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Singular for its breadth and balance, Winners in Peace chronicles the American Occupation of Japan, an episode that profoundly shaped the postwar world. Richard B. Finn, who participated in the Occup …

In a remarkable example of history as detective work, Brian Martin pieces together the fascinating and complex story of the Shanghai Green Gang and its charismatic leader, Du Yuesheng. Martin sifts t …

Until now, China has been scarcely represented in the burgeoning comparative literature on pilgrimage. This volume remedies that omission, discussing the interaction between pilgrims and sacred sites …

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit  www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Language of th …

Pirates, plagues, pistols and poisons; with adventure of all varieties, the third instalment of the popular ‘Tales’ series is a rollicking journey into colonial Hong Kong. A collection of historical …

In the Japanese labor movement of the early twentieth century, no one captured the public imagination as vividly as Osugi Sakae (1885-1923): rebel, anarchist, and martyr. Flamboyant in life, dramatic …

In 1949 a powerful political-military movement, led by the Chinese Communist party, gained control of war-ravaged China, inheriting a disorganized administration and a society eroded by decades of re …

This volume evaluates the dual roles of war and modernity in the transformation of twentieth-century Chinese identity. The contributors, all leading researchers, argue that war, no less than revoluti …

Das E-Book The Nationalist Movement wird angeboten von University of California Press und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert: …

Germany, like many countries, has witnessed the rise of extremist far-right groups and parties in recent years, and no more so than in the eastern regions. Why have those parts of Germany that used t …