Category: Asia

Greatly revised and expanded, with a new afterword, this update to Martin Jacques's global bestseller is an essential guide to understanding a world increasingly shaped by Chinese powerSoon, China will rule the world. But in doing so, it will not become more Western. Since the first publication of "When China Rules the World," the landscape of world power has shifted dramatically. In the three years since the first edition was published, "When China Rules the World" has proved to be a remarkably prescient book, transforming the nature of the debate on China.Now, in this greatly exp...
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The Four Hundred Million, A Short History of the Chinese

By: Mary A. Nourse

Price: $7.95

Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company: January 1938

Seller ID: 298126

ISBN: B001AG5G6Q

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

China in revolution: the first phase. 1900-1913.

By: Mary Clabaugh (editor) Wright

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Yale University Press: January 1968

Seller ID: 315695

ISBN: B000I42I30

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Studies in the Intellectual History of Tokugawa Japan

By: Masao Maruyama

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Princeton University Press / University of Tokyo: March 1975

Seller ID: 315671

ISBN: 0691075662

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic, Third Edition

By: Maurice Meisner

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Free Press: April 1999

Seller ID: 273432

ISBN: 0684856352

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

In this much-anticipated revision, Maurice Meisner again provides piercing insight and comprehensive coverage of China's fascinating and turbulent modern history. In addition to new information provided throughout this classic study, the new Part Six, "Deng Xiaoping and the Origins of Chinese Capitalism: 1976-1998," analyzes the country's uneasy relationships with democracy, socialism, and capitalism. Meisner incisively displays the contrasts between China's speech and actions regarding these subjects. Retaining the elegance, lucidity, fairness, insightfulness, and comprehensiveness he is know...
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Taiheiki a Chronicle of Medieval Japan

By: McCullough, Helen Craig

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Tuttle Pub: June 1979

Seller ID: 345456

ISBN: 0804813221

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

The Japanese Have a Word for It: The Complete Guide to Japanese Thought and Culture

By: Mente, Boye Lafayette De

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Passport Books: October 1997

Seller ID: 341683

ISBN: 0844283169

Condition: Used - Very Good

Kim Jong-Il: North Korea's Dear Leader

By: Michael Breen

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Wiley: January 2004

Seller ID: 240362

ISBN: 0470821310

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Kim Jong-il has been the subject of intense interest and fear in recent months. He has been demonised as 'Dr Evil' for his nuclear programme which puts Korea on a collision course with the US. For this reason, the world has a stake in understanding this man and his little-known country. This account aims to tell the compelling story of Kim Jong-il and the country he leads, exploring the pressing question of how he manages to hold onto power in a country that is ravaged by famine and poverty. Unravelling the myths, mysteries, and fallacies that surround this small, desperate country, this fasci...
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