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  • The First Amerasians

    Mixed Race Koreans from Camptowns to America

    by Yuri W. Doolan ...
    In the years surrounding the Korean War, thousands of mixed race children were born to American servicemen and local women in US-occupied South Korea. Assumed to be the children of camptown women—or military prostitutes—their presence posed a serious problem for the image of US democracy at a time when the nation was vying for Cold War allegiances abroad. As these children became increasingly ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Koreatowns

    Exploring the Economics, Politics, and Identities of Korean Spatial Formation

    by Jinwon Kim, Soo Mee Kim, Stephen Cho Suh, Carolyn Areum Choi, Yuri W. Doolan, Cassandra Gutierrez, Hyo Kyung Woo, Sharon J. Yoon0, Minjeong Kim1 ...
    Series series Korean Communities across the World
    This collection defines Koreatowns as spatial configurations that concentrate elements of “Korea” demographically, economically, politically, and culturally. The contributors provide exploratory accounts and critical evaluations of Koreatowns in different countries throughout the world. Ranging from familiar settings such as Los Angeles and New York City, to more unfamiliar locales such as ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

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  • The Chinese in America

    A Narrative History

    by Iris Chang ...
    A quintessiantially American story chronicling Chinese American achievement in the face of institutionalized racism by the New York Times bestselling author of The Rape of NankingIn an epic story that spans 150 years and continues to the present day, Iris Chang tells of a people’s search for a better life—the determination of the Chinese to forge an identity and a destiny in a strange land and, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy

    by Edward N. Luttwak ...
    As the rest of the world worries about what a future might look like under Chinese supremacy, Edward Luttwak worries about China’s own future prospects. Applying the logic of strategy for which he is well known, Luttwak argues that the most populous nation on Earth—and its second largest economy—may be headed for a fall.For any country whose rising strength cannot go unnoticed, the universal logic ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • The Age of Openness

    by Hong Kong University Press ...
    The era between empire and communism is routinely portrayed as a catastrophic interlude in China’s modern history, but this engagingly written book shows instead that the first half of the twentieth century witnessed a qualitatively unprecedented trend towards openness. Frank Dikötter argues that the years from 1900 to 1949 were characterised at all levels of society by engagement with the world, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Where Goes China?

    by Ross Terill ...
    No one wishes for China to collapse, writes New York Times bestselling author and Mao biographer Ross Terrill. But some setbacks should be welcomed by the West. ... Read more

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  • North Korea/South Korea

    U.S. Policy at a Time of Crisis

    by John Feffer ...
    The Korean peninsula, divided for more than fifty years, is stuck in a time warp. Millions of troops face one another along the Demilitarized Zone separating communist North Korea and capitalist South Korea. In the early 1990s and again in 2002-2003, the United States and its allies have gone to the brink of war with North Korea. Misinterpretations and misunderstandings are fueling the crisis. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Nation Building in South Korea

    Koreans, Americans, and the Making of a Democracy

    by Gregg A. Brazinsky ...
    Series series New Cold War History
    In this ambitious and innovative study Gregg Brazinsky examines American nation building in South Korea during the Cold War. Marshaling a vast array of new American and Korean sources, he explains why South Korea was one of the few postcolonial nations that achieved rapid economic development and democratization by the end of the twentieth century. Brazinsky contends that a distinctive combination ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • China and Taiwan

    by Steven M. Goldstein ...
    Series series China Today
    Relations between Taiwan and the People�s Republic of China have oscillated between outright hostility and wary detente ever since the Archipelago seceded from the Communist mainland over six decades ago. While the mainland has long coveted the island, Taiwan has resisted - aided by the United States which continues to play a decisive role in cross-strait relations today.In this comprehensive ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Paper Families

    Identity, Immigration Administration, and Chinese Exclusion

    by Estelle T. Lau, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz ...
    Series series Politics, History, and Culture
    The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 made the Chinese the first immigrant group officially excluded from the United States. In Paper Families, Estelle T. Lau demonstrates how exclusion affected Chinese American communities and initiated the development of restrictive U.S. immigration policies and practices. Through the enforcement of the Exclusion Act and subsequent legislation, the U.S. immigration ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The A to Z of Taiwan (Republic of China)

    by John Franklin Copper ...
    Series series The A to Z Guide Series
    Taiwan, an island located off the east coast of southern China, is the largest piece of territory under the jurisdiction of the "nation" known officially as the Republic of China. Constant debate over whether Taiwan is its own sovereign state, part of the Republic of China, or part of the People's Republic of China has been going on for years. With Chinese leaders in the People's Republic of China ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Taiwan's Relations with Mainland China

    A Tail Wagging Two Dogs

    by Chi Su ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Asia Series
    Taiwan's Relations with Mainland China is the first book to deal with the role of Taiwan’s leadership politics, including the personal political styles of Lee Teng-hui and Chen Shui-bian, in the development of Taiwan’s mainland policy and the consequences for U.S.-Taiwan relations.Including analysis of the critical and volatile 1988-2004 period, the Taiwan Straits crisis and cross-strait tension ... Read more

    $68.99 USD