Critical Concepts in Asian Studies

Book Series in Asian Studies

New & Published Titles:

Modern Indian Culture and Society

Edited by Knut A. Jacobsen

Research on Indian culture and society has been conducted from a dizzying range of perspectives. However, in recent decades it has been particularly characterized by…

2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-45219-9 (Routledge)

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Women in Asia

Edited by Louise Edwards, Mina Roces

The academic study of women in Asia developed in the 1970s as a result of the convergence of the then emerging disciplines of Asian Studies…

2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44525-2 (Routledge)

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Contemporary Chinese Society and Politics

Edited by Andrew Kipnis, Luigi Tomba, Jonathan Unger

Chinese society and its political system are predicated on traditions of governing that are deeply alien to most readers from liberal, Western powers. Chinese governance…

2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-45748-4 (Routledge)

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Mao Zedong and the Chinese Revolution

Edited by GREGOR BENTON

Academic interest in Mao Zedong’s role in the Chinese Revolution remains intense, as scholars and commentators continue to analyze his thinking and the history of…

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40054-1 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Ethnic Minorities in Modern China
Edited by Colin Mackerras
To be published May 1st 2011

Sino-Japanese Relations: History, Politics, Economy
Edited by Caroline Rose
To be published April 1st 2011

Imperial Japan and the World, 1931-1945
Edited by Antony Best
To be published November 5th 2010