2015 | Asian History Books

Health and Hygiene in Chinese East Asia: Policies and Publics in the Long Twentieth Century

March 22, 2015

This collection expands the history of colonial medicine and public health by exploring efforts to overcome disease and improve human health in Chinese regions of East Asia from the late nineteenth century to the present. The contributors consider the science and politics of public health policymaking and implementation in Taiwan, Manchuria, Hong Kong, and the […]
The Vale of Kashmir

March 22, 2015

A world-renowned photographer’s spectacular tribute to the land and people of this remote region.The Vale of Kashmir celebrates the people and landscape of Kashmir and the unique way of life that has developed there. John Isaac set out to create a work that would honor both the cultural complexity and the breathtaking beauty of this […]
The Second Burmese War: A narrative of the operations at Rangoon in 1852

March 22, 2015

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1853 edition by Smith, Elder & Co., London. Sale Price:$15.88 1402189419
The Arabs: A History

March 22, 2015

In this definitive history of the modern Arab world, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan draws extensively on Arab sources and texts to place the Arab experience in its crucial historical context for the first time. Tracing five centuries of Arab history, Rogan reveals that there was an age when the Arabs set the rules for the […]
Imperial China: Photographs 1850-1912

March 22, 2015

The Orient has always fascinated the West. Part of China’s mysterious allure has stemmed from the fact that it remained virtually invisible to all but a handful of Europeans until the mid-19th century. Fortunately, the advent of photography coincided with the opening of China to the West and provided us with an historic legacy of […]
A Modern History of Hong Kong

March 22, 2015

From a little-known fishing community at the periphery of China, Hong Kong developed into one of the world’s most spectacular and cosmopolitan metropoles after a century and a half of British imperial rule. This history of Hong Kong — from its occupation by the British in 1841 to its return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 […]
The Christians of Pakistan: The Passion of Bishop John Joseph

March 22, 2015

In May 1998, John Joseph, the first native Pakistani Catholic bishop, shot himself in front of the courthouse where a Christian had been sentenced to death for blasphemy. This book tells the story of the Christians in Pakistan, with Bishop Joseph as its centrepiece. It is an account of outcastes who sought hope through Christianity, […]
Singapore’s Dunkirk: The Aftermath of the Fall

March 22, 2015

When Singapore fell so ignominiously to the Japanese in February 1942, many tens of thousands of men, women and children were left to their own devices. To stay in Singapore meant certain captivity. This book tells of some of the remarkable and shocking experiences that lay in store for those who decided to escape by […]
Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings

March 22, 2015

Representative of the Fachia, or Legalist, school of philosophy, the writings of Han Fei Tzu (280?-233 B.C.) confront the issues of preserving and strengthening the state. His lessons remain timely as scholars continue to examine the nature and use of power. Burton Watson provides a new preface and a helpful introduction. Sale Price:$18.42 0231086091
American Empire and the Politics of Meaning: Elite Political Cultures in the Philippines and Puerto Rico during U.S. Colonialism (Politics, History, and Culture)

March 22, 2015

When the United States took control of the Philippines and Puerto Rico in the wake of the Spanish-American War, it declared that it would transform its new colonies through lessons in self-government and the ways of American-style democracy. In both territories, U.S. colonial officials built extensive public school systems, and they set up American-style elections […]

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