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Cambridge University Press Conflict and Confrontation in South East Asia 19611965
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Cambridge University Press Unending Capitalism
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Amazons
Book SynopsisSince the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle, legends claimed they cut off their right breasts to improve their archery skills and routinely killed their male children to purify their ranks.For centuries people believed in their existence and attempted to trace their origins. Artists and poets celebrated their battles and wrote of Amazonia. Spanish explorers, carrying these tales to South America, thought they lived in the forests of the world's greatest river, and named it after them.In the absence of evidence, we eventually reasoned away their existence, concluding that these powerful, sexually liberated female soldiers must have been the fantastical invention of Greek myth and storytelling. Until now.Following decades of new research and a series of groundbreaking archeological discoveries, we now know these powerful warrior qTrade ReviewTremendously entertaining. -- Catherine Nixey * The Times *Lively. -- Kathryn Hughes * Mail on Sunday *Man, the enthusiastic historian of Asia, dissect the Amazons with sharp scalpel. Vivid and personal. * The Spectator *Entertaining, fascinating, intriguing. However they are portrayed, the Amazons appear to have enduring appeal. -- Philip Womack * Literary Review *The Amazonian ideal of strong, independent women, able to take on men on equal terms, remains as fascinating to us now as it was to the ancient Greeks. -- Jane Shilling * Daily Mail *
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Ferdinand Brockhall Tea War and Crocodiles
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Harvard University Press Civil Examinations and Meritocracy in Late
Book SynopsisBenjamin Elman describes how education, examinations, and civil service fostered the world's first professional class based on demonstrated knowledge. Chinese civil examinations, a piece of social engineering worked out over centuries, prefigured the regime of meritocratic exams that undergirds higher education around the globe today.Trade ReviewElman has drawn upon his deep learning regarding the Chinese civil service exams and his broad understanding of late imperial history more generally to create a clear picture of the intellectual and institutional components of the first political meritocracy in world history, its adaptability to changing political challenges of the nineteenth century, and the system’s unintended nurturing of literati critics of the state. The capacities and limitations of the late imperial Chinese state took shape amidst the complementary and competing interests of emperor, bureaucracy and literati elites expressed through the examination system. Rarely has intellectual history been so well grounded in cultural history to yield such fundamental insights into a non-Western political system. -- R. Bin Wong, coauthor of Before and Beyond Divergence: The Politics of Economic Change in China and EuropeThis book, a remarkable feat of synthesis and analysis, is now the best and most comprehensive account we have of ‘what was going on inside’ the preindustrial world’s greatest single experiment in holding civil service examinations. It is also an eloquent and ambitious attempt to revise our understanding of the successes and failures of the empire of China in its last five or six centuries. -- Alexander Woodside, University of British ColumbiaThe most accomplished scholar of the examination system in China looks at the denouement of the story: the nineteenth and early twentieth century struggles between conservatives and revolutionaries to assign meaning to the history of the examination system, and to claim its legacy. The competing views illuminate not only the sources of our modern assumptions about the form and content of the examinations, but also the meaning given in the modern world to stylized intellectual competition and institutional transformation from within. -- Pamela Crossley, author of A Translucent Mirror: History and Identity in Qing Imperial Ideology
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Princeton University Press Peoples China and International Law Volume 1 A
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Myth of Inevitable US Defeat in Vietnam 3
Book SynopsisThis book offers a dispassionate strategic examination of the Vietnam conflict that challenges the conventional wisdom that South Vietnam could not survive as an independent non-communist entity over the long term regardless of how the United States conducted its military- political effort in Indochina.Table of ContentsWalton has provided diplomatic and military historians with a provocative and creative view of the Vietnam War...the book should spur debate on the causes of the United States military failure in South-East Asia."- The International History Review
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Lexington Books Japan in the World
Book SynopsisThe twentieth century is as remarkable for its world wars as it is for its efforts to outlaw war in international and constitutional law and politics. Japan in the World examines some of these efforts through the life and work of Shidehara Kijuro, who was active as diplomat and statesman between 1896 until his death in 1951. Shidehara is seen as a guiding thread running through the first five decades of the twentieth century. Through the 1920s until the beginning of the 1930s, his foreign policy shaped Japan''s place within the community of nations. The positive role Japan played in international relations and the high esteem in which it was held at that time goes largely to his credit. As Prime Minister and ''man of the hour'' after the Second World War, he had a hand in shaping the new beginning for post-war Japan, instituting policies that would start his country on a path to peace and prosperity. Accessing previously unpublished archival materials, Schlichtmann examines the work of this pacifist statesman, situating Shidehara within the context of twentieth century statecraft and international politics. While it was an age of devastating total wars that took a vast toll of civilian lives, the politics and diplomatic history between 1899 and 1949 also saw the light of new developments in international and constitutional law to curtail state sovereignty and reach a peaceful order of international affairs. Japan in the World is an essential resource for understanding that nation''s contributions to these world-changing developments.Trade ReviewKlaus Schlichtmann has written an impressive, ambitious book in which he traces the evolution of Japanese pacifism and internationalism through the career of an eminent diplomatist, Shidehara, and in the framework of the history of global affairs and thought. Anyone interested in the shift from prewar militarism to postwar pacifism in Japan, as well as in the contemporary debate on the revision of its "peace constitution," would find here an excellent guide to connecting developments in Japan to those elsewhere. An admirable study that corrects the "exceptionalist" accounts of Japanese history that still abound in the literature and places it in a comparative and transnational context. -- Akira Iriye, Charles Warren Research Professor of American History, Harvard UniversityThis book details the origins and principled development of Japan's peaceful diplomacy during the 1920s until the the Japanese military frustrated it by the Pearl Harbor attack; but war did not deter the architect of the policy, Shidehara Kijuro, who later crafted Article IX in Japan's postwar Constitution. It continues to inspire all nations to deal peaceably with their neighbors. Japan in the World is a real contribution to the field. -- John F. Howes, Professor Emeritus, Department of Asian Studies, University of British ColumbiaIt is quote refreshing to see that Schlichtmann takes Shidehara head-on….the book provides an in-depth examination of Shidehara's foreign policy while also analyzing the crucial role that he played in maintaining the nation's course firmly upon the path of Japan's traditional internationalist foreign policy. * Pacific Affairs, December 2010 *Table of ContentsChapter 1 A World without War: Shidehara as Foreign Minister, 1924-1931 Chapter 2 From the Manchurian Crisis to the End of the Second World War, 1931-1945 Chapter 3 Shidehara, 1945-1951 Chapter 4 Japanese Pacifism and Politics after the Second World War
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Zen at War 2nd Edition War and Peace Library
Book SynopsisPresenting a history of the contradictory, often militaristic, role of Zen Buddhism, this book documents the unknown support of a supposedly peaceful religion for Japanese militarism throughout World War II. It draws on the writings and speeches of leading Zen masters and scholars.Trade ReviewPraise for the first edition: Zen at War is a wake-up call for all Buddhists. Victoria has shown in a passionate and well documented way that Buddhism is not immune to the kind of distortions that have been used throughout human history by virtually all of the world's religions to justify so-called holy war.... -- John Daido Loori, Roshi, Abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery; author of The Heart of Being: Moral and Ethical Teachings of Zen BuddhismPraise for the first edition: In this carefully documented study, Brian Victoria discloses the incredible intellectual dishonesty of Japanese Buddhists who perverted their religion into a jingoistic doctrine of support for the emperor and imperial expansion during the period 1868-1945. Good job! We must face this dark side of our heritage squarely.... -- Robert Aitken, retired Roshi, Honolulu Diamond SanghaZen at War is an incendiary book and an essential cautionary tale for anyone wanting to apply Buddhist teachings. Brian Victoria is a genuinely radical historian who asks followers of Zen–and by extension all Buddhists–to look beyond the pristine, other-worldly image the tradition has presented and understand the deep compromises that came from its relationship with power. Much more than an exposé, Zen at War challenges Buddhists to think through the ethical consequences of venerated doctrines and examine them in light of the Buddha’s original teaching. Despite the efforts of some Zen apologists to minimize the significance of Brian Victoria’s findings, the first edition lit a fire under Zen and the new edition adds fuel by extending the book’s critique back into Buddhist history. It is an important contribution to western Buddhism. -- Vishvapani, editor of Dharma Life magazineAn important and well-written work . . . This new edition significantly expands the text . . . Especially important is Victoria's well-documented contention that Buddhist involvement with buttressing political establishments is not new but can be traced to the time of King Ashoka in ancient India. . . Finally the author calls all Buddhists to thoughtful consideration and repudiation of "Nation-Protecting Buddhism" as a betrayal of the essential teachings . . . Recommended. * CHOICE *Victoria's extensive research- along with translations of lengthy quotations- substantially adds to our knowledge of the relationship between Buddhism and Japanese nationalism and imperialism....the content is often very interesting... * Journal of Asian Studies *Praise for the first edition: Zen at War is a stunning contribution to our understanding of Japanese militarism and the broader issue of war responsibility as it continues to be addressed (and ignored) in contemporary Japan. Victoria's great sensitivity to the perversion and betrayal of Buddhism's teachings about compassion and nonviolence makes his indictment of the role played by Imperial War Buddhists in promoting ultranationalism and aggression all the more striking—and all the more saddening. -- John Dower, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; author of War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific WarPraise for the first edition: Zen at War is a wake-up call for all Buddhists. Victoria has shown in a passionate and well documented way that Buddhism is not immune to the kind of distortions that have been used throughout human history by virtually all of the world's religions to justify so-called holy war. -- John Daido Loori, Roshi, Abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery; author of The Heart of Being: Moral and Ethical Teachings of Zen BuddhismPraise for the first edition: In this carefully documented study, Brian Victoria discloses the incredible intellectual dishonesty of Japanese Buddhists who perverted their religion into a jingoistic doctrine of support for the emperor and imperial expansion during the period 1868-1945. Good job! We must face this dark side of our heritage squarely. -- Robert Aitken, retired Roshi, Honolulu Diamond SanghaTable of ContentsPart 1 THE MEIJI RESTORATION OF 1868 AND BUDDHISM Chapter 2 The Attempted Suppression of Buddhism Chapter 3 Early Buddhist Social Ferment Chapter 4 Uchiyama Gudo: Radical Soto Zen Priest Chapter 5 Institutional Buddhism's Rejection of Progressive Social Action Part 6 JAPANESE MILITARISM AND BUDDHISM Chapter 7 The Incorporation of Buddhism into the Japanese War Machine (1913-30) Chapter 8 Buddhist Resistance to Japanese Militarism Chapter 9 The Emergence of Imperial-Way Buddhism Chapter 10 The Emergence of Imperial-State Zen and Soldier Zen Chapter 11 Other Zen Masters and Scholars in the War Effort Part 12 POSTWAR TRENDS Chapter 13 The Postwar Japanese Responses to Imperial-Way Buddhism, Imperial-State Zen, and Soldier Zen Chapter 14 Corporate Zen in Postwar Japan Chapter 15 Was It Buddhism?
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers China in 2008
Book SynopsisThe Beijing Olympics ensured that the world would be watching China in 2008, and the year turned out to be the most tumultuous and traumatic for the Chinese since the massive Tiananmen uprising of 1989. Crippling winter storms, riots in Tibet, the devastating Sichuan earthquake, and many other dramatic eventsincluding the PRC edging out the United States to become the country with the most Internet usersgrabbed international headlines. This innovative book, based on postings from the China Beat (the noted group blog/electronic magazine based at the University of California, Irvine) as well as works from other leading publications and completely new material, showcases the as-it-happened reports and commentaries of a mix of distinguished academics, high-profile journalists, and freelance writers, and up-and-coming young China specialists. China in 2008 takes the unique approach of bringing the timeliness of the blogosphere into book form, expanding and reflecting thoughtfully on storiTrade Review[A] compelling first draft of history. Grouped by event or theme, the essays cover most of the major news stories of 2008, but with insight and perspective that never made the broadsheets. . . . It places contemporary China in a historical context that mainstream media seldom has the space to do, and offers a diverse and often very personal snapshot of China in one of its most turbulent years. * Far Eastern Economic Review *Sane, well-informed, and rich in insights. * Asian Review Of Books *Required reading for anyone trying to make sense of China's tumultuous year. This is the literary equivalent of a rowdy dinner party attended by some of the best and brightest China journalists, scholars, and thinkers. It offers a breadth of opinion and depth of context available only to those with a well-thumbed Rolodex of China specialists. But the book is accessible to the ordinary reader, and it combines the up-to-the-minute excitement of a blog with quirky academic takes on history in the making. -- Louisa Lim, National Public Radio, Shanghai correspondentI've never been to China, but I've become a China-watcher thanks to the wonderful China Beat blog. This book is the best of that blog—and more. It's a fascinating way to get under China's skin. -- Mary Beard, University of CambridgeThere is more than enough here to keep any reader intrigued and instructed. -- Jonathan D. Spence, from the forewordTable of ContentsChapter 1: Anxieties of a Prosperous Age Chapter 2: Tibet Chapter 3: Meanwhile, Across the Straits . . . Chapter 4: Nationalism and the Torch Chapter 5: Earthquake and Recovery Chapter 6: Shanghai Images in Beijing's Year Chapter 7: Tiananmen Reconsidered Chapter 8: The Road to the Olympics Chapter 9: The Olympics as Spectacle Chapter 10: China after the Games Chapter 11: Follow the Leader Chapter 12: Things Seen and Unseen Chapter 13: Pop Culture in a Global Age Chapter 14: Reinvented Traditions Chapter 15: China and the United States
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The History Press Ltd Burma 1942
Book SynopsisThe Diary of Ralph Tanner, 2nd Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light InfantryTrade ReviewAn unexpected gem ... beautifully written, balanced and a joy to read. -- Dr Robert Lyman
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) State Failure in SubSaharan Africa The Crisis of
Book SynopsisCatherine Scott is a teaching fellow in the Defence Studies Department at King's College London. She is Managing Editor of the journal Conflict, Security & Development and holds a PhD in International Politics and Security from King's College London.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Genealogies of State Failure 2. The Failings of the Failed State ‘Thesis’ 3. The State and its Failure in Sub-Saharan Africa 4. Burundi: The Freezing of a Failed Kingdom 5. Uganda: A Foundational Failure and Post-Colonial Revival 6. Concluding Reflections
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Japanese War Fantasy 1933
Book SynopsisAn analysis of a 1933 Japanese pulp fiction novel and the foretelling of the coming war.
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Taylor & Francis Mongolia in the Twentieth Century
The remote vastness of Mongolia has remained somewhat of a mystery to most Westerners - no less so in the 20th century. Homeland of the legendary conqueror Chingiz Khan, in modern times Mongolia itself has been the object of imperial rivalry. For most of the 20th century it was under Soviet domination. Mikhail Gorbachev began the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Mongolia in 1989, a process completed in 1992. By 1996 a coalition of opposition parties triumphed in national elections, and Mongolia launched itself on a new course. It is perhaps the most intriguing of the post-community transition societies. This volume examines Mongol history over the past century, embracing not only Mongolia proper but also Mongol communities in Russia and China. Contributions, based on new archival research and the latest fieldwork, are from the world''s top experts in the field - including four authors from Mongolia and others from Japan, Russia, Taiwan, Great Britain and the United States. Stephen Kotk
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Taylor & Francis Voices of Southeast Asia
Book SynopsisSpanning more than a millennium, this anthology gathers literary sources from across the entire region of Southeast Asia. Its 24 selections derive from a variety of genres and reflect the diverse range of cultural influences the region has experienced. The literary excerpts illustrate the impact of religious and ideological currents from early Buddhism to Islam and Roman Catholicism. The selections reveal how cultural influences from South Asia, China, the Arabic world, and Europe arrived in Southeast Asia and left their marks in the realms of literature, society, and culture. The readings include religious works, folklore, epic poems, short stories, and the modern novel. They range from the Cambodian medieval version of the Ramayana to the 16th century Javanese tales to modern Thai short stories and include selections from Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, and Burma.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Kawi Inscription from Java, Anonymous; Chapter 2 Shwegugyi Pagoda Inscription, King Alaungsithu; Chapter 3 Viet Dinh U Linh Tap, Ly Te Xuyen; Chapter 4 Maniyadanabon, Shin Sandalinka; Chapter 5 Truyen Ky Man Luc, Nguyen Du; Chapter 6 Sejarah Melayu, Tun Sri Lanang; Chapter 7 Prince Samuttakote, Phra Maharatchakhru; Chapter 8 Reamker, Anonymous; Chapter 9 Tale of Kieu, Nguyen Du; Chapter 10 Glass Palace Chronicle; Chapter 11 Babad Dipanagara, Pagneran Dipanagara; Chapter 12 Rantjak Dilabueh, Anonymous; Chapter 13 Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal; Chapter 14 Letters of a Javanese Princess, Raden Adjeng Kartini; Chapter 15 Dumb Luck, Vu Trong Phung; Chapter 16 Oil, Thein Pe Myint; Chapter 17 Return, Miao Hsiou; Chapter 18 Not Out of Hate, Ma Ma Lay; Chapter 19 Letters from Thailand, Botan; Chapter 20 Sacrifice, Outhine Bounyavong; Chapter 21 Tales of the Demon Folk, Sri Daoruang; Chapter 22 An Umbrella, Ma Sandar; Chapter 23 The Water Nymph, Nguyen Huy Thiep; Chapter 24 Painting the Eye, Philip Jeyaretnam;
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MN - University of British Columbia Press Resisting Manchukuo
Book SynopsisReveals the literary world of Japanese-occupied Manchuria (Manchukuo, 1932-45). This book examines the lives, careers, and literary legacies of seven prolific Chinese women writers during the occupation. It is suitable for those who study the history of East Asia, imperialism, and women.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Chinese Women and Cultural Production in a Japanese Colonial Context2 Foundations of Colonial Rule in Manchukuo and the “Woman Question”3 Manchukuo’s Chinese-Language Literary World4 Forging Careers in Manchukuo5 Disrupting the Patriarchal Foundations of Manchukuo6 Contesting Colonial Society7 The Collapse of Empire and Careers8 Resisting ManchukuoNotesBibliographyIndex
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State University Press of New York (SUNY) Israel in Comparative Perspective Challenging the Conventional Wisdom Suny Series in Israeli Studies
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State University Press of New York (SUNY) Indian Critiques of Gandhi Suny Series in
Book SynopsisThrough examinations of Gandhi''s critics, both individuals and groups, this book shows the complexity of Indian society and opinion at the time of the Indian Independence Movement.Although Gandhi has been the subject of hundreds of books and an Oscar-winning film, there has been no sustained study of his engagement with major figures in the Indian Independence Movement who were often his critics from 1920?1948. This book fills that gap by examining the strengths and weaknesses of Gandhi''s contribution to India as evidenced in the letters, speeches, and newspaper articles focused on the dialogue/debate between Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Aurobindo, Bhim Rao Ambedkar, Annie Besant, and C. F. Andrews. The book also covers key groups within India that Gandhi sought to incorporate into his Independence Movement-the Hindu Right, Muslims, Christians, and Sikhs-and analyzes Gandhi''s ambiguous stance regarding the Hindi-Urdu question and its impact on the Independence struggle.
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Cornell University Press Brokered Homeland
Book SynopsisFaced with an aging workforce, Japanese firms are hiring foreign workers in ever-increasing numbers. In 1990 Japan's government began encouraging the migration of Nikkeijin (overseas Japanese) who are presumed to assimilate more easily than are...Trade ReviewThe story that was once told about citizens of foreign countries who could demonstrate Japanese ancestry was that even if they had never been to Japan, even if they couldn't speak the language, they nevertheless remained, in some essential way, Japanese.... Brokered Homeland focuses on the way in which these people's self-understanding—as well as other people's understanding of them—shifts as a result of their experiences in Japan.... Roth is an astute observer and a graceful writer. -- David Cozy * The Japan Times *There is much to enjoy in both of these books. They are both well written (Roth's three-paragraph account of the kite-flying festival in Hamamatsu sets a scene as well as any recent ethnography I have read) and well structured.... Roth's book is probably the one for students doing an option on Japan: punchy and to the point, easily read in a long afternoon. -- Roger Goodman, University of Oxford * Journal of Japanese Studies *
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Taylor & Francis Inc The Angkorian World
Book SynopsisThe Angkorian World explores the history of Southeast Asia's largest ancient state from the first to mid-second millennium CE. Chapters by leading scholars combine evidence from archaeology, texts, and the natural sciences to introduce the Angkorian state, describe its structure, and explain its persistence over more than six centuries.Comprehensive and accessible, this book will be an indispensable resource for anyone studying premodern Asia. The volume's first of six sections provides historical and environmental contexts and discusses data sources and the nature of knowledge production. The next three sections examine the anthropogenic landscapes of Angkor (agrarian, urban, and hydraulic), the state institutions that shaped the Angkorian state, and the economic foundations on which Angkor operated. Part V explores Angkorian ideologies and realities, from religion and nation to identity. The volume's last part reviews political and aesthetic Angkorian legacies in aTrade Review“From the urban sprawl of the ancient city to the minutiae of pottery and temple bas-reliefs, The Angkorian World succeeds in offering a multi-dimensional, polyvocal account of this South East Asian polity. While this volume is a dense and comprehensive insight into the state of Angkorian studies at present, prospective readers, be they scholars of premodern Asia or lay enthusiasts, need not be daunted. This important collection makes the intricate tapestry of Angkor an accessible and rewarding read.” Joanna Wolfarth - South East Asia ResearchTable of ContentsPrologue: An Introduction to the Angkorian World; PART I: CONTEXTS; 1 An Environmental History of Angkor: Beginning and End; 2 Texts and Objects: Exploiting the Literary Sources in Mediaeval Cambodia; 3 ‘Invisible Cambodians’: Knowledge Production in the History of Angkorian Archaeology; 4 The Mekong Delta Before the Angkorian World; 5 The Early Capitals of Angkor; 6 Angkor’s Multiple Southeast Asia Overland Connections; 7 Angkor and China: 9th–15th Centuries; PART II: LANDSCAPES; 8 Forests, Palms, and Paddy Fields: The Plant Ecology of Angkor; 9 Angkor and the Mekong River: Settlement, Resources, Mobility, and Power; 10 Trajectories of Urbanism in the Angkorian World; 11 Angkor's Temple Communities and the Logic of Its Urban Landscape; 12 Angkor as a "Cité Hydraulique"?; PART III: STATE INSTITUTIONS; 13 Angkorian Law and Land; 14 Warfare and Defensive Architecture in the Angkorian World; 15 Āśramas, Shrines, and Royal Power; 16 Education and Medicine at Angkor; PART IV: ECONOMIES; 17 Angkor’s Economy: Implications of the Transfer of Wealth; 18 The Temple Economy of Angkor; 19 Angkor’s Agrarian Economy: A Socio-Ecological Mosaic; 20 From Quarries to Temples: Stone Procurement, Materiality, and Spirituality in the Angkorian World; 21 Crafting With Fire: Stoneware and Iron Pyrotechnologies in the Angkorian World; 22 Food, Craft, and Ritual: Plants From the Angkorian World; PART V: IDEOLOGIES AND REALITIES; 23 Gods and Temples: The Nature(s) of Angkorian Religion; 24 Bodies of Glory: The Statuary of Angkor; 25 ‘Of Cattle and Kings’: Bovines in the Angkorian World; 26 An Angkor Nation? Identifying the Core of the Khmer Empire; 27 The Angkorian House; 28 Vogue at Angkor: Dress, Décor, and Narrative Drama; 29 Gender, Status, and Hierarchy in the Age of Angkor; PART VI: AFTER ANGKOR; 30 Perspectives on the ‘Collapse’ of Angkor and the Khmer Empire; 31 Uthong and Angkor: Material Legacies in the Chao Phraya Basin, Thailand; 32 Mainland Southeast Asia after Angkor: On the Legacies of Jayavarman VII; 33 Early Modern Cambodia and Archaeology at Longvek; 34 Yama, the God Closest to the Khmers; 35 Inarguably Angkor
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Syracuse University Press Feminisms with Chinese Characteristics
Book SynopsisIn this timely volume, Zhu and Xiao offer an examination of the ways in which Chinese feminist ideas have developed since the mid-1990s. By juxtaposing the plural “feminisms” with “Chinese characteristics”, they both underline the importance of integrating Chinese culture, history, and tradition in the discussions of Chinese feminisms.
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Unconditional Democracy Education and Politics in
Book SynopsisExplores the difficult mission of a regime change. Toshio Nishi gives an account of how America converted the Japanese mindset from war to peace following World War II.
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Wesleyan University Press An Empty Room
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Duke University Press The Korean Popular Culture Reader
Book SynopsisThis collection provides a timely and essential foundation for studying Korean popular culture ("K-pop") by looking at its global popularity, relation to the contemporary cultural landscape, and historical roots.Trade Review"A must-read for scholars, students, and fans alike, this path-breaking volume explores the vitality and diversity of Korean popular culture. Through an international collection of experts, we discover the importance of both local contexts of production and the global reach of Korean film, TV, dance, music, and more. It's a stunning work that will stand as the cornerstone of an emerging field."—Ian Condry, author of The Soul of Anime: Collaborative Creativity and Japan's Media Success Story"This volume is a pleasurable and intellectually stimulating excursion across the many genres of Korean popular culture. Bringing essays originally written in English together with well-chosen and beautifully translated Korean-language essays, The Korean Popular Culture Reader is a vibrant contribution to the field. This who's who of Korean cultural studies will certainly enjoy a wide readership."—Nancy Abelmann, author of The Intimate University: Korean American Students and the Problems of Segregation“Lively and informative. . . . One of the most comprehensive looks at hallyu, phenomena past and present.” -- Bill Drucker * Korean Quarterly *“There is plenty of interesting material for those interested in Korea. . . . The book doesn’t lack for intriguing topics, which also include challenges facing the country’s drive to market Korean food abroad, media portrayals of female Korean athletes and the country’s unique gaming culture. . . . Korea’s standing on the international stage and the challenges of explaining sudden cultural phenomena such as the ‘Gangnam Style’ craze seem to necessitate the need for better contextualization of hallyu. The Korean Popular Culture Reader is welcome in this respect." -- Kim Young-jin * Korea Times *"It is exciting to observe the emergence of an academic field in relation to a new historical situation. The move to establish a field of Korean popular culture studies resembles the formation of British cultural studies in the 1960s through research on the politics of postwar mass culture. This past year sadly witnessed the passing of Stuart hall, but the publication of The Korean Popular Culture Reader is a substantial tribute to hall’s far-reaching legacy." -- John R. Eperjesi * Amerasia Journal *"Telling as much about Korea, its society and history, as about popular culture, The Korean Popular Culture Reader should satisfy the intellectual thirst of scholars and students in Korean studies, cultural studies, and Asian studies." -- Youjeong Oh * Journal of Asian Studies *“[T]his volume nurtures the readers with a generous abundance of information on Korean popular culture. It is well designed and thoughtfully presented and makes a convincing contribution to a growing body of literature on Korean studies, media studies, and anthropology. It is a must-read book for those who desire a common introduction to the diverse local cultural landscape and those interested in popular culture in tandem with Korean society and culture.” -- Dal Yong Jin * Pacific Affairs *“The Korean Popular Culture Reader is a rich interdisciplinary cultural studies text. . . . The breadth of the volume is refreshing. . . . [It] fills a void in Korean cultural studies in English, and should reach a wide audience. I am hopeful that it will be read not only by Korean Studies scholars and used in Korean Studies classes, but that its general high quality and thoughtful presentation will allow it to reach those working on other areas of East Asia, and to be used in broader East Asian Studies university courses.” -- Bonnie Tilland * Acta Koreana *Table of ContentsPreface / Youngmin Choe vii Introduction. Indexing Korean Popular Culture / Kyung Hyun Kim 1 Part 1. Click and Scroll 15 1. The World in a Love Letter / Boduerae Kwon 19 2. Fisticuffs, High Kicks, and Colonial Histories: The Ambivalence of Modern Korean Identity in Narrative Comics / Kyu Hyun Kim 34 3. It All Started with a Bang: The Role of PC Bangs in South Korea's Cybercultures / Inkyu Kang 55 4. As Seen on the Internet: The Recap as Translation in English-Language K-Drama Fandoms / Regina Yung Lee 76 Part 2. Lights, Camera, Action! 99 5. Regimes within Regimes: Film and Fashion Cultures in the Korean 1950s / Steven Chung 103 6. The Quasi Patriarch: Kim Sûng-ho and South Korean Postwar Movies / Kelly Jeong 126 7. The Partisan, the Worker, and the Hidden Hero: Popular Icons in North Korean Film / Travis Workman 145 8. Face Value: The Star as Genre in Bong Joon-ho's Mother / Michelle Cho 168 Part 3. Gold, Silver, and Bronze 195 9. Bend It Like a Man of Chosun: Sports Nationalism and Colonial Modernity of 1936 / Jung Hwan Cheon 199 10. "She Became Our Strength": Female Athletes and (Trans)national Desires / Rachael Miyung Joo 228 Part 4. Strut, Move, and Shake 249 11. Young Musical Love of the 1930s / Min-Jung Son 255 12. Birth, Death, and Resurrection of Group Sound Rock / Hyunjoon Shin and Pil Ho Kim 275 13. The Popularity of Individualism: The Seo Taiji Phenomenon in the 1990s / Roald Maliangkay 296 14. Girls' Generation? Gender, (Dis)Empowerment, and K-pop / Stephen Epstein and James Turnbull 314 Part 5. Food and Travel 337 15. South Korean Advertising as Popular Culture / Olga Fedorenko 341 16. The Global Hansik Campaign and Commodification of Korean Cuisine / Katarzyna J. Cwiertka 363 17. Back Seung Woo's Blow Up (2005–2007): Touristic Fantasy, Photographic Desire, and Catastrophic North Korea / Sohl Lee 385 Bibliography 407 Contributors 431 Index 435
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Duke University Press Cinema of Actuality
Book SynopsisCinema of Actuality analyzes Japanese avant-garde filmmakers' struggle to radicalize cinema in light of the intensifying politics of spectacle and a rapidly changing media environment, one that was increasingly dominated by television.Trade Review"Cinema of Actuality demonstrates that—despite the copious scholarship on Japanese films of the 1960s and 1970s—we know less about this period than we think. Yuriko Furuhata provides crucial new insights, deftly placing the films in the context of the era's media mix, while introducing us to the theoretical writings underpinning the filmmakers' creative practices. The result is a vital contribution to the history of film theory."—Abé Mark Nornes, author of Forest of Pressure: Ogawa Shinsuke and Postwar Japanese Documentary"Cinema of Actuality is a tour de force, a potentially field-changing intervention in Japanese film studies, TV and media theory, and the study of postwar world film culture. Yuriko Furuhata shows that during the 1960s and 1970s, major political events and their portrayal in the media formed the basis for an entire Japanese cinema. At the same time, she poses vital questions about media theory and representation more broadly. This is a singularly important work."—Akira Mizuta Lippit, author of Ex-Cinema: From a Theory of Experimental Film and Video"At last there's a book that reads the Japanese cinema of the 1960s and 1970s in a cross-media context and with a rigorous historical and theoretical eye. Elegantly and precisely argued, this is a book that is both exemplary and surprising. From manga to militant cinema, from landscape theory to pink film, Yuriko Furuhata gives readers the discursive and political history that allows a new understanding of the Japanese film and media of this era."—Miryam Sas, author of Experimental Arts in Postwar Japan: Moments of Encounter, Engagement, and Imagined Return"Artists often make great sociological commentators, and Furuhata’s book sheds new light on the insights of these filmmakers.... [a] compelling and necessary addition to cinema scholarship." -- Lyle Sylvander * JQ Magazine *“Studies that grapple with the complexities of cross-cultural analysis are few… the author is well qualified to achieve an excellent addition to the literature.” -- Mike Leggett * Leonardo Reviews *“[A] remarkably researched and argued case for Japan's complex theoretical contributions to the field of cinema studies…. The totality of Furuhata's work is a benchmark of attained, wide-reaching scope that any serious academic work should ascribe to achieve.” -- Clayton Dillard * Slant Magazine *“Furuhata convincingly sketches the intellectual and social environment that gave birth to some of Japan’s most distinctive films.” -- Alexander Jacoby * TLS *"Adds significant depth, nuance and context to a topic that has, for good reason, long captivated an audience of cinephiles, activists and researchers." -- Steven Ridgely * Pacific Affairs *"Furuhata … brilliantly analyses a radical movement whose effects can be traced in contemporary film, anime, manga, and television representations. Cinema of actuality sets a new standard of scholarly excellence in Japanese film studies and is a book to go on all our reading lists." -- Dolores P. Martinez * Anthro Forum *“Cinema of Actuality highlights the many ways the cinematic avant-garde was deeply concerned with the rise of the broadcast political spectacle. This attention to the contemporaneous gives the book itself a strong feeling of ‘actuality,’ and the richly detailed contexts it offers will have a profound impact on our understanding of this ‘season of image politics.’” -- Paul Roquet * Japan Forum *"Fascination with actuality is alive and well, in social media and on the streets, where we find old vanguards among the fresh faces of counter-politics. Although the media platforms have changed, this continuity suggests that the reach of Furuhata’s insightful analysis in this book may be far greater than the period it covers." -- Mariko Shigeta Schimmel * Monumenta Nipponica *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1. Intermedial Experiments and the Rise of the Eizo Discourse 13 2. Cinema, Event, and Artifactuality 53 3. Remediating Journalism: Politics and the Media Event 88 4. Diagramming the Landscape: Power and the Fukeiron Discourse 115 5. Hijacking Television: News and Militant Cinema 149 Conclusion 183 Notes 203 Bibliography 239 Index 255
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Duke University Press Chinese Visions of World Order
Book SynopsisExamining the evolution of the Confucian doctrine of tianxia (all under heaven), which aspires to a unitary worldview that cherishes global justice and transcends social divides, the contributors show how it has shaped China's political organization, foreign policy, and worldview from the Han dynasty to the present.Trade Review“Chinese Visions of World Order is the best kind of edited volume; it gives the impression that its diverse array of contributions have been curated rather than commissioned.” -- Salvatore Babones * MCLC Resource Center *"Compiles a fascinating multiplicity of philosophical thoughts and historiographic accounts of the Chinese tianxia . . . . A good read for anyone interested in Chinese intellectual history and philosophy." -- Nele Noesselt * The China Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Ban Wang 1 Part I. Tianxia, Confucianism, and Empire 1. Tianxia and the Invention of Empire in East Asia / Mark Edward Lewis and Hsieh Mei-yu 25 2. From Empire to State: Kang Youwei, Confucian Universalism, and Unity / Wang Hui 49 3. The Chinese World Order and Planetary Sustainability / Prasenjit Duara 65 Part II. Tianxia, Cross-Cultural Learning, and Cosmopolitanism 4. The Moral Vision in Kang Youwei's Book of the Great Community / Ban Wang 87 5. Greek Antiquity, Chinese Modernity, and the Changing World Order / Yiquan Zhou 106 6. Realizing Tianxia: Traditional Values and China's Foreign Policy / Daniel A. Bell 129 Part III. Tianxia and Socialist Internationalism 7. Tianxia and Postwar Japanese Sinologists' Vision of the Chinese Revolution: The Cases of Nishi Junzō and Mizoguchi Yūzō / Viren Murthy 149 8. China's Lost World of Internationalism / Lin Chun 177 9. China's Tianxia Worldlings: Socialist and Postsocialist Cosmopolitanisms / Lisa Rofel 212 Part IV. Tianxia and Its Discontents 10. The Soft Power of the Constant Soldier: or, Why We Should Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the PLA / Haiyan Lee 237 11. Tracking Tianxia: On Intellectual Self-Positioning / Chishen Chang and Kuan-Hsing Chen 267 Bibliography 293 Contributors 319 Index 323
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Fordham University Press World Literature for the Wretched of the Earth
Book SynopsisThis book foregrounds anticolonial theories of reading to reveal an alternative strain of anticolonialism committed not to the forms of authority that facilitate political recognition or national sovereignty, but rather to inexpertise and inconsequence, with the aim of replacing mastery with collective cultivation.Table of ContentsPreface | vi Introduction: Impossible Subjects | 1 1. Lala Har Dayal’s Imagination | 19 2. B. R. Ambedkar’s Sciences | 44 3. M. K. Gandhi’s Lost Debates | 67 4. Bhagat Singh’s Jail Notebook | 92 Epilogue: Stopping and Leaving | 113 Acknowledgments | 131 Notes | 135 Bibliography | 169 Index | 189
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University of Missouri Press The Desperate Diplomat Saburo Kurusus Memoir of the Weeks Before Pearl Harbor
Book SynopsisThree weeks prior to the bombing of Pear Harbor, Japanese Special Envoy Saburo Kurusu visited Washington in an attempt to further peace talks. For more than seventy years, many have viewed Kurusu’s visit as part of the Pearl Harbor plot. Garry Clifford and Masako Okura seek to dispel this myth with this edition of Kurusu’s memoir.Trade ReviewA unique and invaluable study of American-Japanese diplomatic history. The authors present a compelling explanation of how Americans-both the general public and critical members of the Roosevelt administration-perceived Kurusu. The authors also highlight Kurusu's relevance in the run-up to war and do much to bring him out from behind Admiral Nomura's shadow, while also presenting a compelling portrait of familiar figures including Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The use of often overlooked but essential sources such as the Bernard Baruch and Arthur Krock papers make this an impressive volume." - Sidney Pash, author of The Currents of War: A New History of American-Japanese Relations, 1899–1941"This is a fascinating look at the intense negotiations in Washington, D.C., just prior to the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It is the view seen by a special Japanese envoy, Saburo Kurusu, who was hurriedly dispatched to Washington in November 1941 to assist Japanese ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura. U.S. and Japanese policies were at loggerheads over the issue of Japanese aggression in China and what appeared to be impending Japanese moves into Southeast Asia. Talks in Washington between Ambassador Nomura and U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull were attempting to reconcile the two nations' positions in a vain attempt to prevent eruption of a war." - Air Power History"This book presents the best account in English of the activities of the Japanese diplomats in Washington during the negotiations. As such, it should be required reading for all those interested in the outbreak of the Pacific War." - Journal of American-East Asian Relations"Thanks to the labors of Clifford and Okura, it will be difficult to look again at the last three weeks of peace in quite the same way." - H-Net
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State University of New York Press Mysticism in India The PoetSaints of Maharashtra
Book SynopsisMysticism in India is a complete and informative description of the teachings, works, and lives of the great poet-saints of Maharashtra written by a scholar and professor who was also a mystic. Jnaneshwar, Namadev, Tukaram, Eknath, Ramdas, and the other saints discussed belonged to the great devotional religious movement that spread through medieval India. With the exception of Ramdas, they all belonged to the tradition of the Varkaris, the most popular sect in contemporary Maharashtra. Their compositions exemplify the universality of their faith and practice, and are recognized as literary treasures. Ranade was primarily interested in the poet-saints as mysticsteachers of the perennial philosophywhose experiences have general metaphysical and religious implications. At the heart of his classic is a comprehensive, objective presentation of the thought of these saints, augmented by a deep appreciation of their value and relevance to present-day scholars and seekers. Mysticism in India is the only major study in English of medieval Indian religious literature. The book's enduring value has been enhanced by the addition of a foreword by a scholar currently working in Marathi literature, and a preface by a present-day poet-saint of Maharashtra.
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Yale University Press Storied Stone Reframing the Philadelphia Museum
Book SynopsisA behind-the-scenes history of the sixteenth-century South Indian temple hall installation in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
£28.50
Yale University Press Production and Exchange in Eurasia
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Association for Asian Studies Caste in India
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Green Magic Publishing The Underworld of the East
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Holo Books The Arbitration Press Women at the Siege Peking 1900
Book SynopsisIn 1900, Baron von Ketteler, the German Minister, was assassinated in a Peking street. By 4pm the first shots were fired and a siege by Boxers and imperial troops had begun. Among the besieged were 148 women from around the world and Maud, the Baron's widow. This book tells their story.
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Tommies Guides Farewell Raj Witness to End of Empire
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Cambridge University Press State Formation through Emulation
Book SynopsisNeither war nor preparations for war were the cause or effect of state formation in East Asia. Instead, emulation of Chinathe hegemon with a civilizational influencedrove the rapid formation of centralized, bureaucratically administered, territorial governments in Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Furthermore, these countries engaged in state-building not to engage in conflict or to suppress revolt. In fact, war was relatively rare and there was no balance of power system with regular existential threatsthe longevity of the East Asian dynasties is evidence of both the peacefulness of their neighborhood and their internal stability. We challenge the assumption that the European experience with war and state-making was universal. More importantly, we broaden the scope of state formation in East Asia beyond the study of China itself and show how countries in the region interacted and learned from each other and China to develop strong capacities and stable borders.Trade ReviewInternational Relations needs to move beyond critiques of Eurocentrism to present big, positive alternative ideas. Few if any books in the field achieve this goal as well as State Formation in Historical East Asia. Huang and Kang's fresh, challenging and incredibly important thesis is that state-building in East Asia preceded that in Europe, and was the result of emulation rather than military competition. Jason Sharman, Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations, University of CambridgeThis innovative analysis demonstrates that state building in Asia was very different from Europe: characterized by mimicry and diffusion, rather than warfare or competition. It is a major and very welcome contribution to the literature on state-building across the world. Anna Grzymala-Busse, Kevin and Michelle Douglas Professor of International Studies, Stanford UniversityHuang and Kang have reconstructed deep historical pathways toward state making in East Asia. They helpfully highlight shared traits that distinguish these states as a group from those formed in Europe. State Formation Through Emulation: The East Asian Model helps to reduce the persistent asymmetry of knowledge about European and East Asian state making dynamics. The book points us toward to a future moment when historically contextualized state making dynamics across different world regions can be scrutinized for the distinctive features these diverse states bring into their subsequent encounters with each other. R. Bin Wong, R. Bin Wong, Director of the UCLA Asia Institute and Distinguished Professor of History, University of California, Los AngelesTable of Contents1. Introduction: The East Asian Model of State Formation; 2. Theories of State Formation and Diffusion; 3. Phase 1 and Onwards: Hegemony, Bureaucracy, and Confucianism; 4. The Absence of Bellicist Pressures in State Formation, 400 – 800 CE; 5. Phase II: State Formation in Korea and Japan, 400 – 800 CE; 6. Korea and Japan over the Centuries; 7. Vietnam emerges, 10th – 14th Centuries; 8. Epistemic Communities and Regional Connections; 9. Who Doesn't Emulate? The Borderlands of the Central Asian Steppe; 10. Conclusion: East Asian Developmental States in the 20th Century. Appendix; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
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Cambridge University Press Shanghai Tai Chi
Book SynopsisShanghai Tai Chi offers a masterful portrait of daily urban life under socialism in a rich social and political history of one of the world''s most complex cities. Hanchao Lu explores the lives of people from all areas of society - from capitalists and bourgeois intellectuals to women and youth. Utilizing the metaphor of Tai Chi, he reveals how people in Shanghai experienced and adapted to a new Maoist political culture from 1949. Exploring the multifaceted complexity of everyday life and material culture in Mao''s China, Lu addresses the survival of old bourgeois lifestyles under the new proletarian dictatorship, the achievements of intellectuals in an age of anti-intellectualism, the pleasure that urban youth derived from reading taboo literature, the emergence of women''s liberation and the politics of greening and horticulture.This captivating, epitomizing, and vivid history transports readers to history as lived on Shanghai''s streets and back alleyways.Table of ContentsList of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; Notes on the Text; Introduction; Part I. The Condemned: 1. The upper crust; 2. The stinking number nine; Part II. The Liberated: 3. The power of Balzac; 4. Alleyway women's detachments; Part III. Under the French Parasol Trees: 5. Everyday flora; 6. In the eyes of foreign onlookers; 7. The essential does not change; Conclusion; Appendix: List of Informants; Character List; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press A Maritime Vietnam
Book SynopsisLi Tana presents a powerful new reading of Vietnamese history: that key political changes resulted from the impact, economic and otherwise, of the sea. This finely layered account covering the two millennia before colonisation radically restructures how we understand the shaping of the country we now know as Vietnam.Trade Review'In assiduity and breadth, this book surpasses even Prof. Li's now classic Nguyen Cochinchina. As a meticulous analysis of the intersection between external and domestic economies, A Maritime Vietnam provides not only for Vietnam, but for the region a model longitudinal inquiry into a fundamental but substantially neglected theme. It will enhance Prof. Li's reputation as one of the most original scholars ever to have worked in pre-colonial Southeast Asia history.' Victor Lieberman, University of MichiganTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Maritime formations; 2. Aromatics, Buddhism and the making of a south seas emporium; 3. Aromatic forests, sea trade, and the rise of Linyi, 200–700 CE; 4. Maritime resurgence and the rise of Dai Viet; 5. Winds of trade from the Middle East: 6. Muslim trade and the conquest of the coast: the mystery of the Topkapi vase; 7. Silks and society: Tongking in the age of commerce; 8. Seventeenth century Dang Trong: a maritime entity; 9. The rise and fall of the water frontier; 10. Ships and the problem of political integration: the cost of Tao Van and shipbuilding; Conclusion: some reflections on a maritime Vietnam.
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Cambridge University Press The Mizo Discovery of the British Raj
Book SynopsisHigh in the eastern Himalayan foothills, people had a unique vantage point on the British Empire. The Mizo Discovery of the British Raj presents a history of Mizoram in Northeast India told from historical Indigenous perspectives of encounters with empire from the 1890s to the 1920s. Based on a wide range of research and enriched by sources newly digitised by the author through the British Library''s Endangered Archives Programme, Kyle Jackson sheds new light on the complex and violent processes of how and why diverse populations of highland clans in the Indo-Burmese borderlands came to redefine themselves as Christian Mizos. By using historical Indigenous concepts and logics to approach early twentieth-century imperial encounters, Jackson guides readers into a decolonial history of Northeast India, demonstrating the value of thinking not just about the histories of colonized peoples and concepts but also with them.Table of ContentsIllustrations; Maps; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Coming into View: Trade, Violence, Coercion (1870–1899); 2: Reading the Forest: Roads, Animals, Converts (1891–1912); 3 Adopting the Missionary: Messages, Commodities, Technologies (1894–1908); 4. Sensing the Mission: Hearing, Tasting, Harhna (1910s); 5. Crisis and Conversion: Bamboo, Debt, Disease (1906–1924); Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Collapse of Nationalist China
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Cambridge University Press Grief and the Shaping of Muslim Communities in
Book SynopsisDrawing on approaches from the history of emotions, Eve Tignol investigates the impact of collective grief on Muslim community formation in north India. This innovative study highlights how emotions were collectively cultivated and debated for the shaping of Muslim identity and for political mobilisation from 1857 to the 1940s.Trade Review'A remarkable study of political aesthetics, Eve Tignol's book reveals the shifting world of affect and emotion within which Muslim identity was reformulated in colonial India. It represents a real achievement.' Faisal Devji, University of Oxford'Eve Tignol's theoretically sophisticated and beautifully laid out monograph is both an intellectual and an aesthetic feast. She explores the many shapes grief went through between 1857 and the 1940s, weaving together questions from the history of emotions and emotional practices with a close reading of poetry, showing a rare sensibility to language.' Margrit Pernau, Max Planck Institute for Human DevelopmentTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. A garden lost: grief and pain in 1857 shahr āshob poetry; 2. Useful grief: the Aligarh movement; 3. Memorials, feelings, and public recognition, c. 1911–1915; 4. Empowering grief: poetry and anti-colonial sentiments in the early twentieth century; 5. Nostalgia in Delhi: local memory and identity, c. 1910–1940; Epilogue.
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Cambridge University Press Empire of Influence
Book SynopsisAn important new account of how the East India Company established a transregional system of indirect rule in India in the early nineteenth century. Callie Wilkinson argues that the formation of the Company's empire of influence is a story of debate, resistance and uncertainty.Trade Review'Based on extensive research in British and Indian archives, Callie Wilkinson's Empire of Influence adds vital new dimensions to our understanding of the development, under the East India Company's aegis, of concepts and practices of British paramount power on the subcontinent. Her analysis of how the balance of power within the subsidiary alliance system shifted decisively toward the British in the early nineteenth century recognises the agency and strategic nous of both Indian and Company agents, powerfully revealing the political and diplomatic processes by which both aspirations to rule and claims to legitimacy were contested, negotiated, won and lost. A must-read title for historians of the Company, the Uprising of 1857–58 and Crown rule in India.' Margot C. Finn, FBA FRHistS, Professor of Modern British History, University College London'A valuable contribution to our understanding of British rule.' Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street JournalTable of ContentsList of Figures; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Note on Translation and Transliteration; Chronology; List of Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; 1. A Time of Trouble; 2. Negotiating the disinformation order; 3. Warfare and 'wanton provocations'; 4. The price of pageantry; 5. Weak ties in a tangled web; 6. Kinship, gender, and dynastic dramas; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Visions of Greater India
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Cambridge University Press Chinas Age of Abundance
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Cambridge University Press The Third Indochina War
Book SynopsisThe Third Indochina War ? comprised of the Vietnam-Kampuchea War from 1978 to 1990 and the brief Sino-Vietnamese War in February 1979 ? has received far less scholarly attention than the earlier two Indochina Wars. Ang Cheng Guan utilises a wide range of archival and secondary material, including Vietnamese, Cambodian, Chinese, Soviet, American, British, Australian and ASEAN sources, to provide a comprehensive new analysis of the conflict. By carefully reconstructing its chronology, Ang traces the life-cycle of the war from its origins, through the conduct of military engagements, to its eventual resolution. He focuses on multiple actors simultaneously, highlighting the inter-connected perspectives of the war''s major protagonists ? Vietnam, Cambodia and China. In demonstrating the roles of the USSR, the US and ASEAN in both prolonging and ending the conflict, he situates the Third Indochina War fully in its Asian, global and Cold War contexts.
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Cambridge University Press State and SubState Nationalism in Southeast Asia
Book SynopsisNationalism is a political phenomenon with deep roots in Southeast Asia. Yet, state attempts to create homogenous nations met with resistance. This Element focuses on understanding the rise and subsequent ebbing of sub-state nationalist mobilization in response to state nationalism. Two factors allowed sub-state nationalist movements to be formed and persist: first, state nationalisms that were insufficiently inclusive; second, the state''s use of authoritarian tools to implement its nationalist agenda. But Southeast Asian states were able to reduce sub-state nationalist mobilization when they changed their policies to meet two conditions: i) some degree of explicit recognition of the distinctiveness of groups; ii) institutional flexibility toward regional/local territorial units to accommodate a high degree of group self-governance. The Element focuses on four states in the region ? namely Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Myanmar.
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Cambridge University Press Everyday Occupation
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