Category: Asia

"Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader" offers in-depth portraits of North Korea's two ruthless and bizarrely Orwellian leaders, Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il. Lifting North Korea's curtain of self-imposed isolation, this book will take readers inside a society, that to a Westerner, will appear to be from another planet. Subsisting on a diet short on food grains and long on lies, North Koreans have been indoctrinated from birth to follow unquestioningly a father-son team of megalomaniacs. To North Koreans, the Kims are more than just leaders. Kim Il-Sung is the country's leading novel...
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The birth of Communist China

By: C.P. FITZGERALD

Price: $3.95

Publisher: Penguin: January 1964

Seller ID: 332503

ISBN: B0000CMDX6

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

The Troubled Encounter: The United States and Japan (America and the World Series)

By: Charles E. Neu

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Wiley: January 1975

Seller ID: 315824

ISBN: 0471631914

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

HUANG HUA (with English Text)

By: China Welfare Institute

Price: $9.95

Publisher: China Welfare Institute: January 2003

Seller ID: 315640

ISBN: 7801547136

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Kim Il Sung

By: Dae-Sook Suh

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Columbia University Press: April 1995

Seller ID: 244777

ISBN: 0231065736

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

This book is especially important now with Kim Il Sung's death, the ending of the nuclear crisis between North Korea and the United States, and the obscured emergence of a successor regime ostensibly headed by Kim Il Jong, Sung's son. Suh's book investigates the impact of Kim Il Sung on the history and politics of North Korea and what his death will mean for the future of the country and its relations with the rest of the world.
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Japan's Imperial Conspiracy 2 VOLUMES

By: DAVID BERGAMINI

Price: $9.95

Publisher: New York, NY William Morrow & Co: January 1971

Seller ID: 332955

ISBN: B000HNNGPQ

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj

By: David Gilmour

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux: February 2006

Seller ID: 253627

ISBN: 0374283540

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

A sparkling, provocative history of the English in South Asia during Queen Victoria's reignBetween 1837 and 1901, less than 100,000 Britons at any one time managed an empire of 300 million people spread over the vast area that now includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Burma. How was this possible, and what were these people like? The British administration in India took pride in its efficiency and broad-mindedness, its devotion to duty and its sense of imperial grandeur, but it has become fashionable to deprecate it for its arrogance and ignorance. In this balanced, witty, and multi-fa...
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Sources of Japanese History (Volume One)

By: David John Lu

Price: $6.95

Publisher: McGraw-Hill: January 1974

Seller ID: 315670

ISBN: 0070389047

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Japanese Mind: Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture

By: Davies, Roger J.,Ikeno, Osamu

Price: $8.95

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing: March 2002

Seller ID: 341678

ISBN: 0804832951

Condition: Used - Like New

In "The Japanese Mind," Roger Davies offers Westerners an invaluable key to the unique aspects of Japanese culture. Readers of this book will gain a clear understanding of what really makes the Japanese, and their society, tick. Among the topics explored: "aimai" (ambiguity), "amae" (dependence upon othersAE benevolence), "amakudari" (the nationAEs descent from heaven), "chinmoku" (silence in communication), "gambari" (perseverence), "giri" (social obligation), "haragei" (literally, obelly arto; implicit, unspoken communication), "kenkyo" (the appearance of modesty), "sempai-kohai" (senior...
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Kata: The Key to Understanding & Dealing with the Japanese!

By: De Mente, Boye Lafayette

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing: March 2003

Seller ID: 341680

ISBN: 0804833869

Condition: Used - Very Good

Literally, the form and order of doing things in Japan, "kata" is the cultural conditioning that causes the Japanese to think and react in the way they do. The secret to understanding Japanese business, culture, and society is explained by this cultural framework upon which Japanese behavior and etiquette is built. Veteran Japanologist Boye Lafayette De Mente explains the concept of kata and offers the reader insight to the art of bowing, the importance of apology, the origin of the Japanese obsession for quality, and other key cultural ideas which, when mastered, unlock the mystery of Japanes...
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China's Emerging Technological Edge: Assessing the Role of High-End Talent

By: Denis Fred Simon,Cong Cao

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Cambridge University Press: April 2009

Seller ID: 315349

ISBN: 0521712335

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

In less than thirty years, China has become a major force in the global economy. One feature of its rapid ascent has been an enormous expansion of the country's science and technology capabilities, leading to the emergence of a large and increasingly well-educated talent pool. Yet China finds itself engaged in an internal debate as to whether its full potential can be realised. At the heart of this debate lie a number of uncertainties surrounding the quality, quantity and effective utilisation of China's S&T workforce. Written by two leading experts in the field, this book is the first in fort...
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The Chinese Looking Glass

By: Dennis Bloodworth

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux: April 1980

Seller ID: 140398

ISBN: 0374514933

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Chinaâ€™s Dance with the Foreign Devils

By: Dick K. Nanto PhD

Price: $9.95

Publisher: iUniverse: July 2016

Seller ID: 315702

ISBN: 1491797312

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

China: Empire and Civilization

By: Edward L. Shaughnessy

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Oxford University Press: May 2005

Seller ID: 332052

ISBN: 0195182871

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

To Western eyes, China is one of the most mysterious and intriguing of all civilizations. The legacy of its long dynastic rule, extending back more than 3,000 years, includes fascinating contributions to philosophy, religion, art, science, and mythology that continue to influence the modern world. China explores the ideas and achievements of this unique culture through a combination of authoritative, accessible scholarship and magnificent imagery. Drawing on the most recent discoveries and theories, the book presents China's history, society, and beliefs from the legends of prehistory to t...
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Rice as Self: Japanese Identities through Time (Princeton Paperbacks)

By: Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Princeton University Press: November 1994

Seller ID: 317268

ISBN: 0691021104

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Are we what we eat? What does food reveal about how we live and how we think of ourselves in relation to others? Why do people have a strong attachment to their own cuisine and an aversion to the foodways of others? In this engaging account of the crucial significance rice has for the Japanese, "Rice as Self" examines how people use the metaphor of a principal food in conceptualizing themselves in relation to other peoples. Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney traces the changing contours that the Japanese notion of the self has taken as different historical Others--whether Chinese or Westerner--have emerg...
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Category: Asia