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A Duterte Reader
Critical Essays on Rodrigo Duterte's Early Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
A critical analysis of one of the most media-savvy authoritarian rulers of our time, this collection of essays offers an overview of Duterte’s rise to power and actions of his early presidency. With contributions from leading experts on the society and history of the Phillipines, The Duterte Reader...
The Sino-Japanese War and Youth Literature
Friends and Foes on the Battlefield
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2016
The Sino-Japanese War (1937 – 1945) was fought in the Asia-Pacific theatre between Imperial Japan and China, with the United States as the latter’s major military ally. An important line of investigation remains, questioning how the history of this war has been passed on to post-war generations’...
Tashkent
Forging a Soviet City, 1930–1966
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2010
Paul Stronski tells the fascinating story of Tashkent, an ethnically diverse, primarily Muslim city that became the prototype for the Soviet-era reimagining of urban centers in Central Asia. Based on extensive research in Russian and Uzbek archives, Stronski shows us how Soviet officials, planners,...
The Spectacular State
Culture and National Identity in Uzbekistan
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2010
Laura L. Adams offers unique insight into nation building in Central Asia during the post-Soviet era through an exploration of Uzbekistan’s production of national culture in the 1990s. As she explains, after independence the Uzbek government maintained a monopoly over ideology, exploiting the remaining...
Chasing the Dragon
Into the Heart of the Golden Triangle
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Chasing the Dragon is the story of a Boston Herald reporter's journey into Burma/Myanmar to interview the mysterious drug lord, Khun Sa.
The features desk of an American newspaper may seem an unlikely launchpad for a journey into one of the world's most remote and dangerous regions, but for...
by Mitchell Nakagawa
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
The moment came swiftly and unexpectedly, a brief space when life itself was transparent. I didn't know what to make or do with it. I had no roadmap. I had never questioned what living life was because as far as I knew, I was living life. I remember the moment vividly, a lake of fog dissipating...
All About Korea
Stories, Songs, Crafts and More
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
**2012 Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award Winner**
Perfect for educators or parents wishing to teach kids about different Asian cultures, this new book in the Tuttle All About Asia series includes favorite games, foods, special holiday times and after-school activities unique to...
The Merchants of Siberia
Trade in Early Modern Eurasia
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
In The Merchants of Siberia, Erika Monahan reconsiders commerce in early modern Russia by reconstructing the trading world of Siberia and the careers of merchants who traded there. She follows the histories of three merchant families from various social ranks who conducted trade in Siberia for well...
Overwhelming Terror
Love, Fear, Peace, and Violence among Semai of Malaysia
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2008
This powerful ethnography of a people believed to be the least violent in the world explores how they maintain peaceful relations even under the most dire circumstances. Robert Knox Dentan, the world's foremost scholar of Semai, brings its members vividly to life. His book includes translations of...
by Anusua Chowdhury
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject History - Asia, grade: A, Presidency College, Kolkata, course: PG-2, language: English, abstract: The paper operates at the interstices of two main lines of inquiries: How far women were glorified in the context of Indian Nationalism? Why their heroism...
by Tan Kok Seng
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
In this revealing sequel to his bestselling autobiography Son of Singapore, Tan Kok Seng finds himself in Malaysia as a British diplomat’s chauffeur. While driving luminaries like author Han Suyin around, Tan falls in love with Heung, a servant girl with dark brown eyes. Despite parental objections,...
The Surrender of Singapore
Three Years of Hell 1942–45
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Until the late 1930s, Singapore was noted as a popular stop-off point for wealthy European travellers on their way to countries such as Australia and New Zealand. All of that changed with the outbreak of the Second World War.
Despite Major-General William Dobbie, the General Officer Commanding...
by James M. Scott
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
The definitive history of one of the most brutal campaigns of the war in the Pacific.
Before World War II, Manila was a slice of America in Asia, populated with elegant neoclassical buildings, spacious parks, and home to thousands of U.S. servicemen and business executives who enjoyed the relaxed...
The Testimonies of Indian Soldiers and the Two World Wars
Between Self and Sepoy
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
In the two World Wars, hundreds of thousands of Indian sepoys were mobilized, recruited and shipped overseas to fight for the British Crown. The Indian Army was the chief Imperial reserve for an empire under threat. But how did those sepoys understand and explain their own war experiences and indeed...