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Malaysian Maverick
Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times
Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific

Palgrave Macmillan
This second edition in paper back offers in a single comprehensive volume the misdeeds and scandals that occurred during Mahathir Mohamad two decades as prime...
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Warring Peace
Negotiating Conflict in Sri Lanka
Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies

Palgrave Macmillan
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Intercultural Exchange in Southeast Asia
History and Society in the Early Modern World
International Library of Historical Studies

I.B. Tauris
At the dawn of European colonialism, the Southeast Asian region encompassed some of the most diverse and influential cultures in early modern history. The...
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The Global Recession and China's Political Economy
China in Transformation

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While the rest of the world was mired in the Great Recession, the economies of Brazil, China, and India stood out for their resilience. Yet these societies did...
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How China Became Capitalist
International Economic Association

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How China Became Capitalist details the extraordinary, and often accidental, journey that China has taken over the past thirty years in transforming itself...
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A Dance with the Dragon
The Vanished World of Peking's Foreign Colony

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With its wild, dissolute, extravagant group of fossil hunters and philosophers, diplomats, dropouts, writers and explorers, missionaries, artists and...
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The Chinese Diaspora in South-East Asia
The Overseas Chinese in Indochina
Library of China Studies

I.B. Tauris
As Qing Dynasty China disintegrated, economic hardship and civil disorder led to millions of Chinese men and women seeking their fortunes abroad, many...
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Modern Women in China and Japan
Gender, Feminism and Global Modernity Between the Wars

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At the dawn of the 1930s a new empowered and liberated image of the female was taking root in popular culture in the West. This "modern woman" archetype was...
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Gandhi and Nationalism
The Path to Indian Independence
Library of South Asian History and Culture

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Gandhi's nationalism seems simple and straightforward: he wanted an independent Indian nation state and freedom from British colonial rule. But in reality, his...
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Posing for Posterity
Royal Indian Portraits

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The arrival of photography in India in 1840 began a rivalry between its practitioners and the painters of traditional miniatures and portraits. The novelty of...

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How a Rising Arab World is Turning Away from the West and Rediscovering China

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The rise of the Arab world and China are part of the same story, once trading partners via the Silk Road. This is a fully revised and updated account of how...
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Godzilla on My Mind
Fifty Years of the King of Monsters

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This year, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of his first appearance on the screen, the original, uncut version of Godzilla was released in American theaters to...
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Governance and Politics of China
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Comparative Government and Politics

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A History of Korea
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A concise, lively history of Korea, which explores the richness of Korean civilization from the ancient era through to the jarring transformation that resulted...
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Beijing
From Imperial Capital to Olympic City

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Few world cities have a record as long, as fascinating, or as well-documented as Beijing's. A capital almost continuously for more than a thousand years, the...
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Strawberry Days
How Internment Destroyed a Japanese American Community

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Chinese Leadership

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Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle, Updated Edition
Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation

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Updated and expanded edition of Susan Napier's cult classic, in-depth, sophisticated look at Japanese animation
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A New History of Southeast Asia

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A new, comprehensive, one volume history of Southeast Asia that spans prehistory to the present. Ricklefs brings together colleagues at the National University...
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A Short History of Asia, Second Edition

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The peoples of Asia now make up more than half of the world's population. They are increasingly well-educated, and successful in every area of modern trade and...
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Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh
Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

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Hijikata Tatsumi's explosive 1959 debut Forbidden Colors sparked a new genre of performance in Japan - butoh: an art form of contrasts, by turns shocking and...
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A History of China
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It has been said that the twenty-first century will be China's century. Such a remark highlights the importance of being informed about China's long and...
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A History of India
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This fresh and up-to-date interpretation of India's rich and extraordinary history, written by a leading authority in the field, explores themes in ancient,...