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Green Mangoes and Lemon Grass
Southeast Asia's Best Recipes from Bangkok to Bali
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007
From roadside to restaurant, Green Mangoes and Lemon Grass takes you on a lip-smacking culinary tour of Southeast Asia's most scrumptious food, from Singapore's fascinating cosmopolitan offerings to Thailand's sinfully spicy dishes and Vietnam's refreshingly healthful recipes. Featuring expertly written...
Neutrality in Southeast Asia
Concepts and Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
This book analyses the notion of neutrality to the politics of the state in Southeast Asia. Distinguishing among neutrality, neutralism and neutralisation, it asks what relation do the concepts bear to the independence of states, and how do they relate to other forms of inter-state relations and to...
by Students' Academy
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2013
Asian Cuisine is known for its flavour and taste, for it includes various oriental spices and herbs. The aroma wafting from the Asian dishes can very easily lure anyone.The mouthwatering dishes from Asia, especially India, are savored by millions of people all over the world.In this...
Asia.com
Asia Encounters the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
The internet is developing quicker in Asia than in any other region of the world. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the information society in an Asian context, and the impact of these technologies in Asia. These impacts are inevitably uneven and conditioned by issues of telecommunications...
Indian and Chinese Immigrant Communities
Comparative Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
This interdisciplinary collection of essays offers a window onto the overseas Indian and Chinese communities in Asia. Contributors discuss the interactive role of the cultural and religious ‘other’, the diasporic absorption of local beliefs and customs, and the practical business networks and...
Chinese Market Gardening in Australia and New Zealand
Gardens of Prosperity
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
This book offers a fresh perspective on the Chinese diaspora. It is about the mobilisation of knowledge across time and space, exploring the history of Chinese market gardening in Australia and New Zealand. It enlarges our understanding of processes of technological change and human mobility, highlighting...
Environment and Pollution in Colonial India
Sewerage Technologies along the Sacred Ganges
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
India is facing a river pollution crisis today. The origins of this crisis are commonly traced back to post-Independence economic development and urbanisation. This book, in contrast, shows that some important early roots of India’s river pollution problem, and in particular the pollution of the...
Tigers' Roar: Asia's Recovery and Its Impact
Asia's Recovery and Its Impact
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Despite Asia's protracted economic troubles, the region is poised to recover and perhaps become stronger than ever. This timely work identifies the major challenges facing Asia's Four Tigers (Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, and Hong Kong), Japan, China, and their Southeast Asian neighbors (Thailand,...
by Kim Dong uk
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Korean Culture Series 3
Palaces of Korea
This book introduces the historical background and unique architectural styles of Korea’s palaces, which can be differentiated from the influences of East Asian palace architecture. The book offers descriptions of East Asian capitals and palaces,...
Animal Motifs in Asian Art
An Illustrated Guide to Their Meanings and Aesthetics
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2014
Authoritative reference deals primarily with animal symbolism in Japanese art, with occasional mention of the decorative art of China, India, and Persia. Arranged in the format of a dictionary, the explanatory text is rich with sidelights from literature and legend, while 673 black-and-white illustrations depict dragons, tigers, bats, and other creatures with symbolic significance.
Subversions of the American Century
Filipino Literature in Spanish and the Transpacific Transformation of the United States
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015
Subversions of the American Century: Filipino Literature in Spanish and the Transpacific Transformation of the United States argues that the moment the United States became an overseas colonial power in 1898, American national identity was redefined across a global matrix. The Philippines, which the...
by Vladimir Lukonin, Anatoly Ivanov
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
The strict prohibition on the representation of the human form has channeled artistic creation into architecture and architectural decoration. This book is a magical tour through Central Asia - Khirgizia, Tadjikistan, Turkmenia, and Uzbekistan - a cradle of Ancient civilisations and are pository of...
Ruskin Bond's World
Thematic Influences of Nature, Children, and Love in his Major Works
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Ruskin Bond has won the hearts of millions of readers with his countless charming short stories and introspective novels. From biographical tales about acting as a grandfather to children, to tales of unrequited love, the cross-cultural dimensions of Indian society, and the power and beauty of nature,...
Taming Babel
Language in the Making of Malaysia
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Taming Babel sheds new light on the role of language in the making of modern postcolonial Asian nations. Focusing on one of the most linguistically diverse territories in the British Empire, Rachel Leow explores the profound anxieties generated by a century of struggles to govern the polyglot subjects...