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Power and Perspective: Early Photography in China by Karina H. Corrigan
RRP: €53.55€44.78A critical reconsideration of the history of photography that explores how commerce and conflict fueled its practice in nineteenth-century China Photography's development as a new form of art and technology coincided with profound changes in the way... -
Seppuku: A History Of Samurai Suicide by Andrew Rankin
RRP: €20.22€13.93A collection of thrilling samurai tales tracing the history of seppuku from ancient times to the twentieth century. The history of seppuku -- Japanese ritual suicide by cutting the stomach, sometimes referred to as hara-kiri -- spans a millennium, and... -
China's Hidden Children: Abandonment, Adoption, and the Human Costs of the One-Child Policy by Kay Ann Johnson
RRP: €19.04€18.77In the thirty-five years since China instituted its One-Child Policy, 120,000 children mostly girls have left China through international adoption, including 85,000 to the United States. It's generally assumed that this diaspora is the result of China's... -
Meiji Restoration Losers: Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan by Michael Wert
RRP: €21.36€17.64This book is about the "losers" of the Meiji Restoration and the supporters who promoted their legacy. Although the violence of the Meiji Restoration is typically downplayed, the trauma was real, and those who felt marginalized from the mainstream... -
Essays in Indian History - Towards a Marxist Perception Irfan Habib 9789382381693
RRP: €26.18€24.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789382381693Author Irfan HabibFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Tulika BooksPublisher Tulika BooksWeight(grams) 480gDimensions(mm) 217mm * 144mm * 22mm -
Selected Subaltern Studies by Ranajit Guha 9780195052893
RRP: €61.88€46.98This book collects ten essays from the five volumes of Subaltern Studies that have so far appeared. The aim of the studies is to 'promote a systematic and informed discussion of subaltern themes in the field of South Asian studies, and thus help to... -
Tibet Brief 20/20 by Michael Van Walt Van Praag 9781977232816
€33.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977232816Author Michael Van Walt Van PraagFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 667gDimensions(mm)... -
Superfluous Things: Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China by Craig Clunas 9780824828202
RRP: €28.50€27.14This outstanding and original book, presented here with a new preface, examines the history of material culture in early modern China. Craig Clunas analyzes ""superfluous things"" - the paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, ceramics,... -
Gas Mask Nation: Visualizing Civil Air Defense in Wartime Japan by Professor Gennifer Weisenfeld
RRP: €57.12€49.79A fascinating look at the anxious pleasures of Japanese visual culture during World War II. Airplanes, gas masks, and bombs were common images in wartime Japan. Yet amid these emblems of anxiety, tasty caramels were offered to children with paper gas... -
The Languages of China by S. Robert Ramsey 9780691014685
RRP: €41.65€33.26The description for this book, The Languages of China, will be forthcoming.About the AuthorS. Robert Ramsey is professor of East Asian linguistics at the University of Maryland. His books include (with Ki-Moon Lee) A History of the Korean Language... -
A Brief History of Singapore and Malaysia: Multiculturalism and Prosperity: The Shared History of Two Southeast Asian Tigers by Christopher Hale
RRP: €19.03€13.20The fascinating account of two former British colonies with a shared past but vastly different identities today!Singapore and Malaysia sit astride the sea lanes linking East with West-vital choke points in the world's commerce. Since ancient times, ports... -
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha 9780062978066
RRP: €29.74€18.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062978066Author Ramachandra GuhaFormat PaperbackPage Count 992Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 862gDimensions(mm) 226mm... -
Voices from the Plain of Jars: Life under an Air War by Fred Branfman 9780299292249
RRP: €23.74€20.56During the Vietnam War the United States government waged a massive, secret air war in neighbouring Laos. Fred Branfman, an educational advisor living in Laos at the time, interviewed over 1,000 Laotian survivors. Shocked by what he heard and saw, he... -
Geocultural Power: China's Quest to Revive the Silk Roads for the Twenty-First Century by Tim Winter
RRP: €28.56€27.41Launched in 2013, China's Belt and Road Initiative is forging connections in infrastructure, trade, energy, finance, tourism, and culture across Eurasia and Africa. This extraordinarily ambitious strategy places China at the center of a geography of... -
Destruction of Paradise: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Sack of the Summer Palace by John Alan Roote 9780999404690
RRP: €29.69€26.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999404690Author John Alan RooteFormat HardbackPage Count 346Imprint John Alan RootePublisher John Alan RooteWeight(grams) 662g -
Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900 by Haruo Shirane 9780231109918
RRP: €49.98€40.51This is the first anthology ever devoted to early modern Japanese literature, spanning the period from 1600 to 1900, known variously as the Edo or the Tokugawa, one of the most creative epochs of Japanese culture. This anthology, which will be of vital... -
Luzon 1945: The final liberation of the Philippines by Clayton K. S. Chun 9781472816283
RRP: €20.22€18.02Driven from the Philippines in 1942, General Douglas MacArthur returned three years later to force the Japanese off of its main island of Luzon. Containing the capital of Manila, vital natural resources as well as thousands of Allied prisoners of war,... -
Factory Girls: Women in the Thread Mills of Meiji Japan by E. Patricia Tsurumi
RRP: €41.65€33.01Investigating the enormous contribution made by female textile workers to early industrialization in Meiji Japan, Patricia Tsurumi vividly documents not only their hardships but also their triumphs. While their skills and long hours created profits for... -
Chinese Diasporas: A Social History of Global Migration by Steven B. Miles
RRP: €27.36€23.28Chinese Diasporas provides a concise and compelling new history of internal and external Chinese migration from the sixteenth century to the present day. Steven B. Miles places Chinese migrants and their families at the center of his narrative through a... -
History in Three Keys: The Boxers as Event, Experience, and Myth by Paul A. Cohen 9780231106511
RRP: €41.65€33.49A comprehensive look at the Boxer Rebellion of 1898-1900, a bloody uprising in north China against native Christians and foreign missionaries.Cohen pares the overlays of historical accounts of the Boxers down to their constituent parts as myth and lived... -
Proletarian China: A Century of Chinese Labour by Ivan Franceschini
RRP: €41.65€35.03In 2021, the Chinese Communist Party celebrated a century of existence. Since the Party's humble beginnings in the Marxist groups of the Republican era to its current global ambitions, one thing has not changed for China's leaders: their claim to... -
Ask A North Korean: Defectors Talk About Their Lives Inside the World's Most Secretive Nation Daniel Tudor 9780804855341
RRP: €10.70€7.60"In his new book, Ask a North Korean, Daniel Tudor-a former Economist journalist and current Korean beer entrepreneur- wants people to understand the true lives of everyday North Koreans. Using translated essays written by defectors, the book covers... -
Point Man by Mark Townsend
RRP: €10.70€7.47Ambushes. Hidden bombs. Snipers. The point man is the first to encounter these signs of danger. He's the soldier who leads the patrol into battle.Few survive for long. Between 2007 and 2008, 20-year-old Kenny Meighan was the longest-serving point man in... -
Making Uzbekistan: Nation, Empire, and Revolution in the Early USSR by Adeeb Khalid 9781501735851
RRP: €33.31€29.65In Making Uzbekistan, Adeeb Khalid chronicles the tumultuous history of Central Asia in the age of the Russian revolution. He explores the complex interaction between Uzbek intellectuals, local Bolsheviks, and Moscow to sketch out the flux of the... -
Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World by Chris Wallace
RRP: €21.41€13.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982143350Author Chris WallaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Avid Reader Press / Simon & SchusterPublisher Avid Reader Press / Simon &... -
Culture of Encounters: Sanskrit at the Mughal Court by Audrey Truschke 9780231173636
RRP: €26.18€20.66Culture of Encounters documents the fascinating exchange between the Persian-speaking Islamic elite of the Mughal Empire and traditional Sanskrit scholars, which engendered a dynamic idea of Mughal rule essential to the empire's survival. This history... -
Empire of the Winds: The Global Role of Asia's Great Archipelago by Philip Bowring
RRP: €26.17€19.91Nusantaria - often referred to as 'Maritime Southeast Asia' - is the world's largest archipelago and has, for centuries, been a vital cultural and trading hub. Nusantara, a Sanskrit, then Malay, word referring to an island realm, is here adapted to... -
Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader: North Korea and the Third World by Benjamin R. Young
RRP: €28.55€25.18Far from always having been an isolated nation and a pariah state in the international community, North Korea exercised significant influence among Third World nations during the Cold War era. With one foot in the socialist Second World and the other in... -
Empire and Information: Intelligence Gathering and Social Communication in India, 1780-1870 by C. A. Bayly 9780521663601
RRP: €53.54€44.70In a penetrating account of the evolution of British intelligence gathering in India, C. A. Bayly shows how networks of Indian spies were recruited by the British to secure military, political and social information about their subjects. He also examines... -
Planning Democracy: Modern India's Quest for Development by Nikhil Menon 9781009044585
RRP: €36.88€32.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781009044585Author Nikhil MenonFormat PaperbackImprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press -
China 1949: Year of Revolution by Graham Hutchings
RRP: €19.03€15.05"Excellent." The Economist "A gripping account." South China Morning Post "Well worth reading." The Morning Star "A persuasive and readable narrative." History Today "Elegantly written." The Tablet "An excellent study." The Chartist "Engaging."... -
The Classic of the Way and Virtue: A New Translation of the Tao-te Ching of Laozi as Interpreted by Wang Bi by Richard John Lynn
RRP: €26.18€20.66The essential Taoist book and one of a triad that make up the most influential religious and philosophical writings of Chinese tradition, the Tao-te Ching is the subject of hundreds of new interpretive studies each year. As Taoism emerges as one of the... -
Discovering British Wild Flowers by Deirdre A. Shirreffs 9781908241634
RRP: €10.70€7.91This wild flower guide for 6-12 year-olds is especially designed for Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum, subject Science. The plants are arranged by habitat; the new 'Flower Colour Index' allows easy comparison of colour and shape of plant flowers... -
Fear and Fortune: Spirit Worlds and Emerging Economies in the Mongolian Gold Rush by Mette M. High
RRP: €28.55€25.18Mongolia over the last decade has seen a substantial and ongoing gold rush. The widespread mining of gold looks at first glance to be a blessing for a desperately poor and largely pastoralist country where people's lives were disrupted by the end of the... -
Japanese Cinema: A Personal Journey by Peter Cowie
RRP: €16.65€14.30An informal yet informed journey through the classic works of Japanese cinema and their directors.This is a passionate, personal journey through one of the world's greatest national cinemas, beginning with the classic directors who came to the fore in... -
Edo Kabuki in Transition: From the Worlds of the Samurai to the Vengeful Female Ghost by Satoko Shimazaki 9780231172271
RRP: €26.18€20.66Satoko Shimazaki revisits three centuries of kabuki theater, reframing it as a key player in the formation of an early modern urban identity in Edo Japan and exploring the process that resulted in its re-creation in Tokyo as a national theatrical... -
Ghostly Past, Capitalist Presence: A Social History of Fear in Colonial Bengal Tithi Bhattacharya 9781478030713
RRP: €24.98€21.86In Ghostly Past, Capitalist Presence, Tithi Bhattacharya maps the role that Bengali ghosts and ghost stories played in constituting the modern Indian nation, and the religious ideas seeded therein, as it emerged in dialogue with European science... -
Asian Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Chinese Mythology, Japanese Mythology and Hindu Mythology by Matt Clayton 9781952191367
RRP: €35.69€23.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952191367Author Matt ClaytonFormat HardbackPage Count 158Imprint Refora PublicationsPublisher Refora PublicationsWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 254mm *... -
Russia and Britain in Persia: Imperial Ambitions in Qajar Iran by Firuz Kazemzadeh 9780755644476
€39.60At the height of her imperial power Britain clashed with Russia at many points from Turkey to China. But it was only in Persia and Central Asia that these two expansionist empires met face to face. The fear of a Russian drive against India had initially... -
A History of Tokyo 1867-1989: From EDO to SHOWA: The Emergence of the World's Greatest City by Edward Seidensticker
€25.57This is a freaking great book and I highly recommend it... if you are passionate about the history of 'the world's greatest city,' this book is something you must have in your collection. JapanThis.com. Edward Seidensticker's A History of Tokyo...