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King Norodom's Head
King Norodom's Head travels to nooks and crannies of Phnom Penh and the countryside around it. In different places, the reader will learn of a 19th-century king's gold stash and a …
Waves of Upheaval in Myanmar
This is the first comprehensive account of the multifaceted processes of gendered transformation that took place in Myanmar between 2011 and 2021, and which continues to shape …
Beyond Chinatown
A bachelor society, men brought in by the shipload to labour in harsh, slave-like conditions, often for decades. Aliens despised and feared by their hosts. The hope: to return home …
Jungle Heart of the Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge rise to power in 1975 gave birth to a terrifying new order. By 1979, when Vietnamese troops invaded Cambodia, up to two million people had fallen victim to …
Pattern and Loom
When John Becker's Pattern and Loom was posthumously published in 1987, the work was hailed as an important work that revealed much new knowledge on the development of weaving …
Mapping Cultural Nationalism
Despite the proscription of public political debates under colonial rule in Burma, boundary-crossing ventures like the Burma Research Society (founded in 1910) allowed those from …
Cambodia’s Trials
More than four decades have passed since the end of Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia in 1979. Even so, the country is still coming to terms with the destruction wrought in the decade …
Asian Cities
This book questions the centrality of globalization in explaining change in Asian cities and examines developing Asian cities in their own terms rather than as variants of Western …
China's Contested Internet
An exploration of the Chinese Internet based on first-hand research and original data. This captivating study covers hackerspaces, online activism, diaosi, weiguan, censorship of …
Reforming Thai Politics
With the sudden end of rapid economic growth, the urgency of political reform in Thailand became acute. The Thai parliament passed major changes to the electoral system in late …
Co-Management of Natural Resources in Asia
Co-management, that is the sharing of responsibilities between governmental institutions and groups of resource users, is rapidly becoming popular in Asia. In many countries …
Burma and Japan Since 1940
Modern Myanmar/Burma is very much a creation of World War II, when the British colony was occupied by the Japanese, and its immediate aftermath. These years saw the rise of Aung …