wyszukanych pozycji: 9
Southeast Asian Warfare, 1300-1900
ISBN: 9789004142404 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This study of warfare in Southeast Asia between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries examines the chief aspects of warfare in the region. It begins with an examination of the cultural features that made warfare in the region unique, followed by a discussion of the main weapons used, and the two major sites of fighting, sieges and naval contests. Three chapters examine the role played by animals such as elephants and horses. The final two chapters examine the shift from mercenary armies and masses of levies to smaller standing armies. The study closes with an examination of the tumultuous...
This study of warfare in Southeast Asia between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries examines the chief aspects of warfare in the region. It begins...
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776,71 zł |
Imperial Military Transportation in British Asia: Burma 1941-1942
ISBN: 9781350178106 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Imperial Military Transportation in British Asia sheds light on attempts by royal engineers to introduce innovations devised in the UK to wartime India, Iraq, and Burma, as well as the initial resistance of local groups of colonial railwaymen to such metropolitan innovations. Michael W. Charney looks at the role of the railways in the First Burma Campaign to show how some kinds of military technology - as an example of imperial knowledge - faced resistance due to 1930s-era colonial insularity. The delay this caused significantly compromised the early defense of the colony when the...
Imperial Military Transportation in British Asia sheds light on attempts by royal engineers to introduce innovations devised in the UK to wartime Indi...
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172,11 zł |
Asian Migrants and Education: The Tensions of Education in Immigrant Societies and Among Migrant Groups
ISBN: 9789048163021 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. education is and what its functions should be. As Thomas explains, migrant communities need a culture-sensitive education, that is, an education that can both accommodate their special cultural needs and prepare them for life in an increasingly globalized world. To meet this need, Thomas discusses planning strategies and the special role of teachers in transmitting this education. As Thomas warns, however, a culture sensitive education is continually threatened by the dominance of the West and religious traditions, such as Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism in global cultural flows. Pang raises...
education is and what its functions should be. As Thomas explains, migrant communities need a culture-sensitive education, that is, an education that ...
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388,20 zł |
Chasing Glenn Beck: A Personal Experiment in Reclaiming Our Hijacked Political Conversation
ISBN: 9780984792702 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Not all that long ago, Glenn Beck went on the air and suggested that if we hadn't collectively done such a poor job of following the Ten Commandments, then perhaps our angry and vengeful God wouldn't have slaughtered the innocents in Japan, where a recent tsunami had devastated large stretches of seacoast. "There's a message being sent," he told us while his radio sidekicks laughed. Many found his comments offensive. The Twitterverse was awash with commentary on Beck's commentary, and Michael Charney wanted his voice heard, too. An unusual experiment began, it's goal to convince people that...
Not all that long ago, Glenn Beck went on the air and suggested that if we hadn't collectively done such a poor job of following the Ten Commandments,...
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45,19 zł |
Chinese Migrants Abroad: Cultural, Educational, and Social Dimensions of the Chinese Diaspora
ISBN: 9789812380418 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Fast-paced economic growth in Southeast Asia from the late 1960s until the mid-1990s brought increased attention to the overseas Chinese as an economically successful diaspora and their role in this economic growth. Events that followed, such as the transfer of Hong Kong and Macau to the People's Republic of China, the election of a non-KMT government in Taiwan, the Asian economic crisis and the plight of overseas Chinese in Indonesia as a result, and the durability of the Singapore economy during this same crisis, have helped to sustain this attention. The study of the overseas Chinese has...
Fast-paced economic growth in Southeast Asia from the late 1960s until the mid-1990s brought increased attention to the overseas Chinese as an economi...
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495,61 zł |
Imperial Military Transportation in British Asia: Burma 1941-1942
ISBN: 9781350089457 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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A History of Modern Burma
ISBN: 9780521852111 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Burma has lived under military rule for nearly half a century. The results of its 1990 elections were never recognized by the ruling junta and Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma s pro-democracy movement, was denied her victory. She has been under housearrest ever since. Now an economic satellite and political dependent of the People s Republic of China, Burma is at a crossroads. Will it become another North Korea, will it succumb to China s political embrace or will the people prevail? Michael Charney s book the first general history of modern Burma in over five decades - traces the highs and...
Burma has lived under military rule for nearly half a century. The results of its 1990 elections were never recognized by the ruling junta and Aung Sa...
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376,98 zł |
Asian Migrants and Education: The Tensions of Education in Immigrant Societies and Among Migrant Groups
ISBN: 9781402013362 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. education is and what its functions should be. As Thomas explains, migrant communities need a culture-sensitive education, that is, an education that can both accommodate their special cultural needs and prepare them for life in an increasingly globalized world. To meet this need, Thomas discusses planning strategies and the special role of teachers in transmitting this education. As Thomas warns, however, a culture sensitive education is continually threatened by the dominance of the West and religious traditions, such as Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism in global cultural flows. Pang raises...
education is and what its functions should be. As Thomas explains, migrant communities need a culture-sensitive education, that is, an education that ...
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388,20 zł |
A History of Modern Burma
ISBN: 9780521617581 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The first general history of modern Burma in over five decades.
The first general history of modern Burma in over five decades.
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129,74 zł |