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Popular Culture and the Transformation of Japan–Korea Relations
Av Rumi Sakamoto, Stephen Epstein
Inbunden, 2020
2525 kr
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This book presents essays exploring the ways in which popular culture reflects and engenders ongoing changes in Japan–Korea relations.Through a broad temporal coverage from the colonial period to the contemporary, the book’s chapters analyse the often contradictory roles that popular culture has …
Japan's Future and a New Meiji Transformation
International Reflections
Av Ken Coates, Kimie Hara m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
2525 kr
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Bringing together the work of sixteen international Japan specialists and scholars, this book analyzes Japan’s culture and history to reflect on the critical policy decisions and national commitments required for the country to continue to succeed. Comparing the current situation with the …
Dangerous Memory in Nagasaki
Prayers, Protests and Catholic Survivor Narratives
Inbunden, 2019
2525 kr
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On 9th August 1945, the US dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Of the dead, approximately 8500 were Catholic Christians, representing over sixty percent of the community. In this collective biography, nine Catholic survivors share personal and compelling stories about the aftermath of the …
Danger, Development and Legitimacy in East Asian Maritime Politics
Securing the Seas, Securing the State
Häftad, 2019
746 kr
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Grounded in extensive empirical research, Danger, Development and Legitimacy in East Asian Maritime Politics addresses the major issues of geopolitics in the region that have been and will continue to shape the international politics of the Asia-Pacific for years to come. Covering the nation-states …
Denying the Comfort Women
The Japanese State's Assault on Historical Truth
Av Rumiko Nishino, Puja Kim m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
776 kr
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Planned, instituted and run by the Japanese Imperial Military during the Asia-Pacific War, the ‘comfort women’ system remains hugely controversial. Although political leaders often contest the role of coercion, many argue that the ‘comfort women’ were mobilized forcibly, through processes of …
Popular Culture and the Transformation of Japan–Korea Relations
Av Rumi Sakamoto, Stephen Epstein
Häftad, 2022
716 kr
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This book presents essays exploring the ways in which popular culture reflects and engenders ongoing changes in Japan–Korea relations.Through a broad temporal coverage from the colonial period to the contemporary, the book’s chapters analyse the often contradictory roles that popular culture has …
Japan's Future and a New Meiji Transformation
International Reflections
Av Ken Coates, Kimie Hara m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
695 kr
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Bringing together the work of sixteen international Japan specialists and scholars, this book analyzes Japan’s culture and history to reflect on the critical policy decisions and national commitments required for the country to continue to succeed. Comparing the current situation with the …
National Identity, Language and Education in Malaysia
Search for a Middle Ground between Malay Hegemony and Equality
Häftad, 2020
716 kr
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This book explores the ways in which language and education policies have contributed to the development of national integration in Malaysia, by examining whether and how policies have succeeded in forming a middle ground.Considered through the lenses of policy-making structure and achievement, …
Dangerous Memory in Nagasaki
Prayers, Protests and Catholic Survivor Narratives
Häftad, 2021
724 kr
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On 9th August 1945, the US dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Of the dead, approximately 8500 were Catholic Christians, representing over sixty percent of the community. In this collective biography, nine Catholic survivors share personal and compelling stories about the aftermath of the …
Debating Human Rights
Critical Essays from the United States and Asia
Inbunden, 1998
3082 kr
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Human rights debates can provoke strong reactions, particularly among people of different cultural backgrounds. The debate over Asian values and the use of human rights diplomacy are the most obvious manifestations of divisions between Asia and the West and reflect particular world views and …
Debating Human Rights
Critical Essays from the United States and Asia
Häftad, 1998
929 kr
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Human rights debates can provoke strong reactions, particularly among people of different cultural backgrounds. The debate over Asian values and the use of human rights diplomacy are the most obvious manifestations of divisions between Asia and the West and reflect particular world views and …
Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy
A Study of the Asian Opium Trade 1750-1950
Av Carl Trocki
Inbunden, 1999
2600 kr
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Drug epidemics are clearly not just a peculiar feature of modern life; the opium trade in the nineteenth century tells us a great deal about Asian herion traffic today. In an age when we are increasingly aware of large scale drug use, this book takes a long look at the history of our relationship …
Hong Kong's History
State and Society Under Colonial Rule
Av Tak-Wing Ngo
Häftad, 1999
882 kr
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Rewriting Hong Kong's history from the bottom up, the chapters investigate vital, but hitherto obscured, aspects of the colony's rise. They cover the Chinese collaboration with the colonial regime, legal discrimination and intimidation, rural politics, social movements, government-business …
Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy
A Study of the Asian Opium Trade 1750-1950
Av Carl Trocki
Häftad, 1999
882 kr
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Drug epidemics are clearly not just a peculiar feature of modern life; the opium trade in the nineteenth century tells us a great deal about Asian herion traffic today. In an age when we are increasingly aware of large scale drug use, this book takes a long look at the history of our relationship …
Mao's Children in the New China
Voices From the Red Guard Generation
Inbunden, 2000
3262 kr
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Around 18 million young Chinese people were sent to the countryside between 1966 and 1976 as part of the Cultural Revolution. Mao's Children in the New China allows some of them to tell their moving stories in their own voices for the first time. In this inspiring collection of interviews with …
Mao's Children in the New China
Voices From the Red Guard Generation
Häftad, 2000
1078 kr
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Around 18 million young Chinese people were sent to the countryside between 1966 and 1976 as part of the Cultural Revolution. Mao's Children in the New China allows some of them to tell their moving stories in their own voices for the first time. In this inspiring collection of interviews with …
Remaking the Chinese State
Strategies, Society, and Security
Av Chao Chien-min, Bruce Dickson
Inbunden, 2001
1530 kr
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After more than twenty years of economic and political reform, China is a vastly different country to that left by Mao. Almost all the characteristic policies and practices of the Maoist era have been abandoned, with the goals of revolution in foreign and domestic policy being replaced by an …
Ethnicity in Asia
Inbunden, 2003
3082 kr
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This book is designed as a comprehensive comparative introduction to ethnicity in East and Southeast Asia since 1945. Each chapter covers a particular country looking at such core issues as:· the ethnic minorities or groups in the country of concern, how many ethnic groups, population, language and …
Ethnicity in Asia
Häftad, 2003
827 kr
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This book is designed as a comprehensive comparative introduction to ethnicity in East and Southeast Asia since 1945. Each chapter covers a particular country looking at such core issues as:· the ethnic minorities or groups in the country of concern, how many ethnic groups, population, language and …
Remaking the Chinese State
Strategies, Society, and Security
Av Chao Chien-min, Bruce Dickson
Häftad, 2001
638 kr
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After more than twenty years of economic and political reform, China is a vastly different country to that left by Mao. Almost all the characteristic policies and practices of the Maoist era have been abandoned, with the goals of revolution in foreign and domestic policy being replaced by an …
Japan's Quiet Transformation
Social Change and Civil Society in 21st Century Japan
Inbunden, 2004
3082 kr
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The 1990s have been termed as 'Japan's lost decade' to describe how the phenomenal growth in the Japanese economy ground to a halt and the country was crippled by enormous and ongoing political, economic and social problems. In responding to these unprecedented difficulties, wide-ranging reforms …
Japan's Quiet Transformation
Social Change and Civil Society in 21st Century Japan
Häftad, 2004
827 kr
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The 1990s have been termed as 'Japan's lost decade' to describe how the phenomenal growth in the Japanese economy ground to a halt and the country was crippled by enormous and ongoing political, economic and social problems. In responding to these unprecedented difficulties, wide-ranging reforms …
Resurgence of East Asia
500, 150 and 50 Year Perspectives
Av Giovanni Arrighi, Takeshi Hamashita m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
3550 kr
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The East Asian expansion since the 1960s stands out as a global power shift with few historical precedents. The Resurgence of East Asia examines the rise of the region as one of the world's economic power centres from three temporal perspectives: 500 years, 150 years and 50 years, each denoting an …
Resurgence of East Asia
500, 150 and 50 Year Perspectives
Av Giovanni Arrighi, Takeshi Hamashita m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
851 kr
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The East Asian expansion since the 1960s stands out as a global power shift with few historical precedents. The Resurgence of East Asia examines the rise of the region as one of the world's economic power centres from three temporal perspectives: 500 years, 150 years and 50 years, each denoting an …
State and Society in Modern Rangoon
Inbunden, 2010
2600 kr
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While most of Asia’s major cities are increasingly homogenized by rapid economic growth and cultural globalization, Rangoon, which is Burma’s former capital and largest city, still bears the imprint of a unique and often turbulent history. It is the site of the Shwedagon Pagoda, a focus of Buddhist …
Battle for Asia
From Decolonization to Globalization
Inbunden, 2003
2600 kr
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Asia has long been an ideological battleground between capitalism and communism, between nationalism and Westernisation and between the nation-state and globalization. This book is a history of the Asian region from 1945 to the present day which delineates the various ideological battles over …
Battle for Asia
From Decolonization to Globalization
Häftad, 2003
1213 kr
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Asia has long been an ideological battleground between capitalism and communism, between nationalism and Westernisation and between the nation-state and globalization. This book is a history of the Asian region from 1945 to the present day which delineates the various ideological battles over …
State and Society in 21st Century China
Crisis, Contention and Legitimation
Av Peter Hays Gries, Stanley Rosen
Inbunden, 2004
3173 kr
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Written by a team of leading China scholars, this book explores the dynamics of state power and legitimation in twenty-first century China, and the implications of changing state-society relations for the future viability of the People's Republic. Key subjects covered include:the legitimacy of the …
State and Society in 21st Century China
Crisis, Contention and Legitimation
Av Peter Hays Gries, Stanley Rosen
Häftad, 2004
776 kr
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Written by a team of leading China scholars, this book explores the dynamics of state power and legitimation in twenty-first century China, and the implications of changing state-society relations for the future viability of the People's Republic. Key subjects covered include:the legitimacy of the …
Confronting the Bush Doctrine
Critical Views from the Asia-Pacific
Av Melvin Gurtov, Peter Van Ness
Inbunden, 2004
2525 kr
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There is no doubt that President George W. Bush and his administration have transformed US foreign policy and reshaped global international relations in a very profound way. Many American commentators continue to talk about 9/11 as the day the world changed, but increasingly analysts around the …
