A Modern History
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Singapore
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Author : Michael D. Barr
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-12-13
Singapore written by Michael D. Barr and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-13 with History categories.
Singapore gained independence in 1965, a city-state in a world of nation-states. Yet its long and complex history reaches much farther back. Blending modernity and tradition, ideologies and ethnicities, a peculiar set of factors make Singapore what it is today. In this thematic study of the island nation, Michael D. Barr proposes a new approach to understand this development. From the pre-colonial period through to the modern day, he traces the idea, the politics and the geography of Singapore over five centuries of rich history. In doing so he rejects the official narrative of the so-called 'Singapore Story'. Drawing on in-depth archival work and oral histories, Singapore: A Modern History is a work both for students of the country's history and politics, but also for any reader seeking to engage with this enigmatic and vastly successful nation.
China
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Author : Michael Dillon
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2010-07-30
China written by Michael Dillon and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-30 with History categories.
China's transformation in the last few decades has been perhaps the most remarkable - and most controversial - development in modern history. Barely a century removed from the struggling and outdated Qing Empire, China has managed to reinvent itself on an unprecedented scale: from Empire, to Communist state, to hybrid capitalist superpower. Yet the full implications of China's rapid march to modernity are not widely understood - particularly, the effects of China's meteoric rise on the nation's many ethnic minorities. "China: A Modern History" is the definitive guide to this complex contemporary phenomenon. Deng Xiaoping's 1980s policy of 'reform and opening', which saw China enter the world market, is only the most recent in a series of dramatic shifts that have transformed Chinese society over the past 150 years. "China: A Modern History" explores these contrasts in detail, while also highlighting the enduring values which have informed Chinese identity for millennia. Michael Dillon's "China: A Modern History" is essential reading for those interested in the past, present and future course of one of the world's great nations. Clearly and compellingly written, this will stand as the best introduction to this spectacular and still-unfinished story.
A Modern History Of Hong Kong
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Author : Steve Tsang
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2003-12-31
A Modern History Of Hong Kong written by Steve Tsang and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-31 with History categories.
This major history of Hong Kong tells the remarkable story of how a cluster of remote fishing villages grew into an icon of capitalism. The story began in 1842 with the founding of the Crown Colony after the First Anglo-Chinese war - the original 'Opium War'. As premier power in Europe and an expansionist empire, Britain first created in Hong Kong a major naval station and the principal base to open the Celestial Chinese Empire to trade. Working in parallel with the locals, the British built it up to become a focus for investment in the region and an international centre with global shipping, banking and financial interests. Yet by far the most momentous change in the history of this prosperous, capitalist colony was its return in 1997 to 'Mother China', the most powerful Communist state in the world.
Japan A Modern History
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Author : James L. McClain
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2002
Japan A Modern History written by James L. McClain and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
Japan: A Modern History provides a comprehensive narrative that integrates the political, social, cultural, and economic history of modern Japan from the investiture of Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603 to the present.
China
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Author : Michael Dillon
language : en
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Release Date : 2012-09-15
China written by Michael Dillon and has been published by I.B. Tauris this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-15 with History categories.
New paperback edition published in 2012, first published in hardback in 2010.
Korea S Place In The Sun A Modern History Updated Edition
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Author : Bruce Cumings
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2005-09-17
Korea S Place In The Sun A Modern History Updated Edition written by Bruce Cumings and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-17 with History categories.
"Passionate, cantankerous, and fascinating. Rather like Korea itself."--Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Book Review Korea has endured a "fractured, shattered twentieth century," and this updated edition brings Bruce Cumings's leading history of the modern era into the present. The small country, overshadowed in the imperial era, crammed against great powers during the Cold War, and divided and decimated by the Korean War, has recently seen the first real hints of reunification. But positive movements forward are tempered by frustrating steps backward. In the late 1990s South Korea survived its most severe economic crisis since the Korean War, forcing a successful restructuring of its political economy. Suffering through floods, droughts, and a famine that cost the lives of millions of people, North Korea has been labeled part of an "axis of evil" by the George W. Bush administration and has renewed its nuclear threats. On both sides Korea seems poised to continue its fractured existence on into the new century, with potential ramifications for the rest of the world.
Turkey
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Author : Erik J. Zürcher
language : en
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Release Date : 1998
Turkey written by Erik J. Zürcher and has been published by I.B. Tauris this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
This revised edition builds upon and updates its twin themes of Turkey's continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the modernization of state and society. It begins with the forging of closer links with Europe after the French Revolution, and the changing face of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century. Zurcher argues that Turkey's history between 1908 and 1950 should be seen as a unity, and offers a strongly revisionist interpretation of Turkey's "foundling father", Kemal Ataturk. In his account of the period since 1950, Zurcher focuses on the growth of mass politics; the three military coups; the thorny issue of Turkey's human right's record; integration into the global economy; the alliance with the West and relations with the European Community; Turkey's ambivalent relations with the Middle East; the increasingly explosive Kurdish question; the worst economic crisis in 15 years in 1994; and the continuing political instability and growth of Islam.
A History Of Modern Singapore 1819 2005
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Author : C.M. Turnbull
language : en
Publisher: NUS Press
Release Date : 2009-01-01
A History Of Modern Singapore 1819 2005 written by C.M. Turnbull and has been published by NUS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with History categories.
When C.M. Turnbull's A History of Singapore, 1819-1975 appeared in 1977, it quickly achieved recognition as the definitive history of Singapore. A second edition published in 1989 brought the story up to the elections held in 1988. In this fully revised edition, rewritten to take into account recent scholarship on Singapore, the author has added a chapter on Goh Chok Tong's premiership (1990-2004) and the transition to a government headed by Lee Hsien Loong. The book now ends in 2005, when the Republic of Singapore celebrated its 40th anniversary as an independent nation. Major changes occurred in the 1990s as the generation of leaders that oversaw the transition from a colony to independence stepped aside in favour of a younger generation of leaders. Their task was to shape a course that sustained the economic growth and social stability achieved by their predecessors, and they would be tested towards the end of the decade when Southeast Asia experienced a severe financial crisis. Many modern studies on Singapore focus on current affairs or very recent events and pay a great deal of attention to Singapore's successful transition from the developing to the developed world. However, younger historians are increasingly interested in other aspects of the country's past, particularly social and cultural issues. A History of Modern Singapore, 1819-2005 provides a solid foundation and an overarching framework for this research, surveying Singapore's trajectory from a small British port to a major trading and financial hub within the British Empire and finally to the modern city state that Singapore became after gaining independence in 1965.
A Modern History Of Tanganyika
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Author : John Iliffe
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1979-05-10
A Modern History Of Tanganyika written by John Iliffe and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-05-10 with History categories.
The first comprehensive and fully documented history of modern Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania).
Seven Hundred Years
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Author : Kwa Chong Guan
language : en
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Limited
Release Date : 2019
Seven Hundred Years written by Kwa Chong Guan and has been published by Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Singapore categories.
- Unique new insights into Singapore's history based on the latest archaeological and archival research - Written in an accessible and engaging style by four of Singapore's most esteemed historians - Amply illustrated with more than 200 images, maps and ephemera