The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957 by Frank Dikotter
$29.99 AUD
Category: Asian
In 1949 Mao Zedong hoisted the red flag over Beijing's Forbidden City. Instead of liberating the country, the communists destroyed the old order and replaced it with a repressive system that would dominate every aspect of Chinese life. In an epic of revolution and violence which draws on newly open ...Show more
Reporter and The Warlords: An Australian at Large in China's Republican Revolution by Craig Collie
$32.99 AUD
Category: Asian
Set against the turbulent background of China in the first half of the 20th century, this reads like a romantic novel; but it's a true story. The reporter is the intrepid Australian journalist Will Donald, who arrived in Hong Kong in 1903 and by 1908 was Managing Editor of the China Mail. As a freelance ...Show more
Tumultuous Decade: Empire, Society, and Diplomacy in 1930s Japan by Masato Kimura
$59.95 AUD
Category: Asian | Series: Japan and Global Society
The 1930s was a dark period in international affairs. The Great Depression affected the economic and social circumstances of the world's major powers, contributing to armed conflicts such as the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War. This volume focuses exclusively on Japan, which witnessed a flurr ...Show more
Bali: A Paradise Created by Adrian Vickers
$20.00 AUD
Category: Asian
"Bali: A Paradise Created" bridges the gap between scholarly works and the more popular travel accounts readily available today. It offers an accessible history of this fascinating island and an anthropological study not only of the Balinese, but of the paradise-seekers from all parts of the world who h ...Show more
Portraits and Caftans of the Ottoman Sultans by Nurhan Atasoy
$180.00 AUD
Category: Asian
From the founding of the Ottoman dynasty by Osman Gazi to Suleyman the Magnificent's legendary territorial conquests, the legacy of the 36 Ottoman sultans has undeniably left its mark throughout the course of history. Featuring exquisite portraits and lavishly decorated caftans, this large-format volume ...Show more
Pax Indica by Shashi Tharoor
$24.99 AUD
Category: Asian
"Indian diplomacy," a veteran told Shashi Tharoor many years ago, "is like the love-making of an elephant: it is conducted at a very high level, accompanied by much bellowing, and the results are not known for two years." In this lively, informative and insightful work, the award-winning author and parl ...Show more
The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers by Richard McGregor
$25.00 AUD
Category: Asian
Richard McGregor's "The Party" has been established as the book on China and its political leadership. It is indispensable to understanding what may soon become the most powerful country on earth, and here is it is newly updated to include material on the once-in-a-decade leadership changes taking place ...Show more
The Search for Modern China by Jonathan D Spence
$42.95 AUD
Category: Asian
In this widely acclaimed history of modern China, Jonathan Spence achieves a fine blend of narrative richness and efficiency. Praised as "a miracle of readability and scholarly authority," (Jonathan Mirsky) The Search for Modern China offers a matchless introduction to China's history.
The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future by Victor Cha
$34.95 AUD
Category: Asian
Much discussed and often maligned, precious little is known or understood about North Korea, the world's most controversial and isolated country. Victor Cha pulls back the curtain, providing an unprecedented insight into North Korea's history, the rise of the Kim family dynasty, and the obsessive person ...Show more
Shanghai Fury by Peter Thompson
$34.95 AUD
Category: Asian
Shanghai is a city defined by war. The city and its armed struggles were central to the relationship between China and Australia from the fall of the Manchus in 1912 to the Communist victory in 1949. Yet with the notable exception of George 'Chinese' Morrison, the Australian contribution has been largel ...Show more
Winner Take All by Moyo Dambisa
$30.00 AUD
Category: Asian
We all know the world's resources the commodities that underpin our daily lives and economies are scarce. But how many of us know what that really means for the global economy today? In Winner Take All Dambisa Moyo uncovers the realities behind the numbers. By looking at the developing trends in our ...Show more
Midnight in Peking by Paul French
$19.95 AUD
Category: Asian
January, 1937: Peking is a heady mix of privilege and scandal, lavish cocktail bars and opium dens, warlords and corruption, rumours and superstition - and the clock is ticking down on all of it. In the exclusive Legation Quarter, the foreign residents wait nervously for the axe to fall. Japanese troops ...Show more