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The text includes translations of a number of Nguyen Khuyen's poems, and appendices reproduce his work both in the Romanized Vietnamese script and in Chinese characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTran My-Van\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor at the University of South Australia.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 1992\u003cbr\u003e173 pages, 211mm x 152mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-62-272-5\u003c\/span\u003e, Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eDepartment of History, National University of SIngapore\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245097084,"sku":"9789971622725","price":20.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/a_vietnamese_scholar_999.jpg?v=1430724861"},{"product_id":"public-space","title":"Public Space: Design, Use and Management","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eEdited by Norman Edwards and Chua Beng Huat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays addresses the important issue of public space in terms of its design, use and management and value as a social, economic and cultural resource, with special reference to Singapore. Multi-disciplinary in perspective, it represents the first concerted attempt by academics and practitioners involved in the physical design and planning of Singapore to closely analyse a much neglected aspect of the Singapore's rapid industrialisation and provide suggestions for the country's future development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book should interest ecologists, sociologists, botanists, geographers, urban planners, engineers, architects and other building professionals as well as the general public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 1992\u003cbr\u003e199 pages, 183mm x 259mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-164-6\u003c\/span\u003e, Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eNUS Press\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245097100,"sku":"9789971691646","price":38.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/public_space_999.jpg?v=1430819008"},{"product_id":"the-maritime-boundaries-of-the-indian-ocean-region","title":"The Maritime Boundaries of the Indian Ocean Region","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eBy Vivian Louis Forbes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdopting an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to the political geography of the Indian Ocean, this study analyses the Law of the Sea, evaluates the national legislation of those Indian Ocean littoral states which have proclaimed their maritime limits over offshore waters, examines the numerous bilateral and trilateral agreements on continental shelf and seabed limits of the states in the region. It also previews the potential demarcations in the region of study.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApart from its well written text, perhaps the most important aspect of the work is the exceptional series of beautifully drawn maps and diagrams accompanied by detailed captions or commentaries, a unique collection worthy of publication on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVivian Louis Forbes\u003c\/strong\u003e is an adjunct professor at Curtin University and a Map Curator at the University of Western Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 1995\u003cbr\u003e264 pages, 216mm x 152mm\u003cbr\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-192-9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eNUS Press\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245097120,"sku":"9789971691929","price":68.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/maritime_boundaries_of_indian_ocean.jpg?v=1431595931"},{"product_id":"planning-singapore","title":"Planning Singapore: From Plan to Implementation","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eEdited by Belinda Yuen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003eThis book attempts to revisit Singapore's urban experience since achieving independence, and to unfold the planning and development process behind its successful urban transformation. Topics covered by the chapters include: visionary planning; local planning; IT in planning practice; planning industrial estate development; urban conservation; recreation planning; and planning urban transportation.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 1998\u003cbr\u003e196 pages, mm x mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9810-40-573-1\u003c\/span\u003e, Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eSingapore Institute of Planners\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245097172,"sku":"9789810405731","price":40.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/Planning_Singapore.jpg?v=1431596083"},{"product_id":"singapore-asean-cambodian","title":"Singapore, ASEAN and the Cambodian Conflict, 1978-1991","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eBy Ang Cheng Guan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis important study of the shifting diplomatic efforts around the response to and resolution of the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia is based on the records of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore, a key player in the complex diplomacy in the region at the end of the Cold War. The study provides a detailed account of the policies and decision-making of Singapore, as well as the diplomatic maneuverings of the other major parties and powers involved in the Cambodian conflict. It details one member country's input into the process of defining and developing a collective ASEAN position, a process which was formative for future diplomatic efforts by the regional grouping. Ang makes use of a variety of sources contemporary to the period under study, as well as records which have become available post-1991. The use of detailed records from one of the Southeast Asian players is a first for the study of the region's diplomacy. The book describes Singapore's role and illustrate how Singapore's management of the Cambodian issue was shaped by the fundamentals of Singapore's foreign policy. The account also reveals the dynamics of intra-ASEAN relations, as well as ASEAN's foreign relations in the context of the Cambodia problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAng Cheng Guan\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor and Head of the Humanities and Social Studies Education Academic Group at the National Institute of Education (HSSE\/NIE) and Adjunct Senior Fellow of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2013\u003cbr\u003e192 pages, 229mm x 153mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-704-4\u003c\/span\u003e, Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eNUS Press\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245097200,"sku":"9789971697044","price":38.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/9789971697044.jpeg?v=1426584242"},{"product_id":"sustainable-cities-in-the-21st-century","title":"Sustainable Cities in the 21st Century","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eEdited by A.F. Foo and Belinda Yuen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is about the growth and future development of cities. The collection of nine essays brings together different views and visions of how we might build sustaining cities into the 21st century, with one staying concern: a better tomorrow. The essays do not profess to provide answers but rather, alternative starting points for further explorations and reflections on the meaning of sustainable development for our cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA.F. Foo\u003c\/strong\u003e was previously attached to the School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBelinda Yuen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor at the Department of Real Estate, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore. She is also Advisor to the NUS Campus Green Committee. Her other works published by NUS Press include \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/planning-singapore\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlanning Singapore: From Plan to Implementation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/singapore-housing-1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSingapore Housing: An Annotated Bibliography\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/urban-quality-of-life\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eUrban Quality of Life: Critical Issues and Options\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 1999\u003cbr\u003e200 pages, 250mm x 180mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-228-5\u003c\/span\u003e, Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eNUS Press and World Scientific\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245097208,"sku":"9789971692285","price":38.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/9789971692285.gif?v=1426584243"},{"product_id":"urban-quality-of-life","title":"Urban Quality of Life: Critical Issues and Options","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eEdited by Belinda Yuen, Christine Low and Lim Lan Yuan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003eIn recent years, the issue of quality of life has increasingly become an area of attention in cities around the world. Studies have been undertaken to measure quality of life, both in terms of the tangible and verifiable aspects of material wealth, physical health and opportunity for recreation as well as subjective responses of people to their living environments in terms of satisfaction and well-being. When seen in the context of city living, quality of life represents a key issue in the evaluation of a city's living environment. The essays in this book are drawn from the first international conference held in Singapore on the subject of 'Quality of Life in Cities'. Grouped in three broad categories, the papers discuss issues of definition and measurement of quality of life in cities, quality of life studies conducted in particular countries and alternative perspectives and approaches for future quality of life study. The book seeks to introduce the reader to the breadth of critical issues and options available in the study of urban quality of life.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBelinda Yuen\u003c\/strong\u003e is is Associate Professor at the Department of Real Estate, School of Design and Enviroment, National University of Singapore. She is also Advisor to the NUS Campus Green Committee. Her other works published by NUS Press include \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/planning-singapore?variant=1245097172\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlanning Singapore: From Plan to Implementation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/sustainable-cities-in-the-21st-century?variant=1245097208\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSustainable Cities in the 21st Century\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/singapore-housing-1?variant=1245106404\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSingapore Housing: An Annotated Bibliography\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristine Low\u003c\/strong\u003e was previously attached to the School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLim Lan Yuan\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Associate Professor at the Department of Real Estate, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 1999\u003cbr\u003e256 pages, 224mm x 208mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-227-8\u003c\/span\u003e, Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eDepartment of Building, NUS\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245097224,"sku":"9789971692278","price":35.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/9789971692278.gif?v=1426584244"},{"product_id":"economic-development-of-burma","title":"Economic Development of Burma: A Vision and A Strategy","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eEdited by Ronald Findlay, R. M. Sundrum and Khin Maung Kyi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/books.google.com\/books\/previewlib.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\nGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9789188836168');\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is a collective effort of Burmese economists living both inside and outside the country to offer a long-term vision for the economic development of Burma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBringing together their own intimate knowledge of the country's problems and the possibilities that lie ahead, the scholars - most of whom are widely travelled and have achieved professional eminence as development specialists in leading universities of the world - attempt to analyse the main factors which have stood in the way of Burma's participation in the worldwide surge of economic growth in the second half of the twentieth century, and to devise ways in which the country can overcome these obstacles in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRonald Findlay\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Ragnar Nurkse Professor of Economics at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eR. M. Sundrum\u003c\/strong\u003e was a Professorial Fellow in Economics at the Australian National University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKhin Maung Kyi\u003c\/strong\u003e was a prominent Burmese economist and scholar. He also served as a government consultant to several of Burma's ministries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2000\u003cbr\u003e250 pages, 246mm x 173mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9188-83-616-8\u003c\/span\u003e, Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eNUS Press\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245097248,"sku":"9789188836168","price":30.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/econ_dev_of_burma_999.jpg?v=1430818752"},{"product_id":"economics-of-information-technology-and-the-media","title":"Economics of Information Technology and the Media","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eBy Linda Low\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003eInterest in information technology and the media is growing apace. This book has been specially written to provide an economics framework for analysing the nature and scope, as well as issues, pertaining to the new information and communication technology and revolution. It also presents some trends and perspectives from the Asia-Pacific region. While the economic principles of efficiency and competition are the same everywhere, many socio-political issues with respect to information technology and the media are unique to some specific cultural contexts. The book will be useful to students, researchers and policymakers in mass communication, information technology and the media.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2000\u003cbr\u003e356 pages, 229mm x 152mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9810-23-844-4\u003c\/span\u003e, Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eNUS Press and World Scientific\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245097260,"sku":"9789810238444","price":29.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/9789810238444.gif?v=1426584246"},{"product_id":"joining-the-modern-world","title":"Joining the Modern World: Inside and Outside China","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eBy Wang Gungwu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the past century, all kinds of Chinese people have tried to be \"modern\". But as the standards of modernity set elsewhere seem always to be higher than what has been achieved, that makes most Chinese work harder, though some may well wonder if standards rise so that China will always get a poor report card at the end of each year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ongoing efforts of the Chinese people seeking to be modern have been enacted in different parts of the world. There are interesting differences among them, depending on where they have been living. The general trend, however, is unmistakable. The striving for betterment is supported by a strong capacity to adapt and change, and this is reflected in the way the Chinese seize new opportunities when they occur. 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Goenawan's essays explore the movement between difference and the universal, from the positions of exile, of native informant, of tourist, of journalist, of poet, from in front of the ruins of the World Trade Center and front of the mirror. He is as comfortable quoting the Mahabharata as he is Zizek, Mahmoud Darwish or Hemingway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoenawan's essay style developed in the 1980s, in part as a strategy for dealing with censorship,in part a belief that \"in a time when one could easily follow the prevailing grammar of injustice, lucidity always lay with fewer words\". And Goenawan's lucidity is one that avoids \"turning into an unbreakable crystal of answers\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGoenawan MOHAMAD\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1941 in a small town in Central Java, after his parents returned from exile in West Papua, sent East for their involvement in a left-wing nationalist movement. 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It was eventually banned in 1994, driving Goenawan and his colleagues to write in a network of underground publications until reviving Tempo in 1998, after Soeharto's fall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2003\u003cbr\u003e304 pages, 200mm x 130mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9799-06-522-3\u003c\/span\u003e, Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eTempo Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245097964,"sku":"9789799065223","price":30.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/convos_with_difference_999.jpg?v=1427858033"},{"product_id":"earthenware-in-southeast-asia","title":"Earthenware in Southeast Asia","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eEdited by John N. Miksic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/books.google.com\/books\/previewlib.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\nGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9789971692711');\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarthenware is the most important material in Southeast Asian archaeology, yet there has been little published work aimed at understanding and dating earthenware artifacts and materials on a regional basis. A framework for understanding earthenware would help enormously in creating a more nuanced image of the cultural history of pre- and early historic Southeast Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume draws together essays from Southeast Asia's top archaeologists, and includes contributions from every country in the region. In addition to providing a baseline of information on what is known of earthenware across the region, strong analytical work here yields new understandings: of the origins of the prehistoric tripod vessels of the Malayan Peninsula, and the role of earthenware from a kiln site in southern Thailand in the regional trade of the 11th to 14th centuries, among other subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough we are still some way from being able to write a textbook on the earthenware of Southeast Asia, this volume is an important step towards such a synthesis. It is fully illustrated with diagrams, photographs, illustrations and maps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn N. Miksic\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore. He was the first Head of the Archaeology unit, Nalanda-Sriwijaya Center at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. His other works published by NUS Press include \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/philippine-ancestral-gold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhilippine Ancestral Gold\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/singapore-and-the-silk-road-of-the-sea-1300-1800\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSingapore and the Silk Road of the Sea, 1300-1800\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2003\u003cbr\u003e370 pages, 300mm x 216mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-271-6\u003c\/span\u003e, Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eNUS Press\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245097996,"sku":"9789971692716","price":38.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/earthenware_999.jpg?v=1429521763"},{"product_id":"folio-05","title":"Folio 05: Documents on NUS Architecture","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eBy Li Shiqiao\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eFolio\u003c\/em\u003e series presents the rich and diverse discourses taking place at NUS Architecture, a strategic meeting point between the architecture of different cultures and geographic regions. The fifth book in the series features leading architects and critics as they test out their latest ideas and designs with the students and faculty of NUS Architecture, on a range of issues such as tropicalism, dreams and architecture, architecture and philosophy and architectural education.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResults of joint studies (such as that between NUS and Princeton) and international award-winning projects designed by students and faculty are featured here; as in the past, NUS' efforts in design and research are intensely engaged with the imperatives and the contradictions, as well as the dynamism, of Singapore in its region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis publication is both a window on the work being done currently at NUS Architecture, and a fascinating exploration of important issues in architectural theory and practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"series\"\u003eFolio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2003\u003cbr\u003e112 pages, 295mm x 249mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9810-49-348-6\u003c\/span\u003e, Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eDepartment of Architecture, NUS\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245098008,"sku":"9789810493486","price":36.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/9789810493486.jpeg?v=1426584277"},{"product_id":"iranun-and-balangingi","title":"Iranun and Balangingi: Globalization, Maritime Raiding and the Birth of Ethnicity","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eBy James F. Warren\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe aim of this book is to explore ethnic, cultural and material changes in the transformative history(s) of oceans and seas, commodities and populations, mariners and ships, and raiders and refugees in Southeast Asia, with particular reference to the Sulu-Mindanao region, or the \"Sulu Zone\". Examining the profound changes that were taking place in the Sulu-Mindanao region and elsewhere at the end of the eighteenth century, this book, the companion volume to The Sulu Zone published in 1981, establishes an ethnohistorical framework for understanding the emerging inter-connected patterns of global commerce, long distance maritime trading and the formation and maintenance of ethnic identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also provides a new conceptual framework for understanding the problem of ethnic self-definition and political processes and conflicts in the recent history of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. Iranun and Balangingi seeks to probe these themes through an inter-disciplinary approach, using archival sources and literature, as well as period testimony, interviews, diaries, and fieldwork observations from sites primarily located in the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames F. WARREN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Professor of History and Southeast Asian Studies at Murdoch University, and has taught at Australian National Univeristy, Yale and Kyoto University. He is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/the-sulu-zone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSulu Zone, 1768-1898\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1981),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/rickshaw-coolie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eRickshaw Coolie: A People's History of Singapore, 1880-1940\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/ah-ku-and-karayuki-san\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAh Ku and Karayuki-san: Prostitution in Singapore, 1870-1940\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2003\u003cbr\u003e608 pages, 229mm x 165mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-242-1\u003c\/span\u003e, Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eNUS Press\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245098020,"sku":"9789971692421","price":38.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/iranun_and_balangingi_999.jpg?v=1429522299"},{"product_id":"making-enemies","title":"Making Enemies: War and State Building in Burma","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eBy Mary P. 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In her view, the origins of army rule are to be found in the relationship between war and state formation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBurma's colonial past had seen a large imbalance between the military and civil sectors. That imbalance was accentuated soon after formal independence by one of the earliest and most persistent covert Cold War conflicts, involving CIA funded Kuomintang incursions across the Burmese border into the People s Republic of China. Because this raised concerns in Rangoon about the possibility of a showdown with Communist China, the Burmese Army received even more autonomy and funding to protect the integrity of the new nation-state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe military transformed itself during the late 1940s and the 1950s from a group of anticolonial guerrilla bands into the professional force that seized power in 1962. The army edged out all other state and social institutions in the competition for national power. \u003cem\u003eMaking Enemies\u003c\/em\u003e draws upon Callahan's interviews with former military officers and her archival work in Burmese libraries and halls of power. Callahan's unparalleled access allows her to correct existing explanations of Burmese authoritarianism and to supply new information about the coups of 1958 and 1962.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary P. CALLAHAN\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor in the Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2003\u003cbr\u003e268 pages, 237mm x 158mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-283-4\u003c\/span\u003e, Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eNUS Press and Cornell University Press\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245098040,"sku":"9789971692834","price":32.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/making_enemies_999.jpg?v=1429522580"},{"product_id":"orders-and-families-of-malayan-seed-plants","title":"Orders and Families of Malayan Seed Plants","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Hsuan Keng\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/books.google.com\/books\/previewlib.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\nGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780821405055');\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Malayan flora is one of the richest in the world. This book gives a brief systematic account of all the major groups of seed plants classified under 41 orders and 178 families which are represented by native or naturalised plants in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin each order, a list of families, an account of the diagnostic characters, a key to the families, and a brief note on the systematic position, the evolutionary trends or other points of interest, are included. Within each family, a simple description, a short note on the distribution, and, in most cases, a key to the Malayan genera are presented. For easy reference, two appendices containing a list of orders and family names in Malay and Chinese, a simple artificial key to the common Malayan families, and a glossary are also provided.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2003\u003cbr\u003e442 pages, 246mm x 152mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-0821-40-505-5\u003c\/span\u003e, Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eNUS Press\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245098056,"sku":"9780821405055","price":30.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/orders_and_families_of_malay_999.jpg?v=1427880149"},{"product_id":"rickshaw-coolie","title":"Rickshaw Coolie: A People's History of Singapore, 1880-1940","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy James F. Warren\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cscript src=\"\/\/books.google.com\/books\/previewlib.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\nGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9789971692667');\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 1880 and 1930 colonial Singapore attracted tens of thousands of Chinese immigrant laborers, brought to serve its rapidly growing economy. This book chronicles the vast movement of coolies between China and the Nanyang, and their efforts to survive in colonial Singapore. Focusing in on one particular occupation, of rickshaw coolie, this study unveils the devastating poverty of the Chinese sojourner in the colonial city, the disjunctions between colonial order and the reality of life on the streets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a broad range of sources, including Coroner's records overlooked for many years, and making use of the technique of collective biography, this book brings to life the texture of experience, the ironies and - often - the despair of the laborers of urban Singapore. In the years since its original publication in 1986, \u003cem\u003eRickshaw Coolie\u003c\/em\u003e has become an inspiration to those seeking to come to grips with Singapore's past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames F. WARREN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Professor of History and Southeast Asian Studies at Murdoch University, and has taught at Australian National Univeristy, Yale and Kyoto University. 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Dick\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/books.google.com\/books\/previewlib.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\nGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9789971692643');\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSurabaya is Indonesia's second-largest city, but the international attention paid it pales beside Jakarta, the nation's capital. In 1900 Surabaya was bigger than Jakarta, and one of the main commercial centers of Asia. Collapse of sugar exports during the 1930s depression, followed by Japanese Occupation, revolution and struggles for independence, brought on a long period of stagnation and retreat from the international economy. 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Lisa Meyer, Chitra Varaprasad, Carissa Young and Lee Gek Ling\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/books.google.com\/books\/previewlib.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\nGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9789971692636');\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are more than one billion people learning English as a second language around the world, and the majority of these language learners are in China. This book provides teachers of English to Chinese students with relevant information on the linguistic, cultural and pedagogical backgrounds of these students. The authors analyse the importance (and sometimes unimportance) of this background, and provide information on successful classroom teaching methods and student learning strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors, from the Centre for English Language Communication at the National University of Singapore, have taught over six thousand Chinese undergraduate and graduate students since 1990. This book shares their expertise with fellow practitioners. An important contribution to the ESL literature, \u003cem\u003eTeaching English to Students from China\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for all who teach English to Chinese students whether in the East or the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaina Ho\u003c\/strong\u003e used to teach at the Centre of English Language Communication, National University of Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJ.E. Lisa Meyer\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Language Instructor at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Carleton Univesity, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChitra Varaprasad\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Lecturer at the Centre of English Language Communication, National University of Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarissa Young\u003c\/strong\u003e used to teach at the Centre of English Language Communication, National University of Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLee Gek Ling\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Lecturer at the Centre of English Language Communication, National University of Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2003\u003cbr\u003e214 pages, 237mm x 191mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-263-6\u003c\/span\u003e, Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eNUS Press\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245098208,"sku":"9789971692636","price":28.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/Teaching_English_to_Students_from_China_999.jpg?v=1427862094"},{"product_id":"tensions-of-empire","title":"Tensions of Empire: Japan and Southeast Asia in the Colonial and Postcolonial World","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eBy Ken'ichi Goto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/books.google.com\/books\/previewlib.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\nGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9789971692810');\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the closing decade of European colonial rule in Southeast Asia and covering the wartime Japanese empire and its postwar disintegration, \u003cem\u003eTensions of Empire\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on the Japanese in Southeast Asia, Indonesians in Japan, and the legacy of the war in Southeast Asia. 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The river has been transformed over the last 25 years from a polluted industrial sewer choked with traffic to a clean, placid waterway that forms the centrepiece of Singapore's financial, civic and entertainment districts. This transformation symbolizes the city-state's efforts to remake itself for the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephen Dobbs sets out the history of this waterway, and of the people who made it their home and workplace. He describes the tidal swamp in the early days of the British settlement, where merchants ignored Raffles much-vaunted city plan and built their businesses on the limited high ground along the marshy riverbanks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLater, even as the long distance shipping moved to new port facilities elsewhere on the island, the river remained the base for a large regional trade, and boatmen and businessmen struggled to cope with silting, over-crowding, and bridges that were too low to be passed at high tide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking at the post-war years, Dobbs zeros in on the boatmen who carried goods between the \"godowns\" or warehouses along the river and the freighters lying at anchor in the roads. Despite its pollution, the river remained home to a vital community of coolies and tally clerks, and the tumultuous urban life that swirled around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday the waterfront community has been relocated. The shophouses and warehouses along the river are now chic cafes and upmarket restaurants, fish have returned to the Singapore River, and urban dwellers stroll on walks along the river's edge. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003eBlending social history, geography, economic history and urban studies, this book will be of interest to anyone wishing to understand Singapore's many transformations during the past two centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Dobbs\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Lecturer in Asian Studies at the University of Western Australia in Perth. 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