Asian Studies 2013

New & Forthcoming Titles

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  1. Stephanie Rogers
    Publisher, East Asia

  2. Dorothea Schaefter
    Senior Editor, Central, South and Southeast Asia

  3. Leanne Hinves
    Editor, Textbooks

  4. Peter Sowden
    Editor, Asia

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Welcome to the 2013 Asian Studies Catalog

This catalog contains key textbooks, cutting edge research and supplemental reading, from new and established authors. From key research on vital topics, to textbooks for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, you will find whatever you need to further your own research, challenge your students, and provide essential reference materials for your institutional library.

Navigate the catalog via the contents on the left, and use it to:

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Our full range of titles is available to browse at www.routledge.com/asianstudies

  1. Asia, the US and Extended Nuclear Deterrence

    Atomic Umbrellas in the Twenty-First Century

    By Andrew O'Neil

    Since the end of the Cold War, significant attention has focussed on the issue of nuclear deterrence and in particular whether formal nuclear security guarantees from nuclear weapons states to non-nuclear weapons states involving the possible use of nuclear weapons have a place in the twenty-first...

    Published March 7th 2013 by Routledge

  2. Film Censorship in the Asia-Pacific Region

    Malaysia, Hong Kong and Australia Compared

    By Saw Tiong Guan

    Series: Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies

    Film censorship has always been a controversial matter, particularly in jurisdictions with restrictive state-based censorship systems. This book reviews the film censorship system in the Asia-Pacific by comparing the systems used in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Australia. It identifies the key issues...

    Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge

  3. Asian and Pacific Cities

    Development Patterns

    Edited by Ian Shirley, Carol Neill

    Series: Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies

    The cities of Asia and the Pacific are at the epicentre of development in what is arguably, the most populous, culturally distinctive, and economically powerful region in the world. 16 major cities such as Tokyo, Shanghai, Manila, Jakarta, Bangkok, Singapore, Auckland, Kuala Lumpur and Santiago,...

    Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge

  4. Asian Expansions

    The Historical Experiences of Polity Expansion in Asia

    Edited by Geoffrey Wade

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Early History of Asia

    It is crucial to an understanding of the modern world that the evolution of Asian polities be explored not only in terms of political systems, but also in terms of how their territories expanded. This book is path-breaking in that it analyses Asian historical experiences of polity expansion,...

    To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge

  5. Ethical Practice, Religious Reform, and the Buddhist Art of Living in Nepal

    Seeing Things as They Are

    By Lauren Leve

    Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

    Theravada has experienced a powerful and far-reaching revival, especially among the Newar Buddhist laity, many of whom are reorganizing their lives according to its precepts, practices and ideals. This book documents these far-reaching social and personal transformations and links them to...

    To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge

  6. China and Global Trade Governance

    China’s Ten-Year Experience in the World Trade Organization

    Edited by Ka Zeng, Wei Liang

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    China's historic accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in November 2001 not only represents an important milestone in China’s integration into the global economy, but is also among the most important events in the history of the WTO and the multilateral trading system. As 2011 marked the...

    To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge

  7. Sino-Japanese Relations After the Cold War

    Two Tigers Sharing a Mountain

    By Michael Yahuda

    Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have faced each other as powers of relatively equal strength for the first time in their long history. As the two great powers of East Asia the way they both compete and cooperate with each other and the way they conduct their relations in the new era...

    To Be Published August 15th 2013 by Routledge