Brunei and the British in the Nineteenth Century relates the remarkable tale of the encounter between the Sultanate of Brunei, which in 1800 possessed nominal hegemony over most of northern Borneo, and Western colonialists, particularly the...Daugiau...
Public Health in Colonial India examines the interplay between colonial governance and public health crises by focusing on the effects of the 1918-19 Spanish Influenza pandemic in Bengal.During the time of the pandemic, Bengal was a...Daugiau...
Drawing from a wide array of English and Japanese primary sources, Saito examines the pivotal role of Britains overseas information policy in shaping post-war AngloJapanese relations. Drawing from a wide array of English and Japan...Daugiau...
This book examines the history of development in East Asia in terms of material change and human-nature relations from the perspectives of people living in Asia in modern and pre-modern periods. This book examines the history...Daugiau...
This book analyzes the Allied Occupation of Japan (19451952). It begins by explaining why Japan spent roughly fifty years building its own colonial system and declaring war on China and the Western Allies, only to decide after military defeats, t...Daugiau...
This book discusses the key role of the transfer of naval technology from the United States to China in building up the Chinese Navy during the Cold War. This book discusses the key role of the transfer of naval technology from the...Daugiau...
This book presents a detailed assessment of the role of navies in the Korean War. It highlights that, despite being predominantly a land war, navies played a vital part. Moreover, the naval war was not solely a U.S. operation. Smaller navies from...Daugiau...
This book bridges the gap between historical research on Japan and the field of childhood history by writing children and childhood into the general historical record of the Meiji period.To explore the widely varying circumstances of childh...Daugiau...
This book provides an overall picture of East Asian international politics during the early interwar period and examines the various foreign policy trends of the major powers involved, including Japan, China, Britain, the United States, and the So...Daugiau...
Singapore has faced many pandemics over the centuries, from smallpox and cholera to influenza and novel coronaviruses. By examining how different governments responded, this book considers what we can learn from their experiences. S...Daugiau...
Nationalism and Decolonisation in Singapore analyses Singapores decolonisation movement between 1953 and 1963 and provides a framework to understand the deepest and most important unresolved conflicts in Singaporean society.This b...Daugiau...
In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, Japan, China, Tsarist Russia and later the USSR, vied for imperial dominance in Northeast Asia. They contested and adopted many of the physical and rhetorical features of Old-World imperialism,...Daugiau...
Contributors to this book provide an Asian womens history from the perspective of gender analysis, assessing Japanese imperial policy and propaganda in its colonies and occupied territories and particularly its impact on women.Tackl...Daugiau...
Fernando examines important aspects of the drafting of 1957 Federation of Malaya constitution related to the system of governance, division of legislative and executive powers, the conceptualization of citizenship and the roles of the judiciary and...Daugiau...
Pham explores North Vietnams unique challenges and perspectives to provide a holistic understanding of the Vietnam War. Delving into the emotional, philosophical, and cultural dimensions of Northern Vietnamese experiences, this book transcends mere...Daugiau...
This book analyses the development of the rice trade in Asia since 1945. This book focuses on the three historically important exporters Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam and the two key importers Indonesia and the Philippines. The book addresses the i...Daugiau...
This book examines key aspects of the Asia Pacific War (19311945), that was initially waged between Japan and China, before Japans attack on Pearl Harbor drew in the U.S.-led allied forces from 1941 to 1945.Part I of the book examines thr...Daugiau...
This book argues that the prevailing view of colonialism needs to be rethought. It focuses on the experiences of the South Indian working class, large numbers of which came to Malaya in the early years of the twentieth century, emigrating from soc...Daugiau...
This book examines how the Treaty of Peace with Japan, a momentous agreement that delineated postwar order in the Pacific, was negotiated between Japan and 48 other nations in 1951. Even though the treaty was created to legally end the state of war...Daugiau...
Whether out of historical interest, romantic identification with the colonized or as models for contemporary counter-insurgency experts, the mass violence of insurgency and counter-insurgency in the post-war decolonization of the European empires...Daugiau...
