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Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. What happens when refugees encounter Indigenous sovereignty struggles in the countries of their resettlement? From April to November 1975, the US military processed over 112,000 Vietnamese refugees on the unincorporated territory of Guam; from 1977 to 1979, the State of Israel granted asylum and citizenship to 366 non-Jewish Vietnamese refugees. Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi analyzes these two cases to theorize what she calls the refugee settler condition: the fraught positionality of refugee subjects whose resettlement in a settler colonial state is predicated on the unjust dispossession of an Indigenous population. This groundbreaking book explores two forms of critical geography: first, archipelagos of empire, examining how the Vietnam War is linked to the US military buildup in Guam and unwavering support of Israel, and second, corresponding archipelagos of trans-Indigenous resistance, tracing how

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Prolegomena. 1.1 History of Chinese materia medica literature. 1.2 Structure and contents of the Ben cao gang mu. 1.3 Biographical sketch of Li Shizhen (1518 – 1593). 2. Notes on the Translation. 3. Wang Shizhen’s preface of 1590. 4. Translation of the Ben cao gang mu 本草綱目. Chapters 5 - 11. Section Waters. Chapter 5 Group I: Waters of Heaven Group II: Waters of the Earth Section Fires. Chapter 6 Section Soils. Chapter 7 Section Metals and Stones. Chapter 8 Group I: Metals Group II: Jades Section Stones. Chapter 9 Group III: Stones Chapter 10: Section of Stones Group IV: Stones Section Stones. Chapter 11 Group V: Salt Stones/Minerals Appendix 5. Weights and measures. 5.1 Measures of capacity. 5.2 Measures of weight. 5.3 Measures of length. 5.4 Measures of the size of pills. 6. Appendix Pharmaceutical Substances of Plant Origin mentioned in BCGM ch 5 – 11 in passing. By Ulrike Unschuld

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Book SynopsisVolume VIII in theBen cao gang museries offers a complete translation of chapters 38 through 46, devoted to clothes, utensils, worms, insects, amphibians, animals with scales, and animals with shells. TheBen cao gang muis a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (15181593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul Unschuld's annotated translation of theBen cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past.Table of Contents1. Prolegomena 1.1 History of Chinese materia medica literature 1.2 Structure and contents of the Ben cao gang mu 1.3 Biographical sketch of Li Shizhen (1518 – 1593) 2. Notes on the Translation 3. Wang Shizhen’s preface of 1590 4. Translation of the Ben cao gang mu. Chapters 38 - 46 Section Clothes and Utensils. Chapter 38 Group: Clothes and Silk Group: Utensils and Further Items Section Worms/Bugs. Chapter 39 Worms/Bugs I.Born from Eggs Group, First Section Worms/Bugs. Chapter 40 Worms/Bugs II. Born from Eggs. Final Group Section Worms/Bugs. Chapter 41 Worms/Bugs III. Born from Transformation Group. Section Bugs Worms/Bugs. Chapter 42 Worms/Bugs IV. Born from Moisture Group. Section [Animals with] Scales. Chapter 43. [Animals with] Scales I. Dragon Group. [Animals with] Scales II. Snake Group. Section [Animals with] Scales. Chapter 44 [Animals with] Scales III. [Animals with] Scales IV. Fish without Scales. Section [Animals with] Shells. Chapter 45 Shells I. Tortoises and Tortoises Group. Section [Animals with] Shells. Chapter 46 Shells II. Clams Group. Appendix 5. Weights and measures. 5.1 Measures of capacity. 5.2 Measures of weight. 5.3 Measures of length. 5.4 Measures of the size of pills. 6. Appendix Pharmaceutical Substances of Plant Origin mentioned in BCGM ch 38 – 46 in passing. By Ulrike Unschuld.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsProlegomena 1.1 History of Chinese materia medica literature 1.2 Structure and contents of the Ben cao gang mu 1.3 Biographical sketch of Li Shizhen (1518 – 1593) 2. Notes on the Translation 3. Wang Shizhen’s preface of 1590 4. Translation of the Ben cao gang mu 本草綱目. Chapters 47 - 52 Fowl I. Water Fowl, Chapter 47 Fowl II. Land Fowl. Chapter 48 Fowl III. Forest fowl. Chapter 49 Fowl IV. Mountain Fowl Group 11 Four Legged Animals I. Domestic Animals. Chapter 50 Four Legged Animals II. Section Wild Animals. Chapter 51 Four Legged Animals III. Section Wild Animals Four Legged Animals IV. Section Residential and Strange [Animals] Human [Substances] I, Chapter 51 Appendix 5. Weights and measures. 5.1 Measures of capacity. 5.2 Measures of weight. 5.3 Measures of length. 5.4 Measures of the size of pills. 6. Appendix Pharmaceutical Substances of Plant Origin mentioned in BCGM ch 47 – 52 in passing. By Ulrike Unschuld.

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Book SynopsisThis abridged edition introduces readers to the power and drama of the electrifying classic Chinese novel. One of the great works of Chinese literature, beloved in East Asia but virtually unknown in the West, Kingdoms in Peril is an epic historical novel charting the five hundredyears leading to the unification of China under the rule of the legendary First Emperor. Writing some fourteen hundredyears after the unification, the Ming-era author Feng Menglong drew on a vast trove of literary and historical documents to composea gripping narrative account of how China came to be China. Here, translated into English for the first time, Kingdoms in Peril recounts the triumphs and tragedies of those five hundredyears, through stories taken from the lives of the unforgettable characters that defined and shaped the ages in which they lived. This abridged edition distills the novel's distinct style and its most dramatic episodes into a single volume. Maintaining the spirit and excitement of the original novel, this edition weaves together nine of the most pivotal storylinessome extremely famous, others less well known. Readers will glimpse the intensity of tectonic events that shaped everyday lives, loves, and struggles, with powerful women featuring as prominently in the novel as they have in Chinese history. There are many historical works that provide an account of some of these events, but none are as thrilling and breathtakingly memorable as Kingdoms in Peril.Trade Review"Milburn’s introduction provides comprehensive cultural and bibliographic background for readers unfamiliar with the Ming or the Zhou. . . . For the reader without Chinese, this translation offers entertainment, moral lessons, and insights into Chinese political traditions that are probably as relevant today as in Ming, or indeed Zhou times." * Asian Review of Books *Table of ContentsContents Map 1. The Zhou Confederacy circa 500 B.C.E. Map 2. The Kingdoms of the Warring States Period in circa 260 B.C.E. Introduction THE CURSE OF THE BAO LORDS Chapter One King Xuan of Zhou hears a children’s song and kills a woman for no good reason. Grandee Du becomes formidable as he protests his innocence. Chapter Two The people of Bao atone for their crimes by handing over a beautiful woman. King You lights the beacon fires to tease the feudal lords. Chapter Three The chief of the Dog Rong invades the capital at Hao. King Ping of Zhou moves east to Luoyang. AN INCESTUOUS LOVE AFFAIR AT THE COURT OF QI Chapter Four The Marquis of Qi gives Lady Wen Jiang in marriage to Lu. Lord Huan of Lu and his wife travel to Qi. Chapter Five The Honorable Wuzhi loses his privileges and joins a conspiracy. Lord Xiang of Qi goes out hunting and meets a ghost. THE WICKED STEPMOTHER, LADY LI JI Chapter Six Lord Xian of Jin ignores a divination against establishing a principal wife. Lady Li Ji plots the murder of Shensheng. Chapter Seven Li Ke murders two infant rulers in succession. Lord Mu pacifies a civil war in Jin for the first time. THE FIGHT FOR LADY XIA JI Chapter Eight Lord Ling of Chen uses underwear to make a joke at court. An unfortunate remark to Xia Zhengshu causes many deaths. Chapter Nine After remonstrance from his ministers, King Zhuang of Chu restores order in Chen. Having married Lady Xia Ji, Wu Chen flees to Jin. THE ORPHAN OF THE ZHAO CLAN Chapter Ten After the siege of the Lower Palace, Cheng Ying hides an orphan. Having executed Tu’an Gu, the Zhao clan rises again. THE DOWNFALL OF THE KINGDOM OF WU Chapter Eleven King Fuchai of Wu forgives Yue in the teeth of all remonstrance. King Goujian of Yue racks his brains for ways in which to serve Wu. Chapter Twelve Having fallen into the trap laid by Yue, Xi Shi is much favored at the Wu Palace. Having killed King Fuchai, the ruler of Yue proclaims himself hegemon. RIVAL STUDENTS OF THE MASTER OF GHOST VALLEY Chapter Thirteen After saying goodbye to the Master of Ghost Valley, Pang Juan descends the mountain. In order to escape from disaster, Sun Bin pretends to have gone mad. Chapter Fourteen Tian Ji leads his forces to victory at Guiling. At Maling, Pang Juan is shot to pieces by crossbows. THE FAMILY TROUBLES OF THE KING OF QIN Chapter Fifteen Having hatched a cunning plan, Lü Buwei sends Prince Yiren home. Fan Wuqi circulates criticism in an attempt to punish the king of Qin. Chapter Sixteen Ai Lao uses a faked castration to bring the Qin palace to chaos. Mao Jiao removes his clothes to remonstrate with the king of Qin. THE ASSASSINS STRIKE Chapter Seventeen Tian Guang cuts his throat after recommending Jing Ke. Having presented a map, Jing Ke’s assassination attempt throws the Qin palace into chaos.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Insistent Life is an exciting and thought-provoking contribution to the field of Jain studies, particularly because it draws on an impressive array of sources to think about how a minority religious tradition many thousands of years old can (and should) participate in modern, complicated debates about human life." * Reading Religion *"This compelling book brilliantly illustrates how an ancient minority religious tradition like Jainism can be used to deliberate on modern bioethical issues, debates, and discussions, making it an illustrious contribution to bioethics and Jain studies." * Religious Studies Review *

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Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Widely studied and hotly debated, the Silk Road is often viewed as a precursor tocontemporary globalization, the merchants who traversed it as early agents of cultural exchange. Missing are the lives of the ordinary people who inhabited the route and contributed as much to its development as their itinerant counterparts. In this book, Kate Franklin takes the highlands of medieval Armenia as a compelling case study for examining how early globalization and everyday life intertwined along the Silk Road. She argues that Armeniaand the Silk Road itselfconsisted of the overlapping worlds created by a diverse assortment of people: not only long-distance travelers but also the local rulers and subjects who lived in Armenia's mountain valleys and along its highways. Franklin guides the reader through increasingly intimate scales of global exchange to highlight the cosmopolitan dimensions of daily life, as she vividly reconstructs how people living in and passing through the medieval Caucasus understood the world and their place within it. With its innovative focus on the far-reaching implications of local practices, Everyday Cosmopolitanisms brings the study of medieval Eurasia into relation with contemporary investigations of cosmopolitanism and globalization, challenging persistent divisions between modern and medieval, global and quotidian.

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Book SynopsisA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visitwww.luminosoa.orgto learn more. How might queer theory transform our interpretations of medieval Japanese literature and how might this literature reorient the assumptions, priorities, and critical practices of queer theory? Through a close reading of The Tale of Genji, an eleventh-century text that depicts the lifestyles of aristocrats during the Heian period, A Proximate Remove explores this question by mapping the destabilizing aesthetic, affective, and phenomenological dimensions of experiencing intimacy and loss. The spatiotemporal fissures Reginald Jackson calls proximate removes suspend belief in prevailing structures. Beyond issues of sexuality, Genji queers in its reluctance to romanticize or reproduce a flawed social order. An understanding of this hesitation enhances how we engage with premodern texts and how we question contemporary disciplinary stances. Trade Review"Jackson presents an original and sometimes intriguing approach to Genji that goes beyond conventional Heian literary studies, offering fresh perspectives while expanding the interpretive paradigms for queer studies at the same time." * Journal of Japanese Studies *

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Book SynopsisBy the late twentieth century, Japan had gained worldwide attention as an economic powerhouse. Having miraculously risen from the ashes of World War II, it was seen by many as a country to be admired if not emulated. But by the early 1990s, that bubble burst in spectacular fashion. The Japanese economic miracle was over. In this book, John Lie argues that in many ways the Japan of today has the potential to be even more significant than it was four decades ago. As countries face the prospect of a world with decreasing economic growth and increasing environmental dangers, Japan offers a unique glimpse into what a viable future might look likeone in which people acknowledge the limits of the economy and environment while championing meaningful and sustainable ways of working and living. Beneath and beyond the rhetoric of growth, some Japanese are leading sustainable lives and creating a sustainable society. Though he does not prescribe a one-size-fits-all cure for the world, Lie makes th

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Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The Practice of Texts examines the uses of the Sanskrit medical classics in two educational institutions of India's classical life science, Ayurveda: the college and the gurukula. In this interdisciplinary study, Anthony Cerulli probes late- and postcolonial reforms in ayurvedic education, the development of the ayurvedic college, and the impacts of the college curriculum on ways that ayurvedic physicians understand and use the Sanskrit classics in their professional work today. His fieldwork in south India illuminates the nature of philology and ritual in the ayurvedic gurukula and showcases how knowledge is exchanged among students, teachers, and patients. The result, Cerulli shows, is that the Sanskrit classics are presented and applied differently in the college and gurukula, producing a variety of relationships with these texts among practitioners. By interrogating the politics surrounding tTrade Review"The Practice of Texts is an engaging, nuanced, and dense book…Cerulli’s theoretical and methodological versatility across the disciplines of history, anthropology, philology, religious studies, and South Asian studies will certainly make this book a valuable and enjoyable read for diverse scholars and students." * History of Science in South Asia *"The book contributes to medical anthropology through its ethnographic fieldwork and to the history of medicine and education in India by illustrating the role of the gurukula in Indian education. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the intersection of religion, culture, psychology, and the performative aspects of textual practice." * Asian Affairs *"This book carries vivid descriptions and engaging debates that would interest scholars of South Asia in general and anthropologists and sociologists studying contemporary practices of classical knowledge in particular." * Asian Medicine *"By combining approaches from the disciplines of ethnography, philology, history, and religious studies, the book makes for profound and insightful reading for readers from diverse backgrounds." * Journal of Hindu Studies *

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Book SynopsisThe Moving City is a rich and intimate account of urban transformation told through the story of Delhi's Metro, a massive infrastructure project that is reshaping the city's social and urban landscapes. Ethnographic vignettes introduce the feel and form of the Metro and let readers experience the city, scene by scene, stop by stop, as if they, too, have come along for the ride. Laying bare the radical possibilities and concretized inequalities of the Metro, andhow people live with and through its built environment, this is a story of women and men on the move, the nature of Indian aspiration, and what it takes morally and materially to sustain urban life. Through exquisite prose, Rashmi Sadana transports the reader to a city shaped by both its Metro and those who depend on it, revealing a perspective on Delhi unlike any other.Trade Review"The Moving City is an important contribution to the growing literature on urban infrastructure. It is evocative and shows us the variegated ways in which mobility is mediated by aspirations, fears, exclusions and political negotiations." * Contributions to Indian Sociology *"The vignettes captured by the author, constituting in effect a collection of ukiyo-e, ‘pictures of the floating world,’ is a delightful and interesting twist on ethnographic writing and representation. . . Sadana’s book offers a very special approach to the study of urban infrastructure and demonstrates how these little floating scenes of everyday life can tell us something about big and complex social issues." * Asian Anthropology *"The strength of this book lies in what it has to offer as a method of encountering urban spaces. . . .This ethnography would be a welcome addition to courses in urban anthropology, anthropologies of gender, class, South Asia, and ethnographic method." * Anthropological Quarterly *"Vivid and rich with detail. . . .Sadana…emphasizes the uniqueness of the Delhi Metro by centering the voices of the many people who make up its daily life." * Metropolitics *"[A] beautifully crafted account of how life in Delhi becomes narrated through the Metro as it joins and cuts across disparate urban spaces." * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *"A radical work that throws open established modes of Indian anthropological writing." * Biblio: A Review of Books *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I Crowded The Train to Dwarka Mandi House Vanita The Image of the City Metro Bhawan Space and Matter Red Line Resident Welfare Okhla Station Naipaul on the Metro Nukkad Natak Mumbai Urban Hazards Ramlila Maidan From Badarpur Yellow Line Drishti A Developed Country Social Space Seelampur Station Pressure Cooker Blue Line Delhi-6 Bus Rapid Transit The Bicycle Fixer Part II Expanding A Road's Geography The Gangway Spontaneous Urbanism Nehru Place Rupali Chief Minister City of Malls Violet Line Metal and Plastic Appropriate Architecture Chawri Bazar Ajay and Gita Ring Road Grievance and Governance Morning Commute Orange Line The Play about the Metro Aspirational Planning Renu and Shiv Layers and Sediment Green Line Cycle Rickshaw-wala Metro Mob The Techno-cosmopolitan The Politics of Speed Part III Visible World Class Strike Bus Infrastructure by Example Magenta Line Radhika Posture Integration The Photo That Went Viral Voids and Solids Beauty Salon Suicide Multiple Choice Jahnavi Café Coffee Day Looks Street Survey Aasif E-rickshaws Love Marriage and a Head Injury Fare Hike At Home in Dakshinpuri Dilli Haat Pink Line City Park Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBelonging in a House Dividedchronicles the everyday lives of resettled North Korean refugees in South Korea and their experiences of violence, postwar citizenship, and ethnic boundary making. Through extensive ethnographic research, Joowon Park documents the emergence of cultural differences and tensions between Koreans from the North and South, as well as new transnational kinship practices that connect family members across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. As a South Korean citizen raised outside the peninsula and later drafted into the military, Park weaves in autoethnographic accounts of his own experience in the army to provide an empathetic and vivid analysis of the multiple overlapping layers of violence that shape the embodied experiences of belonging. He asks readers to consider why North Korean resettlement in South Korea is a difficult process, despite a shared goal of reunification and the absence of a language barrier. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in aTrade Review"A horrific yet compassionate story." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"Park’s book is highly recommended as a critical antidote to the often generic and diluted representations of North Koreans. . .This book is worthwhile reading for any observer and student of (North) Korean studies, citizenship and migration, gender studies, cultural anthropology, human rights, and politics." * Asian Journal of Social Science *"Belonging in a House Divided offers a novel perspective. . . it invites readers to critically examine the interplay between violence, displacement, and the pursuit of belonging, thereby expanding our comprehension of the intricate realities surrounding migratory processes." * International Migration Review *"Belonging in a House Divided is an important addition to the fields of anthropology, migration studies, Cold War studies, and Korean studies. Park has contributed valuable scholarship to understandings of belonging, citizenship, and home in a nation divided… A classic of Korean studies." * H-Net Reviews *Table of ContentsContents Introduction: A House Divided 1. Enduring Legacies of Division and War 2. The Chinese Dimension of the North Korean Migration 3. The Body and the Violence of Phenotypical Normalization 4. Remittances and Transborder Kinship 5. Constructing North Korean Deservingness Conclusion: A Continuum of Violence in a House Divided Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisBelonging in a House Dividedchronicles the everyday lives of resettled North Korean refugees in South Korea and their experiences of violence, postwar citizenship, and ethnic boundary making. Through extensive ethnographic research, Joowon Park documents the emergence of cultural differences and tensions between Koreans from the North and South, as well as new transnational kinship practices that connect family members across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. As a South Korean citizen raised outside the peninsula and later drafted into the military, Park weaves in autoethnographic accounts of his own experience in the army to provide an empathetic and vivid analysis of the multiple overlapping layers of violence that shape the embodied experiences of belonging. He asks readers to consider why North Korean resettlement in South Korea is a difficult process, despite a shared goal of reunification and the absence of a language barrier. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in aTrade Review"A horrific yet compassionate story." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"Park’s book is highly recommended as a critical antidote to the often generic and diluted representations of North Koreans. . .This book is worthwhile reading for any observer and student of (North) Korean studies, citizenship and migration, gender studies, cultural anthropology, human rights, and politics." * Asian Journal of Social Science *"Belonging in a House Divided offers a novel perspective. . . it invites readers to critically examine the interplay between violence, displacement, and the pursuit of belonging, thereby expanding our comprehension of the intricate realities surrounding migratory processes." * International Migration Review *"Belonging in a House Divided is an important addition to the fields of anthropology, migration studies, Cold War studies, and Korean studies. Park has contributed valuable scholarship to understandings of belonging, citizenship, and home in a nation divided… A classic of Korean studies." * H-Net Reviews *Table of ContentsContents Introduction: A House Divided 1. Enduring Legacies of Division and War 2. The Chinese Dimension of the North Korean Migration 3. The Body and the Violence of Phenotypical Normalization 4. Remittances and Transborder Kinship 5. Constructing North Korean Deservingness Conclusion: A Continuum of Violence in a House Divided Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. What are the pleasures of reading translations of South Asian literature, and what does it take to enjoy a translated text? This volume provides opportunities to explore such questions by bringing together a whole set of new translations by David Shulman, noted scholar of South Asia. The translated selections come from a variety of Indian languages, genres, and periods, from the classical to the contemporary. The translations are accompanied by short essays written to help readers engage and enjoy them. Some of these essays provide background to enhance reading of the translation, whereas others model how to expand appreciation in comparative and broader ways. Together, the translations and the accompanying essays form an essential guide for people interested in literature and art from South Asia.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsCONTENTS 1. Prolegomena 1.1 History of Chinese materia medica literature 1.2 Structure and contents of the Ben cao gang mu 1.3 Biographical sketch of Li Shizhen (1518 – 1593) 2. Notes on the Translation 3. Wang Shizhen’s preface of 1590 4. Translation of the Ben Cao Gang Mu 本草綱目 Chapters 12 - 14 Herbs I, Mountain Herbs, Chapter 12 Herbs II, Mountain Herbs, Chapter 13 Herbs III, Fragrant Herbs, Chapter 14 Appendix 5. Weights and measures 5.1 Measures of capacity 5.2 Measures of weight 5.3 Measures of length 5.4 Measures of the size of pills 6. Lists of Substances 6.1 Identification of pharmaceutical substances of plant origin mentioned in BCGM ch. 12 - 14 6.2 Substances discussed in chapters 12 – 14 6.3 Currently accepted scientific identification of substances discussed in BCGM ch. 12 – 14

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Book SynopsisVolume V in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 18 through 25, devoted to creeping herbs, water herbs, herbs growing on stones, mosses, and cereals. TheBen cao gang muis a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (15181593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul U. Unschuld's annotated translation of theBen cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past.

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Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Huizhou studies the construction of local identity through kinship in the prefecture of Huizhou, the most prominent merchant stronghold of Ming China. Employing an array of untapped genealogies and other sources, Qitao Guo explores how developments in the sociocultural, religious, and gender realms from the fifteenth to sixteenth centuries intertwined to shape Huizhou identity as a land of prominent lineages. This gentrified self-image both sheltered and guided the development of mercantile lineages, which were further bolstered by the gender regime and the local religious order. As Guo demonstrates, the discrepancy between representation and practice helps explain Huizhou's triumphs. The more active the economy became, the more those central to its commercialization embraced conservative sociocultural norms. Home lineages embraced neo-Confucian orthodoxy even as they provided the financial and lTrade Review"This book not only strengthens and advances the study of Huīzhōu but also makes a signature contribution to the study of late imperial China by revisiting longstanding questions about the formation of lineages through the study of Huīzhōu in the Míng dynasty." * Religious Studies Review *

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Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Yan'an is China's revolutionary holy land, the heart of Mao Zedong's Communist movement from 1937 to 1947. Based on thirty years of archival and documentary research and numerous field trips to the region, Joseph W. Esherick's book examines the origins of the Communist revolution in Northwest China, from the political, social, and demographic changes of the Qing dynasty (16441911), to the intellectual ferment of the early Republic, the guerrilla movement of the 1930s, and the replacement of the local revolutionary leadership after Mao and the Center arrived in 1935. In Accidental Holy Land, Esherick compels us to consider the Chinese Revolution not as some inevitable peasant response to poverty and oppression, but as the contingent product of local, national, and international events in a constantly changing milieu.Trade Review"This authoritative account of the pre-Yan’an period should be required for any serious student of China’s socialist revolution and will appeal to a general readership interested in the serpentine route the Communist Party took to power." * Pacific Affairs *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An exemplary ethnography. . . . Van Hollen’s work is extremely significant in the realm of medical anthropology as it vividly delineates the experience of these specific cancer patients whilst also offering a multidimensional understanding. It is empirically grounded and brings out the nuances of everyday lived experiences." * Contemporary South Asia *"Cancer and the Kali Yuga is a timely and revelatory text that vividly represents the possibilities of public health focussed ethnographic research carried out in the contexts of structural casteism in contemporary south India. It is a meaningful resource not only for global health researchers but equally for students of gender studies, critical medical anthropology, health equity studies and feminist studies of wellbeing and care in the Global South." * Anthropological Quarterly *Table of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Note on Time of Writing and Transliteration Introduction 1. History and Hospitals 2. Poverty and Chemicals 3. Women and Work 4. Screening and Morality 5. Disclosure and Care 6. Biomedicine and Bodies 7. Sorcery and Religion Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAs news spread that more women died from breast and cervical cancer in India than anywhere else in the world in the early twenty-first century, global public health planners accelerated efforts to prevent, screen, and treat these reproductive cancers in low-income Indian communities.Cancer and the Kali Yugareveals that women who are the targets of these interventions in Tamil Nadu, South India, hold views about cancer causality, late diagnosis, and challenges to accessing treatment that differ from the public health discourse. Cecilia Coale Van Hollen's critical feminist ethnography centers and amplifies the voices of Dalit Tamil women who situate cancer within the nexus of their class, caste, and gender positions. Dalit women's narratives about their experiences with cancer present a powerful and poignant critique of the sociocultural and political-economic conditions that marginalize them and jeopardize their health and well-being in twenty-first-century India.Trade Review"An exemplary ethnography. . . . Van Hollen’s work is extremely significant in the realm of medical anthropology as it vividly delineates the experience of these specific cancer patients whilst also offering a multidimensional understanding. It is empirically grounded and brings out the nuances of everyday lived experiences." * Contemporary South Asia *"Cancer and the Kali Yuga is a timely and revelatory text that vividly represents the possibilities of public health focussed ethnographic research carried out in the contexts of structural casteism in contemporary south India. It is a meaningful resource not only for global health researchers but equally for students of gender studies, critical medical anthropology, health equity studies and feminist studies of wellbeing and care in the Global South." * Anthropological Quarterly *Table of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Note on Time of Writing and Transliteration Introduction 1. History and Hospitals 2. Poverty and Chemicals 3. Women and Work 4. Screening and Morality 5. Disclosure and Care 6. Biomedicine and Bodies 7. Sorcery and Religion Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAs Hong Kong is integrated into the People's Republic of China, ever fewer people in the city identify as Chinese. Two Systems, Two Countries explains why. Two Systems, Two Countries traces the origins of Hong Kong nationalism and introduces readers to its main schools of thought: city-state theory, self-determination, independence, and returnism. The idea of Hong Kong independence, Kevin Carrico shows, is more than just a provocation testing Beijing's red lines: it represents a collective awakening to the failure of One Country Two Systems and the need to transcend obsolete orthodoxies. With a conclusion that examines Hong Kong nationalism's influence on the 2019 protest movement, Two Systems, Two Countries is an engaging and accessible introduction to the tumultuous shifts in Hong Kong politics and identity over the past decade.Trade Review"Carrico’s goal is to provide 'an introduction to the main schools of Hong Kong nationalism, giving readers the opportunity to see the world through the eyes of independence activists and recognize their intellectual contribution to the study of the politics of Hong Kong and China'. He achieves this and more: his lucid and comprehensive survey is likely to become the pre-eminent account of Hong Kong’s nationalist currents." * TLS *"One of the most important English-language books written on post-handover Hong Kong. . . .written in a clear and captivating style that makes it attractive far beyond the academic community." * The China Quarterly *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Newest Nationalism From One Country, Two Systems to Two Systems, Two Countries A Note on Method and Surveillance Layout of the Book 1. Hong Kong Ethnogenesis Take One: The Psychopathology of Identity Take Two: Noncompliance Cycle Take Three: Toward a Critique of Hong Kong under Chinese Rule Take Four: On the Ethnicization of the Hong Kong Police Force 2. Two Systems, Two Countries: New Directions in Political Thought in Hong Kong since 2011 From City-State Theory to Eternal Basic Law Self-Determination: An Unrequited Social Contract Hong Kong Independence Returnism: Party Like It’s 1997 Conclusion: Hong Kong’s Political Enlightenment 3. Seeing (Exactly) Like a State: Knowledge/Power in the Hong Kong-China Relationship Toward a Structuralist Orientalism Hong Kong as Child Hong Kong as Hysteric Hong Kong as Outlaw Hong Kong as Virus: One Body, Two Systems From Knowledge/Power to Ignorance/Power to Knowledge versus Power: The Not-So-Hidden Script of Hong Kong Policy Conclusion: Knowledge versus Power Character Glossary with Cantonese (Yale) and Mandarin (Pinyin) Romanization Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Carrico’s goal is to provide 'an introduction to the main schools of Hong Kong nationalism, giving readers the opportunity to see the world through the eyes of independence activists and recognize their intellectual contribution to the study of the politics of Hong Kong and China'. He achieves this and more: his lucid and comprehensive survey is likely to become the pre-eminent account of Hong Kong’s nationalist currents." * TLS *"One of the most important English-language books written on post-handover Hong Kong. . . .written in a clear and captivating style that makes it attractive far beyond the academic community." * The China Quarterly *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Newest Nationalism From One Country, Two Systems to Two Systems, Two Countries A Note on Method and Surveillance Layout of the Book 1. Hong Kong Ethnogenesis Take One: The Psychopathology of Identity Take Two: Noncompliance Cycle Take Three: Toward a Critique of Hong Kong under Chinese Rule Take Four: On the Ethnicization of the Hong Kong Police Force 2. Two Systems, Two Countries: New Directions in Political Thought in Hong Kong since 2011 From City-State Theory to Eternal Basic Law Self-Determination: An Unrequited Social Contract Hong Kong Independence Returnism: Party Like It’s 1997 Conclusion: Hong Kong’s Political Enlightenment 3. Seeing (Exactly) Like a State: Knowledge/Power in the Hong Kong-China Relationship Toward a Structuralist Orientalism Hong Kong as Child Hong Kong as Hysteric Hong Kong as Outlaw Hong Kong as Virus: One Body, Two Systems From Knowledge/Power to Ignorance/Power to Knowledge versus Power: The Not-So-Hidden Script of Hong Kong Policy Conclusion: Knowledge versus Power Character Glossary with Cantonese (Yale) and Mandarin (Pinyin) Romanization Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPassport Entanglements traces the many tangled threadspolitical, historical, economic, global, and localthat are tied to the existence of Indonesianaspalor real but fake passports that are carried by as many as a third of Indonesian migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong. The book explains how and why the HK Indonesian Consulate's attempts to regularize or clean up (pemutihan) these passports created significant problems for migrant workers. Passports and other types of documentation are said to facilitate migration and to offer migrant workers protection and care yet they can also be instruments of surveillance, control, and exploitation. Anthropologist Nicole Constable focuses on the politics and inequalities embedded in passports, drawing from ethnographic examples of migrant workers who were found guilty of immigration fraud and sent to prison and of others who protested and resisted the new passport policies. She considers how these instruments determine legal status and dictate riTable of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Terms and Abbreviations 1. Passports and Ethnographic Entanglements 2. Ethnographer and Interlocutor 3. Care and Control 4. Real and Fake 5. State and Society 6. Migrant and Citizen 7. Temporalities and Scales References Index

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Book SynopsisPassport Entanglements traces the many tangled threadspolitical, historical, economic, global, and localthat are tied to the existence of Indonesianaspalor real but fake passports that are carried by as many as a third of Indonesian migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong. The book explains how and why the HK Indonesian Consulate's attempts to regularize or clean up (pemutihan) these passports created significant problems for migrant workers. Passports and other types of documentation are said to facilitate migration and to offer migrant workers protection and care yet they can also be instruments of surveillance, control, and exploitation. Anthropologist Nicole Constable focuses on the politics and inequalities embedded in passports, drawing from ethnographic examples of migrant workers who were found guilty of immigration fraud and sent to prison and of others who protested and resisted the new passport policies. She considers how these instruments determine legal status and dictate riTable of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Terms and Abbreviations 1. Passports and Ethnographic Entanglements 2. Ethnographer and Interlocutor 3. Care and Control 4. Real and Fake 5. State and Society 6. Migrant and Citizen 7. Temporalities and Scales References Index

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Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Today, the majority of the world's population lives in a country with falling marriage rates, a phenomenon with profound impacts on women, gender, and sexuality. In this exceptionally crafted ethnography, Sarah Lamb probes the gendered trend of single women living in India, examining what makes living outside marriage for women increasingly possible and yet incredibly challenging. Featuring the stories of never-married women as young as 35 and as old as 92, the book offers a remarkable portrait of a way of life experienced by women across class and caste divides, from urban professionals and rural day laborers, to those who identify as heterosexual and lesbian, to others who evaded marriage both by choice and by circumstance. For women in India, complex social-cultural and political-economic contexts are foundational to their lives and decisions, and evading marriage is often an unintended conseTrade Review"The book strikes a balance between examining the challenges as well as the possibilities of being single. . . . Lamb’s discussion of what makes a woman unmarriageable is both poignant and relevant." * Anthropology & Aging *"No doubt this book is a must read for scholars, students as well as a non-specialist audience interested in studying gender, sexuality, marriage and social change in India." * Contributions to Indian Sociology Journal *

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Book SynopsisWhy do so many contemporary Chinese artists use porcelain in their work? In New Export China, Alex Burchmore presents a deep dive into a unique genre of ceramic art to describe a framework for a broader art practice. Focusing on the work of four artists from the 1990s through the 2010sLiu Jianhua, Ai Weiwei, Ah Xian, and Sin-ying HoBurchmore reveals how the materiality of ceramics has been used to highlight China's role in global trade and to explore the function of this medium as a vessel for the transmission of Chinese art, culture, and ideas. From its historical pedigree and transcultural relevance to its material allure and anthropomorphic resonance, porcelain offers artists a unique way to move between the global and the intimate, the mass produced and the handmade, and the foreign and the domestic. By dissecting both the legacy of porcelain export and current networks of exchange, Burchmore ultimately demonstrates why this ceramic practice is crucial to understanding the deveTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Porcelain Production 2. Porcelain Past 3. Porcelain Renaissance 4. Porcelain Clay Conclusion: A Porcelain Aesthetic? Notes Bibliography List of Illustrations Index

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Book SynopsisA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Provincializing Empireexplores the global history of Japanese expansion through a regional lens. It rethinks the nation-centered geography and chronology of empire by uncovering the pivotal role of expeditionary merchants from Omi (present-day Shiga Prefecture) and their modern successors. Tracing their lives from the early modern era, and writing them into the global histories of empire, diaspora, and capitalism, Jun Uchida offers an innovative analysis of expansion through a story previously untold: how the nation's provincials built on their traditions to create a transpacific diaspora that stretched from Seoul to Vancouver, while helping shape the modern world of transoceanic exchange.Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Map of Japan and the Pacific World Introduction Part One. Ōmi Merchants in the Early Modern Era 1. The Rise of Ōmi Shōnin as Diasporic Traders 2. At the Nexus of Colonialism and Capitalism in Hokkaido Part Two. Ōmi Merchants as a Model of Expansion 3. A Vision of Transpacific Expansion from the Periphery 4. The Production of Global Ōmi Shōnin Part Three. Ōmi Merchants across the Transpacific Diaspora 5. The “Gōshū Zaibatsu” in Japan’s Cotton Empire 6. Ōmi Merchants in the Colonial World of Retail 7. A Shiga Immigrant Diaspora in Canada Conclusion Notes Bibliography Glossary-Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Based on an impressive collection of archaeological data and textual sources in many languages, Muthukumaran provides an inspiring voyage in space and time. . . . this original and innovative book provides a significant contribution to the growing literature on East-West connectivity in antiquity." * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Historical Context 2. Wool from Trees: Cotton 3. The Golden Grain: Asiatic Rice 4. Persian “Apples”: Citruses 5. Familiar but Foreign: Eastern Cucurbits 6. The Egyptian Bean: The Sacred Lotus 7. A Forgotten Tuber: Taro 8. Timber for God and King: Sissoo 9. How to Turn Tropical References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Based on an impressive collection of archaeological data and textual sources in many languages, Muthukumaran provides an inspiring voyage in space and time. . . . this original and innovative book provides a significant contribution to the growing literature on East-West connectivity in antiquity." * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Historical Context 2. Wool from Trees: Cotton 3. The Golden Grain: Asiatic Rice 4. Persian “Apples”: Citruses 5. Familiar but Foreign: Eastern Cucurbits 6. The Egyptian Bean: The Sacred Lotus 7. A Forgotten Tuber: Taro 8. Timber for God and King: Sissoo 9. How to Turn Tropical References Index

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Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The rise of China and India could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will the foreign policies of China and India look like in the future? What should they look like? And what can each country learn from the other? Bridging Two Worldsgathers a coterie of experts in the field, analyzing profound political thinkers from these ancient regions whose theories of interstate relations set the terms for the debates today. This volume is the first work that systematically compares ancient thoughts and theories about international politics between China and India. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the growth of China and India and what it will mean for the rest of the world.

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Book SynopsisTrade 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

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Book SynopsisVolume I is divided into two parts. Part A of volume 1 in theBen cao gang museries offers a translation of chapters 1 and 2 and portions of chapter 3. Chapters 1 and 2 are devoted to introducing the history of materia medica. Chapter 3 is devoted to pharmaceutical drugs for diseases. Chapter 3 is continued, along with chapter 4, in part B of volume I. TheBen cao gang muis a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (15181593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul U. Unschuld's annotated translation of theBen cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past.Table of ContentsContents 1. Prolegomena. 1.1 History of Chinese materia medica literature. 1.2 Structure and contents of the Ben cao gang mu. 1.3 Biographical sketch of Li Shizhen (1518 – 1593). 2. Notes on the translation. 3. Wang Shizhen’s preface of 1590 4. Detailed survey of contents chapters 1 through 4 5. (Original) Complete Contents, ch. 1 through 52 6. Translation of the Ben cao gang mu, chapters 1 through 3-49

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Book SynopsisVolume VII in theBen cao gang museries offers a complete translation of chapters 34 through 37, devoted to woods. TheBen cao gang muis a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (15181593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul U. Unschuld's annotated translation of theBen cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past.Table of ContentsContents 1. Prolegomena 1.1 History of Chinese materia medica literature 1.2 Structure and contents of the Ben cao gang mu 1.3 Biographical sketch of Li Shizhen (1518 – 1593) 2. Notes on the Translation 3. Wang Shizhen’s preface of 1590 4. Translation of the Ben Cao Gang Mu , ch. 34 through 37 Woods I, Fragrant Woods Group, Chapter 34 Woods II, Tree-size Woods Group, Chapter 35 Woods III, Shrubs Group, Chapter 36 Woods IV, Epiphyte Woods, Chapter 37 Woods V, Densely Growing Woods Group Woods VI, Various Woods Group 5. Weights and measures 5.1 Measures of capacity 5.2 Measures of weight 5.3 Measures of length 5.4 Measures of the size of pills 6. Lists of substances 6.1 Identification of pharmaceutical substances of plant origin mentioned in BCGM ch. 34 - 37 in passing. Herbs with an entry of their own are marked with their entry number 6.2 Substances discussed in chapters 34 - 37 in a separate entry. Listed in alphabetical order of their proper pin yin names with their popular English names where available and references to their entry. 6.3 Currently accepted scientific identification of substances discussed in BCGM ch. 34 - 37 in a separate entry. Listed in alphabetical order, with reference to their entry.

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Book SynopsisJust who are the Malays? This provocative study, now available in paperback, poses the question and considers how and why the answers have changed over time, and from one region to another. Anthony Milner develops a sustained argument about ethnicity and identity in an historical 'Malay' context.Trade Review"The Malays - a volume in Wiley-Blackwell's series ‘The peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific' - is an absorbing read, clearly written not only for those already interested in the cultural dynamics of the island world of Southeast Asia, but also for everyone who is interested in knowing how to successfully fail in defining a particular race, people or ethnicity." (Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 1 February 2011) "When all is said and done, readers will have learned a great deal about what it is to be Malay... A thoughtful... book." (CHOICE, December 2009)"This study of a complex, elusive, and always changing essence of Malay civilisation draws on and reviews a large existing literature and adds an original and thought-provoking analysis to it. It is a work of great scholarship that is also absorbing reading." (Asian Affairs, March 2010) "Milner's book is thorough and well researched. Indeed, it is a 'must read' for any student and/or practitioner of Malaysian history and politics." (The Star, August 2009) "The book offers a fresh insight into the construction of group identities, the history of the Malay civilization and possible future of the Malay ethnicity." (Kansas City infoZine, March 2009) "The Malays, confronts the bewildering diversity and contradictions of the Malay identity, ethnicity and consciousness. The book seeks to provide a provocative case study of the Malay people and to explore the idea of 'Malayness.'" (PR Inside, March 2009)Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Maps. Preface and Acknowledgements. Note about the Author. 1. Thinking about ‘the Malays’ and ‘Malayness’. 2. Early Histories: Engaging India and Islam. 3. The Sultanates. 4. A ‘Malay’ or Kerajaan World? 5. Experiencing Colonialism, and the Making of the Bangsa Melayu . 6. Building ‘Malays’ into Nation States. 7. Multiple Forms of ‘Malayness’ 8. Ethnicity, Civilization and the Fear of ‘Disappearing from this World’. Bibliography. Index.

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Book Synopsisaeo The first account in English of this ancient people. aeo Of interest to anthropologists, historians, geographers and orientalists. aeo Based on over 30 years of first--hand research. aeo The first account in English of this ancient people. aeo Of interest to anthropologists, historians, geographers and orientalists.Trade Review"The book would make an excellent text for undergraduate courses on the history and cultures of Insular Southeast Asia." CrossroadsTable of ContentsForeword. Introduction. Part I: The Shaping of Identity: from Origins to the Classical Age:. 1. Evidence and Source Material. 2. Early South Sulawesi and its Surrounding World. 3. Early Civilization. 4. The Rise of the Kingdoms. 5. Contests of Powers and Faiths. Part II: Society and Culture: Lasting Aspects and Modern Transformation: . 6. Society. 7. Spiritual and Mental Life. 8. Material Culture and Economic Activity. 9. The Modern World. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisOffers a history of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia from the time of the first inhabitants of the region up-to the break-up of the Mongol Empire in 1260 AD. This book sets political events in the broadest context of social and economic change, linking evolution to the vast geography of the territories it describes.Trade Review"Overall, this is an excellent book. It is rich in detail and has a good blend between description and history. It is everywhere fair and balanced in its interpretations. It is well written and well produced with good illustrations, maps, a useful chronology which divides the region into west, centre and east, and an excellent and extensive, albeit overwhelmingly English-language bibliography. Perhaps most important of all, although the histories of the various areas of concern to this book are reasonably well trodden paths, it crafts a new interpretation by taking up a distinct area of focus - inner Eurasia - and succeeds admirably in convincing the reader of the significance and interest of that region's history. I strongly recommend the book."Asian Ethnicity Journal "Well-written, impressive and bold synthesis ... One looks forward eagerly to volume 2."The Russian Review "Big picture history requires energy, openness and risk taking, a willingness to escape from the well-worn grooves of academe ... Christian has effected a great escape."Journal of Asian StudiesTable of ContentsList of Plates vii List of Figures viii List of Maps ix List of Tables x Series Editor’s Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii Introduction xv Part I the Geography and Ecology of Inner Eurasia 1 1 The Geography and Ecology of Inner Eurasia 3 Part II Prehistory: 100,000–1000 BCE 21 2 First Settlers: The Old Stone Age 23 3 Hunters and Gatherers after the Ice Age 46 4 The Neolithic Revolution: Seventh to Third Millennia BCE 69 5 The Bronze Age: 3000–1000 BCE 99 Part III the Scythic and Hunnic Eras: 1000 Bce–500 Ce 121 6 The ‘Scythic’ Era: 1000–200 BCE 123 7 Outer Eurasian Invasions and their Aftermath 163 8 The Hsiung-nu Empire 183 9 ‘Barbarian’ Invasions before 500 CE 209 Part IV Turks, Mawara’n-nahr and Rus’: 500–1200 245 10 Turkic Empires of the East 247 11 Turkic Empires of Western Inner Eurasia 277 12 Mawara’n-nahr: Islamic Civilization in Central Asia 304 13 The Origins of Rus’ 327 14 Before the Mongols: 1000–1220 353 Part V the Mongol Empire: 1200–1260 383 15 Chinggis Khan 385 16 The Mongol Empire and a New ‘World System’ 409 Conclusion 430 Chronology 432 Bibliography 437 Index 460

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Book SynopsisProvides an all-encompassing look at the history of Russia, Central Asia, and Mongolia Beginning with the breakup of the Mongol Empire in the mid-thirteenth century, Volume II of this comprehensive work covers the remarkable history of Inner Eurasia, from 1260 up to modern times, completing the story begun in Volume I. Volume II describes how agriculture spread through Inner Eurasia, providing the foundations for new agricultural states, including the Russian Empire. It focuses on the idea of mobilizationthe distinctive ways in which elite groups mobilized resources from their populations, and how those methods were shaped by the region's distinctive ecology, which differed greatly from that of Outer Eurasia, the southern half of Eurasia and the part of Eurasia most studied by historians. This work also examines how fossil fuels created a bonanza of energy that helped shape the history of the Communist world during much of the twentieth century. Filled with figuTrade Review“A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia is an unusual and remarkably innovative work that demonstrates how big-picture historical approaches can illuminate national histories.” -- Australian Journal of Politics and History: Volume 66, Number 1, 2020 “This is a welcome addition to the teaching resources available for Russian and Eurasian history which deserves to be widely used.” -- SEER, 98, 3, JULY 2020Table of ContentsList of Figures vii List of Maps xi List of Tables xiii Series Editor’s Preface xv Acknowledgments xix Preface: The Idea of Inner Eurasia xxi Part I Inner Eurasia in the Agrarian Era: 1260–1850 1 1 Inner Eurasia in the Late Thirteenth Century: The Mongol Empire at its Height 3 2 1260–1350: Unraveling and the Building of New Polities 23 3 1350–1500: Central and Eastern Inner Eurasia 49 4 1350–1500: Western Inner Eurasia 71 5 1500–1600: Pastoralist and Oasis Societies of Inner Eurasia 97 6 1500–1600: Agrarian Societies West of the Volga 119 7 1600–1750: A Tipping Point: Building a Russian Empire 143 8 1600–1750: A Tipping Point: Central and Eastern Inner Eurasia between Russia and China 175 9 1750–1850: Evolution and Expansion of the Russian Empire 209 Part II Inner Eurasia in the Era of Fossil Fuels: 1850–2000 231 10 1850–1914: The Heartland: Continued Expansion and the Shock of Industrialization 233 11 1750–1900: Beyond the Heartlands: Inner Eurasian Empires, Russian and Chinese 269 12 1914–1921: Unraveling and Rebuilding 309 13 1921–1930: New Paths to Modernity 343 14 1930–1950: The Stalinist Industrialization Drive and the Test of War 367 15 1900–1950: Central and Eastern Inner Eurasia 403 16 1950–1991: The Heartland: A Plateau, Decline, and Collapse 437 17 1950–1991: Beyond the Heartlands: Central and Eastern Inner Eurasia in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century 473 18 1991–2000: Building New States: General Trends and the Russian Federation 493 19 1991–2000: Building New States: Beyond the Heartlands 531 Epilogue: After 2000: The End of Inner Eurasia? 569 Chronology 573 Index 605

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Book SynopsisThis is Volume One of A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia, covering from the time of the first inhabitants in the region right up to the Mongol Empire in the 13th century of the modern era.Trade Review“A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia is an unusual and remarkably innovative work that demonstrates how big-picture historical approaches can illuminate national histories.” -- Australian Journal of Politics and History: Volume 66, Number 1, 2020 “This is a welcome addition to the teaching resources available for Russian and Eurasian history which deserves to be widely used.” -- SEER, 98, 3, JULY 2020Table of ContentsList of Figures vii List of Maps xi List of Tables xiii Series Editor’s Preface xv Acknowledgments xix Preface: The Idea of Inner Eurasia xxi PART I INNER EURASIA IN THE AGRARIAN ERA: 1260–1850 1 1 Inner Eurasia in the Late Thirteenth Century: The Mongol Empire at its Height 3 2 1260–1350: Unraveling and the Building of New Polities 23 3 1350–1500: Central and Eastern Inner Eurasia 49 4 1350–1500:Western Inner Eurasia 71 5 1500–1600: Pastoralist and Oasis Societies of Inner Eurasia 97 6 1500–1600: Agrarian Societies West of the Volga 119 7 1600–1750: A Tipping Point: Building a Russian Empire 143 8 1600–1750: A Tipping Point: Central and Eastern Inner Eurasia between Russia and China 175 9 1750–1850: Evolution and Expansion of the Russian Empire 209 PART II INNER EURASIA IN THE ERA OF FOSSIL FUELS: 1850–2000 231 10 1850–1914: The Heartland: Continued Expansion and the Shock of Industrialization 233 11 1750–1900: Beyond the Heartlands: Inner Eurasian Empires, Russian and Chinese 269 12 1914–1921: Unraveling and Rebuilding 309 13 1921–1930: New Paths to Modernity 343 14 1930–1950: The Stalinist Industrialization Drive and the Test of War 367 15 1900–1950: Central and Eastern Inner Eurasia 403 16 1950–1991: The Heartland: A Plateau, Decline, and Collapse 437 17 1950–1991: Beyond the Heartlands: Central and Eastern Inner Eurasia in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century 473 18 1991–2000: Building New States: General Trends and the Russian Federation 493 19 1991–2000: Building New States: Beyond the Heartlands 531 Epilogue: After 2000: The End of Inner Eurasia? 569 Chronology 573 Index 605

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to Tibet, its culture and history. * A clear and comprehensive overview of Tibet, its culture and history. * Responds to current interest in Tibet due to continuing publicity about Chinese rule and growing interest in Tibetan Buddhism.Trade Review"The Tibetans improves and expands upon its predecessors, and we have Matthew Kapstein to thank for his efforts." (Moran Review, October 2010) "Kapstein's work provides a highly accessible and comprehensive account of scholarship on the subject, ensuring that his book will feature prominently on reading lists for students at all levels, especially undergraduates." (Religious Studies Review, September 2010)"The Tibetans offers the best single overview of Tibetan cultural history currently available, and it is highly recommended reading for students and professional scholars alike. It is surely destined to be the standard work of its type well into the foreseeable future." (The Journal of Asian Studies, December 2009) "Kapstein has produced a finely textured work that can correct prevailing misconceptions and introduce the reader to the amazing complexity of what he calls the "Tibetan civilizational sphere." The Tibetans helps us better understand the historical and cultural forces that have shaped Tibet's destiny." (Traditional Yoga Studies) "It has been a long time since Tibet scholars have had a text so comprehensive, well informed, beautifully written and majestically sensitive. This book is a ‘must read’ for junior scholars of Tibet and for lay persons with a general interest in the region; even those already expert in the field will find here much that is both entertaining and edifying." (The China Journal) "Recommended." (CHOICE) "An excellent book and it adds greatly to our knowledge of this fascinating people … I recommend this book strongly." (Educational Review) "An authoritative but accessible work of erudition, well-designed for the undergraduate market." (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute) "It is a book that all scholars of Tibet and Central Asia, regardless of disciplinary focus, should read and control." (Asian Ethnology) "This accessible book makes the latest research on Tibetan history and culture widely available and can be recommended as a standard introduction to the field." (Atlas Serials)Table of ContentsList of Photographs. List of Maps. Preface. Acknowledgements. A Note on Transcription and Translation. 1. The Vessel and Its Contents. High Peaks, Pure Earth. Peasants, Nomads, and Traders. The Tibetan Language. 2. Prehistory and Early Legends. Sources of Archeological Evidence. Children of the Ape and the Ogress. Tibetan Religion Before Buddhism. 3. The Tsenpo's Imperial Dominion. The Rise of the Tibetan Empire. Later Monarchs and the Promotion of Buddhism. The Empire's Implosion. 4. Fragmentation and Hegemonic Power. Dynastic Successors and the Kingdom of Gugé. The Buddhist Renaissance. Mongols and Tibetan Buddhists. Successive Hegemonies. Tibetan Buddhism and the Ming Court. 5. The Rule of the Dalai Lamas. Monastics and Monarchs. Between Mongols and Manchus. Regency and Retreat. Cultural Developments in Eastern Tibet. The Life and Times of the Great Thirteenth. 6. Tibetan Society. Property, Economy, and Social Class. Government and Law. Marriage and Kinship. Women in Traditional Tibet. 7. Religious Life and Thought. Propitiation, Therapy, and the Life-cycle. Buddhist Basics. Monastic Institutions and Education. Tantrism and Yoga. Major Orders and Schools. Festivals, Pilgrimages, and Ritual Cycles. 8. The Sites of Knowledge. The Speech Goddess's Mirror. Formations of Body, Speech, and Mind. Medicine, Astronomy, and the Divinatory Sciences. 9. Tibet in the Modern World. The End of Traditional Tibet. Rebellion and Exile. The Promise and Peril of a Century's End. Notes. Spellings of Tibetan Names and Terms. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis is a historical and anthropological study of the people of Bali. Separate chapters are devoted to describing the island's geography, the history of the Balinese people, the social order, economy, religion and rituals, myth and the performing arts, and the unusual use of mystic power and magic.Trade Review"The content of the individual chapters is informative and readable and will no doubt be of use as general introductory material." Rima, Summer 1998.Table of ContentsList of Plates. List of Figures. List of Maps. Acknowledgements. Note about the Authors. 1. The Land and its People. 2. Pre-colonial Bali. 3. Agriculture, Crafts and Spheres of Exchange. 4. Social Organization. 5. Religion and Beliefs in Practice. 6. Myth and Tradition. 7. The Persuasive Artistry of the Healer. 8. The Process of Modernization. Notes. References. Index.

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Book Synopsis* A history from the origins of the Manchus to the murder of the former last Manchu emperor by the guards of the people who ruled China from 1685 to 1912 * Explains how the Manchus achieved their empire and what the consequences were for themselves and their subjects.Trade Review"Pamela Crossley's The Manchus is the book that those interested in China's last dynasty have always needed. Through her clear, erudite, and succinct presentation, we are led to understand the origins of Manchu social organization, the formation of a Manchu ethnicity, and the implementation of a specifically Manchu view of universal empire. We also see the loss of purpose and erosion of self-confidence that led to the dynasty's collapse in 1912." Jonathan Spence, Yale University Table of ContentsList of Plates. List of Maps. Preface. 1. The Paradox of the Manchus. 2. Shamans and "Clans": The Origins of the Manchus. 3. The Enigma of Nurgachi. 4. The Qing Expansion. 5. The Guided Age of Qianlong. 6. The Lingering Death of the Empire. 7. Epilogue: The Manchus in the Twentieth Century. Appendix I. Reign Periods of the Aisin Gioro Rulers. Appendix II. Cherished Soldiers. Appendix III. A Glossary of Names and Terms. Notes. Bibliography. Index

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Book SynopsisHyung Il Pai examines how archaeological finds from Northeast Asia have been used in Korea to construct a myth of state formation emphasizing the ancient development of a pure Korean race that created a civilization rivaling those of China and Japan. He shows that the Korean state was formed far later with influences from throughout Northern Asia.Trade ReviewPai takes an archeological perspective on how the Korean identity has been destroyed, altered, and rewritten. She explores the need for Koreans to reclaim their racial-national identity. She explores Korea's need for identity through the facts and arguments of social migration, ethnic diffusion, parallel evolution, and cultural trade and theft...This is an interesting book, at times quite provocative...[and] loaded with revealing facts...[Pai] has produced a studied research, a solid reference source that could be used in an activist's argument on Korean issues of identity. -- Bill Drucker * Korean Quarterly *This major contribution to both intellectual history and archaeology traces and analyzes the stories fashioned by Japanese colonial scholars and Korean nationalists to account for Korean origins. Theoretically sophisticated, widely read, and armed with a fine sense of irony, [Pai] shows how, despite themselves, Korean nationalists accepted concepts developed by their Japanese predecessors, and how efforts to fashion a common ancestry to serve as the basis for a shared postcolonial national identity continue in both Koreas today...[Pai] goes beyond discussing the evidence or lack of same for various theories, and offers her own eminently cogent interpretation of cultural interaction with China and state formation. -- C. Schirokauer * Choice *

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Book SynopsisThis volume analyzes the representation of gender and desire in elite, male-authored literary texts in China dating from roughly 200 B.C. until 1000 A.D.

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Book SynopsisInvestigating the late 16th through the 19th century, this work looks at the shifting boundaries between the Choson state and the adherents of Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity, and popular religions. It counters the static view of the Korean Confucian state and elucidates its relationship to the wider Confucian community and religious groups.

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