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The magnificent wonders of China, ancient and modern, revealed by an international team of leading scholars from Asia and the West.
China is the oldest ...
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 ...
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 ...
Winner, The Lionel Gelber PrizeSilver Medal, Arthur Ross Book AwardFor decades, China's rise to power was characterized by its reassurance that this rise would ...
Daring essays on democracy, history and the nation state by one of China's leading twentieth-century intellectuals
The power, anger and fluency of Liang Qichao ...
This eloquent work on the Japanese sense of beauty explores the subtle interplay of shade and light in several important aspects of Japanese life - architecture ...
Long before the arrival of Western emissaries and powers, East Asian peoples and states were deeply involved in world affairs. In this sweeping account, Warren ...
The entire fascinating story of Japan told in one exciting manga-style volume!
A History of Japan in Manga tells the action-packed saga of Japan from ...
A major new history of North and South Korea, from the late nineteenth century to the present day
Korea has a long, riveting history-it is ...
Beautiful edition, and companion to Japanese Myths and Legends, exploring the ancient origins of Japanese society and culture. A gorgeous Collector's Edition covering the ...
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'A classic ... wonderfully enjoyable' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE
This is the authoritative history of South Asia in the ...
An extensively researched, comprehensive biography of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, one of the twentieth century's most powerful and controversial figures
Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975 ...
"The relationship between China and Korea is one of the most important, and least understood, in Asia. With the wisdom and clarity we have come ...
Lion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world's most successful city state.
In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita was on a ...
The story behind the mythic brutality of Genghis Kahn, one of the most successful leaders in human history. A new title in the series created ...