Books - "history"
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A Certain Age: Colonial Jakarta Through the Memories of its Intellectuals
Super octavo, illus light card covers, cream & beige lettering to spine, xiii + 310pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: colonialism colonial Jakarta history Indonesia
Japan's Occupation of Java in the Second World War: A Transnational History
Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 386pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light staining to top page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, pgs 127/128 & 295/296 detached but present & still tidy)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Academic 2018
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Japan Japanese occupation Java Asia
Central Asia in World History
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 291pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning to page edges, light to moderate stain to base of page block, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1993
KEYWORDS: history central Asia geopolitics
Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India
Octavo, yellow heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 540pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning/discolouration to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2015
KEYWORDS: Gita Press history print Hindu hinduism India Indian press
Bringing the World Home: Appropriating the West in Late Qing and Early Republican China
Super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 370pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate crack to gutter of pgs 278/279) in d/w, VG+ (sl curling to edges, 2cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, sl chafing, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 2005
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history late Qing dynasty early republic western culture
These Bones Shall Rise Again: Selected Writings on Early China
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xviii + 340pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: SUNY / State University of New York Press 2014
KEYWORDS: early China Chinese history antiquity literature writings literature Asia Asian studies
Southeast Asia and the Middle East: Islam, Movement and the Longue Duree
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 392pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover corners, sm label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: southeast Asia Middle east history Islam religion
Imperial Creatures: Humans and Other Animals in Colonial Singapore 1819-1942
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, xi + 264pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: NUS Press / National University of Singapore 2019
KEYWORDS: colonialism colonial Singapore history animals human ecology
Material Culture in Europe and China, 1400-1800: The Risk of Consumerism
LACKS D/W, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 279pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1997
KEYWORDS: history Europe China Chinese economics consumerism consumption
Asia in the Making of Europe Volume III: A Century of Advance: Book One: Trade, Missions, Literature
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule & illus to front board, illus/maps to eps, lxxvi + 597pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Univesity of Chicago Press 1993
KEYWORDS: Asia history exploration culture influence Europe European literature trade arts
Changing Gods in Medieval China 1127-1276
Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 256pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: ancient history China Chinese antiquity religion religious medieval Sung dynasty cults
Information, Territory and Networks: The Crisis and Maintenance of Empire in Song China
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxii + 512pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, minor discolouration)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Asia Center 2015
KEYWORDS: Song dynasty China Chinese ancient history antiquity empires imperialism
Contemplating the Ancients: Aesthetic and Social Issues in Early Chinese Portraiture
Super octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xv + 259pp, illus, VG+ (boards sl warped, preface detached but present & still tidy) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1990
KEYWORDS: China Chinese ancient history antiquity Sui dynasty art arts portraits
Oceans of Consolation: Personal Accounts of Irish Migration to Australia
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiv + 649pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to central gutter, multiple pages detached but present & still tidy)
PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: immigration migration Irish Ireland Australia history
Unearthing the Nation: Modern Geology and Nationalism in Republican China
Super octavo, maroon heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 309pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine/rear cover fold)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2014
KEYWORDS: China modern history Chinese geology geologists science nationalism
Pastimes: From Art and Antiquarianism to Modern Chinese Historiography
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 219pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 2011
KEYWORDS: history recording China Chinese historiography art collecting dealers
Sanctioned Violence in Early China
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, viii + 374pp, VG+ (light creasing & fading to spine, light chafing & creasing to covers/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 1990
KEYWORDS: early China Chinese history antiquity violence warfare conflict blood covenants
Taming Babel: Language in the Making of Malaysia
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xx + 261pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges/corners, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2018
KEYWORDS: Malaysia Malaysian history languages government politics postcolonial Asia British empire
Asia in the Making of Europe Volume III: A Century of Advance: Book Two: South Asia
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule & illus to front board, illus eps, lvii + pgs601-1110, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sm label to rear cover, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1993
KEYWORDS: Asia history exploration culture influence Europe European south
Learning to Emulate the Wise: The Genesis of Chinese Philosophy as an Academic Discipline in Twentieth-Century China
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xv + 398pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Chinese University Press 2012
KEYWORDS: modern history China Chinese philosophy academia academic