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  • British Policy Towards the Indian States 1905–1939

    by S.R. Ashton ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Colonialism and Imperialism
    British Policy Towards the Indian States (1982) examines the concept of indirect rule in terms of both its application and consequences in the princely states of India during the first four decades of the twentieth century. The author first deals with the political geography and diversity of the princely states and the legacy of the Mughal emperors, and then proceeds to discuss the nature and ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • Britain and China 1945-1950

    Documents on British Policy Overseas, Series I Volume VIII

    Edited by S.R. Ashton, G. Bennett, K. Hamilton ...
    Series series Whitehall Histories
    An examination of Britain's relations with China from the end of the World War II to the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. This volume demonstrates how Britain's effort to recover something of its pre-war commercial pre-eminence in China were handicapped by its post-war financial weakness. ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

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  • The Penguin History of Modern China

    The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 - 2009

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  • Red Star Over China - The Rise Of The Red Army

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    Originally published in 1939, this is both a far-reaching history and an eyewitness account of the communist revolution in China. Contains a number of excellent historical photographs. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high ... Read more

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  • Chiang Kai Shek

    China's Generalissimo and the Nation He Lost

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    Chiang Kai-shek and the China He Lost

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    Chiang Kai-shek was the man who lost China to the Communists. As leader of the nationalist movement, the Kuomintang, Chiang established himself as head of the government in Nanking in 1928. Yet although he laid claim to power throughout the 1930s and was the only Chinese figure of sufficient stature to attend a conference with Churchill and Roosevelt during the Second World War, his desire for ... Read more

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    Japan, China and the West: 1894-1941

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