In A History of Manchuria, Ian Nish describes the turbulent times which the three Northeastern Provinces of China experienced in the last two centuries. The site of three serious wars in 1894, 1904 and 1919, the territory rarely enjoyed peace though...More info...
Supported by an in-depth Introduction and contextual analysis, this six-volume set complements Series I (1918-1937 From Armistice to North China), addressing the history between 1938 and 1945....More info...
Series: SUNY series in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought
(Pub. Date: 01-Jun-2026, Hardback, Publisher: State University of New York Press, ISBN-13: 9798855805802)
A multifaceted and novel examination of core problematic contexts and pathways of life and how we locate and orient ourselves in them.What does it mean to actively or reflectively locate oneself in the life contexts in which one find...More info...
This collection of 14 key papers deriving from CEEJA’s 2nd international conference exploring the Japanese history of technology, concentrates on the routes to acquiring and transmitting technical knowledge in Japan’s modern era. This collect...More info...
The USA, post-1945, has deployed public diplomacy to lead the global fight against sexual and labour trafficking. This book traces how the US has named and shamed Japan to improve its human rights performance as measured by US annual listings of traf...More info...
Reframes Cabot and Columbus within centuries of Atlantic trade and exploration. What did John Cabot and Christopher Columbus truly achieve—and what did they inherit? In this compelling reassessment, Lydia Towns traces their voyage...More info...
Since large-scale excavations began in the mid-19th century, scholarly studies of houses in Pompeii have emphasised the ’public’ nature of their design. Most Pompeian dwellings are viewed as spaces with high levels of transparency and permeability to...More info...
The scholarly purpose of the volume is to restate and describe the historical reception of John Duns Scotus meta-physics, which, by taking the real concept of being as being as the first object of first philosophy, laid the ground-work for what ......More info...
For Valour: The Complete History of the Victoria Cross will be the definitive work on the subject and compelling as a narrative as well as the ultimate reference source. This ambituous project in association with The Victoria Cross Trust will be pub...More info...
For Valour: The Complete History of the Victoria Cross will be the definitive work on the subject and compelling as a narrative as well as the ultimate reference source. This ambituous project in association with The Victoria Cross Trust will be pub...More info...
(Pub. Date: 01-Jun-2026, Hardback, Publisher: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780197803028)
Vladimir Putins full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has cast a spotlight on Russias burgeoning partnership with Iran. Moscow looked to Tehran for drones and ammunition to fuel its so-called special military operation, and Irans support for Ru...More info...
What makes a man of God go to war, put themselves in extreme danger, giving care to wounded and dying? This is the story of Chaplains in World War 2....More info...
