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18 produkter
First Globalization
The Eurasian Exchange, 1500-1800
Häftad, 2003
732 kr
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First Globalization presents an original and sweeping conceptualization of the grand cultural-civilizational encounter between Asia and Europe. Now largely taken for granted, the exchange resonates in multiple ways even today. Offering a 'metageography' of the vast Eurasian zone, Geoffrey C. Gunn …
Historical Dictionary of East Timor
Inbunden, 2010
1313 kr
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East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste, comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, located at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago. East Timor was among the last of colonial territories to become independent, and it actually had to be liberated twice. First, after more than four …
Historical Dictionary of East Timor
E-bok, 2010
1413 kr
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East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste, comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, located at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago. East Timor was among the last of colonial territories to become independent, and it actually had to be liberated twice. First, after more than four …
Language, Power, and Ideology in Brunei Darussalam
Häftad, 1996
370 kr
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Contrary to modern theories of developing nations, Brunei Darussalam, which has a very high rate of literacy, is also one of the few countries where the traditional elite retains absolute political power. Professor Gunn's comprehensive study, which assesses the state's efforts to implement national …
Ho Chi Minh in Hong Kong
Inbunden, 2021
1243 kr
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It was the trial of a century in colonial Hong Kong when, in 1931-33, Ho Chi Minh - the future President of Vietnam - faced down deportation to French-controlled territory with a death sentence dangling over him. Thanks to his appeal to English common law, Ho Chi Minh won his reprieve. With …
Ho Chi Minh in Hong Kong
E-bok, 2021
495 kr
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It was the trial of a century in colonial Hong Kong when, in 1931–33, Ho Chi Minh - the future President of Vietnam - faced down deportation to French-controlled territory with a death sentence dangling over him. Thanks to his appeal to English common law, Ho Chi Minh won his reprieve. With …
Ho Chi Minh in Hong Kong
E-bok, 2021
484 kr
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It was the trial of a century in colonial Hong Kong when, in 1931–33, Ho Chi Minh - the future President of Vietnam - faced down deportation to French-controlled territory with a death sentence dangling over him. Thanks to his appeal to English common law, Ho Chi Minh won his reprieve. With …
Ho Chi Minh in Hong Kong
Häftad, 2023
498 kr
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It was the trial of a century in colonial Hong Kong when, in 1931-33, Ho Chi Minh - the future President of Vietnam - faced down deportation to French-controlled territory with a death sentence dangling over him. Thanks to his appeal to English common law, Ho Chi Minh won his reprieve. With …
Rice Wars in Colonial Vietnam
The Great Famine and the Viet Minh Road to Power
Inbunden, 2014
1748 kr
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This book offers the first detailed English-language examination of the Great Vietnamese Famine of 1945, which left at least a million dead, and links it persuasively to the largely unexpected Viet Minh seizure of power only months later. Drawing on extensive research in French archives, Geoffrey …
Overcoming Ptolemy
The Revelation of an Asian World Region
Inbunden, 2018
1603 kr
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Studies on global metageography are enjoying a revival, and in no way is this better referenced than against the geo-world system bequeathed by Claudius Ptolemy almost two thousand years ago. This is all the more important when we consider the longevity of the Ptolemaic construct through and beyond …
Tan Malaka's Naar de 'Republiek Indonesia': A Translation and Commentary
Häftad, 2015
253 kr
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Monarchical Manipulation in Cambodia
France, Japan, and the Sihanouk Crusade for Independence
Häftad, 2018
353 kr
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One figure strides across modern Cambodian history – Norodom Sihanouk. From his accession to the throne of Cambodia in 1941 until his extravagant funeral ceremony in 2013, the prince turned `king father’ in later life never dodged controversy. But this is not a biography of Sihanouk; the focus is …
The Nagasaki Peace Discourse: City Hall and the Quest for a Nuclear Free World
Häftad, 2019
147 kr
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Some 20,000 or more people were killed instantly in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on 9 August 1945; an additional 40,000 ormore died from radiation and related illnesses in the coming days and weeks. Many others were exposed to radiation effects. Remembrance, the struggle for recognition on the …
World Trade Systems of the East and West
Nagasaki and the Asian Bullion Trade Networks
Inbunden, 2017
2593 kr
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In World Trade Systems of the East and West, Geoffrey C. Gunn profiles Nagasaki's historic role in mediating the Japanese bullion trade, especially silver exchanged against Chinese and Vietnamese silk. Founded in 1571 as the terminal port of the Portuguese Macau ships, Nagasaki served as Japan's …
Wartime Macau – Under the Japanese Shadow
Av Geoffrey C. Gunn, Geoffrey C. Gunn m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
670 kr
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It has intrigued many that, unlike Hong Kong, Macau avoided direct Japanese wartime occupation despite being caught up in the vortex of the wider global conflict. Geoffrey Gunn and an international group of contributors come together in Wartime Macau: Under the Japanese Shadow to investigate how …
Imagined Geographies
The Maritime Silk Roads in World History, 100-1800
Inbunden, 2021
1039 kr
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Imagined Geographies is a pioneering work in the study of history and geography of the pre-1800 world. In this book, Gunn argues that different regions astride the maritime silk roads were not only interconnected but can also be construed as "imagined geographies." Taking a grand civilizational …
Monarchical Manipulation in Cambodia: France, Japan, and the Sihanouk Crusade for Independence
Inbunden, 2018
930 kr
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One figure strides across modern Cambodian history – Norodom Sihanouk. From his accession to the throne of Cambodia in 1941 until his extravagant funeral ceremony in 2013, the prince turned `king father’ in later life never dodged controversy. But this is not a biography of Sihanouk; the focus is …
