Asian Studies (General) Books

New and Published Books

1. The Modern Anthropology of India

   Ethnography, Themes and Theory

   Edited by Peter Berger, Frank Heidemann

   The Modern Anthropology of India is an accessible textbook providing a critical overview of the ethnographic work done in India since 1947. It assesses the history of research in each region and serves as a practical and comprehensive guide to the main themes dealt with by ethnographers. It...

   Published May 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Social Work in the Middle East

   Edited by Hussein Hassan Soliman

   Series: Routledge Studies in Social Welfare in Asia

   Countries across the Middle East face a number of social problems such as poverty, unemployment, housing, internal immigration and caring for vulnerable groups such as children, women, the disabled and the elderly. Providing an overview of the wide range of social issues addressed by social work...

   Published May 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Workforce Development and Skill Formation in Asia

   Edited by John Benson, Howard Gospel, Ying Zhu

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   Asia has undergone rapid transformation over the past several decades as many countries have embraced new technologies and the processes of globalisation. Over this period the inflow of foreign capital into the region, the level of trade amongst these countries, and trade with other parts of the...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
4. Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Asia

   Legacies and Prevention

   Edited by Deborah Mayersen, Annie Pohlman

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   The twentieth century has been labelled the ‘century of genocide’, and according to estimates, more than 250 million civilians were victims of genocide and mass atrocities during this period. This book provides one of the first regional perspectives on mass atrocities in Asia, by exploring the...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
5. Rumor and Communication in Asia in the Internet Age

   Edited by Greg Dalziel

   Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series

   New communication technology has transformed the way in which news about key events is communicated. For example, in the immediate aftermath of catastrophic events such as the Mumbai attacks or the Japanese tsunami, partial accounts, accurate and inaccurate facts, rumour and speculation are now...

   Published May 16th 2013 by Routledge
6. Human Capital Formation and Economic Growth in Asia and the Pacific

   Edited by Wendy Dobson

   Series: PAFTAD (Pacific Trade and Development Conference Series)

   The entire planet looks to Asian and other emerging markets to sustain growth momentum as traditional markets in the USA and Europe struggle with the slow and arduous processes of deleveraging after the global financial crisis. At the same time, there is growing recognition in Asia that the sources...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
7. Popular Culture in Taiwan

   Charismatic Modernity

   Edited by Marc Moskowitz

   Series: Routledge Research on Taiwan Series

   The growing field of popular culture studies in Taiwan can be divided into two distinct academic trends; a different analytical framework is used to examine either locally oriented popular culture or transnational pop culture. This volume combine these two academic trends, firstly by revealing that...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
8. Reshaping the Asia Pacific Economic Order

   Edited by Christopher Findlay, Hadi Soesastro

   Series: PAFTAD (Pacific Trade and Development Conference Series)

   Relationships and alignments among the nations of the world’s most populous and productive region, the Asia Pacific, are in flux. Current global political, economic and security uncertainty, heightened by 9/11 and the subsequent War on Terror, has fuelled a reassessment by many Asia Pacific nations...

   Published May 9th 2013 by Routledge
9. Symbols in Art and Religion

   The Indian and the Comparative Perspectives

   By Karel Werner

   A thorough survey of great interest and value to scholars in this field....

   Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
10. Women’s History and Local Community in Postwar Japan

    By Curtis Anderson Gayle

    Series: Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asian Series

    This timely look at a neglected corner of Japanese historiography spotlights the decade following the end of World War II, a time in which Japanese society was undergoing the transformation from imperial state to democratic nation. For certain working and middle-class women involved in...

    Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge