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Asia General

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POWER TRANSITION IN ASIA | Edited by David Walton and Emilian KavalskiPOWER TRANSITION IN ASIA | Edited by David Walton and Emilian Kavalski
Daniel Gomà Pinilla

NEW WORLDS FROM BELOW: Informal Life Politics and Grassroots Action in Twenty-First-Century Northeast Asia | Edited by Tessa Morris-Suzuki and Eun Jeong SohNEW WORLDS FROM BELOW: Informal Life Politics and Grassroots Action in Twenty-First-Century Northeast Asia | Edited by Tessa Morris-Suzuki and Eun Jeong Soh
Yasuo Takao

CHINA-INDIA RELATIONS IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD: Dynamics of national identity and interest | By Yang LuCHINA-INDIA RELATIONS IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD: Dynamics of national identity and interest | By Yang Lu
David Brewster

THE AUTHORITARIAN PUBLIC SPHERE: Legitimation and Autocratic Power in North Korea, Burma, and China | By Alexander DukalskisTHE AUTHORITARIAN PUBLIC SPHERE: Legitimation and Autocratic Power in North Korea, Burma, and China | By Alexander Dukalskis
Leif-Eric Easley

CHINA-SOUTH KOREA RELATIONS IN THE NEW ERA: Challenges and Opportunities | By Min YeCHINA-SOUTH KOREA RELATIONS IN THE NEW ERA: Challenges and Opportunities | By Min Ye
Jiye Kim

STRATEGIC COUPLING: East Asian Industrial Transformation in the New Global Economy | By Henry Wai-chung YeungSTRATEGIC COUPLING: East Asian Industrial Transformation in the New Global Economy | By Henry Wai-chung Yeung
Marc Szepan

MOBILITY BETWEEN AFRICA, ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA: Economic Networks and Cultural Interactions | Edited by Ute Röschenthaler and Alessandro JedlowskiMOBILITY BETWEEN AFRICA, ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA: Economic Networks and Cultural Interactions | Edited by Ute Röschenthaler and Alessandro Jedlowski
Jeffrey Haynes

CHINA-INDIA RELATIONS: Cooperation and conflict | Edited by Kanti Bajpai, Huang Jing, and Kishore MahbubaniCHINA-INDIA RELATIONS: Cooperation and conflict | Edited by Kanti Bajpai, Huang Jing, and Kishore Mahbubani
Edward Friedman

PACIFIC AMERICA: Histories of Transoceanic Crossings | Edited by Lon KurashigePACIFIC AMERICA: Histories of Transoceanic Crossings | Edited by Lon Kurashige
Edward D. Melillo

DIVIDED LENSES: Screen Memories of War in East Asia | Edited by Michael Berry and Chiho SawadaDIVIDED LENSES: Screen Memories of War in East Asia | Edited by Michael Berry and Chiho Sawada
Karl Gustafsson

China & Inner Asia

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HOW CHINA ESCAPED THE POVERTY TRAP | By Yuen Yuen AngHOW CHINA ESCAPED THE POVERTY TRAP | By Yuen Yuen Ang
Asif B. Farooq

CHINESE POLITICS AS FRAGMENTED AUTHORITARIANISM: Earthquakes, energy and environment | Edited by Kjeld Erik BrødsgaardCHINESE POLITICS AS FRAGMENTED AUTHORITARIANISM: Earthquakes, energy and environment | Edited by Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard
Robert J. Hanlon

AUTHORITARIAN LEGALITY IN CHINA: Law, Workers, and the State | By Mary E. GallagherAUTHORITARIAN LEGALITY IN CHINA: Law, Workers, and the State | By Mary E. Gallagher
Weiting Guo

DICTATORS WITHOUT BORDERS: Power and Money in Central Asia | By Alexander Cooley and John HeathershawDICTATORS WITHOUT BORDERS: Power and Money in Central Asia | By Alexander Cooley and John Heathershaw
Henryk Alff

STRATEGIC ADJUSTMENT AND THE RISE OF CHINA: Power and Politics in East Asia | Edited by Robert S. Ross and Øystein Tunsjø.STRATEGIC ADJUSTMENT AND THE RISE OF CHINA: Power and Politics in East Asia | Edited by Robert S. Ross and Øystein Tunsjø.
Xiaobing Li

THE CHINA ORDER: Centralia, World Empire, and the Nature of Chinese Power | By Fei-Ling WangTHE CHINA ORDER: Centralia, World Empire, and the Nature of Chinese Power | By Fei-Ling Wang
John Agnew

UNEASY PARTNERSHIPS: China’s Engagement with Japan, the Koreas, and Russia in the Era of Reform | Edited by Thomas FingarUNEASY PARTNERSHIPS: China’s Engagement with Japan, the Koreas, and Russia in the Era of Reform | Edited by Thomas Fingar
Fei-Ling Wang

WILL AFRICA FEED CHINA? | By Deborah BrautigamWILL AFRICA FEED CHINA? | By Deborah Brautigam
Stephen Chan

RURAL ORIGINS, CITY LIVES: Class and Place in Contemporary China | By Roberta ZavorettiRURAL ORIGINS, CITY LIVES: Class and Place in Contemporary China | By Roberta Zavoretti
Yuan Ren

EDUCATING MONKS: Minority Buddhism on China’s Southwest Border | By Thomas A. BorchertEDUCATING MONKS: Minority Buddhism on China’s Southwest Border | By Thomas A. Borchert
Koen Wellens

Northeast Asia

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RETHINKING JAPANESE STUDIES: Eurocentrism and the Asia-Pacific Region | Edited by Kaori Okano and Yoshio SugimotoRETHINKING JAPANESE STUDIES: Eurocentrism and the Asia-Pacific Region | Edited by Kaori Okano and Yoshio Sugimoto
W. Lawrence Neuman

CIRCLES OF COMPENSATION: Economic Growth and the Globalization of Japan | By Kent E. CalderCIRCLES OF COMPENSATION: Economic Growth and the Globalization of Japan | By Kent E. Calder
David Chiavacci

PLAYING WAR: Children and the Paradoxes of Modern Militarism in Japan | By Sabine FrühstückPLAYING WAR: Children and the Paradoxes of Modern Militarism in Japan | By Sabine Frühstück
Liv Coleman

OUTCASTS OF EMPIRE: Japan’s Rule on Taiwan’s “Savage Border,” 1874–1945 | By Paul D. BarclayOUTCASTS OF EMPIRE: Japan’s Rule on Taiwan’s “Savage Border,” 1874–1945 | By Paul D. Barclay
Scott Simon

PLACING EMPIRE: Travel and the Social Imagination in Imperial Japan | By Kate McDonaldPLACING EMPIRE: Travel and the Social Imagination in Imperial Japan | By Kate McDonald
Tristan R. Grunow

FIGURING KOREAN FUTURES: Children’s Literature in Modern Korea | By Dafna ZurFIGURING KOREAN FUTURES: Children’s Literature in Modern Korea | By Dafna Zur
Steven D. Capener

HARD TARGET: Sanctions, Inducements, and the Case of North Korea | By Stephan Haggard and Marcus NolandHARD TARGET: Sanctions, Inducements, and the Case of North Korea | By Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland
Andrew I. Yeo

South Asia & the Himalayas

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IN THE PUBLIC’S INTEREST: Evictions, Citizenship, and Inequality in Contemporary Delhi | By Gautam BhanIN THE PUBLIC’S INTEREST: Evictions, Citizenship, and Inequality in Contemporary Delhi | By Gautam Bhan
Philippa Williams

LANDSCAPES OF ACCUMULATION: Real Estate and the Neoliberal Imagination in Contemporary India | By Llerena Guiu SearleLANDSCAPES OF ACCUMULATION: Real Estate and the Neoliberal Imagination in Contemporary India | By Llerena Guiu Searle
Mark-Anthony Falzon

RIVAL CLAIMS: Ethnic Violence and Territorial Autonomy under Indian Federalism | By Bethany LacinaRIVAL CLAIMS: Ethnic Violence and Territorial Autonomy under Indian Federalism | By Bethany Lacina
Miriam Wenner

NO ONE WILL LET HER LIVE: Women’s Struggle for Well-Being in a Delhi Slum | By Claire Snell-RoodNO ONE WILL LET HER LIVE: Women’s Struggle for Well-Being in a Delhi Slum | By Claire Snell-Rood
Prasad Khanolkar

THE DASHING LADIES OF SHIV SENA: Political Matronage in Urbanizing India | By Tarini BediTHE DASHING LADIES OF SHIV SENA: Political Matronage in Urbanizing India | By Tarini Bedi
Rina Verma Williams

ETHNICITY AND DEMOCRACY IN THE EASTERN HIMALAYAN BORDERLAND: Constructing Democracy | By Mona ChettriETHNICITY AND DEMOCRACY IN THE EASTERN HIMALAYAN BORDERLAND: Constructing Democracy | By Mona Chettri
Rune Bennike

Southeast Asia

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CORPORATE ISLAM: Sharia and the Modern Workplace | By Patricia Sloane-WhiteCORPORATE ISLAM: Sharia and the Modern Workplace | By Patricia Sloane-White
Maznah Mohamad

A REGIONAL ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THAILAND | By Porphant OuyyanontA REGIONAL ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THAILAND | By Porphant Ouyyanont
David Feeny

CONTESTING INDOCHINA: French Remembrance between Decolonization and Cold War | By M. Kathryn EdwardsCONTESTING INDOCHINA: French Remembrance between Decolonization and Cold War | By M. Kathryn Edwards
Sean J. McLaughlin

MYANMAR’S ENEMY WITHIN: Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim ‘Other’ | By Francis WadeMYANMAR’S ENEMY WITHIN: Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim ‘Other’ | By Francis Wade
Bruce Matthews

THAIPUSAM IN MALAYSIA: A Hindu Festival in the Tamil Diaspora | By Carl Vadivella BelleTHAIPUSAM IN MALAYSIA: A Hindu Festival in the Tamil Diaspora | By Carl Vadivella Belle
Andrew C. Willford

GENDER RELATIONS IN AN INDONESIAN SOCIETY: Bugis Practices of Sexuality and Marriage | By Nurul Ilmi IdrusGENDER RELATIONS IN AN INDONESIAN SOCIETY: Bugis Practices of Sexuality and Marriage | By Nurul Ilmi Idrus
Sharyn Graham Davies

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

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INDIGENEITY: A POLITICS OF POTENTIAL: Australia, Fiji and New Zealand | By Dominic O’SullivanINDIGENEITY: A POLITICS OF POTENTIAL: Australia, Fiji and New Zealand | By Dominic O’Sullivan
Bruce Granville Miller

KASTOM, PROPERTY AND IDEOLOGY: Land transformations in Melanesia. State, Society and Governance in Melanesia | Edited by Siobhan McDonnell, Matthew Allen, and Colin FilerKASTOM, PROPERTY AND IDEOLOGY: Land transformations in Melanesia. State, Society and Governance in Melanesia | Edited by Siobhan McDonnell, Matthew Allen, and Colin Filer
Jean Zorn

MISSING THE MARK?: Women and the Millennium Development Goals in Africa and Oceania | Edited by Naomi M. McPhersonMISSING THE MARK?: Women and the Millennium Development Goals in Africa and Oceania | Edited by Naomi M. McPherson
Derek Milne

MORTUARY DIALOGUES: Death Ritual and the Reproduction of Moral Community in Pacific Modernities | Edited by David Lipset and Eric K. Silverman.MORTUARY DIALOGUES: Death Ritual and the Reproduction of Moral Community in Pacific Modernities | Edited by David Lipset and Eric K. Silverman.
Dan Jorgensen