The contents of this book: 1. Demography and Development 2. Education 3. Political System and Constitutions 4. Governance 5. Economy
The defining moment in the development of a modern China is shown to be 4 May 1919 at the Tian'anmen gate in Beijing, where a new generation rejected Confucianism and traditional Chinese culture, and protested violently against the Paris Peace Conference. Chinese cities at that time still bore the imprints of their ancient past, with narrow lanes and sacred temples, but they were starting to ch…
In human history, the Korean War stands out as a most unique civil war. Nearly two million soldiers representing countries from all over the world fought for the freedom of South Korea. At the time of the war, 63 of the 93 independent countries in the world provided South Korea with troops and war supplies. On the other hand, only the Soviet Union and Communist China provided North Korea with a…
Contents: 1. The legacy of history 2. The limits of possession 3. A window of opportunity 4. One country, two system 5. Mrs thatcher makes a stand 6. The negotiations begin 7. Crisis and concession 8. A matter of from 9. The joint declaration 10. Afterwards.
A History of the Arab Peoples covers not only political history, but also culture, society, economy and thought, in a work of profound and lasting importance. A magnificent display of the late Albert Hourani's lifetime of scholarship, it was a best-seller on first publication in 1991. This new edition, updated by Malise Ruthven, includes such recent events as the on-going crisis in Iraq, the ci…
The contents of this book: 1. The book of Nature 2. How Early History was Written 3. The Making of the Earth 4. The First Living Things 5. The Animals Appear 6. The Coming of Man
In 1979, Steven C. Caton went to a remote area of Yemen to do fieldwork on the famous oral poetry of its tribes. The recent hostage crisis in Iran made life perilous for a young American in the Middle East; worse, he was soon embroiled in a dangerous local conflict and tribal hostilities simmered for months. Yemen Chronicle is his extraordinary report both on events that ensued and on the many …
Contents: 1. The lid of the incense burner 2. The bowl of the incense burner 3. The pedestal stand of the incense burner
J.N Dixit tenure as the foreign secretary of India witnessed, both in the national and international arenas - as series of dramatic, profound and epoch-making events, which marked a phase of significant transition. Momentous happenings - such as the disintegration of the gigantic Soviet Union, the ethnic conflicts among the constituents of former Yugoslavia, the destruction of the Babri mosque …
South Yemen has come to be seen as a potential Al-Qaeda stronghold and at the heart of a separatist movement threatening to rip apart southern Arabia. How has this country of forbidding mountains and arid deserts gone from British colony to communist state and then to 'terrorist base' in just half a century? In Yemen Divided, author and Middle East expert Noel Brehony tells for the first time t…