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      Shipped but Not Sold: Material Culture and the Social Protocols of Trade during Yemen’s Age of Coffee

      Nancy Um

      In the early decades of the eighteenth century, Yemen hosted a bustling community of merchants who sailed to the southern Arabian Peninsula, seeking and offering a range of commodities, both…

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      Shipped but Not Sold: Material Culture and the Social Protocols of Trade during Yemen’s Age of Coffee

      Nancy Um,Anand A. Yang,Kieko Matteson

      In the early decades of the eighteenth century, Yemen hosted a bustling community of merchants who sailed to the southern Arabian Peninsula from the east and the west. In Shipped…

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      A Power in the World: The Hawaiian Kingdom in Oceania

      Lorenz Gonschor

      Examines two intertwined historical processes: the development of a Hawai"i-based pan-Oceanian policy and underlying ideology, which in turn provided the rationale for the second process, the spread of the Hawaiian…

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      A Power in the World: The Hawaiian Kingdom in Oceania

      Lorenz Gonschor

      Examines two intertwined historical processes: the development of a Hawai'i-based pan-Oceanian policy and underlying ideology, which in turn provides the rationale for the second process, the spread of the Hawaiian…

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      Sudden Appearances: The Mongol Turn in Commerce, Belief, and Art

      Roxann Prazniak

      Exploring art’s relationship to the unique commercial and political circumstances of Mongol Eurasia, Sudden Appearances rethinks many art historical puzzles including the mystery of the Siyah Kalem paintings, the female…

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      Sudden Appearances: The Mongol Turn in Commerce, Belief, and Art

      Roxann Prazniak

      Exploring art’s relationship to the unique commercial and political circumstances of Mongol Eurasia, Sudden Appearances rethinks many art historical puzzles, including the mystery of the Siyah Kalem paintings, the female…

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      Land of Plants in Motion: Japanese Botany and the World

      Thomas R. H. Havens

      The first book in any language to examine two companion stories: the rise of an East Asian floristic zone and how the Japanese islands evolved an astonishing wealth of plant…

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      Liminality of the Japanese Empire: Border Crossings from Okinawa to Colonial Taiwan

      Hiroko Matsuda

      Through archival research and first-hand oral histories, Hiroko Matsuda uncovers the stories of common people’s move from Okinawa to colonial Taiwan and describes experiences of Okinawans who had made their…

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      Land of Plants in Motion: Japanese Botany and the World

      Thomas R. H. Havens

      The first book in any language to examine two companion stories: the rise of an East Asian floristic zone and how the Japanese islands evolved an astonishing wealth of plant…

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      Burnt by the Sun: The Koreans of the Russian Far East

      Jon K. Chang

      Examines the history of the first Korean diaspora in a Western society during the highly tense geopolitical atmosphere of the Soviet Union in the late 1930s. Jon K. Chang demonstrates…

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      Transcending Patterns: Silk Road Cultural and Artistic Interactions through Central Asian Textile Images

      Mariachiara Gasparini

      Investigates the origin and effects of a textile-mediated visual culture that developed at the heart of the Silk Road between the seventh and fourteenth centuries. Gasparini’s history offers critical perspectives…

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      Transcending Patterns: Silk Road Cultural and Artistic Interactions through Central Asian Textile Images

      Mariachiara Gasparini

      Investigates the origin and effects of a textile-mediated visual culture that developed at the heart of the Silk Road between the seventh and fourteenth centuries. Through the analysis of more…

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      Encounters Old and New in World History: Essays Inspired by Jerry H. Bentley

      Asserts the specific value of world history research and teaching, showing how the field contributes to the larger historical profession and offering concrete suggestions to develop more interaction between the…

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      At the Edge of the Nation: The Southern Kurils and the Search for Russia’s National Identity

      Paul B. Richardson

      Provides an account of how the Southern Kurils Islands have shaped the parameters of the Russian state and framed debates on the politics of identity in the post-Soviet era. By…

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      At the Edge of the Nation: The Southern Kurils and the Search for Russia’s National Identity

      Paul B. Richardson

      Provides a unique account of how the Southern Kuril Islands have shaped the parameters of the Russian state and framed debates on the politics of identity in the post-Soviet era…

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      Exile in Colonial Asia: Kings, Convicts, Commemoration

      Exile was a potent form of punishment and a catalyst for change in colonial Asia between the seventeenth and early twentieth centuries. Exile in Colonial Asia explores the phenomenon of…

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      Migrant Ecologies

      Anand A. Yang, Kieko Matteson, James Beattie, William Matt Cavert, Holger Droessler, Katsuya Hirano, Hannah Cutting-Jones

      The Pacific Ocean is remarkable for its diverse human and non-human inhabitants, their long-distance migrations, and their influences on other parts of the world. This book creates an understanding of…

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      Migrant Ecologies: Environmental Histories of the Pacific World

      Anand A. Yang,Kieko Matteson

      Ceates an understanding of the past, present, and futures of the lands, seas, peoples, practices, microbes, animals, plants, and other natural forces that shape the Pacific. The book effectively argues…

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      Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai: Maritime East Asia in Global History, 1550-1700

      Traces the roots of modern global East Asia by focusing on the fascinating history of its seaways. The East Asian maritime realm, from the Straits of Malacca to the Sea…

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