Asian history books

Discover the wonderfully eerie supernatural beings of Japanese lore in this magnificent hardcover edition which...  Read More >>

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First published in 1987, The Writing on the Wall tells the story of the muddle, shortsightedness and duplicity which...  Read More >>

First published in 1967, The Giants of Asia discusses the growth of Asian nationalism and Asian power. It surveys...  Read More >>

First published in 1952, Ceylon is a one-volume history of Ceylon, primarily intended for the non-Ceylonese reader...  Read More >>

In Agrarian Evolution in a Multiform Structure Society (first published in English in 1981) the author analyses...  Read More >>

Who went into the Black Hole of Calcutta? Who came out alive? And does it matter anyway? In The Black Hole (originally...  Read More >>

Social Change in the South Pacific (1957) summarises the results of applying historical and contemporary fieldwork...  Read More >>

Palestine of the Jews (1919) examines the history of Jewish Palestine, from 4,000 years ago to the early twentieth...  Read More >>

The Struggle for the Pacific (1937) examines the rivalries and postures as various powers – European, the US, Japan...  Read More >>

First published in 1980 Quakers in India is an account of the Quaker encounter with India from the day the first...  Read More >>

First published in 1939, Language Hunting in the Karakoram describes the journey taken by the author to the regions...  Read More >>

First published in 1985, Patterns of Kingship and Authority in Traditional Asia provides an excellent survey of...  Read More >>

First published in 1949, India does not attempt to provide a full history of the country, rather it brings to life...  Read More >>

An Analysis of the Development and Nature of Accounting Principles in Japan (1991) explores the historical development...  Read More >>

Hindu Customs and their Origins (1937) primarily examines the topic of caste in India, looking at the ancient ideas...  Read More >>

Most writing on modern China dwells on those aspects which are new to China since the Communist takeover, stressing...  Read More >>

Drawing together the research of Western and Soviet historians, The History of Siberia (originally published in...  Read More >>

This book examines the social and cultural history of Bengal through two major themes — the intellectual and cultural...  Read More >>

This book examines Punjab river waters controversy in South Asia, a major defining feature of Punjab politics. It...  Read More >>

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing...  Read More >>

Nicolás Grinberg examines the specificities of capitalist development in Brazil and South Korea, starting from their...  Read More >>

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First Published in 1971, The Festivals of Nepal describes the most important festivals from the country, which have...  Read More >>