wyszukanych pozycji: 9
China's War with Japan, 1937-1945: The Struggle for Survival
ISBN: 9780141031453 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. In Rana Mitter's tense, moving and hugely important book, the war between China and Japan - one of the most important struggles of the Second World War - at last gets the masterly history it deserves.
In Rana Mitter's tense, moving and hugely important book, the war between China and Japan - one of the most important struggles of the Second World Wa...
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76,32 zł |
China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism
ISBN: 9780674278615 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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87,26 zł |
The Manchurian Myth: Nationalism, Resistance, and Collaboration in Modern China
ISBN: 9780520221116 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A powerful element in twentieth-century Chinese politics has been the myth of Chinese resistance to Japan's seizure of Manchuria in 1931. Investigating the shifting alliances of key players in that event, Rana Mitter traces the development of the narrative of resistance to the occupation and shows how it became part of China's political consciousness, enduring even today.
After Japan's September 1931 military strike leading to a takeover of the Northeast, the Chinese responded in three major ways: collaboration, resistance in exile, and resistance on the ground. What motives prompted some... A powerful element in twentieth-century Chinese politics has been the myth of Chinese resistance to Japan's seizure of Manchuria in 1931. Investigatin...
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317,29 zł |
Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945
ISBN: 9780544334502 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. An Economist Book of the Year
A Financial Times Book of the Year "A book that has long cried out to be written." -- Observer (UK), Books of the Year In 1937, two years before Hitler invaded Poland, Chinese troops clashed with Japanese occupiers in the first battle of World War II. Joining with the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain, China became the fourth great ally in a devastating struggle for its very survival. Prizewinning historian Rana Mitter unfurls China's drama of invasion, resistance, slaughter, and political intrigue as... An Economist Book of the Year
A Financial Times Book of the Year "A book that has long cried out to be written." -- Obs... |
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77,45 zł |
Modern China: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 9780198753704 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presence, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems to be a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, heir to an ancient civilization that is still trying to find a modern identity.
This Very Short Introduction offers the reader an entry to understanding the world's most populous nation, giving an integrated picture of modern Chinese society, culture, economy, politics, and art. In this... China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presence, ...
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45,78 zł |
A Bitter Revolution: China's Struggle with the Modern World
ISBN: 9780192806055 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In this powerful new look at modern China, Rana Mitter goes back to a pivotal moment in Chinese history to uncover the origins of the painful transition from pre-modern to modern. Mitter identifies May 4, 1919, as the defining moment of China's twentieth-century history. On that day, outrage over the Paris peace conference triggered a vast student protest that led in turn to "the May Fourth Movement." Just seven years before, the 2,000-year-old imperial system had collapsed. Now a new group of urban, modernizing thinkers began to reject Confucianism and traditional culture in general as...
In this powerful new look at modern China, Rana Mitter goes back to a pivotal moment in Chinese history to uncover the origins of the painful transiti...
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89,95 zł |
Across the Blocs : Exploring Comparative Cold War Cultural and Social History
ISBN: 9780714655819 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book asks the reader to reassess the Cold War not just as superpower conflict and high diplomacy, but as social and cultural history. It makes cross-cultural comparisons of the socio cultural aspects of the Cold War across the East/West bloc divide, dealing with issues including broadcasting, public opinion, and the production and consumption of popular culture.
This book asks the reader to reassess the Cold War not just as superpower conflict and high diplomacy, but as social and cultural history. It makes cr...
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779,55 zł |
Makers of Modern Asia
ISBN: 9780674970809 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The twenty-first century has been dubbed the Asian Century. Highlighting diverse thinker-politicians rather than billionaire businessmen, Makers of Modern Asia presents eleven leaders who theorized and organized anticolonial movements, strategized and directed military campaigns, and designed and implemented political systems.
The twenty-first century has been dubbed the Asian Century. Highlighting diverse thinker-politicians rather than billionaire businessmen, Makers of Mo...
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137,76 zł |
Irish Terrorism in the Atlantic Community, 1865-1922
ISBN: 9780230538122 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 347 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Using a transnational approach, this volume surveys the origins of Irish terrorism and its impact on the Anglo-Saxon community during an era of intense imperialism. While at times it posed sharp disagreements between Britain and the United States, their ideological repulsion to terrorism later led to cooperation in counter-terrorism strategies.
Using a transnational approach, this volume surveys the origins of Irish terrorism and its impact on the Anglo-Saxon community during an era of intens...
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384,63 zł |