Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Race for empire Race for empire Takashi Fujitani "Race for Empire offers a profound and challenging reinterpretation of nationalism, racism, and wartime mobilization during the Asia-Pacific war. In parallel case studies--of Japanese Americans mobil… OL16002155W
Youth culture in China Youth culture in China Clark, Paul "The lives and aspirations of young Chinese (those between 14 and 26 years old) have been transformed in the past five decades. By examining youth cultures around three historical points - 1968, 1988… OL16499273W
Chinese martial arts Chinese martial arts Peter Allan Lorge "In the global world of the twenty-first century, martial arts are practiced for self-defense and sporting purposes only. However, for thousands of years, they were a central feature of military prac… OL16505847W
Food culture in colonial Asia Food culture in colonial Asia Cecilia Leong-Salobir "Presenting a social history of colonial food practices in India, Malaysia and Singapore, this book discusses the contribution that Asian domestic servants made towards the development of this cuisin… OL16686402W
Religion and the making of modern East Asia Religion and the making of modern East Asia Thomas David DuBois "Religion and religious ideas have played a fundamental role in the shaping of Asian history, society, and cultural practices. In this engaging and informative book, Thomas David DuBois sets out to e… OL16986901W
Anti-Japan Anti-Japan Leo T. S. Ching Although the Japanese empire rapidly dissolved following the end of World War II, the memories, mourning, and trauma of the nation's imperial exploits continue to haunt Korea, China, and Taiwan. In '… OL19797992W
Great catastrophe Great catastrophe Thomas De Waal "The destruction of the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire in 1915-16 was a brutal mass crime that prefigured other genocides in the 20th century. By various estimates, more than a million Armenians wer… OL19994903W
Asian comics Asian comics John A. Lent "Grand in its scope, Asian Comics dispels the myth that, outside of Japan, the continent is nearly devoid of comic strips and comic books. Relying on his fifty years of Asian mass communication and c… OL20004033W
Black dragon river Black dragon river Dominic Ziegler "Black Dragon River is a personal journey down one of Asia's great rivers that reveals the region's essential history and culture. The world's ninth largest river, the Amur serves as a large part of … OL20017499W
China at the center China at the center Natasha Reichle,Theodore N. Foss,Mark Stephen Mir "Global exploration in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries led to new interactions between Europe and Asia. Jesuit priests were instrumental in spreading knowledge of the world to China and infor… OL20022261W
Negotiating knowledge in early modern empires Negotiating knowledge in early modern empires Antonella Romano,Silvia Sebastiani,László Kontler,Borbála Zsuzsanna Török "The contributions to this volume are united by a common interest in the practices that shaped 'science' in the early modern period, with a special emphasis on the ones bred by the emulation, competi… OL23197892W