Southeast Asia 60

Liu, Yow, Zhang and the contributors examine Singapore’s significance as an Asian Regional Corridor and provide a new perspective on interpreting Singapore’s important position in the Asian region a……続きを見る

This is an amazing story of human migration to Southeast Asia. It is the story of how people with very different genetics, from faraway places, can come together to create incredible things in their……続きを見る

As World War II drew to a close, the Imperial Japanese military seized control of Laos, a French protectorate, and encouraged nationalist movements to forestall the revival of French power in the re……続きを見る

For nearly two decades Western governments and a growing activist community have been frustrated in their attempts to bring about a freer and more democratic Burmaーthrough sanctions and tourist boy……続きを見る

When the robe becomes a weapon, who can stop the violence? We think of Buddhism as a faith of peaceーrooted in compassion, patience, and nonviolence. But across South and Southeast Asia today, the r……続きを見る

從殖民歲月到分家獨立，一脈文化交織成兩條不同的軌跡 一國縱身國際舞臺，一國涵養多元風貌 雙邊共同書寫一段難以切割的篇章 如同並行的雙軌，既分離又相依 本書從兩國各自的視角出發，將帶領讀者了解新加坡與馬來……続きを見る

Biographies in Blood traces twelve scientists and healers who shaped modern medicine across labs and wards. From award-winning immunologists and transfusion pioneers to Filipino healers and frugal i……続きを見る

Drawing upon Vietnamese, Chinese, former Soviet, and American sources, Ang Cheng Guan provides an updated and concise account of the Vietnam War (1954–1975) from the Vietnamese communists’ perspecti……続きを見る

Spanning nearly 4 million square kilometers, the Tibetan river systemーincluding the Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, Salween, Mekong, Red, and Yangziーforms the largest contiguous network of rivers on the p……続きを見る

In 1933, the British colonial government embarked on a controversial social experiment: to raise and train a professional military unit made up entirely of native Malay soldiers. The result was the ……続きを見る

In "History of the Kingdom of Siam and of the Revolutions that Have Caused the Overthrow of the Empire," F. H. Turpin presents a meticulous examination of Siam's tumultuous history, marked by the ri……続きを見る

The states of Indochina had been French colonies or protectorates since the 19th century. However, in March 1945 the Japanese interned all French troops and officials, and turned over all civil gove……続きを見る

This book discusses the original reorganization of these forces into the first national army, evolved from the colonial units created by the French. Complete with a detailed history of the command s……続きを見る

Winner of The Society of American Travel Writer's Bronze Travel Book Award! In Cambodian Grrrl: Self-Publishing in Phnom Penh, writer and independent publisher Anne Elizabeth Moore brings her experi……続きを見る

The second edition of the book, titled UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD'S LONGEST CIVIL WAR-- Colonial State Formations, Geopolitics, Conflict Over Natural Resources & the Genocide, and authored by an erudit……続きを見る

Empire-building did not only involve the use of excessive violence against native communities, but also required the gathering of data about the native Other. This is a book about books, which looks……続きを見る

From a much neglected Portuguese colony to independence, Timor-Leste travelled a belated, long and troubled journey that included a 24-year Indonesian occupation. A classic process of European decol……続きを見る

A century before the Philippines came under American control, Americans were already travelling to Southeast Asia regularly. This book looks at the writings of American diplomats, adventurers, and s……続きを見る

Beyond Borders: Indians, Australians and the Indonesian Revolution, 1939 to 1950 rediscovers an intense internationalism ー and charts its loss ー in the Indonesian Revolution. Momentous far beyond ……続きを見る

This ethnography explores how Balinese citizens produce postcolonial intimacy-a complex interaction of claims to proximity and mutuality between themselves and the Dutch under colonialism that conti……続きを見る

The book, using a small group of left-wing student activists as a prism, explores the complex politics that underpinned the making of nation-states in Singapore and Malaysia after World War Two. Whi……続きを見る

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic is nearly fifty years old, and one of the few surviving one-party socialist states. Nearly five decades on from its revolutionary birth, the Lao population conti……続きを見る

In the late 1960s, between one and two million people were killed by Indonesian president Suharto's army in the name of suppressing communism-and more than fifty years later, the issue of stigmatisa……続きを見る

As a former colonized nation, Indonesia has a unique place in the history of photography. A History of Photography in Indonesia: From the Colonial Era to the Digital Age looks at the development of ……続きを見る

This book is about postcolonial memory in the Netherlands. This term refers to conflicts in contemporary society about how the colonial past should be remembered. The question is often: who has the ……続きを見る

This book is a historical study of the rice policies of the government in the Kingdom of Thailand between the years from 1932 to 1960 in the context of the rice shortage and global economic crises o……続きを見る

In "Death Came Calling, But I Wasn't Home," author Floyd Schneider takes readers on a raw and gripping journey through his experiences as a soldier in the Vietnam War. Starting with his transition f……続きを見る

Hacking Bigfoot takes a new look at very old prehistory, testing the boundaries of ancient folklore and modern day science. The book theorizes Bigfoot is a prehistoric survivor on the fringes of var……続きを見る

Max Weber’s classical notion of enchantment serves in this book to highlight the clash and rewiring of ethical and cosmological codes in European and Indian early modern cultural encounters from the……続きを見る

In Counter-Hispanization in the Colonial Philippines, the author analyzes the literature and politics of “spiritual conquest” in order to demonstrate how it reflected the contribution of religious m……続きを見る