Volume 91 - No. 2 - Pacific Affairs (UBC Journal)

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June 2018

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Asia General China & Inner Asia Northeast Asia South Asia & the Himalayas Southeast Asia Australasia & the Pacific Islands

Asia General

INSURGENCIES AND REVOLUTIONS: Reflections on John Friedmann’s Contributions to Planning Theory and Practice | Edited by Haripriya Rangan, Mee Kam Ng, Libby Porter, and Jacquelyn Chase INSURGENCIES AND REVOLUTIONS: Reflections on John Friedmann’s Contributions to Planning Theory and Practice | Edited by Haripriya Rangan, Mee Kam Ng, Libby Porter, and Jacquelyn Chase
Kah-Wee Lee

AIRPORT URBANISM: Infrastructure and Mobility in Asia | By Max Hirsh AIRPORT URBANISM: Infrastructure and Mobility in Asia | By Max Hirsh
Weiqiang Lin

GENDER IN MODERN EAST ASIA: An Integrated History | By Barbara Molony, Janet Theiss and Hyaeweol Choi GENDER IN MODERN EAST ASIA: An Integrated History | By Barbara Molony, Janet Theiss and Hyaeweol Choi
Seungsook Moon

PAN-ASIAN SPORTS AND THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN ASIA, 1913–1974 | By Stefan Huebner PAN-ASIAN SPORTS AND THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN ASIA, 1913–1974 | By Stefan Huebner
Alan Tomlinson

TELEMODERNITIES: Television and Transforming Lives in Asia | By Tania Lewis, Fran Martin, and Wanning Sun TELEMODERNITIES: Television and Transforming Lives in Asia | By Tania Lewis, Fran Martin, and Wanning Sun
Gloria Spittel

China & Inner Asia

CHALLENGES IN THE PROCESS OF CHINA’S URBANIZATION | Edited by Karen Eggleston, Jean C. Oi, and Yiming Wang CHALLENGES IN THE PROCESS OF CHINA’S URBANIZATION | Edited by Karen Eggleston, Jean C. Oi, and Yiming Wang
Christine Wen

MODERNIZING CHINA: Investing in Soft Infrastructure | Edited by W. Raphael Lam, Markus Rodlauer and Alfred Schipke MODERNIZING CHINA: Investing in Soft Infrastructure | Edited by W. Raphael Lam, Markus Rodlauer and Alfred Schipke
Kerry Brown

OUTSOURCED CHILDREN: Orphanage Care and Adoption in Globalizing China | By Leslie K. Wang OUTSOURCED CHILDREN: Orphanage Care and Adoption in Globalizing China | By Leslie K. Wang
Caroline Reeves

RADICAL INEQUALITIES: China’s Revolutionary Welfare State in Comparative Perspective | By Nara Dillon RADICAL INEQUALITIES: China’s Revolutionary Welfare State in Comparative Perspective | By Nara Dillon
Dorothy J. Solinger

KNOWLEDGE ACTS IN MODERN CHINA: Ideas, Institutions, and Identities | Edited by Robert Culp, Eddy U, and Wen-hsin Yeh KNOWLEDGE ACTS IN MODERN CHINA: Ideas, Institutions, and Identities | Edited by Robert Culp, Eddy U, and Wen-hsin Yeh
Michel Hockx

SHAKEN AUTHORITY: China’s Communist Party and the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake | By Christian P. Sorace SHAKEN AUTHORITY: China’s Communist Party and the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake | By Christian P. Sorace
Yi Kang

THE MAGIC OF CONCEPTS: History and the Economic in Twentieth-Century China | By Rebecca E. Karl THE MAGIC OF CONCEPTS: History and the Economic in Twentieth-Century China | By Rebecca E. Karl
Wenkai He

THE INTELLECTUAL IN MODERN CHINESE HISTORY | By Timothy Cheek THE INTELLECTUAL IN MODERN CHINESE HISTORY | By Timothy Cheek
Zhidong Hao

THE RETURN OF IDEOLOGY: The Search for Regime Identities in Postcommunist Russia and China | By Cheng Chen THE RETURN OF IDEOLOGY: The Search for Regime Identities in Postcommunist Russia and China | By Cheng Chen
Yongnian Zheng

BITTER AND SWEET: Food, Meaning, and Modernity in Rural China | By Ellen Oxfeld BITTER AND SWEET: Food, Meaning, and Modernity in Rural China | By Ellen Oxfeld
E.N. Anderson

MANCHU PRINCESS, JAPANESE SPY: The Story of Kawashima Yoshiko, the Cross-Dressing Spy Who Commanded Her Own Army | By Phyllis Birnbaum MANCHU PRINCESS, JAPANESE SPY: The Story of Kawashima Yoshiko, the Cross-Dressing Spy Who Commanded Her Own Army | By Phyllis Birnbaum
Bill Sewell

REVOLUTIONARY NATIVISM: Fascism and Culture in China, 1925–1937 | By Maggie Clinton REVOLUTIONARY NATIVISM: Fascism and Culture in China, 1925–1937 | By Maggie Clinton
Anna Belogurova

RUNAWAY WIVES, URBAN CRIMES, AND SURVIVAL TACTICS IN WARTIME BEIJING, 1937–1949 | By Zhao Ma RUNAWAY WIVES, URBAN CRIMES, AND SURVIVAL TACTICS IN WARTIME BEIJING, 1937–1949 | By Zhao Ma
Diana Lary

RURAL CHINA ON THE EVE OF REVOLUTION: Sichuan Fieldnotes, 1949–1950 | By G. William Skinner; edited by Stevan Harrell and William Lavely RURAL CHINA ON THE EVE OF REVOLUTION: Sichuan Fieldnotes, 1949–1950 | By G. William Skinner; edited by Stevan Harrell and William Lavely
Jacob Eyferth

YOUNG CHINA: National Rejuvenation and the Bildungsroman, 1900–1959 | By Mingwei Song YOUNG CHINA: National Rejuvenation and the Bildungsroman, 1900–1959 | By Mingwei Song
Yihong Pan

WARTIME MACAU: Under the Japanese Shadow | Edited by Geoffrey C. Gunn WARTIME MACAU: Under the Japanese Shadow | Edited by Geoffrey C. Gunn
C.X. George Wei

LAW AND POLITICS OF THE TAIWAN SUNFLOWER AND HONG KONG UMBRELLA MOVEMENTS | Edited by Brian Christopher Jones LAW AND POLITICS OF THE TAIWAN SUNFLOWER AND HONG KONG UMBRELLA MOVEMENTS | Edited by Brian Christopher Jones
Cal Clark

Northeast Asia

POLITICAL SURVIVAL AND YASUKUNI IN JAPAN’S RELATIONS WITH CHINA | By Mong Cheung POLITICAL SURVIVAL AND YASUKUNI IN JAPAN’S RELATIONS WITH CHINA | By Mong Cheung
Lu Yan

RETHINKING JAPAN: The Politics of Contested Nationalism | By Arthur Stockwin and Kweku Ampiah RETHINKING JAPAN: The Politics of Contested Nationalism | By Arthur Stockwin and Kweku Ampiah
Michael Strausz

THE AFTERMATH OF THE 2011 EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI: Living among the Rubble | By Shoichiro Takezawa; Translated by Polly Barton THE AFTERMATH OF THE 2011 EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI: Living among the Rubble | By Shoichiro Takezawa; Translated by Polly Barton
Daniel Kremers

CARE COMMUNICATION: Making a Home in a Japanese Eldercare Facility | By Peter Backhaus CARE COMMUNICATION: Making a Home in a Japanese Eldercare Facility | By Peter Backhaus
Beata Świtek

FEMININITY, SELF-HARM AND EATING DISORDERS IN JAPAN: Navigating contradiction in narrative and visual culture | By Gitte Marianne Hansen FEMININITY, SELF-HARM AND EATING DISORDERS IN JAPAN: Navigating contradiction in narrative and visual culture | By Gitte Marianne Hansen
Akiko Yasuike

JAPANESE FEMINIST DEBATES: A Century of Contention on Sex, Love, and Labor | By Ayako Kano JAPANESE FEMINIST DEBATES: A Century of Contention on Sex, Love, and Labor | By Ayako Kano
Deborah Shamoon

MEDIA THEORY IN JAPAN | Edited by Marc Steinberg and Alexander Zahlten MEDIA THEORY IN JAPAN | Edited by Marc Steinberg and Alexander Zahlten
Franz Prichard

CURSE ON THIS COUNTRY: The Rebellious Army of Imperial Japan | By Danny Orbach CURSE ON THIS COUNTRY: The Rebellious Army of Imperial Japan | By Danny Orbach
Paul Kreitman

EMPEROR HIROHITO AND THE PACIFIC WAR | By Noriko Kawamura EMPEROR HIROHITO AND THE PACIFIC WAR | By Noriko Kawamura
Takeshi Suzuki

JAPANOMANIA IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES 1875–1918 | Edited by Gabriel P. Weisberg, Anna-Maria von Bonsdorff, and Hanne Selkokari JAPANOMANIA IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES 1875–1918 | Edited by Gabriel P. Weisberg, Anna-Maria von Bonsdorff, and Hanne Selkokari
Hyung-Gu Lynn

BASE ENCOUNTERS: The US Armed Forces in South Korea | By Elisabeth Schober BASE ENCOUNTERS: The US Armed Forces in South Korea | By Elisabeth Schober
Grace M. Cho

PARK CHUNG HEE AND MODERN KOREA: The Roots of Militarism 1866–1945 | By Carter J. Eckert PARK CHUNG HEE AND MODERN KOREA: The Roots of Militarism 1866–1945 | By Carter J. Eckert
Tae-Gyun Park

A MOST ENTERPRISING COUNTRY: North Korea in the Global Economy | By Justin V. Hastings A MOST ENTERPRISING COUNTRY: North Korea in the Global Economy | By Justin V. Hastings
YoungChul Chung

South Asia & the Himalayas

DEMOCRATIZATION FROM ABOVE: The Logic of Local Democracy in the Developing World | By Anjali Thomas Bohlken DEMOCRATIZATION FROM ABOVE: The Logic of Local Democracy in the Developing World | By Anjali Thomas Bohlken
Niraja Gopal Jayal

WHEN CRIME PAYS: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics | By Milan Vaishnav WHEN CRIME PAYS: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics | By Milan Vaishnav
Ronojoy Sen

HYDRAULIC CITY: Water and the Infrastructures of Citizenship in Mumbai | By Nikhil Anand HYDRAULIC CITY: Water and the Infrastructures of Citizenship in Mumbai | By Nikhil Anand
Atreyee Majumder

NATION AT PLAY: A History of Sport in India | By Ronojoy Sen NATION AT PLAY: A History of Sport in India | By Ronojoy Sen
Aaron Miller

OF GARDENS AND GRAVES: Kashmir, Poetry, Politics | By Suvir Kaul; Photographs by Javed Dar OF GARDENS AND GRAVES: Kashmir, Poetry, Politics | By Suvir Kaul; Photographs by Javed Dar
Reeta C. Tremblay

RELIGION, SECULARISM, AND ETHNICITY IN CONTEMPORARY NEPAL | Edited by David N. Gellner, Sondra L. Hausner, and Chiara Letizia RELIGION, SECULARISM, AND ETHNICITY IN CONTEMPORARY NEPAL | Edited by David N. Gellner, Sondra L. Hausner, and Chiara Letizia
Megan Adamson Sijapati

DOWNWARDLY GLOBAL: Women, Work, and Citizenship in the Pakistani Diaspora | By Lalaie Ameeriar DOWNWARDLY GLOBAL: Women, Work, and Citizenship in the Pakistani Diaspora | By Lalaie Ameeriar
Pnina Werbner

Southeast Asia

THE ASEAN MIRACLE: A Catalyst for Peace | By Kishore Mahbubani and Jeffery Sng THE ASEAN MIRACLE: A Catalyst for Peace | By Kishore Mahbubani and Jeffery Sng
Richard Stubbs

THE BRITISH AND THE VIETNAM WAR: Their Way with LBJ | By Nicholas Tarling THE BRITISH AND THE VIETNAM WAR: Their Way with LBJ | By Nicholas Tarling
Edwin E. Moise

THE NEW WAY: Protestantism and the Hmong in Vietnam | By Tâm T.T. Ngô THE NEW WAY: Protestantism and the Hmong in Vietnam | By Tâm T.T. Ngô
Mai Na M. Lee

THE POLITICS OF SHARI’A LAW: Islamist Activists and the State in Democratizing Indonesia | By Michael Buehler THE POLITICS OF SHARI’A LAW: Islamist Activists and the State in Democratizing Indonesia | By Michael Buehler
Nadirsyah Hosen

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

ARTEFACTS OF ENCOUNTER: Cook’s Voyages, Colonial Collecting and Museum Histories | Edited by Nicholas Thomas, Julie Adams, Billie Lythberg, Maia Nuku, and Amiria Salmond; Photography by Gwil Owen ARTEFACTS OF ENCOUNTER: Cook’s Voyages, Colonial Collecting and Museum Histories | Edited by Nicholas Thomas, Julie Adams, Billie Lythberg, Maia Nuku, and Amiria Salmond; Photography by Gwil Owen
Roderick Ewins

BECOMING LANDOWNERS: Entanglements of Custom and Modernity in Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste | By Victoria C. Stead BECOMING LANDOWNERS: Entanglements of Custom and Modernity in Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste | By Victoria C. Stead
Alex Golub

FOOD AND POWER IN HAWAI‘I: Visions of Food Democracy | Edited by Aya Hirata Kimura and Krisnawati Suryanata FOOD AND POWER IN HAWAI‘I: Visions of Food Democracy | Edited by Aya Hirata Kimura and Krisnawati Suryanata
Jessica Hardin

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Volume 91 – No. 2

June 2018

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