Regional Studies

This is the tenth part of the facsimile reprint series of the leading English newspaper published in Yokohama throughout the Meiji era. It represen...

This is the 11th and final part of the facsimile reprint series of the leading English newspaper published in Yokohama throughout the Meiji era. It...

Offers a new interpretation of the history of colonial India and a critical contribution to the understanding of environmental history and the trop...

Winner of the 2012 George Perkins Marsh Prize for Best Book in Environmental HistoryIn the twentieth century, the Mekong Delta has emerged as one o...

A Gift of Barbed Wire is a penetrating look at the lives of South Vietnamese officials and their families left behind in Vietnam after the fall of ...

Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295805023In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrilaa place that previousl...

The works presented in this collection take environmental scholarship in South Asia into novel territory by exploring how questions of national ide...

Planners tend to promote formal plans as the only game in town while diverse efforts of urban actors shape our cities. Tracking the development of ...

The Persian Gulf has come to represent one of the most strategically significant waterways of the world. In terms of geography, geopolitics, resour...

This study in German offers profound insights into the life and thoughts of Wang Guowei (1877-1927). Like many intellectuals who strongly perceived...

There may be eight million stories in the Naked City, but there are also nearly three million dwelling places, ranging from Park Avenue palaces to ...

Arabiyyat al-Naas (Part One), second edition, offers a groundbreaking introduction to Arabic as it is written and spoken by native speakers. It com...

Written after the outbreak of war between Japan and China but putting aside British sentiments of suspicion, dislike and a sense of competition, G ...

With over 5,200 entries, this volume remains one of the most extensive annotated bibliographies on the USAs fight against Japan in the Second World...

China has long adhered to a principle of non-interference in other states affairs. However, as more of its companies have been investing in project...

This report lays the foundations for the World Bank to fully integrate a social contract lens in its development policy toolkit in SSA. This report...

Whilst the Chinese Communist Party is one of the most powerful political institutions in the world, it is also one of the least understood, due to ...

After decades of mismanagement and direct military rule, Myanmars contested transition to a more democratic government has rapidly shifted the outl...

Planned and published by the Civics Society in Chicago from 1913 to 1914, this is a series of publications for the leaders of the womens movement ...

This guide provides a means of identifying the 147 amphibian and reptile species currently known in Louisiana, as well as information on their natu...

The Routledge History of Italian Americans weaves a narrative of the trials and triumphs of one of the nations largest ethnic groups. This history,...

Violent acts over the past fifteen years have profoundly altered civil rituals, cultural identity, and the meaning of place in Tel Aviv. Three eve...