Articles in the Research & Reference category
Routledge has an illustrious history in research and reference publishing. You can explore this area of the site to learn more about our featured research, reference, monographs, handbooks and major works in Asian Studies. In addition, you can visit one of following areas for broad representation of our reference publishing program:
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Korea is currently experiencing significant transformations. Routledge Asian Studies has a multitude of books focusing on different topics- from the role of digital information and communications technology in South Korea’s development to the issue of nuclear deterrence to the Six Party Talks of 2003.
We are proud to showcase the latest interdisciplinary research on North and South Korea in our Routledge Advances in Korean Studies series. Why not take a look?
Critical Concepts in Asian Studies from Routledge Major Works includes titles from across Asian studies, including subject areas such as Asian History, Asian Politics and Asian Culture.
This year we have two new four-volume collections coming out: Social Transformation in China and Gender and Japanese Society. Order your copies today!
Why not browse all the bestselling backlist titles in the series here?
In Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan, Jeff Kingston looks back to the day when natural disasters resulted in death and destruction and “Japan’s Chernobyl”. You can read a review by the Japan Times here.
We are proud to promote our outstanding selection of handbooks providing the most cutting edge and up to data research on key areas of Asian Studies. Each handbook is written by an international team of experts in their fields making these leading handbooks in the area.
Film censorship has always been a controversial matter, particularly in jurisdictions with restrictive state-based censorship systems. Film Censorship in the Asia-Pacfic Region reviews the movie censorship system in the Asia-Pacific by comparing the systems used in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Australia.
Gene Cooper’s new book is a multi-sited ethnographic study of market and temple fairs in the region of Jinhua, a city on the east coast of China and the home of Hengdian, “China’s Hollywood.” The Market and Temple Fairs of Rural China: Red Fire weaves together historical and ethnographic methodologies in a spirited account of the genealogies and contemporary practices of a variety of forms of performance at these local gatherings.
Here you can listen to Gene being interviewed by East Asian Studies.
In this video by the author of Governing Health in Contemporary China, the author talks about the political and policy dynamics of health governance in post-Mao China.
With the paperback release of Party Politics in Taiwan, we would like to bring your attention to our featured author Dafydd Fell.
Breaking new ground in the study of Chinese urban society, Consumers and Individuals in China applies critical discourse analysis to ethnographic data gathered in Anshan, a third-tier city and market in northeast China.
