Book Series
Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
New & Published Titles:
British Business in Post-Colonial Malaysia, 1957-70
Neo-colonialism or Disengagement?
This book explores the limits of the idea of 'neo-colonialism' - the idea that in the period immediately after independence Malaya/Malaysia enjoyed only a 'pseudo-independence',… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-32320-8 (Routledge)
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The United States and Cambodia, 1969-2000
A Troubled Relationship
2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-32602-5 (Routledge)
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Capitalist Restructuring and the Pacific Rim
This book situates the evolution of capitalist economies along Asia's Pacific Rim after the Second World War within broader global, political and economic changes. Specifically,… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-13074-5 (Routledge)
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The United States and Cambodia, 1870-1969
From Curiosity to Confrontation
2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-32332-1 (Routledge)
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The Development of the Japanese Nursing Profession
Adopting and Adapting Western Influences
In the years after 1868, when Japan's long period of self-imposed isolation ended, in nursing, as in every other aspect of life, the Japanese looked… read more2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-30579-2 (Routledge)
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Japan's Postwar Economic Recovery and Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1948-1962
Ever since Japan's economy recovered in the 1960s, scholars have been searching for the reasons for its meteoric postwar success. Until now, much research has… read more2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-29721-9 (Routledge)
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War and Nationalism in China: 1925-1945
In 1937, the Nationalists under Chiang Kaishek were leading the Chinese war effort against Japan and were lauded in the West for their efforts to…
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Hong Kong in Transition
One Country, Two Systems
Hong Kong in Transition offers a perspective on the exceptional constitutional and administrative experiment that has been taking place in Hong Kong, based on a… read more2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-29954-1 (Routledge)
The Aftermath of Partition in South Asia
This book draws upon new theoretical insights and fresh bodies of data to historically reappraise partition in the light of its long aftermath. It uses… read more2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-28908-5 (Routledge)
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Japanese Industrialisation
Historical and Cultural Perspectives
2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-24444-2 (Routledge)
Series Details:
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Asia has undergone immense and far reaching changes: war, revolution, occupation, industrialization. This series includes in-depth research on aspects of economic, political and social history of individual countries as well as more broad-reaching analyses of regional issues.
Forthcoming Titles:
Journalism and Politics in Indonesia: A Critical Biography of Mochtar Lubis (1922-2004) as Editor and Author
By David T. Hill
To be published November 27th 2009
The Cold War and National Assertion in Southeast Asia: Britain, the United States and Burma, 1948–1962
By Matthew Foley
To be published December 14th 2009
The International History of East Asia, 1900–1968: Trade, Ideology and the Quest for Order
Edited by Antony Best
To be published December 18th 2009
Atrocity and American Military Justice in Southeast Asia: Trial by Army
By Louise Barnett
To be published January 6th 2010
Southeast Asia and the Great Powers
By Nicholas Tarling
To be published January 15th 2010
The Japanese Occupation of Borneo, 1941-45
By Ooi Keat Gin
To be published June 15th 2010
The Philosophy of Japanese Wartime Resistance
Edited by David Williams
To be published July 17th 2010
National Pasts in Europe and East Asia
By Peter W. Preston
To be published July 31st 2010
Post-War Repatriation to Defeated Japan
By BEATRICE TREFALT
To be published August 30th 2010