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Free Download East Asia and the First World War
by Frank Jacob
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3110737086 | 177 Pages | PDF | 1.03 MB

Free Download Sustainable Management of Historic Settlements in Asia: Role of Intangible Cultural Heritage by Niyati Jigyasu, Anjali Krishan Sharma
English | PDF (True) | 2024 | 310 Pages | ISBN : 9819767350 | 46.7 MB
The book addresses the contribution of Intangible Cultural Heritage to the sustainable management of historic cities and towns. Through the unique, diverse, and dynamic illustrations from Asia, it provides insights into the interrelationships of intangible and tangible cultural attributes and their significance on the sustainability of these areas. Historic cities and towns, large and small, along with their natural and man-made environments have a distinct identity and embody the values of traditional urban cultures. Evolved by tangible built forms and intangible elements, as cultural practices and expressions- meanings and values attributed to them, they are in a state of continuous change. The built environment acts as a ‘place’ or a ‘site’ where most of these expressions are shaped. These areas are significant for their social cohesion and economic stronghold that dates back over generations and centuries. Over the years, there have been many theoretical discussions about the interrelationships of tangible and intangible but is challenging to manage in practice, especially in historic urban areas. There is a lack of understanding of the complexity and pervasiveness of intangible values and their direct relationship with the physical structure of the town/city. This book strives to address the various challenges, emphasising the intricate relationships between the tangible and intangible aspects of historic cities in the Asian context.

Free Download Cold War Deceptions: The Asia Foundation and the CIA by David H. Price
English | March 19, 2024 | ISBN: 0295752246 | 358 pages | PDF | 8.64 Mb
Investigates how the CIA tried to influence scholars and governments

Free Download Jason L. Powell, "Aging in Asia "
English | ISBN: 1607416492 | 2009 | 219 pages | PDF | 10 MB
This book focuses on the implications of population ageing in Asia. The book discusses the differences in the magnitude of the aged population in different parts of Asia and highlights the perennial concerns of care and support facing older people and their families as Asian societies grapple with the ageing population. The array of chapters in this book substantiates these challenges and opportunities afforded to different countries in Asia in light of demographic shifts, which range from an examination of broad issues of support for the aged and policy directions in East and Southeast Asia, to specific concerns relating to older people in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Pakistan, Korea, Bangladesh and Nepal. Population ageing across these countries are experiencing increased longevity and a declining birth rate, which is becoming more prevalent. The book explains how, due to changes in population structure, ageing will alter trends in the decades ahead in Asia. This book is unique in that the research cited is not only rich on ageing experiences across Asia but is an important process in bringing together evocative, engaged and comparative insights as to how we understand complex ageing and welfare issues.

Free Download Amitav Acharya, "Democracy and Reform in the Middle East and Asia: Social Protest and Authoritarian Rule after the Arab Spring"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1780768060 | EPUB | pages: 272 | 0.8 mb
The protests that swept across the Middle East and North Africa in late 2010 and 2011 confounded long-time observers of the region, in both the media and academia. After addressing the conditions in the Middle East and North Africa that produced these attempts at revolution, Amin Saikal and Amitav Acharya explore the global impact of the protests, both in terms of their ideological influence on opposition groups and the prospects for democratic transition in a variety of authoritarian and semi-authoritarian governments. Examining states at the heart of the uprisings, such as Egypt, Tunisia and Libya in addition to other Middle Easter states, like Iran, as well the Asian states of China, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, this book concentrates upon ‘democratization’ as the central theme. Did the protests have a galvanizing effect of democratization processes throughout Asia? And if not, why? Touching on perennial issues in politics – for example, democracy, authoritarian rule and social protest – this book is vital for researchers of politics and international relations.

Free Download 2023 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology (APISAT 2023) Proceedings: Volume II by Song Fu
English | PDF (True) | 2024 | 1991 Pages | ISBN : 9819740096 | 307.8 MB
This book is a compilation of peer-reviewed papers from the 2023 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology (APISAT2023). The symposium is a common endeavour among the four national aerospace societies in China, Australia, Korea and Japan, namely, Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics (CSAA), Royal Aeronautical Society Australian Division (RAeS Australian Division), Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (JSASS) and Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (KSAS). APISAT is an annual event initiated in 2009. It aims to provide the opportunity to Asia-Pacific nations for the researchers of universities and academic institutes, and for the industry engineers to discuss the current and future advanced topics in aeronautical and space engineering.

Free Download The Museum in Asia (Leicester Readers in Museum Studies)
by Yunci Cai
English | 2025 | ISBN: 036741564X | 328 Pages | True PDF | 7.74 MB

Free Download J-20 Mighty Dragon: Asia’s First Stealth Fighter in the Era of China’s Military Rise
by Abraham Abrams
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1804515604 | 92 Pages | True ePUB | 107 MB

Free Download The Decline of Empires in South Asia: How Britain and Russia lost their grip over India, Persia and Afghanistan by Heather Campbell
English | April 13, 2022 | ISBN: 1526775808 | 240 pages | EPUB | 2.40 Mb
The post-First World War period was pivotal in global history, international relations and geopolitics. And no more than in South Asia. where for decades the ‘Great Game’ in geopolitical rivalry of the two greatest modern empires – Britain and Russia – had dominated international relations. But with the advent of Communism in Russia and growing nationalism and pan-Islamism in Afghanistan, Persia, and India, Britian’s imperial standing was under threat. Faced with these problems, some in the British government, such as Lord Curzon, the dominant imperialist in the British Foreign Office, fell back on what they knew – old patterns of rivalry and high-handedness that characterized the Great Game. Not all, however, agreed with Curzon, and with war in Afghanistan, civil unrest in India, and rising tensions in Persia, those who opposed this Great Game mindset advocated a new way forward for British foreign relations.

Free Download Sing C. Chew, "The Southeast Asia Connection: Trade and Polities in the Eurasian World Economy, 500 BC-AD 500"
English | ISBN: 1785337882 | 2018 | 188 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
The contribution of Southeast Asia to the world economy (during the late prehistoric and early historic periods) has not received much attention. It has often been viewed as a region of peripheral entrepôts, especially in the early centuries of the current era. Recent archaeological evidence revealed the existence of established and productive polities in Southeast Asia in the early parts of the historic period and earlier. This book recalibrates these interactions of Southeast Asia with other parts of the world economy, and gives the region its due instead of treating it as little more than of marginal interest.