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The Tsar's Last Armada
Basic Books 2008; US$ 17.50A stirring reconstruction of one of history's great--and least known --naval battles.... Fascinating stuff. A boon for students of military history and naval warfare.--Kirkus Reviews (starred review). more...
Portuguese and Luso-Asian Legacies in Southeast Asia, 1511-2011, vol. 2
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2012; US$ 64.90This two-volume set pulls together several interdisciplinary studies historicizing Portuguese 'legacies' across Asia over a period of approximately five centuries (ca. 1511-2011). It is especially recommended to readers interested in the broader aspects of the early European presence in Asia, and specifically on questions of politics, colonial... more...
The Myth of the Lazy Native
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95The Myth of the Lazy Native is Syed Hussein Alatas? widely acknowledged critique of the colonial construction of Malay, Filipino and Javanese natives from the 16 th to the 20 th century. Drawing on the work of Karl Mannheim and the sociology of knowledge, Alatas analyses the origins and functions of such myths in the creation and reinforcement... more...
Southeast Asian Minorities in the Wartime Japanese Empire
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95The Japanese invasion and occupation of southeast Asia provided opportunities for the peoples of the region to pursue a wide range of agendas that had little to do with the larger issues which drove the conflict between Japan and the allies. This book explores how the occupation affected various minority groups in the region. It shows, for example,... more...
Southeast Asia
Infobase Publishing 2005; US$ 30.00This new series puts people in the world geographic landscape, showing students how people are affected by and respond to, economic, social, and political forces at the global and the local scale. more...
The Roots of War in the 21st Century
University Press of America 2009; US$ 29.99This book argues that the 21st century will witness a fundamental global shift in economic and military hegemonic power from the U.S.-European sphere to the U.S.-Asia-Pacific region. Geography, hegemony, and politics will represent the foundational pillars for change, progress, and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region. more...
Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
Scarecrow Press 2006; US$ 109.99Burma (Myanmar) is a country in crisis, and a political resolution to its problems of national unity seems unlikely to occur in the near future. The purpose of the Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar) is to explain in depth the country's political crisis, while also providing detailed historical background. While paying much attention to the personalities... more...
Social Dynamics in the Highlands of Southeast Asia
BRILL 2007; US$ 151.00Drawing on long term fieldwork and research in communities from Assam through to Laos, this book offers a different level of reappraisal of the work of Edmund Leach and offers a significant contribution to the development of a new regional anthropology of Southeast Asia. more...









