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Filipinos: Forgotten Asian Americans

March 22, 2015

“Filipinos: Forgotten Asian Americans” is a pictorial- essay which gives the reader a sweeping vista of the presence and life of Filipinos in America from 1763 to 1963 through collection of 250 photographs, documents and 22 essays. Although Filipinos settled in North America before the American Revolution, very little known about them and even less […]
Field Guide to Hong Kong Mangroves

March 22, 2015

This field guide is a companion publication of Hong Kong Mangroves. It serves three purposes: 1. To provide maps indicating where mangrove plants and animals can be found. 2. To provide teachers, students and parents with tips of do’s and don’ts when they collect field data, and the safe steps for them to follow. 3. […]
Inside Gitmo

March 22, 2015

The U.S. military detention center at Guantánamo Bay—known to the public as Gitmo—has been called the American Gulag, a scene of medieval horrors where innocent farmers and goat herders swept up in Afghanistan and Iraq have been sequestered, tortured, and abused for years on end without access to legal counsel or basic medical services.Gordon Cucullu, […]
For Prophet and Tsar: Islam and Empire in Russia and Central Asia

March 22, 2015

Russia occupies a unique position in the Muslim world. Unlike any other non-Islamic state, it has ruled Muslim populations for over five hundred years. Though Russia today is plagued by its unrelenting war in Chechnya, Russia’s approach toward Islam once yielded stability. In stark contrast to the popular “clash of civilizations” theory that sees Islam […]
Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History with Documents

March 22, 2015

Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict provides a comprehensive, balanced, and accessible narrative of a complex historical topic. The narrative is supported by more than 40 primary documents that highlight perspectives from all sides of the struggle. Throughout the book, the author examines how underlying issues, group motives, religious and cross-cultural clashes, diplomacy and imperialism, and […]
White Love and Other Events in Filipino History (American Encounters/Global Interactions)

March 22, 2015

In this wide-ranging cultural and political history of Filipinos and the Philippines, Vicente L. Rafael examines the period from the onset of U.S. colonialism in 1898 to the emergence of a Filipino diaspora in the 1990s. Self-consciously adopting the essay form as a method with which to disrupt epic conceptions of Filipino history, Rafael treats […]
Consumption of Kuala Lumpur (Reaktion Books – Topographics)

March 22, 2015

Kuala Lumpur is the postmodern city writ large, a city that, within the short span of a decade, has been transformed from a sleepy capital into a technological marvel with a thriving, diverse and affluent cultural life. Using anecdotes, classic Malay myths and tales, and observations based on real and imaginary wanderings through the city, […]
Industrialization With a Weak State: Thailand’s Development in Historical Perspective (Kyoto Cseas Series on Asian Studies)

March 22, 2015

This collection of essays by Somboon Siriprachai offers a critical assessment of Thai industrialization, with a focus on industrial policy, rent seeking and income inequality. An economist by training, Somboon saw the Thai state as authoritarian rather than developmental, and criticized the adoption of policies that were oriented toward increasing government revenue instead of nurturing […]
The Tender Soldier: A True Story of War and Sacrifice

March 22, 2015

A “sharp-eyed look at the complexities of war” (Parade), that explores the inner workings of the Human Terrain System, a Pentagon program that sends civilian social scientists into war zones to help soldiers understand local culture.On the day Barack Obama was elected president in November 2008, a small group of American civilians took their optimism […]
Contracting Colonialism: Translation and Conversion in Tagalog Society Under Early Spanish Rule

March 22, 2015

Book by Rafael, Vicente L. Sale Price:$66.16 0801420652

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