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India's Nuclear Bomb and National Security

By Karsten Frey

India’s Nuclear Bomb and National Security gives an analytic account of the dynamics of India's nuclear build up. It puts forward a new comprehensive model,…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40132-6 (Routledge)

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Remaking Citizenship in Hong Kong

Community, nation and the global city

Edited by Agnes S. Ku, Ngai Pun

Hong Kong has been undergoing considerable changes since its postcolonial independence. This book provides a detailed comparative account of the development of citizenship and civil…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39672-1 (Routledge)

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Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism

The Doctrinal History of Nirvana

By Soonil Hwang

Soonil Hwang studies the doctrinal development of nirvana in the Pali Nikaaya and subsequent tradition and compares it with the Chinese aagama and its traditional…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35550-6 (Routledge)

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Political Cultures in Asia and Europe

Citizens, States and Societal Values

By Jean Blondel, Takashi Inoguchi

This book is a study of the attitudes to political and social life among the citizens of eighteen countries in Western Europe, East and Southeast…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40415-0 (Routledge)

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Remaking Buddhism for Medieval Nepal

The Fifteenth-Century Reformation of Newar Buddhism

By Will Tuladhar-Douglas

Will Tuladhar-Douglas sheds new light on an important branch of Mahayana Buddhism and establishes the existence, character and causes of a renaissance of Buddhism in…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35919-1 (Routledge)

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The Diary of a Manchu Soldier in Seventeenth-Century China

"My Service in the Army", by Dzengseo

By Nicola Di Cosmo

Providing original insights into Chinese military history, Nicola Di Cosmo gives an annotated translation of the only known military diary in pre-modern Chinese history, providing…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1611-1 (Routledge)

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Regionalism in Southeast Asia

To foster the political will

By Nicholas Tarling

Regionalism in Southeast Asia provides the reader with an historical analysis of Southeast Asia from the distinct perspective of regionalism. Southeast Asian history is usually…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-37962-5 (Routledge)

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Asian Americans and the Shifting Politics of Race

The Dismantling of Affirmative Action at an Elite Public High School

By Rowena Robles

Asian Americans and the Shifting Politics of Race examines the political and discursive struggles around the dismantling of race-based admissions policies in an elite public…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-97632-9 (Routledge)

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Sex and Sexuality in China

Edited by Elaine Jeffreys

Elaine Jeffreys explores the issues of sex and sexuality in a non-Western context by examining debates surrounding the emergence of new sexual behaviours, and the…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40143-2 (Routledge)

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Media and the Chinese Diaspora

Community, Communications and Commerce

Edited by Wanning Sun

The importance of the Chinese diaspora is widely recognized. Wanning Sun examines the key role of the media in the Chinese diaspora. She focuses especially…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35204-8 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

China's Energy Geopolitics: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Central Asia
By Thrassy N. Marketos
To be published November 21st 2008

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

China and Asia: Economic and Financial Interactions
Edited by Yin-Wong Cheung, Kar-Yiu Wong
To be published November 25th 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

Community, Environment and Local Governance in Indonesia: Locating the commonweal
Edited by John F. McCarthy, Carol Warren
To be published November 28th 2008

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