Chinese and Their Revolution
Book Synopsis “A milestone in Western studies of China.” (John K. Fairbank) In this masterful, highly original approach to modern Chinese history, Jonathan D. Spence shows us the Chinese revolution through the eyes of its most articulate participants—the writers, historians, philosophers, and insurrectionists who shaped and were shaped by the turbulent events of the twentieth century. By skillfully combining literary materials with more conventional sources of political and social history, Spence provides an unparalleled look at China and her people and offers valuable insight into the continuing conflict between the implacable power of the state and the strivings of China's artists, writers, and thinkers.Trade ReviewPraise for The Gate of Heavenly Peace: “Absolutely first rate; it is adventurous in form, scrupulous in content, passionate in its revelation of complex human drama.”—Saturday Review “[Jonathan Spence] has woven a magical symphony that tells us as no conventional history could of the agony of a nation in awesome labor.”—Harrison E. Salisbury, Chicago Tribune Book World “With a novelist’s flair for life and a historian’s grounding in fact . . . there is no other work to match this in sweep, vivacity, and humanity.”—Library Journal Table of ContentsThe Gate of Heavenly Peace - Jonathan D. Spence List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceNote on Pronunciation1. Arousing the Spirits2. Visions and Violence3. Wanderings4. The Far Horizon5. The Land of Hunger6. Extolling Nirvana7. Whose Children Are Those?8. Wake the Spring9. Farewell to the Beautiful Things10. Refugees11. Rectifications12. A New Order13. The Noise of the RenegadesNotesBibliographyIndex
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Penguin Putnam Inc In Order to Live
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Penguin Putnam Inc For All the Tea in China
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Oxford University Press To Stand with the Nations of the World
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Oxford University Press Inc Devouring Japan
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Oxford University Press Crimea in War and Transformation
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Oxford University Press China and the True Jesus Charisma and Organization in a Chinese Christian Church
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Oxford University Press Prisoner of History
Book SynopsisAccording to legend, Aspasia of Miletus was a courtesan, the teacher of Socrates, and the political adviser of her lover Pericles. Next to Sappho and Cleopatra, she is the best known woman of the ancient Mediterranean. Yet continued uncritical reception of her depiction in Attic comedy and naive acceptance of Plutarch''s account of her in his Life of Pericles prevent us from understanding who she was and what her contributions to Greek thought may have been. Madeleine Henry combines traditional philological and historical methods of analysis with feminist critical perspectives, in order to trace the construction of Aspasia''s biographical tradition from ancient times to the present. Through her analysis of both literary and political evidence, Henry determines the ways in which Aspasia has become an icon of the sexually attractive and politically influential female, how this construction has prevented her from taking her rightful place as a contributor to the philosophical enterprise, Trade ReviewA richly entertaining book for those interested in how traditions develop. * Religious Studies Review *A fascinating book ... Madeleine Henry has suceeded in presenting us with an extremely substantial and well-documented book. * Rachel J. Finnegan, Hermathena *This work is to be commended for its thorough and scholarly analysis of the standard texts, and also for its more open approach to the less academic works. It should have a wide appeal, attracting readers with an interest in various disciplines, including classics, feminist studies and the history of biography. * Rachel J. Finnegan, Hermathena *
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Oxford University Press, USA The Young Turks in Opposition Studies in Middle Eastern History
Book SynopsisA detailed study of the Turkish secret society known as CUP (Committee of Union and Progress), a movement which continues to influence the thinking of Turkish intellectuals. It also provides insights into diplomatic relations between the Ottoman Empire and Europe in the early 20th century.Trade ReviewHanioglu's study is based on exhaustive primary research; his is the first history of the CUP based on the private papers, journals, and newspapers of its members. This archival research will surely delight specialists and is clearly the greatest strength of the text. * David J. Staley, Marietta College, The Historian *This is a highly original and meticulously researched account of what has been hitherto a somewhat neglected subject ... Hanioglu has produced a balanced and sophisticated account of Young Turk thought which is unlikely to be superseded for many years. It will be indispensable to anyone working on the political, intellectual or social history of the late Ottoman empire and the Turkish republic. * Stephanie Cronin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 60, No. 2, '97 *
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Oxford University Press Inc The Rise of Modern China
Book SynopsisThis new edition of the classic history of modern China since the seventeenth century has been updated to examine the return of Hong Kong in 1997 and the upcoming return of Macao in 1999. In his new concluding chapter, Hsü discusses the end of the last vestiges of foreign imperialism in China, as well as China''s emergence as a regional and global superpower. US-China revalry and the prospect of unification between China and Taiwan are also considered. In addition, the further readings sections have been entirely revised.Table of Contents1. A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF MODERN CHINA ; I. The Persistence of Traditional Institutions, 1600- 1800 ; 2. The Rise and Splendor of the Ch'ing Empire ; 3. Political and Economic Institutions ; 4. Social and Intellectual Conditions ; 5. Foreign Relations ; 6. The Turn of the Dynastic Fortune: From Prosperity to Decline ; II. Foreign Aggression and Domestic Rebellions, 1800-1864 ; 7. The Canton System of Trade ; 8. The Opium War ; 9. The Second Treaty Settlement ; 10. The Taiping Revolution and the Nien and Moslem Rebellions ; III. Self-strengthening in an Age of Accelerated Foreign Imperialism ; 11. The Dynastic Revival and the Self-Strengthening Movement ; 12. Foreign Relations and Court Politics, 1861-80 ; 13. Foreign Encroachment in Formosa, Sinkiang, and Annam ; 14. Acceleration of Imperialism: The Japanese Aggression in Korea and the "Partition of China" ; IV. Reform and Revolution, 1898-1912 ; : 15. The Reform Movement of 1898 ; 16. The Boxer Uprising, 1900 ; 17. Reform and Constitutionalism at the End of the Ch'ing Period ; 18. Late Ch'ing Intellectual, Social and Economic Changes, with Special Reference to 1895-1911 ; 19. The Ch'ing Period in Historical Perspective ; 20. Revolution, Republic, and Warlordism ; V. Ideological Awakening and the War of Resistance ; 21. The Intellectual Revolution, 1917-23 ; 22. National Unification Amidst Ideological Ferment and Anti-imperialistic Agitation ; 23. The Nationalist Government: A Decade of Challenge, 1928-37 ; 24. The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-45 ; VI. The Rise of the Chinese People's Republic ; 25. The Civil War, 1945-49 ; 26. The People's Republic: Its First Decade ; 27. The Sino-Soviet Split ; 28. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution ; 29. The Fall of Lin Pao and Its Aftermath ; 30. China Rejoins the International Community ; 31. The Nationalist Rule on Taiwan ; VII. China After Mao: The Search for a New Order ; 32. The Smashing of the Gang of Four ; 33. Teng Hsiao-p'ing and China's New Order ; 34. The Normalization ; 35. The Four Modernizations ; 36. The End of the Maoist Age ; 37. Building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics ; 38. China In Transition, 1986-88: The Cultural Impact of the Open-Door Policy ; 39. Taiwan's "Economic Miracle" and the Prospect for Unification with Mainland China ; 40. The Violent Crackdown at T'ien-an-men Square, June 3-4, 1989 ; 41. The Chinese Model of Development: Quasi-capitalism in a Political Dictatorship ; 42. The Rise of China ; Appendix I; Appendix II; Illustration Credits; Index
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Oxford University Press Gandhis Passion
Book SynopsisMahatma Gandhi, through his indomitable will and selfless determination transformed himself into a model of courage and integrity for India''s people to emulate in their non-violent struggle for political power. More than half a century after his death, Gandhi continues to inspire millions throughout the world. Yet modern India seems to have abandoned much of his non-violent vision, joining the nuclear arms race. Inspired by recent events in India, Stanley Wolpert offers this subtle and profound biography of India''s ''Great Soul''.Wolpert compellingly chronicles the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his early days as a child of privilege to his humble rise to power and his assassination at the hands of a man of his own faith. This trajectory, like that of Christ, was the result of Gandhi''s passion: his conscious courting of suffering as the means of reaching divine truth. From his early campaigns to end discrimination in South Africa to his leadership of a people''s revolution to end the BTrade Review"The fruit of more than 50 years of reflection by a distinguished Asian scholar, Wolpert's biography cuts through the misconceptions surrounding the father of modern India, untangling the complex relationship between his personal spirituality and his public influence."--Booklist "A dense, comprehensive survey of the events of Gandhi's life, tracing his metamorphosis from pampered child to 'great soul'....A clear-eyed chronicle of an exemplary life....Appropriately complex biography, deftly maintaining a balance of sophistication and explication."--Kirkus Reviews "In reminding us of the details of his extraordinary life, Stanley Wolpert has done the Mahatma--and all of us--a signal service."--The Washinton Post Book World "There have been many books about Gandhi, including those by the subject himself. What has always been needed is a full, literate account by someone closely familiar with India and Indian history who is also an accomplished writer and historian. This, we now have. Henceforth no one can claim knowledge of one of the greatest and most enigmatic figures of the last century who hasn't read it. And, I might add, no one will read it without interest and approval."--John Kenneth Galbraith "An excellent introduction to the work of the most compelling of 20th century leaders."--The Christian Century "[Wolpert] presents what many other biographers have failed to supply: a rationale for the indisputably great leader's seeming inconsistencies."--The Associated PressTable of ContentsI. Midnight in Calcutta ; II. Dawn in Gujarat ; III. The Impact of Victorian London ; IV. Brief Interlude at Home ; V. Early Traumas and Triumphs in South Africa ; VI. Between Two Worlds ; VII. Satyagraha in South Africa ; VIII. Victory Through Suffering ; IX. The Impact of World War I ; X. Post-War Carnage and Nationwide Satyagraha ; XI. Cotton Spinning ; XII. Rising of the Poison ; XIII. The Road Back to Satyagraha ; XIV. The Salt March and Prison Aftermath ; XV. From Prison to London and Back ; XVI. Imprisoned Soul of India ; XVII. Return to Rural Uplift ; XVIII. Prelude to War and Partition ; XIX. War and Peaceful Resistance ; XX. War Behind Bars ; XXI. No Peace ; XXII. Walking Alone ; XXIII. Freedom's Wooden Loft ; XXIV. Great Soul's Death in Delhi ; XXV. His Indian Legacy ; XXVI. His Global Legacy ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Viet Nam
Book SynopsisThis book narrates the history of the different peoples who have lived in the three major regions of Viet Nam over the past 3,000 years. It brings to life their relationships with these regions'' landscapes, water resources, and climatic conditions, their changing cultures and religious traditions, and their interactions with their neighbors in China and Southeast Asia. Key themes include the dramatic impact of changing weather patterns from ancient to medieval and modern times, the central importance of riverine and maritime communications, ecological and economic transformations, and linguistic and literary changes. The country''s long experience of regional diversity, multi-ethnic populations, and a multi-religious heritage that ranges from local spirit cults to the influences of Buddhism, Confucianism and Catholicism, makes for a vividly pluralistic narrative. The arcs of Vietnamese history include the rise and fall of different political formations, from chiefdoms to Chinese provinces, from independent kingdoms to divided regions, civil wars, French colonies, and modern republics. In the twentieth century anticolonial nationalism, the worldwide depression, Japanese occupation, a French attempt at reconquest, the traumatic American-Vietnamese war, and the 1975 communist victory all set the scene for the making of contemporary Viet Nam. Rapid economic growth in recent decades has transformed this one-party state into a global trading nation. Yet its rich history still casts a long shadow. Along with other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Viet Nam is now involved in a tense territorial standoff in the South China Sea, as a rival of China and a partner of the United States. If its independence and future geographical unity seem assured, Viet Nam''s regional security and prospects for democracy remain clouded.Trade ReviewKiernan's dispassionate recording of the behaviour of the regional powers - Champa, Cambodia, China, India - should help to make Viet Nam: A History from Earliest Times a durable work * Sophie Quinn-Judge, Times Literary Supplement *Ben Kiernan shifts his gaze eastward in this ambitious study, Viet Nam: A History from Earliest Times to the Present.... By assessing the long durée, Kiernan reveals the multifaceted nature of Vietnam's history and suggests that there was a relatively transient nature to the ebb and flow of the various dynasties that competed with one another within Vietnam's territory...suggesting, quite rightly, that there were alternative historical paths that might have been taken....A clearly written and broad introductory overview to the history of Vietnam that is appropriate for an upper-level undergraduate class. * Geoffrey C. Stewart, American Historical Review *In Viet Nam, Ben Kiernan synthesises three millennia of history in a beautiful book that aids the reader with numerous maps and over a dozen photographs documenting the daily life of the Vietnamese people. It is a work full of insights for students of Southeast Asia generally and, more specifically, for comparative historians and political scientists interested in nationalism, anti-colonialism, US foreign policy, and the reform and modernisation of socialism. By taking the long view, the author successfully liberates the history of Viet Nam from the reductionist view of a US military misadventure, revealing long-term trends in political organisation, culture and environmental changes.Comprehensive yet readable ... It will serve the needs of both experts in Vietnamese history and general readers interested in Vietnam.... Viet Nam's ability to integrate ecology into political, cultural and economic history is truly impressive. * Michael G. Vann, Asian Studies Review *A major contribution to contemporary Southeast Asian scholarship... a sympathetic study of a tenacious and capable people. * Robin Gerster, Australian Book Review *This is a remarkably evocative, multifaceted, sophisticated, and original study not only of those groups who haltingly coalesced as Vietnamese, but also of the many peoples with whom they interacted, and indeed of an entire region during two millennia. This book, I suspect, will become a classic in Asian as well as Southeast Asian historiography. * Victor Lieberman, University of Michigan *An audacious book, Kiernan's Viet Nam presents the country's long history to new, global audiences, eloquently showing how the deep past continues to shape and inform the present. * David Biggs, author of Quagmire: Nation-Building and Nature in the Mekong Delta *This outstanding book shows that 'Viet Nam has always been much more than a war.' By making his themes the perennial continuities and changes in the vital ecologies and polyethnic cultures of the country, Ben Kiernan tells a story of shifting layers that is lucid and rich. His work is a kaleidoscope of Vietnamese history. * Greg Lockhart, author of Nation in Arms: the Origins of the People's Army of Vietnam *Kiernan offers a comprehensive overview of Vietnamese history from prehistoric times to the 21st century ... A distinctive quality of this work is its inclusion of environmental and linguistic history. The author effectively explains how geography and changing weather patterns (droughts, etc.) impacted historical development and demonstrates how changes in language over time provides information about Vietnam's past ... Essential for all students of Vietnamese history. Extensive descriptions of Vietnam's relations with its neighbors also make this valuable reading for those interested in Chinese or Southeast Asian history. * Library Journal *Table of ContentsAbbreviations Note on Spelling Preface Introduction Part I: Chiefdoms Ch. 1 Water, Rice, and Bronze: Prehistoric Viet Nam Part II: Provinces Ch. 2 Calming the Waves: Imperial Conquest and Indigenization, 221 BCE-540 CE Ch. 3 Mountains and Rivers of the South: Annam and its Neighbors, 6th-10th Centuries Part III: Kingdoms Ch. 4 "Rice from the Sky": Assembling the Spirits of Dai Viet, 940-1340 Ch. 5 Smooth-Flowing Waters of Government: The Triumph of Confucianism, 1340-1570 Part IV: Regions Ch. 6 Contending Shogunates: Inner and Outer Regions, 1570-1770 Ch. 7 Alternative Unifications: Rebellion and Restoration, 1771-1859 Part V: Colonies Ch. 8 "World Trends" and French Conquest, 1860-1920 Ch. 9 Writing and Revolution from Colonialism to Independence, 1920-1954 Part VI: Republics Ch. 10 The American-Vietnamese War, 1954-1975 Ch. 11 The Making of Contemporary Viet Nam, 1975-2015 Epilogue Notes Index
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Oxford University Press Empire of Love
Book SynopsisUnlike Britain, whose empire has been studied from numerous perspectives, the French empire has received comparatively little attention, particularly with reference to how France and its colonies perceived the French outposts in the Pacific. Spanning Paris, Tahiti, New Caledonia, Indochina, Japan, Panama, and other island groups, Matt Matsuda argues that, far more significant than the French administrative or political presence in the Pacific, was the French Pacific-especially the waters of the Pacific itself--in the scientific, literary, and artistic imaginations of both colonizers and colonized. Initially, the book follows the traces of French naval officer and writer Pierre Loti and his powerful patron Juliette Adam as they romance a popular overseas empire that for both reflects back upon their highly emotional ideas of the nation. In Panama, romantic Jesuit ruins, isthmian peoples, and a French canal project illuminate Saint Simonian communities of love plotting to conquer the PacTrade ReviewMatsuda offers engaging and well-written vignettes of French imperial experience as lived and remembered which, are explored through literary and archival evidence. The book succeeds, to a considerable extent, in articulating the place of love and desire in the imperial project. Even readers who disagree with Matsuda's argument may be seduced by the stimulating ideas in this work. * Joseph Zizek, The International History Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Empire of Love: Histories of France and the Pacific 1: Rochefort: The Family Romance of the French Pacific 2: Panama: Geopolitics of Desire 3: Walls and Futuna: Martyrs and Memories 4: Society Islands: Tahitian Archives 5: New Caledonia: Prisoners of Love 6: Indochina: The Romance of the Runis 7: Japan: The Tears of Madame Chrysanthème Afterword: The Lost Continent Notes Index
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