Four million lives have been claimed by the diamond wars in Africa, a number which far exceeds the total American war casualties since the American Revolution. Smillie, an investigative writer, teache
To some, history and literary culture are strange bedfellows. This book on Bhagat Singh is written from the viewpoint of vernacular Punjabi culture and tries to tread on the marginalized pat
This definitive collection of essays from ‘Refugee Watch’ is a comprehensive study of human displacement, covering many regions, addressing differing causes of refugee crises, and providing analysis o
This comparative study by Chinese social scientists of the Chinese and Indian development experiences over six decades of independent nationhood is witness to the fact that China and India are now loo
This book examines and re-imagines the turbulent and intertwined lives of Akiko Yosano (1878–1942) and Tekkan Yosano (1873–1935), two poets who sparked a revolution in the world of Japanese ‘tanka’ (s
Two generations of the Nonezawa family – Asafumi and his wife Shizuka, and Asafumi’s grandfather Rentaro and his Malayan lover Saya – are connected across the years by the mysterious Mandala Road, whi
Rajan (Centre for Development Studies, Inida), Risseeuw (U. of Leiden, the Netherlands), and Perera (The Marga Institute, Sri Lanka) present the findings of a collaborative research project titled, "C
Intrigue, betrayal, family secrets, forbidden passions – this tale of adventure and suspense links the Tiananmen Massacre of 1989 and the Kobe earthquake of 1995 through the story of Akihiko Waki. The
In the first decade of the twenty-first century autonomy has become one of the major concerns of our social and political existence. The right to autonomous life is now a political, cultural and socia
London: A Pilgrimage was conceived in 1868 by the journalist and playwright Blanchard Jerrold. Accompanied by the famous artist Gustave Dore, Jerrold prowled every corner of the heaving metropolis, so
?This remarkable anthology features 101 modern Japanese poems by 55 poets, including Shuntaro Tanikawa, Minoru Yoshioka, Taeko Tomioka, Nobuo Ayukawa, Taro Kitamura, Ryuichi Tamura, Hiroshi Yoshino, N
The 1980s economic boom in East Asia drew the world’s attention towards Taiwan. India-Taiwan economic relations have been growing and the setting up of economic and cultural centres has promoted peopl
'Victorian Sensation' sheds light on the Victorians' fascination with celebrity culture and their obsession with gruesome and explicit reportage of murders and sex scandals. With a vivid cast of chara
This brilliant, vivid and impressionistic series of sketches, formed during her 1892 stay in Persia, is Gertrude Bell's first published work. Infused with a distinctive orientalism, Persian Pictures
From slums to suburbs, freak-shows to fast-food, prisons to pornography, A Dictionary of Victorian London is an expose of everyday life in the Great Metropolis of Victorian London. Compiling authenti
This guide is a unique resource for music lovers with a passion for travel. Selected on the basis of international reputation, architectural appeal, historical and cultural significance and pe
This guide is a unique resource for art lovers and tourists alike. Selected on the basis of international reputation, architectural appeal, historical and cultural significance and the quality
This book is about the madness of everyday life under a dictatorship. It shifts in theme and time, testing the borderlines of prose and poetry, fiction and non-fiction, history and autobiography – all
An enthralling account of the conflicting experiences of discovering the New World, drawing upon the intriguing tales of early discovery and amazing illustrations of the day. The authors invoke the un
