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Violence Denied(2025)Historical and cultural aspects of the tensions between violence and its denial and rationalization in South Asia are taken up in the contributions of this volume which deal with topics ranging from the origins of the concept of ahimsa, to the iconographyVezava: Trda136,18 € -
Greater Magadha(2025) BRONKHORST, JOHANNESIn order to correct the incorrect notions, two types of questions are dealt with: questions pertaining to cultural and religious dependencies, and questions relating to chronology. As a result a modified picture arises that also has a bearing on the furthVezava: Trda136,18 €
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Month in a Dandi. a Woman's Wanderings in Northern India.(2011) BREMNER, CHRISTINA SINCLAIRVezava: Mehka28,25 €
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Americans in Japan; An Abridment of the Government Narrative of the U.S. Expedition to Japan Under Commodore Perry. by R. Tomes.(2011) TOMES, ROBERT M D,PERRY, MATTHEW CALBRAITHVezava: Mehka34,91 €
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Great Wall(2009) MAN, JOHNMutual hostility inspired centuries of attacks, counter-attacks and Wall-building, until the northward spread of China in the 20th century made the Wall redundant. For this riveting account, John Man travelled the Wall from the far western deserts to thVezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Chinese Martial Arts(2017) LORGE, PETER A. (VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, TENNESSEE)In the global world of the twenty-first century, martial arts are practised for self-defense and sporting purposes only. However, for thousands of years, they were a central feature of military practice in China. This book charts the history of combat inVezava: Mehka40,97 €
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Reconstructing the Human Population History of East Asia through Ancient Genomics(2025) BENNETT, E. ANDREW (CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BEIJING),LIU, YICHEN (CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BEIJING),FU, QIAOMEI (CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BEIJING)Ancient genomics techniques are used to study East Asian population history, providing insights into past population's cultural and linguistic dispersals. This element provides an overview of our current understanding of the population history of East AsiVezava: Mehka34,22 €
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Environmental Foundations to the Rise of Early Civilisations in China(2025) ZHUANG, YIJIE (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON)Holocene socioeconomic transformations in late-prehistoric China led to regional civilisations. This Element divides prehistoric China into Highlands, Lowlands, and Coastal, arguing that environmental conditions and subsistence adaptations fueled increaseVezava: Mehka34,22 € -
Pakistan(2024) LODHI, MALEEHAThese systemic challenges are the cumulative consequence of decades of poor governance and squandered opportunities whose convergence creates a formidable, overall challenge.Vezava: Mehka67,49 € -
Punjab Bloodied, Partitioned and Cleansed(2024) AHMED, ISHTIAQThe book underscores the theoretical aspect of governments in East and West Punjab collaborating to expel unwanted minorities, emphasizing the ethnic cleansing goal during the partition.Vezava: Mehka92,74 € -
Serving Empire(2024) FREITAG, JASONThis book explores the multiple discourses within Tod’s Rajasthan, and European Orientalism, to show how intricately coded the British Empire was and, historically, remains.Vezava: Trda116,38 € -
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Material and Ideological Factors in Indian History(2025) CHAND, TARAThe third part discusses the impact of Westernization on Indian life and culture, tracing its influences from Raja Ram Mohan Roy to Nehru. In short, it is a concise version of a comprehensive Indian history.Vezava: Trda38,00 € -
Myths of the North-East Frontier of India(2025) VERRIER, ELWINThe book begins with stories of the world’s genesis, celestial realms, the origins of humanity, the everyday lives of people, and the animal world. Many of these tales are deeply intertwined with nature, reflecting the animistic beliefs that were widespreVezava: Trda129,49 € -
Pepys Of Mogul India 1653 1708(2025) IRVINE, WILLIAMThe book covers the period from 1653 to 1708, which includes the final years of the Greater Mughals before the empire’s decline following Aurangzeb’s death in 1707. It was translated into three different languages, when it was re-released in 1915 in BerliVezava: Trda79,63 € -
History of East Asia(2025) HOLCOMBE, CHARLES (UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA)A concise and comprehensive introduction to China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam from the dawn of history to the present day, emphasizing connections, commonalities, and differences. The third edition includes important developments over the last decade, restrVezava: Mehka66,51 €
