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  • This book brings together a wide range of case studies to explore the experien... This book brings together a wide range of case studies to explore the experiences and significance of women warriors in Southeast Asian history from ancient to contemporary times. Using a number of sources including royal chronicles diaries memoirs and... more
  • The intensifying conflicts between religious communities in contemporary South... The intensifying conflicts between religious communities in contemporary South and Southeast Asia signify the importance of gaining a clearer understanding of how societies have historically organised and mastered their religious diversity. Based on... more
  • Ralph Smith was a highly respected historian who at the time of his death in D... Ralph Smith was a highly respected historian who at the time of his death in December 2000 had nearly completed a manuscript chronicling changes in the East Asia region since 1943. This fascinating work completed and edited by Chad Mitcham one of Ralph... more
  • Experiences of captivity in Japanese-occupied Asia varied enormously. Some pri... Experiences of captivity in Japanese-occupied Asia varied enormously. Some prisoners of war (POWs) were sent to work in Japan others to toil on the Death Railway between Burma and Thailand. Some camps had death rates below 1 per cent others of over 20... more
  • Contributors to this book provide an Asian women s history from the perspectiv... Contributors to this book provide an Asian women s history from the perspective of gender analysis assessing Japanese imperial policy and propaganda in its colonies and occupied territories and particularly its impact on women. Tackling topics... more
  • This book examines the encounter between western and Asian models of public he... This book examines the encounter between western and Asian models of public health and medicine in a range of East and Southeast Asian countries over the course of the twentieth century until now. It discusses the transfer of scientific knowledge of... more
  • This volume presents the reader with thirty-one short chapters that capture an... This volume presents the reader with thirty-one short chapters that capture an exciting new moment in the study of the Meiji Restoration. The chapters offer a kaleidoscope of approaches and interpretations of the Restoration that showcase the strengths... more
  • Caste a word normally used in relation to the Indian subcontinent is rarely as... Caste a word normally used in relation to the Indian subcontinent is rarely associated with Japan in contemporary scholarship. This has not always been the case and the term was often used among earlier generations of scholars who introduced the Buraku... more
  • The rulers of the overseas empires summoned the Society of Jesus to evangelize... The rulers of the overseas empires summoned the Society of Jesus to evangelize their new subjects in the New World which Spain and Portugal shared; this book is about how two different missions in China and Peru evolved in the early modern world. From... more
  • This book revises the conventional wisdom about the Anglo-Japanese relationshi... This book revises the conventional wisdom about the Anglo-Japanese relationship in the late nineteenth century that these two countries were bound by mutual sympathy and common interests and therefore the common ground which led to the signing of the... more
  • Based on extensive original research including interviews with key participant... Based on extensive original research including interviews with key participants this book examines how following Richard Nixon s famous visit to China in 1972 Japan established formal diplomatic relations with China doing so before the United States... more
  • Written by a team of Japanese and German scholars this book presents an interp... Written by a team of Japanese and German scholars this book presents an interpretation of Japanese/German history and international diplomacy. It provides a greater understanding of key aspects of the countries bilateral relations from the end of the... more
  • This volume surveys transnational encounters and entanglements between Germany... This volume surveys transnational encounters and entanglements between Germany and East Asia since 1945 a period that has witnessed unprecedented global connections between the two regions. It examines their sociopolitical and cultural connections... more
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