Asia
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The Bukharan Crisis: A Connected History of 18th Century Central Asia [Hardback]
Scott C. Levi (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9780822945970
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Central Eurasia in Context
In the first half of the eighteenth century, Central Asia’s Bukharan Khanate descended into a crisis from which it would not recover. Bukharans suffered failed harvests and famine, a severe fiscal downturn, invasions from the north and the south, ... .... 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
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 -
The Compassionate Bodhisattva: Unique Southeast Asian images of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara [Paperback]
Sofia Sundström (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9789088906176
Published by : Sidestone Press
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 -
Hindu Kingship Rituals: Power Relation and Historical Evolution [Hardback]
Nawaraj Chaulagain (Author)
£81.00ISBN: 9781463240479
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Harvard Oriental Series - Opera Minora
Volume: 11
In recent decades, Nepal has witnessed a dramatic shift from its ancient form of Hindu kingship to a federal republican democratic secular order, with the official dissolution of monarchy in 2008. This study deals with the religious lives of the Ś... .... 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 -
Paul Rusch in Postwar Japan: Evangelism, Rural Development, and the Battle against Communism [Hardback]
Andrew T. McDonald (Author); Verlaine Stoner McDonald (Author)
£29.00ISBN: 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 -
The Compassionate Bodhisattva: Unique Southeast Asian images of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara [Hardback]
Sofia Sundström (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9789088906183
Published by : Sidestone Press
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 -
A Zooarchaeological Study of the Haimenkou Site, Yunnan Province, China [Paperback]
Juan Wang (Author)
Regular Price: £45.00
Special Price: £15.00
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)
£25.50ISBN: 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 -
Stalin's Nomads: Power and Famine in Kazakhstan [Paperback]
Robert Kindler (Author)
£22.50ISBN: 9780822965435
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Central Eurasia in Context
Robert Kindler's seminal work is a comprehensive and unsettling account of the Soviet campaign to forcefully sedentarize and collectivize the Kazakh clans. Viewing the nomadic life as unproductive, and their lands unused and untilled, Stalin and h... .... Learn More
