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University of Hawaii Press Cult Culture and Authority
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University of Hawaii Press HaloHalo Ecologies
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University of Hawaii Press Ethics of Belonging
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University of Hawaii Press Memories of Unbelonging
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University of Hawaii Press The Buddhist Self
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University of Hawaii Press Dodging and Confronting Stigma
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University of Hawaii Press A Forest of Dreams
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John Wiley & Sons The Nature of Kingship
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University of Hawaii Press Global Asias
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Seagull Books Destruction and Sorrow beneath the Heavens Reportage
Book SynopsisA memoir of the author's travels in China.Trade Review"The narrator travels through modern 'global', yet somehow still Maoist, China, trying to reach the past, trying to see what remains of the Middle Kingdom's ancient cultural riches, and trying to reach the city of Jiuhuashan (always asking: 'This still isn't Jiuhuashan, is it?'). But the last thing Krasznahorkai is ever going to offer us is false hope or neat resolutions."--Epler, Barbara "TANK Magazine "
£18.04
Seagull Books London Ltd The Parlour and the Street Elite and Popular
Book SynopsisExamines the urban poor of nineteenth-century Calcutta.
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Seagull Books London Ltd Singers Die Twice
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsI. Monday, 29 July to Tuesday, 30 July 2001A Garland of SoundII. Wednesday, 31 July 2002The RainmakersIII. Thursday, 1 August 2002Hither I Carry My Heart Once MoreIV. Thursday, 1 August 2002The Emperor of DhrupadV. Friday, 2 August 2002Flight through DarknessVI. Saturday, 3 August 2002Do These Clowns Have Anything to Do with You?VII. Sunday, 4 August 2002The Mallik Family TreeGlossarySelect Discography
£12.99
Seagull Books London Ltd Indian Cultures as Heritage
Book SynopsisOne of India’s preeminent historians examines the role of history in contemporary society.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Defining Cultures 1. Cultures as Heritage 2. Heritage: The Contemporary Past 3. Time Before Time 4. Science as Culture 5. Women Decoding Cultures 6. The Culture of Discrimination 7. Knowledge as Heritage Epilogue Acknowledgements References and Further Reading Index
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John Libbey & Co Power Misses II
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MB - Cornell University Press Wives Slaves and Concubines
Book SynopsisWives, Slaves, and Concubines argues that Dutch colonial practices and law created a new set of social and economic divisions in Batavia-Jakarta, modern-day Indonesia, to deal with difficult realities in Southeast Asia. Jones uses compelling stories from ordinary Asian women to explore the profound structural changes occurring at the end of the early colonial periodchanges that helped birth the modern world order. Based on previously untapped criminal proceedings and testimonies by women who appeared before the Dutch East India Company''s Court of Alderman, this fascinating study details the ways in which demographic and economic realities transformed the social and legal landscape of eighteenth-century Batavia-Jakarta. Southeast Asian women played an inordinately important role in the functioning of the early modern Asia Trade and in the short- and long-term operations of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Southeast Asia was a place where most individuals operated within anTrade ReviewA lively, readable work. Recommended for its originality, its use of primary sources that are not easily accessible, its contribution to the study of women in South East Asia, and because it closed a gap in the literature on Indonesian and Dutch colonial history. -- Carol G.S. Tan, School of Law, SOAS, University of LondonWonderfully written... makes it points clearly and with a minimal use of verbiage. A truly solid piece of research that will make a genuine contribution to the field. -- Paul Rodell, Georgia Southern UniversityTable of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1: Gender, Bondage, and the Law in Early Dutch Asia 2: Asia Trade and Limits of the Possible 3: Courts and Courtship: Legal Practice in Dutch Asia 4: Batavia and Its Runaway Slavinnen 5: Gender, Abuse, and the Modern World System: Female Violence in Eighteenth-century Jakarta Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£33.25
MB - Cornell University Press Toward the Rising Sun
Book SynopsisWhat drove Russia to its disastrous war with Japan in 1904? This book attempts to find the answer in Russia's erratic and confused diplomacy. It explains how the key to understanding tsarist involvement in East Asia lies in the ideologies of the Russians who competed to impose their visions of imperial destiny on the East.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction Part One: Ideologies of Empire 1. The Grant Tour: Nicholas II 2. Conquistador Imperialism: Nikolai Przhevalskii 3. The Asianist Vision: Esper Ukhtomskii 4. P\u00e9n\u00e9tration Pacifique: Sergei Witte 5. The Yellow Peril: Aleksei Kuropatkin Part Two: The Path to War Prologue: Admiral Togo's Raid 6. The Turn to the East 7. Intervention 8. Asian Alliance 9. Kaiser Wilhelm and Port Arthur 10. Righteous and Harmonious Fists 11. Manchurian Quicksand 12. The Last Lap Conclusion: Thinking about the Far East Appendix: Chronology Notes Sources Index
£19.19
Cornell University Press Burmese Myanmar
Book SynopsisThe first volume in a four-part language course, this textbook enables students to start speaking and understanding the Burmese spoken language.
£37.60
Cornell University Press Burmese Myanmar
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Cornell University Press The Open Door
Book SynopsisThe Wajorese people were one of many groups that spread across Indonesian during the early modern era. In the wake of the Makassar War (16661669), the Dutch took control of Makassar on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and used it to consolidate their power in the region. Because the Wajorese had sided with the war''s losers, they were treated very harshly and many opted to emigrate. They scattered far and wide across the Southeast Asian archipelago, settling in eastern Kalimantan, western Sumatra, the Straits of Malacca, and the Sulawesian port city of Makassar. Wellen reconstructs the fascinating and little-told story of the Wajorese diaspora. Wajorese migrants exhibited remarkable versatility in adapting to local conditions in the areas where they settled. They perpetuated their own culture overseas while simultaneously using various assimilation strategies such as intermarriage to thrive in their adopted homelands. Relations between Wajorese migrants and their homelTrade ReviewKathryn Wellen's book is an important contribution to the study of early Indonesian history, and is likely to catch the interest even of people not specialized in the field.... It is based on a variety of sources and shows how history can be enriched by anthropological perspectives. * HumaNetten *
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Cornell University Press Colbert Mercantilism and the French Quest for
Book SynopsisThis examination of French trade with Asia analyzes France''s attempt to establish a mercantile empire in the East by breaking into the lucrative market of the Indian Ocean. Between 1664 and 1674, France advanced a vigorous strategy of commerce and colonization. It founded the powerful East India Company and constructed a large royal fleet as the principal instrument for entrenching French power in Asia. Drawing on archival sources, Ames offers a new interpretation of France''s mercantilism in the context of the rise of the world market economy of the early modern period. This study sheds new light on the reign of Louis XIV, the mercantilist theories of Colbert, the origins of the Dutch War, and the Asian trading empires of the French, Dutch, English, and Portuguese during the late seventeenth century.Trade Review"This is a well-researched, interesting narrative of Jean Baptiste Colbert's bid to create a Compagnie des Indies Orientales capable of competing with the Dutch Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie (VOC) in the East Indies trade."—French History
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Cornell University Press Feasting and Social Oscillation
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Cornell University Press The Rise and Fall of the Communist Party of Burma
Book SynopsisA well-documented and extremely engaging account of the Burmese Communist Party that details the development of the Party and the events and forces that led to the 1989 Mutiny and subsequent fall of the CPB. This study explores the ethnic tensions...Trade ReviewOne today finds few scholars better equipped or more determined to paint an accurate picture of modern Burma than Bertil Lintner. * Journal of Southeast Asian Studies *
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Cornell University Press The Revolution Falters
Book SynopsisA detailed investigation of the contemporary Philippine Left, focusing on the political challenges and dilemmas that confronted activists following the disintegration of the Marcos regime and the reestablishment of electoral democracy under Corazon...Trade ReviewThe collection is well-researched... and displays sympathy toward those who want change in Philippine society without losing its scholarly balance. * Journal of Southeast Asian Studies *The diversity of authorship insures that the question is studied from diverse perspectives. There is not a weak chapter in the book. * Choice *This is an important book....The book's footnotes are a gold mine for further research. Abinales and his co-authors are to be congratulated. * Pacific Affairs *
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Cornell University Press Culture and Power in Traditional Siamese
Book SynopsisA broad reevaluation of Siam's political culture as it existed prior to King Chulalongkorn's administrative reforms in the nineteenth century. Englehart offers evidence to show that traditional Siamese government functioned more effectively and...Trade ReviewThis book introduces a very important and largely neglected aspect of Thai studies. * Pacific Affairs *
£17.99
Cornell University Press Possessed by the Spirits
Book SynopsisThe essays in this volume examine the resurgence of the Mother Goddess religion among contemporary Vietnamese following the economic "Renovation" period in Vietnam. Anthropologists explore the forces that compel individuals to become mediums and the social repercussions of their decisions and...
£20.89
Cornell University Press Reading Southeast Asia
Book SynopsisIn this collection, Japanese scholars examine the literature of and about Southeast Asia and its relationship to culture, history, and...Trade ReviewDiscloses an appealing and unknown angle of Southeast Asian studies to non-Japanese readers.... A most engaging contribution to the field. * Pacific Affairs *
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Cornell University Press The Japanese in Colonial Southeast Asia
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays by Japanese scholars deals with the role played by the Japanese in colonial Southeast Asia, particularly the economic impact of Japan on these nations before and after World War II. The introductory essay provides an overview...Trade ReviewOne can only welcome the idea of making available in a professionally done English translation these important scholarly articles originally published in Japanese. * Journal of Asian Studies *
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Cornell University Press The Symbolism of the Stupa
Book SynopsisA close analysis of the architecture of the stupa—a Buddhist symbolic form that is found throughout South, Southeast, and East Asia. The author, who trained as an architect, examines both the physical and metaphysical levels of these buildings, which...Trade ReviewThis volume is without a doubt the most complete presentation of this infinitely complex phenomenon. * Journal of Asian Studies *
£25.64
Cornell University Press A Malay Frontier
Book SynopsisThe way in which Malays construe ideas about authority and government is the subject of this book. Focusing upon an often-ignored section of the Malay archipelago, Barus, a small kingdom on the coast of northwest Sumatra, the author compares readings...Trade ReviewIt opens new vistas for study of historical texts in the Malay world. * Pacific Affairs *
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Cornell University Press Fields from the Sea
Book SynopsisMethodical and inquisitive, Cushman explores Chinese junk trade with Siam over two centuries. In the course of her analysis, the author illuminates significant aspects of China's economic development, the implementation of commercial policies by the...Trade ReviewA major contribution to our understanding of the relationship between China and Southeast Asia and its place in Asia's economic development during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. * Journal of Asian Studies *
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Cornell University Press Sjahrir
Book SynopsisA comprehensive biography of the Indonesian nationalist leader and Prime Minister of the Indonesian Republic, Sutan Sjahrir. This work is both a study of an individual and the social conditions that shaped him. The author has conducted extensive...Trade ReviewThis is a book which those concerned with Indonesia in the twentieth century should have on their shelves, and read. * Journal of Asian Studies *More than a biography, Sjahrir also chronicles the times with verve and insight. * Far Eastern Economic Review *
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Cornell University Press Modern Dreams An Inquiry into Power Cultural
Book SynopsisA fascinating ethnographic study of the cultural politics of urban redevelopment in Kampung Serani, one Penang community, in the 1990s. Through interviews, newspaper reports, and other records, Goh considers changing notions of culture, ethnic...Trade ReviewA major contribution to the understanding of Malaysian modernity. The theories and themes discussed... would be of interest to a range of scholars from the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, politics, and human geography. * Journal of Southeast Asian Studies *Goh provides a refreshingly analytical and nuanced account of the interplay especially between competing influences of ethnicity, religion, class, and politics that have shaped modern Malaysia. * Crossroads *This excellent piece of research work... fills a significant gap in knowledge about the evolution and transformation of the cityscapes in modern cities of Malaysia. * Bijdragen *
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Cornell University Press Golddiggers Farmers and Traders in the Chinese
Book SynopsisThis study examines the changing role of the Chinese community of West Kalimantan, particularly its economic and social relationships. Heidhues explores the history of the community from the early nineteenth century establishment of the kongsis to the...Trade ReviewThis study will be invaluable for those interested in the history of Chinese Indonesians and their multilayered interactions with other socio-political players in both the national and transnational frameworks. This book is meticulously documented, relying on Dutch and Indonesian archival materials, accounts by Western visitors, some Chinese secondary sources and interviews. * Journal of Southeast Asian Studies *Dr. Heidhues's splendid book, intended as a contribution to the social and economic history of West Kalimantan since the mid-eighteenth century, is the culmination of a lifetime's work on the province.... It is not a volume which will be left to gather dust, but one to which readers will wish to return time and again. * Borneo Research Bulletin *Somers Heidhues combines thorough investigation with good historical narrative. Archival materials, pre-war writings, and an exhaustive reading of secondary literature make this book a comprehensive review of the history of the Chinese in this province.... She draws an excellent picture of the West Kalimanatan Chinese, who have strong local roots and often see themselves not only as Indonesian, but Chinese as well. * Itinerario *This excellent history of the Chinese of West Kalimantan is a welcome addition to the literature.... It is a readable and scholarly volume, grounded in long and careful research in the Dutch archives, as well as published materials in Dutch and Indonesian, and informed by repeated visits to West Kalimantan over a period of almost four decades. * Pacific Affairs *
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Cornell University Press Southeast Asia over Three Generations
Book SynopsisIn honor of Benedict Anderson's many years as a teacher and his profound contributions to the field of Southeast Asian studies, the editors have collected essays from a number of the many scholars who studied with him. These articles deal with the...
£26.59
Cornell University Press Sumatran Sultanate and Colonial State
Book SynopsisThe first English translation of Professor Locher-Scholten's 1994 Dutch text, a study of the reaction to Dutch colonial expansion by the Sumatran sultanate of Jambi. The Dutch text has been called "an excellent teaching tool for work on the...Trade ReviewThe value of this work....lies in the richly detailed historical case against which to assess competing theoretical views.... This meticulously documented history of the Jambi-Batavia relationship opens a window on a critical period of time when the policy in the Hague and in Batavia changed from 'abstention' toward one aimed at the control of territory and people.... Locher-Scholten's meticulous scholarship has been expertly translated into English by Beverley Jackson. It will help ground future discussions about Dutch colonialism during this critical period when the modern colonial state was forming. * Itinerario *
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Cornell University Press The Indonesian Supreme Court
Book SynopsisSince the fall of Indonesian president Suharto, a major focus of the country's reformers has been the corrupt and inefficient judicial system. Within the context of a history of the Supreme Court in post-independence Indonesia, Sebastiaan Pompe...
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Cornell University Press Friends and Exiles
Book SynopsisDes Alwi tells of his childhood on the eastern Indonesian island of Banda, where he was befriended and adopted by the two nationalist leaders, Mohammad Hatta and Sutan Sjahrir, exiled there by the Dutch colonial regime. He describes his experiences on...
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Cornell University Press Conflict Violence and Displacement in Indonesia
Book SynopsisThis volume foregrounds the dynamics of displacement and the experiences of internal refugees uprooted by conflict and violence in Indonesia. Contributors examine internal displacement in the context of militarized conflict and violence in East...
£22.79
Cornell University Press A Man Like Him
Book SynopsisThe story of eight years in the brief life of Journal Kyaw U Chit Maung, a courageous Burmese journalist and editor. His political analyses helped guide the nation during a turbulent era marked by internal struggles to establish a democracy independent of Britain in the late 1930s and the Japanese Occupation of the 1940s. The memoir is written...
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Cornell University Press Phan Chau Trinh and His Political Writings
Book SynopsisPhan Chau Trinh (1872-1926) was the earliest proponent of democracy and popular rights in Vietnam. Throughout his life, he favored a moderate approach to political change and advised the country's leaders to seek gradual progress for Vietnam within the French colonial system. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he did not favor anti-French...
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Cornell University Press Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art
Book SynopsisThis anthology explores artistic practices and works from a diverse and vibrant region.Trade ReviewThe anthology edited by Nora Taylor and Boreth Ly emerges at a time when Southeast Asian contemporary art is gaining increasing visibility on the global art stage.... This volume serves as a reflective and critical body of essays that illuminates ways in which these developments may be questioned and understood. * Journal of Asian Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Who Speaks for Southeast Asian Art? by Nora A. Taylor1. The Southeast Asian Modem: Three Artists by John Clark2. Vietnamese Modem Art: An Unfinished Journey by Boitran Huynh-Beattie3. The Cultural Politics of Modem and Contemporary Islamic Art in Southeast Asia by Kenneth M. George4. Thai Artists, Resisting the Age of Spectacle by Sandra Cate5. Many Returns: Contemporary Vietnamese Diasporic Artists-Organizers in Ho Chi Minh City By Viet Le6. Of Trans(national) Subjects and Translation: The Art and Body Language of Sopheap Pich by Boreth Ly7. Titik Pertama, Titik Utama—First Dot, Main Dot: Creating and Connecting in Modern/Indigenous Javanese/Global Batik Art by Astri Wright8. Turns in Tropics: Artist-Curator by Patrick D. Flares9. The Assumption of Love: Friendship and the Search for Discursive Density by Lee Weng Choy10. Uncommon Sense: "Empty the Visual from Eyes of Flesh" by Flaudette May V. Datuin11. Mnemotechnical Politics: Rithy Panh's Cinematic Archive and the Return of Cambodia's Past by Ashley Thompson12. Interview with Jay Koh and Chu Yuan by Grant KesterContributors
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Cornell University Press Demographic Change in Southeast Asia
Book SynopsisThis volume chronicles the extensive demographic transformations in Southeast Asia documenting how public health and other policy interventions contributed to rapid population growth and how new patterns of settlement and migration ensued.Trade ReviewThe strength of this book is that it contains a vast amount of useful information regarding the long-term demographic developments in the 11 Southeast Asian countries.... This book is interesting and full of valuable information.... a highly recommended reading. * Institute of Developing Economies *
£18.69
Cornell University Press The Spirit of Things
Book SynopsisWhat role do objects play in crafting the religions of Southeast Asia and shaping the experiences of believers? The Spirit of Things explores religious materiality in a region marked by shifting boundaries, multiple beliefs, and trends toward religious exclusivism. While most studies of religion in Southeast Asia focus on doctrines or governmental policy, contributors to this volume recognize that religious thingsstatues, talismans, garments, even sacred automobilesare crucial to worship, and that they have a broad impact on social cohesion. By engaging with religion in its tangible forms, faith communities reiterate their essential narratives, allegiances, and boundaries, and negotiate their coexistence with competing belief systems. These ethnographic and historical studies of Southeast Asia furnish us with intriguing perspectives on wider debates concerning the challenges of secularization, pluralism, and interfaith interactions around the world.In this volume, contTrade Review"By focusing on the material dimensions of religious life, this stimulating volume sheds new light on some important sources of both creativity and conflict in Southeast Asia. Through a fascinating range of cases, the authors demonstrate the power of things to provoke, facilitate, and constrain people's religious projects. This book is the fruitful outcome of strong local knowledge brought to bear on questions of wide interest across this complex region."—Webb Keane, University of Michigan, author of Signs of Recognition: Powers and Hazards of Representation in an Indonesian Society and Christian Moderns: Freedom and Fetish in the Mission Encounter
£26.59
MB - Cornell University Press The Politics of TimorLeste
Book SynopsisThe Politics of Timor-Leste explores the critical issues facing the Asia-Pacific''s youngest nation as it seeks to consolidate a democracy following years of international intervention. The authors study the challenges that have burdened the state since it broke from Indonesia amid the violence of 1999 and formally achieved full independence in 2002. They assess the notable accomplishments of Timor-Leste''s leaders and citizens, and consider the country''s future prospects as international organizations prepare to depart. A close study of Timor-Leste sheds light on ambitious state-building projects that have been initiated, with varying success, across the globe.Contributors to this volume map the nation''s recent political evolution through studies of its constitutional debates, political parties, and foreign policy responses to powerful neighbors. They address the social and economic conditions that complicate Timor-Leste''s political development, such as gender discTrade Review"The Politics of Timor-Leste is an essential reference point for anyone concerned with the most important political issues to be addressed by the country in the coming years. Its authors provide a comprehensive overview of political parties, and the electoral and judicial systems, and describe the main aspects of development strategies implemented since independence. Insightful analyses are presented of key areas, such as the politics of gender, informal security groups and social movements, and strategies for decentralization. Bringing these topics together in one volume provides a highly useful guide for assessing the possibilities for the continuation and development of democratic processes within Timor-Leste."—John G. Taylor, Professor of Politics, London South Bank University, author of East Timor: The Price of Freedom
£999.99
Cornell University Press Conflict Violence and Displacement in Indonesia
Book SynopsisThis volume foregrounds the dynamics of displacement and the experiences of internal refugees uprooted by conflict and violence in Indonesia. Contributors examine internal displacement in the context of militarized conflict and violence in East...
£97.20
Cornell University Press Phan Chau Trinh and His Political Writings
Book SynopsisPhan Chau Trinh (1872-1926) was the earliest proponent of democracy and popular rights in Vietnam. Throughout his life, he favored a moderate approach to political change and advised the country's leaders to seek gradual progress for Vietnam within the French colonial system. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he did not favor anti-French...
£97.20
Cornell University Press Vietnam and the West
Book SynopsisThis sound interpretation of Vietnamese cultural attitudes contends that a major reason for American difficulties in Viet-Nam has been the failure to appreciate how wide the gulf is between Viet-Nam and the West. Professor Smith first describes Vietnamese political and social traditions and shows how they were challenged by the West after 1858. He examines Viet-Nam''s search for independence and modernization in the first half of this century, contrasts the two governments of the partitioned country during the years 1954-1963, and stresses the critical need to reassess attitudes toward Viet-Nam. His sophisticated, ambitious survey of Viet-Nam history will have a lasting value that sets it apart from the scores of ephemeral books on this country.Trade ReviewVietnam and the West is a smart, ambitious... collection.... [that] manages to unearth nuanced historical nuggets complicating the internal/external binaries and domestic/foreign relationship perceptions of nearly all previous Vietnamese historical scholarship. * South East Asian Research *
£97.20
Cornell University Press Demographic Change in Southeast Asia
Book SynopsisThis volume chronicles the extensive demographic transformations in Southeast Asia documenting how public health and other policy interventions contributed to rapid population growth and how new patterns of settlement and migration ensued.Trade ReviewThe strength of this book is that it contains a vast amount of useful information regarding the long-term demographic developments in the 11 Southeast Asian countries.... This book is interesting and full of valuable information.... a highly recommended reading. * Institute of Developing Economies *
£81.00
