Regional Anthropology Books

New and Published Books

1. Abandoned Japanese in Postwar Manchuria

   The Lives of War Orphans and Wives in Two Countries

   By Yeeshan Chan

   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
2. Japanese Women, Class and the Tea Ceremony

   The voices of tea practitioners in northern Japan

   By Kaeko Chiba

   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
3. The Changing Village Environment in Southeast Asia

   Applied anthropology and environmental reclamation in the northern Philippines

   By Ben Wallace

   Series: The Modern Anthropology of Southeast Asia

   This book follows the work of the 'Good Roots Project' - a multi-year forestry and agriculture research project in the Philippines. The scheme is an attempt on the part of industry, science and the government to better understand the processes of deforestation and initiate a strategy by which...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Calligraphy and Power in Contemporary Chinese Society

   By Yuehping Yen

   Series: Anthropology of Asia

   This unusual and interesting book is a fascinating account of the world of Chinese writing. It examines Chinese space and the political and social use of writing as propaganda, a publicity booster and as a ladder for social climbing....

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. Social Development and Social Work

   Learning from Africa

   Edited by Alice Butterfield, Tasse Abye

   Africa has a long experience with reducing poverty and vulnerability. In the contemporary period, social development and social work are at the forefront of dealing with abject poverty and some of the world’s most difficult problems. This book brings research in Africa to the forefront so that...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
6. Women of Tropical Africa

   Edited by Denise Paulme

   This book is unique in its approach in that each chapter covers women in their everyday lives and the problems, which concern them. Until now, ethnographic research has almost always been carried out with the help of the male population and as a result the picture that has emerged has been largely...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
7. Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Diaspora

   Edited by Chee-Beng Tan

   With around 40 million people worldwide, the ethnic Chinese and the Chinese in diaspora form the largest diaspora in the world. The economic reform of China which began in the late 1970s marked a huge phase of migration from China, and the new migrants, many of whom were well educated,...

   Published November 5th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Middle Class in Neoliberal China

   Governing Risk, Life-Building, and Themed Spaces

   By Hai Ren

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   Since the late 1970s, China’s move towards neoliberalism has made it not only one of the world’s fastest growing economies, but also one of the most polarised states. This economic, social and political transformation has led to the emergence of a new Chinese middle class, and understanding the...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
9. Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nepal

   Identities and Mobilization after 1990

   Edited by Mahendra Lawoti, Susan Hangen

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   Identity movements, based on ethnicity, caste, language, religion and regional identity, have become increasingly significant in Nepal, reshaping debates on the definition of the nation, nationalism and the structure of the state. This book analyzes the rapid rise in ethnic and nationalist...

   Published August 15th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Cultural Politics of Talent Migration in East Asia

    Edited by Brenda Yeoh, Shirlena Huang

    As the world globalises, more people than ever are on the move, including the many professional, managerial and entrepreneurial elites—often referred to as ‘international talent’—who circulate between cities in response to career and business opportunities. While much has been written about...

    Published August 15th 2012 by Routledge