Southeast Asia category: 1948 books
by Ooi Keat Gin
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2010
The Japanese occupation of both British Borneo – Brunei, Sarawak and North Borneo – and Dutch Borneo in 1941 to 1945 is a much understudied subject. Of particular interest is the occupation of Dutch Borneo, governed by the Imperial Japanese Navy that had long-term plans for ‘permanent possession’....
Singapore Correspondent
Political Dispatches from Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Singapore Correspondent is a collection of eye-witness dispatches, sent from Singapore to London, of five years of Singapore’s colourful political past. They cover a period of living turbulently and sometimes dangerously too. This was a time in the mid-1950s and early-1960s when Singapore was emerging...
India-Thailand Cultural Interactions
Glimpses from the Past to Present
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
This volume looks at facets of cultural interactions between India and Thailand---two historically significant countries of the South East Asian region. For the first time a comprehensive discussion on historical and contemporary cultural interactions between Indian and Thailand has been attempted...
Vietnam's American War
A History
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
Communist forces in the Vietnam War lost most battles and suffered disproportionally higher casualties than the United States and its allies throughout the conflict. The ground war in South Vietnam and the air war in the North were certainly important in shaping the fates of the victors and losers,...
by Murni
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
From Tattoos to Textiles unlocks a rich world of secret symbols, many of whose meanings have been lost, and which are sometimes even hidden from those who make, wear and use them.
It is a fascinating journey into history, geography, anthropology and art. The world of Indonesian textiles is...
Midnight's Furies
The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
**Named one of the best books of 2015 by NPR, Amazon, Seattle Times, and Shelf Awareness
A few bloody months in South Asia during the summer of 1947 explain the world that troubles us today.**
Nobody expected the liberation of India and birth of Pakistan to be so bloody — it was supposed...
by James M. Scott
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
The definitive history of one of the most brutal campaigns of the war in the Pacific.
Before World War II, Manila was a slice of America in Asia, populated with elegant neoclassical buildings, spacious parks, and home to thousands of U.S. servicemen and business executives who enjoyed the relaxed...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
Renewed interest in the Asia-Pacific region entails greater U.S. responsibilities and involvement in the area's problems. Of all the issues the United States will face in the region, none may involve as many players; legal, economic, and security interests; intricate considerations; historic implications;...
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...
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...
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...
The Politics of Indonesia-Malaysia Relations
One Kin, Two Nations
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2004
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between Indonesia and Malaysia, focusing especially on how the relationship has developed in the last fifty years. It argues that the political relationship between the two countries has been largely defined by rivalry, despite the fact...
Locating the Medical
Explorations in South Asian History
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
This volume interrogates the foundational categories that have come to define medical science in modern South Asia. It seeks to probe issues such as what constitutes the ‘medical’, in which context, and who defines it. This is achieved through case studies that range from the nineteenth to twenty-first...
Making New Nepal
From Student Activism to Mainstream Politics
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
One of the most important political transitions to occur in South Asia in recent decades was the ouster of Nepal�s monarchy in 2006 and the institution of a democratic secular republic in 2008. Based on extensive ethnographic research between 2003 and 2015,�Making New Nepal�provides a snapshot...