Asia
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Kushan Mystique [Hardback]
David Jongeward (Author); Joe Cribb (Other)
£35.00ISBN: 9781912667468
Published by : Spink Books
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Kushan Mystique is in part a personal narrative, and in part a profile of people and places encountered as a result of David Jongeward’s Kushan research and travels. The story begins in a lakeside cottage in northern California where the author de... .... Learn More -
Qala'at al-Bahrain 3: The Western and Southern City Walls and Other Excavations [Hardback]
Flemming Højlund (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9788793423282
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: Jutland Archaeological Society Publications
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The capital of ancient Dilmun, Qala’at al-Bahrain, the most important archaeological site in East Arabia, was excavated in 1954-1978 by a Danish expedition from Moesgaard Museum. The first two volumes were published in 1994 and 1997, dealing with ... .... Learn More -
Resistance at the Edge of Empires: the Archaeology and History of the Bannu Basin (Pakistan) from 1000 BC to AD 1200 [Hardback]
C.A. Petrie (Author); P. Magee (Author)
Regular Price: £60.00
Special Price: £45.00
ISBN: 9781785703034
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Bannu Archaeological Project
Volume: 3
Not yet published - available for pre-order
From 1985 to 2001, the collaborative research initiative known as the Bannu Archaeological Project conducted archaeological explorations and excavations in the Bannu region, in what was then the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan, now... .... Learn More -
Chinese Museums: Strategies and Promotion of Contemporary Chinese Art [Paperback]
Ornella De Nigris (Author)
£22.00ISBN: 9788869771439
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Art
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Over the last 30 years, the Chinese system of art museums has enjoyed an unprecedented pace of development. Following a general and ongoing renovation of China’s entire system of national art institutions, there has been an impressive proliferatio... .... Learn More -
The Compassionate Bodhisattva: Unique Southeast Asian images of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara [Paperback]
Sofia Sundström (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9789088906176
Published by : Sidestone Press
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Southeast Asia has a long history with Buddhism that continues to the present day. Centuries ago, Buddhism spread to various areas of Southeast Asia, where some of the greatest Buddhist images and monuments were produced over 1,000 years ago. Thes... .... Learn More -
CINÉMA&CIE INTERNATIONAL FILM STUDIES JOURN ALvol. XVIII, no. 30, Spring 2018: Reinventing Mao: Maoisms and National Cinemas [Paperback]
Federico Zecca (Editor); Marco Dalla Gassa (Editor); Corrado Neri (Editor)
£12.00ISBN: 9788869771705
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: CINÉMA&CIE
Volume: vol. XVIII
This special issue of Cinéma & Cie explores the cultural dynamics, ideological aporias and political struggles that characterize the relationship between Maoism and national cinemas, from the immediate aftermath of the Cultural Revolution to the p... .... Learn More -
The Compassionate Bodhisattva: Unique Southeast Asian images of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara [Hardback]
Sofia Sundström (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9789088906183
Published by : Sidestone Press
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Southeast Asia has a long history with Buddhism that continues to the present day. Centuries ago, Buddhism spread to various areas of Southeast Asia, where some of the greatest Buddhist images and monuments were produced over 1,000 years ago. Thes... .... Learn More -
Paul Rusch in Postwar Japan: Evangelism, Rural Development, and the Battle against Communism [Hardback]
Andrew T. McDonald (Author); Verlaine Stoner McDonald (Author)
£41.50ISBN: 9780813176079
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Paul Rusch first traveled from Louisville, Kentucky, to Tokyo in 1925 to help rebuild YMCA facilities in the wake of the Great Kanto earthquake. What was planned as a yearlong stay became his life's work as he joined with the Japan Episcopal Churc... .... Learn More -
A Zooarchaeological Study of the Haimenkou Site, Yunnan Province, China [Paperback]
Juan Wang (Author)
Regular Price: £45.00
Special Price: £32.00
ISBN: 9781407316130
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Haimenkou was an important location, with trade and cultural links connecting parts of modern Southeast Asia and northwestern China in ancient times. This book is based on an analysis of the faunal assemblage recovered from the Haimenkou site duri... .... Learn More -
North Korean Military Proliferation in the Middle East and Africa: Enabling Violence and Instability [Hardback]
Bruce E. Bechtol (Author)
£66.50ISBN: 9780813175881
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
North Korea has posed a threat to stability in Northeast Asia for decades. Since Kim Jong-un assumed power, this threat has both increased and broadened. Since 2011, the small, isolated nation has detonated nuclear weapons multiple times, tested a... .... Learn More
