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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...
Asia's New Regionalism
By Ellen L. Frost As the political drive to establish closer ties among Asian governments continues to gain momentum, there has been much debate about the realities of Asian regionalism. Does the community-building activity in fact signal the birth of...
Proper Islamic Consumption: Shopping Among the Malays in Modern Malaysia
by Johan Fischer Examining the powerful linkages between class, consumption, market relations, Islam and the state in contemporary Malaysia, this is the first book to explore how Malaysia’s emerging Malay middle class is constituted through consumer practices and Islamic revivalism....
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...
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...
Reading Bangkok
By Ross King Reading Bangkok 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...
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...
The Banana Tree at the Gate: A History of Marginal Peoples and Global Markets in Borneo
By Michael R. Dove The "Hikayat Banjar," a seventeenth-century native court chronicle from Southeast Borneo, characterizes the irresistibility of natural resource wealth to outsiders as "the banana tree at the gate." Michael R. Dove employs this phrase as a root...
Palace, Political Party and Power: A Story of the Socio-Political Development of Malay Kingship
By Kobkua Suwannathat-Pian Palace, Political Party and Power: A Story of the Socio-Political Development of Malay Kingship traces the history of Malay rulers in the Malay Peninsula from the late colonial period to the first decade of the 21st century....
Negotiating Autonomy in Greater China: Hong Kong and Its Sovereign Before and After 1997
edited by Ray Yep Local autonomy is a complex and often contentious issue in many countries, not least because the situation often involves a process of continuous (re)negotiation. Moreover, the actual power relationship is defined not only by legal permissibility...
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...
Being Malay in Indonesia: Histories, Hopes and Citizenship in the Riau Archipelago
By Nicholas J. Long In 1999, the people of Indonesia's Riau Archipelago were angry. Resentful of decades of internal colonialism by Mainland Sumatra, and concerned that they lacked the education and skills to flourish in a globalised world, they dreamed...
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 23, Number 2 (May 2025)
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 MUSE Research Sex Offending against Children and Minors in China: An...
Penang Trams, Trolleybuses, and Railways: Municipal Transport History, 1880s-1963
By Colin Ganley and Ric Francis Penang was one of the first urban centres in Southeast Asia to operate steam trams, horse trams, electric trams and trolleybuses. When the Municipal Commission established its own electrical supply, it took over the...
Electoral Dynamics in Indonesia: Money Politics, Patronage and Clientelism at the Grassroots
Edited by Edward Aspinall & Mada SukmajatiContributions by Rizkika Lhena Darwin, Teuku Muhammad Jafar Sulaiman, Ahmad Taufan Damanik, Ibrahim, Alamsyah, Muhammad Mahsun, Gandung Ismanto, Idris Thaha, Argoposo Cahyo Nugroho, Sita W. Dewi, S.L. Harjanto, Olivia D. Purba, Amalinda Savirani, Caroline Paskarina,...
Liberalism Disavowed: Communitarianism and State Capitalism in Singapore
A Choice Recommended Title and a Foreign Affairs “Book of the Year” 2018Shortlisted for the EuroSEAS Book Prize for Social Science By Chua Beng Huat eBook available at: and In Liberalism Disavowed, Chua Beng Huat examines the rejection of Western-style...
The Peasant Robbers of Kedah, 1900-1929: Historical and Folk Perceptions (Second Edition)
By Cheah Boon Kheng In the early twentieth century, social banditry was endemic in the countryside near the border between the northern Malaysian state of Kedah and Siam, and some outlaws became local heroes. Cheah Boon Kheng's account of peasant...
Writing Singapore: An Historical Anthology of Singapore Literature
Edited by Angelia Poon, Philip Holden and Shirley Geok-lin Lim The first comprehensive historical anthology of English-language writing from Singapore, this volume covers more than a century of literary production in a variety of genres. It provides readers in Singapore...
Privatizing Water: Governance Failure and the World's Urban Water Crisis
By Karen Bakker Water supply privatization was emblematic of the nonliberal turn in development policy in the 1990s. Proponents argue that the private sector could provide better services at lower costs than governments; opponents questioned the risks involved in delegating...
(Print Edition) China: An International Journal Volume 20, Number 1 (February 2022)
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 MUSE RESEARCH Inherently Particularistic? How China’s Identity Constrains its Ability to...
(Print Edition) China: An International Journal Volume 15, Number 2 (May 2017)
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 MUSEContentsRESEARCHXi Jinping and PLA Centrality in Beijing's South China Sea Dispute...
Populism in Asia
Edited by Kosuke Mizuno and Pasuk Phongpaichit Across Asia, "populist" leaders emerged on an unprecedented scale around the start of the 21st century. Populism in Asia is the first book to examine this phenomenon. The 1997 Asian financial crisis undermined...
Collaborative Governance of Forests: Towards Sustainable Forest Resource Utilization
Edited by Makoto Inoue and Motomu TanakaContributions by Darmawan Arief, Fujiwara Takahiro, Harada Kazuhiro, Hyakumura Kimihiko, Inoue Makoto, Nguyen Vinh Quang, Kakizawa Hiroaki, Ohashi Mariko, Oktalina Silvi Nur, Okubo Mika, Okuda Hironori, Rohman, Sato Masatoshi, Sato Noriko, Tanaka Motomu, Tanaka...
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...
Love, Passion and Patriotism: Sexuality and the Philippine Propaganda Movement, 1882-1892
By Raquel A.G. Reyes Love, Passion and Patriotism is an intimate account of the lives and experiences of a renowned group of young Filipino patriots, the men whose propaganda campaign was a catalyst for the country’s revolt against Spain. José Rizal,...
War and Peace in Asia: International Law and Politics in Armed Conflicts
Just published! Kriangsak Kittichaisaree How do Asian states navigate the complex terrain between international legal obligations and strategic national interests in matters of war and peace? What justifications are invoked to wage war, and what are the legal frameworks used...
Clinical Psychology in Singapore: An Asian Casebook
Edited by Gregor Lange and John Davison This casebook is a unique resource, offering never before documented insights into the practices and principles of clinical psychologists within local mental health services in Singapore. The 20 fascinating chapters provide comprehensive coverage...
A History of the People's Action Party, 1985-2021
Shashi JayakumarThe People's Action Party (or PAP) of Singapore is among the longest-ruling democratically-elected political parties in the world, in power continuously since Singapore gained self-rule in 1959. Such longevity is the hallmark of an institution that is itself dynamic...
Surviving Against The Odds: Village Industry In Indonesia
By S. Ann Dunham, Edited by Alice G. Dewey and Nancy I. Cooper President Barack Obama's mother, S. Ann Dunham, was an economic anthropologist and rural development consultant who worked in several countries, including Indonesia. When Dunham married Lolo Soetoro...
An Introduction to Genetic Engineering: Life Sciences and the Law
By George Wei Life sciences are an area of technology constantly in the news. The moral, social, economic and legal issues raised by the latest work in the life sciences are immense. These include the legal issues that concern the...
(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...
(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...
Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia, 1913-1974
By Stefan Huebner The history of regional sporting events in 20th century Asia yields insights into Western and Asian perspectives on what defines modern Asia, and can be read as a staging of power relations in Asia and between Asia and...