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20th / Twentieth Century China

by Clubb, O. Edmund (Oliver), 1901-

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NY, Columbia University Press [1966, c1964]. Hard Cover. viii, 470 p., maps, index, 24 cm. The story in 1964 was the Communist Revolution in China. "Bibliographical note", p. [439]-449. stock#NEU006. Vg/ dj good+.
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20th Century China.

by Clubb, O.[Oliver] Edmund, 1901-1989.

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N.Y., Columbia UP, 1964. Hard Cover. xiv, 470 p., photos. 5 maps, 244 cm. Clubb was a State Department China hand who knew the country and people well, but fell afoul of Whittaker Chambers and Joseph McCarthy. He puts his extensive backround to work in this book. Stock# 31,746. Vg/ no dj.
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Admiral Yi Sun-sin : a brief overview of his life and achievements.

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[New York, N.Y.] : Diamond Sutra Recitation Group, [2006?]. Soft Cover. 89 p. : illus., ports., maps ; 24 cm. Korean Spirit And Culture Series I Yi, Sun-sin, 1545-1598 is the great military hero of Korea. He fought and won 20 battles during the Japanese invasion of 1592-1598, and was killed in the final triumphal fight. Stock# 45,011. Vg / soft cover.
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Agriculture And Economic Growth: Japan's Experience

by Ohkawa, Kazushi, Bruce F. Johnson, Hiromitsu Kaneda, eds.

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Princeton UP/ University of Tokyo Press, 1970.. Hard Cover. xxii, 433 p.Papers of an international conference of 31 scholars--19 Japanese, 12 foreign--the object of which 'was to make a comprehensive reappraisal of Japan's agricultural development and its relavance to economic growth over the last 100 years.' Stock #101,226. Vg/ dj vg. Japan History Economy Farming
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Agricultural Involution. The Process of Ecological Change in Indonesia.

by Geertz, Clifford, 1926- .

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Berkeley, University of California Press, 1966 [c1963]. Hard Cover. 176 p., illus., maps, 23 cm. "Applies to the interpretation of economic history some of the concepts and findings of social anthropology." Vg, but extensive professorial pencil markings/ dj good. 101607.
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American-East Asian Relations: A Survey

American-East Asian Relations: A Survey

by Beers, Burton F. May, Ernest R. Thomson, James Claude, 1931-

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Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1972. Hard Cover. xv, 425 p.; 25 cm. From the Empress of China to the first Open Door notes, 1784-1899: Early American-East Asian relations by Edward D. Graham; America & China: the mid-nineteenth century by John K. Fairbank; America & China: the late nineteenth century by Kwang-Ching Liu; America & Japan by Robert S. Schwantes; From the Open Door Notes to the Washington Treaties: The Quest for Empire by Marilyn B. Young; 1901-1906 by Raymond A. Esthus; 1906-1913 by Charles E. Neu. ISBN(10) 0674022858. This is Charles Neu's copy. Stock#NEU193. Vg / dj vg.
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American Policy Toward Communist China, 1949-1969. Foreword by John K. Fairbank

American Policy Toward Communist China, 1949-1969. Foreword by John K. Fairbank

by Dulles, Foster Rhea, 1900-1970

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NY, Thomas Y. Crowell [1972]. Hard Cover. xiii, 273 p., [8] p. of plates, illus., map, ports.; 24 cm. Two decades of rivalry and antagonism and their consequences on American decisions for involvement in Korea, Vietnam and Southeast Asia in general. ISBN (10): 0690076126. Stock#NEU187. Vg / dj vg.
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American Policy in the Far East, 1931-1940.

by Bisson, T. A. (Thomas Arthur), 1900-1979.

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N.Y., Institute of Pacific Relations, 1939. Soft Cover. xii, 146 p. 25 documents. "In the Far East, no less than in Europe, collapse of the post-war stabilization has assumed steadily increasing momentum." Vg/soft cover. 101606.
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America's Commitment to South Korea. The First Decade of the Nixon Doctrine

America's Commitment to South Korea. The First Decade of the Nixon Doctrine

by Nam, Joo-Hong, 1952-

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Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] & NY, Cambridge University Press, 1986. Hard Cover. x, 218 p., illus.; 23 cm. Revision of doctoral thesis, London School of Economics & Political Science, 1983. ISBN (10): 052126765X. Stock#NEU214. Vg / issued without dj.
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The Arabs: A Short History

by Hitti, Philip K. (Khuri) 1886-1978

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Washington, Regnery/ Gateway, [1990]. Soft Cover. 6 p.l., 274 p. 21 cm. first publlished in 11943, revised in 1970, this is the best survy of the first 1000 years of Arab history. Stock# 31,723. Vg/ soft cover.
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Aramco, the United States, and Saudi Arabia.
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Aramco, the United States, and Saudi Arabia.: A Study of the Dynamics of Foreign Oil Policy, 1933-1950.

by Anderson, Irvine H., 1928- .

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Princeton University Press, 1981. Anderson "shows that by 1950 a de facto coalition of government agencies and oil companies coalesced around the rapid developmnet of Saudi oil." ISBN (10): 0691046794. Hard Cover. xiii, 259 pages; 23 cm. Red-ink marginal marks in the first few pages, otherwise clean. Very Good in VG dust jacket. Stock#NEU249/h.
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Area Handbook for the People's Republic of China

by Whitaker, Donald P., Rinn-Sup Shinn [and others]

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Washington, D.C. GPO, 1972. Hard Cover. xvi, 729 p., fold. maps. 24 cm. Foreign Area Studies prepared by the American University for the Department of Defence. Stock# 31,743. Vg/ no dj.
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As We Saw Them. The First Japanese Embassy to the United States, 1860

As We Saw Them. The First Japanese Embassy to the United States, 1860

by Miyoshi, Masao, 1928-2009

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Berkeley: University of California Press, ©1979. Hard Cover. xi, 232 p., [7] leaves of plates, 39 b/w illus., frontis.; 25 cm. This copy marked by Prof. Charles Neu, a historian of Japanese-American relations. ISBN (10): 0520037677. Stock#NEU228. Vg / dj vg.
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Asia Minor Translated from the German by Norma Deane.

by Osward, Maxim

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Morrow [NY, 1957]. Hard Cover. 32 p., 160 b/w illus., 8 color plates, folding map; 29 cm. From the Hittites through Persians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines to the Turks who turned Constantinople into Istanbul, Asia Minor has had a varied history, here richly photographed. Stock# 31,120. Vg/ dj scuffed. history, culture.
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Asia in the Making of Europe.
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Asia in the Making of Europe.: Volume I. The Century of Discovery. Book One [&] Book Two.

by Lach, Donald F.

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Two volumes. Book One: Antiquity and the Middle Ages; The Renaissance Before the Great Discoveries; The Spice Trade; The Printed Word; The Christian Mission; India. xxviii, 492 pages, illus., endpaper maps; dj worn, one-inch tear from bottom of spine; good. Book Two: Southeast Asia. xii, 493-965 pages, illus.; dj shelfworn, chipped; Good+. Stock#ofc0126.
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Autobiography of a Chinese Girl, Translated by Tsui Chi.

by Ping-Ying Hsieh/ Xie Bingying, 1906-2000

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London, Pandora [1986]. Soft Cover. 216 p.; 20 cm. As a young woman she joined the army rather than accept an arranged marriage. As a leading Chinese author she showed the way for independent women. Stock# 31,771. Vg/ paper.
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Baghdad During the Abbasid Caliphate from Contemporary Arabic and Persian Sources.
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Baghdad During the Abbasid Caliphate from Contemporary Arabic and Persian Sources.: Second Edition Revised.

by Le Strange, G. (Guy), 1854-1933.

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Originally published: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1924. Expanded edition of this classic treatise. Chapters include A Topography of Mediaeval Baghdad; Complete History & Plan of the Great Metropolis of the Abbasid Caliphs; Foundation of Baghdad; City of Mansur; Canals of Western Baghdad; Kufah Highroad & the Karkh Suburb; Canals of Karkh; Quarters of the Lower Harbour; Quarter of the Basrah Gate; Swari Quarter & the Trench of Tahir; Harbiyah Quarter; Quarters of the Muhawwal Gate; Baratha, Muhawwal, & the Kazimayn; Eastern Baghdad in General; Rusafah; Shammasiyah Quarter; Mukharrim Quarter; Buyid Palaces; Palaces of the Caliphs; Palace Gates & Adjoining Quarters; Quarters North of the Palaces; Quarters East & South of the Palaces; Recapitulation & Authorities: Early Period; ...Middle Period; ...Final Period. Bibliography, pages [xxv]-xxviii. Hard Cover. xxxi, 381 pages, folding map, plans (part folding), index, 23.5 cm. Fine, new from publisher, in shrinkwrap / no dust jacket as issued. Stock#42085/h.
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Bamboo, Lotus and Palm. An Anthology of the Far East, South-East Asia and the Pacific.

by Edwards, E. D., compiler & editor.

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London, William Hodge [1948].. Hard Cover. xii, 377 p., indexes, black & white text illustrations & vignettes; 19 cm. ‘The bamboo, the lotus and the palm symbolize the vast lands that lie East and South-East of India, and the innumerable islands… throughout the Pacific and the South Seas. …Here is depicted the spirit of the Orient throughout many centuries, the lands of its brown and yellow peoples, their ways and their life.’ Stock# 39,285. Vg/ dj a bit worn, edges darkened. Oriental culture, society, literature, legends.
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Beautiful Kweilin.

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Peking, Foreign Languages Press, 1978. Soft Cover. 2 p.l., 109 p., illus., maps, 25.5 cm. Kweilin, in southeastern China, is a wide river plain with cone-like mountains. Stock#34831. Vg/ paper.
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Between Oxus and Jumna: A Journey in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan

Between Oxus and Jumna: A Journey in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan

by Toynbee, Arnold, 1889-1975

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London, NY, Oxford University Press, 1961. Hard Cover. xii, 211 p., 12 illus. (4 color), fold. map; 22 cm. "Noted historian's account of his recent travels through the portions of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, lying between the Oxus and Jumna Rivers." Stock#46641. Vg / dj vg.
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