Regional Studies

International relations scholarship and the popular media tend to portray China as a great power with hegemonic designs for Southeast Asia. Moreover, studies on Chinese influence in Southeast Asia predominantly focus on the Chinese state. This paper...

As a way to comment on a person's style or taste, the word "tacky" has distinctly southern origins, with its roots tracing back to the so-called "tackies" who tacked horses on South Carolina farms prior to the Civil War. The Tacky...

Since 2011, Myanmar has experienced many changes to its social, political and economic landscape. The formation of a new government in 2016, led by the National League for Democracy, was a crucially important milestone in the country's transition to a...

While Hollywood deserves its reputation for much-maligned portrayals of southern highlanders on screen, the film industry also deserves credit for a long-standing tradition of more serious and meaningful depictions of Appalachia's people. Surveying some...

Since 2011, Myanmar has experienced many changes to its social, political and economic landscape. The formation of a new government in 2016, led by the National League for Democracy, was a crucially important milestone in the country's transition to a...

With hundreds of thousands of copies sold, a Ron Howard movie in the works, and the rise of its author as a media personality, J. D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis has defined Appalachia for much of the nation. What...

Indonesia faces the twin challenge of maintaining high economic growth and making growth more inclusive. Most policymakers now agree that better jobs and greater productivity are fundamental for sustaining rapid and more inclusive growth. Improved...

This gender equality case study presents the contributions of the ADB-India project in providing 24-hour power supply to rural households in Madhya Pradesh and how it has opened opportunities for women entrepreneurs in the energy sector. Reliable supply...

This report is an outcome of the support and contributions of ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum members and experts, particularly from Brunei Darussalam. The country's domestic capital market has considerable growth potential. Since 2006, the government has...

The Asia Bond Monitor reviews recent developments in East Asian local currency bond markets along with the outlook, risks, and policy options. It covers the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus the People's Republic of China;...

News on the American Dream traces the development of the Portuguese-American press from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century to the present, taking readers from the East Coast to Hawaii, with strategic stops in places with large Portuguese...

This review recommends possible extension and/or realignment of economic corridors to enhance their effectiveness and efficiency in advancing economic integration in the Greater Mekong Subregion. The economic corridor approach was adopted by the Greater...

The Himalaya is a cornucopia and convergence of sovereign states, civilisational interaction and indigenous cultures across a stretch of two thousand miles. Its primary cultural influences haves been that of Tibetan and Indic civilisations, respectively...

On the back of a brightening global outlook, government bond yields in major advanced economies rose between 1 June and 15 August, with the increase extending to emerging East Asia. This publication reviews recent developments in East Asian local...

This report is an outcome of the support and contributions of ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum members and experts, particularly from the Lao PDR. A highlight of this guide is an update on the development of the country's securities. The purpose of this Bond...

Ohio Outback is a unique compilation of writings by Claude Clayton Smith about his experiences of living in Ohio for the past twenty-two years. Smith offers a vibrant, humorous portrait of life that focuses on individuals and events in out-of-the-way...

Inspired by the Arkansas Review's "What Is the Delta?" series of articles,Defining the Delta collects fifteen essays from scholars in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities to describe and define this important region. Here are essays...

This report documents Myanmar’s financial management systems, covering primarily the areas of budgeting, funds flow, accounting and reporting, and auditing systems.It provides insights into the quality of internal control systems, staffing resource...

As a way to comment on a person's style or taste, the word "tacky" has distinctly southern origins, with its roots tracing back to the so-called "tackies" who tacked horses on South Carolina farms prior to the Civil War. The Tacky...

Ivan H. Walton was a pioneering folklorist who collected the songs and stories of aging sailors living along the shores of the Great Lakes in the 1930s. His collection is unique in the annals of Great Lakes folklore. It began as a search for songs but...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816526918Author Douglas MonroyFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press

Providing an examination of Afghanistan's history, tradition, religions and the cultural history of its tribes and ethnic groups, this text also examines the different factions vying for power. It deals with the difficulties of everyday life and the...

In an increasingly globalized world, place matters more than ever. This concept especially holds true in Appalachian studies - a field that brings scholars, activists, artists, and citizens together around the region to contest misappropriations of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904794202Author Chris Steele-PerkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Northumbria University PressPublisher McNidder & Grace

This up-to-date and insightful book presents post-crisis scenarios for European regions with new methodologies and tools to support quantitative assessment and foresight. The aim is to develop regional forecasting methodologies and tools, appropriate to...

Originally initiated by the Presidential Committee on Regional Development in South Korea, this wide-ranging volume investigates the new directions in regional development policy taking shape around the world. In addition to contributions with individual...

Today, economic growth is widely understood to be conditioned by productivity increases which are, in turn, profoundly affected by innovation. This volume explores these key relationships between innovation and growth, bringing together experts from both...

In the 1990s, the states of Western Europe faced twin challenges, from above in the shape of globalization and European integration, and from below in the form of new regionalist movements. In this authoritative book, Michael Keating traces the...

This book provides a plethora of insights and perspectives that take up and challenge prevailing points of view about today's Africa. The chapters examine a number of different media and topics: from African theatre to poetry, from accounts of personal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788251916929Author Jens Jacob JensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Tapir Academic PressPublisher Tapir Academic PressWeight(grams) 164g

Between 2010 and 2025, most of the countries of Latin America will commemorate two centuries of independence, and Latin Americans have much to celebrate at this milestone. Most countries have enjoyed periods of sustained growth, while inequality is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865437654Author Zaline Makini Roy-CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 223Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865436305Author Kwesi Kwaa PrahFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 270g

This volume presents numerous facts about the 352 types of manufacturing in the nation and more specific facts about those related to the South. Herring reveals the directions in which the southeast has pushed its industrial development far enough and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997428322Author Jerilyn VeldofFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Twining PressPublisher Twining PressWeight(grams) 236g

What does it mean to be a Nashvillian? A black Nashvillian? A white Nashvillian? What does it mean to be an organizer, an ally, an elected official, an agent for change? Deep Dish Conversations is a running online interview series in which host Jerome...

First published in 1955, Oscar Winzerling's Acadian Odyssey has remained unsurpassed as a study of the exodus of 1755. Following their eviction from Nova Scotia by the English, many hundreds of Acadians spent years in various seaport concentration camps...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692313602Author Will C CarsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Greenville Illinois Bicentennial BoardPublisher Greenville Illinois Bicentennial...

What do India's millennials want and how are they transforming one of the youngest, most populous nations in the world?More than half of India is under the age of twenty-five, but India's millennials are nothing like their counterparts in the West. In a...

First published in 1987. The object of this book is to show the nature and the constraints of the commercialization of agriculture in one of the world's major problem areas, Sub-Saharan Africa. Agricultural commercialization started here centuries ago,...