History : Far East

Hawting challenges the traditional view that Islam developed in opposition to idolatry in pre-Islamic Arabia arguing that Islam arose in opposition to other forms of monotheism. The author is adept at unravelling the complexities of his material, and readers will find the argument engaging and persuasive. more...

Price: $60.00

J.N. Dixit, former foreign secretary of India, and one of the world's leading authorities on the region, has written a balanced and very readable account of the most tempestuous and potentially dangerous flashpoint in international politics. more...

Price: $170.00

This book studies specific regional issues and problems, exploring recent related political developments in Japan, and how these might impact on future foreign policy priorities and objectives. more...

Price: $190.00

On the eve of the Pacific war (1941-45), there were 198,000 Japanese in Brazil, the largest expatriate body outside East Asia. Yet the origins of this community have been obscured. The English-language library is threadbare while Japanese scholars routinely insist that life outside of Japan was filled with shock and hardship so that, as one historian asserted, 'their bodies were in Brazil but their minds were always in Japan'. This study redraws the world of the overseas Japanese. Using the Japanese-language press of Brazil, it explains the development of a community with its own, often aggressively independent or ironic views of identity, institutions, education, leisure, and on Japan itself. Emphasising the success of Japanese migrants and the openness of Brazilian society, it challenges the perceived wisdom that contact between Japanese and other peoples was always marked by hostility and racism. more...

Price: $99.00

In this book the contributors trace the origins of the post-war Japanese economic miracle and its spectacular effect on the region as a whole. more...

Price: $200.00