Asian History Books

New and Published Books

1. Singapore in the Global System

   Relationship, Structure and Change

   By Peter Preston

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   This book tracks the phases of Singapore’s economic and political development, arguing that its success was always dependent upon the territories links with the surrounding region and the wider global system, and suggests that managing these links today will be the key to the country’s future....

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. The United States and the Malaysian Economy

   By Shakila Yacob

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   This book explores the relationship between the United States and the Malaysian economy, concentrating on the period 1870 to 1957, with particular focus on trade flows and foreign direct investment. This is the first book to examine, in depth, US economic involvement in colonial Malaya. Exploring...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Communist Indochina

   By R. B. Smith

   Edited by Beryl Williams

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   This book examines the history of communist Indochina, from the foundation of the Indochinese Communist Party in 1929-30 to the end of the 1970s. It explores the impact of the Japanese invasion of Indochina in 1940, and the subsequent relationship between the Japanese occupiers and the Vichy French...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Pre-Communist Indochina

   By R.B. Smith

   Edited by Beryl Williams

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   This book explores the history of pre-communist Indochina, from the fourteenth century to the 1940s. It examines the early state of Vietnam, comparing and contrasting its political and social systems, with both those of neighbouring states such as Thailand and those prevalent at the time in Europe....

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. Decolonization in South Asia

   Meanings of Freedom in Post-independence West Bengal, 1947–52

   By Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

   Series: Routledge Studies in South Asian History

   This book explores the meanings and complexities of India’s experience of transition from colonial to the post-colonial period. It focuses on the first five years – from independence on 15th August 1947 to the first general election in January 1952 – in the politics of West Bengal, the new Indian...

   Published May 10th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Great Rebellion of 1857 in India

   Exploring Transgressions, Contests and Diversities

   Edited by Biswamoy Pati

   Series: Routledge Studies in South Asian History

   The Great Rebellion of 1857 in India was much more than a ‘sepoy mutiny’. It was a major event in South Asian and British colonial history that significantly challenged imperialism in India. This fascinating collection explores hitherto ignored diversities of the Great Rebellion such as gender and...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
7. Socialist Revolutions in Asia

   The Social History of Mongolia in the 20th Century

   By Irina Y. Morozova

   Series: Central Asian Studies

   Contemporary Mongolia is often seen as one of the most open and democratic societies in Asia, undergoing remarkable post-socialist transformation. Although the former ruling party, the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (the MPRP), has fundamentally changed its platform, it holds leadership and...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
8. The State and Governance in India

   The Congress Ideal

   By William F. Kuracina

   Series: Routledge Studies in South Asian History

   This book presents an innovative investigation of the policies of the Indian Congress during the late colonial period. Departing from the existing historiography of Indian nationalism, it analyses the extent to which Congress elites engaged in processes intended to foster nation-building in India....

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
9. Mixed-Race and Modernity in Colonial India

   Changing Concepts of Hybridity Across Empires

   By Adrian Carton

   Series: Intersections: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories

   Focusing on Portuguese, British and French colonial spaces, this book traces changing concepts of mixed-race identity in early colonial India. Starting in the sixteenth century, it discusses how the emergence of race was always shaped by affiliations based on religion, class, national identity,...

   Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
10. Mapping Modernity in Shanghai

    Space, Gender, and Visual Culture in the Sojourners' City, 1853-98

    By Samuel Y. Liang

    Series: Asia's Transformations

    This book argues that modernity first arrived in late nineteenth-century Shanghai via a new spatial configuration. This city’s colonial capitalist development ruptured the traditional configuration of self-contained households, towns, and natural landscapes in a continuous spread, producing a new...

    Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge