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Modern Indian History (Emily Rook-Koepsel)
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AVAILABLE TO PREORDER via the Columbia University Press website. ISBN 9781952636332. 132 pages. India, as a nation-state, is a relatively […]
Japanese Government and Politics (Lauren McKee)
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ISBN 9781952636356. 132 pages. Japanese Government and Politics takes a comparative approach to Japanese politics, covering topics such as political […]
Confucius in East Asia: Confucianism’s History in China, Korea, Japan, and Viet Nam (Jeffrey L. Richey)
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REVISED AND EXPANDED SECOND EDITION ISBN 978-1-952636-37-0. 130 pages. Jeffrey Richey has written an engaging and well-crafted book that clearly […]
New Threats to Academic Freedom in Asia (Dimitar D. Gueorguiev, Editor)
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9781952636318. 202 pages Please support the work of AAS by ordering print or ebook copies from our distributor, Columbia University […]
Who Is the Asianist? The Politics of Representation in Asian Studies (Will Bridges, Nitasha Tamar Sharma, and Marvin D. Sterling, Editors)
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VIEW THE BOOK LAUNCH AND DISCUSSION (from October 6, 2022) Please support the work of AAS by ordering print or […]
Beyond the Book: Unique and Rare Primary Sources for East Asian Studies Collected in North America (Jidong Yang, Editor)
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Read an excerpt on the AAS #AsiaNow blog: https://www.asianstudies.org/excerpt-beyond-the-book 9780924304989. 368 pages, full color. BEYOND THE BOOK is the first […]
Animal Care in Japanese Tradition: A Short History (W. Puck Brecher)
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9781952636271. 138 pages. Listen to an interview with Prof. Brecher on the New Books Network: https://newbooksnetwork.com/animal-care-in-japanese-tradition This volume provides an […]
Burmese Haze: US Policy and Myanmar’s Opening—and Closing (Erin Murphy)
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9781952636257. 244 pages. A play on George Orwell’s famous novel, Burmese Days, Burmese Haze provides a unique—and personal—perspective on the […]
Japan on American TV: Screaming Samurai Join Anime Clubs in the Land of the Lost (Alisa Freedman)
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View the AAS Digital Dialogue book launch webinar for Japan on American TV featuring Alisa Freedman, Anne Allison, Jan Bardsley, […]
Tribe and State in Asia through Twenty-Five Centuries (Sumit Guha)
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9780924304958. 142 Pages. Every literate person today will encounter the word “tribe” in many settings. What does this word mean? […]
Found in Translation: “New People” in Twentieth-Century Chinese Science Fiction (Jing Jiang)
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9780924304941. 144 Pages. What will the world look like in the future? How do people think and act in that […]
The Fifty Years That Changed Chinese Religion 1898–1948 (Paul R. Katz and Vincent Goossaert)
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ISBN: 9780924304965. 248 pages. Paperback. In recent years, both scholars and the general public have become increasingly fascinated by the […]
Teaching About Asia in a Time of Pandemic (Edited by David Kenley)
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Teaching About Asia in a Time of Pandemic, edited by David Kenley, is a collaborative work between Asia Shorts and […]
The Pandemic: Perspectives on Asia (Edited by Vinayak Chaturvedi)
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The Pandemic: Perspectives on Asia, edited by Vinayak Chaturvedi, is a collaborative work between Asia Shorts and the Journal of […]
Waiting Town: Life in Transit and Mumbai’s Other World-Class Histories (Lisa Björkman)
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ISBN: 9780924304934. 176 Pages. Drawing on a decade of ethnographic research in the Indian city of Mumbai, Waiting Town is […]
Shinto in the History and Culture of Japan (Ronald S. Green)
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ISBN: 9780924304910. 108 Pages. After Japanese emperor Naruhito ascended the Chrysanthemum throne in 2019, he performed a secretive ritual funded […]
Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law (Michael C. Davis)
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ISBN: 9781952636134 (print, paperback). 166 Pages. How can one of the world’s most free-wheeling cities transition from a vibrant global […]
The Great Smog of China: A Short Event History of Air Pollution (Anna L. Ahlers, Mette Halskov Hansen, and Rune Svarverud)
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ISBN: 9780924304927. 148 pages. Paperback. The Great Smog of China traces Chinese air pollution events dating back to more than […]
A Friend in Deed: Lu Xun, Uchiyama Kanzo, and the Intellectual World of Shanghai on the Eve of War (Joshua A. Fogel)
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ISBN: 978-0-924-304-88-0. 122 pages. Paperback. Lu Xun spent the last decade of his life in the turbulent world of Shanghai. […]