Asia category: 8064 books
Governance and Civil Society in Myanmar
Education, Health and Environment
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2005
Most international attention on Myanmar has focused on the political situation, where the military, in power since 1962, continues to refuse to acknowledge the results of democratic elections, and on related human rights issues. This book, by focusing on education, health and environment, and on the...
Tan Lark Sye
Advocator and Founder of Nanyang University
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
This book is a record of Mr Tan Lark Sye's remarkable contribution to the founding of Nanyang University.
Hailing from Jimei, Fujian Province of China, Mr Tan Lark Sye (1897 – 1972) was a leading rubber industrialist in Southeast Asia. Being a social activist, he believed in the value of...
ASEAN's Diplomatic and Security Culture
Origins, Development and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Member states of ASEAN - the Association of South-East Asian Nations - have developed a distinctive approach to political and security co-operation, which builds on the principles of sovereign equality, non-intervention and non-interference, quiet diplomacy, mutual respect, and the principle of not...
Traders in Motion
Identities and Contestations in the Vietnamese Marketplace
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
With essays covering diverse topics, from seafood trade across the Vietnam-China border, to street traders in Hanoi, to gold shops in Ho Chi Minh City, Traders in Motion spans the fields of economic and political anthropology, geography, and sociology to illuminate how Vietnam's rapidly expanding...
by Ian Copland, Ian Mabbett, Asim Roy
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Offering the first long-duration analysis of the relationship between the state and religion in South Asia, this book looks at the nature and origins of Indian secularism. It interrogates the proposition that communalism in India is wholly a product of colonial policy and modernisation, questions...
by Kunal Chakrabarti, Shubhra Chakrabarti
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
The Bengali (Bangla) speaking people are located in the northeastern part of South Asia, particularly in Bangladesh and two states of India – West Bengal and Tripura. There are almost 246 million Bengalis at present, which makes them the fifth largest speech community in the world. Despite political...
Tibetan Renaissance
Tantric Buddhism in the Rebirth of Tibetan Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2005
How did a society on the edge of collapse and dominated by wandering bands of armed men give way to a vibrant Buddhist culture, led by yogins and scholars? Ronald M. Davidson explores how the translation and spread of esoteric Buddhist texts dramatically shaped Tibetan society and led to its rise...
by Jonathan Lee
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
1 of the best writings in this field! Afghanistan is a Central Asia country with an estimated population of some thirty million people. Over fifty languages are spoken in the country, which reflects the diverse cultural backgrounds of this nation’s people and history. As a result of invasion and...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Korea and Japan must work together to open a new era for true peace and prosperity in East Asia. It is our reality, however, that the memory of the invasion, Japan’s forced annexation of Korea in 1910 and the scars of exploitation are still important obstacles to new relations between the two countries....
Victory in Vietnam
The Official History of the People's Army of Vietnam, 1954-1975
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2002
What was for the United States a struggle against creeping Communism in Southeast Asia was for the people of North Vietnam a "great patriotic war" that saw its eventual victory against a military Goliath. The story of that conflict as seen through the eyes—and the ideology—of the North...
Perilous Missions
Civil Air Transport and CIA Covert Operations in Asia
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Civil Air Transport (CAT), founded in China after World War II by Claire Chennault and Whiting Willauer, was initially a commercial carrier specializing in air freight. Its role quickly changed as CAT became first a paramilitary adjunct of the Nationalist Chinese Air Force, then the CIA's secret "air...
Virginity Tests & Stray Marriages
Rumours and Realities of Marriage Practices in Contemporary Samin Society
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
From the mid – 19th century the Samin people have made a contribution to resistance to Dutch colonial rule in rural Java by their non-violence movement and passive resistance (lijdelijk verset). History also notes that they have a unique culture and system of values which reflect their own local...
Mediating Islam
Cosmopolitan Journalisms in Muslim Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Arguing that our definition of Islamic journalism is too narrow, this study examines day-to-day journalism as practiced by Muslim professionals at five exemplary news organizations in Malaysia and Indonesia.
At Sabili, established as an underground publication, journalists are hired for their...
The Imaginary Institution of India
Politics and Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
For decades Sudipta Kaviraj has worked with and improved upon Marxist and subaltern studies, capturing India's social and political life through its diverse history and culture. While this technique has been widely celebrated in his home country, Kaviraj's essays have remained largely scattered abroad....