World Studies: Asia

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Reducere. Centering his analysis in the dynamic forces of modern East Asian history, Kuan-Hsing Chen recasts cultural studies as a politically urgent global ...

Reducere. How art can empower and enhance community, with case studies from Central Asia, Latin America, Africa and beyondShowing how artists, artworks and c...

Preventive Diplomacy (PD) has been recognized as a useful tool to address security issues in the Asia-Pacific region. To explore a PD mode compatib...

TThis comprehensive reference work gives an overview of the industrial development and current state of industrialization and deindustrialization i...

This volume uses thirteen case studies to analyze the impact of economic globalization on poverty and inequality in different regions of the develo...

Mushroom Clouds: Ecocritical Approaches to Militarization and the Environment in East Asia examines the growing significance of the eco-implication...

Comparative philosophy is an important site for the study of non-Western philosophical traditions, but it has long been associated with "East-West"...

This volume expands the theoretical, disciplinary and geographical perspectives of pilgrimage studies by moving away from Europe and North America ...

Reducere. The churches from the whole world are joined in the effort to reach the whole world. Although it has been documented that Western missionaries serv...

Reducere. DescriptionAre war clouds gathering in Asia? Will China make good on threats to invade Taiwan? What would this conflict mean for America and the wo...

This book explores the historical origins, contemporary dynamics and future challenges of social cohesion in South, Southeast and East Asia-one of ...

Reducere. Chiara Formichi explores the ways in which Islam and Asia have shaped each other's histories, societies and cultures from the seventh century to to...

Reducere. COVID-19 has presented huge challenges to governments, businesses, civil societies, and people from all walks of life, but its impact has been high...

Noticing clashes of strong nationalisms around the world in areas like Northeast Asia, numerous studies have suggested that more peaceful relations...

Examining international case studies including USA, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, this book identifies and explores the use of heritage througho...

Reducere. This major study explores the spatial history of the Dutch East Indies as an imperial formation between the early nineteenth century and the end of...

Drawing on examples from the ancient world to the two world wars, from the conquest of the Americas to Muslim Central Asia, this collection of essa...

Reducere. A young boy waves at passing cars on a dusty rural road in Upper Michigan, and dreams of the wide world. Then step by step he follows his dream, be...

This volume brings together environmental and human perspectives, engages with both historians and scientists, and, being mindful that environments...

Reducere. DescriptionEven before Japan joined Nazi Germany in the Axis Alliance, its leaders clarified to the Nazi regime that the attitude of the Japanese g...

Reducere. The archaeological site of Bagan and the kingdom which bore its name contains one of the greatest concentrations of ancient architecture and art in...

Reducere. Sufis and Their Opponents in the Persianate World features a diversity of themes and a multidisciplinary variety of approaches and covers a large h...

Reducere. The books lets you in on the skills and tricks used by the British SOE (Special Operations Executive), the US OSS (Office of Strategic Services), t...

Media Representations of African American Athletes in Cold War Japan addresses the cross-cultural dialogue between Black America and Japan that was...

This book explores multi-tier dispute resolution (MDR) as an increasingly popular means to resolve disputes. For scholars, legal practitioners and ...

This book looks at external economic strategies that North Korea will show much interest in and are related with East Asian economic integration pr...

Bringing together leading scholars from Asia and the West, this book investigates how the dynamics of China's rise in world politics contributes to...

This book introduces an innovative theoretical construct of geopsychology to navigate the complex dynamics of international politics in the 21st ce...

This volume explores the role of linguistic ecology in the study of language contact. Bringing together an international team of experts, it offers...

DescriptionThis clearly written and engrossing book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world from 1400 to the present. Unlike...

DescriptionIn Search of Our Frontier explores the complex transnational history of Japanese immigrant settler colonialism, which linked Japanese Am...

This book critically examines how rugby union has developed in recent years, in nations on the periphery of the sport. Focusing on people and place...

The 2nd edition of Public History: A Practical Guide provides a fresh examination of history as practiced in its various worldly guises and context...

DescriptionHow might understandings of environmentalism and the environmental humanities shift by incorporating Islamic perspectives? In this book,...

DescriptionIn a time when an estimated 1.2 billion people across the world lack access to secure housing, how are cities working to empower and pro...

This volume highlights new directions in the study of social identities in past populations. Building on the field-defining research in Bioarchaeol...

Arranged chronologically and illustrated wherever possible with frame stills, the aims of the collection are threefold: to provide detailed account...

Far from creating a borderless world, contemporary globalization has generated a proliferation of borders. In Border as Method, Sandro Mezzadra and...

First published in 1977, C. M. Turnbull's one-volume history of Singapore has been an essential resource for more than forty years. Turnbull's Hist...

Reducere. Explores scientific evidence from four cataclysmic events that led to the development of civilization and the downfall of Atlantis - The sequel and...

DescriptionWinner of the 2012 Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (non-US). Most studies of the Sino-Japanese War are presented f...

What is Cultural History? has established itself as an essential guide to what cultural historians do and how they do it. Now fully updated in its ...

Reducere. This survey is a synthesis of the economic, social, cultural, and political history of the Atlantic slave trade, providing the general reader with ...

DescriptionThis book presents the first ever comprehensive overview of national laws recognising sign languages, the impacts they have and the advo...

Reducere. As you know, I've spent more than two decades helping people around the world lead out in discipleship and mission. But as I look back, I can't hel...

Art, Commerce and Colonialism 1600-1800 examines European art, architecture and design of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the light of ...

In this closely integrated collection of essays on colonialism in world history, Frederick Cooper raises crucial questions about concepts relevant ...

Reducere. In Red Theology: On the Christian Communist Tradition, Roland Boer presents key moments in the 2, 000 year tradition of Christian communism. Define...

As Christianity has boomed in the non-Western world, several significant questions have emerged regarding how worship and culture relate. Charles F...

In 1954, a massive irradiated dinosaur emerged from Tokyo Bay and rained death and destruction on the Japanese capital. Since then Godzilla and oth...

Reducere. Second Edition of the world's most popular guide to Design Thinking Process and Methods The most detailed Design Thinking guides available Written ...

Reducere. Winner 1991 Maxwell MedallionBest Special Volume ABOUT THE FIRST EDITION ""...the techniques and the case studies here are so interesting that a re...

Reducere. Winner 1991 Maxwell MedallionBest Special Volume ABOUT THE FIRST EDITION ""...the techniques and the case studies here are so interesting that a re...

Reducere. Four Pillars of Destiny: Unlocking the Mysteries of Life is a compilation of real-life case studies and interviews with people from all walks of li...

Reducere. Poetry. Jewish Studies. What good luck to finally have in English the writings of the brilliant Jerzy Ficowski, the poet who lived at least sevente...