Asia
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Japan after 3/11: Global Perspectives on the Earthquake, Tsunami, and Fukushima Meltdown [Hardback]
Pradyumna P. Karan (Editor); Unryu Suganuma (Editor)
£66.50ISBN: 9780813167305
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Asia in the New Millennium
On March 11, 2011, an underwater earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, Japan, triggered one of the most devastating tsunamis of a generation. The aftermath was overwhelming: communities were reduced to rubble, thousands of people were missin... .... Learn More -
Tales of the Narts: Ancient Myths and Legends of the Ossetians [Hardback]
John Colarusso (Editor)
Regular Price: £30.00
Special Price: £22.00
ISBN: 9780691170404
Published by : Princeton University Press
The Nart sagas are to the Caucasus what Greek mythology is to Western civilization. Tales of the Narts presents a wide selection of fascinating tales preserved as a living tradition among the peoples of Ossetia in southern Russia, a region where e... .... Learn More -
Eisenhower and Cambodia: Diplomacy, Covert Action, and the Origins of the Second Indochina War [Hardback]
William J. Rust (Author)
£33.00ISBN: 9780813167428
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
Although most Americans paid little attention to Cambodia during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency, the nation's proximity to China and the global ideological struggle with the Soviet Union guaranteed US vigilance throughout Southeast Asia. Cambod... .... Learn More -
Man and Environment in Prehistoric and Protohistoric South Asia: New Perspectives [Paperback]
Aurore Didier (Editor); Benjamin Mutin (Editor)
Regular Price: £51.99
Special Price: £38.00
ISBN: 9782503568034
Published by : Brepols
This volume focuses mainly on the complex relationships between man and a changing environment in prehistoric and protohistoric South Asia. The European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art promotes the study of archaeology, art history... .... Learn More -
Bioarchaeology of Ancient Northern Vietnam (British Archaeological Reports International Series) [Paperback]
Marc Fredrick Oxenham (Author)
Regular Price: £50.00
Special Price: £34.00
ISBN: 9781407324210
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2781
This volume represents the first major bioarchaeological investigation of human health and behaviour in ancient northern Vietnam. Using dental and skeletal samples excavated by Vietnamese archaeologists from the 1960s through to 1990s, this study ... .... Learn More -
Holocene Foragers of North India: The Bioarchaeology of Mesolithic Damdama [Paperback]
John R. Lukacs (Author); Jagannath Pal (Author)
Regular Price: £51.00
Special Price: £35.00
ISBN: 9781407314525
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2783
A fresh and innovative approach to the skeletal biology of prehistoric South Asians is presented in this volume. It is the first comprehensive bioarchaeological study of an early Holocene human skeletal series from the Gangetic Plain of North Indi... .... Learn More -
The Paper Trail: An Unexpected History of a Revolutionary Invention [Hardback]
Alexander Monro (Author)
Regular Price: £20.00
Special Price: £7.95
ISBN: 9780307271662
Published by : Alfred A Knopf
This is the story of how paper, a simple Chinese invention, has wrapped itself around our world, with history's most momentous ideas etched upon its surface. The emergence of paper in the imperial court of Han China brought about a revolution in t... .... Learn More -
Universe and Inner Self in Early Indian and Early Greek Thought [Hardback]
Richard Seaford (Author)
Regular Price: £80.00
Special Price: £55.00
ISBN: 9781474410991
Published by : Edinburgh University Press
From the sixth century BCE onwards there was a revolution in thought, with novel ideas such as such as that understanding the inner self is both vital for human well-being and central to understanding the universe. This intellectual transformation... .... Learn More -
Prehistoric Societies on the Northern Frontiers of China: Archaeological Perspectives on Identity Formation and Economic Change During the First Millennium BCE [Paperback]
Gideon Shelach (Author)
Regular Price: £40.99
Special Price: £28.00
ISBN: 9781138661073
Published by : Routledge
The northern borders of China - known as the Northern zone - were a key area of interaction between sedentary and nomadic people during the late second and early first millennium BCE. During this period the region's unique economy, socio-political... .... Learn More -
American Justice in Taiwan: The 1957 Riots and Cold War Foreign Policy [Hardback]
Stephen G. Craft (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9780813166353
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
On May 23, 1957, US Army Sergeant Robert Reynolds was acquitted of murdering Chinese officer Liu Ziran in Taiwan. Reynolds did not deny shooting Liu but claimed self-defense and, like all members of US military assistance and advisory groups, was ... .... Learn More
