Asian Studies (General) Books

New and Published Books

1. Contemporary Pakistani Fiction in English

   Idea, Nation, State

   By Cara Cilano

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   Looking at a wide selection of Pakistani novels in English, this book explores how literary texts imaginatively probe the past, convey the present, and project a future in terms that facilitate a sense of collective belonging. The novels discussed cover a range of historical movements and...

   Published March 28th 2013 by Routledge
2. Elites and Governance in China

   Edited by Xiaowei Zang, Chien-wen Kou

   Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

   This book reveals the complex relationship between elite perceptions and behaviour, and governance, in China. It moves away from existing scholarship by focusing on functionaries, grass-roots elites, leading intellectuals, and opinion-makers in China and by looking beyond the top leadership, makes...

   Published March 28th 2013 by Routledge
3. Dubai: Behind an Urban Spectacle

   By Yasser Elsheshtawy

   Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

   Yasser Elsheshtawy explores Dubai’s history from its beginnings as a small fishing village to its place on the world stage today, using historical narratives, travel descriptions, novels and fictional accounts by local writers to bring colour to his history of the city’s urban development. With...

   Published March 28th 2013 by Routledge
4. Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the West

   Between Mind and Body

   Edited by Geoffrey Samuel, Jay Johnston

   Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

   Subtle-body practices are found particularly in Indian, Indo-Tibetan and East Asian societies, but have become increasingly familiar in Western societies, especially through the various healing and yogic techniques and exercises associated with them. This book explores subtle-body practices from a...

   Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
5. Cinema, Transnationalism, and Colonial India

   Entertaining the Raj

   By Babli Sinha

   Series: Routledge Studies in South Asian History

   Through the lens of cinema, this book explores the ways in which the United States, Britain and India impacted each other politically, culturally and ideologically. It argues that American films of the 1920s posited alternative notions of whiteness and the West to that of Britain, which stood for...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
6. India in South Asia

   Domestic Identity Politics and Foreign Policy from Nehru to the BJP

   By Sinderpal Singh

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

   South Asia is one of the most volatile regions of the world, and India’s complex democratic political system impinges on its relations with its South Asian neighbours. Focusing on this relationship, this book explores the extent to which domestic politics affect a country’s foreign policy. The book...

   Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
7. Planning Asian Cities

   Risks and Resilience

   Edited by Stephen Hamnett, Dean Forbes

   Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

   In Planning Asian Cities: Risks and Resilience, Stephen Hamnett and Dean Forbes have brought together some of the region’s most distinguished urbanists to explore the planning history and recent development of Pacific Asia’s major cities. They show how globalization, and the competition to achieve...

   Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
8. Classical Vaisesika in Indian Philosophy

   On Knowing and What is to Be Known

   By ShashiPrabha Kumar

   Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series

   Vaisesika is one of the six systems of Hindu philosophy. It represents a pluralistic realism and is usually held to be an atomistic, metaphysical theory. This book explores the basic tenets of the Vaisesika classical school of Indian philosophy from a new perspective. It argues that it reveals an...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
9. Vietnam

   A Guide to Economic and Political Developments

   By Ian Jeffries

   Series: Guides to Economic and Political Developments in Asia

   Winning the Vietnam War proved easier than winning the peace. Since 1975, the reunited country has faced the problem of how a poorer, planned economy in which state ownership and control could successfully absorb a more advanced, capitalist economy. In addition, the collapse of communism and the...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
10. Women, Religion and Culture in Iran

    By Sarah Ansari, Vanessa Martin

    Series: Royal Asiatic Society Books

    Investigates how women, religion and culture have interacted in the context of 19th and 20th century Iran, covering topics as seemingly diverse as the social and cultural history of Persian cuisine, the work and attitudes of 19th century Christian missionaries, the impact of growing female literacy...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge