Asia
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Archaeological investigations in the Niah Caves, Sarawak, 1954-2004 [Hardback]
Graeme Barker (Editor)
£65.00ISBN: 9781902937601
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: McDonald Institute Monographs
Volume: 2
This book is the companion volume to Rainforest Foraging and Farming in Island Southeast Asia: the Archaeology of the Niah Caves, Sarawak. Together they present the results of new fieldwork in the caves and new studies of finds fr... .... Learn More -
Lamak: Ritual objects in Bali [Paperback]
Francine Brinkgreve (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9789088903908
Published by : Sidestone Press
A lamak is a long narrow ritual hanging that is an essential requirement at almost all rituals in Bali. It is hung from altars and shrines at temple festivals and on festive holy days. Made usually of palm leaves, it is by nature ephemeral and it ... .... Learn More -
Lamak: Ritual objects in Bali [Hardback]
Francine Brinkgreve (Author)
£195.00ISBN: 9789088903915
Published by : Sidestone Press
A lamak is a long narrow ritual hanging that is an essential requirement at almost all rituals in Bali. It is hung from altars and shrines at temple festivals and on festive holy days. Made usually of palm leaves, it is by nature ephemeral and it ... .... Learn More -
Power, Politics and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Ilkhanate of Iran [Hardback]
Michael Hope (Author)
Regular Price: £66.00
Special Price: £25.00
ISBN: 9780198768593
Published by : Oxford University Press
This study provides a new interpretation of how political authority was conceived and transmitted in the Early Mongol Empire (1227-1259) and its successor state in the Middle East, the Ikhanate (1258-1335). Authority within the Mongol Empire was i... .... Learn More -
Op bezoek bij de Groot-Mogol: Twee hofreizen van de VOC naar de Groot-Mogol in India, 1662 en 1711-1713 [Hardback]
Hans Van Santen (Author)
£120.00ISBN: 9789088903885
Published by : Sidestone Press
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) is known for its spices imported from the Moluccans. It is less well-known that apart from spices the VOC also imported many millions of calicoes from India during the 17th and 18th century. For a long time the D... .... Learn More -
Op bezoek bij de Groot-Mogol: Twee hofreizen van de VOC naar de Groot-Mogol in India, 1662 en 1711-1713 [Hardback]
Hans Van Santen (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9789088903779
Published by : Sidestone Press
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) is known for its spices imported from the Moluccans. It is less well-known that apart from spices the VOC also imported many millions of calicoes from India during the 17th and 18th century. For a long time the D... .... Learn More -
Ming China: Courts and Contacts 1400–1450 [Paperback]
Craig Clunas (Author); Luk Yu-Ping (Author); Jessica Harrison-Hall (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9780861592050
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: Research Publication
Volume: 205
Winner of the IBP 2017 Specialist Publication Accolade awarded by the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) This ground-breaking, beautifully illustrated publication is the outcome of the conference ‘Ming: Courts and Contacts 1400–145... .... Learn More -
Japan after 3/11: Global Perspectives on the Earthquake, Tsunami, and Fukushima Meltdown [Hardback]
Pradyumna P. Karan (Editor); Unryu Suganuma (Editor)
£60.50ISBN: 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)
£30.00ISBN: 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
