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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 ...
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A revolutionary ...
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 ...
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
A story of staggering scope ...
The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed: where for the last five ...
An ambitious and engagingly history of how encounters with Christianity have shaped Hindu identity and nationalism in colonial and contemporary India
When European missionaries arrived ...
'Pithy, admirable ... a most refreshing resume' The Times Literary Supplement
India has had many histories. To pilgrims from ancient China, India was the birthplace of ...
This fascinating book tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought ...
Winner of the Lionel Gelber Prize
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
An Economist Best Book of the Year | A Financial Times Book of the ...
In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were systematically ...
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 ...
