{"product_id":"underground-asia-global-revolutionaries-and-the-assault-on-empire","title":"Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN \u003ci\u003eECONOMIST \u003c\/i\u003eAND\u003ci\u003e HISTORY TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compelling and highly original ... The Asia that we see today is the product of the 'underground' which Harper describes with skill and empathy in this monumental work' Rana Mitter, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of the hidden struggle waged by secret networks around the world to destroy European imperialism \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe end of Europe's empires has so often been seen as a story of high politics and warfare. In Tim Harper's remarkable new book the narrative is very different: it shows how empires were fundamentally undermined from below. Using the new technology of cheap printing presses, global travel and the widespread use of French and English, young radicals from across Asia were able to communicate in ways simply not available before. These clandestine networks stretched to the heart of the imperial metropolises: to London, to Paris, to the Americas, but also increasingly to Moscow. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey created a secret global network which was for decades engaged in bitter fighting with imperial police forces. They gathered in the great hubs of Asia - Calcutta, Singapore, Batavia, Hanoi, Tokyo, Shanghai, Canton and Hong Kong - and plotted with ceaseless ingenuity, both through persuasion and terrorism, the end of the colonial regimes. Many were caught and killed or imprisoned, but others would go on to rule their newly independent countries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on an amazing array of new sources, \u003ci\u003eUnderground Asia \u003c\/i\u003eturns upside-down our understanding of twentieth-century empire. The reader enters an extraordinary world of stowaways, false identities, secret codes, cheap firearms, assassinations and conspiracies, as young Asians made their own plans for their future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Magnificent - it reads like a thriller and was difficult to put down' Peter Frankopan, \u003ci\u003e History Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Books, Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781846145629\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £11.07","offer_id":47917741539505,"sku":"SB-1846145627-C3","price":11.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1846145627.jpg?v=1789713241","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/underground-asia-global-revolutionaries-and-the-assault-on-empire","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}