Forthcoming Area Studies Books

Forthcoming Books

1. International Watercourses Law in the Nile River Basin

   Three States at a Crossroads

   By Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik

   The Nile River and its basin extend over a distinctive geophysical cord connecting eleven sovereign states from Egypt to Tanzania, which are home to an estimated population of 422.2 million people. The Nile is an essential source of water for domestic, industrial and agricultural uses throughout...

   To Be Published February 5th 2013 by Routledge
2. Refugees and Cultural Transfer to Britain

   Edited by Stefan Manz, Panikos Panayi

   This book is the first to focus specifically upon the relationship between refugees and intercultural transfer over an extensive period of time. Since circa 1830, a series of groups have made their way to Britain, beginning with exiles from the failed European revolutions of the mid-nineteenth...

   To Be Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
3. Thoughts on Economic Development in China

   Edited by Ma Ying, Hans-Michael Trautwein

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   This book is about mutual influences of thinking about economic development in China and in the West, from the 18th century until the present. Its chapters are contributed by development economists and historians of thought from China and other parts of the world. The book describes important...

   To Be Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
4. Marketing Management and Strategy

   An African Casebook

   Edited by George Tesar, John Kuada

   This book gives readers an understanding of the factors that shape the marketing decisions of managers who operate in African economies. It brings together fifteen African cases written by scholars and executives with rich knowledge of business practices in Africa. By combining theoretical...

   To Be Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
5. North Africa’s Arab Spring

   Edited by George Joffé

   This book addresses issues surrounding the evolution of the Arab Spring in North Africa. After a general introduction and explanation of the events on a region-wide basis, it turns to examine aspects of each of the countries concerned. The role of the Muslim Brotherhood during the Nasser regime and...

   To Be Published February 12th 2013 by Routledge
6. Revisiting Jewish Spain in the Modern Era

   Edited by Daniela Flesler, Tabea Linhard, Adrián Pérez Melgosa

   This innovative volume offers fresh perspectives and directions on the intersection of Hispanic and Jewish studies. It shows how 'Jewishness' has played a crucial role in Spanish political, social, and cultural developments in the modern era, exploring the effects of the multiple material and...

   To Be Published February 12th 2013 by Routledge
7. Bollywood

   A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema, 2nd Edition

   By Tejaswini Ganti

   Series: Routledge Film Guidebooks

   'Bollywood' is the dominant global term to refer to the prolific Hindi language film industry in Bombay (renamed Mumbai in 1995). Characterised by music, dance routines, melodrama, lavish production values and an emphasis on stars and spectacle, Bollywood films have met with box-office success and...

   To Be Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
8. Migration and Inequality

   Edited by Tanja Bastia

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   The ‘migration-development’ nexus has emerged as an important area of both research and policy over the last ten years. However, most of the interest has focused on the potential that migration holds for poverty alleviation. Relatively little attention has been paid to the relationship between...

   To Be Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
9. Guangdong and Chinese Diaspora

   The Changing Landscape of Qiaoxiang

   By Yow Cheun Hoe

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   China’s rapid economic growth has drawn attention to the Chinese diasporic communities and the multiple networks that link Chinese individuals and organizations throughout the world. Ethnic Chinese have done very well economically, and the role of the Chinese Diaspora in China’s economic success...

   To Be Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
10. The Khoesan Languages

    Edited by Rainer Vossen

    Series: Routledge Language Family Series

    The Routledge Language Family series is aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates of linguistics and language, and those with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistic anthropology and language development. According to a widely accepted hypothesis, the Khoesan languages represent the...

    To Be Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge