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Masters Of The World Hidden behind many of today’s major news stories, the Bilderberg Group is an elite clique of the most powerful names in politics, media, business, and finance, who want to impose …

The Essential Asian Folklore Collection of classic folk tales and short stories from Asia:Chinese Folklore Tales Japanese Fairy-Tales Philippine Folk Tales Philippine Folklore Stories A Chinese Wonde …

Daisetsu Teitar?¯ Suzuki was a key figure in the introduction of Buddhism to the non-Asian world. Many outside Japan encountered Buddhism for the first time through his writings and teaching, and for …

Kären Wigen probes regional cartography, choerography, and statecraft to redefine restoration ( ishin) in modern Japanese history. As developed here, that term designates not the quick coup d’état of …

“…a must read for persons from all walks of life…interested in understanding the philosophical evolution of an ordinary man into the extraordinary.” —  Indian Law Journal In 1888, at the ag …

This revised second edition now extends to the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century, covering the financial crisis and the related crisis in European integration, the impact of the ‘Wa …

Taiwan’s modern legal system—quite different from those of both traditional China and the People’s Republic—has evolved since the advent of Japanese rule in 1895. Japan has gradually adopted Wester …

Pioneering study of the localization of Chinese culture in early modern Japan, using legends, classics, and historical terms as case studies. While current scholarship on Tokugawa Japan (1603–1868) t …

A Companion to Reconstruction Presidents presents a series of original essays that explore a variety of important issues, themes, and debates associated with the presidencies of Andrew Johnson, Ulyss …

A concise history of labor and work in America from the birth of the Republic to the Industrial Age and beyond From the days of Thomas Jefferson, Americans believed that they could sustain a capitali …