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  • Past Human Migrations in East Asia

    Matching Archaeology, Linguistics and Genetics

    Series series Routledge Studies in the Early History of Asia
    The study of the prehistory of East Asia is developing very rapidly. In uncovering the story of the flows of human migration that constituted the peopling of East Asia there exists widespread debate about the nature of evidence and the tools for correlating results from different disciplines.Drawing upon the latest evidence in genetics, linguistics and archaeology, this exciting new book examines ... Leer más

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  • Fortress Monasteries of the Himalayas

    Tibet, Ladakh, Nepal and Bhutan

    Series Libro 104 - Fortress
    An illustrated guide to the development and operational history of the Tibetan-style fortified monasteries throughout the Himalayas.The spread of Buddhism and Tibetan secular power throughout the Himalayas led to a distinctive style of fortifications not found anywhere else. This book looks at Himalayan fortifications, from their creation in the Middle Ages to their destruction and capture by the ... Leer más

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  • Blood Brothers

    Crime, Business and Politics in Asia

    All over Asia bankers, gangsters, government officials and intelligence agents interact while organised crime networks threaten the rest of the world.Chinese gangs run Chinatowns all over the United States and Europe; Vietnamese mobsters have taken over the heroin trade to Australia; Russian gangsters thrive in cities througout America and the Japanese yakuza not only influence government and ... Leer más

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  • MacArthur in Asia

    The General and His Staff in the Philippines, Japan, and Korea

    Traducido por Reiko Yamamoto ...
    "Hiroshi Masuda reinterprets MacArthur by going back to his years in the Philippines. In particular, [the book] focuses on the 'Bataan Boys,' the group of subordinates who accompanied MacArthur in his 1942 evacuation from the Philippines, and their views of MacArthur. MacArthur in Asia offers valuable insights into not only MacArthur's public persona but also his personal and human characteristics ... Leer más

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  • Operation Desert Storm

    The Invasion of Kuwait and the Second Gulf War

    de 50minutes ...
    Series series History
    Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of Operation Desert Storm in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Operation Desert Storm. Iraq’s decision to invade Kuwait, home to one of the largest oil fields in the world, in 1990 caused panic in the international community. Consequently, in early 1991 a coalition of ... Leer más

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  • War Memory, Nationalism and Education in Postwar Japan

    The Japanese History Textbook Controversy and Ienaga Saburo's Court Challenges

    Series series Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
    The controversy over official state-approved history textbooks in Japan, which omit or play down many episodes of Japan’s occupation of neighbouring countries during the Asia-Pacific War (1931-1945), and which have been challenged by critics who favour more critical, peace and justice perspectives, goes to the heart of Japan’s sense of itself as a nation. The degree to which Japan is willing to ... Leer más

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  • The Columbia Anthology of Japanese Essays

    Zuihitsu from the Tenth to the Twenty-First Century

    Edición de Steven D. Carter ...
    A court lady of the Heian era, an early modern philologist, a novelist of the Meiji period, and a physicist at Tokyo University. What do they have in common, besides being Japanese? They all wrote zuihitsu—a uniquely Japanese literary genre encompassing features of the nonfiction or personal essay and miscellaneous musings. For sheer range of subject matter and breadth of perspective, the zuihitsu ... Leer más

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  • Tibet's Forgotten Heroes

    The Story of Tibet's Armed Resistance Against China

    In 1949, the People's Liberation Army of China sent troops into Tibet. At first, Chinese soldiers behaved respectfully towards the local people, distributing clothes, blankets, tools, medicine and even money. Soon, however, it became clear that a new era in Tibetan history had begun, namely one of oppression, atrocities and ...resistance. Tibet's Forgotten Heroes is a unique historical document on ... Leer más

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  • Academic Approaches to Martial Arts Research, Vol. 1

    This two-volume anthology conveniently contains useful academic tools for studying the combative arts. Each chapter will prove special to all interested in the intellectual side to the martial arts. Some chapters provide fine details for categorizing the variety of what we commonly refer to as "martial arts." Other chapters focus on the martial arts as living culture and social implications. The ... Leer más

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  • The Korean Diaspora in Post War Japan

    Geopolitics, Identity and Nation-Building

    de Myung Ja Kim ...
    The indistinct status of the Zainichi has meant that, since the late 1940s, two ethnic Korean associations, the Chongryun (pro-North) and the Mindan (pro-South) have been vying for political loyalty from the Zainichi, with both groups initially opposing their assimilation in Japan. Unlike the Korean diasporas living in Russia, China or the US, the Zainichi have become sharply divided along ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

  • Fear and Fortune

    Spirit Worlds and Emerging Economies in the Mongolian Gold Rush

    de Mette M. High ...
    Mongolia 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 USSR and tens of millions of livestock were killed in devastating droughts in the early 2000s. Volatility and uncertainty as well as political and ... Leer más

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  • Arabic Folklore The Queen & The Young Man Who Never Laughed

    There was a man, of those possessed of houses and riches, who had wealth and servants and slaves and other possessions; and he departed from the world to receive the mercy of God (whose name be exalted!), leaving a young son. And when the son grew up, he took to eating and drinking, and the hearing of instruments of music and songs, and was liberal and gave gifts, and expended the riches that his ... Leer más

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