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Most global citizens are well aware of the explosive growth of the Chinese economy. Indeed, China has famously become the "workshop of the world." Yet, while China watchers have shed much light on the country's internal dynamics--China's politics, its vast social...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-01-18
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This volume brings together experts with diverse disciplinary backgrounds in the China field, from cultural studies to history to musicology, to make a timely intervention—from the historical demise of enuchism to male cross-dressing shows in contemporary Taiwan—to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-12-23
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Assuming power in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party was soon faced with a crucial problem: how to construct the socialist 'New Man'? Using Foucault's theory of 'technologies of the self', Lynteris examines the conflict between self-cultivation and the abolition of the...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2012-10-30
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As the twenty-first century dawns, China stands at a crossroads. The largest and most populous country on earth and currently the world's second biggest economy, China has recently reclaimed its historic place at the center of global affairs after decades of internal...
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Basic Books
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2012-08-28
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Neuhaus explores the roots of the long-standing European fascination with Tibet, from the Dalai Lama to the Abominable Snowman. Surveying a wide range of travel accounts, official documents, correspondence and fiction, he examines how different people thought about both...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-08-07
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King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India presents an English translation of Kautilya's Arthasastra (AS.) along with detailed endnotes. When it was discovered around 1905, the AS. was described as perhaps the most precious work in the whole range of Sanskrit...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-08-01
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This study of Japanese political culture from c. 1940 to 2009 challenges standard periodizations of «postwar» Japan, arguing that the postwar period began, much later than previously argued, when a culture of pacifism developed. We can see evidence of this in feature...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2012-07-04
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Wirtschaftliche und diplomatische Beziehungen Mexikos zu den Inseln Ostasiens während der frühen Kolonialzeit waren eine entscheidende Episode in der Globalisierung. In diesem Buch werden wenig bekannte schriftliche und bildliche Quellen veröffentlicht, die vor allem...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-07-03
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Avec ses quelque trois millions de morts civils et militaires, et ses innombrables destructions matérielles, la guerre dite du Vietnam reste à ce jour une des plus grandes tragédies humaines depuis 1945. Une réflexion sur les conditions politiques, diplomatiques et...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
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2012-07-03
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Missionary Discourse examines missionary writings from India and southern Africa to explore colonial discourses about race, religion, gender and culture. The book is organised around three themes: family, sickness and violence, which were key areas of missionary...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-06-29
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Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
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A major historical study of the global arms trade, revolving around the transfer of small arms from metropolitan Europe to the turbulent frontiers of Indian Ocean societies during the 'long' nineteenth century (c.1780-1914).
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-06-12
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Alarms amongst the Uzbeks - Alexander BurnesOf all the "forbidden" cities (Timbuktu, Mecca, Lhasa, Riyadh and so on) none enjoyed a more fearsome reputation that Bukhara in Uzbekistan. The first British Indian expedition, that of William Moorcroft in 1819-26, had never...
Editeur :
Robinson
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2012-06-07
Collection :
Mammoth Books
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This classic provides a comprehensive account of the hstory of the Mauryas with a special emphasis on the reign and activities of Asoka. It examines the sources, socio-economic conditions, administration, Dhamma, foreign relations, and the decline of the Mauryas.This...
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OUP India
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2012-04-16
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Women and Malay Voices examines Malay literature by Chinese peranakan authors in the Dutch East Indies between 1915 and 1940. The narratives, some of them based on sensational murder trials reported in the news, offer insights into women’s lives and experiences and...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2012-02-27
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This book uncovers practices surrounding acts of collecting, surveying, and antiquarianism during British colonial rule in India. By examining these practices, this book traces the colonial conditions of the production of 'sources,' the forging of a new historical...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-02-14
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The success of the first four editions shows that this book fills a vacuum for readers who wish to learn about the countries of South-East Asia. Recent years have seen a number of important developments all of which are covered here. With the global climate becoming...
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Wiley
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2012-02-03
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The first book to tell the strange and fascinating story of General Zhang Xue-liang, the Chinese-Manchurian 'Young Marshall' - a man who left an indelible mark on the history of modern China, but few know his story. Unlocking the mystery of this man's life, Aron...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-01-17
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How and why do some places in the world become symbols of illusive paradise, and what does this mean for their residents? Moving between anthropology, tourism, and the increasingly influential cultural heritage movement, Partners in Paradise examines the origins of a...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2011-12-22
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Stalingrad in the jungle: the battle that doomed the French Empire and led America into VietnamIn winter 1953-54 the French army in Vietnam challenged its elusive enemy, General Giap's Viet Minh, to pitched battle. Ten thousand French paras and légionnaires, with...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2011-12-01
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The book shows how the study of the evolving discourse employed during a political process spanning more than a decade can provide insights for critical discourse analysis, on the one hand, and understanding of a real world political process on the other, thereby...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-12-01
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