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Heaven in Conflict: Franciscans and the Boxer Uprising in Shanxi by Anthony E. Clark
RRP: $36.11$31.14One of the most violent episodes of China's Boxer Uprising was the Taiyuan Massacre of 1900, in which rebels killed foreign missionaries and thousands of Chinese Christians. This first sustained scholarly account of the uprising to focus on Shanxi... -
Nomads: Nomadic Material Culture in the Asian Collections of the Horniman Museum by Ken Teague 9780951814161
RRP: $25.80$21.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780951814161Author Ken TeagueFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Horniman Museum & GardensPublisher Horniman Museum & Gardens -
Middle Kingdom and Empire of the Rising Sun: Sino-Japanese Relations, Past and Present by June Teufel Dreyer 9780195375664
RRP: $45.14$34.33Japan and China have been rivals for more than a millennium. In more recent times, China was the more powerful until the late nineteenth century, while Japan took the upper hand in the twentieth. Now, China's resurgence has emboldened it even as Japan... -
To the End of Revolution: The Chinese Communist Party and Tibet, 1949-1959 by Xiaoyuan Liu
RRP: $38.70$30.04The status of Tibet is one of the most controversial and complex issues in the history of modern China. In To the End of Revolution, Xiaoyuan Liu draws on unprecedented access to the archives of the Chinese Communist Party to offer a groundbreaking... -
The Indian Uprising of 1857-8: Prisons, Prisoners and Rebellion by Clare Anderson 9781843312956
RRP: $23.21$22.79This fascinating book, based on extensive archival research in Britain and India, examines why mutineer-rebels chose to attack prisons and release prisoners, discusses the impact of the destruction of the jails on British penal policy in mainland India,... -
Demystifying China: New Understandings of Chinese History by Naomi Standen 9781442208964
RRP: $45.15$40.25For westerners, China's history is often reduced to a choice between timeless Confucian ideals or incomprehensible barbarisms such as footbinding or mass slaughter, fueled by generalizations such as "China has five thousand years of history," "China was... -
The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere: When Total Empire Met Total War by Jeremy A. Yellen 9781501768262
RRP: $36.11$31.63"The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere offers a lucid, dynamic, and highly readable history of Japan's attempt to usher in a new order in Asia during World War II." Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review In The Greater East Asia... -
Seeds of Control: Japan's Empire of Forestry in Colonial Korea by David Fedman
RRP: $41.28$36.39Conservation as a tool of colonialism in early twentieth-century KoreaJapanese colonial rule in Korea (1905-1945) ushered in natural resource management programs that profoundly altered access to and ownership of the peninsula's extensive mountains and... -
Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan
RRP: $33.53$25.53"It is impossible to understand China today without understanding the Cultural Revolution," Tania Branigan writes. During this decade of Maoist fanaticism between 1966 and 1976, children turned on parents, students condemned teachers, and as many as two... -
The Phoenix Mosque and the Persians of Medieval Hangzhou by George Lane 9781909942882
RRP: $64.50$62.53In the early 1250s Mongke Khan, grandson and successor of the mighty Mongol emperor, Genghis Khan, sent out his youngerbrothers Qubilai and Hulegu to consolidate his grip on power. Hulegu was welcomed into Iran while his older brother, Qubilai, continued... -
The Forest of Taboos: Morality, Hunting and Identity Among the Huaulu of the Moluccas by Valerio Valeri 9780299162146
RRP: $38.64$35.59Contends that the ambivalence felt by all humans about sex, death and eating other animals can be explained by a set of coordinated principles that are expressed in taboos. Valeri evokes the world of the Huaulu, to show the attractions of the animal... -
Envisioning a Tibetan Luminary: The Life of a Modern Boenpo Saint by William M. Gorvine 9780199362356
RRP: $45.78$33.46Envisioning a Tibetan Luminary examines the religious biography of Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen (1859-1934), the most significant modern figure representing the Tibetan Boen religion-a vital minority tradition that is underrepresented in Tibetan studies. The... -
Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India by James W. Laine 9780195141269
RRP: $113.52$94.53Shivaji was a 17th-century hero in western India, where his legend is well known and an important part of Hindu nationalist ideology. His legend expresses deeply held convictions about what Hinduism is, and how it is opposed to Islam. James Laine traces... -
The Voluntary and Non-Profit Sector in Japan: The Challenge of Change Stephen Osborne (University of Edinburgh, UK) 9780415249706
RRP: $174.15$151.81The voluntary and non-profit sector is an important and emerging feature of Japanese society. It is a response both to the changing nature of this society and to political and social trends that have encouraged the Japanese government to see this sector... -
Animosity at Bay: An Alternative History of the India-Pakistan Relationship, 1947-1952 by Pallavi Raghavan
RRP: $51.60$46.71In this groundbreaking book, Raghavan uses previously untapped archival sources to weave together new stories about the experiences of post-partition state-making in South Asia. Through meticulous research, it challenges the existing wisdom about the... -
The Formation of the Chinese Communist Party by Ishikawa Yoshihiro 9780231158084
RRP: $79.98$62.72Official Chinese narratives recounting the rise of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tend to minimize the movement's international associations. Conducting careful readings and translations of recently released documents in Russian, Japanese, and... -
The Making of Song Dynasty History: Sources and Narratives, 960–1279 CE by Charles Hartman
RRP: $161.25$116.46In this ambitious work of political and intellectual history, Charles Hartman surveys the major sources that survive as vestiges of the official dynastic historiography of the Chinese Song dynasty (960-1279). Analyzing the narratives that emerge from... -
Imperial Power and Popular Politics: Class, Resistance and the State in India, 1850-1950 by Rajnarayan Chandavarkar 9780521596923
RRP: $55.46$47.20In this series of interconnected essays, Rajnarayan Chandavarkar offers a powerful revisionist analysis of the relationship between class and politics in India between the Mutiny and Independence. Dr Chandavarkar rejects the 'Orientalist' view of Indian... -
Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace by Sumantra Bose 9780674018174
RRP: $34.77$27.62In 2002, nuclear-armed adversaries India and Pakistan mobilized for war over the long-disputed territory of Kashmir, sparking panic around the world. Drawing on extensive firsthand experience in the contested region, Sumantra Bose reveals how the... -
Kurosawa: Film Studies and Japanese Cinema by Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
RRP: $33.53$31.00The films of Akira Kurosawa have had an immense effect on the way the Japanese have viewed themselves as a nation and on the way the West has viewed Japan. In this comprehensive and theoretically informed study of the influential director's cinema,... -
Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma's Struggle for Democracy by Bertil Lintner 9786162150159
RRP: $25.79$22.97Burma's pro-democracy movement emerged in 1988 when massive demonstrations swept across the country. This book gives an account of the movement, its emergence and growth, and Aung San Suu Kyi's prominent leadership role since its inception. Woven into... -
Moving the Maasai: A Colonial Misadventure by L. Hughes 9781349545483
RRP: $42.56$34.96This is the scandalous story of how the Maasai people of Kenya lost the best part of their land to the British in the 1900s. Drawing upon unique oral testimony and extensive archival research, Hughes describes the intrigues surrounding two enforced moves... -
Impact Evaluation of Development Interventions: A Practical Guide by Asian Development Bank 9789292610586
RRP: $29.61$27.46This book offers guidance on the principles, methods, and practice of impact evaluation. It contains material for a range of audiences, from those who may use or manage impact evaluations to applied researchers.Impact evaluation is an empirical approach... -
Breaking Bamboo by Tim Murgatroyd 9781905802401
RRP: $21.92$16.33Central China, 1264. When Mongol armies storm into the Middle Kingdom, the descendents of Yun Cai (Taming Poison Dragons) are trapped in a desperate siege that will determine the fate of the Empire. Guang and Shih are identical twins, one a heroic... -
Tokyo Boogie-Woogie: Japan's Pop Era and Its Discontents by Hiromu Nagahara
RRP: $46.38$37.66In this first English-language history of the origins and impact of the Japanese pop music industry, Hiromu Nagahara connects the rise of mass entertainment, epitomized by ryukoka ("popular songs"), with Japan's transformation into a middle-class society... -
The Cambridge Companion to Sayyid Ahmad Khan by Yasmin Saikia 9781108705240
RRP: $32.24$27.32This volume examines Sayyid Ahmad Khan's life, his contribution, and legacy in the context of current times. The editors engage his writings, ideas, and activities to read and present his work critically, not as a biographical account of his life but... -
History of Taiwan: A Captivating Guide to Taiwanese History and the Relationship with the People's Republic of China by Captivating History 9781647480288
RRP: $38.69$23.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647480288Author Captivating HistoryFormat HardbackPage Count 66Imprint Ch PublicationsPublisher Ch PublicationsWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
An Appeal to the Ladies of Hyderabad: Scandal in the Raj by Benjamin B. Cohen
RRP: $33.48$27.04The dramatic story of Mehdi Hasan and Ellen Donnelly, whose marriage convulsed high society in nineteenth-century India and whose notorious trial and fall reverberated throughout the British Empire, setting the benchmark for Victorian scandals.In April... -
Internationalist Aesthetics: China and Early Soviet Culture by Edward Tyerman
RRP: $38.70$30.04Winner, 2022 AATSEEL Best Book in Literary Studies, American Association of Teachers of Slavic and European LanguagesHonorable Mention, 2022 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies, Modern Language AssociationFollowing the... -
Colonial Childhoods: The Juvenile Periphery of India 1850-1945 by Satadru Sen 9781843311782
RRP: $25.79$25.17'Colonial Childhoods' is about the politics of childhood in India between the 1860s and the 1930s. It examines not only the redefinition of the 'child' in the cultural and intellectual climate of colonialism, but also the uses of the child, the parent... -
Circulating the Code: Print Media and Legal Knowledge in Qing China by Ting Zhang
RRP: $36.11$31.14Contrary to longtime assumptions about the insular nature of imperial China's legal system, Circulating the Code demonstrates that in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) most legal books were commercially published and available to anyone who could afford to... -
The Afterlife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Taikoki, Historical Fiction, and Popular Culture in Japan by Susan Westhafer Furukawa
RRP: $27.03$22.11The Afterlife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi explores how sixteenth-century samurai leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi's continued and evolving presence in popular culture in twentieth- and twenty-first-century Japan changes with the needs of the current era, and in the... -
Japan in World History by James L. Huffman 9780195368086
RRP: $33.53$25.40Here is a page-turning, compact history of Japan from earliest times to the present, with a focus on its often tempestuous, often creative relationships with other countries. The book ranges from Japan's prehistoric interactions with Korea and China, to... -
The Origins of the Choson Dynasty by John B. Duncan
RRP: $36.11$31.14The Origins of the Choson Dynasty provides an exhaustive analysis of the structure and composition of Korea's central officialdom during the transition from the Koryo dynasty (918-1392) to the Choson dynasty (1392-1910) and offers a new interpretation of... -
The Art of Being Governed: Everyday Politics in Late Imperial China by Michael Szonyi 9780691174518
RRP: $54.18$43.47An innovative look at how families in Ming dynasty China negotiated military and political obligations to the state How did ordinary people in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) deal with the demands of the state? In The Art of Being Governed, Michael Szonyi... -
The Aga Khan Case: Religion and Identity in Colonial India by Teena Purohit 9780674066397
$76.88An overwhelmingly Arab-centric perspective dominates the West's understanding of Islam and leads to a view of this religion as exclusively Middle Eastern and monolithic. Teena Purohit presses for a reorientation that would conceptualize Islam instead as... -
The Book in Japan: A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century by Peter Kornicki 9780824823375
RRP: $47.67$45.89The ten chapters of this exemplary monograph cover every major aspect of the book in traditional Japan: its place in Japanese history; books as material objects; manuscript cultures; printing; the Edo period book trade; authors and readers; importation... -
Governing Islam: Law, Empire, and Secularism in Modern South Asia by Julia Stephens 9781316626283
RRP: $30.95$26.70Governing Islam traces the colonial roots of contemporary struggles between Islam and secularism in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The book uncovers the paradoxical workings of colonial laws that promised to separate secular and religious spheres, but... -
Making Borders in Modern East Asia: The Tumen River Demarcation, 1881-1919 by Nianshen Song
RRP: $39.98$30.70Until the late nineteenth century, the Chinese-Korean Tumen River border was one of the oldest, and perhaps most stable, state boundaries in the world. Spurred by severe food scarcity following a succession of natural disasters, from the 1860s, countless... -
Navigating Semi-Colonialism: Shipping, Sovereignty, and Nation-Building in China, 1860-1937 by Anne Reinhardt
RRP: $54.12$43.68China's status in the world of expanding European empires of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries has long been under dispute. Its unequal relations with multiple powers, secured through a system of treaties rather than through colonization, has...