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  • Central Labor Councils and the Revival of American Unionism:

    Organizing for Justice in Our Communities

    de Immanuel Ness, Stuart Eimer ...
    Central Labor Councils are the local arm of the labor movement responsible for coordinating collective activities among different unions in a region. Once quite powerful organizations with important political roles at local and regional levels, CLCs waned significantly during the 1940s and 50s. This work examines the recent re-emergence of Central Labor Councils and how they are being utilized as ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

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  • The Impossible State

    North Korea, Past and Future

    de Victor Cha ...
    From a seasoned advisor, "a meaty, fast-paced portrait of North Korean society, economy, politics and foreign policy" ( Foreign Affairs).In The Impossible State, international-policy expert and former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on this controversial and isolated country, providing the best look yet at North Korea's history, the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Silk Road

    A Very Short Introduction

    de James A. Millward ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The phrase "silk road" evokes vivid scenes of merchants leading camel caravans across vast stretches to trade exotic goods in glittering Oriental bazaars, of pilgrims braving bandits and frozen mountain passes to spread their faith across Asia. Looking at the reality behind these images, this Very Short Introduction illuminates the historical background against which the silk road flourished, ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Tibet

    Storia di un popolo e di una nazione

    de Sam van Schaik ...
    Famoso per la sua cultura unica e per i monasteri buddhisti inerpicati sul tetto del mondo, il Tibet esercita da sempre uno straordinario fascino che affonda le radici nel più lontano passato. Questo libro, scritto con efficace stile narrativo da un grande esperto di storia tibetana, conduce il lettore nel cuore del Paese, dal VII secolo, periodo di gloria dell’impero tibetano, fino ai giorni ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Mountain of Fame

    Portraits in Chinese History

    de John E. Wills ...
    Through biographies of China's most colorful and famous personalities, John Wills displays the five-thousand-year sweep of Chinese history from the legendary sage emperors to the tragedy of Tiananmen Square. This unique introduction to Chinese history and culture uses more than twenty exemplary lives--biographies of China's most colorful and famous personalities--including those of statesmen, ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A Thirst for Empire

    How Tea Shaped the Modern World

    de Erika Rappaport ...
    How the global tea industry influenced the international economy and the rise of mass consumerismTea has been one of the most popular commodities in the world. Over centuries, profits from its growth and sales funded wars and fueled colonization, and its cultivation brought about massive changes—in land use, labor systems, market practices, and social hierarchies—the effects of which are with us ... Leer más

    $39.59 USD

  • Multicultural China in the Early Middle Ages

    de Sanping Chen ...
    Series series Encounters with Asia
    In contrast to the economic and cultural dominance by the south and the east coast over the past several centuries, influence in China in the early Middle Ages was centered in the north and featured a significantly multicultural society. Many events that were profoundly formative for the future of East Asian civilization occurred during this period, although much of this multiculturalism has long ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

  • Women in the Middle East

    Past and Present

    de Nikki R. Keddie ...
    Written by a pioneer in the field of Middle Eastern women's history, Women in the Middle East is a concise, comprehensive, and authoritative history of the lives of the region's women since the rise of Islam. Nikki Keddie shows why hostile or apologetic responses are completely inadequate to the diversity and richness of the lives of Middle Eastern women, and she provides a unique overview of ... Leer más

    $41.79 USD

  • A Carved Cloak for Tahu

    A History of Ngai Tahu Matawhaiti

    de Mere Whaanga ...
    Oral histories, legends, and accounts of contemporary life of a New Zealand Maori tribe are presented in this cultural that includes colonial histories of the Native Land Court and traditional histories from the Northern Hawke's Bay. ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • War and Democracy: A Comparative Study of the Korean War and the Peloponnesian War

    A Comparative Study of the Korean War and the Peloponnesian War

    de David R. McCann, Barry S. Strauss ...
    A comparison of the cultural and political/institutional dimensions of war's impact on Greece during the Peloponnesian War, and the United States and the two Koreas, North and South, during the Korean War. It demonstrates the many underlying similarities between the two wars. ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • Mao Cult

    Rhetoric and Ritual in China's Cultural Revolution

    de Daniel Leese ...
    Although many books have explored Mao's posthumous legacy, none has scrutinized the massive worship that was fostered around him during the Cultural Revolution. This book is the first to do so. By analyzing secret archival documents, Daniel Leese traces the history of the cult within the Communist Party and at the grassroots level. The party leadership's original intention was to develop a ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • Translation as Citation

    Zhuangzi Inside Out

    de Haun Saussy ...
    Series series Global Asias
    This volume examines translation from many different angles: it explores how translations change the languages in which they occur, how works introduced from other languages become part of the consciousness of native speakers, and what strategies translators must use to secure acceptance for foreign works. Haun Saussy argues that translation doesn't amount to the composition, in one language, of ... Leer más

    $79.99 USD