Asian Material Culture
Asian Material Culture

Author: Marianne Hulsbosch

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 9089640908

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This richly illustrated volume offers the reader unique insight into the materiality of Asian cultures and the ways in which objects and practices can simultaneously embody and exhibit aesthetic and functional characteristics, as well as everyday and spiritual aspirations. Though each chapter is representative, rather than exhaustive, in its portrayal of Asian material culture, together they clearly demonstrate that objects are entities that resonate with discourses of human relationships, personal and group identity formations, ethics, values, trade, and, above all, distinctive futures.

Identity in Crossroad Civilisations
Identity in Crossroad Civilisations

Author: Erich Kolig

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 9089641270

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Deze bundel gaat over de vorming van identiteit door het samenspel van etniciteit, nationalisme en de effecten van globalisering. De essays in Crossroad Civilisations: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Globalism in Asia maken de gelaagdheid en de complexiteit hiervan duidelijk.

Singapore in Global History
Singapore in Global History

Author: Derek Thiam Soon Heng

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9048514371

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This important overview explores the connections between Singapore's past with historical developments worldwide until present day. The contributors analyse Singapore as a city-state seeking to provide an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of the global dimensions contributing to Singapore's growth. The book's global perspective demonstrates that many of the discussions of Singapore as a city-state have relevance and implications beyond Singapore to include Southeast Asia and the world. This vital volume should not be missed by economists, as well as those interested in imperial histor.

Social Movements in China and Hong Kong
Social Movements in China and Hong Kong

Author: Khun Eng Kuah

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 9089641319

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Het uitgangspunt van dit boek is dat Chinese individuen van hun eigen inzet uit moeten kunnen gaan, ongeacht de beperkingen die hen door de staat worden opgelegd. Om hun belangen beter te kunnen verdedigen sluiten sommige individuen zich aan bij sociale bewegingen, die tot sociale protesten kunnen leiden.

Reframing Singapore
Reframing Singapore

Author: Derek Thiam Soon Heng

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 9089640940

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Over the past two decades, Singapore has advanced rapidly towards becoming a both a global city-state and a key nodal point in the international economic sphere. These developments have caused us to reassess how we understand this changing nation, including its history, population, and geography, as well as its transregional and transnational experiences with the external world. This collection spans several disciplines in the humanities and social sciences and draws on various theoretical approaches and methodologies in order to produce a more refined understanding of Singapore and to reconceptialize the challenges faced by the country and its peoples.

Tracks and Traces
Tracks and Traces

Author: Philip Hirsch

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9089642498

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This volume traces the threads that tie together an understanding of Thailand as a dynamic and rapidly changing society, through an examination of the work of one major scholar of the country, Andrew Turton. Turton's anthropological studies of Thailand cover a wide spectrum from politics and economy to ritual and culture, and have been crucial in shaping evolving understandings of Thai society. In this collection, ten leading specialists on Thailand from a variety of disciplines critically consider aspects of Turton's work in relation to the changing nature of different aspects of Thai society. The book tracks the links between past and present scholarship, examines the contextuality of scholarship in its times, and sheds light on the current situation in Thailand.

The Thought Remolding Campaign of the Chinese Communist Party-state
The Thought Remolding Campaign of the Chinese Communist Party-state

Author: Hu Ping

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 636

ISBN-13: 9089644105

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In its comprehensive analysis of a wide range of primary and secondary sources in both Chinese and Western languages, this authoritative work stands as the definitive study of the theory, implementation and legacy of the Chinese Communist Party's thought-remolding campaign. This decades-long campaign involved the extraction of confessions from millions of Chinese citizens suspected of heterodoxy or disobedience to party dictates, along with their subjection to various forms of "re-education" and indoctrination. Hu Ping's carefully structured overview provides a valuable insider's perspective, and supersedes the previous landmark study on this vastly interesting topic.

The Russian Conquest of Central Asia
The Russian Conquest of Central Asia

Author: Alexander Morrison

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-12-10

Total Pages: 641

ISBN-13: 1107030307

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A comprehensive diplomatic and military history of the Russian conquest of Central Asia, spanning the whole of the nineteenth century.

Asian Literary Voices
Asian Literary Voices

Author: Philip F. Williams

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9089640924

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Philip F. Williams has published nine books in East Asian studies, including The Great Wall of Confinement (UCal, 2004), and has been Professor of Chinese at Massey University and Arizona State University. --