Asia
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Yonaoshi: Visions of a Better World [Paperback]
Christopher Craig (Editor); Enrico Fongaro (Editor); Luca Milasi (Editor); James Tink (Editor)
£14.99ISBN: 9788869774034
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Hasekura League Studies
Yonaoshi (世直し、
face="MS PGothic">よなおし, world renewal/repair/remaking) is a Japanese term that first appeared in the context of peasant uprisings in the mid-nineteenthth c... .... Learn More -
Communities at Work: The Making of Çatalhöyük [Hardback]
Ian Hodder (Editor); Christina Tsoraki (Editor)
£65.00ISBN: 9781912090488
Published by : British Institute at Ankara
Series: Çatalhöyük Research Project Series
Volume: 15
The Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük has been world famous since the 1960s when excavations conducted by Mellaart revealed the large size and dense occupation of the settlement, as well as spectacular wall paintings and reliefs in the houses. This vol... .... Learn More -
The Story of Xinjiang Revealed through Old Maps (1759-1912) [Paperback]
Yao Wang (Author); Lewis James Wright (Translator)
£30.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781626430747
Published by : Bridge 21 Publications
Xinjiang, named in 1759 by Emperor Qianlong (乾隆 1711-1799) of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty of China, was ruled by the Qing from the final phase of the Dzungar-Qing Wars when the Dzungar Khanate was conquered, and lasted until the fall of the imperi... .... Learn More -
People of Nanjing: A Cultural Perspective on a Historic Chinese City [Paperback]
Zhaoyan YE (Author); David Charles East (Translator)
£20.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781626430648
Published by : Bridge 21 Publications
Nanjing has a prominent place in Chinese culture and history as having been a capital city for ten times throughout the history. The city of Nanjing is a fine history textbook. If one pores over this city, one will evoke the history of China itsel... .... Learn More -
Precious Treasures from the Diamond Throne: Finds from the Site of the Buddha’s Enlightenment [Paperback]
Sam van Schaik (Editor); Daniela De Simone (Editor); Gergely Hidas (Editor); Michael Willis (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9780861592289
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 228
The Mahābodhi temple at Bodhgayā in eastern India has long been recognised as the place where the Buddha sat in meditation and attained enlightenment. The site, soon identified as the ‘Diamond Throne’ or vajrāsana, became a destination for pilgrim... .... Learn More -
Images, Philosophy, Communication: Aesthetics and Thought in Japan and the World [Paperback]
Christopher Craig (Editor); Enrico Fongaro (Editor); Raffaele Milani (Editor); James Tink (Editor)
£19.99ISBN: 9788869773303
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Hasekura League Intercultural Studies Editions
Images represent a fusion of creativity, imagination, and symbolism and are crucial to the human quest to discover, invent, and experiment with ever-new visions. Philosophy plays a vital role in interpreting change in an era of rapid and dramatic ... .... Learn More -
Islam in China: A History of European and American Scholarship [Hardback]
Tuoheti Alimu (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9781463243296
Published by : Gorgias Press
This book explores the historical development of Chinese Islamic studies in the West in different periods, as first missionaries and then orientalists engaged with the region and sought to understand its Muslim populations. Each period is defined ... .... Learn More -
Kushan Mystique [Hardback]
David Jongeward (Author); Joe Cribb (Foreword)
£30.00ISBN: 9781912667468
Published by : Spink Books
Who were the Kushan? Why does a powerful Central Asian empire that thrived for centuries rarely appear in world history books? To address questions raised by this obscure yet highly influential period of ancient history, David Jongeward, author of... .... Learn More -
Resistance at the Edge of Empires: The Archaeology and History of the Bannu Basin from 1000 BC to AD 1200 [Hardback]
Cameron A. Petrie (Author)
£60.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781785703034
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Bannu Archaeological Project
Volume: 3
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 -
Steppe Dreams: Time, Mediation, and Postsocialist Celebrations in Kazakhstan [Hardback]
Margarethe Adams (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9780822946144
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Central Eurasia in Context
Steppe Dreams concerns the political significance of temporality in Kazakhstan, as manifested in public events and performances, and its reverberating effects in the personal lives of Kazakhstanis. Like many holidays in the post-Soviet sphere, pub... .... Learn More
