Asian Studies

First published in 1957. This volume provides a broad survey of economic progress in China from 1949 to 1952...

The Chinese Hsinhai Revolution explores and explains for the first time the important role of G. E. Morrison in great power diplomacy in China from the end of the Russo-Japanese War to the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty...

The Chinese Hsinhai Revolution explores and explains for the first time the important role of G. E. Morrison in great power diplomacy in China from the end of the Russo-Japanese War to the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty...

This volume contains representative selections from China's 20th-century human rights discourse, rendered into non-technical English. The documents are arranged chronologically, and each is preceded by a brief introduction dealing with the author and the immediate context...

This volume contains representative selections from China's 20th-century human rights discourse, rendered into non-technical English. The documents are arranged chronologically, and each is preceded by a brief introduction dealing with the author and the immediate context...

Ever since the start of Chinese linguistic studies, the description of the Chinese particle LE has remained elusive. This book discusses the role so-called Chinese 'sentence LE' plays in the construction and maintenance of discourse...

The authors of this collection explore the main aspects of the Chinese Revolution in the crucial period of the 1920s, such as the United Front policy, the development of communism, institutional issues and social movements...

In recent years, Chinese policymakers and corporate leaders have focused significant attention on the concept of corporate culture. This book will reveal the political, social and economic factors behind the enormous current interest in corporate culture in China and provide a wide range of case stu..

This is the story of the Christians of Pakistan. It is an account of outcastes who sought hope through Christianity, but who now find themselves victims of a struggle to define Islam in Pakistan...

Currently the only complete history in English of the Syriac Church of the East, this work covers the periods of the Sassanians, Arabs, Mongols, Ottomans and the twentieth century...

An in-depth description by an 'insider' of the ancient beliefs, customs and traditions of a remarkable people - offering insights into a fascinating world, much of which has until now remained unknown...

Published in 2000, The Classical Poetry of the Japanese is a valuable contribution to the field of Asian Studies...