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  • KOREA AT THE CENTER: DYNAMICS OF REGIONALISM IN NORTHEAST ASIA
    CHARLES K. ARMSTRONG / GILBERT ROZMAN / SAMUEL S. KIM / STEPHEN KOTKIN
    The common images of Korea view the peninsula as a long-standing battleground for outside powers and the Cold War's last divided state. But, Korea's location at the very center of Northeast Asia gives it a pivotal role in the economic integration of the region and the dynamic development of its more powerful neighbors. A great wave of economic expansion, driven first by the Jap...

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  • REDISCOVERING RUSSIA IN ASIA
    STEPHEN KOTKIN / DAVID WOLFF
    This work presents a trans-Siberian expedition to rediscover the peoples, cultures and riches of Russia's eastern frontiers. It addresses such questions as: who are the people of the region?; have they a distinct culture?; and does the area have a future as part of the Pacific Rim? ...

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  • MONGOLIA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
    STEPHEN KOTKIN / BRUCE ALLEN ELLEMAN
    The remote vastness of Mongolia has remained somewhat of a mystery to most Westerners - no less so in the 20th century. Homeland of the legendary conqueror Chingiz Khan, in modern times Mongolia itself has been the object of imperial rivalry. For most of the 20th century it was under Soviet domination. Mikhail Gorbachev began the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Mongolia in 198...

    $1,560.00

  • MANCHURIAN RAILWAYS AND THE OPENING OF CHINA: AN INTERNATIONAL HISTORY
    BRUCE ELLEMAN / STEPHEN KOTKIN
    The railways of Manchuria offer an intriguing vantage point for an international history of northeast Asia. Before the completion of the Trans-Siberian railway in 1916, the only rail route from the Imperial Russian capital of St. Petersburg to the Pacific port of Vladivostok transited Manchuria. A spur line from the Manchurian city of Harbin led south to ice-free Port Arthur. C...

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