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Whispers of Death - The Nightmare That Lasted a Lifetime (Hardcover): John W Nash Whispers of Death - The Nightmare That Lasted a Lifetime (Hardcover)
John W Nash
R849 Discovery Miles 8 490 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
History of Genghis Khan (Hardcover): Jacob Abbott History of Genghis Khan (Hardcover)
Jacob Abbott
R833 Discovery Miles 8 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Snake in the Road - A different take on the U.S. involvement in Vietnam (Hardcover): William G Hanne A Snake in the Road - A different take on the U.S. involvement in Vietnam (Hardcover)
William G Hanne
R725 Discovery Miles 7 250 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Ski (Hardcover): A. L Sutton Ski (Hardcover)
A. L Sutton
R700 Discovery Miles 7 000 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Netaji in Europe (Hardcover): Jan Kuhlmann Netaji in Europe (Hardcover)
Jan Kuhlmann
R853 Discovery Miles 8 530 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Insightful and well-researched, this book is the first-ever comprehensive account of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's activities in Europe. On 19 January 1941, Subhas Chandra Bose escaped in disguise from British surveillance in Calcutta to Kabul. There, he established contact with the German and Italian foreign ministries, thereby beginning a long period of collaboration with the Axis Powers to counter British rule in India. This led to the setting up of the Free India Centre, the radio station Azad Hind, and the Indian Legion - in which 4,500 Indian volunteers were trained by German experts to fight for the freedom of their nation. While his compatriots resisted colonial rule on native soil, Bose spearheaded the cause of freedom in Europe. Using Machiavellian tactics, he discreetly played the Axis leaders off against each other and courted considerable public favour through his transmissions on Radio Azad Hind. Netaji in Europe pieces together information from official records, diaries and military archives in Germany, Italy, Britain and India to give a comprehensive account of the daily negotiations between Bose, and foreign offices, diplomats and double agents, during the Second World War. These efforts resulted in a declaration of India's independence long before 1947, and the formation of the first Indian army. The first work to narrate the story of Netaji in Europe, this insightful book closes an important gap in research on Bose's biography.

Modern China and the New World - The Reemergence of the Middle Kingdom in the 21st Century (Hardcover, New): Randall Doyle,... Modern China and the New World - The Reemergence of the Middle Kingdom in the 21st Century (Hardcover, New)
Randall Doyle, Zhang Boshu
R3,450 R2,708 Discovery Miles 27 080 Save R742 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Modern China and the New World focuses upon a few of the main topics associated with China's recent rise to global prominence. Dr. Randall Doyle discusses the impact that China will have on the geopolitical balance throughout the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the effect of China's new power on U.S.-China relations in the 21st century. Dr. Zhang Boshu addresses China's continuing struggles with Tibet and the Dalai Lama. He also discusses the existing political system within China today and the future possibility of democratic reforms occurring and transforming Chinese society itself. Modern China and the New World presents these important topics by incorporating not just traditional reading and research, but also integrating the personal experiences of the authors.

Life of Sir Henry Lawrence; 2 (Hardcover): Herbert Benjamin Edwardes Life of Sir Henry Lawrence; 2 (Hardcover)
Herbert Benjamin Edwardes; Herman 1806-1874 Merivale
R981 Discovery Miles 9 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
History of India, in Nine Volumes - Vol. V - The Mohammedan Period as Described by Its Own Historians (Hardcover, Illustrated... History of India, in Nine Volumes - Vol. V - The Mohammedan Period as Described by Its Own Historians (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
Henry Miers Elliot; Edited by A.V.Williams Jackson
R980 Discovery Miles 9 800 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

First published in 1906, this classic nine-volume history of the nation of India places it among the storied lands of antiquity, alongside Egypt, China, and Mesopotamia. Edited by American academic ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS JACKSON (1862 1937), professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, it offers a highly readable narrative of the Indian people and culture through to the time of its publication, when the nation was still part of the British Empire. Volume V, The Mohammedan Period as Described by Its Own Historians consisting of selections from the eight-volume History of India as Described by Its Own Historians by British historian SIR HENRY MIERS ELLIOT (1803-1853) features entertaining and enlightening treatments of: the Arab conquest of Sind the holy wars of Islam waged against Hindustan rise of the house of Ghor Raziya, the Mohammedan empress of India Ala-Ad-Din s conquests on the Deccan Timur s account of his invasion of India the memoirs of the emperor Babar and much more. This beautiful replica of the 1906 first edition includes all the original illustrations.

Democratization in Confucian East Asia - Citizen Politics in China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam... Democratization in Confucian East Asia - Citizen Politics in China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam (Hardcover, New)
Zhengxu Wang
R2,283 Discovery Miles 22 830 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Worldwide newspaper headlines in recent years have covered political unrest in many East Asian nations. Citizens in these nations have become more vocal about their governments and the populace's role in those governments. Democracy is not the dominant form of government in many of these nations. However, as nations have evolved, social change and economic developments have brought increasingly pro-democratic forces to the forefront. Examining the forces of economic growth and social modernization and their impact on democratization provides the basis of this timely study. Using China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam as case studies, this book delves into these nations' Confucian cultural heritage and how that heritage allows for careful comparison of variables which affect societal values. Will East Asian nations embrace democracy? Will the nations already democratic become stronger? This book offers insightful responses to these critical questions. Democratization in East Asia is an important addition for collections in political science and Asian studies.

Orientalia - Antropologia, Cultura, Religion, Historia y Leyendas de Oriente (English, Spanish, Hardcover): Carlo Emanuele... Orientalia - Antropologia, Cultura, Religion, Historia y Leyendas de Oriente (English, Spanish, Hardcover)
Carlo Emanuele Ruspoli
R1,091 Discovery Miles 10 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

El autor es Carlo Emanuele Ruspoli. Roma, 1949. Es doctor arquitecto y autor de numerosos t tulos t cnicos y cat logos, as como de proyectos de edificaci n e industriales. Ensayista de art culos de ndole t cnica y cultural en varias revistas, asimismo colabora con la Real Academia Matritense de Her ldica y Genealog a. En mayo de 2011 edit con dicha Real Academia su primer libro de historia Retratos, an cdotas y secretos de los linajes Borja, T llez-Gir n, Marescotti y Ruspoli. Ha escrito adem?'s libros de historia, antropolog a, an cdotas de vida profesional y genealog a. Adem?'s ha publicado varias novelas hist ricas como: El Confaloniero, El Profeso, Asesinato en el Letr n, Muerte de Profesos, El Profeso en T bet y est preparando una nueva novela de la serie que se titular: El Profeso y el diablo. Su larga trayectoria profesional y su inquietud como viajador le ha permitido viajar a casi todos los lugares mencionados en este libro.

Francesco Benci's Quinque Martyres - Introduction, Translation and Commentary (Hardcover, Approx. XIV, 722 Pp. ed.): Paul... Francesco Benci's Quinque Martyres - Introduction, Translation and Commentary (Hardcover, Approx. XIV, 722 Pp. ed.)
Paul G. Gwynne
R4,290 Discovery Miles 42 900 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In 1583, five Jesuit brothers set out with the intention of founding a new church and mission in India. Their dream was almost immediately, and brutally, terminated by local opposition. When their massacre was announced in Rome, it was treated as martyrdom. Francesco Benci, professor of rhetoric at the Collegium Romanum, immediately set about celebrating their deaths in a new type of epic, distinct from, yet dependent upon, the classical tradition: Quinque martyres e Societate Iesu in India. This is the first critical edition and translation of this important text. The commentary highlights both the classical sources and the historical and religious context of the mission. The introduction outlines Benci's career and stresses his role as the founder of this vibrant new genre. This volume is the first one for a new subseries in the 'Jesuit Studies' series: 'Jesuit Neo-Latin Library'.

Another South Asia (Hardcover): Dev Nath Pathak Another South Asia (Hardcover)
Dev Nath Pathak
R1,636 Discovery Miles 16 360 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Yudhoyono Presidency - Indonesia's Decade of Stability and Stagnation (Hardcover): Edward Aspinall, Marcus Mietzner,... The Yudhoyono Presidency - Indonesia's Decade of Stability and Stagnation (Hardcover)
Edward Aspinall, Marcus Mietzner, Dirk Tomsa
R1,205 Discovery Miles 12 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The presidency of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2004-14) was a watershed in Indonesia's modern democratic history. Yudhoyono was not only the first Indonesian president to be directly elected, but also the first to be democratically re-elected. Coming to office after years of turbulent transition, he presided over a decade of remarkable political stability and steady economic growth. But other aspects of his rule have been the subject of controversy. While supporters view his presidency as a period of democratic consolidation and success, critics view it as a decade of stagnation and missed opportunities. This book is the first comprehensive attempt to evaluate both the achievements and the shortcomings of the Yudhoyono presidency. With contributions from leading experts on Indonesia's politics, economy and society, it assesses the Yudhoyono record in fields ranging from economic development and human rights, to foreign policy, the environment and the security sector.

Belonging across the Bay of Bengal - Religious Rites, Colonial Migrations, National Rights (Hardcover): Michael Laffan Belonging across the Bay of Bengal - Religious Rites, Colonial Migrations, National Rights (Hardcover)
Michael Laffan
R3,989 Discovery Miles 39 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Belonging across the Bay of Bengal discusses themes connecting the regions bordering the Bay of Bengal, mainly covering the period from the mid-19th through the mid-20th centuries - a crucial period of transition from colonialism to independence. Focusing on the notion of 'belonging', the chapters in this collection highlight themes of ethnicity, religion, culture and the emergence of nationalist politics and state policies as they relate to the movement of peoples in the region. While the Indian Ocean has been of interest to scholars for decades, there has been a notable tilt towards historicizing the Western half of that space, often prioritizing Islamic trade as the key connective glue prior to the rise of Western power and the later emergence of transnational Indian nationalism. Belonging across the Bay of Bengal enriches this story by drawing attention to Buddhist and migrant connectivities, introducing discussions of Lanka, Burma and the Straits Settlements to establish the historical context of the current refugee crises playing out in these regions. This is a timely and innovative volume that offers a fresh approach to Indian Ocean history, further enriching our understanding of the current debates over minority rights and refugee problems in the region. It will be of great significance to all students and scholars of Indian Ocean studies as well as historians of modern South and Southeast Asia.

Korea at a Glance (Full Color) - Quick and Easy Visual Book To Help You Learn and Understand Korea ! (Abridged, Hardcover,... Korea at a Glance (Full Color) - Quick and Easy Visual Book To Help You Learn and Understand Korea ! (Abridged, Hardcover, Abridged edition)
Fandom Media
R535 Discovery Miles 5 350 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The History of the Jews in China (Hardcover): S. M. Perlmann The History of the Jews in China (Hardcover)
S. M. Perlmann
R761 Discovery Miles 7 610 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Fall of Reza Shah - The Abdication, Exile, and Death of Modern Iran's Founder (Hardcover): Shaul Bakhash The Fall of Reza Shah - The Abdication, Exile, and Death of Modern Iran's Founder (Hardcover)
Shaul Bakhash
R3,177 Discovery Miles 31 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Reza Shah's authoritarian and modernising reign transformed Iran, but his rule and Iran's independence ended in ignominy in 1941. In this book, Shaul Bakhash tells the full story of the Anglo-Soviet invasion which led to his forced abdication, drawing upon previously unused sources to reveal for the first time that the British briefly, but seriously, toyed with the idea of doing away altogether with the ruling Pahlavis and considered reinstalling on the throne a little-regretted previous dynasty. Bakhash charts Reza Shah's final journey through Iran and into his unhappy exile; his life in exile, his reminiscences; his testy relationship with the British in Mauritius and Johannesburg; and the circumstances of his death. Additionally, it reveals the immense fortune Reza Shah amassed during his years in power, his finances in exile, and the drawn-out dispute over the settlement of his estate after his death. A significant contribution to the literature on Reza Shah and British imperialism as it played out in the case of one critical country during World War II, the book reveals the fraught relationship between a once powerful ruler in his final days and the British government at a critical moment in recent history.

Letters to Fort St. George ... [serial]; v.32(1751/52) c.1 (Hardcover): Madras (India Presidency), Madras (India Presidency)... Letters to Fort St. George ... [serial]; v.32(1751/52) c.1 (Hardcover)
Madras (India Presidency), Madras (India Presidency) Record O
R830 Discovery Miles 8 300 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
State in Medieval Kashmir (Hardcover, UK ed.): Rattanlal Hangloo State in Medieval Kashmir (Hardcover, UK ed.)
Rattanlal Hangloo
R1,363 Discovery Miles 13 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The study focuses on the central function of the medieval Kashmir Shahmir sultanate in relation to surplus extarction and the perpetuation of its domination with its heavy dependence on both brahmanism and Islam. It seeks to situate the medieval state of kashmir in the cultural and social traditions of the region. The study is organized around 4 aspects: The historical roots of state formation in pre sultanate Kashmir, conversion to Islam, The Sayyids, Sultans and the state, a search for legitimacy and the incorporation of the sultanate in the mughla state.

The Spell of Japan (Hardcover): Isabel 1876-1948 Anderson The Spell of Japan (Hardcover)
Isabel 1876-1948 Anderson
R975 Discovery Miles 9 750 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Women Journalists and Feminism in China, 1898-1937 (Hardcover, New): Yuxin Ma Women Journalists and Feminism in China, 1898-1937 (Hardcover, New)
Yuxin Ma
R2,852 Discovery Miles 28 520 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A most remarkable change took place in the first half of the twentieth century in China--women journalists became powerful professionals who championed feminist interests, discussed national politics, and commented on current social events by editing independent periodicals. The rise of modern journalism in China provided literate women with a powerful institution that allowed them articulate women's presence in the public space. In editing women's periodicals, women writers transformed themselves from traditional literary women (cain) to professional women journalists (nbaoren) in the period of 1898-1937 when journalism became increasingly independent of and resistant to state control. The women's media writings in the early decades of the twentieth century not only reveal the historical diversity and complexity of feminist issues in China but also casts light upon important feminist topics that have survived the Nationalist, Communist, and economic reform eras. Today, public debate on women's issues in Mainland China and Taiwan is shaped by past feminist discourse and uses a vocabulary and language familiar to readers of an earlier era. This book examines how women journalists constructed Chinese feminism and debated patriarchy and women's roles in the newly created public space of print media during the period of 1898-1937. It studies Chinese women's public writings in periodicals edited and staffed by women journalists in four major urban centers-Shanghai, Tokyo, Beijing, and Tianjin at a time when urban society underwent major transformation and experienced drastic political, social, and cultural changes. The revolution that overthrew the imperial government in 1911; an attack on patriarchy by cultural radicals in 1915-1919; and the advocacy of nationalism, liberalism, socialism, and feminism by intellectuals who received a Western-style education all worked together to undermine the Confucian notions of gender hierarchy, spatial separation of the sexes, and female domesticity among the well-educated urban classes. Doors of political participation, public activism, and production cracked open for courageous women who ventured into urban public spaces. From 1898 to 1937, urban women of the upper, middle, and working classes became increasingly visible at modern schools, as well as in career and production fields, political activism, and women's movements. At the same time, women edited independent periodicals and championed women's rights. Women's periodicals provided a site where writers negotiated with nationalism, patriarchy, and party lines to define and defend women's interests. These early feminist writings captured how activists perceived themselves and responded to the social and political changes around them. This book takes a historical approach in its examination and uses gender as an analytical category to study the significance of women's press writings in the years of nation building. Treating women journalists as agents of change and using their media writings as primary sources, this book explores what mattered to women writers at different historical junctures, as well as how they articulated values and meaning in a changing society and guided social changes in the direction they desired. It delineates the transformation of women journalists from political-minded Confucian gentry women to professional journalists, and of women's periodicals from representing women journalists' views to addressing the concerns and needs of the majority of women. It analyzes how the concepts of "feminism" and "nationalism" were embodied with different--even contesting--meanings at given historical junctures, and how women journalists managed to advance various feminist agendas by tapping on the various meanings of nationalism. This is an important book for collections in Asian studies, journalism history, and women's studies.

History of India, in Nine Volumes - Vol. IV - Mediaeval India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar the Great... History of India, in Nine Volumes - Vol. IV - Mediaeval India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar the Great (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
Stanley Lane-Poole; Edited by A.V.Williams Jackson
R858 Discovery Miles 8 580 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

First published in 1906, this classic nine-volume history of the nation of India places it among the storied lands of antiquity, alongside Egypt, China, and Mesopotamia. Edited by American academic ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS JACKSON (18621937), professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, it offers a highly readable narrative of the Indian people and culture through to the time of its publication, when the nation was still part of the British Empire. Volume IV, Part 2 of Medi]val India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar the Great, by British scholar STANLEY LANE-POOLE (1854-1931), features entertaining and enlightening treatments of: [ the united empire of Akbar the Great [ Akbars reforms: the divine faith [ the great Moghul and European travellers [ Shah Jahan the Magnificent [ Aurangzib, the puritan emperor [ the fall of the Moghul empire [ and much more. This beautiful replica of the 1906 first edition includes all the original illustrations.

The Afsharid and Qajar Dynasty - A Captivating Guide to Two Iranian Dynasties Who Ruled Persia from 1736 to 1925 (Hardcover):... The Afsharid and Qajar Dynasty - A Captivating Guide to Two Iranian Dynasties Who Ruled Persia from 1736 to 1925 (Hardcover)
Captivating History
R453 R422 Discovery Miles 4 220 Save R31 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Playing Jazz in Socialist Vietnam - Quyen Van Minh and Jazz in Ha Noi (Hardcover): Stan BH Tan-Tangbau, Quyen Van Minh,... Playing Jazz in Socialist Vietnam - Quyen Van Minh and Jazz in Ha Noi (Hardcover)
Stan BH Tan-Tangbau, Quyen Van Minh, Yamashita Yosuke
R2,953 Discovery Miles 29 530 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Quyen Van Minh (b. 1954) is not only a jazz saxophonist and lecturer at the prestigious Vietnam National Academy of Music, but he is also one of the most preeminent jazz musicians in Vietnam. Considered a pioneer in the country, Minh is often publicly recognized as the "godfather of Vietnamese jazz." Playing Jazz in Socialist Vietnam tells the story of the music as it intertwined with Minh's own narrative. Stan BH Tan-Tangbau details Minh's life story, telling how Minh pioneered jazz as an original genre even while navigating the trials and tribulations of a fervent socialist revolution, of the ideological battle that was the Cold War, of Vietnam's war against the United States, and of the political changes during the Doi Moi period between the mid-1980s and the 1990s. Minh worked tirelessly and delivered two breakthrough solo recitals in 1988 and 1989, marking the first time jazz was performed in the public sphere in the socialist state. To gain jazz acceptance as a mainstream musical art form, Minh founded Minh Jazz Club. With the release of his debut album of original compositions in 2000, Minh shaped the nascent genre of Vietnamese jazz. Minh's endeavors kickstarted the momentum, from his performing jazz in public, teaching jazz both formally and informally, and contributing to the shaping of an original Vietnamese voice to stand out among the many styles in the jazz world. Most importantly, Minh generated a public space for musicians to play and for the Vietnamese to listen. His work eventually helped to gain jazz the credibility necessary at the national conservatoire to offer instruction in a professional music education program.

History of India as it Happened (Hardcover): Frangois Gautier History of India as it Happened (Hardcover)
Frangois Gautier
R904 Discovery Miles 9 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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