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Decolonization in South Asia
Meanings of Freedom in Post-independence West Bengal, 1947–52
This book explores the meanings and complexities of India’s experience of transition from colonial to the post-colonial period. It focuses on the first five years…
read more2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-48106-9 (Routledge)
The Origins of the Modern Chinese Press
The Influence of the Protestant Missionary Press in Late Qing China
This book traces the emergence of the modern Chinese press from its origins in the western Christian missionary press in the late nineteenth century.
It…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54540-2 (Routledge)
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The Quest for Gentility in China
Negotiations Beyond Gender and Class
The quest for gentility has shaped Chinese civilization and the formation of culture in China until the present day. This book analyzes social aspirations and…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54541-9 (Routledge)
Marco Polo's China
A Venetian in the Realm of Khubilai Khan
Marco Polo’s famous book about his journey to China, written in 1298, continues to be a subject of considerable controversy. One recent work on the…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54600-3 (Routledge)
Russia's Protectorates in Central Asia
Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924, 2nd Edition
This book examines the Russian conquest of the ancient Central Asian khanates of Bukhara and Khiva in the 1860s and 1870s, and the relationship between… read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54618-8 (Routledge)
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Women and the Labour Market in Japan's Industrialising Economy
The Textile Industry before the Pacific War
During the period of industrialisation in Japan from the 1870s to the 1930s, the textile industry was Japan's largest manufacturing industry, and the country's major… read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54629-4 (Routledge)
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Discourse and Ideology in Medieval Japanese Buddhism
The medieval period of Japanese religious history is commonly known as one in which there was a radical transformation of the religious culture. This book…
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Islamic Legitimacy in a Plural Asia
A global debate has emerged within Islam about how to coexist with democracy. Even in Asia, where such ideas have always been marginal, radical groups…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54487-0 (Routledge)
The History of Siberia
Siberia has had an interesting history, quite distinct from that of Russia. Absolutely vast, containing many non-Russian nationalities, and increasingly important at present because of… read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54581-5 (Routledge)
Elite Theatre in Ming China, 1368-1644
Theatre occupied a particularly important place in the life of the elite, for whom owning a theatre troupe was highly fashionable and for whom theatre… read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54589-1 (Routledge)
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A History of India
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India's Princely States: People, Princes and Colonialism
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Princely India Re-imagined: A Historical Anthropology of Mysore
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Moscow and the Emergence of Communist Power in China, 1925–30: The Nanchang Uprising and the Birth of the Red Army
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Changing Visions of East Asia, 1943-93: Transformations and Continuities
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By Hai Ren
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Legacies of the Asia-Pacific War: The Yakeato Generation
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To be published September 7th 2010
The Affair of the Madre de Deus: A Chapter in the History of the Portuguese in Japan.
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The Rise of Modern Japan
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To be published September 23rd 2010
Japan's Options for the 1980s
By Radha Sinha
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An Intellectual History of Wartime Japan: 1931-1945
By Shunsuke Tsurumi
To be published September 23rd 2010
The Death of Old Yokohama: In the Great Japanese Earthquake of 1923
By Otis Poole
To be published September 23rd 2010
The Japanese Discovery of Europe, 1720 - 1830
By Donald Keene
To be published September 23rd 2010
Imperial Japan: 1926-1938
By A Young
To be published September 23rd 2010
Japan Under Taisho Tenno: 1912-1926
By A Young
To be published September 23rd 2010
War and Diplomacy in the Japanese Empire
By Tatsuji Takeuchi
To be published September 23rd 2010
The Maker of Modern Japan: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu
By L Sadler
To be published September 23rd 2010
Japan's Continental Adventure
By Ching-Chun Wang
To be published September 23rd 2010
A Cultural History of Postwar Japan: 1945-1980
By Shunsuke Tsurumi
To be published September 23rd 2010
Japan's Accession to the Comity of Nations
By Alexander von Siebold
To be published September 23rd 2010
The Netherlands, Indies and Japan: Their Relations 1940-1941
By H van Mook
To be published September 23rd 2010
The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire
By David James
To be published September 23rd 2010
Daily Life in Japan: At The Time of the Samurai, 1185-1603
By Louis Frederic
To be published September 23rd 2010
Education in Tokugawa Japan
By Ronald Dore
To be published September 23rd 2010
Black Star Over Japan: Rising Forces of Militarism
By Albert Axelbank
To be published September 23rd 2010
An Essay on the Civilisations of India, China and Japan
By G Dickinson
To be published September 23rd 2010
Origins of the War in the East
By Aron Shai
To be published September 23rd 2010
A History of Japan
By Hisho Saito
To be published September 23rd 2010
Japan in Crisis: An Englishman's Impression
By Hugh Redman
To be published September 23rd 2010
The New Japanese Peril
By Sidney Osborne
To be published September 23rd 2010
Japanese Traits and Foreign Influences
By Inazo Nitobe
To be published September 23rd 2010
The Image of Japan: From Feudal Isolation to World Power 1850-1905
By Jean-Pierre Lehmann
To be published September 23rd 2010
Militarism and Foreign Policy in Japan
By E Causton
To be published September 23rd 2010
Japan's Dream of World Empire: The Tanaka Memorial
Edited by Carl Crow
To be published September 23rd 2010
Japan's Economic Offensive in China
By Lowe Chuan Hua
To be published September 23rd 2010
Government by Assassination
By Hugh Byas
To be published September 23rd 2010
Japan: The Hungry Guest
By G Allen
To be published September 23rd 2010
Meiji 1868: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Japan
By Paul Akamatsu
To be published September 23rd 2010
The Body Broken: Medieval Europe 1300–1520
By Charles F. Briggs
To be published September 30th 2010
Modern South Asia: A Sourcebook and Reader
Edited by Sugata Bose, Ayesha Jalal
To be published October 1st 2010
Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy
By Sugata Bose, Ayesha Jalal
To be published October 1st 2010
History and Citizenship Education in Post-Mao China: Politics, Policy, Praxis
By Alisa Jones
To be published October 15th 2010
Encyclopedia of Chinese History
Edited by Michael Dillon
To be published October 15th 2010
Pre-Modern States on China's North-Eastern Frontier: The Liao, 916-1125, and the Koryo, 918-1392
By Remco Breuker
To be published October 15th 2010
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To be published October 15th 2010
The Philosophy of Japanese Wartime Resistance
Edited by David Williams
To be published October 17th 2010
Changing Power Relations in Northeast Asia: Implications for Japan-South Korea Relations
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Abandoned Japanese in Postwar Manchuria
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By Joshua Fan
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The Epigraphy of Muslim Bengal: Religious, Cultural and Historical Aspects of Arabic and Persian Inscriptions of West Bengal and Bangladesh, 1205-1707
By Mohammed Siddiq
To be published January 1st 2011
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By Ooi Keat Gin
To be published January 31st 2011
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