Autonomy and Armed Separatism... in... South and Southeast Asia... by... Michelle Ann Miller... This wide ranging study contrasts and compares the different experiences of seven Asian states in dealing with issues of autonomy for minorities and armed insurrection in support of such autonomy. The problem is examined from the view...
Becoming Yellow:... A Short History of Racial Thinking... by... Michael Keevac... New. In this fascinating book Keevak, Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages at the National Taiwan University, explores the development of the identification by Westerners and East Asians themselves of the idea that East Asians are yellow in...
English as a Lingua Franca in ASEAN:... A Multilingual Model... by... Andy Kirkpatrick... New. Kirkpatrick provides a comprehensive account of the roles, functions and development of English in ASEAN from a linguistic viewpoint. His 'multilingual approach to teaching English fills a the gap in ELF literature. 222 pages with appendices...
Malaya, Indonesia, Borneo and the Phillipines:... A Geographical, Economic and Political Description of Malaya, the East Indies and the Philippines... by... Charles Robequain... This work, although published more than half a century ago, arguably remains one of the standard colonial geographic text books for the region. It certainly sets a...
Orang Rejimen:... The Malays of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment... by... BA Hussainmiya... New. Not many people in either the Malay archipelago or in Sri Lanka know much about the Malay community in Sri Lanka except that they produce food from roadside stalls which is popular with all communities there. Hussainmiya...
Urbanization in Southeast Asia: Issues & Impacts... by... Yap Kioe Sheng & Moe Thuzar... The editors have brought together a selection of contributions from Southeast Asian experts in town planning and the environment who both reflect on urban growth in the region during the last century or so and make...
New Asia Pacific House... by... Patrick Bingham-Hall... New. Bingham-Hall, an architetural writer and photographer with considerable Asia Pacific experience, opens our eyes to the exciting developments that have been taking place in using modern design and materials to develop residences for the area's tropical climate. Chapters are devoted...
Urbanization in Southeast Asia: Issues & Impacts... by... Yap Kioe Sheng & Moe Thuzar... The editors have brought together a selection of contributions from Southeast Asian experts in town planning and the environment who both reflect on urban growth in the region during the last century or so and make...
A Collector's Guide to Antiques <>... -... Alexa Stace & Gwen Rigby (eds)... New. A massive comprehensive guide to collecting almost anything that's durable and more than fifty years old. Although the book has as its main focus collectibles produced in the Western Hemisphere, Chinese and Japanese antiques are covered...
Kendi Pouring Vessels... in... The University of Malaya Collection... --... Khoo Joo Ee... The kendi, one of South-East Asian most interesting vessels, is a pot with two openings but no handle. The kendi's intertwining with the history of South-East Asia is explored. The author explains the development of it...
Sacred Ikat:... From Heirloom to Trade... by... Marie Christine Tseng & Edric Ong... This well-illustrated book highlights the development of ikat weaving in South-East Asia so as to become one of the most exquisite textiles in the world. It also documents the lifestyle of people of Sumba and...
Southeast Asian Art today... Edited by... Joyce Van Fenema... The book is a collection of articles, illustrated with colour photographs, of the principal artists at the time of publicationin Malaysia by the editor,in Indonesia by Jim Supangkat,in The Philippines by Alice Guillermo and Cid Reyesin Singapore by Susie...
Krishen Jit: An Uncommon Position... Krishen Jit , an influential figure in the arts in South East Asia, introduces us to a collection of his essays and articles from the early 1970s until 2003. Topics include an analysis of contemporary theatre, multiculturalism, symbolic vision and much else. 248 pages with some...
Re-imagining Marriage & Family in Asia:... Asian Christian Women's Perspectives... by... Sharon Bong and Pushpa Joseph... This book is written by a collection of writers belonging to the Ecclesia of Women in Asia, the Forum of Asian Catholic Women Theologians. There is a recurrent theme in the seven essays...
Varieties of English in Southeast Asia and Beyond... Edited by... Azirah Hashim and Norizah Hassan... This book brings together a collection of papers selected from the 8th 'English in Southeast Asia' conference in 2003. These papers reflect the innovation and creativity required in dealing with new developments in English learning...
Asia's New Little Dragons... by... Steven Schlossstein... The author, a former vice president of Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, builds on his networks in Southeast Asia to more clearly explain the complexities of culture, policies and expectations of the political and business elites of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia as they assume...
Economic Dimensions of Ethnic Conflict... edited by... S W R De A Samarasinghe... &... Reed Coughlan... The editorsA Sri Lankan and a US academic bring together a collection of writings by fellow economists and conflict specialists to look at how demography, economic development and ethnicity play against each other, with...
Hunting With the Tigers:... Doing Business With Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam... by... Claudia Cragg... The author notched up 15 years as a correspondent in Asia before writing this book to examine why in the 1990s the volume of trade across the...
Asian Godfathers:... Money and Power in Hong Kong and South-East Asia... by... Joe Studwell... In 329 pages Studwell undertakes a thorough investigation of the dealings of multi millionaires, the godfathers, in the booming economies of Southeast Asia. They're usually from immigrant stock, often Chinese, with an uncanny ability to...
At the South-East Asian Table... by... Alice Yen Ho... In South-East Asia, food as a daily affair or as a religious thanks offering is important. Ho introduces the reader to the history of South-East Asian food and eating styles, ingredients and spices used, rice, food markets, changing...
Chinese Food and Foodways in Southeast Asia and Beyond... Edited by... Tan Chee-Beng... New. This is an unusual book about Chinese food in that it doesn't have a single recipe. That's because, although the book is an examination as to how Chinese food changes when it gets out of...
Autonomy and Armed Separatism... in... South and Southeast Asia... by... Michelle Ann Miller... This wide ranging study contrasts and compares the different experiences of seven Asian states in dealing with issues of autonomy for minorities and armed insurrection in support of such autonomy. The problem is examined from the view...
Economic Dimensions of Ethnic Conflict... edited by... S W R De A Samarasinghe... &... Reed Coughlan... The editorsA Sri Lankan and a US academic bring together a collection of writings by fellow economists and conflict specialists to look at how demography, economic development and ethnicity play against each other, with...
No Man's Land:... Globalization, Territory and Clendestine Groups... in Southeast Asia... by... Justin Hastings... New. It's probably a little known fact that many unrepresentative Governments have ceded much control of significant tracts of country - the "no man's land" of the book's title - to rebel groups. In Southeast Asia examples include...
Aftermath... by... Roland Mills... This anti-Communist novel is set in Sandu, a fictitious tropical island off the coast of China, following a Communist coup there. The dramatic tale centres on the rescue of the Governor of the former regime and the love story between the rescuer and the Governor's...
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