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In this feminist history of eight centuries of private life in China, Francesca Bray inserts women into the history of technology and adds technology to the history of women. Bray takes issue with th …

How did ordinary people live through the extraordinary changes that have swept across modern China? How did peasants transform themselves into urbanites? How did the citizens of Shanghai cope with th …

Current concerns in maritime Eurasia are centered on rising powers China and India. By way of background to understanding the current regional great power rivalry within maritime Eurasia, this book a …

Cebuano Sorcery: Malign Magic in the Philippines offers an in-depth exploration of persistent sorcery beliefs and practices in the Cebuano region of the Philippines, shedding light on their cultural …

H.D. Harootunian has provided a new preface for the paperback edition of his classic study Toward Restoration, the first intellectual history of the Meiji Restoration in English. H.D. Harootunian has …

An overview of Marco Polo’s book called Description of the World (‘Il Milione’ in Italian). It places ‘Il Milione’ in historical context and with details of Marco Polo’s life. An overview of Marco Po …

On October 1, 1949, a rural-based insurgency demolished the Nationalist government of Chiang-kai Shek and brought the Chinese Communists to national power. How did the Chinese Communists gain their m …

This title presents a series of childhood memories which are nostalgic, amusing and full of warmth. There were four children in this farming family, three boys and their younger sister, who often cou …

The children of Auschwitz: this is the darkest spot in the ocean of suffering that was the Holocaust. They were deported to the concentration camp with their families, with most being murdered in the …

Beginning in the late 19th century, Imperial Japan embarked on a program of aggressive military overseas adventures in Asia and the Pacific. From 1904 to 1941, Japan’s desire for resource independenc …