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Representing Atrocity in Taiwan: The 2/28 Incident and White Terror in Fiction and Film (Global Chinese Culture)

March 22, 2015

In 1945, Taiwan was placed under the administrative control of the Republic of China, and after two years, accusations of corruption and a failing economy sparked a local protest that was brutally quashed by the Kuomintang government. The February Twenty-Eighth (or 2/28) Incident led to four decades of martial law that became known as the […]
The Third Asiatic Invasion (Nation of Newcomers – Immigrant History As American History)

March 22, 2015

The first half of the twentieth century witnessed a wave of Filipino immigration to the United States, following in the footsteps of earlier Chinese and Japanese immigrants, the first and second Asiatic invasions. Perceived as alien because of their Asian ethnicity yet legally defined as American nationals granted more rights than other immigrants, Filipino American […]
A Slow Ride into the Past: The Chinese Trishaw Industry in Singapore, 1942-1983 (Monash Asia Series)

March 22, 2015

The trishaw (cycle rickshaw) was introduced in Singapore after the surrender of the British in 1942. After the end of the war, the trishaw continued to be a popular mode of transport, as it was cheap and the service was seen to be personalized. The trishaw industry was dominated by two Chinese minority dialect groups, […]
Bright Shining Lie John Paul Vann & Amer

March 22, 2015

In this magisterial book, a monument of history and biography that was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, renowned journalist Neil Sheehan tells the story of Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann-“the one irreplaceable American in Vietnam”-and of the tragedy that destroyed that country and the lives of so many Americans. […]
Baptism: A Vietnam Memoir

March 22, 2015

“The 2nd Battalion of the 7th Cavalry had the dubious distinction of being the unit that had fought the biggest battle of the war to date, and had suffered the worst casualties. We and the 1st Battalion.”A Yale graduate who volunteered to serve his country, Larry Gwin was only twenty-three years old when he arrived […]
Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

March 22, 2015

Perhaps nowhere else has literature been as conscious a collective endeavor as in China, and China’s survival over three thousand years may owe more to its literary traditions than to its political history. This Very Short Introduction tells the story of Chinese literature from antiquity to the present, focusing on the key role literary culture […]
A History of the Jews

March 22, 2015

A national bestseller, this brilliant 4000 year survey covers not only Jewish history but he impact of Jewish genius and imagination on the world. By the author of Modern Times: The World From the Twenties to the Eighties. Sale Price:$7.84 0060915331
Cold War Island: Quemoy on the Front Line

March 22, 2015

During the height of the Cold War in the 1950s the small island of Quemoy in the Taiwan Strait was the front line in the military standoff between Chiang Kai-shek’s Republic of China and Mao Zedong’s People’s Republic. Local society and culture were dramatically transformed. Michael Szonyi uses oral history, official documents, and dissident writings […]
The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars

March 22, 2015

From Andrew X. Pham, the award-winning author of Catfish and Mandala, a son’s searing memoir of his Vietnamese father’s experiences over the course of three wars.The Philadelphia Inquirer hailed Andrew Pham’s debut, Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam, for evoking “the full sadness of the human condition . […]
Education in West Central Asia (Education Around the World)

March 22, 2015

Education in West Central Asia is a comprehensive critical reference guide to education in the region. With chapters written by an international team of leading regional education experts, the book explores the education systems of each country in the region. With chapters covering Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the book critically […]

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