Regional History

Beginning in 1947, when ‘India and Pakistan were born to conflict, ‘ renowned India scholar Stanley Wolpert provides an authoritative, accessible primer on what is potentially the world’s most danger …

Over the course of less than a century, the U.S. transformed from a nation that excluded Asians from immigration and citizenship to one that receives more immigrants from Asia than from anywhere else …

An innovative remapping of empire, Imperial Connections offers a broad-ranging view of the workings of the British Empire in the period when the India of the Raj stood at the center of a newly global …

How did one dine with a shogun? Or make solid gold soup, sculpt with a fish, or turn seaweed into a symbol of happiness? In this fresh look at Japanese culinary history, Eric C. Rath delves into the …

Dennis Dalton’s classic account of Gandhi’s political and intellectual development focuses on the leader’s two signal triumphs: the civil disobedience movement (or salt satyagraha) of 1930 and the Ca …

The Class of 1761 reveals the workings of China’s imperial examination system from the unique perspective of a single graduating class. The author follows the students’ struggles in negotiating the e …

An early account of Japan’s culture and customs, already vanishing as Japan lept into modernity in the late 20th century. Basil Hall Chamberlain left Britain after suffering a nervous breakdown. His …

Drawing on 28 original essays, A Companion to the Early Middle Ages takes an inclusive approach to the history of Britain and Ireland from c.500 to c.1100 to overcome artificial distinctions of moder …

Covering the lively, even raucous, history of Louisiana from before First Contact through the Elections of 2012, this sixth edition of the classic Louisiana history survey provides an engaging and co …

Fiorello La Guardia was an ambitious man who wanted great success for himself–but he also wanted to advocate on behalf of the poor and forgotten. Through hard work and perseverance he managed to ach …