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At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China
'A brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples' Francis Fukuyama'A splendid journey through eighty years of Chinese history ... Edward Wong is about as knowledgeable a guide to China...
The Profits of Nature: Colonial Development and the Quest for Resources in Nineteenth-Century China
Author: Peter B. LavelleFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 229mm, 304 pagesPublished: Columbia University Press, United States, 2020In the nineteenth century, the Qing empire experienced a period of profound turmoil caused by...
The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider
Author: Michiko KakutaniFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 216mm, 420g, 256 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024An urgent examination of the great wave of change breaking over today's world - from the...
Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Politician, Prisoner, Parent
Author: Wendy Law-Yone Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 80 POLITICIAN * PRISONER * PARENT A portrait of one of the most charismatic, but unknown, world leaders Aung San Suu Kyi,...
The Proudest Day: India's Long Road to Independence
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