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  • Primitive Selves

    Koreana in the Japanese Colonial Gaze, 1910–1945

    Serien Buch 5 - Colonialisms
    This remarkable book examines the complex history of Japanese colonial and postcolonial interactions with Korea, particularly in matters of cultural policy. E. Taylor Atkins focuses on past and present Japanese fascination with Korean culture as he reassesses colonial anthropology, heritage curation, cultural policy, and Korean performance art in Japanese mass media culture. Atkins challenges the Lesen Sie mehr

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    The Modern History of a Troubled Land

    von Joel Brinkley
    A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes how Cambodia emerged from the harrowing years when a quarter of its population perished under the Khmer Rouge.A generation after genocide, Cambodia seemed on the surface to have overcome its history -- the streets of Phnom Penh were paved; skyscrapers dotted the skyline. But under this façe lies a country still haunted by its years of terror.Although Lesen Sie mehr

    10,99 €

  • The Silk Road

    A Very Short Introduction

    Serien 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, Lesen Sie mehr

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  • Religion and the Making of Modern East Asia

    Serien Buch 8 - New Approaches to Asian History
    Religious ideas and actors have shaped Asian cultural practices for millennia and have played a decisive role in charting the course of its history. In this engaging and informative book, Thomas David DuBois sets out to explain how religion has influenced the political, social, and economic transformation of Asia from the fourteenth century to the present. Crossing a broad terrain from Tokyo to Lesen Sie mehr

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  • The Travels of Marco Polo

    von Manuel Komroff
    When Marco Polo arrived at the court of the Great Khan Pekin had just been rebuilt. Kublai Khan was at the height of his glory. Polo rose rapidly in favour and became governor of an important district. In this way he gained first-hand knowledge of a great civilisation and described it with astounding accuracy and detail. Lesen Sie mehr

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  • Omens and Superstitions of Southern India

    von Edgar Thurston
    This book deals mainly with some aspects of what may be termed the psychical life of the inhabitants of the Madras Presidency, and the Native States of Travancore and Cochin. In my “Ethnographic Notes in Southern India” (1906), I stated that the confused chapter devoted to omens, animal superstitions, evil eye, charms, sorcery, etc., was a mere outline sketch of a group of subjects, which, if Lesen Sie mehr

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  • An American Amnesia

    How the US Congress Forced the Surrenders of South Vietnam and Cambodia

    January 27th, 1973: the United States, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and the Viet Cong sign the Paris Peace Accords, guaranteeing the right of self-determination to the South Vietnamese people. April 30th, 1975: President Duong Van Minh of South Vietnam announces the nation's unconditional surrender to the North, ending the decade-long conflict and enabling the merger of both countries into the Lesen Sie mehr

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  • The Spirit of Chinese Philosophy

    von Fung Yu-Lan
    Übersetzt von E. R. Hughes
    First published in 1947. The Spirit of Chinese Philosophy covers the major philosophers and philosophical movements in China from Confucius to the middle of the twentieth century including: Confucius, Mencius, Yang Chu and Mo Ti, the Dialecticians and Logicians, Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu, The Han Scholars, The Mystical School, The Ch'an Tsung of Buddhism, The Neo-Confucianist Philosophy. Lesen Sie mehr

    66,56 €

  • Astrology and Cosmology in Early China

    Conforming Earth to Heaven

    The ancient Chinese were profoundly influenced by the Sun, Moon and stars, making persistent efforts to mirror astral phenomena in shaping their civilization. In this pioneering text, David W. Pankenier introduces readers to a seriously understudied field, illustrating how astronomy shaped the culture of China from the very beginning and how it influenced areas as disparate as art, architecture, Lesen Sie mehr

    44,61 €

  • Translating Mount Fuji

    Modern Japanese Fiction and the Ethics of Identity

    von Dennis Washburn
    Dennis Washburn traces the changing character of Japanese national identity in the works of six major authors: Ueda Akinari, Natsume S?seki, Mori ?gai, Yokomitsu Riichi, ?oka Shohei, and Mishima Yukio. By focusing on certain interconnected themes, Washburn illuminates the contradictory desires of a nation trapped between emulating the West and preserving the traditions of Asia.Washburn begins with Lesen Sie mehr

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  • Chinese-Japanese Competition and the East Asian Security Complex

    Vying for Influence

    Serien series Asian Security Studies
    This volume examines contemporary diplomatic, economic, and security competition between China and Japan in the Asia-Pacific region.The book outlines the role that Sino-Japanese competition plays in East Asian security, an area of study largely overlooked in contemporary writing on Asian security, which tends to focus on US–China relations and/or US hegemony in Asia. The volume focuses on Chinese Lesen Sie mehr

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  • Strolling About on the Roof of the World

    The First Hundred Years of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs

    This volume covers the first one hundred years of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, formerly the Royal Central Asian Society. It traces its fons et origo in the Central Asian Question, within the context of the 'Great Game', and continues its fascinating chronology through the two World Wars to the present day. There are separate chapters on its widely drawn membership, variety of activities Lesen Sie mehr

    69,03 €