{"title":"Students sale","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"between-tongues","title":"Between Tongues: Translation and\/of\/in Performance in Asia","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eEdited by Jennifer Lindsay\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:9789971693398');\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBetween Tongues\u003c\/em\u003e takes the subject of performance translation in a completely new direction. While the topic is often discussed in relation to the translation of dramatic texts, \u003cem\u003eBetween Tongues\u003c\/em\u003e discusses the translation of performance itself, and as an inherent part of performance. The authors in this collection examine presentations of performances given in their original languages to audiences who do not share that language, and translation as a phenomenon intrinsic to much of traditional and contemporary performance in Asia, particularly in multilingual settings.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Combining academic essays and the voices of practitioners in India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, the book provides new insights to scholars of translation studies and performance studies. It is also relevant to event organisers, directors and producers working in multinational and multicultural environments. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Contributors are: Alfian Sa'at, Anmol Vellani, Chua Soo Pong, Pornrat Damrhung, Goenawan Mohamad, Ward Keeler, Jennifer Lindsay, Leow Puay Tin, Ong Keng Sen, Hardja Susilo, Tan Sooi Beng and Quah Sy Ren.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Lindsay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a Visiting Fellow at the Southeast Asia Centre, Australian National University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2006\u003cbr\u003e320 pages, 229mm x 152mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-339-8\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":1245099936,"sku":"9789971693398","price":38.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/between_tongues_999.jpg?v=1427880026"},{"product_id":"bali-an-open-fortress-1995-2005","title":"Bali - An Open Fortress, 1995-2005: Regional Autonomy, Electoral Democracy and Entrenched Identities","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eBy Henk Schulte Nordholt\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:9789971693756');\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong portrayed as a cultural safe haven, the Indonesian island of Bali is facing fundamental challenges as the political, religious and economic landscape changes. The book investigates the effects of decentralization and democratization on Balinese politics, and looks at the role played by urban intellectuals in reinforcing Balinese identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBali needs the outside world (tourists, capital, cheap labour) but the island s people feel threatened by outside forces (powerful investors, Western decadence, Islam). Henk Schulte Nordholt characterizes it as an open fortress, accepting external influences while struggling to protect itself from them. In this book he investigates how Indonesia's \u003cem\u003ereformasi\u003c\/em\u003e has affected caste relationships and is reshaping power relations at the provincial, district and village level. While his work highlights the role of criminal gangs and violent conflicts at the local level, he also considers the promised offered by local democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenk Schulte Nordholt\u003c\/strong\u003e is Head of Research at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) in Leiden, and Professor of Indonesian History at Leiden University. He is also one of the editors of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/locating-southeast-asia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLocating Southeast Asia: Geographies of Knowledge and Politics of Space\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2007\u003cbr\u003e120 pages, 211mm x 137mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-375-6\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":1245100616,"sku":"9789971693756","price":22.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/Bali_an_open_fortress_999.jpg?v=1427851929"},{"product_id":"bridges-to-new-business","title":"Bridges to New Business: The Economic Decolonization of Indonesia","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eBy J. 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Themes discussed include economic policies, the changing position of Indonesian personnel inside Dutch-owned firms as well as the emergence of new Indonesian entrepreneurship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\"Dr. Lindblad's latest book offers the first comprehensive and thoroughly researched account of Indonesia's difficult and protracted economic decolonisation process, roughly spanning the first six decades of the 20th century...I highly recommend this book to readers interested in this crucial period of Indonesia's modern economic history.\" - \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eThee Kian Wie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBridges to New Business\u003c\/em\u003e adds a whole new dimension to the ltierature on economic decolonization in Indonesia...Lindblad has made a brave and groundbreaking attempt to start what will, I hope, become a modern tradition in modern scholarship on Indonesian economic history. In this sense, the book does a great service not only to the series of which it is so aptly a part (\"Indonesia across Orders\"), but also to the field of Indonesian economic history. Because significant portions of the approach and analysis can be generalized to other contexts, this book should be of interest not only to scholars of the economics and ecnomic history of Indonesia, but also more broadly to scholars of history and political science.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eSiddharth Chandra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJ. 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Pious Muslims became divided amongst adherents of that synthesis, reformers who demanded a more orthoprax way of life, reforming Sufis and those who believed in messianic ideas. A new category of Javanese emerged, people who resisted Islamic reform and began to attenuate their Islamic identity. This group became known as abangan, nominal Muslims, and they constituted a majority of the population. For the first time, a minority of Javanese converted to Christianity. The \u003cem\u003epriyayi \u003c\/em\u003eelite, Java's aristocracy, meanwhile embraced the forms of modernity represented by their European rulers and the wider advances of modern scientific learning. Some even came to regard the original conversion of the Javanese to Islam as a civilisational mistake, and within this element explicitly anti-Islamic sentiments began to appear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early twentieth century these categories became politicised in the context of Indonesia's nascent anti-colonial movements. 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Though she is at best only a second-hand witness to the 'big events' of history, An's memories provide insight into the ways a Chinese-Indonesian family adjusted its fortunes to the changes it faced under successive Dutch, Japanese and Indonesian authority.\" - \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eJemma Purdey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStuart Pearson\u003c\/strong\u003e, who is An Utari Sudibjo's son-in-law, has worked in law enforcement, education, business management and consultancy. 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Several chapters highlight the tragic consequences of forced resettlement, a common result of these programs. Others question the motives behind pushing minorities into development schemes. Rather than simply describing the effects of the programs and the experiences of participants, the contributors to this book attempt to understand the ideologies and strategies that led to the implementation of these programs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This edition contains a new chapter outlining developments since the book was first published in 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Overall this book makes a valuable contribution to the study of the interaction of government policies, bureaucracies, bureaucrats, and various indigenous peoples. It provides a concise and readable overview of the array of government policies for indigenous minority peoples in Southeast Asia...It is also accessible to people with litte knowledge of Southeast Asia, making it useful for students interested in development and minority policies.\" - \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eNicola Tannenbaum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\"This volume represents an important source for those seeking an introduction to indigenous and minority groups in the region. It should be essential reading for any student of Southeast Asian history and culture as a corrective to textbooks that seldom give more than a brief glance at national minorities.\" - \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eKatharine McKinnon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher R. Duncan\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor in the School of Historical, Philosophical \u0026amp; Religious Studies and in the School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University. He is the author of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/violence-and-vengeance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eViolence and Vengeance: Religious Conflict and Its Aftermath in Eastern Indonesia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, also published in Asia by NUS Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2008\u003cbr\u003e296 pages, 229mm x 153mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-418-0\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":1245102156,"sku":"9789971694180","price":38.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/9789971694180.jpeg?v=1426584435"},{"product_id":"javanese-performances-on-an-indonesian-stage","title":"Javanese Performances on an Indonesian Stage: Celebrating Culture, Embracing Change","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Barbara Hatley\u003c\/strong\u003e\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:9789971694104');\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the dramatic economic and social transformation of late twentieth-century Indonesia, theatre performances in Central Java featured a familiar cast of rulers, nobles, clown servants and ordinary people. However, these presentations were not a repetition of age-old cultural traditions . Instead, by stretching the framework of Javanese theatrical convention, theatre troupes challenged dominant cultural and political values. As political pressures intensified in the final months of the New Order regime, their witty, critical performances drew enthusiastic, oppositionist crowds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dismantling of repressive state control after the fall of Suharto in 1998 diminished interest in political critiques from the stage, and growing economic weakness caused patronage and sponsorship to dry up. By 2003-04, however, a revival was underway as performers engaged with the politics of regional autonomy and democratization, and actors responded to the devastating Yogyakarta earthquake of 2006 by staging shows in the worst-affected areas to help sustain community spirit and pride in local culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarbara Hatley's account of more than thirty years of theatre activities and social change shows how performers and audiences have adapted, resisted, incorporated and survived. As Indonesian society evolves, Javanese performances continue to engage with ever-changing social contexts, expressing the dynamic resilience and sense of identity of those who stage and watch them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara HATLEY\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Indonesian in the School of Asian Languages and Studies at the University of Tasmania. 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These locations are examined in this book, along with Taipei and Shanghai. Because the administrative boundaries of the cities at the core of these zones do not include the entire urban area, the significance of the broader urban community has largely escaped scholarly attention. The authors base their analysis on actual agglomeration size rather than administrative boundaries, and draw on unpublished census data to study the dynamics of these massive urban zones, considering area and population size as well as social and demographic patterns of change in core, inner and outer zones. They conclude that these mega-urban regions continue to increase their share of national populations, and zones immediately beyond the official metropolitan boundaries are where the most dramatic changes are occurring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGavin JONES\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor at the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMike DOUGLASS\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Executive Director of the Globalization Research Center and a Professor and former Chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaii, Manoa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2008\u003cbr\u003e416 pages, 229mm x 153mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-379-4\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":1245102704,"sku":"9789971693794","price":25.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/9789971693794.jpeg?v=1426584462"},{"product_id":"champa-and-the-archaeology-of-m-7929-son-vietnam","title":"Champa and the Archaeology of Mỹ So'n (Vietnam)","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eEdited by Andrew Hardy, Mauro Cucarzi and Patrizia Zolese\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:9789971694517');\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe kings of ancient Champa, a civilization located in the central region of today's Vietnam, started building sacred temples in a circular valley more than 1500 years ago. The monuments, now known by the Vietnamese name Mỹ So'n, were discovered by nineteenth-century colonial soldiers and first studied by the French architect Henri Parmentier. Bombed during the Vietnam War, the ruins of the brick towers, decorated with exquisite carvings and sculptures, were designated as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn Italian team has worked at the site for the last ten years, doing archaeological research and restoration work in cooperation with Vietnamese specialists. This book is the first published volume based on their efforts. The opening section consists of historical, anthropological and architectural studies of the civilization of Champa. The remainder of the book presents an unusually intimate and extensively illustrated portrait of the archaeologists' research and restoration work at Mỹ So'n.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile this book is important for specialists and students of the history and archaeology of Champa and Southeast Asia, it also tells a fascinating story that will appeal to general readers and visitors to this exceptional archaeological site.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Hardy\u003c\/strong\u003e is a historian of Vietnam and has worked at the Hanoi centre of the Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient since 2002.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMauro Cucarzi\u003c\/strong\u003e is the director of the Lerici Foundation (Rome) and a specialist in non-invasive investigation of archaeological sites. 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Voters in East Asia responded by electing maverick politicians who promised to target corruption and establish fresh agendas. In Southeast Asia, populist leaders based their appeal on the frustrations and aspirations of groups excluded from political power. Leaders who came to office during this period include Thaksin Shinawatra in Thailand, Joseph 'Erap' Estrada in the Philippines, Roo Moo-hyun in South Korea, Chen Shui-bian in Taiwan and Jun'ichiro Koizumi in Japan. Local politicians in Indonesia likewise adopted a populist stance, as did Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in Malaysia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the present volume, leading Asian scholars consider the many faces of contemporary populism in the region, analyzing the phenomenon through case studies of political leaders with populist credentials and using these accounts to evaluate the achievements and failings of democracy. 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He is also the author of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/secret-trades-porous-borders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSecret Trades, Porous Borders\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2009\u003cbr\u003e360 pages, 229mm x 152mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-424-1\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":1245104744,"sku":"9789971694241","price":38.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/SEA_and_the_Middle_East.jpg?v=1427694417"},{"product_id":"between-frontiers","title":"Between Frontiers: Nation and Identity in a Southeast Asian Borderland","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eBy Noboru Ishikawa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA staple of post-war academic writing, \"nationalism\" is a contentious and often unanalyzed abstraction that has come to be treated as something \"imagined\", \"fashioned\", and \"disseminated\". 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The book relates the fascinating process of its spread throughout Southeast Asia in the 1950s, and, more recently, from Thailand and Malaysia to post-Maoist China and the global world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough a richly-documented multi-site ethnography of De Jiao congregations in the PRC, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, Bernard Formoso offers valuable insights into the adaptation of Overseas Chinese to sharply contrasted national polities, and the projective identity they build with relation to China. De Jiao is of special interest with regard to its organization and strategies which strongly reflect the managerial habits and entrepreneurial ethos of the Overseas Chinese businessmen. It has also built original bonding with symbols of the Chinese civilization whose greatness it claims to champion from the periphery. Accordingly, a central theme of the study is the role that such a religious movement may play to promote new forms of identification with the motherland as substitutes for loosened genealogical links. The book also offers a comprehensive interpretation of the contemporary practice of fu ji spirit-writing, and reconsiders the relation between unity and diversity in Chinese religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[A] remarkable book...[that] offers us precious insights into another important aspect of Chinese popular religion that has tended to be overlooked...One of the most impressive aspects of the book is its multi-site ethnography...This fascinating book is recommended for both specialists and advanced students of Chinese religions, and for those who wish to understand religious globalization and the processes through which a particular religion is transformed and localized in response to specific national contexts.\" - \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eFrancis Khek Gee Lim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\"The diversity of arguments large and small provides great food for thought...\" - \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eThomas Dubois\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBernard FORMOSO\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Anthropology at Paris-Quest-La Defense University. He has devoted more than 20 years to studying the Chinese communities of mainland Southeast Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2010\u003cbr\u003e280 pages, 229mm x 153mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-492-0\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":1245105524,"sku":"9789971694920","price":38.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/9789971694920.jpeg?v=1426584585"},{"product_id":"banditry-in-west-java","title":"Banditry in West Java 1869-1942","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eBy Margreet van Till, Translated by David McKay and Beverley Jackson\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:9789971695026');\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBanditry was rife around Batavia (modern Jakarta) during the late colonial period, with at least one major robbery committed every day. \u003cem\u003eBanditry in West Java\u003c\/em\u003e identifies the bandits and describes their working methods and their motives, which often went beyond simple self-enrichment. It also explores the world of the robbers' victims, city-dwellers for whom the robbers were the antithesis of civilization, convenient objects onto which respectable citizens projected their own preoccupations with sex, violence, and magic.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The colonial police force in the Dutch East Indies was reformed in the early 1920s, and banditry was subsequently brought under control. However, the bandit tradition lived on in Javanese popular imagination and folk culture, not least in tales of Si Pitung, a Robin Hood figure who flourished in nineteenth-century Batavia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author argues that banditry in Batavia was closely linked with the modernization process, particularly the ready availability of firearms and the rise of a money economy. However, her findings do little to support suggestions that banditry should be seen as part of the revolutionary struggle for independence in Indonesia.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Banditry in West Java is a translation of \u003cem\u003eBatavia bij Nacht: Bloei en ondergang van het Indonesisch roverswezen in Batavia en de Ommelanden, 1869-1942\u003c\/em\u003e. (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Aksant, 2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\"...offers some important correctives to the historiography of banditry, and to histories of violence in Indonesia, that deserve investigation by further local studies.\" - \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eSusie Protschky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The theme, armed gang robbery in and around Batavia over a period of some eighty years, is rich and colourful; the sources are various, and include not only the colonial archives, but also, and particularly, the local press (both Dutch and Malay). This under-appreciated resource proves to be a mine of illuminating anecdotal information. Other aspects of popular culture, such as novels, are also used successfully, while the photographs are relevant and well chosen.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eHeather Sutherland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMargreet van Till\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Researcher at the Institute for Netherlands History, and deals primarily with the colonial Netherlands East Indies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2011\u003cbr\u003e292 pages, 229mm x 153mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-502-6\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":1245106964,"sku":"9789971695026","price":36.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/9789971695026.jpeg?v=1426584650"},{"product_id":"britain-and-the-neutralisation-of-laos","title":"Britain and the Neutralisation of Laos","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eBy Nicholas Tarling\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis study focuses on the Geneva conference on Laos of 1961-2, which Britain played a role in bringing about and bringing to a conclusion. It throws light on Britain's policy in Southeast Asia in what in some sense may be seen as the last of the decades in which its influence was crucial. It is the first book to make full use of the British archives on the conference.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The book also bears on the history of Laos, of Vietnam, and of Southeast Asia more generally. The core of the Geneva Settlement was the neutralisation of Laos. That was, however, an argument for the United States to strengthen its commitment to Thailand and Vietnam. It could, moreover, be accepted by North Vietnam only if it did not prevent continued use of the Ho Chi Minh trail, through which it could sustain resistance in South Vietnam. Under such circumstances, the agreement on neutralisation, though elaborately negotiated, had little chance of success. In the longer term, however, it was not without its legacy, for the agreement played a part in developing the concept of a neutral Southeast Asia that ASEAN was later to advance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The book will interest in the various fields on which it touches, such as modern Southeast Asian history, the history of Laos, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and international relations. It will, of course, be of especial interest to those studying Britain's policy at a time when Britain was increasingly anxious to reduce its commitments, but also as always to avert the escalation of the Cold War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\"Serious students will find it necessary to read this study in order to understand how that story unfolded, and find it difficult to undermine Tarling's conclusions about how it affected the wider Southeast Asian context.\" - \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eBrian Farrell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\"...through his well-documented research, Professor Tarling has undeniably contributed much to the understanding and appreciation of the British efforts in dealing and negotiating for the agreement, the best sensible and exemplary British diplomacy during the Cold War...\" - \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eChalong Soontravanich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNicholas Tarling\u003c\/strong\u003e (1931–2017) was Professor of History at the University of Auckland (1968–97) and a Fellow of its New Zealand Asia Institute. He was the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge History of Southeast Asia\u003c\/i\u003e and wrote nearly 50 books and a large number of articles on the region. His recent publications include \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/britain-southeast-asia-and-the-impact-of-the-korean-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBritain, Southeast Asia and the Impact of the Korean War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e a cold war trilogy (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/the-british-and-the-vietnam-war-their-way-with-lbj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe British and the Vietnam War: Their Way with LBJ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBritain and the Neutralisation of Laos\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/britain-and-sihanouks-cambodia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e \u003ci\u003eBritain and Sihanouk's Cambodia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e), and \u003ci\u003eOrientalism and the Operatic World\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2011\u003cbr\u003e532 pages, 229mm x 153mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-503-3\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":1245107052,"sku":"9789971695033","price":44.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/9789971695033.jpeg?v=1426584653"},{"product_id":"the-end-of-innocence","title":"The End of Innocence? Indonesian Islam and the Temptations of Radicalism","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Rémy Madinier and Andrée Feillard, Translated by Wong Wee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eebook available at: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/End-Innocence-Indonesian-Temptations-Radicalism-ebook\/dp\/B0863BL3MW\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+End+of+Innocence%3F+Indonesian+Islam+and+the+Temptations+of+Radicalism\u0026amp;qid=1585545827\u0026amp;sr=8-1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/files\/amazon-logo_black.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"height: 30px; display: inline;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/sg\/en\/ebook\/the-end-of-innocence-14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/files\/Screen_Shot_2020-03-25_at_10.32.55_AM.png?v=1585103583\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eand \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.overdrive.com\/media\/3236262\/the-end-of-innocence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/files\/OverDrive_Logo_445x65_rgb_small.png?5880839130372297062\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong cited as a model of harmonious cohabitation between different religions, the most populous Muslim country in the world until recently occupied a special place in the Western imagination. Indonesia, home to a peaceful version of Islam, offered a reassuring counter-model to a rowdy and accusatory Arab Islam. Since 1999, however, confrontations between Christians and Muslims in the Moluccas, excesses of vigilantism in Sulawesi, and espcially the Bali and Jakarta bombings have shattered these simplistic stereotypes. For many terrorism experts - often self-proclaimed - Indonesia's mutation confirmed the hackneyed thesis that equated obscurantism with Islam, and saw violent outbreaks as an inevitable consequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe End of Innocence\u003c\/em\u003e is far removed from the hollow analyses underlying this essentialist thesis. The book positions the evolution of Indonesian Islam in the broader context of the recent history of the archipelago, and provides a rigorous analysis of the origins and causes of the 'radical temptation,' deciphering its simplistic ideology and showing how it has been nourished by political manipulation. The authors, both historians specializing in Indonesian Islam, describe the hold of religious extremism as well as the strong resistance it has provoked in a country that has quickly become one of the key spots in the upheavals occuring throughout the Muslim world\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The authors are well-informed, and their text is authoritative, comprehensive, and - most importantly - highly detailed in its analysis of Indonesia's varying Islamic perspectives, their political influence, and the growth and impact of Islamist groups. Feillard and Madinier decipher the ideologies of these groups and document their growth, impact, and manipulation by political parties, governments, and the military.\" \u003cbr\u003e- \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eJohn G Taylor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Carefully researched and engagingly argued, this book is the finest available in Muslim politics in Indonesia today. It speaks clearly yet brilliantly to issues of importance across the whole of the Muslim world.\" - \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eRobert W Hefner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRémy Madinier\u003c\/strong\u003e is a senior researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and co-director of the Centre Asie du Sud-Est (CASE-EHESS).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrée Feillard\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Senior Researcher on Indonesian political Islam at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris, and vice-director of the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies in Paris. She also leads the axis \"Islam of the Far East\" at the Institute of Studies on Islam and the Muslim World (IISM), of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2011\u003cbr\u003e270 pages, 229mm x 153mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-512-5\u003c\/span\u003e, Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eNUS Press\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cscript src=\"https:\/\/www.overdrive.com\/media\/3236262\/sample-embed?slug=the-end-of-innocence\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245108104,"sku":"9789971695125","price":38.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/9789971695125.jpeg?v=1426584693"},{"product_id":"the-loss-of-java","title":"The Loss of Java: The Final Battles for the Possession of Java Fought by Allied Air, Naval and Land Forces in the Period of 18 February - 7 March 1942","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eBy P.C. Boer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Loss of Java\u003c\/em\u003e explains in detail the air, sea and land battles between the Allied and Japanese armed forces during the battle for Java that followed the evacuation of southern Sumatra in February 1942. Little has been written about the allied air campaign, or about why Dutch forces fought just one major land battle with the Japanese, the Battle of the Tjiater Pass, in the later stages of the struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eP.C. Boer considers whether the assessment of Major General Van Oyen that deploying the Allied air forces might prevent Japanese invasion of Java was realistic, and whether reliance on air power limited the capacity of land and naval forces to repel Japan's advances. The generally accepted idea is that the Allies were ineffective in their fight against the Japanese invaders but in fact the Japanese suffered serious losses. Boer's study shows that Dutch strategy grew out of a carefully-devised plan of defense, and that the battle for Java comprised not one (the Battle of the Java Sea) but four major engagements. However, Japanese commanders at various levels consciously took steps that exposed their forces to great risk but succeeded in putting the Allies under great pressure. In the end the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) and the allied forces capitulated on 8 March 1942.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a translation of \u003ci\u003eHet Verlies Van Java: Een kwestie van Air Power. De eindstrijd om Nederlands-Indie van de geallieerde lucht-, zee- en landstrijdkrschten in de periode van 18 februari t\/m 7 maart 1942 \u003c\/i\u003e(Amsterdam: Bataafsche Leeuw BV for the Koninklijke Militaire Academie, 2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Loss of Java\u003c\/em\u003e as it stands will be welcomed by scholars as a significant contribution to the study of the Second World War in Asia.\" - \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eJoey Long\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eP.C. Boer\u003c\/strong\u003e is President of the Corts Foundation and an Associate Professor at the Netherlands Defence Academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2011\u003cbr\u003e640 pages, 229mm x 153mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-513-2\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":1245108140,"sku":"9789971695132","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/9789971695132.jpeg?v=1426584695"},{"product_id":"the-philippines-and-japan-in-americas-shadow","title":"The Philippines and Japan in America's Shadow","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eEdited by Kiichi Fujiwara and Yoshiko Nagano, Preface by Kiichi Fujiwara and Yoshiko Nagano, Introduction by Kiichi Fujiwara, Contributions by Julian Go and Reynaldo C. Ileto and Temario C. Rivera and Oscar V. Campomanes and Floro C. Quibuyen and Yoshiko Nagano and Satoshi Nakano and Patricia O. Afable and Augusto Espiritu and Michiyo Yoneno-Reyes and Nobue Suzuki and Hiromu Shimizu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJapan and the Philippines both spent part of the twentieth century under American rule, and the experience left an indelible imprint on both societies. Conventional wisdom suggests that American rule in the Philippines, while clearly a form of colonialism, was mitigated by American reluctance to be a colonial power and by early steps to transfer government functions to Filipinos. Similarly, the American occupation of Japan is understood to represent a necessary transitional phase between autocracy and democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors in this volume examine the issue from a wide range of perspectives (political science, history, anthropology, sociology and literature), and they suggest a different interpretation. American colonialism shows distinct characteristics of latecomer-colonialism, starting with the strong role of the state and the primacy of geopolitics. In contrast with other imperial powers, such as Britain, France and Japan, the Americans relied more on informal empire than on direct control of territory, an approach that suited an era when colonialism as such was increasingly difficult to defend. America's relations with the Philippines and with Japan after 1945, often seen as laying the foundations of a post-colonial system, were in fact the prototype of a world order based in part on latecomer-colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The various chapters in this tome clearly deserve to be read by students of both Philippine studies and Japanese studies.\" - \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eMCM Santamaria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This commendable study provides an indiciation of what can still be achieved with comparative studies of a tantalising theme when the central focus is maintained through diligent collaboration. It will have relevance for a range of scholars interested in the US and East Asian affairs.\" - \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003ePeter Sales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKiichi Fujiwara\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of International Politics and Southeast Asian Studies in the Graduate Schools of Law and Politics at the University of Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYoshiko Nagano\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of International Relations and Asian Studies at Kanagawa University in Yokohama, Japan. She is also the author of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nuspress.nus.edu.sg\/products\/state-and-finance-in-the-philippines-1898-1941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eState and Finance in the Philippines, 1898-1941: The Mismanagement of an American Colony\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2011\u003cbr\u003e352 pages, 229mm x 153mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-469-2\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":1245108168,"sku":"9789971694692","price":25.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/Philippines_and_Japan_in_America_s_Shadow_999.jpg?v=1427862614"},{"product_id":"reading-bangkok","title":"Reading Bangkok","description":"\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:9789971695460');\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Book\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Reading Bangkok\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta itemprop=\"author\" content=\"Ross King\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"authorList\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Ross King\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReading Bangkok\u003c\/em\u003e presents stories and meanings derived from the built fabric and spaces of Thailand's capital city. The narrative shifts from King Taksin's mostly forgotten but wondrous Thonburi to the tourist spectacle of Rattanakosin, Dusit and Ratchadamnoen (King Rama V's superficial emulation of an admired, imperialist Europe), Sukhumvit\"Road\"(consumer land), and the slums that are an integral part of the modern city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author structures the book around external intrusions and local resistance. Geographically, this process is seen in movement from centre to periphery (Thonburi, Rattanakosin, Ratchadamnoen, Sukhumvit, Ratchadapisek, Khlong Toei, the universities). Chronologically, the city underwent various forms of colonization: incorporation of the periphery, which in turn colonized Bangkok; the economic colonization of the 19th and 20th centuries; colonization by consumption brought on in large part by globalized tourism; colonization by the\"better\"ideas of others (typically from the West); and finally colonization by\"better\"ways of thinking - notably the intrusions of the universities and of popular democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis exceptionally innovative study draws on urban planning and development, history, anthropology, and political economy, and a rich body of empirical data to provide insights into the maze of power relations, inequalities and global influences that is normally hidden from view. Reading Bangkok is that rare thing, a study that genuinely changes the way its subject is seen and understood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"bio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoss King\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professorial Fellow in the Faculty of Architectural Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, and from 1995 to 2002 was Professor and Dean in that Faculty. His current research deals with contested identities in Asian cities and the role played by urban planning, urban design and architecture. 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This remarkable study takes readers into the coastal villages of Madura, where the distinctive traditional vessels were powered by sail until the late twentieth century. It examines informal-sector economic niches, notably the cattle, salt and timber trades and the carriage of people. The author argues that the ecology and demography of Madura, the nature of village society, cultural traditions of frugality and self-reliance, and an appetite for risk all contributed to the success of the Madurese as maritime entrepreneurs. 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Reggie was my father. He had honed the technique of talking with apparent openness and using that talk as a decoy duck: while you were listening to it quack around the pond, you weren't noticing all the others hiding in the reeds. What follows includes tales that Reggie told repeatedly but, on the whole, it's about what Reggie didn't tell me.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo begins a stunning personal account of a Eurasian family living in Malaya. Reggie was the author's father, and one of the many gaps in his account of his family was that his mother was Eurasian. When Rebecca Kenneison discovered this omission after his death, she set out to learn more about her extended family on the other side of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer voyage of discovery is compelling in itself, but \u003cem\u003ePlaying for Malaya\u003c\/em\u003e has a much larger purpose. Set in the 1930s and 1940s, it recounts the experiences of an extended Eurasian family during the invasion and occupation of Malaya by the Japanese. Colonial society considered Eurasians insufficiently European to be treated as British, but during the Pacific War they seemed all too European to the Japanese, who subjected the Eurasian community to discrimination and worse. Because many Eurasians, including members of the Kenneison family, supported the Allied cause, their wartime experiences are an extraordinary account of tragedy, heroism and endurance, presented here with great eloquence and clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Chelmsford, England, and educated at St John's College, Cambridge, \u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Kenneison\u003c\/strong\u003e lives in Essex with her husband and children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2011\u003cbr\u003e208 pages, 229mm x 152mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ISBN\"\u003eISBN: 978-9971-69-573-6\u003c\/span\u003e, Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"imprint\"\u003eNUS Press Memoir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cscript src=\"https:\/\/www.overdrive.com\/media\/3236257\/sample-embed?slug=playing-for-malaya\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1245108700,"sku":"9789971695736","price":25.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9743\/products\/9789971695736.jpeg?v=1426584728"},{"product_id":"connecting-empires-and-states","title":"Connecting Empires and States: Selected Papers from the 13th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, Volume 2","description":"\u003cp class=\"authorList\"\u003eEdited by Mai Lin Tjoa-Bonatz and Andreas Reinecke and Dominik Bonatz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MainDescript\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a broad range of disciplines, the contributions gathered in this volume focus particular attention on early state formation, development of material cultures, and the transfer of iconographic concepts from late prehistoric to historic times. 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It revolutionized Philippine society, reignited a sense of nationhood, imposed new demands on the state, reconfigured the class structure, and transnationalized class and other social relations, even as it deterritorialized the state and impacted the destinations of migrant workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhilippine foreign policy now takes surprising turns in consideration of migrant workers and Filipinos living abroad. Many tertiary education institutions aim deliberately at the overseas employability of local graduates. 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Brought up in post-war Kuala Lumpur, the impressionable young man finds himself transported to a totally different milieu and culture. The stories follow him from the first tentative steps of his voyage to Europe, to his sojourn in a hostel for Asian students and the shock of boarding life in a boys Catholic school; continues with his early awakening to the possibility of becoming a writer, together with a total embrace of the cultural and literary pleasures of Dublin. Along the way, he met a colourful tapestry of characters, among them a member of the Anglo-Irish gentry, the suave and charming Tom Pierre from the West Indies, and the much-loved Irish poet Paddy Kavanagh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\"...this volume is a valuable addition to Singapore literature, a record of a writer's coming of age in a time of global transition and revolution. 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In a book based on more than three years of fieldwork between 1991 and 2011, Nils Bubandt argues that cannibal witches for people in the coastal, and predominantly Christian, community of Buli in the Indonesian province of North Maluku are both corporeally real and fundamentally unknowable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWitches (known as \u003cem\u003egua\u003c\/em\u003e in the Buli language) appear to be ordinary humans but sometimes, especially at night, they take other forms and attack people in order to kill them and eat their livers. They are seemingly everywhere and nowhere at the same time. The reality of \u003cem\u003egua\u003c\/em\u003e, therefore, can never be pinned down. The title of the book comes from the empty nautilus shells that regularly drift ashore around Buli village. Convention has it that if you find a live nautilus, you are a \u003cem\u003egua\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Over the past century, a series of technological discoveries resulted in the worldwide rise of a rubber production industry that manufactures tyres for motor vehicles, engineering components, household gloves and medical products. Goldthorpe argues that the production of rubber goods has played a significant part in the transformation of the country from primary commodity producer to newly industrialized economy, a position he supports by tracing the historical development of rubber-based industrial production and the effects of government policies promoting industrialization.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAround 80 per cent of the country's rubber manufacturing companies are Malaysian owned, with foreign investment concentrated in production of industrial components and tyres. 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The book vividly portrays the chaotic swirl of events and the heady emotion of young people ready to sacrifice their lives for a great cause. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNewly liberated from nearly four brutal years under Japanese control, the people of Indonesia faced great uncertainty in October 1945. As the British Army attempted to take control of the city of Surabaya, maintain order and deal with surrendered Japanese personnel, their actions were interpreted by the young residents of Surabaya as a plan to restore Dutch colonial rule. In response, the youth of the city took up arms and repelled the force sent to occupy the city. They then held off British reinforcements for two weeks, battling tanks and heavy artillery with nothing more than light weapons and sheer audacity. 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The prose is crisp and vivid... and there are many striking moments.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTim Hannigan, Asian Review of Books \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...invaluable to our understanding of the early days of the Indonesian republic...lively prose and distinctive style of translation make the book an enjoyable read.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohannes Nugroho, The Jakarta Globe\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuhario Padmodiwiryo\u003c\/strong\u003e, \"Hario Kecik\" to his friends and family, was born in Surabaya on 12 May 1921. He began a career in medicine but his studies were cut short by the arrival of the Japanese. After his extraordinary experiences as a Deputy Commander of forces fighting in Surabaya in 1945, he stayed in the newly formed Indonesian National Army, rising eventually to the rank of General. 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Flath\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\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:9789814722162');\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Temple of Confucius (Kong Temple) in Qufu is the definitive monument to the world’s greatest sage. From its humble origins deep in China’s past, the home of Confucius grew in size and stature under the auspices of almost every major dynasty until it was the largest and most richly endowed temple in the Ming and Qing empires. 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