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A riveting account of a turbulent period in Chinese history.In 1966, with the words 'Bombard the Headquarters!' Mao Zedong unleashed the full, violent force ...
The definitive story of a top Chinese politician's ill-fated quest to reform the Communist Party.
When Hu Yaobang died in April 1989, throngs of ...
A dazzling new history of the Indian subcontinent and its diverse peoples in global context from antiquity to today
Much of world history is Indian ...
Silk Silver Opium not only tells the fascinating stories of silk and tea, porcelain, silver and opium, missionaries, mercenaries and trade, but also what became ...
The first thorough account of a formative and little understood chapter in Chinese history
"Almost every page contains an eye-opening detail. . . . The Great Transformation evokes ...
The gripping story of Taiwan, from the flood myths of ancient legend to its 'Asian Tiger' economic miracle - and the looming threat of invasion by ...
An epic history of how the so-called 'barbarians of the steppes' shaped the modern world.
'A rollercoaster of historical narration' History Today
'This is a ...
A true masterpiece of narrative history and the definitive story of the revolution that ignited the end of colonialism worldwide
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All moonlight is moving, wherever it may be...
Japanese gentlewoman Sei Shonagon invites us to look ...
'A bracing new history of the global opium trade . . . Ghosh's tentacular history embraces opium's entanglement with furniture, architecture, gardens and its role in ...
"Astonishing...Brings to life a thriving - and rather civilized - empire" - The Telegraph
"sparkles with energy, insight and passion... difficult to put down." Nicholas Morton, BBC ...
An inspiring testament to China's dissident historians and activists, from the 1940s to the present
A documentary filmmaker who uncovered a Mao-era death camp ...
A major new history of North and South Korea, from the late nineteenth century to the present day
Korea has a long, riveting history-it is ...
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