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Nationalism and Gender
UENO Chizuko

This is written by a sociologist and Japan's "most famous feminist", Chizuko Ueno. A discursive...

Hegemony of Homogeneity
BEFU Harumi
Much of the misunderstanding by foreigners about Japan arises out of their acceptance of certain...
A Genealogy of 'Japanese' Self-images
OGUMA Eiji
This book presents a counter-argument to the Japanese belief that they are a homogeneous nation...
Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.1
OGUMA Eiji

The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion have operated for centuries in the island chain that...

A History of Modern Chemistry
HIROTA Noboru

Noboru Hirota has produced a major historical analysis of how the field of chemistry has...

Living on the Streets in Japan
FILLER Stephen, MARUYAMA Satomi

Homelessness has been recognized as a serious problem in Japan since the 1990s, but the...

Cultural Politics around East Asian Cinema 1939-2018
SUDO Noriko, TANIKAWA Takeshi
This book examines the interdependent relationships between the film industry and the state in East...
U.S. Occupation of Okinawa
YOSHIMOTO Hideko

Throughout twenty-seven years of military occupation, US public affairs activities aimed to persuade the local...

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  • After the Crisis After the Crisis
    $74.95
    After the Crisis

    SHIRAISHI Takashi, ABINALES Patricio N.

    After the Crisis looks at Southeast Asia-especi...
    After the Crisis looks at Southeast Asia-especially Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines-after the Asian financial crisis. This eleventh volume of the Kyoto Area Studies on Asia takes ...
  • At the Edge of Mangrove Forest
    $37.95
    At the Edge of Mangrove Forest

    OSAWA Takamasa

    This book explores the emergence of indigeneity...
    This book explores the emergence of indigeneity among the Suku Asli, a group of post-foragers living on the eastern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. In the past, despite indefinite ethnic boundaries an...
  • Award Winning Book
    Bali and Hinduism in Indonesia
    $34.95
    Bali and Hinduism in Indonesia

    NAGAFUCHI Yasuyuki

    Why is Bali the only Hindu island in Muslim Ind...
    Why is Bali the only Hindu island in Muslim Indonesia? Although Indonesia is overwhelmingly Muslim, the population in Bali is 90 percent Hindu. In Bali and Hinduism in Indonesia, a comprehensive st...
  • Bangsa and Umma Bangsa and Umma
    $84.95
    Bangsa and Umma

    YAMAMOTO Hiroyuki

    Having experienced a large-scale reorganization...
    Having experienced a large-scale reorganization of social order over the past decade, people of the Malay world have struggled to position themselves. They have been classified - and have classifie...
  • Between Hills and Plains Between Hills and Plains
    $69.95
    Between Hills and Plains

    HAYAMI Yoko

    In this study, Hayami suggests that the Karen i...
    In this study, Hayami suggests that the Karen in northwestern Thailand are located "betwixt and between" the peripheries and the mainstream of the modern nation-state. It demonstrates how the Karen...
  • China’s BRI in Southeast Asia
    $47.95
    China’s BRI in Southeast Asia

    Yos Santasombat, Kian Cheng LEE, Decha Tangseefa

    China’s BRI in Southeast Asia presents empirica...
    China’s BRI in Southeast Asia presents empirical research that analyzes the dynamics and implications of the Belt and Roads Initiative (BRI) for the countries of Southeast Asia. While much has been...
  • Commodifying Marxism Commodifying Marxism
    $29.95
    Commodifying Marxism

    TEJAPIRA Kasian

    In this study of the formation of modern Thai r...
    In this study of the formation of modern Thai radical culture, Tejapira reveals a process of cultural and political interaction which results in a mutual transformation of exogenous Marxism/communi...
  • Conceptualizing the Malay World Conceptualizing the Malay World
    $59.95
    Conceptualizing the Malay World

    SODA Naoki

    Conceptualizing the Malay World explores the in...
    Conceptualizing the Malay World explores the interrelations between the indigenization of "colonial knowledge" and the quest for pan-Malay identity in Malaya. In what way, to what extent and for wh...
  • Development Monks in Northeast Thailand Development Monks in Northeast Thailand
    $99.95
    Development Monks in Northeast Thailand

    LAPTHANANON Pinit

    This study examines the role of Buddhist monks ...
    This study examines the role of Buddhist monks as development agents in rural Thailand. Through 20 years of field studies, and with a focus on Northeast Thailand (which is known as Isan and long cl...
  • Dislocating Nation-States Dislocating Nation-States
    $79.95
    Dislocating Nation-States

    ABINALES Patricio N., ISHIKAWA Noboru, TANABE Akio

    As much of the world turns its attention to que...
    As much of the world turns its attention to questions of the role and even survival of the nation-state formation in an increasingly globalized world, the authors of this interdisciplinary volume s...
  • East Asian Economies and New Regionalism East Asian Economies and New Regionalism
    $89.95
    East Asian Economies and New Regionalism

    ABE Shigeyuki

    In the face of the financial crisis of East Asi...
    In the face of the financial crisis of East Asia in 1997, Japan successfully pressed forth the Miyazawa Plan and other efficient rescue packages while the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the ...
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    Ecological Destruction, Health, and Development
    $89.95
    Ecological Destruction, Health, and Development

    FURUKAWA Hisao

    Uniquely interdisciplinary in orientation, the ...
    Uniquely interdisciplinary in orientation, the book joins experts in ecology, agriculture, medicine and development studies to produce this large-scale study. The authors argue that a number of qua...