1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462242703321

Titolo

Korea's future and the great powers [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Nicholas Eberstadt and Richard J. Ellings

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : National Bureau of Asian Research in association with University of Washington Press, c2001

ISBN

0-295-80127-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EberstadtNick <1955->

EllingsRichard J

Disciplina

951.904

Soggetti

Korean reunification question (1945- )

World politics - 1945-1989

Electronic books.

Korea (South) Economic policy

Korea (North) Politics and government

East Asia Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT 2 Conflict and Cooperation: The Pacific Powers and Korea -- Chae-JinLee 3 Discerning North Korea's Intentions -- ChuckDowns 4 China and Korean Reunification-A Neighbor's Concerns -- Robert A. Scalapino Japan and the Unification of Korea: Challenges for -- U.S. Policy Coordination k -- Michael H. Armacost and Kenneth B. Pyle ussia, Korea, and Northeast Asia -- rberJ. Ellison -- 7 Economic Strategies for Reunification -- Mairus Noland 8 The Role of International Finance in Korean Economic -- Reconstruction and Reunification -- GiJford Combs STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS 9 The Post-Korean Unification Security Landscape and -- U.S. Security Policy in Northeast Asia -- Michael McDevitt 10 Negotiating Korean Unification: Options for an -- International Framework -- RobertL. Gallucci 11 A Policy Agenda for Achieving Korean Reunification -- Douglas H. Paal 12 Assessing Interests and Objectives of Major Actors -- in the Korean Drama -- Nicholas Eberstadt and RichardJ. Ellings About the Editors



and Contributors -- Index.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790307103321

Autore

Dunn Ross E

Titolo

The adventures of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim traveler of the 14th century [[electronic resource] /] / Ross E. Dunn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , [2012]

ISBN

1-280-78287-0

9786613693266

0-520-95161-1

Edizione

[Updated edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

910.917

910.91767

910.92

Soggetti

Travelers - Islamic Empire

Travel, Medieval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Maps -- Preface to the 2012 Edition -- Preface to the Revised Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgements -- The Muslim Calendar -- A Note on Money -- Abbreviations Used in Footnotes -- Introduction -- 1. Tangier -- 2. The Maghrib -- 3. The Mamluks -- 4. Mecca -- 5. Persia and Iraq -- 6. The Arabian Sea -- 7. Anatolia -- 8. The Steppe -- 9. Delhi -- 10. Malabar and the Maldives -- 11. China -- 12. Home -- 13. Mali -- 14. The Rihla -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Ross Dunn here recounts the great traveler's remarkable career, interpreting it within the cultural and social context of Islamic society and giving the reader both a biography of an extraordinary personality and a study of the hemispheric dimensions of human interchange in medieval times.