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Southeast Asia: An Introductory History
$12.00 AUD
Author: Milton OsborneBinding: SoftbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin, 1980, Second Impression Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA lively and easy-to-read guide to Southeast Asian history, this book...
The Food of China
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Author: E. N. AndersonBinding: SoftbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1988, Second PrintingCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the culinary achievements of China, examining how a nation...
Asia's Turning Point: An Introduction to Asia's Dynamic Economies at the Dawn of the New Century
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Author: Ivan Tselichtchev, Philippe DebrouxBinding: HardbackPublished: Wiley, 2009Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the remarkable economic transformations in Asia, following the successes of Japan and...
Day One: Before Hiroshima and After
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Author: Peter WydenBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon and Schuster, 1985Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the events leading up to and following the atomic bombings during World...
Gandhi: A Life
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Author: Yogesh ChadhaBinding: HardbackPublished: John Wiley & Sons, 1998Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsGandhi: A Life by Yogesh Chadha provides an in-depth look at the life and philosophies...
The Korean War: Pusan to Chosin: An Oral History
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Author: Donald KnoxBinding: HardbackPublished: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive oral history of the Korean War, focusing on the...
Retreat, Hell!: We're Just Attacking in Another Direction
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Author: Jim WilsonBinding: HardbackPublished: William Morrow & Company, 1988Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book narrates the epic story of the 1st Marines during the Korean War, focusing...
In the Jaws of History
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Author: Bui Diem; David ChanoffBinding: HardbackPublished: Houghton Mifflin, 1987Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides an insider's account of the Vietnam War from the perspective...
The Land in Between: The Cambodian Dilemma
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Author: Maslyn WilliamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1969Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the complexities and challenges faced by Cambodia during a tumultuous period. Written by renowned...
Asia And The Western Pacific. Towards a New International Order.
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Author: Hedley BullBinding: HardbackPublished: Sydney: Nelson, 1975Condition remarks:Book: Ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book examines the evolving international order in Asia and the Western Pacific, emphasizing...
China: A Short Cultural History
$25.00 AUD
Author: C. P. FitzgeraldBinding: HardbackPublished: Barrie & Jenkins, 1976Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a concise overview of China's rich cultural history, exploring significant events,...
The Silk Road
$30.00 AUD
Author: Frances WoodBinding: HardbackPublished: Folio Society, 2003, Second PrintingCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis captivating hardcover book by Frances Wood takes you on a journey through...
The Raj: An Eye-Witness History of the British in India
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Author: Roger HudsonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1999Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis exquisite hardback edition, edited by Roger Hudson and introduced by Raleigh Trevelyan, captures the...
A History of Chinese Civilisation (Two-Volume Set)
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Author: Jacques GernetBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 2004, Fourth PrintingCondition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis two-volume work provides a comprehensive overview of Chinese civilization from its origins...
The Gate to China: A New History of the People's Republic & Hong Kong
'Impressive ... Fascinating' Sunday Times'An authoritative history' Financial Times'Gripping and richly researched' Rana MitterA superb new history of the rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian...
Silken Threads Lacquer Thrones: LAN Na Court Textiles
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Women of the Raj
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Lawrence of Lucknow
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The Yellow River: A Natural and Unnatural History
A three-thousand-year history of the Yellow River and the legacy of interactions between humans and the natural landscape From Neolithic times to the present day, the Yellow River and its...
Down and Out in Saigon: Stories of the Poor in a Colonial City
A moving portrait of the lives of six poor city-dwellers, set in early twentieth century colonial Saigon Historian Haydon Cherry offers the first comprehensive social history of the urban poor...
Empire of Silver: A New Monetary History of China
This revelatory account of the ways silver shaped Chinese history shows how an obsession with "white metal" held China back from financial modernization. First used as currency during the Song...
Death Valley: The Summer Offensive, I Corps, August 1969
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The Taste of Empire
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Trouser People: A Quest for the Victorian Footballer Who Made Burma Play the Empire's Game
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The Rediscovery of India
Author: Meghnad Desai (Professor Emeritus, LSE, London School of Economics)Format: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 839g, 512 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2011What makes India a nation? What has held...
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...
Clive: Founder of British India
Author: C. Brad FaughtFormat: Hardback, 263g, 140 pagesPublished: Potomac Books Inc, United States, 2013Robert Clive (1725-1774), later 1st Baron Clive, is widely considered the founder of British India. He arrived...
Tibet: The Jesuit Century
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Author: Philip Caraman
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 166
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Heterodoxy in Late Imperial China
Author: Kwang-Ching Liu Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 544 Ten international academics explore heterodoxy dissent challenging the beliefs and meanings of the established norm in late Imperial China. In this...
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...
Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals: Art, Representation and History
Author: Crispin BranfootFormat: Hardback, 138mm x 216mm, 676g, 320 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2018One of the most remarkable artistic achievements of the Mughal Empire was the emergence in...
Tibet: The Jesuit Century
Author: Phillip Caraman
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 166
Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma 1775-1950
Author: Forrest McGill Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Emerald Cities is a lavishly illustrated catalog of artworks from Thailand and Burma, and provides an introduction to one of Asia's...
Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
Author: Mary BeardFormat: Hardback, 148mm x 218mm, 670g, 240 pagesPublished: Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2018Focusing on the arrival of the human figure as a subject of art, Mary Beard...
When the Clouds Fell from the Sky: A Daughter's Search for Her Father in the Killing Fields of Cambodia
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Women at the Siege, Peking 1900
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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...
The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was Named
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Author: John KeayBinding: HardbackPublished: HarperCollins, 2000Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book narrates the fascinating story of how India was meticulously mapped and how Everest was named, highlighting...
The Chinese Scholar's Studio: Artistic Life in the Late Ming Period
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Author: LI, Chu-Tsing & WATT, James C.Y.Binding: HardbackPublished: Thames & Hudson, 1987Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the artistic life during the Late Ming period through...
Mountains of the Gods
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Author: Ian CameronBinding: HardbackPublished: Century Publishing, 1984Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMountains of the Gods is a compelling exploration of the majestic mountain ranges and the cultures surrounding them....
A History of Chinese Civilisation (Two Book Set in Slipcase)
$120.00 AUD
Author: Jacques GernetBinding: HardbackPublished: Folio Society, 2006 reprintCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsJacques Gernet's 'A History of Chinese Civilisation' offers a masterful survey of the history...
The Eagle and the Lotus
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Author: J. F. CairnsBinding: SoftbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1971Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markings-
Ming: 50 years that changed China
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Sihanouk: Prince of light, prince of darkness
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Lord Clive
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Macarthur's Spies: The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II
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God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan
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Author: Jonathan D. SpenceBinding: SoftbackPublished: HarperCollins, 1996Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the Taiping uprising led by Hong Xiuquan, a significant millennial movement in...
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Second Edition
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