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Bibliography of Japanese New Religious Movements

By Peter B. Clarke

Containing some 1500 entries, this new bibliography will be widely welcomed for its comprehensive brief, and for the sub-section profiling principal NRMs convering history, beliefs…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-1-873410-80-6 (Routledge)

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Indian Architectural Theory and Practice

Contemporary Uses of Vastu Vidya

By Vibhuti Chakrabarti

In this ground-breaking study the traditional Indian science of architecture and house-building,Vastu Vidya, is explored in terms of its secular uses, at the levels of…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1113-0 (Routledge)

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ABC Chinese-English Dictionary

Pocket Edition

By John DeFrancis

Contains all 71,000 entries in the original 1996 edition, but in a portable format on thinner paper. Already established as the market leader. 'A most…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-1190-1 (Routledge)

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Indian Art Worlds in Contention

Local, Regional and National Discourses on Orissan Patta Paintings

By Helle Bundgaard

This beautifully illustrated book explores the opinions of artists, critics and others involved with arts or crafts, arguing for a theory that considers the different…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-0986-1 (Routledge)

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Course in Nepali

By David Matthews

Nepali has also been adopted by peoples of the Himalayan region who belong to different linguistic groups, and is now understood throughout the whole of…

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1998 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-1070-6 (Routledge)

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Tibetan Lives

Three Himalayan Autobiographies

By Peter Richardus

In the early years of the 20th century, control over Tibet was contested by three major empires: those of China, Russia and Britain. The imperial…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1023-2 (Routledge)

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Pilgrimage in Tibet

By Alex McKay

The Western image of Tibet as a sacred land is in many ways a mythical construction. But the Tibetans themselves have traditionally mapped out their…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-0992-2 (Routledge)

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Armenian Sacred and Folk Music

By Komitas Vardapet Komitas, Vrej N. Nersessian, Vrej N. Nersessian

Translated by E. Gulbekian, edited with introduction by N.V. Nersessian. Komitas Vardapet was the giant of Armenian sacred and folk music. Eight of Komitas's principal…

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1997 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-0637-2 (Routledge)

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State and Tribe in Nineteenth-Century Afghanistan

The Reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863)

By Christine Noelle

With the exception of two short periods of direct British intervention during the Anglo-Afghan Wars of 1839-42 and 1878-80, the history of nineteenth-century Afghanistan has…

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1997 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-0629-7 (Routledge)

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Armenian Perspectives

By Nicholas Awde

Papers covering the history, religion and culture of the Armenian people, from the 10th anniversary conference of the Association Internationale des Etudes Armeniennes held at…

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1997 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-0610-5 (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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