Asian History

An analysis of the Korean War, taking a cultural approach that emphasizes the human dimension of the war. There are chapters on Korean art in the war, translations into English of poetry by Korean soldiers, a study of songs on the war, discussion of war films, and more...

Examining the importance of regional differences in China's history, this text details the social, economic and political conditions of the central highlands at the end of the 19th century, and the early part of the 20th. Thus the nature and development of modern Chinese rural society is studied...

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

A discussion of the development of secret societies within China and among Chinese communities in colonial Southeast Asia in the late 18th and 19th centuries...

Based on extensive archival research in Asia, Europe, and the United States this book suggests a new approach to interpreting and explaining secularism not as a Western ideology but as a distinct form of historical practice in 20th century global history that evolved at the interplay of local, natio..

A collection of letters written by a cross-section of Japanese citizens to one of Japan's leading newspapers, expressing their personal reminiscences and opinions of the Pacific war. This work provides the general reader and the specialist with insights on a subject deliberately swept under the rug,..

An anthology of Chinese writings drawn from the late-1980s Maoist revival in mainland China. Illustrated with photographs and drawings, these selections are introduced and annnotated to provide an appreciation of their historical significance and the ideological confusion in China...

In this work, David Keenan translates and contextualizes over 100 tales from the "Notes from the Hut for Examining the Subtle" - a collection of tales and observations by Chi Yun (1724-1805). The translations comprise tales and anecdotes about Chi Yun's household, colleagues and neighbours...

In this work, David Keenan translates and contextualizes over 100 tales from the "Notes from the Hut for Examining the Subtle" - a collection of tales and observations by Chi Yun (1724-1805). The translations comprise tales and anecdotes about Chi Yun's household, colleagues and neighbours...

South Asia in the World: An Introduction..

This book explores how the Japanese occupation of Southeast asia affected various minority groups in the region. It provides a great deal of interesting new material on this complex subject from a range of Southeast Asian countries...

This book is the biography of a Chinese disease. Born in antiquity and reaching maturity during the epidemics that swept China during the seventeenth-century collapse of the Ming dynasty, the ancient notion of wenbing “Warm diseases” continued to play a role even in the response of Traditional Chine..