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Disease and Demography in Colonial Burma
By Judith L. Richell Disease and Demography in Colonial Burma is an examination of the factors that shaped demographic change in Burma between 1852 and 1941. Despite increasing contemporary interest in the historical demography of the non-European world, there has...
Catch-Up Industrialization: The Trajectory and Prospects of East Asian Economies
By Akira Suehiro Catch-Up Industrialization is an innovative examination of how the political ideology of "developmentalism" has driven East Asian economic growth. The author considers innovative production and management techniques, the patterns of industrial relations, and the way education shapes the...
Labour Market Segmentation in Malaysian Services
By Khong How Ling and K.S. Jomo This is the first book to look at labor in Malaysian services, and also the first to use the labor market segmentation approach to study Malaysian labor. As in most other countries, the...
Political Conflict and Economic Interdependence across the Taiwan Strait and Beyond
By Scott L. Kastner Why is it that political conflict between countries sometimes undermines commerce between those states, and yet at other times it seems to have little or no effect on cross-border economic flows? The question is an important...
Unequal Thailand: Aspects of Income, Wealth and Power
Edited by Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris BakerContributions by Pasuk Phongpaichit, Chris Baker, Duangmanee Laovakul, Dilaka Lathapipat, Wanicha Direkudomsak, Nualnoi Treerat, Parkpume Vanichaka, Nopanun Wannathepsakul, Chaiyon Praditsil, Chainarong Khrueanuan, Ukrist Pathmanand and Pan Ananapibut Extreme inequalities in income,wealth and power lie behind...
Japanese Firms in Contemporary Singapore
By Hiroshi Shimizu This pioneering work discusses the role of Japan in the economic development of Singapore since 1965 by looking at the nature and extent of the value-added activities of Japanese multinational corporations (MNCs) in the manufacturing, construction, and...
Catastrophe and Regeneration in Indonesia’s Peatlands: Ecology, Economy and Society
Edited by Kosuke Mizuno, Motoko S. Fujita and Shuichi KawaiContributions by Retno Kusumaningtyas, Hiromitsu Samejima, Kazuo Watanabe, Tetsuya Shimamura, Kazuya Masuda, Kosuke Mizuno, Kaoru Sugihara, Shigeo Kobayashi, Haruka Suzuki, Osamu Kozan, Ahmad Muhammad and Haris GunawanThe serious degradation of the...
Rubber Manufacturing in Malaysia: Resource-based Industrialization in Practice
By C.C. Goldthorpe Malaysia is a major rubber producing country, and the country's rubber manufacturing sector is a prime example of an industry based on a locally produced agricultural resource. In Rubber Manufacturing in Malaysia, C.C. Goldthorpe draws on industrial...
Performing the Divine: Mediums, Markets and Modernity in Urban Vietnam
by Kirsten W. Endres Vietnam in the last two decades has experienced not only market reform and significant economic growth but also a related, symbiotic revival of popular religion. It is no surprise, then, that popular beliefs and rituals that...
Yaa Baa: Production, Traffic and Consumption of Methamphetamine in Mainland Southeast Asia
By Joel Meissonnier and Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy The abuse of methamphetamines in Southeast Asia has become a major problem over the past decade. Thailand has been particularly hard hit: methamphetamine abuse now affects all sectors of Thai society. In the early...
State and Finance in the Philippines, 1898-1941: The Mismanagement of an American Colony
by Yoshiko Nagano Shortlisted for Best Book in History for the 2016 Philippines' National Book Awards During the First World War, ill-advised steps by colonial officials in the Philippines created a financial crisis which lasted from 1919 until 1922. The circumstances shook...
Nature and Nation: Forests and Development in Peninsular Malaysia
By Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells Nature and Nation explores the relations between people and forests in Peninsular Malaysia where the planet's richest terrestrial eco-system met head-on with the fastest pace of economic transformation experienced in the tropical world. It engages the interplay...
Innovation and China's Global Emergence
Edited by Erik Baark, Bert Hofman and Jiwei Qian With contributions from Cong Cao, Xiaolan Fu, Bai Gao, Carsten A. Holz, Gary Jefferson, Cintia Külzer-Sacilotto, Haibo Lin, Anton Malkin, Dan Prud’homme, Yi Ru, Denis Fred Simon, Yuqing Xing, and Hongru Xiong.China...
The Temiars of the Puyan River, Vol. 2: History, Culture and Situation of the Orang Asli of Pos Gob
THIS PRODUCT IS ONLY AVAILABLE AS A SET. SCROLL DOWN TO PURCHASE. David P. Quinton The Temiars of the Puyan River, Vol. 2 is the story of a Temiar community in the Kelantan hinterland. Never before has it been told...
Resilience and the Localisation of Trauma in Aceh, Indonesia
Catherine Smith The globalisation of psychiatry has helped shape the way suffering and recovery is experienced in Aceh, Indonesia, a region with a long history of violent conflict. In this book, Catherine Smith examines the global reach of the...
Liberalism and the Postcolony: Thinking the State in 20th-Century Philippines
By Lisandro E. Claudio Winner - George McT. Kahin Prize 2019Winner - Euroseas Best Book in the Humanities 2019 Extricating liberalism from the haze of anti-modernist and anti-European caricature, this book traces the role of liberal philosophy in the building of...
Moral Politics in the Philippines: Inequality, Democracy and the Urban Poor
By Wataru Kusaka “The people” famously ousted Ferdinand Marcos from power in the Philippines in 1986. After democratization, though, a fault line appeared that split the people into citizens and the masses. The former were members of the middle class who...
A Matter of Risk: Insurance in Malaysia, 1826-1990
By Lee Kam Hing The insurance industry in Malaysia is a large and important sector of the economy in terms of capitalization, business turnover, assets, and the number of employees. Insurance companies played a crucial role in early Western economic...
Land And Loyalty: Security And The Development Of Property Rights In Thailand
By Tomas Larsson Domestic and international development strategies often focus on private ownership as a crucial anchor for long-term investment; the security of property rights provides a foundation for capitalist expansion. In recent years, Thailand's policies have been hailed as...
International Real Estate: Asia's Potential from a Research Perspective
By David Ho Kim Hin International Real Estate: Asia's Potential from a Research Perspective considers real estate market analysis in the context of economic theory pertaining to market disequilibria, utilizing data from major cities in Asia as case studies. This...
Penang and Its Region: The Story of an Asian Entrepôt
Edited by Yeoh Seng Guan, Loh Wei Leng, Khoo Salma Nasution and Neil Khor From its beginnings in the late eighteenth century, the vibrant colonial port of Penang attracted a diverse range of peoples, enabled pioneering commercial enterprises, and fomented...
Heritage Tourism in Southeast Asia
edited by Michael Hitchcock, Victor T. King and Michael Parwell This is the first book to examine heritage tourism across the Southeast Asian region and from different disciplinary perspectives. With material that is new and topical, it makes an important...
The Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore, 1941-45: A Social and Economic History
by Paul H. Kratoska Japanese forces invaded Malaya on 8 December 1941 and British forces surrendered in Singapore 70 days later. Japan would rule the territory for the next 3½ years. Early efforts to maintain pre-war standards of comfort gave...
Law, Institutions and Malaysian Economic Development
Edited by Sau Ngan Wong and Jomo K. S. This pioneering volume develops an institutionalist analysis of Malaysia's post-colonial economy by exploring the political economy of development and particularly the interface between economics and law. The various authors show that...
(Print Edition) China: An International Journal Volume 19, Number 3 (August 2021)
Please select according to your country of residence. For example, If you are shipping to Thailand, please select ASEAN/China. All prices are inclusive of shipping.Online version available on Project MUSE CONTENTS PART ONE: Special Issue on the Economic and Social...
Trade and Society: The Amoy Network on the China Coast, 1683-1735
By Ng Chin-keong The book examines the social and economic changes in south Fukien (Fujian) on the southeast coast of China during late imperial times. Faced with land shortages and overpopulation, the rural population of south Fukien turned to the...
The Paradox of Agrarian Change: Food Security and the Politics of Social Protection in Indonesia
Edited by John F. McCarthy, Andrew McWilliam and Gerben Nooteboom With contributions from Shaummil Hadi, Katiman, Pande Made Kutanegara, Stepanus Makambombu, Nulwita Maliata, Michelle Pols, Henri Sitorus, Mulyadi Sumarto, Naimah Talib, Jacqueline Vel, Carol Warren, Nur Isiyana Wianti, Lisa Woodward, Yani Taufik, Rudy Purba, Vania...
The Chinese in Maritime Southeast Asia: Trade and Merchant Communities in 17th-century Insulindia
Marie-Sybille de Vienne The 17th century represents a turning point in the global history of trade, as connections between Asian and European markets increased dramatically at this time. The Dutch East-India Company (or VOC) was central to this process, but—...
Surabaya, 1945-2010: Neighbourhood, State and Economy in Indonesia's City of Struggle
By Robbie PetersShortlistEuroSEAS Humanities Book Prize 2015 Surabaya, 1945-2010 presents the recent history of one of Indonesia's great port cities as viewed from a crowded low-income neighbourhood (kampung) called Dinoyo. By following the lives of Dinoyo residents over three generations,...
Revisiting Rural Places: Pathways to Poverty and Prosperity in Southeast Asia
Edited by Jonathan Rigg and Peter Vandergeest In Revisiting Rural Places, scholars return to sites of their earlier research in Southeast Asia to examine how the rapid pace of change in the countryside affected places, spaces and people that they...
(Print Edition) China: An International Journal Volume 13, Number 2 (August 2015)
Please select according to your country of residence. For example, If you are shipping to Thailand, please select ASEAN/China. All prices are inclusive of shipping.Online version available at Project MUSEContents RESEARCHSmall State Foreign Policy: The Diplomatic Recognition of Taiwan by HU...
Surabaya, City of Work: A Socioeconomic History, 1900-2000
By Howard W. Dick Surabaya 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...
Acute Glaucoma: Acute Primary Closed Angle Glaucoma. Major Global Blinding Problem
By Arthur Lim Acute primary closed angle glaucoma is a dangerous eye disease on the increase. It can blind a patient rapidly. Yet, blindness from acute glaucoma is preventable as the symptoms draw attention of the patient. With the help...
Journal, Memorials and Letters of Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge: Security, Diplomacy and Commerce in 17th-century Southeast Asia
Edited by Peter Borschberg Admiral Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge, a Director in the Rotterdam chamber of the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) for three decades during the early 17th century, set sail from the Dutch Republic for Asia in 1605....
Tourism in Southeast Asia: Challenges and New Directions
edited by Michael Hitchcock, Victor T. King and Michael Parwell Tourism in Southeast Asia provides an up-to-date exploration of the state of tourism development and associated issues in one of the world's most dynamic tourism destinations. The volume takes a...