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Macau: The Imaginary City by Jonathan Porter
RRP: £43.99£38.44"For many people who have encountered it, Macau makes a deep impression on the imagination, as if the city were not entirely real or, rather, not of the real world. Macau often seems dreamlike, as though it were sustained by the effort of some... -
A Nation In Waiting, Second Edition: Indonesia's Search For Stability by Adam Schwarz
RRP: £54.99£49.41In A Nation in Waiting, Adam Schwarz spans a wide variety of issues of concern in today's Indonesia, providing a detailed view of one of the world's most populous, yet least-understood, nations. He chronicles the major economic and political changes... -
Eastern Phoenix: Japan Since 1945 by Mikiso Hane
RRP: £36.99£35.06It has been fifty years since Japan admitted defeat and accepted the terms of the Potsdam Declaration following World War II. At the time, Japan was in shambles, its imperial dream shattered, and its people reduced to scrounging for sufficient food to... -
Politics, Governance and Development in Bangladesh Muhammad Sayadur Rahman (Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration at Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh) 9780367727383
RRP: £45.99£40.13This book explores the relationship between bureaucrats and elected politicians in Bangladesh and discusses how this impacts governance and development in the country from an empirical perspective. It looks at the interplay of politics and bureaucracy in... -
A Brief Introduction To Hinduism: Religion, Philosophy, And Ways Of Liberation by A. L. Herman
RRP: £135.00£117.28In this lucid and incisive account of Hinduism, A. L. Herman introduces the reader to one of the great belief systems of our time. Professor Herman identifies three distinct Hindu traditions and treats both their historical roots?as far back as 2500.Book... -
The Cambodian Crisis And U.s. Policy Dilemmas by Robert G Sutter
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book introduces the current U.S. policy issues and interests concerning the crisis in Cambodia. It provides an overview of the impasse in the Cambodian conflict that prevailed throughout much of the 1980s and looks at U.S. policy concerns in both... -
China's Housing Middle Class: Changing Urban Life in Gated Communities by Beibei Tang
£49.28Home ownership plays a significant role in locating the middle class in most western societies, associated with market, consumerism, democracy and "people like us", the significant features of the middle class for any society. In China, private... -
Middle East Avenue: Female Migration From Sri Lanka To The Gulf by Grete Brochmann
RRP: £39.99£35.06Contributing to the literature on labor migration from less developed countries to the Gulf states, Middle East Avenue focuses on the case of Sri Lanka's large-scale exportation of its poorest women to serve as housemaids in private Arab homes.Book... -
Social Transformation and State Governance in China: Theory, Path, and Policy Process by Xianglin Xu
RRP: £44.99£44.97This book focuses on social transformation and political system reform, aims at explaining the policy process of this transformation and state governance. It is the fruit of nearly twenty years' research of author on Chinese political system reform. In... -
Us Vs China: From Trade War To Reciprocal Deal Thomas Weir Pauken Ii (-) 9789811204142
RRP: £55.00£48.03'The author has skilfully distilled a sea of data into a readable book on the current US-China trade spats ... A valuable resource for those wishing to untangle the present complicated economic relationship between China and the US.'CHOICEUS vs China:... -
A Nation in Waiting: Indonesia's Search for Stability by Adam Schwarz
RRP: £18.99£17.38Adam Schwarz's highly acclaimed and best-selling "A Nation in Waiting" brings the story of contemporary Indonesia right up to date, covering the collapse of the economy, the fall of Suharto, the series of brief subsequent presidencies and the challenges... -
Jihad and Dawah by Samina Yasmeen
RRP: £35.00£31.24This book provides a detailed account of the emergence and metamorphoses of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its political arm, Jamat ud Dawah, since the early 1990s. Linking the group's narratives to the process of Islamisation in Pakistan and divergent views... -
The Chinese Defense Establishment: Continuity And Change In The 1980s by Paul H. B. Godwin
RRP: £130.00£107.24Complex issues of national security and defense modernization continue to be a major preoccupation of the PRC leadership. In the 1970s, especially during the second half of that crucial decade, critical decisions were made that led to Beijing's alignment... -
Strands of Modernization: The Circulation of Technology and Business Practices in East Asia, 1850-1920 by David B. Sicilia
RRP: £41.00£35.81The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw extraordinary transfer and diffusion of industry- and transportation-related technology, and business methods. While most scholarship on nineteenth-century technology transfer beyond Europe and North... -
Learning To Be Modern: Japanese Political Discourse On Education by Byron Marshall
RRP: £135.00£117.68In the increasingly global economy, commentators often cite education as a key source of competitive advantage for nations locked in economic contention on the world stage. Byron Marshall examines the evolution of Japanese schools over the past 120 years... -
China's New Political Economy: Revised Edition by Susumu Yabuki
RRP: £86.99£75.54In the completely revised second edition of this highly praised book, Susumu Yabuki, one of Japan's leading China experts, and Stephen M. Harner, A Shanghai-based investment banker, present a comprehensive and accessible analysis of China's political... -
The Taiwan Economy In Transition by Shirley W Y Kuo
RRP: £39.99£35.46The Taiwan economy has undergone a successful transition in the post-war period-transition from agricultural to industrial, from traditional to modem, and from backward to advanced economy. This book explores and illuminates broad dimensions of the... -
Reinventing Vietnamese Socialism: Doi Moi In Comparative Perspective by William S Turley
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book presents a variety of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives on the problematic of reform in Vietnam. It explores the Vietnam's reforms in relation to those taking place in other countries of the socialist world, comparing doi moi with... -
Burma: Prospects for a Democratic Future by Robert I. Rotberg
RRP: £39.00£34.77This book examines the origins and consequences of Burma's current policies from military, political, social, and economic perspectives. It analyzes the Asian decision to "constructively engage" Burma, especially in economic affairs, versus the... -
Inside Out India and China: Local Politics Go Global by Antholis William
RRP: £19.99£17.61For the last decade, China and India have grown at an amazing rate - particularly considering the greatest downturn in the U.S. and Europe since the Great Depression. As a result, both countries are forecast to have larger economies than the U.S. or EU... -
What's A Peasant To Do? Village Becoming Town In Southern China by Gregory Eliyu Guldin
RRP: £43.99£38.44Since China entered the post-Mao "Reform Era" in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Chinese economy has taken off as few economies ever have. Labor migration, rural enterprises, rising production, and globalization have all combined to end the... -
Governing Taiwan and Tibet: Democratic Approaches by Baogang He
RRP: £100.00£91.32This book problematises China's current policies towards Tibet and Taiwan and offers a fresh democratic approach. When it comes to talking about democracy in China, Chinese nationalists argue that it cannot solve China's problems, while Chinese liberals... -
Foreign Intervention And China's Industrial Development, 1870-1911 by Stephen C Thomas
RRP: £39.99£35.06In this book, the author examines two approaches to the analysis of China's industrialization efforts between 1870 and 1911: the generally accepted domestic-limitation approach and the alternative foreign-intervention approach. He points to the year 1897... -
Asian Labor Migration: Pipeline To The Middle East by Fred Arnold
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book estimates the stock of Asian workers in the Middle East and the annual flows, as well as the costs and benefits to the major labor suppliers in Asia. It reviews the policies to control labor migration and the innovative programs to maximize the... -
China's Military Reforms: International And Domestic Implications by Charles D. Lovejoy
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book examines what China's military modernization means for the global and regional balance of power and for China's internal political-economic system. It focuses on China's acquisition of foreign technology, its military education system, and its... -
In Pursuit Of Contemporary East Asian Culture by Xiaobing Tang
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book examines East Asian culture through an interdisciplinary, crosscultural lens. Readings of film, television, and visual and literary texts reveal the historical condition as well as the contemporary impulses driving East Asian culture today.Book... -
Ethnic Conflict In Buddhist Societies: Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma Kinglsey M. De Silva 9780367153090
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book is an outcome of South and South-east Asia regional workshop on 'Minorities in Buddhist Polities: Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma'. It mainly focuses on policy issues. The key theme of the book is the role of religions play in both the... -
Chinese Politics Illustrated: The Cultural, Social, And Historical Context Lance Liangping Gore (Eai, Nus, S'pore) 9789814546744
RRP: £83.00£72.60This unique book offers the readers a ring-side seat to watch the drama of Chinese politics as it is experienced by the players themselves. It provides an opportunity for non-Chinese readers to get a feel of the intricacies of contemporary Chinese... -
2030 Vision For Asean - China Strategic Partnership: Perspectives From Think-tanks by Yanjun Guo
RRP: £70.00£60.84The year 2018 marks the 15th anniversary of the establishment of ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership. Both ASEAN and China expect to seize this opportunity to take ASEAN-China strategic partnership to a new level.This book assesses ASEAN-China Strategic... -
Mao Zedong and Social Reconstruction by Girin Phukon
£15.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788170031987Author Girin PhukonFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint South Asian PublishersPublisher South Asian Publishers Pvt.Ltd -
Post-war Dilemmas of Sri Lanka: Democracy and Reconciliation by S. I. Keethaponcalan
£45.98By investigating Sri Lanka as a case study, this book examines whether democracy, compared to authoritarianism, is conducive to post-war reconciliation. The research, founded on primary as well as secondary data, concludes that political systems have... -
The Politics of Timor-Leste: Democratic Consolidation after Intervention by Michael Leach
RRP: £108.00£93.80The Politics of Timor-Leste explores the critical issues facing the Asia-Pacific's youngest nation as it seeks to consolidate a democracy following years of international intervention. The authors study the challenges that have burdened the state since... -
Vietnam's Rural Transformation by Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet
RRP: £49.99£43.50Since the mid-1980s, Vietnam has experienced remarkable economic, political, and social change. This is the first study in English to focus on rural Vietnam - where nearly 80 per cent of its people live, much of its economic production occurs, and... -
Southeast Asian History: Essential Readings by D. R. Sardesai
RRP: £43.99£38.44Designed to stand on its own, or to accompany the seventh edition of D. R. SarDesai's Southeast Asia: Past and Present, this updated reader includes classic and recent works on the history of Southeast Asia. SarDesai has selected literary and historical... -
Women And Microcredit In Rural Bangladesh: An Anthropological Study Of Grameen Bank Lending by Aminur Rahman
RRP: £43.99£38.44The Grameen Bank of Bangladesh has been extending small loans to poor borrowers (primarily women) to promote self-employment and income generation since 1976. The apparent success of the Grameen Bank (that is, recruitment of clients, investment of loans,... -
Japan Through American Eyes: The Journal Of Francis Hall, 1859-1866 Fred G Notehelfer 9780813338675
RRP: £54.99£47.72This abridgement of the unique journal of Francis Hall, America's leading business pioneer in nineteenth-century Japan, offers a remarkable view of the period leading to the Meiji Restoration. An upstate New York book dealer, Hall went to Japan in 1859... -
Were We The Enemy? American Survivors Of Hiroshima by Rinjiro Sodei
RRP: £43.99£38.44In August 1945, the first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What is hardly known is that 4,000 Nisei (Japanese Americans), the sons and daughters of Japanese immigrants who had been sent back to Japan to be educated before World War II... -
Fields, Forest, And Family: Women's Work And Power In Rural Laos by Carol Ireson
RRP: £43.99£38.44After the Vietnam War, socialist governments ascended to power in all the countries of the former Indochina. In Laos, more than a decade of socialist reorganization was followed by economic liberalization in the late 1980s. Laotian women had... -
A Brief Introduction To Hinduism: Religion, Philosophy, And Ways Of Liberation A. L. Herman 9780813381107
RRP: £43.99£38.44""I have read Arthur Herman's Introduction to Hinduism with considerable interest and pleasure. It is bold and innovative, clearly written, well organized, and quite provocative." -Eliot Deutsch University of Ha wail at Manoa "Book InformationISBN... -
Central Asia In Historical Perspective by Beatrice F. Manz
RRP: £43.99£38.44Since the demise of Soviet power, the newly independent republics are redefining their identities and their relations with the world at large. In Central Asia, which lies at the crossroads of several cultures, the emerging trends are complex and...