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Formations of Colonial Modernity in East Asia (a positions book)

March 22, 2015

The essays in Formations of Colonial Modernity in East Asia challenge the idea that notions of modernity and colonialism are mere imports from the West, and show how colonial modernity has evolved from and into unique forms throughout Asia. Although the modernity of non-European colonies is as indisputable as the colonial core of European modernity, […]
Singapore Politics Under the People’s Action Party (Politics in Asia)

March 22, 2015

A comprehensive overview of politics in Singapore since self-governance. The authors examine how this tiny island has developed into a global financial centre and an economic and social success under the leadership of the People’s Action Party which has ruled continuously since 1959. The authors explore the nature of the Singaporean government, as well as […]
EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR FREEDOM IN HONG KONG; AND REQUESTING DOCUMENTS RELATING TO IRAQ’S WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

March 22, 2015

The Committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:10 a.m., in Room2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Henry J. Hyde (Chairmanof the Committee) presiding. Sale Price:buy at discount B008M9TFTS
On the Cultural Revolution in Tibet: The Nyemo Incident of 1969

March 22, 2015

Among the conflicts to break out during the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, the most famous took place in the summer of 1969 in Nyemo, a county to the south and west of Lhasa. In this incident, hundreds of villagers formed a mob led by a young nun who was said to be possessed by a […]
Doctors within Borders: Profession, Ethnicity, and Modernity in Colonial Taiwan

March 22, 2015

This book explores Japan’s “scientific colonialism” through a careful study of the changing roles of Taiwanese doctors under Japanese colonial rule. By integrating individual stories based on interviews and archival materials with discussions of political and social theories, Ming-cheng Lo unearths the points of convergence for medicine and politics in colonial Taiwan. Sale Price:$39.95 0520229460
Field Guide to the Mammals of the Indian Subcontinent: Where to Watch Mammals in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan (Natural World)

March 22, 2015

This book is a field guide to the mammals of this unique subcontinent and includes the best places to watch them. It describes each of the 100 plus species that can be recognized in the field, including identification, habitat, range, behavior, diet, breeding, status, and similar species. The Field Guide also contains color illustrations of […]
Chronicle of Sipsong Panna: History and Society of a Tai Lu Kingdom, Twelfth to Twentieth Century

March 22, 2015

The Tai Lü are a Tai-speaking group closely related to the Khon Müang or Tai Yuan, the dominant ethnic group in Northern Thailand. According to their own historical tradition, the ancestors of the Tai Lü migrated from what is now northwestern Vietnam into the southern part of Yunnan, where they founded their own kingdom in […]
India and Pakistan: Continued Conflict or Cooperation?

March 22, 2015

Beginning in 1947, when “India and Pakistan were born to conflict,” renowned India scholar Stanley Wolpert provides an authoritative, accessible primer on what is potentially the world’s most dangerous crisis. He concisely distills sixty-three years of complex history, tracing the roots of the relationship between these two antagonists, explaining the many attempts to resolve their […]
Lapham’s Raiders: Guerrillas in the Philippines, 1942-1945

March 22, 2015

” On December 8, 1941, the day after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invaded the Philippine Islands, catching American forces unprepared and forcing their eventual surrender. Among the American soldiers who managed to avoid capture was twenty-five-year-old Lieutenant Robert Lapham, who was to play a major role in the resistance to the […]
Making Fields of Merit: Buddhist Female Ascetics and Gendered Orders in Thailand (Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies)

March 22, 2015

Religion plays a central role in Thai society with Buddhism intertwined in the daily lives of the people. Religion also plays an important role in establishing gender boundaries. The growth in recent decades of self-governing nunneries and the increasing interest of Thai women in a Buddhist monastic life are notable changes in the religion/gender dynamic. […]

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