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Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America

by Greg Robinson Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
07/2010
ISBN:
9780231129220
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Hb+ 408 pages

The confinement of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, often called the Japanese internment, has been described...

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Mystique of Transmission: On an Early Chan History and Its Contexts

by Wendi Adamek Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
04/2007
ISBN:
9780231136648
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Hbk 448 pages

The Mystique of Transmission is a close reading of a late-eighth-century Chan/Zen Buddhist hagiographical work, the Lidai fabao...

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Against a Hindu God: Buddhist Philosophy of Religion in India

by Parimal G Patil Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
07/2010
ISBN:
9780231142229
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Hbk 400 pages

Arguments about the existence of God are not confined to the West. Buddhist and Hindu philosophers in premodern India engaged...

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Outline of a Theory of Civilization

by Yukichi Fukuzawa Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
09/2009
ISBN:
9780231150729
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Hb+ 312 pages

Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901) rose from low samurai origins to become one of the finest intellectuals and social thinkers of modern...

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Imaginary Institution of India: Politics and Ideas

by Sudipta Kaviraj Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
07/2010
ISBN:
9780231152235
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Pb+ 312 pages

Essential essays on India’s rich political history by its most innovative thinker and analyst. Sudipta Kaviraj is India’s best-kept...

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In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun: The Autobiography of a Japanese Feminist

by Hiratsuka Raicho Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
07/2010
ISBN:
9780231138130
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Pb+ 432 pages

"In the beginning, woman was truly the sun. An authentic person. Now she is the moon, a wan and sickly moon, dependent on another,...

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Sacred Economies: Buddhist Monasticism and Territoriality in Medieval China

by Michael J Walsh Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
07/2010
ISBN:
9780231148320
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Hbk 256 pages

Buddhist monasteries in medieval China employed a variety of practices to ensure their ascendancy and survival. Most successful...

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Winged Faith: Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism through the Sathya Sai Movement

by Tulasi Srinivas Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
05/2010
ISBN:
9780231149327
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Hb+ 448 pages

The Sathya Sai Baba global civil religious movement was founded in the 1960s by a charismatic Indian guru, Sathya Sai Baba. Based...

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Weave of My Life: A Dalit Woman's Memoirs

by Urmila Pawar Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
07/2010
ISBN:
9780231149006
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Hbk 320 pages

"My mother used to weave aaydans, the Marathi generic term for all things made from bamboo. I find that her act of weaving and...

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Eastern Sentiments

by Yi T'aejun Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
07/2009
ISBN:
9780231149440
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Hb+ 208 pages

The Confucian gentlemen scholars of the Choson dynasty often published short anecdotes that exemplified their values and aesthetic...

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Extreme Poetry: The South Asian Movement of Simultaneous Narration

by Yigal Bronner Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
07/2010
ISBN:
9780231151603
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Hbk 376 pages

Beginning in the sixth century C.E. and continuing for more than a thousand years, an extraordinary poetic practice was the trademark...

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Living with the Dragon: How the American Public Views the Rise of China

by Benjamin I Page and Tao Xie Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
07/2010
ISBN:
9780231152082
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Hbk 232 pages

It is widely believed that most Americans distrust and indeed despise China. Considering the country's violent political history,...

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Breaking with the Past: The Maritime Customs Service and the Global Origins of Modernity in China

by Hans Van de Ven Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
02/2014
ISBN:
9780231137386
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Hbk 417 pages

From 1854 to 1952, the Chinese Maritime Customs Service delivered one-third to one-half of all revenue available to China's central...

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Unearthing the Changes: Recently Discovered Manuscripts of the Yi Jing ( I Ching) and Related Texts

by Edward L Shaughnessy Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
02/2014
ISBN:
9780231161848
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Hbk 400 pages

In recent years, three ancient manuscripts relating to the Yi jing ( I Ching), or Classic of Changes, have been discovered....

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Deaths in Venice: The Cases of Gustav von Aschenbach

by Philip Kitcher Columbia University Press
Pub Date:
11/2013
ISBN:
9780231162647
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Hbk 288 pages

Published in 1913, Thomas Mann's Death in Venice is one of the most widely read novellas in any language. In the 1970s, Benjamin...

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