Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Ethnic Studies - General

This book examines the differences and similarities between warfare in China and India before 1870, both conceptually and on the battlefield. By focusing on Chinese and Indian warfare, the book breaks the intellectual paradigm requiring non-Western histories and cultures to be compared to the West, and allows scholarship on two of the oldest civilizations to be brought together. An international group of scholars compare and contrast the modes and conceptions of warfare in China and India, providing important original contributions to the growing study of Asian military history.

Decades after the end of the World War II East Asia continues to struggle with lingering animosities and unresolved historical grievances in domestic, bilateral and regional memory landscapes. China, Japan and the Korea share a history of inter- and intra-violence, self-other identity construction and diametrically opposed interpretations of the past."

Routledge Handbook of Memory and Reconciliation in East Asia" offers a complete overview of the challenges of national memory and ideological rivalry for reconciliation in the East Asian region. Chapters provide authoritative analyses of...

This book tells the remarkable story of the decline and revival of the Russian Orthodox Church in the first half of the twentieth century and the astonishing U-turn in the attitude of the Soviet Union's leaders towards the church. In the years after 1917 the Bolsheviks' anti-religious policies, the loss of the former western territories of the Russian Empire, and the Soviet Union's isolation from the rest of the world and the consequent separation of Russian emigres from the church were disastrous for the church, which declined very significantly in the 1920s and 1930s. However, when...

This handbook provides a comprehensive an authoritative overview of research on urban and intercity transport in Asia. Part I describes and explains the history of transportation systems development in Asia. Part II provides an in-depth analysis of the key issues surrounding transport in Asia, considering both their causes and potential solutions. Part III looks at cutting edge research and best practice case studies on a broad range of topics, including regional, urban and transportation planning, air and water transportation, travel behaviour analysis and traffic control, management and...

As the centre of world economic development has shifted towards Asia over the last two decades, many Asian countries have witnessed rapid growth in economic and business operations. In light of these recent changes, accounting has played a significant role in assisting economic transition and advancement in Asian countries. However, although the general trend towards convergence in financial reporting standards and practices over recent decades has improved the comparability of accounting information dramatically, considerable variances remain in practices between countries.

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Veils and veiling are controversial topics in social and political life, generating debates across the world. The veil is enmeshed within a complex web of relations encompassing politics, religion and gender, and conflicts over the nature of power, legitimacy, belief, freedom, agency and emancipation. In recent years, the veil has become both a potent and unsettling symbol and a rallying-point for discourse and rhetoric concerning women, Islam and the nature of politics.

Early studies in gender, doctrine and politics of veiling appeared in the 1970s following the Islamic revival...

Recent years have seen the remarkable development of the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) in Asia. The success stories of Japanese games and anime industries, Korea's film and pop music industries, and the Chinese TV and new media industries are no longer new. While CCIs in these Asian cultural powerhouses aspire to become key players in the global cultural economy, Southeast Asian countries such as Philippines and Thailand are eager to make a stronger mark in the region's cultural landscape.

The Routledge Handbook of the Cultural and Creative Industries in Asia provides...

The 3,053 entries in this work, first published in 1986, comprise the compliers' attempt at a comprehensive annotated bibliography of the most useful locatable books, monographs, pamphlets, regularly and occasionally issued serials, scholarly papers, and selected newspaper accounts dealing in a significant way with formal and informal, public and private education in the People's Republic of China before and since 1949.