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Images of the Wildman in Southeast Asia

An Anthropological Perspective

By Gregory Forth

The book examines ‘wildmen’, images of hairy humanlike creatures known to rural villagers and other local people in Southeast Asia and elsewhere. Sometimes described in…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-7103-1354-6 (Routledge)

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Globalisation and the Middle Classes in India

The Social and Cultural Impact of Neoliberal Reforms

By Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase, Timothy J. Scrase

This book fills an important gap in the existing literature on economic liberalization and globalisation in India by providing much needed ethnographic data from those…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44116-2 (Routledge)

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Changing Governance and Public Policy in East Asia

Edited by Ka H. Mok, Ray Forrest

The search for good governance has become an increasingly important element of public policy and public management and is high on the political agenda of…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41596-5 (Routledge)

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Hadrami Arabs in Present-day Indonesia

An Indonesia-oriented group with an Arab signature

By Frode F. Jacobsen

This book focuses on social and cultural trends in present-day Hadrami Arab societies in Eastern and Central Indonesia, and the history of the Hadrami Arab…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-48092-5 (Routledge)

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Everyday Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia

By Maria Elisabeth Louw

Providing a wealth of empirical research on the everyday practise of Islam in post-Soviet Central Asia, this book gives a detailed account of how Islam…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49172-3 (Routledge)

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Administrative Law and Governance in Asia

Comparative Perspectives

Edited by Tom Ginsburg, Albert H.Y. Chen

This book examines administrative law in Asia, exploring the profound changes in the legal regimes of many Asian states that have taken place in recent…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77731-5 (Routledge)

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Trade and Contemporary Society along the Silk Road

An ethno-history of Ladakh

By Jacqueline H. Fewkes

This book provides an ethno-historical study of the trade system in Ladakh (India), a busy entrepôt for Silk Route trade between Central and South Asia.…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77555-7 (Routledge)

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Families in Asia

Home and Kin, 2nd Edition

By Stella R. Quah

This new, and fully updated 2nd edition of Families in Asia provides a unique and comparative analysis of family trends in Asia by focusing on…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45570-1 (Routledge)

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A Guide to Chinese Medicine on the Internet

By Ka Wai Fan

A Guide to Chinese Medicine on the Internet frees readers from having to sift through countless websites to find up-to-date, high quality, reliable information on…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-7890-3200-3 (Routledge)

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Muslim-Christian Relations in Central Asia

By Christian van Gorder

This book explores issues of cultural tension that affect Muslim and Christian interaction within the Central Asian context. It looks at the ways that Christians…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77608-0 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Youth, Society and Mobile Media in Asia
Edited by Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Theresa Dirndorfer Anderson, Damien Spry
To be published March 26th 2010

Gender, Islam and Democracy in Indonesia
By Kathryn Robinson
To be published April 1st 2010

Gender, Household and State in Post-Revolutionary Vietnam
By Jayne Werner
To be published April 1st 2010

Sikh Nationalism and Identity in a Global Age
By Giorgio Shani
To be published April 1st 2010

South Korea under Compressed Modernity: Familial Political Economy in Transition
By Kyung-Sup Chang
To be published April 12th 2010

Sex, Love and Feminism in the Asia Pacific: A Cross-Cultural Study of Young People's Attitudes
By Chilla Bulbeck
To be published June 1st 2010

Diaspora and Multi-Locality in British Asian Cities
Edited by Sean McLoughlin, William Gould, Ananya Jahanara Kabir, Emma Tomalin
To be published June 1st 2010

Decentralization and Adat Revivalism in Indonesia: The Politics of Becoming Indigenous
By Adam D. Tyson
To be published June 16th 2010

The Politics of Culture: Around the Work of Naoki Sakai
Edited by Richard Calichman, John Namjun Kim
To be published June 30th 2010

Muslim Reformist Political Thought: Revivalists, Modernists and Free Will
By Sarfraz Khan
To be published July 1st 2010

Social Theory in Contemporary Asia
By Ann Brooks
To be published July 6th 2010

Minorities and Education in Multicultural Japan: An Interactive Perspective
Edited by Ryoko Tsuneyoshi, Kaori H. Okano, Sarane Boocock
To be published July 21st 2010

Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society
Edited by Theodore C. Bestor, Victoria Bestor
To be published August 15th 2010

De-Westernizing Communication Research: Altering Questions and Changing Frameworks
Edited by Georgette Wang
To be published August 19th 2010

Psychopharmaceuticals in India
By Stefan Ecks
To be published September 1st 2010

Building Bangalore: Architecture and Urban Transformation in India’s Silicon Valley
By John Stallmeyer
To be published September 1st 2010

Bengali Cinema: 'An Other Nation'
By Sharmistha Gooptu
To be published September 1st 2010

The Culturalization of Caste in India: Identity and Inequality in a Multicultural Age
By Balmurli Natrajan
To be published September 1st 2010

New Millennium South Korea: Neoliberal Capitalism and Transnational Movements
Edited by Jesook Song
To be published September 15th 2010

Suicide and Society in India
By Peter Mayer
To be published October 1st 2010

Alterities in Asia: Reflections on Identity and Regionalism
Edited by Leong Yew
To be published October 15th 2010

Learning Chinese, Turning Chinese: Becoming Sinophone in a Globalised World
By Edward McDonald
To be published October 15th 2010

The Theatre and the State in Singapore
By Terence Chong
To be published November 30th 2010

Rethinking Transnational Chinese Cinema: The Amoy-dialect Film Industry in Postwar Asia
By Jeremy E. Taylor
To be published November 30th 2010

Routledge Handbook of South Asian Culture and Society
Edited by Veena Das
To be published December 1st 2010

The Tale of Genji
Edited by Richard H. Okada
To be published December 15th 2010