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Paperback. Condition: As New. Unread copy in Fine condition. Insights into cultural and racial stereotyping and popular notions of imperialism traced through the depiction of Asians in Western literature. Criticism emphasizes the British Raj, Western fiction in Indonesia, Mass-Market novels of the Philippines, and fiction from Japan and India as well. *** 229pp. *** Index. *** Reprint.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. x, 229 pages ; 24 cm. Contents: Images of Asia and Asians in European fiction, 1500-1800 / Donald F. Lach and Theodore Nicholas Foss Muslims in English-language fiction / Gavin R.G. Hambly The literature of the Raj / Robin Jared Lewis Imagining India: English-language fiction set in post-independence India / Ainslie T. Embree The Himalayas in fact and fiction / Luree Miller Chinese fictions in the twentieth century / Jonathan D. Spence Hong Kong: fragrant harbour, city of sin and death / C. Mary Turnbull Journeys to Java: western fiction about Indonesia, 1600-1980 / James R. Rush Fear and fascination in the tropics: a reader's guide to French fiction on Indo-China / Milton Osborne The Philippines in mass-market novels / Morton J. Netzorg Taking Japan seriously: some western literary portrayals of the Japanese during the climax of their national self-assertion, c. 1905-c. 1945 / D.N. Lammers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. [Rev. and enl. ed, 1st printing] ; 336 pp. ; illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm ; OCLC 464172261 ; brown cloth with gold lettering, in color illustrated dustjacket ; detailed color photos of aircraft of the period. Contents: American D.H.4, Gloster Gladiator, Focke-Wulf FW200, Beoing B-29 Superfortress, Nort American P-51B & C Mustang, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, SE 5, PZL P-23 Karas, Lockhead P-38J-M Lighting, De Havilland Comet Series 1-4, Grumman F8F Bearcat, Kawasaki KI-45 Toryu, Hanriot HD 1, English Electric P.1 & Lightning 1, Fiat B.R.20, Martin B-26B & C Marauder, Hawker Hurricane 1, Messerschmitt BF 109G & K, Curtiss Nave Hawks, Boulton-Paul Defiant, Gotha G I-V, Lockhead Constellation, Kawasaki KI-61 Hiem, Fiat G.91 ; Copy of Lt. Col. Charles Oliver Fikes (1935-2020), who served in the U.S. Air Force for 22 years, at first as an aviation cadet in B-47s at Chennault AFB in 1955, and later as a B-52 pilot. He retired as a Lt. Colonel, and began a career with Eastern Airlines. He retired from Eastern in 1985. ; nick in dustjacket, else FINE/FINE. Book.