War, Politics and Society in Early Modern China, 900–1795

By Peter Lorge

This comprehensive survey of Chinese military history is the only book in English to span the significant years from 900 – 1795. Peter Lorge questions...

Published October 27th 2005 by Routledge.

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The Thailand-Burma Railway, 1942-1946

Documents and Selected Writings

Edited by PAUL KRATOSKA

The construction of the railway between Thailand and Burma in the Second World War using forced labour and prisoners of war has been the subject...

Published October 20th 2005 by Routledge.

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A Vietnamese Royal Exile in Japan

Prince Cuong De (1882-1951)

By Tran My-Van

Prince Cuong De, viewed by the French as a pretender to the Vietnamese throne, was an important and interesting figure in the history of Vietnam’s...

Published October 12th 2005 by Routledge.

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Caste, Colonialism and Counter-Modernity

Notes on a Postcolonial Hermeneutics of Caste

By Debjani Ganguly

One prevalent socio-cultural structure that is peculiar to South Asia is caste, which is broadly understood in socio-anthropological terms as an institution of ranked, hereditary...

Published July 27th 2005 by Routledge.

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The Indo-Aryan Controversy

Evidence and Inference in Indian History

Edited by Edwin Bryant, Laurie Patton

For the first time in a single volume, this book presents the various arguments in the Indo-Aryan controversy. It also provides a template for the...

Published July 26th 2005 by Routledge.

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Abolition and Its Aftermath in the Indian Ocean Africa and Asia

Edited by Gwyn Campbell

This important collection of essays examines the history and impact of the abolition of the slave trade and slavery in the Indian Ocean World, a...

Published July 18th 2005 by Routledge.

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Imperial Tombs in Tang China, 618-907

The Politics of Paradise

By Tonia Eckfeld

Intellectually and visually stimulating, this important landmark book looks at the religious, political, social and artistic significance of the Imperial tombs of the Tang Dynasty...

Published April 13th 2005 by Routledge.

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Medieval Chinese Medicine

The Dunhuang Medical Manuscripts

Edited by Christopher Cullen, Vivienne Lo

In recent decades various versions of Chinese medicine have begun to be widely practised in Western countries, and the academic study of the subject is...

Published April 6th 2005 by Routledge.

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The Court Chronicle of the Kings of Manipur - Cheitharon Kumpapa

Original Text, Translation and Notes Vol. 1. 33-1763 CE

By Saroj N Arambam Parratt

This volume contains a copy of the original text of the Cheitharon Kumpapa, the Court Chronicle of the Kings of Manipur which is authorised by...

Published April 1st 2005 by Routledge.

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Britain and Tibet 1765-1947

A Select Annotated Bibliography of British Relations with Tibet and the Himalayan States including Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan
Revised and Updated to 2003

Edited by Julie Marshall

This bibliography is a record of British relations with Tibet in the period from 1765 to 1947. It also provides background information to Tibet's claims...

Published March 31st 2005 by Routledge.

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