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Asia's Transformations
New & Published Titles:
Representing Calcutta
Modernity, Nationalism and the Colonial Uncanny
Representing Calcutta: Modernity, Nationalism, and the Colonial Uncanny is a spatial history of colonial Calcutta, addressing the question of modernity that haunts our perception of…
read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39216-7 (Routledge)
Fertility, Family Planning and Population Policy in China
China's one-child population policy, first initiated in 1979, has had an enormous effect on the country’s development. By reducing its fertility in the past two…
read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-32330-7 (Routledge)
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Singapore
Wealth, Power and the Culture of Control
This volume examines Singapore’s culture of control, exploring the city-state’s colonial heritage as well as the forces that have helped to mould its current social…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-26386-3 (Routledge)
China in War and Revolution, 1895-1949
Providing historical insights essential to the understanding of contemporary China, this text presents a nation's story of trauma and growth during the early twentieth century.… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36448-5 (Routledge)
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The Internet in Indonesia's New Democracy
The Internet in Indonesia’s New Democracy is a detailed study of legal, economic, political and cultural practices surrounding the provision and consumption of the Internet…
read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-28564-3 (Routledge)
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The Chinese State in Ming Society
The Ming dynasty (1368-1644), a period of commercial expansion and cultural innovation, fashioned the relationship between state and society in Chinese history. This unique collection… read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34507-1 (Routledge)
Imperialism in Southeast Asia
Imperialism in Southeast Asia examines its subject against a backdrop of those countries that could at a given time be called imperialist: Britain, France, Spain,…
read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34709-9 (Routledge)
Confronting the Bush Doctrine
Critical Views from the Asia-Pacific
There is no doubt that President George W. Bush and his administration have transformed US foreign policy and reshaped global international relations in a very… read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35534-6 (Routledge)
Japanese Industrial Governance
Protectionism and the Licensing State
2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33477-8 (Routledge)
Japan's Quiet Transformation
Social Change and Civil Society in 21st Century Japan
The 1990s have been termed as 'Japan's lost decade' to describe how the phenomenal growth in the Japanese economy ground to a halt and the… read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27483-8 (Routledge)
Series Details:
The books in this series explore the political, social, economic and cultural consequences of Asia's twenty-first century transformations. The series emphasizes the tumultuous interplay of local, national, regional and global forces as Asia bids to become the hub of the world economy. While focusing on the contemporary, it also looks back to analyze the antecedents of Asia's contested rise. Asia's Transformations aims to address the needs of students and teachers.
Forthcoming Titles:
The Schooling of Tibetans in China: Making Tibetan Chinese
By Gerald Postiglione
To be published December 30th 2010
The Politics of Visual Culture in Japan
By Vera Mackie
To be published December 15th 2010
The Politics of Protection Rackets in Post-New Order Indonesia
By Ian Douglas Wilson
To be published December 15th 2010
Learning Chinese, Turning Chinese: Becoming Sinophone in a Globalised World
By Edward McDonald
To be published October 15th 2010
Overseas Chinese, Ethnic Minorities and Nationalism: De-Centering China
By Elena Barabantseva
To be published August 30th 2010
State and Society in Modern Rangoon
By Donald M. Seekins
To be published August 9th 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
Japan's Wartime Medical Atrocities: Comparative Inquiries in Science, History, and Ethics
Edited by Jing Bao Nie, Nanyan Guo, Mark Selden, Arthur Kleinman
To be published July 21st 2010
Mapping Modernity in Shanghai: Space, Gender, and Visual Culture in the Sojourners' City, 1853-98
By Samuel Y. Liang
To be published June 28th 2010
China on Video: Smaller-Screen Realities
By Paola Voci
To be published June 2nd 2010