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Practical Buddhism Among the Thai-LaoHAYASHI Yukio
Based on long-term fieldwork, Hayashi presents ...Based on long-term fieldwork, Hayashi presents the local history of Thai-Lao religion and society, up to and including its present-day dynamics. Working from the analytical premise that concepts su... -
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Fluidity of PlaceYOSHIHARA Naoki
Fluidity of Place presents an interdisciplinary...Fluidity of Place presents an interdisciplinary conversation with theories of space-time, place, and globalization at the cutting edge of social theory. Focusing on the construction of urban space ... -
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Searching for VietnamRAMBO A. Terry
Volume 9 of the Kyoto Area Studies on Asia brin...Volume 9 of the Kyoto Area Studies on Asia brings together the author's selected writings about Vietnam from the past forty years. The book opens with an autobiographical account of his history as ... -
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Laying the TracksKAKIZAKI Ichiro
A joint publication of Trans Pacific Press and ...A joint publication of Trans Pacific Press and Kyoto University Press, this economic history of the early development of Thailand's railways details the rail policies of the royal government, from ... -
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Globalization, Culture and Inequality in AsiaHOLDEN Todd Joseph Miles
Contemplating globalization from a sociological...Contemplating globalization from a sociological perspective, it is without doubt that a major site for social, political, economic and cultural change in the new millennium lies in the Asian region... -
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An Ecological View of HistoryUMESAO Tadao, BEFU Harumi
This is the first English version of Tadao Umes...This is the first English version of Tadao Umesao's classic, published first in Japanese in 1957, with a full description of his ecological theory of civilizations of Eurasia. Dividing the Eurasian... -
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A Genealogy of 'Japanese' Self-imagesOGUMA Eiji
This book presents a counter-argument to the Ja...This book presents a counter-argument to the Japanese belief that they are a homogeneous nation since the Meiji period. Eiji Oguma demonstrates that the myth of ethnic homogeneity was not establish... -
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The Peripheral CentreARNASON Johann
The main theme of the book is the complex relat...The main theme of the book is the complex relationship between the patterns of Japanese modernity and the civilizational legacy on which they continue to grow. The author discusses the East Asian r... -
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One Malay VillageTSUBOUCHI Yoshihiro
In a society recognized for its multi-racial co...In a society recognized for its multi-racial constitution, the relative homogeneity of Kelantan has inspired numerous researchers to seek the "essence" of "Malay-ness" in the traditional ethnic eve... -
![Hegemony of Homogeneity]()
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Hegemony of HomogeneityBEFU Harumi
Much of the misunderstanding by foreigners abou...Much of the misunderstanding by foreigners about Japan arises out of their acceptance of certain stereotypes about the Japanese. Harumi Befu spearheaded the critique of the stereotypical and the es... -
![Japan and Its Others]()
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Japan and Its OthersCLAMMER John
This book explores Japan's relationship with As...This book explores Japan's relationship with Asia and the world, examines contemporary Japanese thinking about Japan's "others" and how this impacts on local discourses about uniqueness, modernity,... -
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Lives of Young Koreans in JapanFUKUOKA Yasunori
Japan exercised colonial rule over Korea from 1...Japan exercised colonial rule over Korea from 1910 to 1945 and many Koreans emigrated to Japan during this period. Today, these Korean migrants and their descendants, who are referred to as Zainich...
