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Karawitan
Source Readings in Javanese Gamelan and Vocal Music, Volume 1
Av Judith Becker, Alan H. Feinstein
Häftad, 2021
395 kr
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The twentieth century has spawned a great interest in Indonesian music, and now books, articles, and manuscripts can be found that expound exclusively about karawitan (the combined vocal and instrumental music of the gamelan). Scholar Judith Becker has culled several key sources on karawitan into …
Karawitan
Source Readings in Javanese Gamelan and Vocal Music, Volume 2
Av Judith Becker, Alan H. Feinstein
Häftad, 2021
332 kr
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The twentieth century has spawned a great interest in Indonesian music, and now books, articles, and manuscripts can be found that expound exclusively about karawitan (the combined vocal and instrumental music of the gamelan). Scholar Judith Becker has culled several key sources on karawitan into …
Karawitan
Source Readings in Javanese Gamelan and Vocal Music, Volume 3
Av Judith Becker, Alan H. Feinstein
Häftad, 2021
332 kr
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The twentieth century has spawned a great interest in Indonesian music, and now books, articles, and manuscripts can be found that expound exclusively about karawitan (the combined vocal and instrumental music of the gamelan). Scholar Judith Becker has culled several key sources on karawitan into …
Mertiyo Rathors of Merto, Rajasthan
Select Translations Bearing on the History of a Rajput Family, 1462–1660, Volumes 1–2
Av Richard Saran, Norman P. Ziegler m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
270 kr
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The Meṛtīyo Rāṭhoṛs of Meṛto, Rājasthān is a treasure for scholars of Rajpūt history. Richard D. Saran and Norman P. Ziegler, whose contributions to Rajpūt studies are well known to specialists in the field, have given us a work of deep and exacting scholarship. It is the culmination of decades …
Reaction to World News Events and the Influence of Mass Media in an Indian Village
Av Thomas Poffenberger, Shirley B. Poffenberger
Häftad, 2021
241 kr
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Our major research interest in the village under study was originally in the area of socialization practices, social change and variables related to fertility behavior. We had not planned a study of the diffusion of news events and villagers’ reactions to them. However, the Indian Government was …
Change and the Persistence of Tradition in India
Five Lectures
Av Richard Park
Häftad, 2021
146 kr
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The lectures presented in this volume were given during the summer of 1970 under the sponsorship of the CIC Summer Program on South Asia and the Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies of the University of Michigan. It should be recognized that these essays appear in revised lecture form, and …
Kinship and History in South Asia
Four Lectures
Häftad, 1974
202 kr
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Kinship and History in South Asia presents four papers given at a small conference of kinship studies scholars, “Kinship and History in South Asia,” at the University of Toronto in 1973. They draw upon one another and show several common concerns, particularly the theoretical importance of …
Studies in Malaysian Oral and Musical Traditions
Häftad, 1974
146 kr
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The first of two studies included is “Music in Kelantan, Malaysia and Some of Its Cultural Implications,” by William P. Malm. Kelantan is the northernmost province on the east coast of Malaysia. It is considered to be the most orthodox area in a nation whose state religion is Islam. At the same …
Compadre Colonialism
Studies in the Philippines under American Rule
Av Norman Owen
Häftad, 1971
202 kr
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This volume is a manifestation of the continuing interest of scholars at the University of Michigan in Philippine studies. Written by a generation of post-colonial scholars, it attempts to unravel some of the historical problems of the colonial era. Again and again the authors focus on the …
Doctoral Dissertations on South Asia, 1966–1970
An Annotated Bibliography Covering North America, Europe, and Australia
Häftad, 1971
208 kr
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This volume gathers the harvest of recent doctoral dissertations on South Asia, principally from North America and Western Europe, but exclusive of theses from universities in South Asia itself. The yield—1305 dissertations based on research carried out during the early and middle nineteen-sixties …
Law and Kingship in Thailand During the Reign of King Chulalongkorn
Av David Engel
Häftad, 1975
130 kr
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This essay originated in an attempt to bring together the study of law and Thai history in a description of the transformation of Thailand during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as seen from a legal point of view. The resulting work is based for the most part upon those royal …
Explorations in Early Southeast Asian History
The Origins of Southeast Asian Statecraft
Av Kenneth Hall, John K. Whitmore
Häftad, 1976
270 kr
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While following the probes of foreign individuals into various obscure parts of Southeast Asia over the centuries is a diverting and entertaining pastime, the purpose of this volume is to investigate this past with the mind, to question and postulate upon the historical patterns that have developed …
Economic Exchange and Social Interaction in Southeast Asia
Perspectives from Prehistory, History, and Ethnography
Häftad, 1978
270 kr
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Economic behavior is governed by two major sets of boundary conditions: environmental and technological factors on the one hand, and conditions of social organization on the other hand. Indeed, social scientists are often particularly interested in the framework of exchange relationships: exchange …
Aryan and Non-Aryan in India
Av Madhav Deshpande, Peter Edwin Hook m. fl.
Häftad, 1979
262 kr
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The history and mechanisms of the convergence of ancient Aryan and non-Aryan cultures has been a subject of continuing fascination in many fields of Indology. The contributions to Aryan and Non-Aryan in India are the fruit of a conference on that topic held in December 1976 at the University of …
Hindi Structures
Intermediate Level, with Drills, Exercises, and Key
Av Peter Edwin Hook, Peter Hook
Häftad, 1979
331 kr
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An instructional book for learning Hindi-Urdu grammatical structures
Cultural Values and Human Ecology in Southeast Asia
Av Karl Hutterer, A. Rambo m. fl.
Häftad, 1985
322 kr
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Ecologists have long based their conceptual frameworks in the natural sciences. Recently, however, they have acknowledged that ecosystems cannot be understood without taking into account human interventions that may have taken place for thousands of years. And for their part, social scientists have …
Ethnic Diversity and the Control of Natural Resources in Southeast Asia
Av A. Terry Rambo, A. Rambo m. fl.
Häftad, 1988
247 kr
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The authors consider the ways in which the high degree of ethnic diversity within the region is related to the nature of tropical Asian environments, on the one hand, and the nature of Southeast Asian political systems and the ways in which they manipulate natural resources, on the other. Rather …
Boundaries of the Text
Epic Performances in South and Southeast Asia
Av Joyce Flueckiger, Laurie Sears
Häftad, 1991
208 kr
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When the Mahabharata and Ramayana are performed in South and Southeast Asia, audiences may witness a variety of styles. A single performer may deliver a two-hour recitation, women may meet in informal singing groups, shaddow puppets may host an all-night play, or professional theaters may put on …
Paninian Studies
Professor S. D. Joshi Felicitation Volume
Av Madhav Deshpande, Saroja Bhate
Häftad, 1991
270 kr
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Pāṇini’s grammar is the oldest surviving grammar of Sanskrit, dating back to the fifth century BCE. In its completeness of coverage of linguistic elements and its theoretical and analytical sophistication, Pāṇini’s grammar is surprisingly modern. It has long provided inspiration for many ideas in …
Samskrta-Subodhini
A Sanskrit Primer
Häftad, 1997
347 kr
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Saṃskṛta-Subodinī: A Sanskrit Primer marks the culmination of Professor Deshpande’s experience of teaching Sanskrit at the University of Michigan for over twenty-five years. Tested in classes at Michigan and elsewhere and successively improved for over twenty years, the teaching materials in the …
Journey
Stories by K. C. Das
Häftad, 2000
301 kr
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K. C. Das is deservedly one of the most celebrated writers in India today. He writes primarily in Oriya, the language of his native state of Orissa, where he was born in 1924. A civil servant by profession, Das pursued a second career as a writer of stories, poems, and essays. The stories in this …
Fertility and Family Life in an Indian Village
Av Thomas Poeffenbeger, Thomas Poffenberger
Häftad, 1975
65 kr
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During a study of child rearing practices in Rajpur, Gujarat State, India, information was collected, observations were made, and comments were recorded in interviews and gossip sessions that were believed to be relevant to the Indian family planning program. As a result, questions were prepared to …
Socialization of Family Size Values
Youth and Family Planning in an Indian Village
Av Thomas Poeffenbeger, Thomas Poffenberger
Häftad, 1976
66 kr
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Most population education programs in India have been based on the assumption that children at all ages can learn about population related matters in school which will modify later fertility behavior. Yet, as is illustrated in this monograph, the most important learning regarding fertility behavior …
Organization for Change
A Systems Analysis of Family Planning in Rural India
Av Bhaskar Misra, Ali Ashraf m. fl.
Inbunden, 1982
236 kr
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Organization for Change examines family planning in rural India through a series of relationships between agencies, the rural population, and the wider social and political environment, using quantitative and qualitative data collected at the individual household, village, rural primary health …
Lives of the Buddha in the Art and Literature of Asia
Häftad, 1982
239 kr
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This study will relate various stories and episodes of the Buddha’s many incarnations, including his final one, as they appear in the literature and art of Asia. On the one hand, they represent a vital interest in the Buddha as a teacher and example of righteous behavior, which is central to …
Philippine Society and the Individual
Selected Essays of Frank Lynch, 1949–1976
Av Aram Yengoyan, Frank Lynch m. fl.
Häftad, 1984
217 kr
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The wide-ranging studies in this book broadly map Lynch’s interest in Philippine society and cultures, and the individual’s role. Editor’s essays assess his contribution to anthropological issues and provide personal insight into Lynch’s life and work.
Papers from a Conference on Thai Studies in Honor of William J. Gedney
Av Robert Bickner, Thomas Hudak m. fl.
Inbunden, 1986
615 kr
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The tremendous amount of effort and time William J. Gedney has put into his teaching and research often is not readily apparent, except perhaps to his students, with whom he has always shared his knowledge and insight most generously. The influence he has had on both his students and his fellow …
Legitimacy and Symbols
The South Asian Writings of F. W. Buckler
Av F. W. Buckler, Michael Pearson
Inbunden, 1985
342 kr
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F. W. Buckler’s writings convey a highly daring mind, in which intellectual ability is coupled with great unconventionality. At the very outset, in the lead article, Buckler sweeps away a century and a half of Indian historiography “represented in Europe almost entirely by the propaganda of the …
Legitimacy and Symbols
The South Asian Writings of F. W. Buckler
Av F. W. Buckler, Michael Pearson
Häftad, 1985
84 kr
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F. W. Buckler’s writings convey a highly daring mind, in which intellectual ability is coupled with great unconventionality. At the very outset, in the lead article, Buckler sweeps away a century and a half of Indian historiography “represented in Europe almost entirely by the propaganda of the …
Men to Bombay, Women at Home
Urban Influence on Sugao Village, Deccan Maharashtra, India, 1942–1982
Inbunden, 1986
643 kr
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This book attempts to portray the fine-grained impacts of industrialization and the availability of work in a major city on a single village, called Sugao, located some 150 miles from Bombay. It describes some of the effects of macro-level, “top-down,” development planning on a village microcosm as …
