2015 | Asian History Books

The Epic of Gesar of Ling: Gesar’s Magical Birth, Early Years, and Coronation as King

March 25, 2015

The Gesar of Ling epic is the Tibetan equivalent of The Arabian Nights. For hundreds of years, versions of it have been known in oral and written form in Tibet, China, Central Asia, and across the eastern Silk Route. King Gesar, renowned throughout these areas, represents the ideal warrior. As a leader with his people’s […]
China Rising: Peace, Power, and Order in East Asia

March 25, 2015

Throughout the past three decades East Asia has seen more peace and stability than at any time since the Opium Wars of 1839-1841. During this period China has rapidly emerged as a major regional power, averaging over nine percent economic growth per year since the introduction of its market reforms in 1978. Foreign businesses have […]
Desert Places

March 25, 2015

The Rebari are a nomadic tribe in India’s Thar Desert. Like nomads everywhere, the Rebari are being forced into accepting a more sedentary life. Their traditional trading and pilgrimage routes have been transected by borders and canals or blocked by atomic bomb testing sites and irrigated farm lands. But once a year, they arrive in […]
Jews in Thailand

March 25, 2015

The first book published on the history of the Jewish community in ThailandTraces the presence of Jews in Thailand from the early 17th century to the presentDiscusses the role that Thailand played in the 1930s and World War II as a place of refuge for Jews fleeing Nazi GermanyDocuments the formation of the Jewish Association […]
Magnificent Delusions: Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding

March 25, 2015

The relationship between America and Pakistan is based on mutual incomprehension and always has been. Pakistanto American eyeshas gone from being a quirky irrelevance, to a stabilizing friend, to an essential military ally, to a seedbed of terror. Americato Pakistani eyeshas been a guarantee of security, a coldly distant scold, an enthusiastic military enabler, and […]
City at the End of Time: Poems by Leung Ping-Kwan (Echoes: Classics of Hong Kong Culture and History)

March 25, 2015

Written by Leung Ping-kwan in the 1980s and 1990s, this volume of poetry evokes the complexity of Hong Kong city life in the critical moments preceding the 1997 handover. The poet muses upon the problems of cultural identity and the passing of time, and explores the relationship between poetry and other genres and media within […]
Classical Chinese Literature

March 25, 2015

The summation of more than two thousand years of one of the world’s most august literary traditions, this volume also represents the achievements of four hundred years of Western scholarship on China. The selections include poetry, drama, fiction, songs, biographies, and works of early Chinese philosophy and history rendered in English by the most renowned […]
A History of Islamic Societies

March 25, 2015

Long considered a classic, A History of Islamic Societies is now that much more useful a reference for general readers and scholars alike. Widely praised for its balanced and comprehensive account, Ira Lapidus’ work has been fully revised in its coverage of each country and region of the Muslim world through 2001. It incorporates the […]
Strange Parallels: Volume 1, Integration on the Mainland: Southeast Asia in Global Context, c.800-1830 (Studies in Comparative World History)

March 25, 2015

In an ambitious effort to overcome the extreme fragmentation of early Southeast Asian historiography, this study connects Southeast Asia to world history. Victor Lieberman argues that over a thousand years, each of mainland Southeast Asia’s great lowland corridors experienced a pattern of accelerating integration punctuated by recurrent collapse. These trajectories were synchronized not only between […]
Sky Dancer: The Secret Life And Songs Of Lady Yeshe Tsogyel

March 25, 2015

Yeshe Tsogyel, consort of Guru Padmasambhava, is the most famous of the enlightened women of Tibet. Women have a special place in tantra, but except for Sky Dancer there are few writings that present the spiritual practices and evolution of female aspirants. Here women are in an eminent position, and a path of practice is […]

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