This English translation of a key work by one of Okinawa’s most respected historians, Mamoru Akamine, provides a compelling new picture of the role played by the Ryukyu Kingdom in the history of East Asia. Okinawa Island, from which the present-day Japanese prefecture derives its name, is the largest of the Ryukyu Islands, an archipelago that stretches between Japan and Taiwan....(展开全部)

马克·布拉齐尔（Mark Brazil）， 苏格兰斯特灵大学博士，经验丰富的野外鸟类学家。著有《东亚鸟类野外手册》（Birds of East Asia），以及《日本观鸟指南》（ A Birdwatcher's Guide to Japan）、《日本鸟类》（The Birds of Japan）和《大天鹅》（The Whooper Swan）等。

马克·布拉齐尔（Mark Brazil）， 苏格兰斯特灵大学博士，经验丰富的野外鸟类学家。著有《东亚鸟类野外手册》（Birds of East Asia），以及《日本观鸟指南》（ A Birdwatcher's Guide to Japan）、《日本鸟类》（The Birds of Japan）和《大天鹅》（The Whooper Swan）等。

The history of the book in East Asia is closely linked to problems of language and script, problems which have also had a profound impact on the technology of printing and on the social and intellectual impact of print in this area. This volume contains key readings on the history of printed books and manuscripts in China, Korea and Japan and includes an introduction which prov...(展开全部)

Interactions between people and animals are attracting overdue attention in diverse fields of scholarship, yet insects still creep within the shadows of more charismatic birds, fish, and mammals. Insect Histories of East Asia centers on bugs and creepy crawlies and the taxonomies in which they were embedded in China, Japan, and Korea to present a history of human and animal coc...(展开全部)

Interactions between people and animals are attracting overdue attention in diverse fields of scholarship, yet insects still creep within the shadows of more charismatic birds, fish, and mammals. Insect Histories of East Asia centers on bugs and creepy crawlies and the taxonomies in which they were embedded in China, Japan, and Korea to present a history of human and animal coc...(展开全部)

A Maritime History of East Asia takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of a region from the perspective of the interactions that occurred on and were facilitated by the sea. The book is divided into three parts that each focus on a different hundred-year period between 1250 and 1800, characterized by ‘openness’, ‘competition’ and ‘compartmentalization’ re...(展开全部)