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You are currently browsing 1–10 of 3,882 new and published books in the subject of Asian Studies — sorted by publish date from newer books to older books.
For books that are not yet published; please browse forthcoming books.
Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical perspectives
The Politicisation of Sport in Modern China: Communist and Champions is the first book in English which examines in chronological order key issues in sport in the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 2012 in the context of Chinese history, politics and society. It explores the complexity...
Published January 29th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Needham Research Institute Series
This book traces the history of the Chinese concept of "Warm diseases" (wenbing) from antiquity to the SARS epidemic. Following wenbing from its birth to maturity and even life in modern times Marta Hanson approaches the history of Chinese medicine from a new angle. She explores the possibility of...
Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
This book disputes the traditional argument that the equal inheritance system hinders the growth of Chinese family business, approaching this not only in terms of economic capital, but also in terms of human capital such as education and leadership, and social networks. Zheng argues that most of...
Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations
This book explores the history, structure and current operations of the World Bank, which despite being the largest development organisation and the largest development research body in the world with tremendous direct and indirect influence on developing economies, has rarely received the critical...
Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
This book relates the experiences of the zanryu-hojin - the Japanese civilians, mostly women and children, who were abandoned in Manchuria after the end of the Second World War when Japan’s puppet state in Manchuria ended, and when most Japanese who has been based there returned to Japan. Many...
Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
This book examines the complex relationship between class and gender dynamics among tea ceremony (chado) practitioners in Japan. Focusing on practitioners in a provincial city, Akita, the book surveys the rigid, hierarchical chado system at grass roots level. Making critical use of Bourdieu’s idea...
Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
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
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
China’s rapid economic growth has led to a huge increase in its domestic energy needs. This book provides a critical overview of how China’s growing need for oil imports is shaping its international economic and diplomatic strategy and how this affects global political relations and behaviour....
Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
Small and medium enterprises (SME) have attracted increasing interest in the last few years, and industrialization is no longer seen as a linear way of development. This book analyzes how SME clusters emerge in a developing economy. Using India as a case study, it addresses one central question: If...
Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
Complaint systems have existed in China for many years, and in 2004, a debate took place in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over the Letters and Visits System (xinfang zhidu), which was designed to allow people to register complaints with the upper levels of the government. However, both...
Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge