Penang and Its Region: The Story of an Asian Entrepot
by Yeoh Seng Guan; Loh Wei Leng; Khoo Salma Nasution; Neil Khor
February 2009
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From its beginnings in the late eighteenth century, the vibrant colonial port of Penang attracted a diverse range of peoples, enabled pioneering commercial enterprises, and fomented inter-ethnic collaboration and inter-cultural borrowings. The island came to be known as the “Pearl of the Orient,” and for many travellers it was their first port of call in Southeast Asia. In the early nineteenth century, Singapore displaced Penang in international trade, but the island remained a major focus of regional trade. For this reason, the story of Penang’s relations with the Malay Peninsula and other parts of Southeast Asia reveal a great deal about conditions within the region.
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Victorian Women Travellers in Meiji Japan: Discovering a New Land
by Lorraine Sterry
February 2009
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This volume examines the narratives of women writers who travelled to Japan from the mid-1850s onward, when Japan was first opened to the West and became a highly desirable travel destination for decades thereafter. The writers are divided into “travellers-by-intent,” namely, Anna D’A, Alice Frere, Annie Brassey, Isabella Bird, and Marie Stopes; and those who “travelled-by-default” (the wives of diplomats), namely, Mrs. Pemberton Hodgson, Mrs. Hugh Fraser, and Baroness Albert
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History Education and International Relations: A Case Study of Diplomatic Disputes over Japanese Textbooks
by Mutsumi Hirano
February 2009
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This is the first in-depth study to examine the implications of history education in the context of international relations (interstate and transnational), focusing on Japanese textbooks as the principal case study. |
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Voices from Okinawa: Featuring Three Plays by Jon Shirota
ed. by Frank Stewart; Katsunori Yamazato
February 2009
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Despite Okinawa’s long and close relationship with the United States, most Americans know little about the rich and remarkable culture of Japan’s southernmost islands. And they know even less about the Okinawan immigrants who brought their heritage to the U.S. over one hundred years ago. In this landmark publication—the first literary anthology showcasing Okinawan Americans—their voices are heard in plays, essays, and memoirs. Through the beauty, humor, and heartbreak in Jon Shirota’s award-winning plays, the experiences of an extraordinary people are illuminated. And in personal essays and interviews, the compelling life stories are told of June Hiroko Arakawa, Philip Ige, Mitsugu Sakihara, and Seiyei Wakukawa. The distinctive cultural perspectives and literary excellence of Voices from Okinawa expand our definition of American literature, showing it to be more inclusive, complex, and multilayered than we have imagined.
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The State in Myanmar
by Robert H. Taylor
February 2009
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The State in Myanmar is a completely revised and expanded and updated version of The State in Burma (1987), with additional chapters covering the last twenty years of Myanmar’s political history. |
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Socially Engaged Buddhism
ed. by Sallie B. King
February 2009
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Socially Engaged Buddhism is an introduction to the contemporary movement of Buddhists, East and West, who actively engage with the problems of the world—social, political, economic, and environmental—on the basis of Buddhist ideas, values, and spirituality. Sallie B. King, one of North America’s foremost experts on the subject, identifies in accessible language the philosophical and ethical thinking behind the movement and examines how key principles such as karma, the Four Noble Truths, interdependence, nonharmfulness, and nonjudgmentalism relate to social engagement.
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Making Transcendents: Ascetics and Social Memory in Early Medieval China
by Robert Ford Campany
February 2009
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By the middle of the third century B.C.E. in China there were individuals who sought to become transcendents (xian)—deathless, godlike beings endowed with supernormal powers. This quest for transcendence became a major form of religious expression and helped lay the foundation on which the first Daoist religion was built. Both xian and those who aspired to this exalted status in the centuries leading up to 350 C.E. have traditionally been portrayed as secretive and hermit-like figures. This groundbreaking study offers a very different view of xian-seekers in late classical and early medieval China. |
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Ethnobotany of Pohnpei: Plants, People, and Island Culture
ed. by Michael J. Balick
February 2009
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Ethnobotany of Pohnpei examines the relationship between plants, people, and traditional culture on Pohnpei, one of the four island members of the Federated States of Micronesia. Traditional culture is still very strong on Pohnpei and is biodiversity-dependent, relying on both its pristine habitats and managed landscapes; native and introduced plants and animals; and extraordinary marine life. |
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The Alien Within: Representations of the Exotic in Twentieth-Century Japanese Literature
by Leith Morton
February 2009
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“Leith Morton adds an exciting and valuable dimension to this field of criticism by introducing some relatively unknown but important writers and providing original and stimulating discussions of others who are under-treated but significant. By helping us look at these literary figures in a different light, he adds new layers to a fascinating subject.” —Susan Napier, Tufts University
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Tonga: A New Bibliography
by Martin Daly
February 2009
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Praise for the first edition:
“Tonga is unique among bibliographies in its perception and understanding, and in its affection for Tonga and its people. . . . Daly’s work stands on exceptionally sound foundations. . . . His summaries are excellent, indeed, but Daly writes always with the authority of first-hand knowledge, with a keen eye for the essential, and the ability to interpret and clarify obscurities. . . . A trustworthy introduction to Tonga in all its diversity, a splendid point de départ for all, layman or scholar, needing a reliable guide to the essential literature about this remarkable Polynesian kingdom.” —Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies |
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Reference Map of Oceania: The Pacific Islands of Micronesia, Polynesia, and Melanesia, 2nd Edition
by James A. Bier
February 2009
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Completely revised and updated with enhanced readability, James A. Bier’s Reference Map of Oceania is the most comprehensive Pacific map in existence. Its main map and 52 inset maps of all major parts of the region provide a wealth of information in one source. |
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Pedra Branca: The Road to the World Court
by Tommy Koh; S.
Jayakumar
February 2009
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This work discusses the territorial dispute between Malaysia and Singapore over a small but strategically located island near the entrance to the Straits of Malacca.
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Shobogenzo: The True Dharma-eye Treasury, Volume 4
by Dogen
February 2009
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Shobogenzo: The True Dharma-eye Treasury (Taisho No. 2582) is the masterwork of the thirteenth-century Zen master Eihei Dogen, founder of the Soto sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism. This reprint edition presents Volume 4 of the exemplary translation by Gudo Wafu Nishijima and Chodo Cross of the complete ninety-five-chapter edition of the Shobogenzo, compiled by the Zen master Hangyo Kozen in the late seventeenth century.
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Shobogenzo: The True Dharma-eye Treasury, Volume 3
by Dogen
February 2009
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Shobogenzo: The True Dharma-eye Treasury (Taisho No. 2582) is the masterwork of the thirteenth-century Zen master Eihei Dogen, founder of the Soto sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism. This reprint edition presents Volume 3 of the exemplary translation by Gudo Wafu Nishijima and Chodo Cross of the complete ninety-five-chapter edition of the Shobogenzo, compiled by the Zen master Hangyo Kozen in the late seventeenth century.
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