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  • Sino-Russian Relations

    A Short History

    by R.K.I. Quested ...
    This book provides a systematic history of Sino-Russian relations, a history which is invaluable in forming an understanding of relations between the two nations today. Becoming neighbours in the seventeenth century, their changing relations in peace and war, in isolation, cooperation and confrontation have steadily assumed a greater importance in world politics and become increasingly important ... Read more

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  • The New Asian Hemisphere

    The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East

    by Kishore Mahbubani ...
    For centuries, the Asians (Chinese, Indians, Muslims, and others) have been bystanders in world history. Now they are ready to become co-drivers.Asians have finally understood, absorbed, and implemented Western best practices in many areas: from free-market economics to modern science and technology, from meritocracy to rule of law. They have also become innovative in their own way, creating new ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Making of Buddhist Modernism

    by David L. McMahan ...
    A great deal of Buddhist literature and scholarly writing about Buddhism of the past 150 years reflects, and indeed constructs, a historically unique modern Buddhism, even while purporting to represent ancient tradition, timeless teaching, or the "essentials" of Buddhism. This literature, Asian as well as Western, weaves together the strands of different traditions to create a novel hybrid that ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Historical Dictionary of Tibet

    by John Powers, David Templeman ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East
    Tibet is a land bounded by the world’s highest mountains, and it is the repository of an ancient culture. For centuries it was viewed by Europeans as a remote, mystical place populated by Buddhist masters with supernatural powers and profound wisdom. In contrast to this image, it was once a warlike country whose expansionist rulers conquered a vast empire that incorporated much of central Asia and ... Read more

    $166.09 USD

  • The Russian General Staff and Asia, 1860-1917

    by Alex Marshall ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe
    This new book examines the role of the Tsarist General Staff in studying and administering Russia’s Asian borderlands. It considers the nature of the Imperial Russian state, the institutional characteristics of the General Staff, and Russia’s relationship with Asia.During the nineteenth century, Russia was an important player in the so-called ‘Great Game’ in central Asia. Between 1800 and 1917 ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Beijing - A Concise History

    by Stephen G. Haw ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
    Stephen Haw sets out the history of the city of Beijing, charting the course of its development from its early roots before 2000 BC to its contemporary position as capital of the People’s Republic of China.Stephen Haw, a well-established author on China, outlines the establishment of the earliest cities in the years before 1000 BC, its status as regional capital during most of the long Zhou ... Read more

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  • Strategic Stability in Asia

    Edited by Amit Gupta ...
    What do the major states of Asia view as the emerging challenges in their immediate security environment as well as in the broader Asian region? What future security outcomes would make them believe that strategic stability had been achieved in the Asian continent? Central to the latter question is China and the path it will take to rise to superpower status. While all the major Asian states ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Chinese Porcelain in Colonial Mexico

    The Material Worlds of an Early Modern Trade

    by Meha Priyadarshini ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book follows Chinese porcelain through the commodity chain, from its production in China to trade with Spanish Merchants in Manila, and to its eventual adoption by colonial society in Mexico. As trade connections increased in the early modern period, porcelain became an immensely popular and global product. This study focuses on one of the most exported objects, the guan. It shows how this ... Read more

    $125.09 USD

  • Chinese Political Culture

    by Shiping Hua, Andrew J. Nathan ...
    Until this book, there has been no comprehensive, methodologically aware study of all aspects of Chinese political culture. The book is organized into three major areas: Chinese identities and popular culture (regional identities, anti-politics attitudes, Hong Kong identity); public opinion surveys (the Beijing area, Chinese workers, the Shanghai area); and ideological debates (the "new" ... Read more

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  • Fiqh al-Aqalliyy?t

    History, Development, and Progress

    by S. Hassan ...
    Series series Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law
    This book examines the development of a contemporary internal debate among Muslim minorities living in Western Europe and North America to establish a specific form of Islamic jurisprudence. Fiqh al-aqalliyyat attempts to strike a balance between Muslim's religious commitments and their civic identity as citizens in Western liberal states. ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

  • Russian Fascism

    Traditions, Tendencies and Movements

    by Stephen Shenfield ...
    First Published in 2001. This study presents a thorough analysis of facism, its manifestations in Russian political and cultural history, and facist tendencies and movements in contemporary Russian society. ... Read more

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  • Popular Culture, Globalization and Japan

    Edited by Matthew Allen, Rumi Sakamoto ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations
    Japanese popular culture is constantly evolving in the face of internal and external influence. Popular Culture, Globalization and Japan examines this evolution from a new and challenging perspective by focusing on the movements of popular culture into and out of Japan.Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the book argues that a key factor behind the changing nature of Japanese popular culture lies ... Read more

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