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Book SynopsisThabit ibn Qurra (826–901) was one of history’s most original thinkers and displayed expertise in the most difficult disciplines of this time: geometry, number theory, and astronomy as well as ontology, physics, and metaphysics. Approximately a dozen of this shorter mathematical and philosophical writings are collected in this volume. Critically edited with accompanying commentary, these writings show how Thabit Ibn Qurra developed and reconceived the intellectual inheritance of ancient Greece in all areas of knowledge.

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Book SynopsisManuscripts, Politics and Oriental Studies commemorates the life and works of Johann Gottfried Wetzstein (1815-1905) as a scholar, manuscript collector, and consul in Berlin and Damascus. Beyond research into Wetzstein's own time, special attention is given to the impact his efforts to acquire manuscripts have had until this day. Several contributions also illustrate contemporary developments that give context to his own career as a scholar and diplomat. The particular focus of this volume allows to explore the history of Oriental scholarship not purely through the lens of academic posts and publications but encourages us to discover lifes such as Wetzstein's, without academic stardom yet laying the material foundations of textual work for generations. Contributors are Kaoukab Chebaro; François Déroche; Faustina Doufikar-Aerts; Alba Fedeli; Ludmila Hanisch †; Michaela Hoffmann-Ruf; Ingeborg Huhn; Robert Irwin; Boris Liebrenz; Astrid Meier; Samar El Mikati El Kaissi; Claudia Ott; Holger Preißler †; Christoph Rauch; Helga Rebhan; Anke Scharrahs; Jan Just Witkam.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Notes on Contributors Note on Transliteration and Dates 1 Introduction  Boris Liebrenz and Christoph Rauch Part 1 Berlin 2 Johann Gottfried Wetzstein als Forscher  Holger Preißler † 3 Semitic Studies at the University of Berlin during Wetzstein’s Lifetime  Ludmila Hanisch † 4 Growing Collections and Rising Expectations The Endeavour to Catalogue Manuscripts in Arabic Script at the Royal Library in Berlin  Christoph Rauch Part 2 The Wetzstein Collections 5 The Wetzstein Collection at Tübingen University Library Its History, Content, and Reception in Oriental Studies  Michaela Hoffmann-Ruf 6 The Quranic Collections Acquired by Wetzstein  François Déroche 7 Johann Gottfried Wetzstein’s Manuscripts Containing Arabic Popular Stories  Jan Just Witkam 8 The Consul and the King Wetzstein and Alexander  Faustina Doufikar-Aerts 9 Wetzstein in Wonderland Arabian Epic Manuscripts in the Wetzstein Collections  Claudia Ott 10 Arabic Manuscripts and Books from the Bequest of Wetzstein  Boris Liebrenz and Christoph Rauch Part 3 Collecting Oriental Manuscripts 11 Collecting Islamic Manuscripts at the Munich Court Library in the Nineteenth Century An Acquisition History  Helga Rebhan 12 Manuscript Acquisitions and their Later Movements A Further Note about the Case of the Lewis Quranic Manuscript  Alba Fedeli 13 Manuscript Ownership and Readership at the American University of Beirut at the Turn of the Twentieth Century  Kaoukab Chebaro and Samar El Mikati El Kaissi Part 4 Damascus 14 Looking at Man in the State of Nature Johann Gottfried Wetzstein on the Bedouin of the Syrian Steppe  Astrid Meier 15 From Leipzig to Damascus Wetzstein as a Broker of Arabic Prints in Syria  Boris Liebrenz 16 Ergänzungen zu den hinterlassenen Papieren Johann Gottfried Wetzsteins  Ingeborg Huhn 17 Living in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Damascus Insights into the Urban Residences of Foreigners and Locals  Anke Scharrahs 18 Arabist and Consul in Damascus Sir Richard Burton and the Problematic Nature of His Translation of The Thousand and One Nights  Robert Irwin Index

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Book SynopsisThis is a critical edition of Nikola Vitov Gučetić’s (1549–1610) Commentary on the First Book of Aristotle’s ‘Rhetoric’, with an introductory study and supplementary materials. The purpose of the edition is to provide a clear Latin text for scholars and students of the humanities, especially researchers in Renaissance rhetoric and philosophy. The book will be of particular interest to scholars of the history and culture of Dubrovnik. Gučetić’s Commentary gives a precious glimpse into the transformative character of Aristotle’s Rhetoric in the Renaissance, demonstrating the profound influence this ancient text had not only on leading Humanist scholars and renowned Renaissance philosophers, but also on lesser-known thinkers who depended on the art of persuasion in their political and judicial careers.

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Book SynopsisThis volume explores the production of knowledge of normativity in the age of early modern globalisation by looking at an extraordinarily pragmatic and normative book: Manual de Confessores, by the Spanish canon law professor Martín de Azpilcueta (1492-1586). Intertwining expertise, methods, and questions of legal history and book history, this book follows the actors and analyses the factors involved in the production, circulation, and use of the Manual, both in printed and manuscript forms, in the territories of the early modern Iberian Empires and of the Catholic Church. It convincingly illustrates the different dynamics related to the materiality of this object that contributed to “glocal” knowledge production. Contributors are: Samuel Barbosa, Manuela Bragagnolo, Christiane Birr, Luisa Stella de Oliveira Coutinho Silva, Byron Ellsworth Hamann, Idalia García Aguilar, Pedro Guibovich Pérez, Natalia Maillard Álvarez, César Manrique Figueroa, Stuart M. McManus, Yoshimi Orii, David Rex Galindo, Airton Ribeiro, and Pedro Rueda Ramírez.Table of ContentsPreface: Coordinates of an Experiment List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors 1 Books and the Production of Knowledge of Normativity in the Early Modern Period: The Case of Martín de Azpilcueta’s Manual de Confessores  Manuela Bragagnolo Part 1 Book Production and the Production of Knowledge of Normativity 2 Legal Authorship in the Age of the Printing Press: Manual De Confessores by Martín de Azpilcueta (1492–1586)  Manuela Bragagnolo 3 The Flemish Reeditions of Martín de Azpilcueta’s Works: A Paratextual Study  César Manrique Figueroa 4 Professional Book Trade Networks and Azpilcueta’s Manual in 16th-Century Europe  Natalia Maillard Álvarez 5 Translating Normative Knowledge: Martín de Azpilcueta and Jesuits in Portuguese America (16th Century)  Samuel Barbosa 6 Sed talentum commissum non abscondere: Moral Obligations of an Author  Christiane Birr Part 2 Circulation and Presence of Azpilcueta’s Manual on the Globe 7 Martín de Azpilcueta Navarro in the Andes (16th–17th Centuries)  Pedro Guibovich Perez 8 Azpilcueta in the Atlantic Book Trade of the Early Modern Period (1583–1700)  Pedro Rueda Ramírez 9 The Path of Doctor Navarro in Colonial Mexico: The Circulation of Martín Azpilcueta’s Works  Idalia García Aguilar 10 The Presence of Azpilcueta’s Manual de Confessores in Portuguese America (16th to 18th Centuries)  Airton Ribeiro Part 3 Production, Circulation, and Use of Azpilcueta’s Manual across the Globe 11 Reading Azpilcueta in the Valley of Mexico  Byron Ellsworth Hamann 12 Doctor Navarro in the Americas: The Circulation and Use of Martín de Azpilcueta’s Work in Early-Modern Mexico  David Rex Galindo 13 Martín de Azpilcueta on Trade and Slavery in Jesuit Legal Manuscripts from Iberian Asia  Stuart M. McManus 14 Pietro Alagona’s Compendium Manualis Navarri Published by the Jesuit Mission Press in Early Modern Japan  Yoshimi Orii 15 Making Women Sinners: Guilt and Repentance of Converted Japanese Women in the Application of Alagona’s Compendium Manualis Navarri in Japan (16th Century)  Luisa Stella de Oliveira Coutinho Silva Index

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Book SynopsisProfessor Dr Fuat Sezgin meticulously documented the scientific writings and advances achieved by Muslim scholars. His celebrated Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), the largest bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition in general, and the history of science and technology in the Islamic world in particular, is still of utmost importance for the field.Table of ContentsPreface Transliteration and Abbreviations 1 Introduction  A. The Current State of Research  B. The Beginnings and Emergence of Arabic Mathematics  C. The Development of Arabic Mathematics  D. Overview of Achievements of Arab Mathematicians from the Mid-5th/11th to the Mid-9th/15th Century 2 Sources  A. Greek Sources  B. Indian Sources  C. Middle Persian and Syriac Sources 3 Arab Mathematicians Addenda Appendix: Libraries and Collections of Arabic Manuscripts Bibliography Index of Authors Index of Book Titles Index of Modern Authors, Publishers, Editors

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive survey of the countries of East and South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, along with 22 Pacific islands, fully revised to reflect current economic and political developments, is an essential resource for the Asia-Pacific region.Calendar of Political EventsA calendar of events provides a convenient reference guide to the yearâs main political developmentsGeneral SurveyWritten by leading experts, this collection of essays provides incisive analysis of regional issues.Country SurveysIndividual chapters on each country containing: essays on geography, history and the economy an economic and demographic survey of the latest available statistics on population, health and welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, industry, finance, trade, transport, tourism, communications and education a comprehensive directory of names and contact details covering the most significant political, financial anTable of ContentsPART ONE General SurveyThe USA’s Turn Against China: Determinants, Evolution and OutlookROBERT SUTTERRegional Trade Developments in the Asia-Pacific Region: From the USA-China Trade War to the COVID-19 PandemicMICHAEL G. PLUMMERChina’s Belt and Road InitiativeROBERT E. LOONEYIslam in South-East Asia: Politics in FaithWALID JUMBLATT BIN ABDULLAHThe Korean Peninsula: Conflict and DialogueAIDAN FOSTER-CARTERPART TWO Country SurveysSections on geography, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country. A dedicated section on the Pacific islands, which includes an introductory essay and directory and statistical information for each of the Pacific islands and a locally focused bibliography.AUSTRALIAHistory FRANK BONGIORNOEconomy DOUGLAS HUNT and SHYAMA RATNASIRIAUSTRALIAN DEPENDENCIES IN THE INDIAN OCEANAshmore and Cartier IslandsChristmas IslandCocos (Keeling) IslandsHeard Island and the McDonald IslandsBRUNEIHistory CHRISTOPHER B. ROBERTSEconomy WEE CHIAN KOHCAMBODIAHistory TRUDE JACOBSENEconomy SOPHAL EAR and GAEA MORALESTHE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINAHistory KERRY BROWNEconomy ROBERT F. ASHCHINESE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONSHONG KONGHistory JAMES TANG (based on an earlier article by N. J. MINERS)Economy LOK SANG HOMACAOHistoryEconomyINDONESIAHistory JAMES R. RUSHEconomy ANNE BOOTHJAPANHistory DEAN ASZKIELOWICZEconomy HIROAKI RICHARD WATANABEKOREAHistory up to the Korean War ANDREW C. NAHM (with revisions by JAMES E. HOARE)THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREAHistory AIDAN FOSTER-CARTER (based on an earlier article by ANDREW C. NAHM)Economy ROBERT F. ASHTHE REPUBLIC OF KOREAHistory AIDAN FOSTER-CARTER (based on an earlier article by ANDREW C. NAHM)Economy RANDALL JONESTHE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICHistory VOLKER GRABOWKSYEconomy ROBERT E. LOONEYMALAYSIAHistory JAMES CHIN and ANTHONY MILNEREconomy MICHAEL MEOW-CHUNG YAPMONGOLIAHistory LI NARANGOAEconomy CHARLES KRUSEKOPFMYANMAR (BURMA)History ARDETH THAWNGHMUNGEconomy ROBERT E. LOONEYNEW ZEALANDHistory JEANINE GRAHAMEconomy KENNETH E. JACKSONTHE PACIFIC ISLANDSBackground to the Pacific Islands BRYANT J. ALLENHistory of the Pacific Islands IAN CAMPBELLContemporary Politics of the Pacific Islands STEWART FIRTH and PAUL D’ARCYSecurity in the Pacific Islands STEWART FIRTH and PAUL D’ARCYEconomies of the Pacific Islands RONALD DUNCANEnvironmental Issues of the Pacific Islands ROSS STEELEAUSTRALIAN PACIFIC TERRITORIESCoral Sea Islands TerritoryNorfolk IslandFIJIFRENCH PACIFIC OVERSEAS COLLECTIVITIESFrench PolynesiaThe Wallis and Futuna IslandsOTHER FRENCH PACIFIC OVERSEAS TERRITORYNew CaledoniaKIRIBATITHE MARSHALL ISLANDSTHE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIANAURUNEW ZEALAND PACIFIC TERRITORYTokelauNEW ZEALAND PACIFIC ASSOCIATED STATESThe Cook IslandsNiuePALAUPAPUA NEW GUINEASAMOASOLOMON ISLANDSTONGATUVALUUNITED KINGDOM PACIFIC TERRITORYThe Pitcairn IslandsUS COMMONWEALTH TERRITORY IN THE PACIFICThe Northern Mariana IslandsUS EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE PACIFICAmerican SamoaGuamOTHER US TERRITORIES IN THE PACIFICBaker and Howland IslandsJarvis IslandJohnston AtollKingman ReefMidway IslandPalmyraWake IslandVANUATUTHE PHILIPPINESHistory JOHN T. SIDELEconomy ROBERT E. LOONEYSINGAPOREHistory S. R. JOEY LONGEconomy CHAN KOK HOETAIWANHistory DAFYDD FELLEconomy ROBERT F. ASHTHAILANDHistory NICHOLAS FARRELLYEconomy BHANUPONG NIDHIPRABHATIMOR-LESTE (EAST TIMOR)History MICHAEL LEACHEconomy MATS LUNDAHL and FREDRIK SJÖHOLMVIET NAMHistory JÖRN DOSCHEconomy SUIWAH LEUNGPART THREE Regional InformationREGIONAL ORGANIZATIONSMAJOR COMMODITIES OF ASIA AND THE PACIFICCALENDARS AND TIME RECKONINGRESEARCH INSTITUTES STUDYING THE FAR EAST AND AUSTRALASIASELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS)SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS)INDEX OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONSINDEX OF TERRITORIESLIST OF MAPS

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Book SynopsisFrom Descartes to Spinoza, Western philosophers have attempted to propose an axiomatic systemization of ethics. However, without consensus on the contents and objects of ethics, the system remains incomplete. This four-volume set presents a model that highlights a Chinese philosopher's insights on ethics after a 22 year study. Three essential components of ethics are examined: metaethics, normative ethics, and virtue ethics. This volume is the second part of the discussion on normative ethics. The author analyzes humanity, liberty, justice, happiness, and systems of moral rules. He puts forward 26 value standards that construct a system of measuring state instruction; reveals the relationship between humanity, liberty and justice; puts forward three objective laws of happiness; and discusses the goodness of important moral rules, such as honesty, self-respect and courage. This set is an essential read for students and scholars of ethics and philosophy in general. Table of Contents1. Humanity and Liberty: The Highest Value Standards of State Institutions. 2. Justice, Humanity, and Increasing or Reducing the Quantum of Interests of Everyone—The System of Value Standards of State Institutions. 3. Happiness: The Moral Principle of Self-regarding. 4. System of Moral Rules.

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Book SynopsisWhile the US-Japan alliance has strengthened since the end of the Cold War, Japan has, almost unnoticed, been building security ties with other partners, in the process reducing the centrality of the US in Japan's security. This book explains why this is happening.Japan pursued security isolationism during the Cold War, but the US was the exception. Japan hosted US bases and held joint military exercises even while shunning contacts with other militaries. Japan also made an exception to its weapons export ban to allow exports to the US. Yet, since the end of the Cold War, Japan's security has undergone a quiet transformation, moving away from a singular focus on the US as its sole security partner. Tokyo has begun diversifying its security ties. This book traces and explains this diversification. The country has initiated security dialogues with Asian neighbors, assumed a leadership role in promoting regional multilateral security cooperation, and begun building bilateral secTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Decentering and Recentering in Security Strategy Part I. Non-American Directions in Defense Policy 3. Centered on the fight within: the inward-looking nature of the Japanese debate on constitutional reinterpretation with a diluted US focus 4. Lifting the ban on Defense Industrial Production Cooperation with Non-US Partners Part II. Diversifying Security Partners 5. Japan’s ‘special’ strategic partnership with Australia: ‘Decentering’ underwrites ‘re-centering' 6. Japan’s policy toward India since 2000 and US leadership in East Asia 7. Japan’s security cooperation with the Philippines and Vietnam Part III. Japan’s Focus on Multilateral Security Cooperation 8. From a Decentering and Recentering Imperative: Japan’s Approach to Asian Security Multilateralism 9. Is Japan’s Engagement in Counter-Piracy Missions a Step Towards Decentering of Its Security Policy? 10. Japan’s Cooperation with the EU in the Nexus of Development and Security 11. Evolution of Japan’s Non-US Centric Security Strategy and European Influences on Japan’s Peace-Building Policy Part IV. Reflections on Japan’s Non-American Focused Initiatives 12. The Continued Centrality of the United States to Japan’s Security Doctrine in an Era of Expanding Security Partnerships 13. Non-US Directions in Japan’s Security Strategy: A Chinese View 14. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis book deals with the philosophy of Ibn Sina - Avicenna as he was known in the Latin West- a Persian Muslim who lived in the eleventh century, considered one of the most important figures in the history of philosophy. Although much has been written about Avicenna, and especially about his major philosophical work, Al-Shifa, this book presents the rationalist Avicenna in an entirely new light, showing him to have presented a theory where our claims of knowledge about the world are in effect just that, claims, and must therefore be underwritten by our faith in God. His project enlists arguments in psychology as well as in language and logic. In a sense, the ceiling he puts on the reach of reason can be compared with later rationalists in the Western tradition, from Descartes to Kant though, unlike Descartes, he does not deem it necessary to reconstruct his theory of knowledge via a proof of the existence of God. Indeed, Avicenna's theory preTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Language and Truth 2. Statements and the Logical System 3. Object and Construct 4. Quantifiers, Operators and Conditionals 5. Metaphysics Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data. General SurveyThoroughly revised and updated analytical articles written by experts on the region and covering both continent-wide and sub-regional issues. Country SurveysIndividual chapters on every country incorporating:essays on the physical and social geography, recent history and economies an extensive statistical survey of economic indicators a full directory containing names, addresses and contact details for key areas such as the government, diplomatic representation, the media, finance, trade and industry, and defence a useful bibliography, providing sources for further research. Regional InformationDetailed information on regional organizations; commodities; research institutes; Table of ContentsPART ONE General SurveyEconomic Trends in Africa South of the SaharaDONALD L. SPARKS Beyond Françafrique—The State of Relations Between France and Africa TONY CHAFER A Century of Development: Policy and Process in Sub-Saharan Africa MICHAEL JENNINGSAn Analysis of the Rule of Law in Sub-Saharan AfricaLEIGHANN SPENCER PART TWO Country Surveys Essays on geography, history, and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country:ANGOLARecent History BRAD SAFARIK Economy BRAD SAFARIK BENINRecent History KATHARINE MURISON Economy PAUL MELLY BOTSWANARecent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY BURKINA FASORecent History KATHARINE MURISON Economy PAUL MELLY BURUNDIRecent History DEVON E. A. CURTIS Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE CABO VERDERecent History GERHARD SEIBERT Economy GERHARD SEIBERT CAMEROONRecent History HELEN WARE Economy TICKY MONEKOSSO THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICRecent History JUAN FANDOS-RIUS Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE CHADRecent History MOUDWE DAGA Economy PAUL MELLY THE COMOROSRecent History PAUL MELLY Economy PAUL MELLYMAYOTTETHE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGORecent History ZOE MARRIAGE Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGORecent History KATHARINE MURISON Economy TICKY MONEKOSSO CÔTE D’IVOIRERecent History MARIE GIBERT Economy MARIE GIBERT DJIBOUTIRecent History DAVID STYAN Economy DAVID STYAN EQUATORIAL GUINEARecent History MARISÉ CASTRO Economy MARISÉ CASTRO ERITREARecent History WARKA SOLOMON KAHSAY Economy WARKA SOLOMON KAHSAY ESWATINI (SWAZILAND)Recent History HUGH MACMILLAN Economy DONALD L. SPARKS ETHIOPIARecent History SOLOMON M. GOFIE Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY GABONRecent History RALPH YOUNG Economy RALPH YOUNG THE GAMBIARecent History KATHARINE MURISON Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY GHANARecent History GEORGE M. BOB-MILLIAR Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY GUINEARecent History MARIE GIBERT Economy MARIE GIBERT GUINEA-BISSAURecent History MARIE GIBERT (based on an earlier article by ALEXANDRE ABREU) Economy MARIE GIBERT (based on an earlier article by ALEXANDRE ABREU) KENYARecent History MICHAEL JENNINGS Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE LESOTHORecent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS Economy DONALD L. SPARKS LIBERIARecent History FRED VAN DER KRAAIJ Economy FRED VAN DER KRAAIJ MADAGASCARRecent History JULIAN COOKE (based on an earlier article by MERVYN BROWN) Economy JULIAN COOKE MALAWIRecent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS Economy DONALD L. SPARKS MALIRecent History STEPHEN HARMON Economy PAUL MELLY MAURITANIARecent History GIUSEPPE MAIMONE Economy PAUL MELLY MAURITIUSRecent History KATHARINE MURISON Economy BOOPEN SEETANAH, SHEEREEN FAUZEL and VERENA TANDRAYEN-RAGOOBUR MOZAMBIQUERecent History MARISÉ CASTRO Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY NAMIBIARecent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS Economy DONALD L. SPARKS NIGERRecent History LUCA RAINERI (based on an earlier article by ABDOURAHMANE IDRISSA)Economy ABDOURAHMANE IDRISSA NIGERIARecent History MAX SIOLLUN Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY RÉUNIONRecent History Economy RWANDARecent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION ANDTRISTAN DA CUNHARecent History Economy SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPERecent History GERHARD SEIBERT Economy GERHARD SEIBERT SENEGALRecent History KATHARINE MURISON Economy MARIE GIBERT SEYCHELLESRecent History KATHARINE MURISON Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY SIERRA LEONERecent History LEIGHANN SPENCEREconomy BJÖRN DAHLIN VAN WEES SOMALIARecent History ANNA BRUZZONE Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE SOUTH AFRICARecent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY SOUTH SUDANRecent History DUNCAN WOODSIDEEconomy DUNCAN WOODSIDE SUDANRecent History DUNCAN WOODSIDEEconomy DUNCAN WOODSIDE TANZANIARecent History MICHAEL JENNINGS Economy JÖRG WIEGRATZ TOGORecent History KATHARINE MURISON Economy PAUL MELLY UGANDARecent History MICHAEL JENNINGSEconomy JÖRG WIEGRATZ ZAMBIARecent History SISHUWA SISHUWA Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE ZIMBABWERecent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERSEconomy ALBERT MAKOCHEKANWA PART THREE Regional InformationREGIONAL ORGANIZATIONSMAJOR COMMODITIES OF AFRICACALENDARS RESEARCH INSTITUTES CONCERNED WITH AFRICA SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS) SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS)

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive survey of the countries of East and South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, along with 22 Pacific islands, fully revised to reflect current economic and political developments, is an essential resource for the Asia-Pacific region.Calendar of Political EventsA calendar of events provides a convenient reference guide to the yearâs main political developmentsGeneral SurveyWritten by leading experts, this collection of essays provides incisive analysis of regional issues.Country SurveysIndividual chapters on each country containing: essays on geography, history and the economy an economic and demographic survey of the latest available statistics on population, health and welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, industry, finance, trade, transport, tourism, communications and education a comprehensive directory of names and contact details covering the most significant political, financial anTrade Review"An excellent reference work that no library should be without." – International Affairs"... a superb resource which should be in the reference section of any serious research library." – Pacific Affairs"... the directory on government agencies, trade associations, major companies and much else will assist even the seasoned observer of the Asia Pacific." – Asia Pacific Business Review"The best publication of its type." – Defence and Foreign Affairs"This annual one-volume publication is a masterly piece of work, containing a wealth of information." – Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsPART ONE General SurveyMultilateralism, East Asia and Regional OrderNICK BISLEYAustralia-China Relations: The Larrikin and the Rising GiantYI WANGEconomic Impact of COVID-19 and Recovery in South-East AsiaJAYANT MENONThe USA’s Turn Against China: Biden’s Election and Policy in the Asia-Pacific RegionROBERT SUTTERThe Korean Peninsula: Conflict and DialogueAIDAN FOSTER-CARTERPART TWO Country SurveysSections on geography, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country. A dedicated section on the Pacific islands, which includes an introductory essay and directory and statistical information for each of the Pacific islands and a locally focused bibliography.AUSTRALIAHistory FRANK BONGIORNOEconomy DOUGLAS HUNT and SHYAMA RATNASIRIAUSTRALIAN DEPENDENCIES IN THE INDIAN OCEANAshmore and Cartier IslandsChristmas IslandCocos (Keeling) IslandsHeard Island and the McDonald IslandsBRUNEIHistory STEPHEN C. DRUCEEconomy WEE CHIAN KOHCAMBODIAHistory TRUDE JACOBSEN GIDASZEWSKIEconomy ROBERT E. LOONEYTHE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINAHistory KERRY BROWNEconomy ROBERT F. ASHCHINESE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONSHONG KONGHistory JAMES TANG (based on an earlier article by N. J. MINERS)Economy LOK SANG HOMACAOHistoryEconomyINDONESIAHistory JAMES R. RUSHEconomy ANNE BOOTHJAPANHistory DEAN ASZKIELOWICZEconomy HIROAKI RICHARD WATANABEKOREAHistory up to the Korean War ANDREW C. NAHM (with revisions by JAMES E. HOARE)THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREAHistory AIDAN FOSTER-CARTER (based on an earlier article by ANDREW C. NAHM)Economy ROBERT F. ASHTHE REPUBLIC OF KOREAHistory AIDAN FOSTER-CARTER (based on an earlier article by ANDREW C. NAHM)Economy RANDALL S. JONESTHE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICHistory VOLKER GRABOWKSYEconomy ROBERT E. LOONEYMALAYSIAHistory JAMES CHIN and ANTHONY MILNEREconomy MICHAEL MEOW-CHUNG YAPMONGOLIAHistory LI NARANGOAEconomy CHARLES KRUSEKOPFMYANMAR (BURMA)History ARDETH THAWNGHMUNGEconomy ROBERT E. LOONEYNEW ZEALANDHistory JEANINE GRAHAMEconomy KENNETH E. JACKSONTHE PACIFIC ISLANDSBackground to the Pacific Islands BRYANT J. ALLENHistory of the Pacific Islands IAN CAMPBELLContemporary Politics of the Pacific Islands STEWART FIRTHSecurity in the Pacific Islands STEWART FIRTHEconomies of the Pacific Islands RONALD DUNCANEnvironmental Issues of the Pacific Islands ROSS STEELEAUSTRALIAN PACIFIC TERRITORIESCoral Sea Islands TerritoryNorfolk IslandFIJIFRENCH PACIFIC OVERSEAS COLLECTIVITIESFrench PolynesiaThe Wallis and Futuna IslandsOTHER FRENCH PACIFIC OVERSEAS TERRITORYNew CaledoniaKIRIBATITHE MARSHALL ISLANDSTHE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIANAURUNEW ZEALAND PACIFIC TERRITORYTokelauNEW ZEALAND PACIFIC ASSOCIATED STATESThe Cook IslandsNiuePALAUPAPUA NEW GUINEASAMOASOLOMON ISLANDSTONGATUVALUUNITED KINGDOM PACIFIC TERRITORYThe Pitcairn IslandsUS COMMONWEALTH TERRITORY IN THE PACIFICThe Northern Mariana IslandsUS EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE PACIFICAmerican SamoaGuamOTHER US TERRITORIES IN THE PACIFICBaker and Howland IslandsJarvis IslandJohnston AtollKingman ReefMidway IslandPalmyraWake IslandVANUATUTHE PHILIPPINESHistory JOHN T. SIDELEconomy ROBERT E. LOONEYSINGAPOREHistory S. R. JOEY LONGEconomy CHAN KOK HOETAIWANHistory DAFYDD FELLEconomy ROBERT F. ASHTHAILANDHistory NICHOLAS FARRELLYEconomy BHANUPONG NIDHIPRABHATIMOR-LESTE (EAST TIMOR)History MICHAEL LEACHEconomy ROBERT E. LOONEYVIET NAMHistory JÖRN DOSCHEconomy SUIWAH LEUNGPART THREE Regional InformationREGIONAL ORGANIZATIONSMAJOR COMMODITIES OF ASIA AND THE PACIFICCALENDARS AND TIME RECKONINGRESEARCH INSTITUTES STUDYING THE FAR EAST AND AUSTRALASIASELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS)SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS)INDEX OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONSINDEX OF TERRITORIESLIST OF MAPS

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Book Synopsis This is a new series which publishes for the first time the correspondences of Sir Harry Smith Parkes (1828 1885) the second British Minister of Japan, and includes the complete transcriptions of his private' letters to and from Edmund Hammond, permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who was the decision maker about major issues in the British relation to Asia, and his successors at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chronologically arranged, the series covers all such letters during his 18 years in Japan and with the first volume for Bakumatsu, the end of the Shogunate era. Parkes arrived in Japan in 1865 as the second Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul General of the United Kingdom to Japan and stayed at the position till 1883. He was one of the few who observed Japan during its turbulent period of Westernization, and supported the reformers to establish the new government. His efforts and services, alongside his secretaries sucTable of ContentsPlatesForeword by Mayuko Sano Introduction PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN SIR HARRY PARKES AND EDMUND HAMMOND18 November – 30 December 1865 26 January – 31 December 186616 January – 29 December 1867 5 January – 31 December 1868 Appendix 1: Minutes of a Conference of the 14th Nov. 1865Appendix 2: Establishment of Tariff Duties Index

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Book SynopsisLivelihoods in rural Africa are changing in response to disappearing job prospects, falling agricultural output and collapsing infrastructure. This book explains why the responses to these challenges are so different in different parts of Africa. Making a Living uses case studies from commercial farming regions in Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe and from much poorer areas within eastern and southern Africa.to give a broad comparative study of rural livelihoods. These case studies reveal how household relations, poverty and gender all play a part in the changing political economy of rural Africa.Trade Review'It is a thoughtful and concise book. A sophisticated and comprehensive analysis of rural livelihoods, the household, gender relations and general poverty.' - Journal of Development Studies 'This book can be recommended to serious students of livelihood diversification. It is also useful for Women in Development Studies, as it makes good use of life histories and discusses the impacts on interfamily relationships, undogmatically.' - Progress in Development Studies Table of ContentsPART 1 Changing livelihoods in Eastern and Southern Africa, 1 Making a living: commercial farming, 2 Farming and rural livelihoods in South Africa: a case study, 3 Making a living: migrancy and multiple livelihoods, 4 Rural livelihoods and gender, PART 2 Poverty and livelihoods in Western Kenya, 5 Koguta and Western Kenya, 6 Migration, accumulation and poverty, 7 Poverty and livelihoods, 8 Gender and livelihoods in Koguta, Conclusion

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Book SynopsisWomen and the Irish Diaspora looks at the changing nature of national and cultural belonging both among women who have left Ireland and those who remain. It identifies new ways of thinking about Irish modernity by looking specifically at women''s lives and their experiences of migration and diaspora. Based on original research with Irish women both in Ireland and in England, this book explores how questions of mobility and stasis are recast along gender, class, racial and generational lines. Through analyses of representations of ''the strong Irish mother'', migrant women, ''the global Irish family'' and celebrity culture, Breda Gray further unravels some of the complex relationships between femininity and Irish modernity(ies).Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Migration and Irish women The categories 'women', 'the Irish diaspora' and 'the global' 'The Irish Atlantic' and 'the Irish Sea' Researching women and the Irish diaspora - journeys and encounters 1. 'Women', the Diaspora and Irish Modernity(ies) The Irish game of sexuality in 'controlled' and 'globalised' modernities Emigration and the Irish diaspora in the 1990s Migration, diaspora and the work of nation Mary Robinson and the Irish diaspora The limits of diasporic belonging Conclusion 2. 'Keeping Up Appearances' and the Contested Category 'Irish Women' Irish femininities in the 1990s Feminists, women in paid-work and 'women in the home' Icons of Irish femininity - negotiating contradictory legacies Conclusion 3. 'We Haven't Really Got a Set Country' - Global Mobilities and Irish Traveller Women Irish Traveller mobilities and national belonging Telling 'the difference' - the ideology of domesticity and Traveller women Contested histories and multicultural belonging(s) Inhabiting Irish identity as Traveller women in England Conclusion 4. 'The Bright and the Beautiful Take Off ' Gendered Negotiations of Staying and Going Resistance, choice, agency and staying-put Impermissible narratives of migration and belonging 'Suspect' belongings - migrant relationships to the 'homeland' Conclusion 5. 'Are We Here Or Are We There?' - Migrant Irish Identity in 1990s London Class, generation, 'homeland' and Irish identity in London Irish migrant femininities in London Women's transnational lives - hybrid or divided selves? 'Peg' communities and multicultural London Religion and London-Irish identity Conclusion 6. 'The Irish Are Not "Ethnic" - 'Whiteness', Femininities and Migration Whitely scripts Citizenship and migration in proximity Cultural exclusion and racial inclusion A transnational 'white' Irishness? Conclusion 7. Women, the Diaspora and the 'Global Irish Family' - Feminist Contentions The 'global Irish family' Blurring the migrant/non-migrant dichotomy Conclusion References Appendices Index

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Book SynopsisBehind the spectacle of entertainment, sport is a subject with political issues at every level. These issues range from the social, with divisions created along gender and class lines, to the use of sport to pursue diplomatic and statecraft goals. In addition, some sports are positioned and promoted as national events both in public opinion and in the media.This book seeks to explore some aspects of the notion of power in sport in south Asia and among south Asians abroad. The first two chapters deal with the internal societal dimensions of the politics of sport; the next three relate to the politics inside the sporting world in the subcontinent and its bridge with the broader arena of the society through the media, while the last five relate to the use of sports in statecraft, consensus building and international politics.This book was based on two special issues of the International Journal of the History of Sport.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Fields of Power Subhas Ranjan Chakraborty, Shantanu Chakraborti and Kingshuk Chatterjee 2. Physical Education, Sport and the Intersection and Articulation of ‘Modernities’: The Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal Joseph S. Alter 3. The Hindu Ascetic as Fitness Instructor: Reviving Faith in Yoga Chandrima Chakraborty 4. The Centrality of Cricket in Indo-Australian Relations: India, Australia and the 'Cricket Imaginary' Brian Stoddart 5. Feel Good, Goodwill and India's Friendship Tour of Pakistan, 2004: Cricket, Politics and Diplomacy in Twenty-First-Century India Kausik Bandyopadhyay 6. The Golden Years of Indian Hockey: 'We Climb the Victory Stand' Boria Majumdar 7. 'The Wood Magic': Cricket in India – A Postcolonial Benediction Somshankar Ray 8. The Culture and Politics of Local Sporting Heroes in Late Colonial Bengal and Princely Orissa: The Case of Santimoy Pati Projit B. Mukharji 9. Fair's Unfair: Simulations of Consumption and Career in Indian Advertising Anisha Datta 10. The Great Indian Willow Trick: Cricket, Nationalism and India's TV News Revolution, 1998 – 2005 Nalin Mehta 11. Reading Cricket Fiction in the Times of Hindu Nationalism and Farmer Suicides: Fallacies of Textual Interpretation Nissim Mannathukkaren 12. Virtually There: Cricket, Community, and Commerce on the Internet Sanjay Joshi

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Book SynopsisMultinational Corporations and the Emerging Network Economy in Asia and the Pacific delves into the ongoing rise of a global economy anchored in a web of inter-firm production networks and the role played by multinational corporations in the process. It considers the strategies and business models corporations have adopted lately to face today's highly competitive global markets, especially outsourcing and offshoring, focusing on the modalities observed in Asia Pacific and the Pacific Rim at large. Since their inception, corporations have undergone a series of fundamental changes; each has corresponded to a given era of industrial development and has given rise to a particular type of government policy response. The book addresses these timely issues and other such as the transformation of global production networks into global innovation networks, the link between corporate and national innovation strategies and movement up the global production value chain, and the fragmentTable of ContentsMultinational Corporations and the Economy of Networks: An Overview Juan J. Palacios. Eras of Enterprise Globalisation: From Vertical Integration to Virtualisation and Beyond Sandor Boyson and Chaodong Han Innovation Offshoring: Root Causes of Asia’s Rise and Policy Implications Dieter Ernst Information and Communication Technologies and Inter-Corporate Production Networks: Global Information Technology and Local Guanxi in the Taiwanese Personal Computer Industry Kenneth L. Kraemer, Jason Dedrick, William Foster and Zhang Cheng The Creation of Regional Production Networks in Asia Pacific: The Case of Japanese Multinational Corporations Shujiro Urata The Internationalisation of Firm Activities and its Economic Impacts: The Case of South Korea Sanghoon Ahn, Siwook Lee and Cheonsik Woo The Rise of Mexican Multinationals: Driving Forces and Limiting Factors Víctor López Villafañe and Clemente Ruiz Durán Emerging Transnational Corporations from East Asia: The Case of Mainland China Edward K.Y. Chen and Ping LinMultinational Production Networks and the New Geo-Economic Division of Labour in Pacific Rim Countries Prema-chandra Athukorala Multinational Corporations and Pacific Regionalism Philippa Dee Governing Multinational Corporations in the Pacific Robert Scollay Corporate Social Responsibility and Capital Accumulation Djisman Simanjuntak

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Book SynopsisThe concept of the Jews as a chosen people is a key element of the Jewish faith and identity. This book explores the idea of chosenness from the ancient world, through modernity and into the Post-Holocaust era.Analysing a vast corpus of biblical, ancient, rabbinic and modern Jewish literature, the author seeks to give a better understanding of this central doctrine of the Jewish religion. She shows that although the idea of chosenness has been central to Judaism and Jewish self-definition, it has not been carried to the present day in the same form. Instead it has gone through constant change, depending on who is employing it, against what sort of background, and for what purpose. Surveying the different and sometimes conflicting interpretations of the doctrine of chosenness that appear in Ancient, Modern, and Post-Holocaust periods, the dominant themes of Holiness', Mission', and Survival' are identified in each respective period. The theological, philosophical, and sTrade Review"The concept of the Jews as a chosen people is a key element of the Jewish faith and identity. This book explores the idea of chosenness from the ancient world, through modernity and into the Post-Holocaust era. Analyzing a vast corpus of biblical, ancient, rabbinic, and modern Jewish literature, the author seeks to give a better understanding of this central doctrine of the Jewish religion. She shows that although the idea of chosenness has been central to Judaism and Jewish self-definition, it has not been carried to the present day in the same form. Instead it has gone through constant change, depending on who is employing it, against what sort of background, and for what purpose."-- Joseph Haberer, The Spring 2010 issue of ShofarTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1. Chosenness as ‘Holiness’ 1. The Biblical Language of Chosenness 2. Ancient Jewish Literature 3. Rabbinic Literature Part 2. Chosenness as ‘Mission’ 4. Universalistic Jewish Philosophies: Spinoza and Mendelssohn 5. Jewish Emancipation and Modern Jewish Movements in Germany 6. Modern Jewish Congregations in America 7. Zionist Understanding Part 3. Chosenness as ‘Survival’ 8. Discourse of ‘Holocaust and Redemption’ 9. The American Experience 10. The Israeli Experience. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe startling growth of Chinaâs economic and military power, as well as its cultural influence, is having a huge impact on the rest of the world. The key region to observe this impact is, of course, Asia and the past decade has witnessed significant and multi-faceted changes in Chinaâs policy toward its Asian neighbours and in the relations between them. The strategic dimension of Chinaâs approaches to Asian international relations is increasingly a focal point in the scholarly community and policy-making circles. However, views on the strategic impact of Chinaâs rise on Asiaâs political and security future are polarized, with some believing that Chinaâs regional policy is an intentional attempt to challenge the US supremacy in Asia, or who are simply suspicious of Chinaâs long-term regional ambitions.Volume I of this new Routledge Major Work collection examines Chinaâs long-term strategy in Asia, and Volume II looks at China and non-traditional security in Asia. Volume III focuses on China and Asian regionalism, while Volume IV assembles the best scholarship on the response of Asian states to the rise of China and how Chinaâs rise and its increasing influence in the region have changed the foreign and security policy of those regional states and their domestic political economies.Chinaâs International Relations in Asia is fully indexed and includes a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the phenomenon of Independence Days. These rituals had complex meanings both in the territories concerned and in Britain as the imperial metropole, where they were extensively reported in the press. The text is concerned with the political management, associated rhetoric and iconography of these seminal celebrations. The focus is therefore very much on political culture in a broad sense, and changing perceptions and presentations over time. Highlights of the book include an overview by David Cannadine relating the topic to ornamentalism, invented tradition and transitions in British culture. Although the book is mainly concerned with the British Empire, Martin Shipway â a leading historian and cultural analyst of French decolonization â contributes an acute summary of how the same âmomentâ was handled differently in the other great European empires. There are detailed and lively studies by noted specialists of the immediate coming of Independence to India/PakistanTable of Contents1. Preface Susan Williams, Robert Holland and Terry A. Barringer 2. Introduction: Independence Day Ceremonials in Historical Perspective David Cannadine 3. Independence Day and the Crown Philip Murphy 4. ‘‘At the Stroke of the Midnight Hour’’: Lord Mountbatten and the British Media at Indian Independence Chandrika Kaul 5. The Ending of an Empire: From Imagined Communities to Nation States in India and Pakistan Yasmin Khan 6. Casting ‘‘the Kingdome into another mold’’: Ghana’s Troubled Transition to Independence Richard Rathbone 7. Whose Freedom at Midnight? Machinations towards Guyana’s Independence, May 1966 Clem Seecharan 8. Freedom at Midnight: A Microcosm of Zimbabwe’s Hopes and Dreams at Independence, April 1980 Sue Onslow 9. ‘Transfer of Destinies’, or Business as Usual? Republican Invented Tradition and the Problem of ‘Independence’ at the End of the French Empire Martin Shipway 10. Merdeka! Looking Back at Independence Day in Malaya, 31 August 1957 A.J. Stockwell

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