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Canada and China

Canada and China

A Fifty-Year Journey

by B. Michael Frolic

Price: $42.95

ISBN: 9781487540883

Pub Date: May 2022

This book offers an overview of Canada’s fifty-year relationship with China, a narrative journey from diplomatic recognition to the present.

The King of Bangkok

The King of Bangkok

by Claudio Sopranzetti, Sara Fabbri and Chiara Natalucci

Price: $32.95

ISBN: 9781487526412

Pub Date: November 2021

This beautifully illustrated graphic novel tells the history of contemporary Thailand through the life of a blind man who walks on the streets of the capital for the last time.

Strands of Modernization

Strands of Modernization

The Circulation of Technology and Business Practices in East Asia, 1850–1920

Edited by David B. Sicilia and David G. Wittner

Price: $60.00

ISBN: 9781487509088

Pub Date: November 2021

Expanding the historical understanding of the myriad ways in which the transfer of technology and business methods unfolded within East Asia, Strands of Modernization examines the translation of technologies among competing developing economies.

Harvesting State Support

Harvesting State Support

Institutional Change and Local Agency in Japanese Agriculture

by Hanno Jentzsch

Price: $70.00

ISBN: 9781487508548

Pub Date: May 2021

Harvesting State Support provides an analytical focus on the local implementation and interpretation of the agricultural reform process in Japan.

Japanese Society and the Politics of the North Korean Threat

Japanese Society and the Politics of the North Korean Threat

by Seung Hyok Lee

Price: $58.00

ISBN: 9781442630345

Pub Date: February 2016

Japanese Society and the Politics of the North Korean Threat explains the dramatic shift in Japanese policy between the North Korean ballistic missile tests of 1998 and 2006.

Engaging China

Engaging China

Myth, Aspiration, and Strategy in Canadian Policy from Trudeau to Harper

by Paul Evans

Price: $28.95

ISBN: 9781442614482

Pub Date: March 2014

Engaging China is a concise account of the evolution and state of the Canadian approach to China, its achievements, disappointments, and current dilemmas.

Partners and Rivals

Partners and Rivals

The Uneasy Future of China's Relationship with the United States

by Wendy Dobson

Price: $44.95

ISBN: 9781442647527

Pub Date: October 2013

Partners and Rivals, the latest book from acclaimed economist Wendy Dobson, examines the central role that China and the United States will play on the global stage in the next half-century.

The Logic of Conformity

The Logic of Conformity

Japan's Entry into International Society

by Tomoko T. Okagaki

Price: $61.00

ISBN: 9781442641884

Pub Date: July 2013

A sophisticated and significant contribution to the literature on state building and the history of international relations, The Logic of Conformity is a fascinating study of how the concept of sovereignty is reshaped by the entrance of newcomers.

Tumultuous Decade

Tumultuous Decade

Empire, Society, and Diplomacy in 1930s Japan

by Masato Kimura and Tosh Minohara

Price: $40.95

ISBN: 9781442612341

Pub Date: March 2013

Featuring an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars, Tumultuous Decade examines Japanese domestic and foreign affairs between 1931 and 1941.

The Evolution of Japan’s Party System

The Evolution of Japan's Party System

Politics and Policy in an Era of Institutional Change

Edited by Leonard J. Schoppa

Price: $39.95

ISBN: 9781442611672

Pub Date: November 2011

The Evolution of Japan's Party System analyses the transition by examining both party politics and public policy. This volume discusess how older parties such as the LDP and the Japan Socialist Party failed to adapt to the new policy environment of the 1990s.

Japan as a ’Normal Country’?

Japan as a 'Normal Country'?

A Nation in Search of Its Place in the World

Edited by Yoshihide Soeya, David A. Welch and Masayaki Tadokoro

Price: $36.95

ISBN: 9781442611405

Pub Date: June 2011

Japan as a 'Normal Country'? is a thematic and geographically comparative discussion of the unique limitations of Japanese foreign and defence policy.
Gravity Shift

Gravity Shift

How Asia's New Economic Powerhouses Will Shape the 21st Century

by Wendy Dobson

Price: $37.95

ISBN: 9781442611658

Pub Date: July 2010

Dobson's perceptive analysis of changing institutions, demographics, and politics paints a thoughtful and surprising picture of India and China as economic powerhouses in the year 2030.

East Asian Capitalism

East Asian Capitalism

Diversity and Dynamism

Edited by Wendy Dobson and A.E. Safarian

Price: $35.95

ISBN: 9780802080585

Pub Date: October 1997

Essays demonstrate how to reduce the entry cost ot North American businesses trying to penetrate East Asian markets.

Benchmarking the Canadian Business Presence in East Asia

Benchmarking the Canadian Business Presence in East Asia

Edited by Wendy Dobson and A.E. Safarian

Price: $31.95

ISBN: 9780969969105

Pub Date: October 1995

This book will help Canadian managers to better understand: the strategies of Japanese multinationals and other East Asian firms and governments, the linkages between trade and investment, and the nature of the different business systems.

Elite Pluralism and Class Rule

Elite Pluralism and Class Rule

Political development in Maharashtra, India

by Jayant Lele

Price: $37.95

ISBN: 9781487587116

Pub Date: December 1981

Based on a study of recent political behaviour in a rural region of India, the author presents a critique of pluralist theories of democracy and advances a new approach to political sociology. Professor Lele insists that the politicians of Maharashtra sustain, however dispersed, a hegemonic class rule.
Within the Four Seas

Within the Four Seas

The Dialogue of East and West

by Joseph Needham

Price: $32.95

ISBN: 9780802063601

Pub Date: September 1979

Joseph Needham is one of the world’s experts on China and her culture, especially the history of science and technology in that great civilization. Reprinted here are some of the most significant of his essays, lectures and broadcasts on these subjects.

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