A History of the Philippines
by Samuel K.
Tan
May 2009
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Mindoro and Beyond: Twenty-one Stories
by N. V. M.
Gonzalez
May 2009
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The Other Empire: Literary Views of Japan from the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia
by Ronald D.
Kline
May 2009
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In this survey of literary images of Japan, Ronald Klein has identified more than 160 works with Japanese characters, providing both comprehensive overviews as well as individual monographs on specific writers. This book creates a subgenre of thematic work, positing an alternative postcolonial relationship.
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Our Scene So Fair: Filipino Poetry in English, 1905-1955
by Gemino H.
Abad
May 2009
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Our Scene So Fair consists of nine critical essays that seek to clarify the poetic tradition that Filipino poets in English have established over the first half of the last century.
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Ginhawa, Dalamhati, Kapalaran: Essays on Well Being, Opportunity/Destiny, and Anguish
ed. by Consuelo J.
Paz
May 2009
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This anthology of essays by a multidisciplinal group reveals perceptions of three Filipino concepts belonging to marginalized and often ignored ethnolinguistic groups.
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Philippine Fermented Foods: Principles and Technology
by Priscilla
Chinte-Sanchez
May 2009
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From Globalization to National Liberation: Essays of Three Decades
by E.
San Juan Jr.
May 2009
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“Several chapters in this book address the theme of diaspora. Diasporic groups are historically defined not only by a homeland but also by a desire for eventual return. It assumes a collective identity centered on memories of common experiences, beliefs in common ancestry, together with the entire network of symbols and myths subtending this notion of belonging to a homeland.” —from the Preface
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Philippine Short Stories, Volume 2 (1941-1955)
ed. by Leopoldo Y.
Yabes
May 2009
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Philippine Short Stories, Volume 1 (1925-1940)
ed. by Leopoldo Y.
Yabes
May 2009
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Myth and Meaning in Early Daoism: The Theme of Chaos (Hundun)
by N. J.
Girardot
May 2009
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Myth and Meaning in Early Daoism examines some of the earliest texts associated with the Daoist tradition (primarily the Daode jing, Zhuangzi, and Huainanzi) from the outlook of the comparative history of religions and finds a kind of thematic and soteriological unity rooted in the mythological symbolism of hundun, the primal chaos being and principle that is foundational for the philosophy and practice of the Dao as creatio continua in cosmic, social, and individual life.
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Laughing at the Dao: Debates among Buddhists and Daoists in Medieval China
by Livia
Kohn
May 2009
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The Xiaodao lun (Laughing at the Dao) is an important document of the debates among Buddhists and Daoists in sixth-century China. These debates contributed to the process of cultural adaptation of Buddhism, which had to accommodate itself to the worldview of the Confucian elite, the Chinese sense of ethnic superiority, and China's indigenous religion of Daoism. Written by the Daoist renegade Zhen Luan in the year 570, the text aims to expose inconsistencies in Daoist doctrine, cosmology, ritual, and religious practice. In this effort it presents many aspects of Daoist doctrine and practice, providing ample citations from numerous Daoist sources often otherwise lost.
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The Economic Transition in Myanmar after 1988: Market Economy versus State Control
by Koichi Fujita; Fumiharu Mieno; Ikuko Okamoto
April 2009
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By analyzing economic policies and performance across the economic spectrum, this book presents an overall picture of economic development in Myanmar between 1988 and the early 2000s. The authors synthesize both macro and micro level data to overcome some of the limitations of unreliable national statistics, and show how the government attempted to deal with two key issues it faced. The first was how to reform the inefficient socialistic economic system in conformity with a market economy, and the second was how to develop the agricultural and underdeveloped economy to alleviate mass poverty.
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Conquest and Pestilence in the Early Spanish Philippines
by Linda A. Newson
April 2009
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Scholars have long assumed that Spanish colonial rule had only a limited demographic impact on the Philippines. Filipinos, they believed, had acquired immunity to Old World diseases prior to Spanish arrival; conquest was thought to have been more benign than what took place in the Americas because of more enlightened colonial policies introduced by Philip II. Conquest and Pestilence in the Early Spanish Philippines illuminates the demographic history of the Spanish Philippines in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and, in the process, challenges these assumptions.
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Fundamental Spoken Chinese
by Robert Sanders; Nora Yao
April 2009
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Accompanying audio files available for download and streaming:
MP3: http://www.hawaii.edu/uhpress/mp3/fsc/;
RealAudio: http://www.hawaii.edu/uhpress/realaudio/fsc/
Fundamental Spoken Chinese introduces most of the basic grammatical patterns of modern spoken Mandarin in a carefully planned, graduated fashion. Every chapter follows the same organizational format and includes: key grammar points, new vocabulary items arranged by part of speech, sentence patterns, and four or five short dialogues illustrating contextual use of each new grammar pattern and vocabulary item. Non-technical explanations of grammar are written from the perspective of the English-speaking learner and are illustrated with multiple sentences in simple chart form. When appropriate, vocabulary and culture notes are provided, together with numerous drills, exercises, and in-class activities. Finally, English-Chinese translation exercises help determine how well students have mastered the chapter’s grammar and vocabulary. |
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History of Science in Korea
by Sang-Woon
Jeon
April 2009
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Utilizing rare pictures and offering detailed explanations of the heritage of traditional Korean science from the Bronze Age to the Joseon Dynasty, this book takes a fresh and unique look at the history of Korean science.
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