{"product_id":"secondhand-asian-pacific-history-bargain-book-box-sp2972","title":"Secondhand Asian \u0026 Pacific History Bargain Book Box SP2972","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand Asian \u0026amp; Pacific History Bargain Book Box SP2972\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFifteen books on the history and politics of Japan, China, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia — drawing on scholarship from Melbourne University Press, Cambridge, and the Pelican imprint. A serious collection for anyone interested in how the Asia-Pacific world was understood from the 1960s through the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJapan: From Prehistory to Modern Times — John Whitney Hall — Hall's comprehensive survey of Japanese history, from the earliest evidence of human habitation through the postwar economic miracle. Part of the Delacorte World History series.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComing of Age in Samoa — Margaret Mead — Mead's celebrated 1928 study of adolescence and sexuality in Samoa, and what it suggested about the role of culture in human development. The Pelican edition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnthropology in Papua New Guinea — ed. Ian Hogbin — Readings from the Encyclopedia of Papua and New Guinea: a survey of the anthropological knowledge accumulated about PNG's remarkable cultural diversity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAustralia and Papua New Guinea — ed. W.J. Hudson — Essays on the relationship between Australia and its administered territory: policy, development, and the path to independence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlternative Strategies for Papua New Guinea — ed. A. Clunies Ross \u0026amp; J. Langmore — Policy essays examining the economic and political choices facing PNG at independence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChina and the Cold War — Michael Lindsay — Lindsay's analysis of China's position in the Cold War, written during a period when Western understanding of the People's Republic was still sharply limited. Published by Melbourne University Press.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthority, Participation and Cultural Change in China — ed. Stuart R. Schram — Cambridge University Press essays on the political culture of the People's Republic: how authority was exercised, contested, and transformed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeople's China — Myra Roper — A journalist's account of life in the People's Republic in its early decades.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Awakening Giant: China's Ascension in World Politics — Harish Kapur — Kapur's analysis of China's growing role in international affairs: the strategic and diplomatic implications of its emergence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Government and Politics of Communist China — D.J. Waller — A clear academic introduction to the institutions and processes of the People's Republic, from the Hutchinson University Library series.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Road to Communism: China Since 1912 — Dun J. Li — A political history of China from the fall of the Qing dynasty through the establishment of the People's Republic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePortraits of Chinese Women in Revolution — Agnes Smedley — Smedley's portraits of women who participated in the Chinese revolutionary movement: a feminist press recovery of a neglected primary source.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamous Chinese Short Stories — retold by Lin Yutang — Lin Yutang's translations and retellings of classical Chinese fiction, from the Tang dynasty romances to the Ming short story collections.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndonesia: The Modern World — Malcolm Caldwell — Caldwell's analysis of Indonesia's political economy and its place in the postcolonial world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndonesia — Bruce Grant — A Penguin Special on Indonesia: its history, politics, and relationship with Australia. Grant was one of Australia's most perceptive foreign correspondents.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49186739618011,"sku":"SP2972","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp2972.jpg?v=1787805549","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-asian-pacific-history-bargain-book-box-sp2972","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}