Articles in the Research & Reference category
Routledge has an illustrious history in research and reference publishing. You can explore this area of the site to learn more about our featured research, reference, monographs, handbooks and major works in Asian Studies. In addition, you can visit one of following areas for broad representation of our reference publishing program:
Gene Cooper’s new book is a multi-sited ethnographic study of market and temple fairs in the region of Jinhua, a city on the east coast of China and the home of Hengdian, “China’s Hollywood.” The Market and Temple Fairs of Rural China: Red Fire weaves together historical and ethnographic methodologies in a spirited account of the genealogies and contemporary practices of a variety of forms of performance at these local gatherings.
Here you can listen to Gene being interviewed by East Asian Studies.
We are proud to promote our outstanding selection of handbooks providing the most cutting edge and up to data research on key areas of Asian Studies. Each handbook is written by an international team of experts in their fields making these leading handbooks in the area.
In this video by the author of Governing Health in Contemporary China, the author talks about the political and policy dynamics of health governance in post-Mao China.
With the paperback release of Party Politics in Taiwan, we would like to bring your attention to our featured author Dafydd Fell.
Breaking new ground in the study of Chinese urban society, Consumers and Individuals in China applies critical discourse analysis to ethnographic data gathered in Anshan, a third-tier city and market in northeast China.
The Routledge Handbook of South Asian Economics addresses the recent economic transformation in South Asia. Leading experts in the field look at the major economic achievements and challenges for the region and examine why economic development across the South Asia region has diverged so significantly since the early 1990s.
With the new release of Law and Policy for China's Market Socialism, we would like to bring your attention to our featured author John Garrick.
Edited by Dafydd Fell of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, this series provides context and analysis of a broad range of topics on Taiwan.
Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society
"This is a tremendous book and should jump the queue of all those books on contemporary Japan you have been intending to read. The editors deserve kudos for putting together a stellar group of specialists and our gratitude for making them abandon the usually scholarly trappings." - Jeff Kingston, The Japan Times
Globally renowned for its accuracy, consistency and reliability, The Europa World Year Book provides detailed country surveys containing the latest analytical, statistical and directory information available for over 250 countries and territories. The revised 2011 edition is due to publish in June and is available for pre-order now.
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