Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

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1. Dissent and Cultural Resistance in Asia’s Cities

   Edited by Melissa Butcher, Selvaraj Velayutham

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   This book documents urban experiences of dissent and emergent resistance against disjunctive global and local capital, technology and labour flows that converge and intersect in some of Asia’s fastest growing cities. Rather than constructing occupants of the city as simply passive victims of...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
2. Asian Heritage Management

   Contexts, Concerns, and Prospects

   Edited by Kapila Silva, Neel Kamal Chapagain

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   The prevalent global heritage discourse has been primarily Euro-centric in its origin, premise, and praxis. Diverse cultural, historical, and geographical contexts, such as that of Asia, call for more context-specific approaches to heritage management. This book explores this complexity of managing...

   Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
3. Inter-Ethnic Dynamics in Asia

   Considering the Other through Ethnonyms, Territories and Rituals

   Edited by Christian Culas, François Robinne

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   South-East Asia is one of the most complex regions in the world as far as ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity is concerned with an extremely rich ancient and contemporary history. Because of this, it offers an exceptionally rich field of study for inter-ethnic relations. This book examines...

   Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
4. Regional Minorities and Development in Asia

   Edited by Huhua Cao, Elizabeth Morrell

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   Asia has undergone strong economic growth since the Second World War. However, it also experiences growing economic and regional disparities brought about by this unprecedented development. This economic growth cannot be considered sustainable without taking into consideration the social...

   Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. History Textbooks and the Wars in Asia

   Divided Memories

   Edited by Gi-Wook Shin, Daniel C. Sneider

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   Over the past fifteen years Northeast Asia has witnessed growing intraregional exchanges and interactions, especially in the realms of culture and economy. Still, the region cannot escape from the burden of history. This book examines the formation of historical memory in four Northeast Asian...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
6. Asia’s Role in Governing Global Health

   Edited by Kelley Lee, Tikki Pang, Yeling Tan

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   In an era of rapid and extensive globalisation, the world faces a wide range of transboundary problems that require effective collective action. Key among these are threats to human health that do not recognise national borders, and include emerging and re-emerging infections, rising rates of...

   Published December 10th 2012 by Routledge
7. Asian Popular Culture in Transition

   Edited by John A Lent, Lorna Fitzsimmons

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   Asian Popular Culture in Transition examines contemporary consumption practices in South Korea, China, India, and Japan, and both updates and extends popular culture studies of the region. Through an interdisciplinary lens, this collection of essays explores how recent advances and shifts in...

   Published November 5th 2012 by Routledge
8. Eurasia’s Ascent in Energy and Geopolitics

   Rivalry or Partnership for China, Russia, and Central Asia?

   Edited by Robert Bedeski, Niklas Swanström

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   The Sino-Russian relationship has experienced several permutations in recent decades as both states have undergone radical domestic changes, including the end of Soviet communism and the abandonment of Maoism. This volume brings together scholars to address the current status of Sino-Russian...

   Published June 18th 2012 by Routledge
9. Taiwan's Environmental Struggle

   Toward a Green Silicon Island

   By Jack Williams, Ch’ang-yi David Chang

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   Taiwan experienced a highly successful economic transformation in the last 50 years that produced one of Asia’s genuine ‘miracles’ of modern development, in terms of improvement in per capita income and overall quality of material well being for its citizens. The process, though, involved rapid...

   Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge
10. Sexual Diversity in Asia, c. 600 - 1950

    Edited by Raquel A.G. Reyes, William G. Clarence-Smith

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

    Non-reproductive sex practices in Asia have historically been a source of fascination, prurient or otherwise, for Westerners, who being either Catholic or Protestant, were often struck by what they perceived as the widespread promiscuity and licentiousness of native inhabitants. Graphic...

    Published May 30th 2012 by Routledge