Buy this book on-line Keay, John : EMPIRES END : A HISTORY OF THE FAR EAST FROM HIGH COLONIALISM TO HONG KONGScribner, 1997 ISBN 9780684815923
A highly collectible first edition/2nd printing, tight clean copy, protecte d in a new brodart wrapper, no inscriptions, unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex-Lib or a BCE/BOMC edition. Keay (The Honorable Company, Macmillan, 1994) provides a solid overview of the British, French, Dutch, and American empires in the Far East, concentrating on the years after 1930. He examines the effects of the Pacific War on empire and on the emerging nationalistic movements. He also discusses the Vietnam War and insurgency movements and ends by speculating on the future of Hong Kong. "There seems to be a continuum in the history of the East," he explains, "to which, albeit for its own purposes, empire substantially contributed." A solid work; highly recommended., Fine/Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Keay, John : EMPIRES END : A HISTORY OF THE FAR EAST FROM HIGH COLONIALISM TO HONG KONG. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including collectables, incunabula, first editions, livres d'occasion and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |