Are you teaching about Asian history, culture, or society? About China, The Philippines, Japan, India, Korea, Indonesia? AAS books are the ideal choice for your classroom.
Our print-ready teaching resources PDFs allow you to easily integrate AAS books into your classroom. Explore titles by book series, by subject, by country, or by region from the lists below and download the PDFs. Each teaching resource PDF features:
- Key Concepts and Definitions
- Classroom Discussion Questions
- Table of Contents and Blurbs
- Supplemental Online Resources
“A terrific resource that will enhance the classroom experience! For instructors, the author-crafted guides offer a wealth of potential classroom discussion topics and themes emerging from the readings. For students, the questions and concept lists create a ‘road map’ to the books’ key ideas, facilitating mastery of the material. In addition, the vetted lists of websites should prove a valuable resource for class-prep, student projects, and all who wish to take a deeper dive into the themes addressed in the readings.”
— Kathleen Adams, author, Indonesia: History, Heritage, Culture
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Titles by Series
KEY ISSUES IN ASIAN STUDIES books are designed for use in undergraduate humanities and social science courses, as well as by advanced high-school students and teachers, and will appeal to anyone with an interest in Asia. Books in this series tackle broad subjects or major cultural and historical themes in an introductory but compelling, jargon-free style appropriate for survey courses, written to encourage classroom debate and discussion.
ASIA SHORTS offers concise, engagingly-written titles written by highly-qualified authors on topics of significance in Asian studies. Topics are intended to be substantive, generate discussion and debate within the field, and attract interest beyond it.
ASIA PAST & PRESENT is the AAS scholarly monograph series, featuring titles from all disciplines and all areas of Asia.
Key Issues in Asian Studies
Chinese Literature: An Introduction
Confucius in East Asia: Confucianism’s History in China, Korea, Japan, and Viet Nam
Gender, Sexuality, and Body Politics in Modern Asia
Global India circa 100 CE: South Asia in Early World History
Indonesia: History Heritage, Culture
Japanese Government and Politics
Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization
The Mongol Empire in World History
The Philippines: From Earliest Times to the Present
Shinto in the History and Culture of Japan
The Story of Viet Nam: From Prehistory to the Present
Traditional China in Asian and World History
Asia Shorts
Animal Care in Japanese Tradition: A Short History
Burmese Haze: US Policy and Myanmar’s Opening—And Closing
Drinking Bomb & Shooting Meth: Alcohol and Drug Use in Japan
Found in Translation: New People in Twentieth-Century Chinese Science Fiction
A Friend In Deed: Lu Xun, Uchiyama Kanzō, and the Intellectual World of Shanghai on the Eve of War
Japan on American TV: Screaming Samurai Join Anime Clubs in the Land of the Lost
Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law
New Threats to Academic Freedom in Asia
The Pandemic: Perspectives on Asia
Tribe and State in Asia Through Twenty-Five Centuries
Waiting Town: Life in Transit and Mumbai’s Other World-Class Histories
Who is the Asianist? The Politics of Representation in Asian Studies
Asia Past & Present
Beating Devils and Burning Their Books: Views of China, Japan, and the West
The Fifty Years that Changed Chinese Religion, 1898-1948
Scattered Goddesses: Travels with the Yoginis
The Turn Against the Modern: The Critical Essays of Taoka Reiun (1870-1912)
Women in Japanese Studies: Voices from a Trailblazing Generation
Titles by Subject
Anthropology
Drinking Bomb & Shooting Meth: Alcohol and Drug Use in Japan
Gender, Sexuality, and Body Politics in Modern Asia
Japan on American TV: Screaming Samurai Join Anime Clubs in the Land of the Lost
The Pandemic: Perspectives on Asia
Shinto in the History and Culture of Japan
Tribe and State in Asia Through Twenty-Five Centuries
Waiting Town: Life in Transit and Mumbai’s Other World-Class Histories
Who is the Asianist? The Politics of Representation in Asian Studies
Women in Japanese Studies: Voices from a Trailblazing Generation
History
Animal Care in Japanese Tradition: A Short History
Beating Devils and Burning Their Books: Views of China, Japan, and the West
Burmese Haze: US Policy and Myanmar’s Opening—And Closing
Confucius in East Asia: Confucianism’s History in China, Korea, Japan, and Viet Nam
Drinking Bomb & Shooting Meth: Alcohol and Drug Use in Japan
The Fifty Years that Changed Chinese Religion, 1898-1948
A Friend In Deed: Lu Xun, Uchiyama Kanzō, and the Intellectual World of Shanghai on the Eve of War
Global India circa 100 CE: South Asia in Early World History
Indonesia: History Heritage, Culture
Japan on American TV: Screaming Samurai Join Anime Clubs in the Land of the Lost
Japanese Government and Politics
Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization
Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law
The Mongol Empire in World History
Scattered Goddesses: Travels with the Yoginis
The Pandemic: Perspectives on Asia
The Philippines: From Earliest Times to the Present
The Story of Viet Nam: From Prehistory to the Present
Traditional China in Asian and World History
Tribe and State in Asia Through Twenty-Five Centuries
The Turn Against the Modern: The Critical Essays of Taoka Reiun (1870-1912)
Understanding East Asia’s Economic “Miracles”
Waiting Town: Life in Transit and Mumbai’s Other World-Class Histories
Who is the Asianist? The Politics of Representation in Asian Studies
Women in Japanese Studies: Voices from a Trailblazing Generation
Politics
Burmese Haze: US Policy and Myanmar’s Opening–And Closing
Japanese Government and Politics
Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law
New Threats to Academic Freedom in Asia
The Pandemic: Perspectives on Asia
Understanding East Asia’s Economic “Miracles”
Who is the Asianist? The Politics of Representation in Asian Studies
Titles by Country
China
Beating Devils and Burning Their Books: Views of China, Japan, and the West
Chinese Literature: An Introduction
Confucius in East Asia: Confucianism’s History in China, Korea, Japan, and Viet Nam
The Fifty Years that Changed Chinese Religion, 1898-1948
Found in Translation: New People in Twentieth-Century Chinese Science Fiction
A Friend In Deed: Lu Xun, Uchiyama Kanzō, and the Intellectual World of Shanghai on the Eve of War
Gender, Sexuality, and Body Politics in Modern Asia
Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law
The Mongol Empire in World History
New Threats to Academic Freedom in Asia
The Pandemic: Perspectives on Asia
Traditional China in Asian and World History
Understanding East Asia’s Economic “Miracles”
Who is the Asianist? The Politics of Representation in Asian Studies
India
Gender, Sexuality, and Body Politics in Modern Asia
Global India circa 100 CE: South Asia in Early World History
The Pandemic: Perspectives on Asia
Scattered Goddesses: Travels with the Yoginis
Waiting Town: Life in Transit and Mumbai’s Other World-Class Histories
Who is the Asianist? The Politics of Representation in Asian Studies
Japan
Animal Care in Japanese Tradition: A Short History
Beating Devils and Burning Their Books: Views of China, Japan, and the West
Confucius in East Asia: Confucianism’s History in China, Korea, Japan, and Viet Nam
Drinking Bomb & Shooting Meth: Alcohol and Drug Use in Japan
A Friend In Deed: Lu Xun, Uchiyama Kanzō, and the Intellectual World of Shanghai on the Eve of War
Gender, Sexuality, and Body Politics in Modern Asia
Japan on American TV: Screaming Samurai Join Anime Clubs in the Land of the Lost
Japanese Government and Politics
Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization
New Threats to Academic Freedom in Asia
The Pandemic: Perspectives on Asia
Shinto in the History and Culture of Japan
The Turn Against the Modern: The Critical Essays of Taoka Reiun (1870-1912)
Understanding East Asia’s Economic “Miracles”
Who is the Asianist? The Politics of Representation in Asian Studies
Women in Japanese Studies: Voices from a Trailblazing Generation
Mongolia
The Philippines
Titles by Region
East & Inner Asia Region
Chinese Literature: An Introduction
The Fifty Years that Changed Chinese Religion, 1898-1948
Found in Translation: New People in Twentieth-Century Chinese Science Fiction
A Friend In Deed: Lu Xun, Uchiyama Kanzō, and the Intellectual World of Shanghai on the Eve of War
Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law
The Mongol Empire in World History
New Threats to Academic Freedom in Asia
The Pandemic: Perspectives on Asia
Traditional China in Asian and World History
Who is the Asianist? The Politics of Representation in Asian Studies
Inter-area/Border Crossing
Northeast Asia Region
Animal Care in Japanese Tradition: A Short History
Confucius in East Asia: Confucianism’s History in China, Korea, Japan, and Viet Nam
Drinking Bomb & Shooting Meth: Alcohol and Drug Use in Japan
A Friend In Deed: Lu Xun, Uchiyama Kanzō, and the Intellectual World of Shanghai on the Eve of War
Japan on American TV: Screaming Samurai Join Anime Clubs in the Land of the Lost
Japanese Government and Politics
Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization
New Threats to Academic Freedom in Asia
The Pandemic: Perspectives on Asia
Shinto in the History and Culture of Japan
The Turn Against the Modern: The Critical Essays of Taoka Reiun (1870-1912)
Who is the Asianist? The Politics of Representation in Asian Studies
Women in Japanese Studies: Voices from a Trailblazing Generation
South Asia Region
Gender, Sexuality, and Body Politics in Modern Asia
Global India circa 100 CE: South Asia in Early World History
New Threats to Academic Freedom in Asia
The Pandemic: Perspectives on Asia
Scattered Goddesses: Travels with the Yoginis
Waiting Town: Life in Transit and Mumbai’s Other World-Class Histories
Who is the Asianist? The Politics of Representation in Asian Studies
Southeast Asia Region
Burmese Haze: US Policy and Myanmar’s Opening–And Closing
Gender, Sexuality, and Body Politics in Modern Asia
Indonesia: History Heritage, Culture
New Threats to Academic Freedom in Asia
The Pandemic: Perspectives on Asia
The Philippines: From Earliest Times to the Present
The Story of Viet Nam: From Prehistory to the Present
Who is the Asianist? The Politics of Representation in Asian Studies
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