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  • General He Yingqin

    The Rise and Fall of Nationalist China

    par Peter Worthing ...
    A revisionist study of the career of General He Yingqin, one of the most prominent military officers in China's Nationalist period (1928–49) and one of the most misunderstood figures in twentieth-century China. Western scholars have dismissed He Yingqin as corrupt and incompetent, yet the Chinese archives reveal that he demonstrated considerable success as a combat commander and military ... En savoir plus

    $43.99 CAD

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  • Mao

    The Unknown Story

    The most authoritative life of the Chinese leader every written, Mao: The Unknown Story is based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao’s close circle in China who have never talked before — and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him. It is full of startling revelations, exploding the myth of the Long March, and showing a completely unknown ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • Indira

    The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi

    par Katherine Frank ...
    The definitive and first non-partisan biography of one of the most formidable political figures of the twentieth century (voted Woman of the Millennium in a BBC poll, 2000)Indira Gandhi’s life, from her birth in 1917, through partition and up to her assassination in 1984, was dominated by the politics of her country. Always directly involved in India’s turbulent twentieth-century history, once she ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Colors of the Mountain

    A Memoir

    par Da Chen ...
    "I was born in southern China in 1962, in the tiny town of Yellow Stone. They called it the Year of Great Starvation."In 1962, as millions of Chinese citizens were gripped by Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution and the Red Guards enforced a brutal regime of communism, a boy was born to a poor family in southern China. This family—the Chens—had once been respected landlords in the village of Yellow ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • A Short History of the Vietnam War

    The Resistance War Against America

    par Gordon Kerr ...
    On 8 March, 1965, 3,500 United States Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade made an amphibious landing at Da Nang on the south central coast of South Vietnam, marking the beginning of a conflict that would haunt American politics and society for many years, even after the signing of the Paris Peace Accords in January 1973. For the people of North Vietnam it was just another in a long ... En savoir plus

    $10.89 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Tibet In a Nutshell

    To the Western imagination, Tibet has always been a mysterious place. For centuries its capital, Lhasa, was known as a Forbidden City: it was ruled by a priest-king, and its medieval society was not welcoming to foreigners. But the exile of the Dalai Lama and his followers half a century ago, the destruction of the monasteries, and the plight of the Tibetan people who remained, evoked continuing ... En savoir plus

    $6.17 CAD

  • The Origins of Ancient Vietnam

    par Nam C. Kim ...
    Collections series Oxford Studies in the Archaeology of Ancient States
    The Origins of Ancient Vietnam explores the origins of civilization in the Red River Delta of Vietnam and how related studies can inform our understanding of ancient societies, generally, and the foundations of Vietnamese culture, specifically. Long believed to be the cradle of Vietnamese civilization, this area has been referenced by Vietnamese and Chinese writers for centuries, many recording ... En savoir plus

    $41.59 CAD

  • Among the White Moon Faces

    An Asian-American Memoir of Homelands

    This "fascinating autobiography" from an award-winning Asian-American female author "reads like a novel" ( The Washington Post Book World).With insight, candor, and grace, Shirley Geok-lin Lim recalls her path from her poverty-stricken childhood in war-torn Malaysia to her new and exciting yet uncertain womanhood in America. Grappling to secure a place for herself in the United States, she is ... En savoir plus

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  • The Korean War

    par Steven Hugh Lee ...
    Collections series Seminar Studies
    Tens of thousands of US soldiers and untold millions of Koreans died in this war the first major arena of the East-West conflict. This concise international history of the war offers a new approach to its understanding, tracing its origins and dynamics to the interplay between modern Korean history and twentieth century world history. The narrative also uniquely examines the social history of the ... En savoir plus

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  • Ottoman Warfare, 1500-1700

    par Rhoads Murphey ...
    Collections series Warfare and History
    A study of the Ottoman military machine and its successes in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in a period when they were feared by western European states and the focus of much military concern. The book is intended for undergraduate courses in early modern history, Ottoman history, history of the Middle East and North Africa, and for military historians. ... En savoir plus

    $83.99 CAD

  • Sexual Cultures in East Asia

    The Social Construction of Sexuality and Sexual Risk in a Time of AIDS

    Modifié par Evelyne Micollier ...
    Using case-studies from East and Southeast Asia, this book examines sexuality and AIDS-related sexual risk in the context of Asian cultures. It offers a complementary perspective, documented with sociological and anthropological data, to historical studies and looks at commercial sex work, kinship systems, matrimonial strategies, gender, power relations, and the relevance of cultural constructs ... En savoir plus

    $83.81 CAD

  • In Search of God’s Power in Broken Bodies

    A Theology of Maum

    par H. Chong ...
    Collections series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Interweaving feminist theological ideas, Asian spirituality, and the witnesses of World War II sex slaves, this book offers a new theology of body. It examines the multi-layered meaning of the broken body of Christ from Christological, sacramental, and ecclesiological perspectives, while exploring the centrality of body in theological discourse. ... En savoir plus

    $64.99 CAD