Asian history Books
University of California Press Afghanistan The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan
Book SynopsisDescribes the events surrounding the Soviet invasion in 1979 and the encounter between the military superpower and the poorly armed Afghans.
£27.00
University of California Press Neither Gods Nor Emperors
Book SynopsisWe want neither gods nor emperors, went the words from the Chinese version of The Internationale. Students sang the old socialist song as they gathered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in the Spring of 1989. This book offers a carefully crafted analysis of the student movement, its leadership, its eventual suppression, and its continuing legacy.
£24.30
University of California Press The Snow Lion and the Dragon
Book SynopsisTensions over the 'Tibet Question' - the political status of Tibet - are escalating everyday. The Dalai Lama has gained broad international sympathy in his appeals for autonomy from China, yet the Chinese government maintains a hard-line position against it. This title presents a view of the conflict and a proposal for the future.Trade Review"Remains the best introduction to Tibet." -- Nicholas Kristof New York TimesTable of ContentsPreface The Imperial Era Interlude: De Facto Independence Chinese Communist Rule: The Mao Era The Post-Mao Era The Future Notes Bibliography Index Illustrations follow page
£18.81
University of California Press Survivors An Oral History Of The Armenian
Book SynopsisThrough a collection of interviews with elderly Armenians who survived the conflict, this study describes the genocidal campaign mounted by the Turks between 1915 and 1923, during which over 1 million Armenians died. Interviewees describe the break-up of their homes and post-war life in orphanages.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 PART I: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 1. Remembrances of a Forgotten Genocide 2. The Historical and Political Context of the Genocide PART II: SURVIVOR ACCOUNTS 3. Life and Politics Before the Deportations 4. The Deportation Marches 5. The Experience of Women and Children 6. Orphanage Life and Family Reunions 7. Emigration and Resettlement PART III: ANALYSIS 8. Survivor Responses to the Genocide 9. Moral Reflections on the Genocide Appendix A: Methodology Appendix B: Interview Guide Appendix C: Survivors Interviewed Notes Bibliography Index
£24.30
University of California Press A Mediterranean Society Volume II
Book SynopsisExplores the nature of medieval religious democracy, including discussion of the community, social services, local government, worship, education, interfaith relations, relations between religion and the state, and the relations between the communities and the state.
£27.00
University of California Press A Mediterranean Society Volume IV
Book SynopsisTells how it was in the Mediterranean world of the tenth through the thirteenth century. This book details city life, domestic architecture, furnishings and housewares, clothing and jewelry, food and drink, and other material culture.
£999.99
University of California Press Opium Regimes
Book SynopsisOpium is more than just a drug extracted from poppies. This title shows that the opium trade was not purely a British operation but involved Chinese merchants, Chinese state agents, and Japanese imperialists as well.Table of ContentsILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABBREVIATIONS Introduction: Opium's History in China Timothy Brook and Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi PART ONE • THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT 1. Opium for China: The British Connection Gregory Blue 2. From Peril to Profit: Opium in Late-Edo to Meiji Eyes Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi PART TWO • DISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMPTION 3· Drugs, Taxes, and Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia Carl A. Trocki 4· The Hong Kong Opium Revenue, 1845-1885 Christopher Munn 5· Opium in Xinjiang and Beyond David Bello 6. Drug Operations by Resident japanese in Tianjin Motohiro Kobayashi 7· Opium/Leisure/Shanghai: Urban Economies of Consumption Alexander Des Forges PART THREE • CONTROL AND RESISTANCE 8. Opium and Modern Chinese State-Making R. Bin Wong 9· Opium and the State in Late-Qing Sichuan judith Wyman 10. Poppies, Patriotism, and the Public Sphere: Nationalism and State Leadership in the Anti-Opium Crusade in Fujian, 1906-1916 Joyce A. Madanry 1 1. The National Anti-Opium Association and the Guomindang State, 1924-1937 Edward R. Slack Jr. 12. Opium Control versus Opium Suppression: The Origins of the 1935 Six-Year Plan to Eliminate Opium and Drugs Alan Baumler 13. The Responses of Opium Growers to Eradication Campaigns and the Poppy Tax, 1907-1949 Lucien Bianco PART FOUR • CRISIS AND RESOLUTION 14. Opium and Collaboration in Central China, 1938-1940 Timothy Brook 15. An Opium Tug-of-War: Japan versus the Wang Jingwei Regime Motohiro Kobayashi 16. Resistance to Opium as a Social Evil in Wartime China Mark S. Eykholt 17. Nationalism, Identity, and State-Building:The Antidrug Crusade in the People's Republic, 1949-1952 Zhou Yongming BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTRIBUTORS INDEX
£27.00
University of California Press Ways with Words Writing about Reading Texts from
Book SynopsisPresents essays on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. This book draws from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history and challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradition that has been promoted by scholars and popular culture alike, both in China and the West.
£26.10
University of California Press The Last Emperors
Book SynopsisThe Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was the last and arguably the greatest of the conquest dynasties to rule China. This title provides an interpretation of the remarkable success of this dynasty, arguing that it derived not from the assimilation of the dominant Chinese culture, as has previously been believed.Trade Review"This book is of immense importance to the China field. Evelyn Rawski makes the greatest contribution we can expect from a superior scholarly work: to offer bold conceptual arguments while providing solid groundwork for generations of future researchers." -Susan Mann, author of Precious Records "Rawski's study represents a landmark beginning for a new historiography of China: here is an interior view of an imperial China far more complex and multicultural than previously known." -Dru Gladney, author of Ethnic Identity in China"Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE: THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE QING COURT 1. The Court Society PART TWO: THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE QING COURT 2. The Conquest Elite and the Imperial Lineage 3.Sibling Politics 4. Imperial Women 5. Palace Servants PART THREE: QING COURT RITUALS 6. Rulership and Ritual Action in the Chinese Realm 7. Shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism at Court 8. Private Rituals Conclusion Appendix 1. Names of Qing Emperors and the Imperial Ancestors Appendix 2. Imperial Princely Ranks Notes Bibliography Glossary-Index
£999.99
University of California Press Imagining Japan
Book SynopsisA collection of the writings of sociologist Robert N. Bellah, including essays that consider the entire sweep of Japanese history and the character of Japanese society and religion. The book features an introduction that brings together intellectual and institutional dimensions of Japanese history.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Japanese Difference 1. The Contemporary Meaning of Kamakura Buddhism 2. Ienaga Saburo and the Search for meaning in Modern Japan 3. Japan's cultural Identity: Some Reflections on the Work of Watsuji Tetsuro 4. Notes on Maruyama Masao 5. Intellectual and Society in Japan 6. The Japanese Emperor as a Mother Figure: Some Preliminary Notes 7. Continuity and Change in Japanese Society Notes Bibliography Index
£27.00
University of California Press The Life of Hinduism
Book SynopsisBrings together a series of essays - many recognized as classics in the field - that present Hinduism as a vibrant, truly 'lived' religion. Celebrating the diversity for which Hinduism is known, this volume begins its journey in the 'new India' of Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley, where global connections and local traditions rub shoulders daily.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations A Note on Transliteration Introduction PART I WORSHIP 1 The Experience: Approaching God 2 The Deity: The Image of God 3 The Miraculous: The Birth of a Shrine PART II THE LIFE CYCLE 4 Marriage: Women in India 5 Death beyond Death: The Ochre Robe PART III FESTIVAL 6 Divali: The Festival of Lights 7 Holi: The Feast of Love PART IV PERFORMANCE 8 An Open-Air Ramayana: Ramlila, the Audience Experience 9 A Ramayana on Air: "All in the (Raghu) Family," A Video Epic in Cultural Context 10 Possession by Durga: The Mother Who Possesses PART V GURUS 11 Anandamayi Ma: God Came as a Woman 12 Radhasoami: The Healing Offer PART VI CASTE 13 A Dalit Poet-Saint: Ravidas 14 A Brahmin Woman: Revenge Herself PART VII DIASPORA 15 Hinduism in Pittsburgh: Creating the South Indian "Hindu" Experience in the United States 16 A Diasporic Hindu Creed: Some Basic Features of Hinduism PART VIII IDENTITY 17 Militant Hinduism: Ayodhya and the Momentum of Hindu Nationalism 18 Tolerant Hinduism: Shared Ritual Spaces--Hindus and Muslims at the Shrine of Shahul Hamid 19 Hinduism for Hindus: Taking Back Hindu Studies 20 Hinduism with Others: Interlogue List of Contributors 301 Index 307
£27.00
University of California Press The Three Faces of Chinese Power Might Money and
Book SynopsisInvestigates the military, economic, and intellectual dimensions of China's influence. This book provides a fresh perspective from which to assess China - how its strengths are changing, where vulnerabilities and uncertainties lie, and how the rest of the world, not least the United States, should view it.Trade Review"This is a rare book... Well researched, insightfully analyzed and clearly argued." The China Journal "A thoughtful and informative resource that helps understand the motivation and direction of its leaders." Basil & SpiceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction 1. Thinking about Power 2. Might 3. Money 4. Minds 5. China and Its Neighbors 6. A Precarious Balance 7. What Chinese Power Means for America and the World Notes Index
£64.00
University of California Press Peasant Pasts
Book SynopsisProvides an intervention in the social and cultural history of India by examining the nature of peasant discourses and practices during the 19th and 20th centuries. This book shows that peasants in Gujarat were active in production and circulation of political ideas. It argues that nationalists in Gujarat established power through use of coercion.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Maps Introduction PART ONE 1. Ranchod 2. The Bhagat and the Miracle 3. Dharala/Koli/Swordsman 4. The Patidars and the Kanbis 5. Becoming a Colonial Emissary 6. The Mukhi and the Fouzdar 7. Monitoring Peasants 8. Prophesy Unfulfilled 9. Defeating the Plague, Controlling Dharalas 10. The Dakore Pilgrimage 11. The King's Procession 12. Ranchod's Letter 13. The Book Collection 14. Kashi Patra: A Circulating Letter 15. The Practice of Cutting Trees 16. Official Battle Narratives 17. Dharala Battle Narratives 18. The Arrests 19. Ranchod's Testimony 20. The Kingship 21. Friends and Enemies of the King 22. Symbols of Legitimacy 23. Oral Culture and Written Culture 24. The Criminal Case 25. The Aftermath PART TWO 26. Politics Continued 27. Age of Darkness 28. Daduram 29. Surveillance 30. The Politics of Food 31. "The Dignity of Labor" 32. The Baraiya Conference Movement 33. Contesting Nationalism 34. Peasant Freedom 35. Police Reorganization 36. The Criminal Tribes Act 37. Underground Activities 38. "My Land Campaign" 39. The Labor Strike 40. The Kheda Satyagraha 41. Strikes and Raids 42. Nationalizing Dharala Raids 43. A Second "No-Revenue Campaign" 44. Deporting Dharalas 45. The Punitive Police Tax 46. "To Forget Past Enmities" 47. Ravishankar Vyas 48. The Last "No-Revenue Campaign" 49. The Coming of the Postcolonial 50. Becoming Indian PART THREE 51. Small Discoveries 52. Chaklasi 53. Daduram's Legacies 54. Returning to Kheda 55. Kalasinh Durbar 56. Raghupura 57. Local Knowledge 58. Hidden Histories 59. Erasing the Past 60. Narsiram 61. Seeing Daduram 62. Dayaram 63. Narsi Bhagat 64. History without Ends Conclusion Abbreviations Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
£27.00
University of California Press Pandemonium and Parade Japanese Monsters and the
Book SynopsisWater sprites, mountain goblins, shape-shifting animals, and the monsters known as yokai have long haunted the Japanese cultural landscape. This book offers a history of the strange and mysterious in Japan and seeks out these creatures in folklore, encyclopedias, literature, art, science, games, manga, magazines, and movies.Trade Review“A provocative addition to the small body of scholarship in English on monsters, the mysterious, and the supernatural in Japan from the early modern period to the present. This timely book . . . offers English readers their first sustained consideration of yõkai . . . from the perspectives of folklore studies and anthropology. Engagingly written from its touching preface to its last sentence, Pandemonium and Parade draws on and converses with an extensive body of Japanese scholarship on yõkai." * Monumenta Nipponica *"This study of the 'weird' in Japan . . . will be the standard work in English on this subject for many years. Rather than being a simple catalogue and commentary of strange beasts and beings, this work provides an analytical chronology of the changing use made of the 'weird' in Japan over a period of three hundred years from the seventeenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first century." * Folklore *“Rich and refreshing . . . engaging and spiritedly written . . . Foster’s writing and attitude toward his topic gracefully embrace the two poles of the scholarly and the ludic that he attributes to yōkai discourse through the ages.” * Journal of Japanese Studies *"Foster has presented us with an excellent introduction to this corner of Japanese culture, and we are all the richer for it. Most impressively, Foster has managed to write in a way that engages the general reader (or at least the reader with little background knowledge), yet he maintains the academic robustness, scholarly tone, and level of erudition that the subject matter deserves." * Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies *"This outstanding volume is a welcome addition to English-language resources on Japan's folk culture. Showing familiarity with Japanese scholarship and vernacular culture, Pandemonium and Parade finds the rationale for continuing interest in the yōkai world in everyday needs and concerns." * Western Folklore *"Whoever thinks that a scholarly book cannot be "fun" has not yet read Michael Foster's Pandemonium and Parade. His work constitutes a rollicking exploration of the seventeenth- through twentieth-century worlds of yōkai, a broadly inclusive term for the phantasmagoria of monsters, ghosts, mysterious apparitions, and inexplicable phenomena that have animated the Japanese cultural landscape for much of the past thousand years. Foster's book is thoughtfully conceived and carefully researched, and it is written in a graceful, occasionally journalistic style that is both suitable to its subject and a pleasure to read." * Asian Ethnology *"This is a rare academic tome which can be read with delight and a sense of recognition. . . . As such, Pandemonium and Parade deserves to be read by anyone interested in the strange and mysterious." * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *“One of the most theoretically nuanced and interesting interpretations of Japan’s experience of modernity and post-modernity . . . extremely readable.” * Journal of Folklore Research *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Japanese Names and Terms 1. Introduction to theWeird 2. Natural History of theWeird: Encyclopedias, Spooky Stories, and the Bestiaries of Toriyama Sekien 3. Science of theWeird: Inoue EnryO, Kokkuri, and Human Electricity 4. Museum of theWeird: Modernity, Minzokugaku, and the Discovery of YOkai 5. Media of theWeird: Mizuki Shigeru and Kuchi-sake-onna 6. YOkai Culture: Past, Present, Future Notes Bibliography Index
£27.00
University of California Press The Art of Doing Good Charity in Late Ming China
Book SynopsisAnalyzing lecture transcripts, administrative guidelines, didactic tales, and diaries, this title abandons the facile explanation that charity was a response to poverty and social unrest. It examines the social and economic changes that stimulated the fervor for doing good.Trade Review"[Smith] convincingly proves that charity was a vibrant motivation for many in [the Ming] period." Chinese Cross Currents "Few if any equals in the scholarly studies of the actual working of local politics in late imperial China." -- Joseph McDermott Journal Of Chinese Studies "This is an extraordinary book which, in addition to adding a wealth of detail on life at the local level to the existing literature on the late Ming, also offers sophisticated analysis of the diaries on which it is largely based." -- Andrea Janku Bltn Of Sch Of Oriental & African Stds "This volume raises a great number of relevant questions with regard to China today." -- Andre Laliberte, translated by Jonathan Hall China Perspectives "The book adds... to our understanding of charity in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century China, but also to our broader grasp of Ming society." Chinese Historical Review "An extraordinary book." -- Andrea Janku Bltn Of Sch Of Oriental & African Stds "A contribution to the study of premodern China's social elite ... the book deepens our understanding of gentry identity." -- Helen Dunstan American Historical Review "An important, well-researched book that fills a void left by the lack of similar publications on this topic." -- V. J. Symons ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Conventions, Measurements, and Dynasties Introduction Part One: New Routines: Associations for Doing Good 1. Societies for Liberating Animals 2. Early Benevolent Societies and Their Visionary Leaders 3. The Benevolent Society among Its Alternatives 4. Lectures for the Poor-and the Rich 5. A Benevolent Society Viewed from the Margins Part Two: Enacting Charitable Routines during a Crisis 6. Mobilizing Food Relief 7. Aligning with Officials 8. Medical Relief and Other Good Deeds 9. Beliefs in Charity-and the Rhetoric of Beliefs Conclusion: From Moral Transformation toward the Legitimation of Wealth List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Character Glossary Index
£56.80
University of California Press Japan in Print
Book SynopsisConsiders the social processes that drove the information explosion of the 1600s. This book provides an account of the conversion of the public from an object of state surveillance into a subject of self-knowledge.Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments 1. A Traveling Clerk Goes to the Bookstores 2. The Library of Public Information 3. Maps Are Strange 4. Blood Right and Merit 5. The Freedom of the City 6. Cultural Custody, Cultural Literacy 7. Nation Notes Bibliography Index
£27.00
University of California Press The Three Faces of Chinese Power
Book SynopsisInvestigates the military, economic, and intellectual dimensions of China's influence. This book provides a different perspective from which to assess China - how its strengths are changing, where vulnerabilities and uncertainties lie, and how the rest of the world, not least the United States, should view it.Trade Review"This is a rare book... Well researched, insightfully analyzed and clearly argued." The China Journal "A thoughtful and informative resource that helps understand the motivation and direction of its leaders." Basil & SpiceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction 1. Thinking about Power 2. Might 3. Money 4. Minds 5. China and Its Neighbors 6. A Precarious Balance 7. What Chinese Power Means for America and the World Notes Index
£27.00
University of California Press Fathering Your Father
Book SynopsisOffers a rereading of the early history of Chan Buddhism (Zen). This work focuses on the narrative logics of the early Chan genealogies - the seventh-and eighth-century lineage texts that claimed that certain high-profile Chinese men were descendents of Bodhidharma and the Buddha.Trade Review"A detailed study ... Cole fills in important details about the Chan patriarch fabrication from the seventh and eighth century." Buddhadharma "[Cole] offers an exciting way to examine early Chan Buddhist literature." -- Jack Meng-Tat Chia Buddhist Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Healthy Skepticism, and a Field Theory for the Emergence of Chan Literature 2. The State of Enlightenment: The Empire of Truth in Zhiyi's Legacy and Xinxing's Sect of the Three Levels 3. Owning It: Shaolin Monastery's In-house Buddha 4. The Future of an Illusion: Du Fei Hijacks Shaolin's Truth-Fathers 5. My Life as a Buddha: Jingjue's Version of the Truth-Fathers 6. Shenhui's "Stop Thief" Bid to Be the Seventh Son Conclusion: Assessing the Hole at the Beginning of It All Chinese Glossary References Index
£27.00
University of California Press Frontier Constitutions
Book SynopsisA study of the cultural transformations arrived at by Spanish colonists, native-born creoles, mestizos (Chinese and Spanish), and indigenous colonial subjects in the Philippines during the crisis of colonial hegemony in the nineteenth century and the social anomie that resulted from this crisis in law and politics.Trade Review"Blanco keenly addresses the challenges and contradictions presented by Spanish colonialism in the age of enlightenment, modernity, and the birth of liberalism." Philippine Studies "Useful resource." -- Richard Fox Young Journal Of Ecclesiastical History "[A] delightful reading that brings hope for tying Filipino history and world history into greater affinity." -- James B. Tueller World History ConnectedTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction: Political Communities, "Common Sense," and the Colonial State PART 1. SHIBBOLETHS Chapter 1. Imperial Christendom and the Colonial State Chapter 2. Special Laws and States of Exception Chapter 3. Customs/(Ka)Ugali(an) PART 2. PROJECTS Chapter 4. Publics Chapter 5. Aesthetics Chapter 6. Values/Norms PART 3. CONCATENATIONS Chapter 7. Gothic Epilogue: Colonialism and Modernity Notes Bibliography Index
£56.80
University of California Press Ancestors and Anxiety
Book SynopsisA work on Chinese concepts of the afterlife. It explores how Chinese authors, including Daoists and non-Buddhists, received and deployed ideas about rebirth from the third to the sixth centuries CE. In tracing the antecedents of these scriptures, it presents non-Buddhist accounts that provide detail on the realms of the dead.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Translation Introduction: The Problem of Rebirth 1. Envisioning the Dead 2. The Unquiet Dead and Their Families, Political and Agnate 3. Questionable Shapes: How the Living Interrogated Their Dead 4. Doomed for a Certain Term: The Intimate Dead 5. Rebirth Reborn Postscript List of Abbreviations Bibliography Index
£27.00
University of California Press Reproducing Women
Book SynopsisExamines the development of medicine in Qing dynasty China. Focusing on the specialty of 'medicine for women' (fuke), this book explores the material and ideological issues associated with childbearing in the late imperial period. It analyzes the points of convergence and contention that shaped people's views of women's reproductive diseases.Trade Review"A major addition to the growing literature on the history of gender and medicine in Imperial China." -- Angela Ki Che Leung Journal Of Chinese Studies "Yi-Li Wu's volume is essential reading for students and researchers alike." -- Larissa N. Heinrich East Asian Science, Technology, And Medicine "[A] well-written and extensively researched work on traditional medicine in late imperial China." Journal Of Interdisciplinary History "[Wu's] clear prose and concise explanations make this analysis of intricate ideas accessible... A fine introduction to the history of Chinese reproductive medicine." Harvard Journal Of Asiatic Stds "[Wu's] research is meticulous, her erudition deep but lighthanded, and her writing lucid... Conceptually and comparatively sophisticated." Journal Of Asian Stds (Jas) / Se Asia & Western Pacific "Splendid... Wu's broad command of difficult Chinese classical writings is sharpened by her mastery of the cross-cultural history of medicine." Bulletin Of The History Of MedicineTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Late Imperial Fuke and the Literate Medical Tradition 2. Amateur as Arbiter: Popular Fuke Manuals in the Qing 3. Function and Structure in the Female Body 4. An Uncertain Harvest: Pregnancy and Miscarriage 5. "Born Like a Lamb": The Discourse of Cosmologically Resonant Childbirth 6. To Generate and Transform: Strategies for Postpartum Health Epilogue: Body, Gender, and Medical Legitimacy Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
£56.80
University of California Press Drink Water but Remember the Source
Book SynopsisWhile many have studied China's rise as an economic power, China itself does not exist solely in the economic realm. This study explores the moral sphere as a key to understanding how rural Chinese experience and talk about their lives in a period of rapid economic transformation.Trade Review"Original and important contribution to the fast-growing literature on contemporary China ... Two thumbs up!" Journal Of China Quarterly "Commendable" Chinese Historical Review "Very well written, entertaining like a novel, but with an evident scholarly background." -- Dominique Tyl Chinese Cross Currents "Stories ... are told with care and compassion, allowing Oxfeld to develop a nuanced analysis of moral discussions in rural China." Asia Pacific World "Drink water is Oxfeld's insightful call to arms." Social Anthropology "A significant contribution to the anthropology of morality." -- David A. Palmer The China JournalTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Notes on the Text Preface and Acknowledgments Part I. Morality in Rural China: Contexts and Categories 1. Moonshadow Pond: Moral Expectations and Daily Life 2. Liangxin Part II. Moral Discourse in Social Life 3. Weighty Expectations: Women and Family Virtue 4. Everlasting Debts 5. The Moral Dilemmas of Return Visits 6. Property Rights and Wrongs 7. "Money Causes Trouble" Conclusion: Ethnography and Morality Notes Chinese Character Glossary References Index
£27.00
University of California Press Khubilai Khan
Book SynopsisLiving from 1215 to 1294, Khubilai Khan is one of history's most renowned figures. This book focuses on the life and times of the great Mongol monarch. It draws on sources from a variety of East Asian, Middle Eastern, and European languages.
£27.00
University of California Press Race for Empire Koreans as Japanese and Japanese
Book SynopsisOffers a challenging reinterpretation of nationalism, racism, and wartime mobilization during the Asia-Pacific war. This title examines the US and Japanese empires as they struggled to manage racialized populations while waging total war.Trade Review"[A] monumental history... This magisterial book will be indispensable reading for historians of the United States, Japan, and Korea." -- Kornel S. Chang, Rutgers University Jrnl Of American History "[This book] is very important and should be read and studied by all serious students of Asian studies, Japanese American studies, and the Pacific War... Highly recommended." Choice "Truly impressive archival work and rigorous conceptualization... Provides compelling narratives and analyses of Japanese colonialism in Korea." -- Henry Em, Yonsei University Cross Currents: East Asian History & Cultural Review "This is a masterful study... An important and brave contribution to the fields of Japanese, Korean, Japanese American, and transnational histories." -- Emily Anderson Asian Studies Review "Outstanding ... Meticulously researched and brilliantly written." -- Daniel Lachapelle Lemire Pacific AffairsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Note on Romanization and Naming Commonly Used Acronyms Introduction: Ethnic and Colonial Soldiers and the Politics of Disavowal Part One: From Vulgar to Polite Racism 1. Right to Kill, Right to Make Live: Koreans as Japanese 2. "Very Useful and Very Dangerous": The Global Politics of Life, Death, and Race Part Two: Japanese as Americans 3. Subject to Choice, Labyrinth of (Un)freedom 4. Reasoning, Counterreasonings, and Counter-conduct 5. Go for Broke, the Movie: The Transwar Making of American Heroes Part Three: Koreans as Japanese 6. National Mobilization 7. Nation, Blood, and Self-Determination 8. The Colonial and National Politics of Gender, Sex, and Family Epilogue: "Four Volunteer Soldiers" Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£56.80
University of California Press GoldenSilk Smoke
Book SynopsisFollows the spread of Chinese tobacco use from the sixteenth century, when it was introduced to China from the New World, through the development of commercialized tobacco cultivation, and to the present day. This title analyzes the factors that have shaped China's highly gendered tobacco cultures.Trade Review"Required reading for anyone interested in global commodity history or Chinese consumer history." -- L. Teh Choice "A font of empirical information and a model of source analysis." Social History Of Medicine "A success on many fronts... It is easy to see that numerous audiences would find this book a rewarding examination of an engaging topic." -- Matthew P. Romaniello Journal Of World HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Early Modern Globalization and the Origins of Tobacco in China, 1550--1650 2. The Expansion of Chinese Tobacco Production, Consumption, and Trade, 1600--1750 3. Learning to Smoke Chinese-Style, 1644--1750 4. Tobacco in Ming-Qing Medical Culture 5. The Fashionable Consumption of Tobacco, 1750--1900 6. The Emergence of the Chinese Cigarette Industry, 1880--1937 7. Socially and Spatially Differentiated Tobacco Consumption during the Nanjing Decade, 1927--1937 8. The Urban Cigarette and the Pastoral Pipe: Literary Representations of Smoking in Republican China 9. New Women, Modern Girls, and the Decline of Female Smoking in China, 1900--1976 Epilogue: Tobacco in the People's Republic of China, 1949--2010 Notes Works Cited Index
£56.80
University of California Press India and Pakistan
Book SynopsisBeginning in 1947, when 'India and Pakistan were born to conflict', this title presents an account of what is potentially the world's most dangerous crisis. It distills sixty-three years of complex history, tracing the roots of the relationship between these two antagonists, and explaining the various attempts to resolve their disputes.Trade Review"An expert and brisk historical primer." -- Marc Tracy New York Times Book Review "The analysis is insightful and the conclusions are inspiring." -- R. D. Long Choice "The analysis is insightful and the conclusions are inspiring." Choice "Comprehensive perspective on the origin and nature of this urgent conflict." Interaction / Bms Book NewsTable of ContentsList of Maps Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Historic Roots of the Problem 2. The First Indo-Pakistani War 3. The Second Indo-Pakistani War 4. The Third Indo-Pakistani War and the Birth of Bangladesh 5. From the Simla Summit to Zia's Coup 6. Afghanistan's Impact on Indo-Pakistani Relations 7. Pakistan's Proxy War and Kashmir's Azaadi Revolution 8. Recent Attempts to Resolve the Escalating Conflict 9. The Stalled Peace Process 10. Potential Solutions to the Kashmir Conflict Notes Select Bibliography Index
£42.50
University of California Press On the Cultural Revolution in Tibet
Book SynopsisAmong the conflicts to break out during the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, the most famous took place in the summer of 1969 in Nyemo, a county to the south and west of Lhasa. This book revisits the Nyemo Incident, which has long been romanticized as the epitome of Tibetan nationalist resistance against China.Trade Review"A heart-pounding narrative interspersed with the cool, distant voice of analysis. From the first page, the reader is graphically immersed in the chaotic world of the Cultural Revolution." Buddhadharma "A vital contribution has been rendered to the literature on both modern Tibet and the Cultural Revolution." Journal Of Asian Stds (Jas) / Se Asia & Western Pacific "Highly commendable for offering insight into this period." Journal Of American HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Explanation of Romanization, Brackets, and Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Cultural Revolution in Tibet 2. Gyenlo and Nyamdre in Nyemo County 3. Gyenlo on the Attack 4. Destroying the Demons and Ghosts 5. The Attacks on Bagor District and Nyemo County 6. The Capture of the Nun 7. Conclusions 8. Epilogue Postscript Appendix 1. The Nun's Manifesto Appendix 2. Leaflet Publishing the Text of a Speech Criticizing the Regional Party Committee Appendix 3. The Truth about the Struggle to Seize the Power of the Tibet Daily Newspaper Office Notes
£18.00
University of California Press Vietnam 1946
Book SynopsisTells how a few men set off a war that would lead to tragedy for millions. Taking us from the antechambers of policymakers in Paris to the docksides of Haiphong and the streets of Hanoi, this title provides an account of the series of events that would make Vietnam the most embattled area in the world during the Cold War period.Trade Review"A marvelous read. Tonnesson writes deftly and lucidly. His analysis sparkles with gems of detail and insight." New Mandala; Tailand-Laos-Cambodia Group "A finely layered and textured book at the intersections of international, French and Vietnamese history." H-Net Reviews "An authoritative account." -- Qiang Zhai Contemporary Southeast AsiaTable of ContentsList of illustrations Foreword by the series editors Foreword by Philippe Devillers Acknowledgments List of abbreviations Introduction 1. A Clash of Republics 2. The Chinese Trap 3. Modus Vivendi 4. Massacre 5. The French Trap 6. Who Turned Out the Lights? 7. If Only ... Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
£999.99
University of California Press Imaging Disaster
Book SynopsisFocusing on one landmark catastrophic event in the history of an emerging modern nation - the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated Tokyo and surrounding areas in 1923, this volume examines the history of the visual production of the disaster.Trade Review"Gorgeous and thoughtful... A wonderful and compelling book." -- Carla Nappi New Bks In East Asian Stds "This is an outstanding example of specialist scholarship that has much to offer design historians." Design History "A fascinating volume." -- Gennifer Weisenfeld Interaction "[Imaging Disaster] opens many important larger questions, and it organizes the giant archive it presents to us in a clear, well-organized, readable format. Weisenfeld handles difficult issues with grace and lucidity... [her] work offers a framework through which we can grasp the formation of the visual and media cultures of such central sites of destruction and reconstruction, even while attending to the incommensurate views and meanings of each specific event." Journal of Japanese StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Earthquakes in Japan: A Brief Prehistory 2. The Media Scale of Catastrophe 3. Disaster as Spectacle 4. The Sublime Nature of Ruins 5. Reclaiming Disaster: Altruism and Corrosion 6. Reconstruction's Visual Rhetoric 7. Remembrance 8. Epilogue: Afterlives Notes Selected Bibliography List of Illustrations Index
£46.75
University of California Press Mabiki
Book SynopsisIn parts of eighteenth-century Japan, couples raised only two or three children. As villages shrank and headcounts dwindled, posters of child-murdering she-devils began to appear, and governments offered to pay their subjects to have more children. This book focuses on Eastern Japan, where population growth resumed in the nineteenth century.Trade Review"Mabiki is a fabulous piece of historical scholarship on an important topic that until now had been relegated to the realm of traditional Japanese folktales." -- Martin Dusinberre American Historical Review "This complex and immensely valuable book is certainly essential reading." -- Luke S. Roberts Journal of Interdisciplinary History "Innovative, interesting, and rewarding ... [an] extremely stimulating book." -- Osamu Saito Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies "Mabiki skillfully blends statistical and textual analysis... Drixler's methodology is rich and complex... The book is packed with interesting insights that will appeal to a wide range of readers." -- Robert Eskildsen Public Affairs "Mabiki is a model of methodological sophistication, imaginative and thorough use of primary sources, and incisive writing... an immensely important work and a must-read." Monumenta NipponicaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements A Note on Conventions 1. Introduction: Contested Worldviews and a Demographic Revolution PART I. THE CULTURE OF LOW FERTILITY, CA. 1660--1790 2. Three Cultures of Family Planning 3. Humans, Animals, and Newborn Children 4. Infanticide and Immortality: The Logic of the Stem Household 5. The Material and Moral Economy of Infanticide 6. The Logic of Infant Selection 7. The Ghosts of Missing Children: Four Approaches to Estimating the Rate of Infanticide PART II. REDEFINING REPRODUCTION: THE LONG RETREAT OF INFANTICIDE, CA. 1790--1950 8. Infanticide and Extinction 9. "Inferior Even to Animals": Moral Suasion and the Boundaries of Humanity 10. Subsidies and Surveillance 11. Even a Strong Castle Cannot be Defended without Soldiers: Infanticide and National Security 12. Infanticide and the Geography of Civilization 13. Epilogue: Infanticide in the Shadows of the Modern State 14. Conclusion Appendix 1. The Own-Children Method and Its Mortality Assumptions Appendix 2. Sampling Biases, Sources of Error, and the Characteristics of the Ten Provinces Dataset Appendix 3. The Villages of the Ten Provinces Dataset Appendix 4. Total Fertility Rates in the Districts of the Ten Provinces Appendix 5. Infanticide Reputations Appendix 6. Scrolls and Votive Tablets with Infanticide Scenes Appendix 7. Childrearing Subsidies and Pregnancy Surveillance by Domain Notes Bibliography Index
£56.80
University of California Press The Missionarys Curse and Other Tales from a
Book SynopsisTells the story of a Chinese village that has been Catholic since the seventeenth century, drawing direct connections between its history, the globalizing church, and the nation. This title provides an insight into villager experiences during the Socialist Education Movement and Cultural Revolution, as well as the growth of Christianity in China.Trade Review"[A] splendid book... It's fascinating to see how Catholic Christianity became fully integrated into the life of [a Chinese] village." Christian Century "Harrison's deep familiarilty with China allows her to see connections between her specific narrative and the bigger thread of how China has been confronted with the outside world for the past two centuries. More than most other books I've read on China in recent years, it's one that rings true..." -- Ian Johnson The New York Review of Books "This outstanding study of Cave Gully Catholics is a breath of fresh air ... Meritoriously researched and easily accessible, The Missionary's Curse should appeal to anyone interested in the intersection of faith and culture, religion and politics, and gender and patriarchy in China." -- Joseph Tse-Hei Lee China Information "There is no book on Chinese Christianity quite like this absorbing and thought-provoking study." -- Ryan Dunch Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
£27.00
University of California Press Vietnam
Book SynopsisAmidst the revolutionary euphoria of August 1945, most Vietnamese believed that colonialism and war were being left behind in favor of independence and modernization. In this title, the author explains what became the largest, most intense mobilization of human resources ever seen in Vietnam.Trade Review"I come away from this book with much admiration for the research that has gone into it. There clearly is no other book out there, using Vietnamese sources, that gives us a context for evaluating the war that followed." H-Diplo Roundtable "Discerning, meticulously researched." -- Nathaniel L. Moir Michigan War Studies ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword Preface Introduction 1. Forming the DRV Government 2. The Government at Work 3. Defense 4. Peace or War? 5. Seeking Foreign Friends 6. Material Dreams and Realities 7. Dealing with Domestic Opposition 8. The Indochinese Communist Party and the Vie?t Minh 9. Mass Mobilization Epilogue Notes Sources Index
£999.99
University of California Press Hanois Road to the Vietnam War 19541965
Book SynopsisIn agreeing to the accords, Ho Chi Minh and other leaders of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam anticipated a new period of peace leading to national reunification under their rule; they never imagined that within a decade they would be engaged in an even bigger feud with the United States. This title explores the communist path to war.Trade Review"Highly recommended." CHOICE "Excellent new [work] on the Vietnam War." -- Geoffrey C. Stewart Cross-Currents "Outstanding... Illuminating." Proceedings "A valuable contribution to any discussion of North Vietnam's road to war, and the origins of the American stage in the Vietnam War." -- Tal Tovy H-Net "Asselin's excellent study ... will remain an indispensible source for students of Vietnam, the Cold War, and twentieth-century world history for many years to come." -- Jessica Elkind The Journal of American History "This authoritative and compelling book fills a long-felt need for a scholarly treatment of policy making in Hanoi during the Vietnam War. Pierre Asselin has conducted careful and exhaustive research into available Vietnamese and Western archival sources and consulted widely secondary writings on his topic. The result is a meticulously researched, lucidly written, and highly revealing volume on a previously obscure aspect of the Indochina conflict... Asselin pushes the frontier of our knowledge about Hanoi's strategic thinking and diplomatic maneuver during the Indochina conflict further than anyone else." Journal of American-East Asian RelationsTable of ContentsForeword by the series editors Acknowledgments Glossary of Terms and Acronyms Introduction 1. Choosing Peace, 1954--1956 2. Changing Course, 1957--1959 3. Treading Cautiously, 1960 4. Buying Time, 1961 5. Exploring Neutralization, 1962 6. Choosing War, 1963 7. Waging War, 1964 Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
£39.10
University of California Press Vietnamese Colonial Republican
Book SynopsisOffers a study of Vietnam's greatest and controversial 20th century writer who died tragically in 1939 at the age of 28.Trade Review"Timely, meticulous, and three-dimensional analysis." -- Nguyen Thi Dieu American Historical Review "Peter Zinoman has written a splendid and thought-provoking biography ... It breaks new ground in its focus on Vietnam's urban political culture." -- Eric T. Jennings SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast AsiaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Sources of Vu Trong Phung's Colonial Republicanism 2. Capitalism and Social Reform 3. The Question of Communism 4. The Crisis of Vietnamese Sexuality 5. Banning Vu Trong Phung Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£39.10
University of California Press A History of Modern Tibet Volume 3
Book SynopsisIt is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened in the 1950's. This title examines the critical years of 1955 through 1957.Trade Review"[The] analysis in Melvyn Goldstein's great history are invaluable and incomparable. Goldstein reveals the deeper, often disconcerting record." New York Review of BooksTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Glossary of Key People and Terms Ganzi County Names in Tibetan and Chinese 1. First Steps 2. Pushback 3. Mao's "Socialist Transformation Campaign" and Democratic Reforms in Sichuan 4. The Khamba Uprising Begins 5. The Rise of Jenkhentsisum 6. Jenkhentsisum Expands and India Invites the Dalai Lama 7. The Monlam Incident of 1956 and Its Aftermath 8. The Chinese Government Responds to the Uprising 9. The Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region (PCTAR) 10. Fan Ming's "Great Expansion" 11. The Dalai Lama Visits India 12. The Khambas, JKTS, and the CIA 13. The Dalai Lama Returns 14. The "Great Contraction" and the "Great Discontinuance" 15. Final Thoughts Appendix A. Appeal of Thubten Nyenjik [JKTS] to the Queen of England Appendix B. Correct Tibetan Spellings References Index
£60.35
University of California Press The Untold History of Ramen
Book SynopsisOffers an account of geopolitics and industrialization in Japan. This book traces the meteoric rise of ramen from humble fuel for the working poor to international icon of Japanese culture.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. National Food 1 1. Street Life: Chinese Noodles for Japanese Workers 2. Not an Easy Road: Black Market Ramen and the U.S. Occupation 3. Move On Up: Fuel for Rapid Growth 4. Like It Is, Like It Was: Rebranding Ramen 5. Flavor of the Month: American Ramen and "Cool Japan" Conclusion. Time Will Tell: A Food of Opposition Notes Works Cited Index
£42.50
University of California Press A History of Modern Tibet Volume 4
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Prodigious precision. . . . It shows the complexity of relations within the Tibetan administration, between the latter and the Chinese administration in Lhasa, and within the Chinese intelligentsia in Tibet itself." * Journal of Chinese Studies *
£60.35
University of California Press Tokyo Vernacular
Book SynopsisMoving from the politics of the public square to the invention of neighborhood community, to oddities found and appropriated in the streets, to the consecration of everyday scenes and artifacts as heritage in museums, this title traces the rediscovery of the past - sometimes in unlikely forms - in a city with few traditional landmarks.Trade Review"Written with grace and acuity, Tokyo Vernacular offers valuable reflections on the meanings of community, citizenship, rights, property, history, and materiality for urbanites faced with the rapid transformations of Japan's postindustrial consumer society." -- David R. Ambaras American Historical Review "[The book] fills an important gap in the English-language literature about Japanese heritage and preservation ... a rich and ambitious work that achieves what it set out to do." -- Inge Daniels Pacific Affairs "Tokyo Vernacular has a fascinating and highly-convincing story to tell ... a powerful historical narrative of the reconstitution of Tokyo's spatial politics." -- Simon Avenell Journal of Historical Geography "Tokyo Vernacular ... is a treasure trove of valuable information, insights, and perspectives on a vast topic and a work that merits reading several times over so that its nuances and subtleties can begin to sink in." -- Chester H. Liebs Buildings & Landscapes 21, no. 2 "Sand has succeeded in producing a nuanced and historicized account of preservation in Tokyo and relating preservation to the politics of creating a usable urban past." -- Sally A. Hastings Journal of Japanese Studies 41, no. 1Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Hiroba: The Public Square and the Boundaries of the Commons 2. Yanesen: Writing Local Community 3. Deviant Properties: Street Observation Studies 4. Museums, Heritage, and Everyday Life: From Exoticism to Common Heritage Conclusion: History and Memory in a City without Monuments Notes Index
£27.00
University of California Press Silk Slaves and Stupas
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of the virtues of Whitfield’s approach is that she is able to range far and wide among the various peoples, cultures, and polities of Eurasia and Africa. Though half of her ten chapters deal with objects that were excavated within the present-day boundaries of China—a reflection of the longstanding Sinocentric bias in the field of Silk Road studies—Whitfield goes to great lengths to contextualize these finds within broader Eurasian networks of exchange far outside of China." * Silk Road Journal *"Whitfield certainly seems to have identified a theme worth pursuing: the objects of the Silk Road are fascinating and a single object can encompass within it huge swathes, geographical and chronological, of human history." * Asian Review of Books *"In Silk, Slaves, and Stupas, Susan Whitfield reminds her readers once again why she so thoroughly deserves her reputation as one of the most accomplished of all Silk Road scholars. [The book] demonstrates the author's command of all facets of Silk Road studies, and also her ability to unfold the story of this important period and process in word history by moving seamlessly from the particular to the general, from a single object to an entire field of research." * Central Asian Survey *‘Whitfield’s new book provides us with a brilliant example of how material history should be written.’ * Journal of Asian Studies *"...this is an impressive and comprehensive work, one that can easily be envisaged as a primer for a university course that introduces the principal themes of the Silk Roads. There is much here too, though, for more established scholars working in part or all of this field thanks to Whitfield's research, which is up to date with the latest thinking on manumission of slaves, on the construction of Buddhist stupas, or the techniques of glass making. Susan Whitfield has written a rather wonderful book; it will serve as a gateway that will inspire future generations of scholars to follow in her footsteps." * Journal of Medieval Worlds *"The level of detailed evidence that [Whitfield] unearths . . . is both impressive and enticing." * Journal of World History *"A page-turner comparable to a good detective story." * International Institute for Asian Studies *"All these [Silk Road] objects have intriguing stories to tell, and Susan Whitfield succeeds impressively in giving them a voice." * New Global Studies *"Kaleidoscopic. . . . A pleasure to explore and will delight readers from a wide sphere." * Asian Perspectives: The Journal of Archaeology and the Pacific *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration and Names Introduction 1 • A Pair of Steppe Earrings 2 • A Hellenistic Glass Bowl 3 • A Hoard of Kushan Coins 4 • Amluk Dara Stupa 1 5 • A Bactrian Ewer 6 • A Khotanese Plaque 7 • The Blue Qur?an 8 • A Byzantine Hunter Silk 9 • A Chinese Almanac 10 • The Unknown Slave Bibliography Index
£22.50
University of California Press Islam After Communism Religion and Politics in
Book SynopsisHow do Muslims relate to Islam in societies that experienced seventy years of Soviet rule? How did the utopian Bolshevik project of remaking the world by extirpating religion from it affect Central Asia? This title combines insights from the study of both Islam and Soviet history to answer these questions.Trade Review"Thoughtful, insightful, and reflective." -- Ruqaiyah Hibell The Muslim World Book ReviewTable of ContentsList of Maps and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Islam in Central Asia 2. Empire and the Challenge of Modernity 3. The Soviet Assault on Islam 4. Islam as National Heritage 5. The Revival of Islam 6. Islam in Opposition 7. The Politics of Antiterrorism Conclusion: Andijan and Beyond Afterword Glossary Notes Select Bibliography Index
£24.30
University of California Press The Age of Irreverence
Book SynopsisTells the story of why China's entry into the modern age was not just traumatic, but uproarious. The author argues that this period from the 1890s to the 1930s transformed how Chinese people thought and talked about what is funny.Trade Review"Rea provides a map to a diverse comedic terrain between the late Qing dynasty and the Year of Humor (1933) that is richly populated with 'whimsical poets, vaudevillian entrepreneurs, renowned revilers, twee essayists, winking farceurs, and self-promoting jokesters'." -- Joe Sample China Quarterly "[An] excellent study." -- Paul Bevan SOAS Bulletin "Not only does The Age of Irreverence o?ffer an engaging new take on the cultural history of a momentous period, it also raises a number of leads for future research." Journal of Oriental Studies "The Age of Irreverence devotes meticulous attention to primary sources, and crafts its findings into a narrative of humor in popular culture from the turn of the twentieth century through the 1930s, with a nod in the epilogue toward the socialist era and beyond. As a scholarly intervention, however, the book's central argument most directly targets not history, but literary studies... certain to engage an audience." Frontiers of Literary Studies in China "Beautifully written... Rea has managed to write a very scholarly but nevertheless interesting and even entertaining book about a subject of considerable importance that has been neglected by literary scholars." Israeli Journal of Humor Research Abounds with examples and provides a learned apparatus... informative. Monumenta SericaTable of ContentsExecutive Preface Acknowledgments 1. Breaking into Laughter 2. Jokes 3. Play 4. Mockery 5. Farce 6. The Invention of Humor Epilogue Appendix 1: Selected Chinese Humor Collections, 1900--1937 Appendix 2: Which Classic? Editions and Paratexts Abbreviations Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
£50.15
University of California Press Republican Lens Gender Visuality and Experience
Book SynopsisWhat can we learn about modern Chinese history by reading a marginalized set of materials from a widely neglected period? This book captures the ingenuity of a journal that captures the chaotic potentialities within China's early Republic and its global twentieth century.Trade Review"Judge sheds light on how women's lives were lived and conceptualized in the economically advanced cities of the new Chinese Republic ... Republican Lens offers a complex portrait of Chinese urban life in the second decade of the 20th century... Highly Recommended." CHOICE connect "Overall, Republican Lens offers a beautifully illustrated and thoroughly detailed look into the print world of the time, and it is impossible to deny Judge's meticulous scholarship and clear passion for her subject." BRILL Journal
£50.15
University of California Press Kendo
Book SynopsisOffers historical, cultural, and political account in English of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship. This book shows how this martial art evolved through a recurring process of inventing tradition, which served the changing ideologies and needs of Japanese warriors and governments over the course of history.Trade Review"You'll be fascinated by this quintessential Japanese sport." -- Rashaad Jorden JQ Magazine "In this detailed study of kendo, Alexander Bennett, a highly accomplished (and foreign) practitioner himself, picks apart and analyses the roots and evolution of the martial art." TLS "Kendo: Culture of the Sword is to date the most comprehensive and accessible history of Japanese swordsmanship in any language." -- Wolfram Manzenreiter Social Science Japan Journal "A thorough, engaging, and well-written survey that will remain a classic for decades to come." Journal of Japanese StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Conventions Prologue Introduction 1 * The Art of Killing: Swordsmanship in Medieval Japan 2 * The Art of Living: Early Modern Kenjutsu 3 * The Fall and Rise of Samurai Culture: Kenjutsu's Nationalization 4 * Sharpening the Empire's Claws 5 * Kendo and Sports: Path of Reason or Cultural Treason? 6 * Crossing Swords and Borders: The Global Diffusion of Kendo Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
£27.00
University of California Press Rationalizing Korea The Rise of the Modern State
Book SynopsisExplores the institutional, ideological, and conceptual development of the modern state on the peninsula. This book analyzes the state's relationship to five social sectors, each through a distinctive interpretive theme: economy, religion, education, population, and public health.Trade Review"[Breaks] new ground... [Hwang has] offered readers an ambitious challenge: one directed to Korean studies, but also one also carrying its implications far beyond." Cross-CurrentsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Note on Romanization and Translations Introduction PART ONE. THE STRUCTURES OF STATE RATIONALIZATION 1 * State Making under Imperialism: Fragmentation and Consolidation in the Central State 2 * Th e Centrality of the Periphery: Developing the Provincial and Local State 3 * Constructing Legitimacy: Symbolic Authority and Ideological Engineering PART TWO. RATIONALIZING SOCIETY 4 * State and Economy: Developmentalism 5 * State and Religion: Secularization and Pluralism 6 * Public Schooling: Cultivating Citizenship Education 7 * Population Management: Registration, Classification, and the Remaking of Society 8 * Public Health and Biopolitics: Discipliningthrough Disease Control Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibliography Index
£50.40
University of California Press Its Madness
Book SynopsisExamines Korea's years under Japanese colonialism, when mental health first became defined as a medical and social problem. This book explores the impact of Chinese traditional medicine and its holistic approach to treating mental disorders, and the resilience of folk illnesses as explanations for inappropriate and dangerous behaviors.Trade Review"[Breaks] new ground... [Yoo has] offered readers an ambitious challenge: one directed to Korean studies, but also one also carrying its implications far beyond." Cross-Currents
£46.75
University of California Press From Village to City
Book SynopsisBetween 1988 and 2013, the Chinese city of Zouping transformed from an impoverished town to a bustling city of over 300,000, complete with factories, high rises, and all the infrastructure of a wealthy East Asian city. This book focuses on the rapid changes in Zouping, its environs and in the lives of the once-rural people who live there.Trade Review"Kipnis successfully engages with how despair, hope, expectations and bitterness shape the lives of his interlocutors in Zouping and how these conditions unfold within the processes of spatial transformation." * New Books Asia *"From Village to City is a refreshing change from the majority of studies of Chinese cities, which are still focused on large metropolises. Moreover, the theoretical insights are a valuable contribution to understanding how Chinese urbanization, unprecedented around the world in its scale and speed, incorporates and reworks historical tradition, rather than simply obliterating it." * Journal of Asian Studies *"This is a terrific book; one that should be on the shelves of every scholar interested in China’s rapid social transformation." * China Quarterly *"Stands out as a must-read text in the anthropology of China and urban studies. . . . Ideal for use in undergraduate classes in anthropology, East Asian studies, and urban studies." * Anthropological Quarterly *
£22.50
University of California Press Treacherous Translation
Book SynopsisDrawing on Korean and Japanese texts ranging from critical essays to short stories produced in the colonial and post-colonial periods, this book analyzes the ways in which Japanese colonial and Korean nationalist discourse pivoted on such concepts as language, literature, and culture.Trade Review"A strong study." -- Edward Mack Pacific Affairs "Marvelously rich, thought-provoking ... The argument is exemplary in its clarity and sophistication and in its ability to smoothly meld complex political philosophy and close textual analysis-a tour de force." Monumenta Nipponica
£27.00
University of California Press The Koreas
Book SynopsisWhat history, pop culture, and diaspora can teach us about North and South Korea today. Korea is one of the last divided countries in the world. Twins born of the Cold War, one is vilified as an isolated, impoverished, time-warped state with an abysmal human rights record and a reclusive leader who perennially threatens global security with his clandestine nuclear weapons program. The other is lauded as a thriving democratic and capitalist state with the thirteenth largest economy in the world and a model for developing countries to emulate. In The Koreas, Theodore Jun Yoo provides a compelling gateway to understanding the divergent developments of contemporary North and South Korea. In contrast to standard histories, Yoo examines the unique qualities of the Korean diaspora experience, challenging the master narratives of national culture, homogeneity, belongingness, and identity. This book draws from the latest research to present a decidedly demythologized history, with chaptersTrade Review"Yoo brings both clarity and nuance to the complex, interwoven histories of the two Koreas since 1945. . . . Although the main lines of contemporary Korean history are familiar, even specialists will learn a lot from this book." * Foreign Affairs *"Theodore Jun Yoo’s “microhistory” of both Koreas focuses on the personal experiences of ordinary people. In seven chapters, examining the decades from the late 1940s to today, Yoo skillfully weaves a story of the two Koreas by drawing on a range of social and cultural artefacts — including art, film and literature — to convey the experiences of ordinary Koreans while providing a comprehensive account of the key political, economic and diplomatic developments of the post-war period." * Global Asia *"An interesting and engaging introduction of Korean history that covers a wide range of topics for a popular audience." * International Social Science Review *“Theodore Jun Yoo takes a fresh historiographical approach and recounts events on the peninsula through multiple life stories. . . . The Koreas maps out a broad geographical scope, tracing the far-reaching effects of national division from 1953 to the 2018 inter-Korea summits.” * Journal of Asian Studies *"A masterful exploration of the social and cultural fabric of Northern and Southern societies. The author’s interesting examples and personal stories make the book an engaging and moving read." * Pacific Affairs *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Chronology Introduction: Land of Exile 1 Out of the Ashes of War: The 1950s 2 Dependent Capitalist Development or a Path of Self-Reliance? 3 Sex, Hair, and Flower Power: The 1970s 4 The Long 1980s 5 Civilian Rule and the End of a Dynasty 6 Kim-chic or the Axis of Evil? Korea and the World 7 Korea in the World Epilogue: The Land of Morning Calm Bibliography Index
£22.50
