Addresses such topics as Chinese historiography; cultural policy; the new Indian Ocean Rim economic grouping; hunting in Japan in the context of Buddhist beliefs; minority rights of peoples such as the Yao of Southern China, and much more.
El Nazir and Desai reveal the bargaining and negotiations of the collaboration between the governments of Sudan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and private industry that resulted in the Kenana Sugar Company, the world's largest integrated sugar project.
A study of the interactions between ideological trends and economic reform in China in the era of Deng Xiaoping, this text explores the ideological transformation during... Læs mere
Contains 30 stories selected on the basis of historical interest and literary worth. Each represents an important moment in the history of Korean literature: the Korean... Læs mere
Contributors address a variety of topics, from ancestral worship to transsexual masquerades, from metrical verse in the psalms to temples, poetic expression and linguistic performances.... Læs mere
A general history of Korea beginning with the prehistoric era, and progressing through the era of the Three Kingdoms, Sill, Koguryo and Paekche, the Koryo period, which saw the war with... Læs mere
Elaborating on the relations between classical and non-classical Arabic, this book is a contribution to Arabic linguistics, sociolinguistics and to studies of the role of gender in variation and change.