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A translation of a classic 11th-century Persian text on behaviour and conduct in government, written between 1086 and 1091 by Nizam al-Mulk, who for over 30 years was Chief Minister of two

Often thought of as a rigid ceremony, Japanese tea practice can in fact be creative, critical, performative, or playful depending on social and historical context. This volume illuminates the diverse appeal of

Part of a series that offers mainly linguistic and anthropological research and teaching/learning material on a region of great cultural and strategic interest and importance in the post-Soviet era.

Part of a series that offers mainly linguistic and anthropological research and teaching/learning material on a region of great cultural and strategic interest and importance in the post-Soviet era.

This is a book about the past and present Pacific Islands, wide-ranging in time and space. It spans the centuries from the first, pre-European, Melanesian and Polynesian settlement of Islands from New

Part of a series that offers mainly linguistic and anthropological research and teaching/learning material on a region of great cultural and strategic interest and importance in the post-Soviet era.

Focusing on the period 1600-1900, this ground-breaking work presents Korean history as a tension between structures and agents. It examines economy, demography, and mentalities and focuses on Korean and Japanese attitudes towards

This collection gathers all the primary texts, some rare or hitherto unpublished, written on Ryukyu (today's Okinawa prefecture) by Western visitors, scholars, and missionaries from the 16th century to the eve of

Addresses the nature of the influence of the European Enlightenment on the beliefs and practice of the Protestant missionaries who went to Asia and Africa from the mid-eighteenth century onwards.

These chapters deal with Chinese and Japanese works which were written prior to the 20th century, in response to events in the other country. It provides a view of how Chinese and