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The gripping history of Taiwan, from the flood myths of indigenous legend to its Asian Tiger economic miracle - and the renewed threat of invasion by ...
A true masterpiece of narrative history and the definitive story of the revolution that ignited the end of colonialism worldwide
A story of staggering scope ...
This various, rich and enjoyable book tells the story of the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North America over centuries of ...
An epic account of how a new world order under Tamerlane was born out of the decline of the Mongol Empire
By the mid-fourteenth century ...
The dramatic true story of the betrayal of hundreds of Indian princely states by both the departing British and the new Congress government. In July ...
'The writing is sublime, the research thorough, the eye for story superb' Sunday Telegraph
When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of ...
'John Keay is the master storyteller and historian. This grand narrative of Himalaya is as epic as the mountains and peoples he describes' Dan Snow ...
The declaration of the Republic of China in 1912 signalled an entirely new era. Not only did the revolution of 1911-12 bring about the fall ...
An inspiring testament to China's dissident historians and activists, from the 1940s to the present
A documentary filmmaker who spent years uncovering a Mao-era ...
'Bob Whiting came to the city as a stranger in a strange land in 1962 and stayed for five decades - he knows the dark alleys ...
In the late 1980s, most of the world still associated Vietnam with resistance and war, hardship, refugees, and a mismanaged planned economy. During the 1990s ...
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Southeast Asia: An introductory historywas first published in 1979 and immediately filled a need for travellers and students interested in one of the most dynamic ...
Kawai Koume (1804-1889) was an accomplished poet and painter and a wife, mother, and grandmother in a lower-ranking samurai family in the provincial castle town ...
In this ground-breaking, posthumous study, the late Lo Jung-pang discusses the geographic, political, and commercial factors that led to the emergence of seapower and a ...