Southeast Asia

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788197312434Author F Max MüllerFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Milky Way PublicationsPublisher Milky Way PublicationsWeight(grams) 313g

This book is the result of over 40 years of study of the various forms of Thai money from their origins in the ancient kingdoms and empires starting with Funan up to the introduction of the modern decimal system of baht and satang. As such it represents...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781425559519Author Walter M GibsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 536Imprint University of Michigan LibraryPublisher University of Michigan LibraryWeight(grams)...

In the seventeenth century, the Dutch established a trading base at the Indonesian site of Jacarta. What began as a minor colonial outpost under the name Batavia would become, over the next three centuries, the flourishing economic and political nucleus...

This rich collection of essays explores the dramatic political, economic, and social transformations in Southeast Asia since 1945. Academics and practitioners trace three themes - transformations within Southeast Asian countries, the actors and processes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781921313691Author Tommy ChristomyFormat PaperbackImprint ANU PressPublisher ANU Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410216960Author Louis MortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 648Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the PacificWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732738645Author John J XenakisFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Xenakis PublishingPublisher Xenakis PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847483652Author Mahen TampoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams) 467g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934431627Author Etienne F AymonierFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint DatASIA, Inc.Publisher DatASIA, Inc.Weight(grams) 218g

In 1792, a British embassy headed by Earl Macartney travelled from Peking (Beijing), China, to Canton (Guangzou) with the aim of improving trade with China. The complete account of the mission was recorded by the Earl's private secretary, Sir John...

This book is the first English translation of the original text Atjeh Sepintas Lalu published in 1950 in Bahasa Indonesia by one of Indonesia's leading lawyers, writers, and political figures, examining the history of the continuously turbulent Aceh. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604976779Author Ernest KohFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Cambria PressPublisher Cambria PressWeight(grams) 603g

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Originally published in 1965, this book by respected Sinologist and British colonial public servant Victor Purcell charts the history of East and South Asia from 1800 through to the establishment of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. The text includes a...

In 1939, the German sociologist Norbert Elias published his groundbreaking work The Civilizing Process, which has come to be regarded as one of the most influential works of sociology today. In this insightful new study tracing the history of violence in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241160920Author Ambrose B RathborneFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934431115Author George GroslierFormat HardbackPage Count 484Imprint DatASIA, Inc.Publisher DatASIA, Inc.Weight(grams) 1052g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789811434006Author Zhixiong ZhangFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Pacific Media ManiaPublisher Pacific Media ManiaWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781552128510Author Dick PerrinFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 291g

This book examines the creation and operation of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), which is a hybrid domestic/international tribunal tasked with putting senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge on trial. It argues that the ECCC should...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597406475Author Rakawi PrapantjaFormat PaperbackImprint ACLS History E-Book ProjectPublisher ACLS History E-Book ProjectWeight(grams) 757g

Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was a British civil servant and statesman best known for his founding of the city (now Republic) of Singapore. After the capture of Java by the British in 1811, Raffles was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the island,...

This book employs a biographical approach to comprehensively study a set of Tang era-tomb guardian figurines, known as the Four Gods (Sishen), comprising a pair of warriors (Dangkuang and Dangye) and a pair of hybrid beasts (Zuming and Dizhou). These...

In 1939, the German sociologist Norbert Elias published his groundbreaking work The Civilizing Process, which has come to be regarded as one of the most influential works of sociology today. In this insightful new study tracing the history of violence in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597406482Author Rakawi PrapantjaFormat PaperbackImprint ACLS History E-Book ProjectPublisher ACLS History E-Book ProjectWeight(grams) 630g

'Dr. Ismail's writings and speeches, and his letters to the Tunku, covering a variety of foreign policy issues, are a valuable asset in understanding the unique role he played in the nation's history. He was without doubt the primary architect of Malayan...

During his last voyage back to England, the ship of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) caught fire, consuming many of the papers from which future biographers might have worked. When he died two years later, the task of sifting through the surviving...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781367559110Author David PalazonFormat HardbackPage Count 344Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 1166g

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished...

The history of the Indonesian Revolution has been dominated by depictions of grassroots fighters and elite politicians who thought of it as a nationalistic or class-based war. In this major new study, Kevin W. Fogg rethinks the Indonesian Revolution...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788186019313Format HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Institute for Defence Studies & AnalysisPublisher Institute for Defence Studies & Analysis

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789386552594Author Dev Nath PathakFormat HardbackPage Count 346Imprint Primus BooksPublisher Primus BooksWeight(grams) 816g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916622319Author Steven ClarkFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Amazon Publishing AgencyPublisher Amazon Publishing AgencyWeight(grams) 662g

This book focuses on the written heritage of Muslims in the Philippines, the historical constitution of chancelleries within the Islamic sultanates, and the production of official letters to conduct local and international diplomacy. The standard...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934431825Author Harry HerveyFormat PaperbackImprint DatASIA, Inc.Publisher DatASIA, Inc.Weight(grams) 572g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781458213518Author Robert C HargreavesFormat PaperbackImprint Abbott PressPublisher Abbott PressWeight(grams) 168g

Published in two volumes in 1857, this was the most successful work of the linguist and politician Sir John Bowring (1792-1872). His varied career included work as an editor and translator, service as an MP in Britain and as a consul in China, and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786214670475Author Ceej TantengcoFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Kado PublishingPublisher Kado PublishingWeight(grams) 122g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781482865899Author Zulkefli PutehFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Partridge SingaporePublisher Partridge SingaporeWeight(grams) 272g