Don Juan of Persia

A Shi'ah Catholic 1560-1604

Edited by G. L. Strange

First published in 1926. Don Juan was a Persian Moslem who became a Spanish Roman Catholic. His description of Persia and his account of the...

Published October 21st 2004 by Routledge.

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Genealogy of the South Indian Deities

An English Translation of Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg's Original German Manuscript with a Textual Analysis and Glossary

By Daniel Jeyaraj

For the first time Genealogy of the South Indian Deities, the work of Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (1682-1719), the first Protestant missionary in India, is made accessible...

Published September 23rd 2004 by Routledge.

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A History of India

By Hermann Kulke, Dietmar Rothermund

Published August 26th 2004 by Routledge.

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The Rise and Decline of Thai Absolutism

By Kullada Kesboonchoo Mead

This book examines the development of Thailand from the integration of Siam into the European world economy at the beginning of the nineteenth century, up...

Published July 29th 2004 by Routledge.

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Russian Views of Japan, 1792-1913

An Anthology of Travel Writing

By David N. Wells

Before Japan was 'opened up' in the 1850s, contact with Russia as well as other western maritime nations was extremely limited. Yet from the early...

Published July 29th 2004 by Routledge.

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Muslim Saints of South Asia

The Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries

By Anna Suvorova

This book studies the veneration practices and rituals of the Muslim saints. It outlines principal trends of the main Sufi orders in India, the profiles...

Published July 22nd 2004 by Routledge.

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Women's Suffrage in Asia

Gender, Nationalism and Democracy

Edited by Louise Edwards, Mina Roces

Including chapters on Indonesia, India, Thailand, China, the Philippines, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, Vietnam and international suffrage connections, Women's Suffrage in Asia engages in debates on...

Published July 1st 2004 by Routledge.

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Filial Piety in Chinese Thought and History

By Alan Chan, Sor-Hoon Tan

The phenomenon of filial piety is fundamental to our understanding of Chinese culture, and this excellent collection of essays explores its role in various areas...

Published June 17th 2004 by Routledge.

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Mao

By Michael Lynch

Michael Lynch presents an engaging and thorough account of Mao's life and politics, making use of a wealth of primary and secondary sources. He locates...

Published June 3rd 2004 by Routledge.

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The Partition of Bengal and Assam, 1932-1947

Contour of Freedom

By Bidyut Chakrabarty

The fragmentation of Bengal and Assam in 1947 was a crucial moment in India's socio-political history as a nation state. Both the British Indian provinces...

Published May 27th 2004 by Routledge.

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