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Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
South Asian History has enjoyed a remarkable renaissance over the past thirty years. Its historians are not only producing new ways of thinking about the imperial impact and legacy on South Asia, but also helping to reshape the study of imperial history in general. The essays in this collection address...
Buddhism and Violence
Militarism and Buddhism in Modern Asia
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
It is generally accepted in the West that Buddhism is a ‘peaceful’ religion. The Western public tends to assume that the doctrinal rejection of violence in Buddhism would make Buddhist pacifists, and often expects Buddhist societies or individual Asian Buddhists to conform to the modern Western...
A Brief History of the Martial Arts
East Asian Fighting Styles, from Kung Fu to Ninjutsu
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2016
Folk tales of the Shaolin Temple depict warrior monks with superhuman abilities. Today, dozens of East Asian fighting styles trace their roots back to the Buddhist brawlers of Shaolin, although any quest for the true story soon wanders into a labyrinth of forgeries, secret texts and modern retellings.
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by Joel Fetzer, J Christopher Soper
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Responding to the “Asian values” debate over the compatibility of Confucianism and liberal democracy, Confucianism, Democratization, and Human Rights in Taiwan, by Joel S. Fetzer and J. Christopher Soper, offers a rigorous, systematic investigation of the contributions of Confucian thought to...
US-China-EU Relations
Managing the New World Order
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
This volume brings together a group of leading international scholars to discuss how US-China-EU relations will shape the future of international politics.
Arguing that these three powers will play a key role in establishing and managing a new world order, the contributors examine how a future...
Ascending India and Its State Capacity
Extraction, Violence, and Legitimacy
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
A comprehensive and revealing account of the ongoing struggles and instability of India’s political and economic institutions India’s ascent as a formidable power on the world stage and its geopolitical ramifications have received much attention in recent years. This comprehensive study by Sumit...
Indian Foreign and Security Policy in South Asia
Regional Power Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
This book examines Indian foreign policy and security relations in its eastern regional neighbourhood.
Indian Foreign and Security Policy in South Asia conducts an in-depth analysis into India’s foreign policy towards the three main countries in India’s Eastern neighbourhood – Sri Lanka,...
by Ronald Deibert, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Experts examine censorship, surveillance, and resistance across Asia, from China and India to Malaysia and the Philippines.
The Rise of Singapore
(In 2 Volumes)Volume 1: The Reasons for Singapore's SuccessVolume 2: Reflections on Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
In the 50th anniversary year of Singapore's independence, it is timely to trace our developmental journey in order that young Singaporeans students, visiting tourists and foreigners working in Singapore may be informed about why and how Singapore succeeded, despite tremendous odds. The two volumes...
The Japan–South Korea Identity Clash
East Asian Security and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Japan and South Korea are Western-style democracies with open-market economies committed to the rule of law. They are also U.S. allies. Yet despite their shared interests, shared values, and geographic proximity, divergent national identities have driven a wedge between them. Drawing on decades of...
India in the World Economy
From Antiquity to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
Cross-cultural exchange has characterized the economic life of India since antiquity. Its long coastline has afforded convenient access to Asia and Africa as well as trading partnerships formed in the exchange of commodities ranging from textiles to military technology and from opium to indigo. In...
Planning for Empire
Reform Bureaucrats and the Japanese Wartime State
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2011
Japan’s invasion of Manchuria in September of 1931 initiated a new phase of brutal occupation and warfare in Asia and the Pacific. It forwarded the project of remaking the Japanese state along technocratic and fascistic lines and creating a self-sufficient Asian bloc centered on Japan and its puppet...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
The Routledge Handbook of Modern Japanese History is a concise overview of modern Japanese history from the middle of the nineteenth century until the end of the twentieth century. Written by a group of international historians, each an authority in his or her field, the book covers modern Japanese...
Hey There, Dumpling!
100 Recipes for Dumplings, Buns, Noodles, and Other Asian Treats
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Kenny Lao has been making dumplings for 30 years—in homes, food trucks, and restaurants across America. He has made dumplings at large family parties, in professional kitchens with Michelin-star chefs, and even with rap mogul P. Diddy. In his first cookbook, Lao reveals how to make the perfect dumpling...