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Eurasian: Mixed Identities in the United States, China, and Hong Kong, 1842-1943

March 22, 2015

In the second half of the nineteenth century, global labor migration, trade, and overseas study brought China and the United States into close contact, leading to new cross-cultural encounters that brought mixed-race families into being. Yet the stories of these families remain largely unknown. How did interracial families negotiate their identities within these societies when […]
P Is for Pakistan (World Alphabets)

March 22, 2015

Following on the success of B Is for Brazil, C Is for China, and I Is for India, P Is for Pakistan teaches the ABCs with attention-grabbing photos that parade Pakistan’s many wonders. Author Shazia Razzak and photographer Prodeepta Das introduce a wide variety of the customs, religions, and cultures, both ancient and modern, found […]
Arrested Histories: Tibet, the CIA, and Memories of a Forgotten War

March 22, 2015

In the 1950s, thousands of ordinary Tibetans rose up to defend their country and religion against Chinese troops. Their citizen army fought through 1974 with covert support from the Tibetan exile government and the governments of India, Nepal, and the United States. Decades later, the story of this resistance is only beginning to be told […]
Historical Dictionary of Taiwan Cinema (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts)

March 22, 2015

Taiwan was able to solidly build and sustain a film industry only after locally-produced Mandarin films secured markets in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s. Though only a small island with a limited population, in its heyday, Taiwan was among the top-10 film producing countries/areas in the world, turning out hundreds […]
Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics)

March 22, 2015

Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to the Taliban resurgence today. Thomas Barfield introduces readers to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, explaining what unites them as Afghans despite the […]
The Spirit of Tibet: Portrait of a Culture in Exile

March 22, 2015

This visually stunning, full-color portrait of Tibetan life in exile displays the spirit of Tibetan refugees living in the beautifil mountain settings of northern India and shows how they have preserved the best of their unique culture and identity. Sale Price:$4.26 1559391073
The End of the War: Singapore’s Liberation and the Aftermath of the Second World War

March 22, 2015

Where there are victors, there are also the defeated. As the Second World War comes to a close in Southeast Asia, the Japanese military forces in the region must face up to the fact that the British will soon return to reoccupy their colonies. The British, on the other hand, have to quickly organise the […]
The Lao Kingdom of Lan-Xang: Rise and Decline

March 22, 2015

The book provides a narrative account of the great Lao kingdom that flourished in the middle Mekong region between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries. After an introductory chapter on the prehistory of Laos and migration of the Tai-Lao peoples, the foundation of a unified Lao kingdom is examined in the context of contending powers in […]
Cyrus the Great: An Ancient Iranian King

March 22, 2015

Cyrus is among the most impressive characters in the ancient world. From the Old Testament to Xenophon’s Cyropaedia, ancient texts have made him to an example of tolerance and just kingship. Hailing from a small principality in southwest Iran, he rapidly rose to power, creating a world empire. The five articles included here, along with […]
Singapore: A Country Study

March 22, 2015

This volume is one in a continuing series of books now being prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies-Area Handbook Program. Sale Price:$14.99 1491016558

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