STEWART LONE is Professor of modern Northeast Asian social history, University of New South Wales (campus at The Australian Defense Force Academy). He is the author of Korea Since 1850 (1993), Japan's First Modern War (1994), Army, Empire and Politics in Meiji Japan (2000), and The Japanese Community in Brazil 1908-1940.

"The first chapter in this history collection describes changes in Chinese practice imposed by the Taipings in 1853 while the last chapter characterizes the opportunities and culture available to both rural and urban dwellers in South Vietnam between 1965 and 1975. In between, academic contributors revisit the social and economic variations experienced by civilians during the Philippine Revolution, the Wars of Meiji Japan, WW II Japan and Indonesia, and the Korean War. Black and white drawings and photographs are provided." - Reference & Research Book News

STEWART LONE is Professor of modern Northeast Asian social history, University of New South Wales (campus at The Australian Defense Force Academy). He is the author of Korea Since 1850 (1993), Japan's First Modern War (1994), Army, Empire and Politics in Meiji Japan (2000), and The Japanese Community in Brazil 1908-1940.

"The first chapter in this history collection describes changes in Chinese practice imposed by the Taipings in 1853 while the last chapter characterizes the opportunities and culture available to both rural and urban dwellers in South Vietnam between 1965 and 1975. In between, academic contributors revisit the social and economic variations experienced by civilians during the Philippine Revolution, the Wars of Meiji Japan, WW II Japan and Indonesia, and the Korean War. Black and white drawings and photographs are provided." - Reference & Research Book News

STEWART LONE is Professor of modern Northeast Asian social history, University of New South Wales (campus at The Australian Defense Force Academy). He is the author of Korea Since 1850 (1993), Japan's First Modern War (1994), Army, Empire and Politics in Meiji Japan (2000), and The Japanese Community in Brazil 1908-1940.

"The first chapter in this history collection describes changes in Chinese practice imposed by the Taipings in 1853 while the last chapter characterizes the opportunities and culture available to both rural and urban dwellers in South Vietnam between 1965 and 1975. In between, academic contributors revisit the social and economic variations experienced by civilians during the Philippine Revolution, the Wars of Meiji Japan, WW II Japan and Indonesia, and the Korean War. Black and white drawings and photographs are provided." - Reference & Research Book News