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Songs of Blood and Sword: A Daughter’s Memoir

March 22, 2015

In September 1996, fourteen-year-old Fatima Bhutto hid in a windowless dressing room, shielding her baby brother, while shots rang out in the dark outside the family home in Karachi. This was the night her father Murtaza was murdered. It was the latest in a long line of tragedies for one of the world’s best-known political […]
Keeping Democracy at Bay: Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform

March 22, 2015

This thoroughly researched study provides an invaluable account of Hong Kong’s political evolution from its founding as a British colony to the present. Exploring the interplay between colonial, capitalist, communist, and democratic forces in shaping Hong Kong’s political institutions and culture, Suzanne Pepper offers a fresh perspective on the territory’s development and a gripping account […]
How to Read Chinese Poetry: A Guided Anthology

March 22, 2015

In this “guided” anthology, experts lead students through the major genres and eras of Chinese poetry from antiquity to the modern time. The volume is divided into 6 chronological sections and features more than 140 examples of the best shi, sao, fu, ci, and qu poems. A comprehensive introduction and extensive thematic table of contents […]
Jungle Patrol, the Story of the Philippine Constabulary (1901-1936)

March 22, 2015

“Always Out-Numbered, Never Out-Fought!” ….. the Philippine Constabulary Jungle Patrol, the Story of the Philippine Constabulary (1901 – 1936) by Vic Hurley Hurley’s remarkable and hard-to-find (1938) book about an obscure and heroic quasi-military force, the Philippine Constabulary, is now re-issued by Cerberus Books in a new, improved edition containing all of the original text […]
Scripting of A National History: Singapore and Its Pasts, The

March 22, 2015

Rather than presenting another narrative of Singapore history, The Scripting of a National History: Singapore and Its Pasts studies the constructed nature of the history endorsed by the state, which blurs the distinction between what happened in the past, and how the state intends that past to be understood. The People’s Action Party (PAP) government’s […]
Crisis in the Pacific: The Battles for the Philippine Islands by the Men Who Fought Them

March 22, 2015

From the depths of defeat…On December 8, 1941, one day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Air Force struck the Philippines in the first blow of a devastating invasion.With an undersupplied patchwork army at his command, General Douglas MacArthur led a valiant defense of the Philippines. When defeat came, MacArthur swore he would […]
The Age of New Waves: Art Cinema and the Staging of Globalization

March 22, 2015

The Age of New Waves examines the origins of the concept of the “new wave” in 1950s France and the proliferation of new waves in world cinema over the past three decades. The book suggests that youth, cities, and the construction of a global market have been the catalysts for the cinematic new waves of […]
Working at the Bar: Sex Work and Health Communication in Thailand (Civic Discourse for the Third Millennium)

March 22, 2015

Commercial sex is the occupation of a significant portion of the women of the world, providing economic support for millions of people and their families. Working at the Bar is the first-ever, long-term, longitudinal, in-depth study of a large sex work industry—and Thailand, the most prominent nation in the rapidly growing sex tourism industry, makes […]
Democracy on Trial: Social Movements and Cultural Politics in Postauthoritarian Taiwan

March 22, 2015

Writing “an ethnography of democracy,” Ya-Chung Chuang masterfully describes and analyzes a multifaceted Taiwanese society. Contradicting mainstream research on political cultures, which relies heavily on survey data and statistical analysis, Ya-Chung Chuang produces an anthropologically inspired, contextually rich study using original source materials. He traces a genealogy of pivotal concepts, such as sovereignty, identity, and […]
Unifying China, Integrating with the World: Securing Chinese Sovereignty in the Reform Era (Studies in Asian Security)

March 22, 2015

This book contends that sovereignty, and more directly the extent to which it creates walls between any given state and other actors in the international system, lies at the core of China’s foreign relations during the reform era. Through a comprehensive survey of both Chinese and English-language sources, the author shows that during this period […]

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