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Portuguese enterprise in the East survival in the years, 1707-1757 / by Sim, Teddy

Subjects: “…Portuguese Asia History 18th century.…”
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Portuguese enterprise in the East survival in the years, 1707-1757 / by Sim, Teddy

Subjects: “…Portuguese Asia History 18th century.…”
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Imperial Gateway : Colonial Taiwan and Japan's Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia, 1895–1945 / by Shirane, Seiji, 1982-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Imperial Gateways in Regional Histories of Empire -- Opening a Gateway into South China -- Overseas Taiwanese in South China's Border Zones -- Overseas Taiwanese in Southeast Asia -- Mobilizing the Taiwanese for War -- Colonial Liaisons in Occupied South China -- Advancing into the Southern Regions -- Epilogue : Postwar Legacies of Taiwan's Gateway.…”
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Imperial Gateway : Colonial Taiwan and Japan's Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia, 1895–1945 / by Shirane, Seiji, 1982-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Imperial Gateways in Regional Histories of Empire -- Opening a Gateway into South China -- Overseas Taiwanese in South China's Border Zones -- Overseas Taiwanese in Southeast Asia -- Mobilizing the Taiwanese for War -- Colonial Liaisons in Occupied South China -- Advancing into the Southern Regions -- Epilogue : Postwar Legacies of Taiwan's Gateway.…”
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Pacific Strife : The Great Powers and their Political and Economic Rivalries in Asia and the Western Pacific, 1870-1914 / by Dijk, C. van (Cornelis), 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Steam and Istmus canals -- Planters, traders and labour in the South Pacific -- Fiji: the start of Anglo-German rivalry in the Pacific -- The Somoa conflict -- Germany enters the colonial race -- The New Guinea protectorates -- Great Britain, Russia and the Central Asian question -- Samoa remains a source of international tension -- The emerging economic world powers -- Great Britain, France and Southeast Asia -- The French-expansion westwards into Southeast Asia -- Russia, Japan and the Chinese empire -- Thailand and beyond -- The scramble for China: the Bay of Jiaozhou and Port Arthur -- The British reaction: Wei-Hai-Wei -- The scramble for China continues: Guangzhouwan and Tibet -- The failed annexation of Hawaii -- The United States becomes a colonial empire -- The partition of Samoa -- The Russo-Japanese war -- Great Britain's search for secure colonial frontiers -- The United States, Japan and the Pacific Ocean -- Epilogue.…”
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Pacific Strife : The Great Powers and their Political and Economic Rivalries in Asia and the Western Pacific, 1870-1914 / by Dijk, C. van (Cornelis), 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Steam and Istmus canals -- Planters, traders and labour in the South Pacific -- Fiji: the start of Anglo-German rivalry in the Pacific -- The Somoa conflict -- Germany enters the colonial race -- The New Guinea protectorates -- Great Britain, Russia and the Central Asian question -- Samoa remains a source of international tension -- The emerging economic world powers -- Great Britain, France and Southeast Asia -- The French-expansion westwards into Southeast Asia -- Russia, Japan and the Chinese empire -- Thailand and beyond -- The scramble for China: the Bay of Jiaozhou and Port Arthur -- The British reaction: Wei-Hai-Wei -- The scramble for China continues: Guangzhouwan and Tibet -- The failed annexation of Hawaii -- The United States becomes a colonial empire -- The partition of Samoa -- The Russo-Japanese war -- Great Britain's search for secure colonial frontiers -- The United States, Japan and the Pacific Ocean -- Epilogue.…”
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Connecting histories in Afghanistan market relations and state formation on a colonial frontier / by Hanifi, Shah Mahmoud

“…Great Britain Colonies Asia Commerce.…”
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Connecting histories in Afghanistan market relations and state formation on a colonial frontier / by Hanifi, Shah Mahmoud

“…Great Britain Colonies Asia Commerce.…”
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Conservative politics in national and imperial crisis : letters from Britain to the viceroy of India 1926-31 /

“…Great Britain Colonies Administration Asia.…”
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Conservative politics in national and imperial crisis : letters from Britain to the viceroy of India 1926-31 /

“…Great Britain Colonies Administration Asia.…”
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(Post-)colonial Archipelagos : Comparing the Legacies of Spanish Colonialism in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines /

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(Post-)colonial Archipelagos : Comparing the Legacies of Spanish Colonialism in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines /

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Hong Kong's history state and society under colonial rule /

“…Routledge studies in Asia's transformations.…”
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Hong Kong's history state and society under colonial rule /

“…Routledge studies in Asia's transformations.…”
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