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Lampang Assessment
The creation in 1969 of a field research station near Lampang in northern Thailand by the recently established Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies was something of a gamble. …
Historical Dictionary of the Indochina War (1945-1954)
This first historical dictionary in English of the Indochina War (1945-54) provides the most comprehensive account to date of one of the most important conflicts of the twentieth …
Ancestors in Borneo Societies
While death, eschatology and exotic indigenous deathways have long held a privileged position in the ethnographic and popular literature on Borneo, ancestors have remained a …
Tanegashima
The year 1543 marked the beginning of a new global consciousness in Japan with the arrival of storm-blown Portuguese merchants in Tanegashima Island in southern Japan. Other …
Cambodia's Economic Transformation
From 2002, Cambodia underwent a visible economic transformation driven largely by such external factors as increased Chinese demand for primary commodities and a strong …
Dieties and Divas
In central Thailand, a flamboyantly turbaned gay medium for the Hindu god of the underworld posts Facebook selfies of himself hugging and kissing a young man. In Myanmar’s largest …
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 …
Dictionary of Kammu Yùan Language and Culture
By retaining their orally based culture through to the present day, the Kammu of northern Laos and adjacent parts of Vietnam, Thailand and China have long been recognised as a …
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 …
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 …
Taming the Wild
In Malaysia race is viewed not as an external attribute attached to a person but rather as an innate characteristic. Starting from this foundation, race and indigeneity have …