Asian History

Japanese mythology is filled with stories of larger-than-life characters that shaped the landscape of Japan. They are the folk heroes who slayed mo...

Intelligentsia has been a widely used term in the studies of history and society to describe intellectual, academic, educational and publishing cir...

When American occupiers broke up the Japanese empire in the wake of World War II, approximately 1.7 million people departed Japan for various parts...

Case studies that show the importance of the Indian Ocean region to the emergence of modernity and globalization. This volume brings together a div...

The gripping story of Taiwan, from the flood myths of ancient legend to its Asian Tiger economic miracle and the looming threat of invasion by Chi...

Captive Warriors is, from the beginning to end, a thoughtful, well-written, and insightful true story of endurance and survival in some of the most...

As developing states adopt neoliberal policies, more and more working-class women find themselves pulled into the public sphere. They are pressed i...

As developing states adopt neoliberal policies, more and more working-class women find themselves pulled into the public sphere. They are pressed i...

This is the first world history of empire, reaching from the third millennium BCE to the present. By combining synthetic surveys, thematic comparat...

Examines how primary social ties fueled economic growthSouth Korea's rapid industrialization occurred with the rise of powerful chaebl (family-owne...

A dramatic new telling of the dawn of modern East Asia, placing Korea at the center of a transformed world order wrought by imperial greed and deva...

The early modern period opened a new era in the history of dermal marking. Intensifying global travel and trade, especially the slave trade, bought...

It's Madness examines Korea's years under Japanese colonialism, when mental health first became defined as a medical and social problem. As in most...

Written from a historian's perspective, this book analyses the role Mohammad Ali Jinnah played as the first Governor General of Pakistan. In the br...

This wide-ranging collection seeks to reassess conventional understanding of Japans Asia-Pacific War by defamiliarizing and expanding the rhetorica...

A survey of Chinese naval operational history, Lis book focuses on the major battles and important engagements of more than 1,200 Chinese naval ope...

Teddy bears, toys and fruit populate Imais intimate and imaginary compositions In The Scene, Japanese painter Ulala Imai (born 1982) draws refere...