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  1. Shingu

    A Study of a Japanese Fishing Community

    By Arne Kalland

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japan

    From being an important centre which attracted a large number of merchants during the feudal period, Shingu, on the northern shores of Kyushu is today a suburb of Fukuoka City. Fishing is a slowly-dying occupation and this volume analyses how the fishermen adjust to changing circumstances. Although...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge

  2. Ethnic and Racial Minorities in Asia

    Inclusion or Exclusion?

    Edited by Michelle Ann Miller

    Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies

    Ethnic and Racial Minorities in Asia explores the relationship between ethnic minority rights and citizenship in Asia. Occupying a prominent place on the global map of conflict, Asia is one of the most ethnically diverse and racially divided regions in the world. It is also the scene of some of the...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge

  3. Cohesion Policy and Multi-level Governance in South East Europe

    Edited by Ian Bache, George Andreou

    This book considers the extent to which EU cohesion policy and related pre-accession instruments are contributing to the development of more compound polities in south east Europe and, specifically, promoting multi-level governance. In this respect, there are two points of departure: the first is...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge

  4. A History of China

    By Wolfram Eberhard

    First published in 1950. This re-issues the fourth edition of 1977. This is a social history of China, presenting the main lines of development of the Chinese social structure from the earliest times to the present day. The book discusses the origins of the present regime and developments in China...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge

  5. Antebellum Slave Narratives

    Cultural and Political Expressions of Africa

    By Jermaine O. Archer

    Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture

    Though America experienced an increase in a native-born population and an emerging African-American identity throughout the nineteenth century, African culture did not necessarily dissipate with each passing decade. Archer examines the slave narratives of four key members of the abolitionist...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge

  6. India and Counterinsurgency

    Lessons Learned

    Edited by Sumit Ganguly, David P. Fidler

    Series: Asian Security Studies

    This edited volume focuses on India's experiences waging counterinsurgency campaigns since its independence in 1947. Filling a clear gap in the literature, the book traces and assess the origins, evolution and current state of India's counterinsurgency strategies and capabilities, focusing on key...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge

  7. Africa's Contemporary Challenges

    The Legacy of Amilcar Cabral

    Edited by Carlos Lopes

    This book reviews Cabral’s intellectual contribution to current debates on race, identity, nation building, democracy, leadership and ethics. The key leader of the national liberation movements of former Portuguese African colonies is considered to be one of their foremost intellectuals...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge

  8. Grassroots Elections in China

    Edited by Kevin O'Brien, Suisheng Zhao

    Twenty years after the launch of village elections, the time is ripe to assess the progress and impact of China’s most notable political reform. Where have elections been conducted well and where have they been conducted poorly? How have procedures changed over the years and have elections truly...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge

  9. Landscapes of Holocaust Postmemory

    By Brett Ashley Kaplan

    Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

    How do the spaces of the past stay with us through representations—whether literary or photographic? How has the Holocaust registered in our increasingly globally connected consciousness? What does it mean that this European event is often used as an interpretive or representational touchstone for...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge

  10. Islamists and Secularists in Egypt

    Opposition, Conflict & Cooperation

    By Dina Shehata

    Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

    In a detailed analysis of the continued survival of authoritarian governments in the Arab world, this book uses Egypt as a case study to address the timely and complex issue of democratization in the Middle East. This book examines how relations between different actors in the Egyptian opposition...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge