Southeast Asia 21

I first went to Rangoon in 1981. It was called Rangoon then before the military government changed the name to Yangon in 1989. They also changed the name of the country to Myanmar, but most people p……続きを見る

Cities the world over and in particular developing countries suffer from uneven development and inequality. This is often coupled with the view that these inequalities constitute unfortunate anomali……続きを見る

The Chronicle of a People's War: The Military and Strategic History of the Cambodian Civil War, 1979*–*1991 narrates the military and strategic history of the Cambodian Civil War, especially the Peo……続きを見る

Those Were The Days: on Funny, Crazy & Weird 50 Malaysian Short Stories and Photos of the 1950s to the1970s The book covers three decades of Malaysian social history based on actual persons, true ev……続きを見る

Based on his own experiences, extensive use of primary and secondary sources, and interviews with Vietnamese refugees who lived under the new order, Nguyen Van Canh analyzes the contemporary politic……続きを見る

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Duong Van Mai Elliott's The Sacred Willow illuminates recent Vietnamese history by weaving together the stories of the lives of four generations of her family. Beg……続きを見る

Plaine et hautes terres, lacs, fleuves et forêts, la nature impose au Cambodge cette distinction. Et le mythe accuse cette division entre le Cambodge de l'eau et le Cambodge des montagnes.... 続きを見る

This volume investigates various processes by which world religions become localized, as well as how local traditions in Southeast Asia and Melanesia become universalized. In the name of modernity a……続きを見る

This book explains the political origins and evolution of capitalist institutions in developing countries by looking at distinct patterns in the electronics industry in three Southeast Asian countri……続きを見る

The Tragedy of Vietnam is a brief and accessible text providing a comprehensive overview of the causes and consequences of the Vietnam War. Patrick J. Hearden offers historical background of the con……続きを見る

Two modern cases of genocide and extermination began in Southeast Asia in the same year. Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, and Indonesian forces occupied East Timor from……続きを見る

This landmark book documents little-known wartime Japanese atrocities during World War II. Yuki Tanaka’s case studies, still remarkably original and significant, include cannibalism; the slaughter a……続きを見る

這一百年來，台灣從殖民地而光復，從農業社會轉為工商業社會、再轉為全球化的資訊產業時代。這一百年，我們贏得現代化的速度與建設，卻失落了傳統的人文與溫情。我們得到工業，也得到污染；我們失去農村，也失落了……続きを見る

This volume looks at facets of cultural interactions between India and Thailand---two historically significant countries of the South East Asian region. For the first time a comprehensive discussion……続きを見る

「人們為了生存而不懈奮鬥，不是為鏡頭與筆墨而生活。」 繼台灣報導攝影重要代表作《尊嚴與屈辱‧國境邊陲‧蘭嶼1987》後，睽違多年作品。 收錄一百八十五張攝影照，横跨近三十年，另收錄已絕版之《八尺門手札》＊附……続きを見る

如果我不能為這個悲劇時代留下一個真實的報告， 實在有愧於那麼多在天之靈的不瞑之目──野夫 ◎曾獲台北書展大獎、獨立中文筆會寫作獎、中國在場主義散文新銳獎等， 繼中篇小說《1980年代的愛情》後，野夫最新報導式……続きを見る

A "better war." Over the last two decades, this term has become synonymous with US strategy during the Vietnam War's final years. The narrative is enticingly simple, appealing to many audiences. Aft……続きを見る

World history conventionally ignores or underestimates the importance of Manila, the Manila galleons, and the Philippines as key stages in the development of trans-Pacific contact and of the world e……続きを見る

This study documents Hmong’s involvement in the Secret War in Laos, their refugee exodus from Laos to the refugee camps in Thailand, and the challenges to find third countries to take Hmong refugees……続きを見る

一個帶著小提琴的鄉村教師，捲起台灣最壯闊的農民運動； 一本隱藏七十五年的日記，唱出一首左翼運動的史詩。 簡吉，歷史必須記住的名字！ 　　從一位小學老師，到一位「帶著小提琴的農民革命家」；簡吉可說是台灣……続きを見る

　　此刻，我想撲向風暴的未來， 　　是鷗鳥就該迎風逆雨， 　　是江河就要湧向大海， 　　是怒浪必將擊向岩岸， 　　是岩岸就得承受分離的負載， 　　在這巨變流離的年代。 　　在這巨變流離代， 　　我們隔著煙……続きを見る

Though a minority religion in Vietnam, Christianity has been a significant presence in the country since its arrival in the sixteenth-century. Anh Q. Tran offers the first English translation of the……続きを見る

This book explains how history and traditions have shaped Timorese politics, as well as the role that Indonesia and ASEAN play for the country's future . It tries to understand a complex political s……続きを見る

Vietnamese refugees fleeing the fall of South Vietnam faced a paradox. The same guilt-ridden America that only reluctantly accepted them expected, and rewarded, expressions of gratitude for their re……続きを見る

Prisoners of the Sumatra Railway is the first book to detail the experiences of British former prisoners of war (POWs) who were forced to construct a railway across Sumatra during the Japanese occup……続きを見る

The biography of the last Ranee of Sarawak, born into the aristocracy as Sylvia Brett in 1885 and destined to become 'Queen of the Headhunters'. **'Jaw-dropping ... If you thought White Mischief the……続きを見る

This book proposes the alternative explanation on the pattern of ethnic conflict, especially the on-going civil war in Myanmar. Previously, most scholars accepted that narcotics play the crucial rol……続きを見る

Southeast Asian architecture tends to be generalized under one umbrella due to the countries’ common geographical, climatic, and historical context. However, Southeast Asian countries are dissimilar……続きを見る

The Philippines is a tropical paradise nestled in the coast of the Pacific in the south eastern part of Asia. Philippines is among the finest tourist destination and has one of the world's longest c……続きを見る

Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects examines the stories of ordinary people to explore the internal workings of colonial rule. Chinese, Indians, and Malays learned about being British through the ……続きを見る