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The Satsuma Students in Britain

Japan's Early Search for the essence of the West'

By Andrew Cobbing

In the spring of 1865, when Japan was in the grip of a major civil war, eighteen samurai and an interpreter risked their lives to…

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2000 | Hardback: 978-1-873410-97-4 (Routledge)

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The Triads as Business

By Yiu-kong Chu

There is no doubt that the triads have become recognized as a sophisticated and international criminal force and, following the handover of Hong Kong to…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17092-5 (Routledge)

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Armenian Neume System of Notation

Study and Analysis

By R. A. At'ayan, Vrej N. Nersessian, Vrej N. Nersessian

The study of the Armenian system of notation called Khazs (Neumes) is of significance both for Armenian and Byzantine music from a historical and aesthetic…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-0636-5 (Routledge)

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Britain and Japan

Biographical Portraits, Vol. III

By J E. Hoare, J. E. Hoare

The success of the first two volumes in this series has prompted this third volume of 25 further protraits of key personalities, including Natsume Soseki,…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-1-873410-89-9 (Routledge)

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Korea

A Historical and Cultural Dictionary

By Keith Pratt, Richard Rutt

Compiled by specialists from the University of Durham Department of East Asian Studies, this new reference work contains approximately 1500 entries covering Korean civilisation from…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-0463-7 (Routledge)

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Japanese Science

From the Inside

By Samuel Coleman

This new ethnographic study looks of Japan's scientists looks firsthand at career structures and organizational issues that have hampered the advancement of scientists and scientific…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-20169-8 (Routledge)

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The Great Indian Education Debate

Documents Relating to the Orientalist-Anglicist Controversy, 1781-1843

By Martin Moir, Lynn Zastoupil

A bitter debate erupted in 1834 between Orientalists and Anglicists over what kind of public education the British should promote in their growing Indian empire.…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1181-9 (Routledge)

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Missionaries, Rebellion and Proto-Nationalism

James Long of Bengal

By Geoffrey A. Oddie

The Rev. James Long was one of the most remarkable Protestant missionaries working in India in the nineteenth century. Sent to Calcutta at the age…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1028-7 (Routledge)

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Kinship, Honour and Money in Rural Pakistan

Subsistence Economy and the Effects of International Migration

By Alain Lefebvre

International migration is favoured by the governments of many poorer countries despite often well-publicized abuses affecting individual migrant workers. Not only is local unemployment reduced…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-0984-7 (Routledge)

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Azerbaijani Dictionary and Phrasebook

By Nicholas Awde, Famil Ismailov

This dictionary and phrasebook includes a dictionary of over 4,000 entries, plus an introduction to basic grammar and helpful phrasebook chapters covering subjects such as…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-0663-1 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Changing Governance and Public Policy in East Asia
Edited by Ka H. Mok, Ray Forrest
To be published November 24th 2008

Globalisation and the Middle Classes in India: The Social and Cultural Impact of Neoliberal Reforms
By Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase, Timothy J. Scrase
To be published November 28th 2008

Sanskrit, Sociology and Anti-Imperial Struggle: The Life of Shyamji Krishnavarma (1857-1930)
By Harald Fischer-Tiné
To be published December 1st 2008

Images of the Wildman in Southeast Asia: An Anthropological Perspective
By Gregory Forth
To be published December 8th 2008

Gender, Household and State in Post-Revolutionary Vietnam
By Jayne Werner
To be published December 12th 2008

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