2015 | Asian History Books

Tibet: A History

March 22, 2015

Situated north of the Himalayas, Tibet is famous for its unique culture and its controversial assimilation into modern China. Yet Tibet in the twenty-first century can only be properly understood in the context of its extraordinary history.Sam van Schaik brings the history of Tibet to life by telling the stories of the people involved, from […]
The Great Transition: Political and Social Change in the Republic of China (Hoover Press Publication)

March 22, 2015

This book concerns government and politics in Taiwan under the rule of the Chinese Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT). The KMT forces, defeated in China’s civil war of 1947-49, retreated to Taiwan to form the Republic of China, representing the authority they salvaged from the mainland. The KMT regime has exercised authoritarian rule over the […]
Colonial Counterpoint: Music in Early Modern Manila (Currents in Latin Amer & Iberian Music)

March 22, 2015

In this groundbreaking study, D. R. M. Irving reconnects the Philippines to current musicological discourse on the early modern Hispanic world. For some two and a half centuries, the Philippine Islands were firmly interlinked to Latin America and Spain through transoceanic relationships of politics, religion, trade, and culture. The city of Manila, founded in 1571, […]
The Hispanization of the Philippines: Spanish Aims and Filipino Responses, 1565-1700 (New Perspectives in Se Asian Studies)

March 22, 2015

After conquest of the Philippine archipelago in the late sixteenth century, Spanish colonizers launched a sweeping social program designed to bring about dramatic religious, political, and economic changes. But the limitations of Spanish colonial resources, together with the reactions of Filipinos themselves, combined to shape the outcome of that effort in unique and unexpected ways, […]
Tibet Since 1950: Silence, Prison or Exile

March 22, 2015

Through a diverse selection of photographs, personal interviews, and historical information, Tibet Since 1950: Silence, Prison, or Exile, a collaboration between Aperture and Human Rights Watch, looks beyond the Shangri-la image of Tibet to the impact of political repression by the Chinese government on Tibetan lives.The Tibet Autonomous Region as well as the area known […]
Pakistan: Eye of the Storm

March 22, 2015

Pakistan – with its political instability, vociferous Islamic community, pressing economic and social problems, access to nuclear weapons, and proximity to Afghanistan – stands at the very centre of global attention. Can General Musharraf, Pakistan’s military ruler, control the forces that helped create the Taliban in Afghanistan? In this book, journalist Owen Bennett Jones looks […]
The Legend of Queen Cama: Bodhiramsi’s Camadevivamsa, a Translation and Commentary (SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies)

March 22, 2015

An English translation and a commentary on the chronicle of Queen Cama, an important but neglected female monarch who founded a dynasty in Northern Thailand.The Legend of Queen Cama (Camadevivamsa), an early fifteenth-century Pali chronicle written by Mahathera Bodhiramsi, recounts the story of the founding of the kingdom of Haripunjaya in the Chiang Mai valley […]
Taiwan: Beyond the Economic Miracle (Taiwan in the Modern World (M.E. Sharpe Hardcover))

March 22, 2015

This volume arises from a major conference on issues of importance to the future of Taiwan and the region. With contributions by scholars from Taiwan and the West, the book is divided into sections on: political reform and development on Taiwan, Taiwan’s changing political economy, social and environmental issues on Taiwan, Taiwan external relations and […]
Pakistan: History and Politics 1947-1971 (Oxford Pakistan Paperbacks)

March 22, 2015

This work is a comprehensive account of the history and politics of Pakistan from its inception to its breakup, which resulted in the establishment of Bangladesh. It encompasses with depth and precision all the developments in politics, economy, and foreign relations that help in understanding the historical process. It throws light on the democratic and […]
A Hundred Thousand White Stones: An Ordinary Tibetan’s Extraordinary Journey

March 22, 2015

A Hundred Thousand White Stones is one young Tibetan woman’s fearlessly told story of longing and change. Kunsang Dolma writes with unvarnished candor of the hardships she experienced as a girl in Tibet, violations as a refugee nun in India, and struggles as an immigrant and new mother in America. Yet even in tribulation, she […]

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