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  • Coming to Terms with the Nation

    Ethnic Classification in Modern China

    de Thomas Mullaney ...
    Series Libro 18 - Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
    China is a vast nation comprised of hundreds of distinct ethnic communities, each with its own language, history, and culture. Today the government of China recognizes just 56 ethnic nationalities, or minzu, as groups entitled to representation. This controversial new book recounts the history of the most sweeping attempt to sort and categorize the nation's enormous population: the 1954 Ethnic ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

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  • No Wall Too High

    One Man's Daring Escape from Mao's Darkest Prison

    de Xu Hongci ...
    Traducido por Erling Hoh ...
    "The gripping and deeply moving account of a man's lifelong struggle to reach freedom, driven by an indomitable will to survive in Mao's China." —Xiaolu Guo, author of Nine ContinentsXu Hongci was a bright young student at the Shanghai No. 1 Medical College, spending his days studying to be a professor and going to the movies with his girlfriend. He was also an idealistic and loyal member of the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Vietnam Wars 1945-1990

    de Marilyn Young ...
    The first book to give equal weight to the Vietnamese and American sides of the Vietnam war. ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Red at Heart

    How Chinese Communists Fell in Love with the Russian Revolution

    de Elizabeth McGuire ...
    Red at Heart conjures a tale of cross-cultural romance from a topic that is normally seen in geopolitical or ideological terms--and thereby offers a new interpretation of twentieth century communism's most crucial alliance. This is the multigenerational history of people who experienced Sino-Soviet affairs most intimately: prominent Chinese revolutionaries who traveled to Russia in their youths to ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • The 10 Football Matches That Changed the World

    And The One That Didn't

    de Jim Murphy ...
    The assertion that 'football isn't a matter of life or death, it's much more important than that' has been verified repeatedly throughout modern history. It has bolstered tyrants and helped depose them; contributed to conflict and created ceasefires. It has been an incubator of racism at home and helped bring down a racist regime abroad; shaped cities, changed cultures and inspired resistance. Its ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Ancient Religions of the Austronesian World

    From Australasia to Taiwan

    de Julian Baldick ...
    Series series International Library of Ethnicity, Identity and Culture
    Austronesia is the vast oceanic region which stretches from Madagascar to Taiwan to New Zealand. Encompassing both scattered archipelagos and major landmasses, Austronesia - derived from the Latin australis,'southern',and Greek nesos,'island' - is used primarily as a linguistic term, designating a family of languages spoken by peoples with a shared heritage. Julian Baldick, a celebrated historian ... Leer más

    $109.99 USD

  • The Ottoman Turks

    An Introductory History to 1923

    de Justin Mccarthy ...
    Justin McCarthy's introductory survey traces the whole history of the Ottoman Turks from their obscure beginnings in central Asia, through the establishment and rise of the Ottoman Empire to its collapse after World War One under the pressures of nationalism. Vividly illustrated with many maps, this introductory overview is designed for non-specialists but is written with great authority and with ... Leer más

    $98.99 USD

  • The Vietnamese War

    Revolution and Social Change in the Mekong Delta, 1930-1975

    de David Elliott ...
    A monumental work of research and analysis, this is a history of the Vietnam War in a single province of the Mekong Delta over the period 1930-1975. More precisely, it is a study of the Vietnamese dimension of the "Vietnam War, " focusing on the revolutionary movement that became popularly known as the "Viet Cong." There are several distinctive features to this study: (1) it provides an ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • A Sea of Debt

    Law and Economic Life in the Western Indian Ocean, 1780–1950

    de Fahad Ahmad Bishara ...
    Series series Asian Connections
    In this innovative legal history of economic life in the Western Indian Ocean, Bishara examines the transformations of Islamic law and Islamicate commercial practices during the emergence of modern capitalism in the region. In this time of expanding commercial activity, a mélange of Arab, Indian, Swahili and Baloch merchants, planters, jurists, judges, soldiers and seamen forged the frontiers of a ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

  • Imperial Japan's World War Two

    1931-1945

    de Werner Gruhl ...
    Gruhl's narrative makes clear why Japan's World War II aggression still touches deep emotions with East Asians and Western ex-prisoners of war, and why there is justifiable sensitivity to the way modern Japan has dealt with this legacy. Knowledge of the enormity of Japan's total war is also necessary to assess the United States' and her allies' policies toward Japan, and their reactions to its ... Leer más

    $72.99 USD

  • Central Asia Meets the Middle East

    Edición de David Menashri ...
    The emergence of Muslim republics has been part of a larger transformation experienced by the Middle East in the 1990s. The main purpose of this volume is to examine the impact of the transformation on the Middle East, especially Turkey and Iran. ... Leer más

    $48.99 USD

  • In Exile from the Land of Snows

    The Definitive Account of the Dalai Lama and Tibet Since the Chinese Conquest

    de John Avedon ...
    Tibet, “the roof of the world,” had been aloof and at peace for most of its 2,100 years. But in 1932, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, in his final testament, warned: “It may happen that here, in the center of Tibet, religion and government will be attacked both from without and from within.” By the time his successor was enthroned in 1950, the Chinese occupation had begun.In this gripping account, John ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibro