Last Post: The End of Empire in the Far EastIn the East, as recently as 1930, half the world's population was subjected to Dutch, British, French or American colonial rule. Two generations later the West's empires in the East are extinct. Instead, the Orient has become the Pacific miracle, a catch phrase for all things modern and dynamic. |
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Last Post: A History of the Far East from High Colonialism to Hong Kong John Keay No preview available - 1997 |