Asia category: 8064 books
Media, War and Terrorism
Responses from the Middle East and Asia
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2004
This collection of essays covers the media and public debate dimension of the events of 9/11 and beyond, from the point of view of Middle Eastern and Asian countries. The first part of the book deals with the use of the media as an instrument of warfare, the growing significance of religion, the emergence...
by Julian Ostendorf
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Essay from the year 2010 in the subject History - Asia, grade: 2,0, University of Warwick (Department of History), course: China since 1900, language: English, abstract: Das Essay diskutiert die Frage nach der Rolle von Religion als Hauptursache für die Boxeraufstände Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts in...
Illiberal Democracy in Indonesia
The Ideology of the Family State
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Illiberal Democracy in Indonesia charts the origins and development of organicist ideologies in Indonesia from the early 20th century to the present. In doing so, it provides a background to the theories and ideology that informed organicist thought, traces key themes in Indonesian history, examines...
Haj to Utopia
How the Ghadar Movement Charted Global Radicalism and Attempted to Overthrow the British Empire
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
In Haj to Utopia, Maia Ramnath tells the dramatic story of Ghadar, the Indian anticolonial movement that attempted overthrow of the British Empire. Founded by South Asian immigrants in California, Ghadar—which is translated as "mutiny"—quickly became a global presence in East Asia, Europe,...
by KEI D. NALTO
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
What can you afford with one thousand dollars nowadays? The answer to that question in most developed countries would be "not much!" Well, my answer is "it all depends on how you spend the money!" You can either spend it on some expensive designer clothing, a beat-up car that can...
Thailand Roundtrip
A Photo Travel Guide to Photo Shot Spots Using Google Maps Locating
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2018
Blurb: Kingdom of Thailand is the tropical country with fantastic beaches and paradise islands, which arouses longing among many holidaymakers for sun and recreation. At the same time, the former Siamese empire is blessed with a wealth of particularly interesting and unique cultural monuments. Thailand...
by Jonathan Curry-Machado
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
The papers presented in this collection offer a wide range of cases, from Asia, Africa and the Americas, and broadly cover the last two centuries, in which commodities have led to the consolidation of a globalised economy and society – forging this out of distinctive local experiences of cultivation and production, and regional circuits of trade.
Encounters at the Edge of the Muslim World
A Political Memoir of Kyrgyzstan
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2018
This unique work provides the only sustained political history of independent Kyrgyzstan, explaining events in the context of its society and the broader international order. Drawing on three decades of personal encounters with ordinary citizens and leading public figures, Eugene Huskey takes readers...
by Uqbah Iqbal
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject History - Asia, National University of Malaysia, course: History, language: English, abstract: The development of the Malaysian economy currently inherited from three previous levels, starting from the growth and rapid development level...
China and India
Prospects for Peace
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
For all their spectacular growth, China and India must still lift a hundred million citizens out of poverty and create jobs for the numerous laborers. Both powers hope trade and investment will sustain national unity. For the first time, Jonathan Holslag identifies these objectives as new sources...
by Ferdinand Ossendowski
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Dr. Ossendowski is a man of long and diverse experience as a scientist and writer with a training for careful observation which should put the stamp of accuracy and reliability on his chronicle. Only the extraordinary events of these extraordinary times could have thrown one with so many talents back...
Explorations in Asian Christianity
History, Theology, and Mission
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2017
Explorations in Asian Christianity
Ecumenism in Asia
The cruciform nature of Christianity
A missiology of place
The Christian view of time
Global migration
Explorations in Asian Christianity
ASEAN Business in Crisis
Context and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
The impact of the Asia crisis has contributed to the debate about the need for regulation of global markets. This book outlines the events leading up to and during the Financial Crisis of 1997 and assesses the responses of the financial contagion.
Playing with the Big Boys
Basketball, American Imperialism, and Subaltern Discourse in the Philippines
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Basketball has a lock on the Filipino soul. From big arenas in Manila to makeshift hoops in small villages, basketball is played by Filipinos of all walks of life and is used to mark everything from summer breaks for students to religious festivals and many other occasions. Playing with the Big Boys...