Articles

"This volume looks at the history of Japan from a transnational perspective. It brings to the fore the interconnectedness of Japan's history with the wider... 
Emigration and immigration | Asia Foreign relations | Social movements | Japan | Transnationalism | Japan HistoryHistoriography | Imperialism | HISTORY / Social History | HISTORY / Asia / Japan | HISTORY / Essays | History | Japan Foreign relations | Japan-History

Asia, Central History | Afghanistan History

A masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from 1501 to 2009 This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an... 
Iran History

"An epic historical consideration of the Mongol conquest of Western Asia and the spread of Islam during the years of non-Muslim rule. The Mongol conquest of... 
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 Influence | Mongols | Islam | Middle East Church history | Imperialism | History | Social aspects | Conversion | To 1500

A grand synthesis of unprecedented scope, "Literary Cultures in History" is the first comprehensive history of the rich literary traditions of South Asia.... 
Indic literature | Literature: History & Criticism | Indic Literature | Indic literature (English) | Pali literature | Language & Literature | History and criticism | Politics and literature | History | India | South Asia | Pali literature - South Asia - History and criticism | English Literature | General | General Literary Studies | South Asian Literature

"Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not provides a striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialised from the late eighteenth century and... 
Europe Economic conditions | Asia Economic conditions | History | Economic development | Economic conditions | Asia | Europe

Imperial Japanese soldiers were notorious for blindly following orders, and their enemies in the Pacific War derided them as "cattle to the slaughter." But, in... 
Military discipline | Sociology, Military | Insubordination | Japan History, Military | History | Japan | History, Military | 1868–1945

Women in politics | History | Nationalism

"Environment, Modernization and Development in East Asia critically examines modernization's long-term environmental history. Using local-level studies and the... 
East Asia Social conditions | Water resources development | Landscape changes | Environmental aspects | East Asia Economic conditions | East Asia Environmental conditionsHistory | Human ecology | History | Economic development | Social change | Land use | Human Geography

Offers an analysis of the decolonisation process across three different regions around the world: Central America, Southeast Asia and the Caucasus. It explores... 
Caucasus History | History | Colonies | Decolonization | Central America History | Southeast Asia History | World politics

This book is a comparative study of military practice in Sui-Tang China and the Byzantine Empire between approximately 600 and 700 CE. It covers all aspects of... 
China History, Military | To 1500 | Byzantine Empire Foreign relations | History | Asia, Central | Military policy | Byzantine Empire | Tang Dynasty (China) | Asia, Central Foreign relations | Diplomatic relations | Military art and science | China | China History | Strategic culture | Byzantine Empire History, Military | Byzantine Empire Military policy | China Foreign relations | Asian History | Pre-Modern Military History | Strategic History | Ancient Military History | Military & Naval History | Imperial & Colonial History | Chinese History | Medieval History 400-1500

Historic sites | Silk Road History, Local | Trade routes | History | Silk Road History | Silk Road Description and travel

"This is the first study to systematically confront the question how Brahmanism, which was geographically limited and under threat during the final centuries... 
Brahmans | South Asia History | India History | India Religious life and customs | History | Brahmanism | Social change | Southeast Asia History | 324 B.C.-1000 A.D | India

This volume provides the first comparative survey of the relations between the two most active book worlds in Eurasia between 1450 and 1850. Prominent scholars... 
Printing | Publishers and publishing | Books and reading | Book industries and trade | History

This book investigates the early history of the Seljuq Turks, founders of one of the most important empires of the mediaeval Islamic world, from their origins... 
Seljuks | History | Middle East History | Middle East Studies | Medieval History 400-1500

Science, technology, and medicine all contributed to the emerging modern Japanese empire and conditioned key elements of post-war development. As the only... 
Medicine | Since 1868 | Technology | Japan | Science | History | Japan History | Asian History | History of Medicine | History of Science & Technology | Japanese History | japan | medicine | Science - Japan - History

"Hybrid Knowledge in the Early East India Company World presents a new interpretation of the development of the English East India Company between 1660 and... 
HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century | HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century | East India Company | SCIENCE / History | Royal Society (Great Britain) | Knowledge, Sociology of | International relations | East Asia Relations | East Asia | East India Company History | Great Britain Intellectual life | History | HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain | Intellectual life | Great Britain | Authors and patrons | HISTORY / World | Great Britain Relations | Collectors and collecting | East Asia Intellectual life | Royal Society (Great Britain) History | Learning and scholarship | Imperialism | Science

"The definitive history of Asian Americans by one of the nation's preeminent scholars on the subject. In the past fifty years, Asian Americans have helped... 
Emigration and immigration | United States | History | Ethnic relations | South Asia | United States Race relationsHistory | United States Emigration and immigrationHistory | Asian Americans | Racism | Race relations | South Asia Emigration and immigrationHistory | United States Ethnic relationsHistory | Asians