Book Series in Asian Studies
Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
New & Published Titles:
Port Cities in Asia and Europe
With the demise of European socialist economies and the marketization of Asian communist countries, a new global capitalism has reshaped the configuration of the world…
read moreNovember 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-7103-1183-2 (Routledge)
On The Borders of State Power
Frontiers in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region
On The Borders of State Power explores the changing nature, meaning and significance of international borders over time in the area referred to today as…
read moreOctober 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41465-4 (Routledge)
The Limits of British Colonial Control in South Asia
Spaces of Disorder in the Indian Ocean Region
This book assesses British colonialism in South Asia in a transnational light, with the Indian Ocean region as its ambit, and with a focus on…
read moreAugust 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-45257-1 (Routledge)
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Beijing - A Concise History
Stephen Haw sets out the history of the city of Beijing, charting the course of its development from its early roots before 2000 BC to…
read moreMarch 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39905-0 (Routledge)
Japanese Diplomacy in the 1950s
From Isolation to Integration
This book provides a detailed examination of Japan's diplomatic relations in the 1950s, an important decade in international affairs when new structures and systems emerged,…
read moreJanuary 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-37296-1 (Routledge)
Rethinking Gandhi and Nonviolent Relationality
Global Perspectives
This book presents a rethinking of the world legacy of Mahatma Gandhi in this era of unspeakable global violence. Through interdisciplinary research, key Gandhian concepts…
read more2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-43740-0 (Routledge)
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Forgotten Captives in Japanese-Occupied Asia
Experiences of captivity in Japanese-occupied Asia varied enormously. Some prisoners of war (POWs) were sent to work in Japan, others to toil on the ‘Death…
read more2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-42635-0 (Routledge)
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The Quest for Gentility in China
Negotiations Beyond Gender and Class
The quest for gentility has shaped Chinese civilization and the formation of culture in China until the present day. This book analyzes social aspirations and…
read more2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-43586-4 (Routledge)
Japanese-American Civilian Prisoner Exchanges and Detention Camps, 1941-45
The important and previously undocumented event in the history of the Second World War: the negotiation of 'prisoner' exchanges between the United States and Japan…
read more2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46192-4 (Routledge)
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India's Princely States
People, Princes and Colonialism
This is an invaluable work looking into new areas relating to India's princely states. Based on an abundance of rarely used archival material, the book…
read more2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41541-5 (Routledge)
Series Details:
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Asia has undergone immense and far reaching changes: war, revolution, occupation, industrialization. This series includes in-depth research on aspects of economic, political and social history of individual countries as well as more broad-reaching analyses of regional issues.
Forthcoming Titles:
The Triads as Business
By Yiu-kong Chu
To be published February 1st 2010
The Japanese Occupation of Borneo, 1941-45
By Ooi Keat Gin
To be published November 30th 2009
The International History of East Asia, 1900–1968: Trade, Ideology and the Quest for Order
Edited by Antony Best
To be published September 20th 2009
Provincial Life and the Military in Imperial Japan: The Civil-Military Contract
By Stewart Lone
To be published June 15th 2009
Japanese and Hong Kong Film Industries: Understanding the origins of East Asian film networks
By Kinnia Shuk-ting Yau
To be published June 15th 2009
Colonialism, Violence and Muslims in Southeast Asia: The Maria Hertogh Controversy and Its Aftermath
By Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied
To be published June 1st 2009
The Philosophy of Japanese Wartime Resistance
Edited by David Williams
To be published April 30th 2009
Moscow and the Emergence of Communist Power in China, 1925-30: The Nanchang Rising and the Birth of the Red Army
By Bruce Elleman
To be published January 30th 2009