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Richey has written an engaging and well-crafted book that clearly delineates the oftentimes fitful development of Confucianism in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. At the ...
A Foreign Affairs Book of the Year
A Spectator Book of the Year
"A detailed and fascinating account of how the Chinese leadership's strategy ...
How can we explain Britain's long rule in India beyond the clichs of 'imperial' versus 'nationalist' interpretations? In this new history, Roderick Matthews tells ...
In the late nineteenth century, a group of German-speaking Mennonites travelled from Russia into Central Asia, where their charismatic leader predicted Christ would return. Over ...
'John Keay is the master storyteller and historian. This grand narrative of Himalaya is as epic as the mountains and peoples he describes' Dan Snow ...
'Impressive ... Fascinating' Sunday Times
'An authoritative history' Financial Times
'Gripping and richly researched' Rana Mitter
A superb new history of the rise of China and ...
The history the Chinese Communist Party has tried to erase: the dramatic political debates of the 1980s that could have put China on a path ...
A sweeping account of how the sea routes of Asia have transformed a vast expanse of the globe over the past five hundred years, powerfully ...
Lion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world's most successful city state.
In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita was on a ...
In addition to providing excerpts from classic tales of Japan's warrior past, this volume draws on a wide range of lesser-known but revealing sources-including ...
UPDATED FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF PARTITION
'Puri does profound and elegant work bringing forgotten narratives back to life. It's hard to convey just ...
When the samurai warlord and respected castle architect Todo Takatora died in 1630, the funeral attendants responsible for preparing his body were shocked to note ...
A SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
'A revolutionary book' Sunday Times
'A pulsating account that makes clear how important it is to ...
A guide to the history of China's capital, from before its rise to prominence as the seat of empires to the 2022 Winter Olympics ...
