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The Meiji Restoration of 1868 is one of the most astonishing political events of the modern era, yet it doesn't fit easily with Western precedents of mass mobilization and social transformation. This book challenges some of the preconceptions that have hindered the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-11-04
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This book explores particular facets of the history and representation of the Pacific Rim region, focusing on the interactions between the United States and China at the beginning of the twentieth century. It critically examines contemporary discourses on such...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-10-26
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Through a consideration of historical memory, commemoration and the 'imagined communities' of nationalism, Ireland and India examines three aspects of Ireland's imperial history: relationships between Irish and Indian nationalists, the construction of Irishmen as...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-10-22
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British knowledge about China changed fundamentally in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Rather than treating these changes inBritish understanding as if Anglo-Sino relations were purely bilateral, this study looks at howBritish imperial networks in India and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-10-15
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Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
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An authoritative and “exquisitely written” (Guardian) account of five thousand years of Chinese history Many nations define themselves in terms of territory or people; China defines itself in terms of history. Taking into account the country's unrivaled,...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2009-10-06
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Drawing on a wide range of archival evidence, Abigail McGowan argues that crafts seized the political imagination in western India because they provided a means of debating the present and future of the country.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-07-20
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Bringing together historians, sociologists, and political scientists, this volume documents persistent prejudices against consistently marginal groups in China, and the moral claims they have mustered in response.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-06-22
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For centuries, the Asians (Chinese, Indians, Muslims, and others) have been bystanders in world history. Now they are ready to become co-drivers. Asians have finally understood, absorbed, and implemented Western best practices in many areas: from free-market economics...
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PublicAffairs
Parution :
2009-04-28
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Here is a brief, well-written, and lively survey of the history of Southeast Asia from ancient times to the present, paying particular attention to the region's role in world history and the distinctive societies that arose in lands shaped by green fields and forests,...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-04-24
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Japan is arguably today's most successful industrial economy, combining almost unprecedented affluence with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products are consumed all over the world, ranging from animated movies and computer games all...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-04-23
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Japan is arguably today's most successful industrial economy, combining almost unprecedented affluence with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products are consumed all over the world, ranging from animated movies and computer games all...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-04-23
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At some point during the inhumanly cold Himalayan winter straddling 1965 and 1966, a peculiar collection of box-shaped objects -- one sprouting a six-foot, insect-like antenna -- plummets nine thousand feet down the sheer flanks of a remote peak. Ripped from its...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2009-04-13
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What was imperial honor and how did it sustain the British Raj? If "No man may harm me with impunity" was an ancient theme of the European aristocracy, British imperialists of almost all classes in India possessed a similar vision of themselves as overlords belonging to...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-03-30
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Although a minority of the Asian population, Protestants in Asia are a fast-growing group. What are the political implications of this evangelical Christianity? In some cases, religion has enabled poor and marginalized people to gain greater prosperity, self-confidence...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-03-13
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Some observers expect China to become an economic superpower. Others expect it to fragment into pieces. Is China nationalistic and on the march, or is it a stumbling Communist dinosaur? Is it already a billion-citizen member of the global village? Is it, as the Clinton...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2009-03-05
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Over several years, some of the most distinguished Chinese and American scholars have engaged in a major research project, sponsored by the China-U.S. Exchange Foundation (USEF), to address the big bilateral and global issues the two countries face. Historically, the...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
Parution :
2009-03-03
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This book examines the nature and function of history-writing in India by focusing on early modern traditions of historiography with particular reference to Bengal. Situating distinctive cultures of history vis-à-vis their relevant political and cultural contexts, it...
Editeur :
OUP India
Parution :
2009-02-11
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Transcending ethnic, linguistic, and religious boundaries, early empires shaped thousands of years of world history. Yet despite the global prominence of empire, individual cases are often studied in isolation. This series seeks to change the terms of the debate by...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-02-05
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This book looks at the bitter factionalism in the last days of China's Ming Dynasty as an ideological struggle between scholar-officials who believed that sovereignty resided in the imperial state and those who believed that it resided with the learned gentry.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2008-12-22
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Offering a major new interpretation of the transformation of political thought and practice in colonial India, The Domination of Strangers traces the origins of modern ideas about the state and Indian civil society to the practical interaction between the British and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2008-10-31
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