Barbarians at the Wall. The First Nomadic Empire and the Making of China, Paperback - John Man

The first nomadic empire and the making of China has its story told with meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, weighing in on the ci...

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In light of the intertwining logics of military competition and economic interdependence at play in US-China relations, Trading with the Enemy exam...

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Bain Attwood re-examines the historical treatment of indigenous peoples' sovereignty and property rights in Australia and New Zealand, demonstratin...

Reducere. In October 1839, a Windsor cabinet meeting votes to begin the first Opium War against China. Bureaucratic fumbling, military missteps, and a health...

A 20th anniversary edition of the classic work, which describes the battle for the control of RJR Nabisco in the autumn of 1988. It was the largest...

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Examines how ancient Greeks, Romans, and Chinese constructed a civilized sense of Self and a 'barbarian' Other, and how these notions held up in cr...

In The Japanese Discovery of Chinese Fiction, William C. Hedberg investigates the reception of The Water Margin in a variety of early modern and mo...

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The Outbreak of the First World War: Structure, Politics, and Decision-Making - Jack S. Levy, John A. Vasquez

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A brilliantly original take on the First World War, tracing the Indian army's journey from a small professional service to a crucial part of the co...

Shao-yun Yang challenges assumptions that the cultural and socioeconomic watershed of the Tang-Song transition (800-1127 CE) was marked by a xenoph...

MALTA 1941. The war has created a soldier-saluting adventure for eleven-year-old Joe Zarb, until a telegram arrives with news of papa, Victor. 1961...

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Reducere. ``A great way to learn about China's vast history ``--Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club Excels at clarifying the often-confusing transitional pe...

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"I don't make culture, I sell it" Dick Clark once remarked. Indeed, the man who reigned as host of American Bandstand for nearly four decades may n...

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Reducere. DescriptionA tale about big business, an imploding dynasty, a mogul at war, and a deal that epitomized an era of change While working at the Wall S...

DescriptionWhat happens when a distant colonial power tries to tame an unfamiliar terrain in the world's largest tidal delta? This history of drama...

The story of the idealists, technologists, and opportunists fighting to bring cryptocurrency to the masses.Publisher: PublicAffairs, U.S.Author(s):...

By examining the manufacturing, commercial, and cultural activities of the maverick industrialist Chen Diexian (1879-1940), Eugenia Lean illustrate...

In 1869, some seven hundred Catholic bishops traveled to Rome to participate in the first church-wide council in three hundred years. The French Re...

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A fresh new look at the Roman Empire, from the point of view of those regarded by the Romans as 'barbarians'. Kershaw builds a narrative around the...

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Perhaps no one in the 20th century had a greater long-term impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. This title provides a biography of his life....

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It is 1965, and Swinging London is coming into its prime years. Amid the color and chaos is a boy sporting drainpipe jeans, a devoted fan of The Wh...

The attacks of September 11, 2001, were accomplished through an amazing orchestration of logistics and personnel. Crossing the Rubicon discovers an...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Fei-Ling WangWhat does the rise of China represent, and how should the international community respond? With a holistic rer...

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Reducere. This well-researched work is built around the first diary written by Pvt. William J. McLean, 34th New York Infantry, beginning with his enlistment....

Nomad at Home dissects the desire to wander the globe from the point of view of the design-led traveller, those for whom 'it is a better thing to t...

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