Asia category: 8064 books
The Muslim Merchants of Premodern China
The History of a Maritime Asian Trade Diaspora, 750–1400
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
In this major new history of Muslim merchants and their trade links with China, John W. Chaffee uncovers 700 years of history, from the eighth century, when Muslim communities first established themselves in southeastern China, through the fourteenth century, when trade all but ceased. These were...
Ancient Persia in Western History
Hellenism and the Representation of the Achaemenid Empire
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2014
The Achaemenid Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century, was at its height the largest empire the world had yet seen, stretching across Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. Because this first Persian Empire fought a series of wars against the Ancient Greek city-states, it has often...
(Dis)connected Empires
Imperial Portugal, Sri Lankan Diplomacy, and the Making of a Habsburg Conquest in Asia
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018
(Dis)connected Empires takes the reader on a global journey to explore the triangle formed during the sixteenth century between the Portuguese empire, the empire of Kotte in Sri Lanka, and the Catholic Monarchy of the Spanish Habsburgs. It explores nine decades of connections, cross-cultural diplomacy,...
Cities for Profit
The Real Estate Turn in Asia’s Urban Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Cities for Profit examines the phenomenon of urban real estate megaprojects in Asia—massive, privately built planned urban developments that have captured the imagination of politicians, policymakers, and citizens across the region. These controversial projects, embraced by elites, occasion massive...
Grand Centaur Station
Unruly Living With the New Nomads of Central Asia
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
With the grim determination of an unrepentant rocker, Larry Frolick sets off on a 12,000-mile trek across Central Asia, brooding over the fate of its lost civilizations. From Kiev, Crimean Tartary, and Moscow, through the nomadic homelands of Uzbekistan, Kyrgizstan, Tien-Shan, and finally into distant...
by Robert Koehler, Hahna Yoon
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2019
Real Places. Real Life. Real Seoul.
A Local Guide to the Hottest City in Asia
What’s the best way to tour around a foreign city? Unless you want to pilgrim through the obvious landmarks and take typical vacation shots at tourist restaurants, the best and the safest way would be to...
by Sahara Sanders
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
This box set includes the following eBooks:
MALDIVES... THE PARADISE
IN LOVE WITH THAILAND
TRADITIONAL ASIAN DISHES
Bonus: CHINA TRAVEL TIPS
And Much More
Tearing Apart the Land
Islam and Legitimacy in Southern Thailand
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Since January 2004, a violent separatist insurgency has raged in southern Thailand, resulting in more than three thousand deaths. Though largely unnoticed outside Southeast Asia, the rebellion in Pattani and neighboring provinces and the Thai government's harsh crackdown have resulted in a full-scale...
1089 Nights
An Odyssey Through the Middle East, Africa and Asia
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2008
Ann von Lossberg and boyfriend Jim Hudock stand at the dock at Baltimore harbor and wave goodbye to their screaming-red VW bus en route to England--just about the most beautiful magic carpet Ive ever seen, Ann says. Quitting their jobs and selling their possessions, they travel around the world with...
Boot, Hooves and Wheels
And the Social Dynamics behind South Asian Warfare
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
The books title has an apparent misnomer—boots were not used in early armies, at least as apparent from temple sculptures which depict bare-bodied and barefooted soldiers. But is it likely to have been true? Or social reasons led to suppression of footgear on temple walls? The book explores these...
Taiwan's Presidential Politics: Democratization and Cross-strait Relations in the Twenty-first Century
Democratization and Cross-strait Relations in the Twenty-first Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
The March 2000 presidential election was an important milestone in the democratic development of Taiwan, with the Kuomintang turned out of power after five decades of control and replaced by the Democratic Progressive Party. This book address the variety of effects that Taiwan's democratic development...
by Emma Allen
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Have you ever wanted to travel through South East Asia as a solo female? Does the mere thought of traveling solo fill you with worry, anxiety or fearing for your life? Have you wanted to experience more than a tourist? Have you wanted to travel as a backpacker on a budget? Well, 'The Ultimate Guide...
Fragile Conviction
Changing Ideological Landscapes in Urban Kyrgyzstan
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
How do specific secular and religious ideologies—such as nationalism, neoliberalism, atheism, Pentecostalism, Tablighi Islam, and shamanism—gain popularity and when do they lose traction? To answer these questions, Mathijs Pelkmans critically examines the trajectories of a range of ideologies...
El largo hilo de seda
Viaje por las montañas y los desiertos de Asia Central
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Este libro contiene el relato de un viaje personal del geógrafo y alpinista español Eduardo Martínez de Pisón por los grandes paisajes de Asia Central, siguiendo el hilo de las corrientes culturales que pasaron por la antigua Ruta de la Seda y se asentaron entre montañas y desiertos. Es un relato...