How an ordinary country cloth became a symbol of the Indian nation...more

What they were saying in 1904 . . . "Monsieur de Guerville is a passionate, and perhaps overly partial, friend of Japan. What he describes for us [in AU JAPON] is what he...more

A collection of fables, dating from as early as the Warring States Period, and including several by Mencius. Various authors and translators...more

This report presents a comprehensive overview of the information, communication and technological sector in China, and the role it has played during economic and social ...more

This book offers a distinctive overview of the internal and external pressures responsible for the making of modern Japan. L. M. Cullen argues that Japanese policies and fears...more

In a second edition of his book which has become essential reading for students of Japanese society, Yoshio Sugimoto uses both english and Japanese sources to update and ...more

China Witness is an extraordinary work of oral history that illuminates the diverse ways in which the Chinese perceive and understand their own history.
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CONTAINING more information on Asian culture than any other english-language chronological reference work, Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture is the first of ...more