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A pioneering history that transforms our understanding of the colonial era and China's place in it
China has conventionally been considered a land empire ...
The Great War helped China emerge from humiliation and obscurity and take its first tentative steps as a full member of the global community. In ...
China's past is key to the modern world. This nimble history of rogues, revolutions and rebellions can be read in a day, but will ...
'A sobering account, told elegantly and eruditely.' - Financial Times
'Thant Myint-U is the greatest living historian of Burma.' - William Dalrymple
Precariously positioned between China and ...
A comprehensive examination of Angkor's last 120 years. Over 180 unusual and little-known photographs. Accessible scholarly treatment of one of the world's most ...
The Golden Age of Travel neatly overlaps with the reign of the Emperor Meiji, which began in 1868 with the overthrow of a feudal order ...
How can we explain Britain's long rule in India beyond the cliches of 'imperial' versus 'nationalist' interpretations? In this new history, Roderick Matthews tells ...
The story of the hidden struggle waged by secret networks around the world to destroy European imperialism
The end of Europe's empires has so ...
'A galloping journey through thousands of years of Chinese culinary history . . . a timely reminder that the country's modern cuisine is the delicious fruit of ...
"Excellent." The Economist
"A gripping account." South China Morning Post
"Well worth reading." The Morning Star
"A persuasive and readable narrative." History Today
"Elegantly written ...
Two thousand years of Japanese history, told through interconnected portraits of twenty fascinating individuals
Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book distils Japan's long ...
The first edition of Southeast Asia: An introductory history was published in 1979 and immediately filled a need for travellers and students interested in a ...
Power to them meant everything. It was founded on courage, which begot honour. And by this courage and for this honour they fought to the ...