Asia category: 8064 books
Formosan Odyssey
Taiwan, Past and Present
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Until the early twentieth century, Taiwan was one of the wildest places in Asia. Its coastline was known as a mariners’ graveyard, the mountainous interior was the domain of headhunting tribes, while the lowlands were a frontier area where banditry, feuding, and revolts were a way of life. Formosan...
by Nicholas Roerich
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
In "Shambhala" N.Roerich has recorded the way of his journey through Central Asia and Tibet in the terms of spirit. It is a record of legends, of parables, of notes--the very substance of which the larger reality is composed, and all revealing different facets of the theme of Shambhala....
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Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
South Asian History has enjoyed a remarkable renaissance over the past thirty years. Its historians are not only producing new ways of thinking about the imperial impact and legacy on South Asia, but also helping to reshape the study of imperial history in general. The essays in this collection address...
Human Resource Management in the Asia-Pacific Region
Convergence Revisited
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
HRM (human resource management) suffers from a selective tendancy and ad hoc approach, which misses the historical, paradoxical often incoherent, incompatible and inconsistent nature of the subject. This text reduces this myopia by adding to our knowledge and the milieu within which it operates.
China and International Institutions
Alternate Paths to Global Power
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2005
China has shifted its foreign policy from one that avoided engagement in international organizations to one that is now embracing them. These moves present a new challenge to international relations theory.
How will the global community be affected by the engagement of this massive global power...
The Origins of the Modern World
A Global and Environmental Narrative from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
This clearly written and engrossing book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world from 1400 to the present. Unlike most studies, which assume that the “rise of the West” is the story of the coming of the modern world, this history, drawing upon new scholarship on Asia, Africa,...
Confronting the Bush Doctrine
Critical Views from the Asia-Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2004
There is no doubt that President George W. Bush and his administration have transformed US foreign policy and reshaped global international relations in a very profound way. Many American commentators continue to talk about 9/11 as the day the world changed, but increasingly analysts around the world...
Japan's Big Bang
The Deregulation and Revitalization of the Japanese Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Japan's national economy: understanding the history of the current crisis and proposing a path forward
The consistent failure of the Japanese bureaucracy and business establishment to meet proper management and regulatory standards has made America's premier ally in Asia a major source of financial...
Capitalist Development and Economism in East Asia
The Rise of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
Taking a conceptual approach, this book studies the economic development of the four East Asian economies since 1950. The author summarizes and reconsiders many of the arguments and findings that supported and explained the economic 'miracles' of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea, analysing...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
The Vietnam Travel Map from Periplus is designed as a convenient, easy-to-use tool for travelers. Designed to fit easily into a purse or pocket and created using durable coated paper, this map is made to open and fold multiple times, whether it's the entire map that you want to view or one panel at...
Hello Asia, Nepal
Nepal, respecting the holiness of every living soul
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014
More than 85% of the Nepal population believes in Hinduism and less than 10% believes in Buddhism. Still, Nepal derives sanctity from the harmony of the two religions symbolized by the living goddess "Kumari". This is extremely different from other religions that worship imaginative entities....
Hello Asia, India
A country of Hinduism and sacred cows
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
It is a well known fact that India worships "cows". People respect the cows to let them go first anywhere and everywhere. Why do Indians consider cows, especially female cows sacred? The answer is in the doctrine of reincarnation of Hinduism. We now take a look at India, the country of Hinduism that worships cows.
Hello Asia, China
Keeping faith while pursuing practical interests
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Why did China use "pandas" to solve diplomatic issues? Why do Chinese people especially love "Guan Yu" among many characters from "The History of Three States"? As the proverb "Everything is determined by the 'kuanxi' (relationship)", Chinese people value humanly...
Globalization and Security Relations across the Taiwan Strait
In the shadow of China
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
This book presents an interdisciplinary examination of cross-Taiwan Strait relations and the complex dynamics at play in the region.
Since the election of Ma Ying-jeou as Taiwan’s president in 2008, the relationship across the Taiwan Strait—long viewed as one of Asia’s most volatile potential...