Factories of Death

Japanese Biological Warfare, 1932-45 and the American Cover-Up

By Sheldon H. Harris

Factories of Death details the activities of the Japanese army scientists that conducted numerous horrifying experiments upon live human beings. It investigates who from the...

Published March 22nd 2002 by Routledge.

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Technology, Tradition and Survival

Aspects of Material Culture in the Middle East and Central Asia

By Richard Tapper, Keith McLachlan

The contributors address the history, originality, variety and sophistication of traditional science, technology and material culture in the Middle East and Central Asia, their influence...

Published January 30th 2002 by Routledge.

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Medieval Chinese Warfare 300-900

By David Graff

Shortly after 300 AD, barbarian invaders from Inner Asia toppled China's Western Jin dynasty, leaving the country divided and at war for several centuries. Despite...

Published November 29th 2001 by Routledge.

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The Manchurian Crisis and Japanese Society, 1931-33

By Sandra Wilson

This book explores the reactions to the Manchurian crisis of different sections of the state, and of a number of different groups in Japanese society,...

Published November 22nd 2001 by Routledge.

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The Armies of the Caliphs

Military and Society in the Early Islamic State

By Hugh Kennedy

The Armies of the Caliphs is the first major study of the relationship between army and society in the early Islamic period, and reveals the...

Published July 26th 2001 by Routledge.

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South East Asia

Colonial History

Edited by Paul H. Kratoska

The six volumes that make up this set provide an overview of colonialism in South East Asia. The first volume deals with Portuguese, Spanish and...

Published June 14th 2001 by Routledge.

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Hong Kong as an International Financial Centre

Emergence and Development, 1945-1965

By Dr Catherine Schenk

Based on previously unpublished archival records, this book studies the origins of Hong Kong's post war rise to global prominence. It explores the expansion of...

Published March 15th 2001 by Routledge.

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The Companion to British History

By Charles Arnold-Baker

This comprehensive A-Z guide to the history of Britain and its peoples will be indispensable reading for general readers and students. It contains some 1400...

Published March 9th 2001 by Informa Healthcare.

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Modern Chinese Warfare, 1795-1989

By Bruce A. Elleman

Why did the Chinese empire collapse and why did it take so long for a new government to reunite China? Modern Chinese Warfare, 1795-1989 seeks...

Published February 22nd 2001 by Routledge.

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Japanese Industrialisation

Historical and Cultural Perspectives

By Ian Inkster

Japan's escape from colonialism and its subsequent industrialisation has taken it to the point where its economy is second only to that of the US....

Published February 22nd 2001 by Routledge.

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