EMPIRES END: A History of the Far East from High Colonialism to Hong Kong by John Keay - 1997-05-09

Scribner, 1997-05-09. hardcover. Good. 6x1x9.

Scribner Book Company, 1997. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Scribner Book Company, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Scribner. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

New York: Scribner. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1997. 2nd prt.. hardcover. 8vo, 385 pp. .

New York: Scribner (1997), 385pp, illus. w/ photos, light rubbing to dj.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

Scribner, 1997-05-09. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+ Dust Jacket. 9x6x1. Very good+ hardcover with very good+ dust jacket. DJ, pictures, text, boards, binding, etc. in very good+ condition. DJ in protective mylar wraps. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York. 1997. Scribner. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684815923. 384 pages. hardcover. . keywords: Asia History Colonial. FROM THE PUBLISHER - To the haunting notes of a lone bugle playing 'The Last Post,' the sole remaining Western flag is lowered. With Hong Kong's return to China on June 30, 1997, an era of empire ends, exactly five hundred years after Vasco de Gama first sailed to the Asian mainland. As recently as 1930, half of the world's population was somewhere subject to American, British, French or Dutch colonial rule; two generations later, the West's empires in the East are extinct. In the process, the Orient, once a byword for things sleepy, mysterious and decadent, has become a catchphrase for all things modern and dynamic. What happened? What are the legacies left by five hundred years of colonial presence? For legacies there are - deep ones - and ignoring them is perilous for anyone who hopes to understand modern-day Asia. European or American… Read More

Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A. Simon & Schuster., 1997.. Fine/Very Good. Royal octavo, hardcover, name blacked out on endpaper else fine in near fine gold and black pictorial dj. 387 pages; indexed. historic photos. Weaves the various colonial experiences in the far east into a single colorful fabric. Giftable.