Angkor : Cities and Temples
by Claude Jacques, et al
Listed under Cambodia
Another Vietnam: Pictures of the War from the Other Side
by Tim Page, et al
Listed under Vietnam
The
Carpet Wars: From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year Journey Along Ancient Trade
Routes
by Christopher Kremmer
In Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Iran, Iraq, and the Central Asian
republics, carpets are viewed as objects of reverence and expressions of
the highest artistic achievement. As the region's second largest export
behind oil, they are also big business. "The early Muslims inhabited lands
where people were born on carpets, prayed on them, and covered their tombs
with them. For centuries, carpets have been a currency and an export, among
the first commodities of a globalized trading system," writes author Christopher
Kremmer. Even in the midst of turmoil and war, a bazaar will spring up
during breaks in the fighting and carpet merchants will quickly resume
business as if nothing had happened. In this detailed look at the culture
and recent history of these countries, the carpet trade serves as both
backdrop and metaphor for the shadowy and complex politics of the region
in which trickery, illusion, and manipulation are part of the game. The
result of 10 years spent as a journalist in the region, Kremmer's book
explains how the fragile web of tribal and religious alliances and the
influence of outside powers have impacted the politics and economy of the
area and began a continuous cycle of exile and return, along with the rise
of militarism and terrorism. The book also serves as excellent travel writing,
with fascinating anecdotes and telling conversations and encounters that
illustrate the customs of a region that is now the focus of international
attention. --Shawn Carkonen Amazon.com
Hardcover: 464 pages
Ecco Press; ISBN: 0060097329; 1 Amer Ed edition
(April 16, )
A
History of Inner Asia
by Svatopluk Soucek
Paperback:
Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt); ISBN: 0521657040;
(March )
Kurdistan : In the Shadow of History
by Susan Meisalis, et al
(Hardcover)
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Lost
White Tribes : The End of Privilege and the Last Colonials in Sri Lanka,
Jamaica, Brazil, Haiti, Namibia, and Guadeloupe
by Riccardo Orizio, Avril Bardoni (Translator)
Hardcover: 288 pages ; Dimensions (in inches):
1.00 x 8.74 x 5.82
Publisher: Free Press; ;
ISBN: 0743211979
Soul Survivors: Stories of Women and Children in Cambodia
by Carol Wagner, et al
Listed under Cambodia
Tournament
of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia
by Karl E. Meyer, Shareen Blair Brysac
(Paperback)
Zapuphizo
(Asian Studies Series)
by Pieter Steyn
This is the first biography of Angami Zapuphizo, the great patriot
leader of Nagaland in the north-eastern hills of South Asia, who died in
exile in England in 1990. A central figure in the turbulent recent history
of the region, Zapuphizo was the mastermind behind the Nagas´
demand for sovereign independence in 1947, the year when the British government
transferred control to India and Pakistan. Amazon.com
Hardcover: 330 pages
Kegan Paul Intl; ISBN: 0710305060; 0 edition
(March )
The Making of Modern Burma
by Thant Myint-U
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Life
Along the Silk Road
by Susan Whitfield
(Hardcover)
Monarchy
in South East Asia: The Faces of Tradition in Transition
by Roger Kershaw
The
New Central Asia : The Creation of Nations
by Olivier Roy
(Paperback)
Orientalism
by Edward W. Said
Paperback from Vintage
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Darsan
by Diana L. Eck
Paperback from Columbia University Press
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A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia : Inner Eurasia from
Prehistory to the Mongol Empire (History of the World , Vol 1)
by David Christian
Paperback: 464 pages ; Dimensions (in inches):
1.08 x 9.64 x 6.71
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers; ;
ISBN: 0631208143
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