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  • A History of Japan

    From Stone Age to Superpower

    par K. Henshall ...
    In a rare combination of comprehensive coverage and sustained critical focus, this book examines Japan's progress through its entire history to its current status as an economic, technological, and cultural superpower. A key factor is a pragmatic determination to succeed. Little-known facts are also brought to light, and the latest findings used. ... En savoir plus

    $166.99 CAD

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  • On China

    par Henry Kissinger ...
    In his new book on China, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book-length to the country he has known intimately for decades, and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape. Drawing on historical records as well as his conversations with Chinese leaders over the past forty years, Kissinger examines how China has approached diplomacy, strategy, and negotiation throughout its ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $12.99 CAD Maintenant $8.99 CAD

  • Golden Earth

    Travels in Burma

    par Norman Lewis ...
    Despite communist incursions and tribal insurrection, Norman Lewis describes a land of breathtaking natural beauty peopled by the gentle Burmese. This is a country where Buddhist belief spares even the rats, where the Director of Prisons quotes Chaucer and where three-day theatrical shows are staged to celebrate a monk taking orders. Hitching lifts with the army and travelling merchants, Lewis is ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Hong Kong

    par Jan Morris ...
    Collections series Vintage Departures
    In its last days under British rule, the Crown Colony of Hong Kong is the world's most exciting city, at once fascinating and exasperating, a tangle of contradictions. It is a dazzling amalgam of conspicuous consumption and primitive poverty, the most architecturally incongruous yet undeniably beautiful urban panorama of all. World-renowned travel writer Jan Morris offers the most insightful and ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $18.99 CAD Maintenant $9.99 CAD

  • In Eastern Seas

    The Commission of H.M.S Iron Duke, Flag-ship in China 1878-83

    par J. J. Smith ...
    The first HMS Iron Duke was a British Audacious-class central battery ironclad. She became the flagship of the China Station on 31 August 1871, one of the first large ships to use the Suez canal to reach the Far Easy. In an age of inefficient engines, her full sailing rig made her particularly suitable for operations in the Pacific Ocean. She returned to the UK in 1875 and joined the First Reserve ... En savoir plus

    $3.67 CAD

  • Viet Nam

    A History from Earliest Times to the Present

    par Ben Kiernan ...
    For many Westerners, the name Vietnam evokes images of a bloody televised American war that generated a firestorm of protest and brought conflict into their living rooms. In his sweeping account, Ben Kiernan broadens this vision by narrating the rich history of the peoples who have inhabited the land now known as Viet Nam over the past three thousand years. Despite the tragedies of the American ... En savoir plus

    $26.39 CAD

  • To End a Civil War

    Norway's Peace Engagement in Sri Lanka

    par Mark Salter ...
    Between 1983 and 2009 Sri Lanka was host to a bitter civil war fought between the Government and the Tamil Tigers, which sought the creation of an independent Tamil state. In May 2009 came the war's violent end with the crushing defeat of the Tamil Tigers at the hands of the Sri Lanka Army. But prior to this grim finale, for some time there had been hope for a peaceful end to the conflict. ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD

  • Two Crises, Different Outcomes

    East Asia and Global Finance

    Modifié par T. J. Pempel, Keiichi Tsunekawa ...
    Collections series Cornell Studies in Political Economy
    Two Crises, Different Outcomes examines East Asian policy reactions to the two major crises of the last fifteen years: the global financial crisis of 2008–9 and the Asian financial crisis of 1997–98. The calamity of the late 1990s saw a massive meltdown concentrated in East Asia. In stark contrast, East Asia avoided the worst effects of the Lehman Brothers collapse, incurring relatively little ... En savoir plus

    $34.99 CAD

  • Debating Otaku in Contemporary Japan

    Historical Perspectives and New Horizons

    Collections series SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan
    With the spread of manga (Japanese comics) and anime (Japanese cartoons) around the world, many have adopted the Japanese term 'otaku' to identify fans of such media. The connection to manga and anime may seem straightforward, but, when taken for granted, often serves to obscure the debates within and around media fandom in Japan since the term 'otaku' appeared in the niche publication Manga ... En savoir plus

    $55.99 CAD

  • Sorry States

    Apologies in International Politics

    par Jennifer Lind ...
    Collections series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
    Governments increasingly offer or demand apologies for past human rights abuses, and it is widely believed that such expressions of contrition are necessary to promote reconciliation between former adversaries. The post-World War II experiences of Japan and Germany suggest that international apologies have powerful healing effects when they are offered, and poisonous effects when withheld. West ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • Christ's Samurai

    The True Story of the Shimabara Rebellion

    The sect was said to harbour dark designs to overthrow the government. Its teachers used a dead language that was impenetrable to all but the innermost circle of believers. Its priests preached love and kindness, but helped local warlords acquire firearms. They encouraged believers to cast aside their earthly allegiances and swear loyalty to a foreign god-emperor, before seeking paradise in ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

  • South Asia in the World: An Introduction

    An Introduction

    par Susan S Wadley ...
    Collections series Foundations in Global Studies
    This first book in the new Foundations in Global Studies series offers a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary introduction to South Asia. The variations in social, cultural, economic, and political life in this diverse and complex region are explored within the context of the globalising forces affecting all regions of the world.In a simple strategy that all books in the series employ, the ... En savoir plus

    $116.99 CAD