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China & Inner Asia
MANIPULATING GLOBALIZATION: The Influence of Bureaucrats on Business in China | By Ling ChenMANIPULATING GLOBALIZATION: The Influence of Bureaucrats on Business in China | By Ling Chen
Vasilis Trigkas
Vasilis Trigkas
CHINA AS A GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY CHAMPION: Lifting the Veil | By Phillip Andrew-Speed and Sufang ZhangCHINA AS A GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY CHAMPION: Lifting the Veil | By Phillip Andrew-Speed and Sufang Zhang
Xiao Wang and Xiufeng Zhao
Xiao Wang and Xiufeng Zhao
DRIVING TOWARD MODERNITY: Cars and the Lives of the Middle Class in Contemporary China | By Jun ZhangDRIVING TOWARD MODERNITY: Cars and the Lives of the Middle Class in Contemporary China | By Jun Zhang
Hai Ren
Hai Ren
FROM EMPIRE TO NATION STATE: Ethnic Politics in China | By Yan SunFROM EMPIRE TO NATION STATE: Ethnic Politics in China | By Yan Sun
Colin Mackerras
Colin Mackerras
UNENDING CAPITALISM: How Consumerism Negated China’s Communist Revolution | By Karl GerthUNENDING CAPITALISM: How Consumerism Negated China’s Communist Revolution | By Karl Gerth
Jason M. Kelly
Jason M. Kelly
VIRULENT ZONES: Animal Disease and Global Health at China’s Pandemic Epicenter | By Lyle FearnleyVIRULENT ZONES: Animal Disease and Global Health at China’s Pandemic Epicenter | By Lyle Fearnley
Elanah Uretsky
Elanah Uretsky
MADE IN CHINA: Wuhan, Covid and the Quest for Biotech Supremacy | By Jasper BeckerMADE IN CHINA: Wuhan, Covid and the Quest for Biotech Supremacy | By Jasper Becker
Norbert Francis
Norbert Francis
TAKE BACK OUR FUTURE: An Eventful Sociology of the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement | Edited by Ching Kwan Lee and Ming SingTAKE BACK OUR FUTURE: An Eventful Sociology of the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement | Edited by Ching Kwan Lee and Ming Sing
Wei Lit Yew
Wei Lit Yew
THE COST OF BELONGING: An Ethnography on Solidarity and Mobility in Beijing’s Koreatown | By Sharon J. YoonTHE COST OF BELONGING: An Ethnography on Solidarity and Mobility in Beijing’s Koreatown | By Sharon J. Yoon
Sandra Fahy
Sandra Fahy
BEYOND THE STEPPE FRONTIER: A History of the Sino-Russian Border | By Sören Urbansky // MIRRORLANDS: Russia, China, and Journeys in Between | By Ed PulfordBEYOND THE STEPPE FRONTIER: A History of the Sino-Russian Border | By Sören Urbansky // MIRRORLANDS: Russia, China, and Journeys in Between | By Ed Pulford
Victor Zatsepine
Victor Zatsepine
CHINA AND THE CHOLERA PANDEMIC: Restructuring Society under Mao | By Xiaoping FangCHINA AND THE CHOLERA PANDEMIC: Restructuring Society under Mao | By Xiaoping Fang
Jiwei Qian
Jiwei Qian
MAO’S THIRD FRONT: The Militarization of Cold War China | By Covell F. MeyskensMAO’S THIRD FRONT: The Militarization of Cold War China | By Covell F. Meyskens
Youngjune Chung
Youngjune Chung
DENISE HO: Becoming the Song | Directed by Sue WilliamsDENISE HO: Becoming the Song | Directed by Sue Williams
Jeroen de Kloet
Jeroen de Kloet
Northeast Asia
INTIMATE JAPAN: Ethnographies of Closeness and Conflict | Edited by Allison Alexy and Emma E. CookINTIMATE JAPAN: Ethnographies of Closeness and Conflict | Edited by Allison Alexy and Emma E. Cook
Sea ling Cheng
Sea ling Cheng
AGE OF SHŌJO: The Emergence, Evolution, and Power of Japanese Girls’ Magazine Fiction | By Hiromi Tsuchiya DollaseAGE OF SHŌJO: The Emergence, Evolution, and Power of Japanese Girls’ Magazine Fiction | By Hiromi Tsuchiya Dollase
Kathryn Hemmann
Kathryn Hemmann
BECOMING KIM JONG UN: A Former CIA Officer’s Insights into North Korea’s Enigmatic Young Dictator | By Jung H. PakBECOMING KIM JONG UN: A Former CIA Officer’s Insights into North Korea’s Enigmatic Young Dictator | By Jung H. Pak
Alon Levkowitz
Alon Levkowitz
KIM JONG UN AND THE BOMB: Survival and Deterrence in North Korea | By Ankit PandaKIM JONG UN AND THE BOMB: Survival and Deterrence in North Korea | By Ankit Panda
Adam Cathcart
Adam Cathcart
South Asia & the Himalayas
MALEVOLENT REPUBLIC: A Short History of the New India | By K.S. Komireddi // PARTITIONS OF THE HEART: Unmaking the Idea of India | By Harsh Mander.MALEVOLENT REPUBLIC: A Short History of the New India | By K.S. Komireddi // PARTITIONS OF THE HEART: Unmaking the Idea of India | By Harsh Mander.
Ganeshdatta Poddar
Ganeshdatta Poddar
SHAREHOLDER CITIES: Land Transformations Along Urban Corridors in India | By Sai BalakrishnanSHAREHOLDER CITIES: Land Transformations Along Urban Corridors in India | By Sai Balakrishnan
Sumeet Mhaskar
Sumeet Mhaskar
REVOLUTIONARY DESIRES: Women, Communism, and Feminism in India | By Ania LoombaREVOLUTIONARY DESIRES: Women, Communism, and Feminism in India | By Ania Loomba
Ali Raza
Ali Raza
REVOLUTIONARY PASTS: Communist Internationalism in Colonial India | By Ali RazaREVOLUTIONARY PASTS: Communist Internationalism in Colonial India | By Ali Raza
Ania Loomba
Ania Loomba
THE COOLIE’S GREAT WAR: Indian Labour in a Global Conflict, 1914–1921 | By Radhika SinghaTHE COOLIE’S GREAT WAR: Indian Labour in a Global Conflict, 1914–1921 | By Radhika Singha
Tarak Barkawi
Tarak Barkawi
Southeast Asia
THE ROOTS OF RESILIENCE: Party Machines and Grassroots Politics in Southeast Asia | By Meredith L. WeissTHE ROOTS OF RESILIENCE: Party Machines and Grassroots Politics in Southeast Asia | By Meredith L. Weiss
Kai Ostwald
Kai Ostwald
UNITED FRONT: Projecting Solidarity through Deliberation in Vietnam’s Single-Party Legislature | By Paul SchulerUNITED FRONT: Projecting Solidarity through Deliberation in Vietnam’s Single-Party Legislature | By Paul Schuler
Tuong Vu
Tuong Vu
DISTURBED FORESTS, FRAGMENTED MEMORIES: Jarai and Other Lives in the Cambodian Highlands | By Jonathan Padwe; Foreword by K. SivaramakrishnanDISTURBED FORESTS, FRAGMENTED MEMORIES: Jarai and Other Lives in the Cambodian Highlands | By Jonathan Padwe; Foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan
Jeffrey Sayer
Jeffrey Sayer
OPPOSING DEMOCRACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE: The Yellow Shirts in Thailand | By Aim SinpengOPPOSING DEMOCRACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE: The Yellow Shirts in Thailand | By Aim Sinpeng
Pavin Chachavalpongpun
Pavin Chachavalpongpun
BECOMING ONE: Religion, Development, and Environmentalism in a Japanese NGO in Myanmar | By Chika WatanabeBECOMING ONE: Religion, Development, and Environmentalism in a Japanese NGO in Myanmar | By Chika Watanabe
Woojin Jung
Woojin Jung
MIGRATION IN THE TIME OF REVOLUTION: China, Indonesia, and the Cold War | By Taomo ZhouMIGRATION IN THE TIME OF REVOLUTION: China, Indonesia, and the Cold War | By Taomo Zhou
Isabelle Côté
Isabelle Côté
ACTIVISTS IN TRANSITION: Progressive Politics in Democratic Indonesia | Edited by Thushara Dibley and Michele FordACTIVISTS IN TRANSITION: Progressive Politics in Democratic Indonesia | Edited by Thushara Dibley and Michele Ford
Alexander R. Arifianto
Alexander R. Arifianto
Australasia & the Pacific Islands
POISONING THE PACIFIC: The US Military’s Secret Dumping of Plutonium, Chemical Weapons, and Agent Orange | By Jon Mitchell with a foreword by John W. DowerPOISONING THE PACIFIC: The US Military’s Secret Dumping of Plutonium, Chemical Weapons, and Agent Orange | By Jon Mitchell with a foreword by John W. Dower
Glenn Petersen
Glenn Petersen
LANGUAGE RIGHTS AND THE LAW IN THE UNITED STATES AND ITS TERRITORIES | By Eduardo D. FaingoldLANGUAGE RIGHTS AND THE LAW IN THE UNITED STATES AND ITS TERRITORIES | By Eduardo D. Faingold
Ola G. Berta
Ola G. Berta
IN MEMORY OF TIMES TO COME: Ironies of History in Southeastern Papua New Guinea | By Melissa DemianIN MEMORY OF TIMES TO COME: Ironies of History in Southeastern Papua New Guinea | By Melissa Demian
John Barker
John Barker
SEA PEOPLE: The Puzzle of Polynesia | By Christina ThompsonSEA PEOPLE: The Puzzle of Polynesia | By Christina Thompson
Maureece J. Levin
Maureece J. Levin