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The internationally bestselling author of The Anarchy returns with a sparkling, soaring history of ideas, tracing South Asia's under-recognized role in producing the world as we know it. For a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its...List Price $32.99List Price $32.99
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A dazzling new history of the Indian subcontinent and its diverse peoples in global context—from antiquity to todayMuch of world history is Indian history. Home today to one in four people, the subcontinent has long been densely populated and deeply...List Price $39.95List Price $39.95
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CONTENTS Preface 1. Nationalism as a Problem in the History of Political Ideas 2. The Thematic and the Problematic 3. The Moment of Culture and Power in the Thought of Bankimchandra 4. The Moment of Gandhi and the Critique of Civil Society 5. The Moment...List Price $25.50Our Price $12.00List Price $25.50Our Price $12.00
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A narrative chronicle of modern Korea focuses on the country's turbulent twentieth-century history, discussing its 1910 loss of independence, its years under Japanese rule, its division and the Korean War, and its postwar recovery and economic growthList Price $20.60Our Price $16.00List Price $20.60Our Price $16.00
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Queer Vietnam recovers the forgotten stories of variant genders and sexualities in early twentieth-century Vietnam. By the beginning of the 1900s, European imperialism had spread Western notions of gender across much of Asia, narrowing and delegitimizing...List Price $28.00List Price $28.00
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Sent to India aged just sixteen to make his fortune, Alexander Burnes soon revealed an extraordinary talent for languages, combined with a boyish charm, insatiable curiosity, and irrepressible enthusiasm. By the age of 26 he had so impressed his...List Price $35.00Our Price $15.00List Price $35.00Our Price $15.00
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The description for this book, India's Political Economy, 1947-1977: The Gradual Revolution, will be forthcoming.List Price $30.00List Price $30.00
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Set against feminist discourse, this title looks at the iconography of the Indian woman. Traced over the century these images suggest an extraordinary transformation in imaging the Indian woman, as manifested in painting, photography, popular posters and...List Price $45.00Our Price $26.98List Price $45.00Our Price $26.98
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An inventive translation of a great historical epic, and the oldest surviving literary work in the Mongolian language, recounting the turbulent life and times of Genghis Khan and his Dothraki-like, nomadic horse lordsA Penguin ClassicThe Secret History...List Price $20.00List Price $20.00
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From sleepy fishing village to samurai capital to vibrant global metropolis, Eiko Maruko Siniawer takes readers through Tokyo's rich history, revealing four centuries of transformation deeply woven into its fabric. This accessible guide introduces a...List Price $22.99List Price $22.99
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How did India aspire to become a secular country? Given our colonial past, we derive many of our laws and institutions from England. We have a parliamentary democracy with a Westminster model of government. Our courts routinely use catchphrases like...List Price $19.95List Price $19.95
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At once a fascinating account of the birth of modern China and a moving chronicle of courage, creativity, and resistance.The riveting story of China's rise from economic ruin to global giant in the past four decades is illuminated by another, equally...List Price $27.95Our Price $9.98List Price $27.95Our Price $9.98
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Winner of the 2023 Cundill History PrizeShortlisted for the 2023 Kirkus Prize in NonfictionShortlisted for the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize for NonfictionOne of the Wall Street Journal's Ten Best Books of 2023 • One of Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 •...List Price $29.95Our Price $9.98List Price $29.95Our Price $9.98
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A magisterial history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures, and adventures among the world’s highest mountains.For centuries, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal...List Price $40.00Our Price $14.98List Price $40.00Our Price $14.98
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Interviewing the turbulent recent events in China with her own personal life story and those of family, friends, and acquaintances, the author creates an evocative portrait of China and its peopleList Price $22.00List Price $22.00