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“john a tucker”

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  • The Forty-Seven Ronin

    The Vendetta in History

    by John A. Tucker ...
    The Forty-Seven Rōnin vendetta is one of the most famous incidents in Japanese history, but it is also one of the most misunderstood. John A. Tucker seeks to provide a credible account of the vendetta and its afterlife in history. He suggests that, when considered historically and holistically, the vendetta appears as a site of contested cultural ground, with conflicts, disagreements, and debates ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

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  • My A Plus Alcoholic Father!

    by YoonOk Kim ...
    My father was an angel when he was not drinking, but was a monster when drunk, beating my mom so badly and brutally. This narrative nonfiction tells the story of my father and how he became an alcoholic. I discovered that my father was the victims of TWO deadly bloody beatings. Dig up untold stories through my grandma's eyes... ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • M48 Patton vs Centurion

    Indo-Pakistani War 1965

    by David R. Higgins ...
    Series Book 71 - Duel
    The British Centurion and the American M48 Patton, two leading tanks of the Cold War era, clashed in the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War. Expert author David P. Higgins assesses the strengths and limitations of the two tanks and explores their clashes in the largest tank battles seen since 1945.The two countries' tank regiments, many of which shared a proud legacy in the British Indian Army, fought one ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Japan's Total Empire

    Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism

    by Louise Young ...
    Series Book 8 - Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power
    In this first social and cultural history of Japan's construction of Manchuria, Louise Young offers an incisive examination of the nature of Japanese imperialism. Focusing on the domestic impact of Japan's activities in Northeast China between 1931 and 1945, Young considers "metropolitan effects" of empire building: how people at home imagined and experienced the empire they called Manchukuo ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Rethinking the Asian American Movement

    by Daryl Maeda ...
    Series series American Social and Political Movements of the 20th Century
    Although it is one of the least-known social movements of the 1960s and 1970s, the Asian American movement drew upon some of the most powerful currents of the era, and had a wide-ranging impact on the political landscape of Asian America, and more generally, the United States. Using the racial discourse of the black power and other movements, as well as antiwar activist and the global ... Read more

    $96.99 CAD

  • Tales of old Batavia

    by Kami Ehrich ...
    The city of Jakarta, today the capital of Indonesia, has had other incarnations and other names, most notably as the regional headquarters of the Dutch East Indies when it was known around the world as Batavia. As the capital of the Netherlands' highly unlikely empire in the far east of Asia, Batavia was for 200 years the lynchpin for the international spice trade. This book features highlights ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • A Carved Cloak for Tahu

    A History of Ngai Tahu Matawhaiti

    by Mere Whaanga ...
    Oral histories, legends, and accounts of contemporary life of a New Zealand Maori tribe are presented in this cultural that includes colonial histories of the Native Land Court and traditional histories from the Northern Hawke's Bay. ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Japanese Imperialism, 1894-1945

    by W. G. Beasley ...
    Series series Clarendon Paperbacks
    This is a study of the origins and nature of Japanese imperialism from the Sino-Japanese war of 1894-1895 through to 1945. Japan is the only Asian country in modern times to have built both a successful industrial economy and an empire, and it is Professor Beasley's contention that these two phenomena are closely related. Japan's aims were influenced by its experience of western imperialism and ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Making British Indian Fictions

    1772-1823

    by A. Malhotra ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book examines fictional representations of India in novels, plays and poetry produced between the years 1772 to 1823 as historical source material. It uses literary texts as case studies to investigate how Britons residing both in the metropole and in India justified, confronted and imagined the colonial encounter during this period. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Collection Of Asian Traditional People Volume 2

    by NETLANCERS INC ...
    Collection Of Asian Traditional People Volume 2Asia is also the origin of many of the most important and ancient world religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.Georgian Folk Tales :- A collection of folk tales from the nation of Georgia.Koryak Texts :- A book of mythological texts from the Koryak people of Kamchatka.Myths And Legends Of The Andamans :- An excerpt from ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD

  • Suppressing Illicit Opium Production

    Successful Intervention in Asia and the Middle East

    by James Windle ...
    Conventional analysis of the illicit opium market suggests that source country interventions have at best achieved minimal results. Yet there are countries that have eliminated, or significantly reduced, the illicit production of opium from their territory. Drawing on a wide range of academic, official and non-governmental sources, including previously unidentified records, James Windle provides ... Read more

    $168.99 CAD

  • Competition Policy in East Asia

    Edited by Erlinda Medalla ...
    Series series PAFTAD (Pacific Trade and Development Conference Series)
    Competition Policy in East Asia clarifies the key issues and provides a framework for understanding competition policy, looking in-depth at a number of regulated sectors for additional perspectives.Until two or three decades ago, competition and consumer protection policies were the preserve of the major developed economies like the United States, the United Kingdom and some European countries. ... Read more

    $46.71 CAD