Asian category: 13860 books
The Post-Soviet Decline of Central Asia
Sustainable Development and Comprehensive Capital
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Sievers draws on his experience of Central Asia to take on the task of explaining the remarkable economic declines of the post-Soviet Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) in the past decade, and the turn of these states towards despotism.
Decolonizing Anarchism
An Antiauthoritarian History of India's Liberation Struggle
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Decolonizing Anarchism looks at the history of South Asian struggles against colonialism and neocolonialism, highlighting lesser-known dissidents as well as iconic figures. This approach reveals an alternate narrative of decolonization, in which achieving a nation-state is not the objective. Maia...
Lineages of Political Society
Studies in Postcolonial Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Partha Chatterjee, a pioneering theorist known for his disciplinary range, builds on his theory of "political society" and reinforces its salience to contemporary political debate. Dexterously incorporating the concerns of South Asian studies, postcolonialism, the social sciences, and the...
by Denis Gainty
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
In 1895, the newly formed Greater Japan Martial Virtue Association (Dainippon Butokukai) held itsfirst annual Martial Virtue Festival (butokusai) in the ancient capital of Kyoto. The Festival marked the arrival of a new iteration of modern Japan, as the Butokukai’s efforts to define and popularise...
Okinawan Martial Traditions, Vol. 3
Te, Tode, Karate, Karatedo, Kobudo
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
What would you like to obtain from your research and practice of an Okinawan martial art? For an academic, it would be to obtain historical and cultural facts and details. For a practitioner, it would be to gain expertise in the combative skills. If you’re interested...
China's Economic Growth
A Miracle with Chinese Characteristics
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
The current growth of the Chinese economy is of immense importance for the global economy. This book outlines the main characteristics of Chinese economic growth over the last two decades, and investigates in detail the key determinants of growth, especially capital formation and productivity issues....
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
This operation highlights the role that the small country of Laos played in the foreign policy calculations of the newly elected U.S. president, John F. Kennedy. Gravely concerned that the Laotian government was in danger of being overwhelmed by a growing Communist insurgency known as the Pathet Lao,...
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Strategic Change
Adjusting Western regional policy
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
The region encompassing Afghanistan and Pakistan (Af/Pak region) is undergoing a fundamental strategic change. This book analyses the nature of this strategic change, in ordre to seek possible future scenarios and to examine policy options. It also undertakes a critical review of the basic elements...
Learning to Think Korean
A Guide to Living and Working in Korea
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
The definitive guide to understanding Korea - from home to work and those cultural destinations in between.
Kohls shares a feast of Korean culture: a ricebowl of history and tradition complemented by an array of spicy tidbits that capture the reader's attention like a mouthful of kimchi. Based...
China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know
What Everyone Needs to Know
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
The need to understand China has never been more pressing. Within one generation, the global giant has transformed from an impoverished, repressive state into an economic and political powerhouse; yet conflicting impressions of the country and its leaders abound. In the fully revised and updated second...
South Koreans in the Debt Crisis
The Creation of a Neoliberal Welfare Society
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2009
South Koreans in the Debt Crisis is a detailed examination of the logic underlying the neoliberal welfare state that South Korea created in response to the devastating Asian Debt Crisis (1997–2001). Jesook Song argues that while the government proclaimed that it would guarantee all South Koreans...
by Stefan Verstappen
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
This is one of the most diverse yet accessible collections of Chinese strategies yet assembled. Brief in form, yet endless in wisdom, these fundamental rules of military engagement are easily adapted to the modern office, sports team, or everyday task.Taken from sources ranging from Lao Zi...
The Art of War
Sun Zi's Military Methods
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2007
Compiled during the Warring States period of 475-221 B.C.E., The Art of War has had an enormous impact on the development of Chinese military strategy over the past two thousand years and occupies an important place in East Asian intellectual history. It is the first known attempt to formulate a rational...
A Short History of Japan
From samurai to Sony
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
Japan is a country of contradictions and extremes. It is a country of age-old practices and cutting edge technology, strong martial traditions and refined artistic accomplishments. Few countries have been the subject of so much attention yet remain so elusive.
Japan is an island nation defined...