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ISBN: 9780691134895 - Taming the Gods Taming the Gods
Buruma, Ian

ISBN10: 9781400834204  ISBN13: 9781400834204
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Electronic Book
For eight years the president of the United States was a born-again Christian, backed by well-organized evangelicals who often seemed intent on erasing the church-state divide. In Europe, the increasing number of radicalized Muslims is creating... More

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ISBN: 9780679640851 - Inventing Japan: 1853-1964 Inventing Japan: 1853-1964
Buruma, Ian

ISBN10: 0679640851  ISBN13: 9780679640851
Publisher: Modern Library MODERN LIB
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Feb 2003
Ian Buruma makes sense of the most fateful span of Japan's history, the period that saw as dramatic a transformation as any country has ever known. In the course of little more than a hundred years from the day Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in... More

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ISBN: 9780679457688 - Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing
Buruma, Ian

ISBN10: 0679457682  ISBN13: 9780679457688
Publisher: Random House LIGHTNING SOURCE INC
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Nov 2001
Part travelogue, part analysis, "Bad Elements" illuminates the story of the Chinese opposition for Western readers who want to understand where China is headed. Introduction: Chinese Whispers Pt. I The Exiles Ch. 1 Exile from Tiananmen Square... More

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ISBN: 9781843549604 - Wages of Guilt Wages of Guilt
Ian Buruma

ISBN10: 1843549603  ISBN13: 9781843549604
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Sep 2009
Explores the duplicity of feeling towards World War II amongst the people of two very different participant countries: Germany and Japan. This title compares how Germany and Japan have attempted to come to terms with their violent pasts... More

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ISBN: 9781843549611 - Anglomania Anglomania
Ian Buruma

ISBN10: 1843549611  ISBN13: 9781843549611
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Jun 2010
With its distinctive history of civil liberties and the delicate balance between social order and the free pursuit of self-interest, England has always fascinated its continental neighbours. This title examines the history of ideas of Englishness... More

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ISBN: 9780691156057 - Taming the Gods Taming the Gods
Ian Buruma

ISBN10: 0691156050  ISBN13: 9780691156057
Publisher: The University Press Group Ltd Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 21 Aug 2012
For eight years the president of the United States was a born-again Christian, backed by well-organized evangelicals who often seemed intent on erasing the church-state divide. In Europe, the increasing number of radicalized Muslims is creating... More

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ISBN: 9781843542889 - Occidentalism Occidentalism
Ian Buruma, Avishai Margalit

ISBN10: 1843542889  ISBN13: 9781843542889
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Aug 2005
'Occidentalism' is an investigation into the hostile stereotypes of the Western world that fuels the hatred at the heart of movements such as Al Qaeda. A work of extraordinary range and erudition, it enlarges significantly our understanding of... More

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ISBN: 9781843549048 - The China Lover The China Lover
Ian Buruma

ISBN10: 1843549042  ISBN13: 9781843549048
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Nov 2008
When Sidney Vanoven is sent to occupied Japan, in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, it is his dream posting. By day, he works in the censor's office watching Japanese films; at night he immerses himself in Tokyo's sensual pleasures. More

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ISBN: 9781843548027 - The China Lover The China Lover
Ian Buruma

ISBN10: 184354802X  ISBN13: 9781843548027
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Jul 2009
When Sidney Vanoven is sent to occupied Japan, in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, it is his dream posting. By day, he works in the censor's office watching Japanese films; at night he immerses himself in the sensual pleasures of... More

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ISBN: 9781843543206 - Murder in Amsterdam Murder in Amsterdam
Ian Buruma

ISBN10: 1843543206  ISBN13: 9781843543206
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 12 Apr 2007
It was the emblematic crime of our moment: On a cold November day in Amsterdam, an angry young Muslim man, Mohammed Bouyeri, the son of Moroccan immigrants, shot and killed the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, great... More