Asian Studies Paperbacks

New and Published Books – Page 101

1001. Japanese-German Relations, 1895-1945

      War, Diplomacy and Public Opinion

      Edited by Rolf-Harald Wippich, Christian W. Spang

      Written by a team of Japanese and German scholars, this book presents an interpretation of Japanese/German history and international diplomacy. It provides a greater understanding of key aspects of the countries' bilateral relations from the end of the Sino-Japanese War in 1895 to the parallel...

      Published April 29th 2008 by Routledge
1002. medi@sia

      Global Media/tion In and Out of Context

      By T.J.M. Holden, Timothy J. Scrase

      Series: Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations

      This new inter-disciplinary book is the first comparative, case-based analysis of media panoply in (and out of) Asia today. Examining what the authors call the "media/tion equation", the contributors demonstrate the multiple links between media, society and culture, and advance...

      Published April 1st 2008 by Routledge
1003. Rethinking Historical Injustice and Reconciliation in Northeast Asia

      The Korean Experience

      Edited by Gi-Wook Shin, Soon-Won Park, Daqing Yang

      Series: Politics in Asia

      Despite witnessing phenomenal economic growth and the spread of democratization in recent decades, as well as impressive intra-regional exchanges and interactions in the economic and cultural spheres, the Northeast Asian region still experience wounds from past wrongs that were committed in times...

      Published April 1st 2008 by Routledge
1004. Popular Culture, Globalization and Japan

      Edited by Matthew Allen, Rumi Sakamoto

      Series: Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations

      Japanese popular culture is constantly evolving in the face of internal and external influence. Popular Culture, Globalization and Japan examines this evolution from a new and challenging perspective by focusing on the movements of popular culture into and out of Japan. Taking a multidisciplinary...

      Published February 20th 2008 by Routledge
1005. The Puzzle of India's Governance

      Culture, Context and Comparative Theory

      By Subrata K. Mitra

      Series: Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies

      India no longer gets an easy ride as the world's largest democracy. Spectacular terrorist attacks on its Parliament and places of worship, communal riots of unprecedented ferocity, lingering separatist insurgency and violent caste conflict in impoverished regions have combined to cause a closer...

      Published February 19th 2008 by Routledge
1006. Environmental Governance in China

      Edited by Neil Carter, Arthur P.J. Mol

      Series: Routledge Research in Environmental Politics

      This is the first examination of how China is currently dealing with environmental problems and challenges, and of its successes, failures and dilemmas. This new book gives special attention to the development of ‘environmental governance’ in contemporary China, especially on the urban industrial...

      Published December 23rd 2007 by Routledge
1007. Ageing in Asia

      Asia’s Position in the New Global Demography

      Edited by Roger Goodman, Sarah Harper

      The volume takes four key themes related to ageing – the experience of old age; intergenerational relations; economics of and social policy for ageing; longevity and the culture of ageing - and examines how these issues are emerging in different regions of Asia, specifically, the former Soviet...

      Published December 23rd 2007 by Routledge
1008. Reconstructing Post-Saddam Iraq

      By Sultan Barakat

      Previously published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly, this volume seeks to analyze to what extent the controversial US policy of democratizing the Middle East with pre-emptive invasions was justified or effective. Post 9/11 the US developed a policy of War on Terror, taking the...

      Published December 14th 2007 by Routledge
1009. China as a Rising World Power and its Response to 'Globalization'

      Edited by Ronald C. Keith

      The People's Republic of China (PRC) is a newly emerging world power, and yet is still a developing state that must deal with the liabilities and opportunities of globalization. While integrating with the world economy, the PRC has had to articulate a newly defined role for itself as a world power....

      Published December 3rd 2007 by Routledge
1010. Japanese-American Civilian Prisoner Exchanges and Detention Camps, 1941-45

      By Bruce Elleman

      Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

      The important and previously undocumented event in the history of the Second World War: the negotiation of 'prisoner' exchanges between the United States and Japan during 1941 to 1943, is examined here by Bruce Elleman.Approximately 7000 American citizens had been arrested by the Japanese...

      Published November 30th 2007 by Routledge