GOSLING, BETTY

Sukhothai Its History, Culture, and Art

Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0195889843. Glossy pictorial paper covered boards as new show only slight wear ; A bright, solid book ; The Asia Collection; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 156 pages; Referred to as "the cradle of Thai culture", the city of Sukhothai in north-central Thailand now lies in extensive and impressive ruins that are a testimony to a period from the mid-thirteenth to the mid-fifteenth centuries of the accomplishments of this independent city in the fields of architecture, sculpture, painting, and ceramics. Despite the historical importance ascribed to Sukhothai in laying the political, cultural, and artistic foundations for the modern day Thai state, the facts of its founding, growth, and decline have been shrouded until fairly recently in mystery, being largely dependent on an unreliable oral tradition. Drawing on twentieth-century study of scores of abandoned stone inscriptions and archaeological research, Gosling paints a rich picture of the political, religious, and cultural life of the Sukhothai period.. Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 16603

Catalogue: History::Asia

Keywords: 0195889843 sukhothai Thailand HISTORY ASIA

JACQUES, MARTIN

When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order

New York: Penguin, 2012. Second Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0143118005. Remainder mark bottom page edges, light wear else ; A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 812 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21353

Catalogue: History::Asia

Keywords: 0143118005 China Middle kingdom Trade HISTORY ASIA

TUCHMAN, BARBARA W.

Stilwell and the American Experience in China 1911

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1971. Book of the Month Club. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear, DJ is heavily worn with creasing, soiling and short tears. DJ missing 1/2" section from bottom of spine area. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. map endpapers; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 621 pages; "General Joseph W. Stilwell was a man who loved China deeply and knew its people as few Americans ever have. Barbara W. Tuchman’s groundbreaking narrative follows Stilwell from the time he arrived in China during the Revolution of 1911, through his tours of duty in Peking and Tientsin in the 1920s and ’30s, to his return as theater commander in World War II, when the Nationalist government faced attack from both Japanese invaders and Communist insurgents. Peopled by warlords, ambassadors, and missionaries, this classic biography of the cantankerous but level-headed “Vinegar Joe” sparkles with Tuchman’s genius for animating the people who shaped history.". Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket .

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Book number: 21201

Catalogue: History::Asia

Keywords: stilwell China ASIA Militaria