Asia
|
EDITOR'S CHOICE
Merle Ricklefs seeks clues for the future of the troubled archipelago nation in its distant past. |
To read any piece marked 
, you'll need a subscription to our online archive
|
1930s Shanghai was notoriously populated by characters of dubious political and moral allegiances. Bernard Wasserstein shows how the Japanese used their contacts among the city’s low-life to assist in their invasion and occupation. Published in History Today, Volume: 48 Issue: 9, 1998
|
|
Robert Bruce asks if China has refound Confucius.
|
|
Paul Murphy on the Raj pioneers who set in train thoughts of conservation in independent India.
|
|
Michael Leech on Eastern Art Deco
|
|
Michael Rand Hoare probes the truth behind a little-known massacre which is reverberating in Taiwanese politics today. |
|
Annette Bingham on the historic nature of Philippines food
|
|
Charles Boxer examines the impact of 1688 on Anglo-Dutch relationship with nations east of Suez. |
|
Keith Nurse examines a collection of Indian art at the Powis Castle in Wales.
|
|
Published in
|
|
'Trade follows the flag' is a truism of imperial expansion but in the 1680s it was the other way round, as East India Company entrepreneurs made an ambitious and abortive attempt to challenge the might of the Moghul empire. Published in History Today, Volume: 37 Issue: 2
|
|
Francis Robinson explores new educational and cultural advances in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.
|
|
Francis Robinson on an epic film of the life of the Indian politician, released in December 1982.
|
|
From 1858 until 1945, explains Frances Stewart, the Andaman Islands served as a penal colony for the British Empire. The islands were also valued for their good natural harbours. During the Second World War the Andamans were captured by the Japanese.
|
|
William Seymour argues here that the determination of Sir Charles Napier to uphold British interests in Sind led to coercion and eventual war. Much criticised for his high-handed approach, Napier nevertheless proved an efficient administrator for this conquered land.
|
|
Stuart A. Schram continues our Makers of the 20th Century series. That Mao Zedong has changed the course of modern history is beyond dispute. the extent of his influence, both in China and abroad, has however been a matter of fierce debate since his death in 1976.
|
- ‹‹
- 3 of 3
This Month's Magazine
Related Blog Posts
|
Thomas DuBois discusses how the coming 'Asian century' might not be so... |
|
How cartoonists depicted the rapidly shifting global order of the late 1800s... |
Book Reviews
|
How the Mongol Empire brought much of the world closer together. |
|
Geoffrey Bolton reviews. |
|
A Conflict of Cultures |
|
Ronald Hutton reviews a book by Barbara W. Tuchman. |
From The Current Issue
E.L Devlin
|
Roger Hudson
|
Mihir Bose
|
