Browse Asian Studies by Subject

Browse Asian History Titles:

The Bukharans

A Dynastic, Diplomatic and Commercial History 1550-1702

By Audrey Burton

This is an in-depth study of the people of Bukhara and their relations with settled peoples and nomads, from Muscovy to China, and Iran to…

read more

1997 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-0417-0 (Routledge)

more information about The Bukharans

Caste, Protest and Identity in Colonial India

The Namasudras of Bengal, 1872-1947

By Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

Movement by low-caste Hindu groups and their struggles for social and political recognition have been the subject of a number of academic studies in recent…

read more

1997 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-0626-6 (Routledge)

more information about Caste, Protest and Identity in Colonial India

Ancient Rights and Future Comfort

Bihar, the Bengal Tenancy Act of 1885, and British Rule in India

By Peter Robb

This book analyses the character of British rule in nineteenth-century India, by focusing on the underlying ideas and the practical repercussions of agrarian policy. It…

read more

1997 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-0625-9 (Routledge)

more information about Ancient Rights and Future Comfort

Britain and Japan Vol II

Biographical Portraits

By Ian Nish

This second collection under the 'Biographical Portraits' title, incorporates a further 20 studies of key personalities, including Edmund Morel, pioneer railway builder in Meiji Japan,…

read more

1997 | Hardback: 978-1-873410-62-2 (Routledge)

more information about Britain and Japan Vol II

Asian Forms of the Nation

Edited by Stein Tonnesson, Hans Antlov

1996 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-0442-2 (Routledge)

more information about Asian Forms of the Nation

Poor Relations

The Making of a Eurasian Community in British India, 1773-1833

By Christopher J. Hawes

The sixty years between 1773 and 1833 determined British paramountcy in India. Those years were formative too for British Eurasians. By the 1820s Eurasians were…

read more

1996 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-0425-5 (Routledge)

more information about Poor Relations

Khizr Tiwana, the Punjab Unionist Party and the Partition of India

By Ian Talbot

First biography of Khizr Tiwana, the Unionist Premier of the Punjab during the climacteric period 1942-47. The Punjab formed the heartland of a future Pakistan,…

read more

1996 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-0427-9 (Routledge)

more information about Khizr Tiwana, the Punjab Unionist Party and the Partition of India

Local Agrarian Societies in Colonial India

Japanese Perspectives

By Peter Robb, Kaoru Sugihara, Haruka Yanagisawa

The first systematic attempt to introduce a full range of Japanese scholarship on the agrarian history of British India to the English-language reader. Suggests the…

read more

1996 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-0471-2 (Routledge)

more information about Local Agrarian Societies in Colonial India

The Philosophy of Gandhi

A Study of his Basic Ideas

By Glyn Richards

This book seeks to give a coherent account of Gandhi's basic ideas, demonstrating the importance of Hindu thought and the centrality of his concept of…

read more

1995 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-0228-2 (Routledge)

more information about The Philosophy of Gandhi

Forthcoming Titles:

Himalayan Frontiers of India: Historical, Geo-Political and Strategic Perspectives
Edited by K. Warikoo
To be published December 10th 2008

Taiwan in Japan’s Empire-Building: An Institutional Approach to Colonial Engineering
By Hui-yu Caroline Tsai
To be published December 17th 2008

The Making of Western Indology: Henry Thomas Colebrooke and the East India Company
By Ludo Rocher, Rosane Rocher
To be published June 1st 2009

Subaltern Citizens and their Histories
Edited by Gyanendra Pandey
To be published June 15th 2009

Savagery and Colonialism in the Indian Ocean
By Satadru Sen
To be published June 30th 2009

Sign up now to receive the latest information in your chosen subject areas by email.

To keep up-to-date with our latest publications and special offers, and to receive regular news in your areas of interest, please register for our eUpdates service.

RSSLatest Asian Studies Articles
Info

We're currently displaying the books available for customers from United States .

If you're not in United States please:

change your preferences.