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The Bombay Country Ships 1790-1833

By Anne Bulley

Concentrates on the period 1790-1833, especially the early nineteenth century when the Bombay merchant fleet was at its zenith, studying the ships, their trade and...

2000 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1236-6 (Routledge)

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Shinto in History

Ways of the Kami

By John Breen, Mark Teeuwen

This is the only book to date offering a critical overview of Shinto from early times to the modern era, and evaluating Shinto's place in...

2000 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-1172-7 (Routledge)

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Asian Values

Encounter with Diversity

By Josiane Cauquelin, Paul Lim, Birgit Mayer-Koenig

This book opens with an examination of values themselves, grappling with western assertions of individual human rights and the eastern emphasis on duties, and analysing...

2000 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-1324-0 (Routledge)

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Contested Belonging

An Indigenous People's Struggle for Forest and Identity in Sub-Himalayan Bengal

By B. G. Karlsson

Deals with the modern predicament of the Rabha (or Kocha) people, one of India;s indigenous peoples, traditionally practising shifting cultivation in the jungle tracts situated...

2000 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1179-6 (Routledge)

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Azerbaijan

A Quest for Identity

By Charles van der Leeuw

This is the first English language history to provide an overview of the history of Azerbaijan from the first evidence of inhabitation in pre-historic times...

2000 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1117-8 (Routledge)

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The Artificial Empire

The Indian Landscapes of William Hodges

By G. H. R. Tillotson

The role of the visual arts in the assertion of European colonial power has been the subject of much recent investigation and redefinition. This book...

2000 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1282-3 (Routledge)

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The Satsuma Students in Britain

Japan's Early Search for the essence of the West'

By Andrew Cobbing

In the spring of 1865, when Japan was in the grip of a major civil war, eighteen samurai and an interpreter risked their lives to...

2000 | Hardback: 978-1-873410-97-4 (Routledge)

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The Triads as Business

By Yiu-kong Chu

There is no doubt that the triads have become recognized as a sophisticated and international criminal force and, following the handover of Hong Kong to...

1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17092-5 (Routledge)

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Armenian Neume System of Notation

Study and Analysis

By R. A. At'ayan, Vrej N. Nersessian, Vrej N. Nersessian

The study of the Armenian system of notation called Khazs (Neumes) is of significance both for Armenian and Byzantine music from a historical and aesthetic...

1999 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-0636-5 (Routledge)

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Britain and Japan

Biographical Portraits, Vol. III

By J E. Hoare, J. E. Hoare

The success of the first two volumes in this series has prompted this third volume of 25 further protraits of key personalities, including Natsume Soseki,...

1999 | Hardback: 978-1-873410-89-9 (Routledge)

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