Collective Memory and the Dutch East Indies: Unremembering Decolonization examines the afterlife of decolonization in the collective memory of the Netherlands. It offers a new perspective on the cul……続きを見る
"When Europe was trapped in the Dark Ages, the East was glowing with the light of knowledge, science, and civilization."
This book, ইউরোপ যখন অন্ধকারে, আমরা তখন আলোয়, takes the reader on a journey ……続きを見る
PRAMBANAN: Between Myth and Inscription
Prambanan is more than a row of majestic temples rising in Yogyakarta. It is a story carved in stone ー a fusion of history and legend, fact and myth ー that ……続きを見る
JAVA, JUSTICE, AND THE SOUL OF INDONESIA
A Lawyer's Guide to Culture, Law, and the Hopes of His Nation
"When the law doesn't speak enough, culture will answer."
In an increasingly cold and formal le……続きを見る
In Reimagining Bangladesh Constitution for Fostering the Dreams of July Revolution, Mohammad Nurul Minhaz provides a thought-provoking analysis of the structural challenges within the Bangladeshi co……続きを見る
Tony Alcoseba: Metamorphoses
Embark on a transformative journey through the life of Tony Alcoseba, a visionary artist whose work transcends boundaries. From his early days selling paintings at Chris……続きを見る
In August 1883, massive volcanic eruptions destroyed two-thirds of Krakatau islands, located in the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java. It was the day the world exploded. Tsunami wreaked havoc in……続きを見る
'On the Shadow Tracks harnesses the railway lines of Myanmar’s complicated past to its turbulent present, and the result is part travelogue, part history and completely absorbing. An astonishing ach……続きを見る
A detailed examination of one of the crucial campaigns of World War II in Burma, in which British and Commonwealth forces achieved their first decisive victory over Japanese arms.
The hard-fought Se……続きを見る
In "The History of Sumatra," William Marsden presents a meticulous account of the island's geography, culture, and history. Written in a systematic and clear literary style characteristic of 18th-ce……続きを見る
William Marsden's "The History of Sumatra" is a groundbreaking work that combines meticulous scholarship with vivid narratives, offering an in-depth exploration of the island's geography, cultures, ……続きを見る
This book presents interdisciplinary research on bamboo in Vietnam, drawing on the anthropology of gesture, ethnobotany and the history of technology.
The authors have adopted a technological approa……続きを見る
This book provides a fascinating exploration of the Japanese conquest of Burma, as the Allied forces were forced back in disarray to India and China.
The Japanese invasion of Burma in January 1942 m……続きを見る
著者:Douglas Kammen
出版社: Rutgers University Press
発売日: 2015年08月20日
One of the most troubling but least studied features of mass political violence is why violence often recurs in the same place over long periods of time. Douglas Kammen explores this pattern in Thre……続きを見る
This Thailand travel pictorial presents Bangkok’s ancient traditions, breathtaking architecture and vibrant city culture.
Situated on the banks of the Chao Phraya, Thailand’s capital has spectacular……続きを見る
Bali: Morning of the World is a stunning visual representation of one of the most magical islands on Earth.
With more than 130 color illustrations by world-famous photographer Luca Invernizzi Tetton……続きを見る
著者:Imma Ramos
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2017年03月16日
From the late nineteenth century onwards the concept of Mother India assumed political significance in colonial Bengal. Reacting against British rule, Bengali writers and artists gendered the nation……続きを見る
South and Southeast Asia continue to be extremely critical regions, deeply intertwined and bound in many ways by centuries of intersecting histories. As the recent experiences of rapid and transform……続きを見る
In "The History of Sumatra," William Marsden delivers a meticulously researched account of the island's geography, inhabitants, and colonial encounters, framed within the broader context of 18th-cen……続きを見る
Widely-known as the world’s most persecuted minority group, the Rohingya in Myanmar are now facing extinction. Denied citizenship rights, denied their very ethnic identity, hundreds of thousands hav……続きを見る
The story of an extraordinary campaign in the Vietnam War - fought in a 200-mile labyrinth of underground tunnels and chambers.
The campaign in the tunnels of Cu Chi was fought with cunning and sava……続きを見る
"Zimmerman has captured the passionate apprenticeship and wandering years, with all their turmoil and pleasure interwoven with pain, which created such a marvelous writer and such an enduringly lumi……続きを見る
著者:Ralf Emmers
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2004年03月01日
In this book, Emmers addresses the key question: to what extent may the balance of power play a part in such cooperative security arrangements and in the calculations of the participants of ASEAN an……続きを見る
著者:Emma Larkin
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2011年06月28日
An incisive, unprecedented report on life inside Burma from the author of Finding George Orwell in Burma
On May 2, 2008, an enormous tropical cyclone made landfall in Burma, wreaking untold havoc an……続きを見る
This lively survey of the peoples, cultures, and societies of Southeast Asia introduces a region of tremendous geographic, linguistic, historical, and religious diversity. Encompassing both mainland……続きを見る
著者:Emma Larkin
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2006年03月06日
A fascinating political travelogue that traces the life and work of George Orwell, author of 1984 and ANIMAL FARM, in Southeast Asia
Over the years the American writer Emma Larkin has spent travelin……続きを見る
The Ifugao of Northern Luzon, the Philippines, are famous for their extensive system of irrigated rice terraces, and previous anthropological accounts of the Ifugao have stressed their immense impor……続きを見る
著者:Eric Hammel
出版社: Words To Go, Inc.
発売日: 2012年03月05日
KHE SANH: Siege in the Clouds, An Oral History by Eric Hammel From critcally acclaimed military historian Eric Hammel comes a vivid oral history account of the Tet 1968 siege of the Khe Sanh Combat ……続きを見る