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Markets of English
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00The global spread of English both reproduces and reinforces oppressive structures of inequality. But such structures can no longer be seen as imposed from an imperial center, as English is now actively adopted and appropriated in local contexts around the world. This book argues that such conditions call for a new critique of global English, one that... more...
Material Falsity and Error in Descartes' Meditations
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 44.95Material Falsity and Error in Descartes?s Meditations approaches Descartes?s Meditations as an intellectual journey, wherein Descartes?s views develop and change as he makes new discoveries about self, God and matter. The first book to focus closely on Descartes?s notion of material falsity, it shows how Descartes?s account of material falsity ?... more...
Growing Up in a Nyonya Kitchen
Marshall Cavendish 2012; US$ 18.99Growing Up in a Nonya Kitchen provides a rare and insightful view into the daily life of a Peranakan family harking back to the early 20th century. With comprehensive chapters dedicated to documenting cooking utensils, essential ingredients, the Nonyas agak agak (estimating) philosophy, as well as Chinese New Year and other festive dishes, baked... more...
Hotspots and Dodgy Places
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2010; US$ 12.80He visits a bizarre flower-show in Pyongyang, crosses confusing ethno-religious fault lines in the Balkans and Lebanon, drinks tea with friendly Yemenis near Osama bin Laden?s ancestral village, explores prehistoric caves with Tuareg tribesmen in Libya, and plays Indiana Jones among pyramids shortly after a rebel attack on Khartoum. Through long-forgotten... more...
The Asian Modern
Hong Kong University Press 2007; US$ 40.00How does one comprehend the phenomenon of the modernization of an Asian society in a globalized East Asian context? With this opening question, the author proceeds to give an account of how the modernization processes for postcolonial societies in Asia, such as those of India, Malaysia, and Singapore, are fraught with collaborations and conflicts between... more...
Local Cultures and the New Asia
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2002; US$ 74.90Southeast Asia, until the Asian economic crisis of 1997-2000, was a high economic growth area. However, despite the neo-liberal and globalizing logic of capitalism, local conditions and cultures determine that capitalism will spread in ways not entirely consonant with its Western origins. Capitalism is not a free-floating entity -- it is a socially... more...
Transport and Ethics
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 40.00This insightful book discusses the use of Cost - Benefit Analysis (CBA) for transport policy options from an ethical perspective. Each detailed chapter deals with issues such as; the use and ethical aspects of CBA in transport, social exclusion, the environment and long term sustainability, safety, ethics of research and modelling transport. It summarizes... more...
Exotic Lands and Dodgy Places
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2010; US$ 12.80Distant Lands and Dodgy Places chronicles the adventures of intrepid traveller Tan Wee Cheng ? from witnessing an Eskimo seal hunt in icy Greenland to meeting Chinese stranded in Paraguay and The Amazon, and arriving in chaotic Comoros just as a volcanic eruption threatens to blow the capital apart. Hot on the heels of his runaway success Hot Spots... more...
Disaster Mental Health Services
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 27.50Disaster mental health is a growing field of practice designed to help victims and relief workers learn to effectively cope with the extreme stresses they will face in the aftermath of a disaster. The goal of disaster mental health is to prevent the development of long-term, negative psychological consequences, such as PTSD. This book assists clinicians... more...
Language Policy and Modernity in Southeast Asia
Springer 2006; US$ 69.99Considers the ways in which modernity challenges and informs the language policies of various Southeast Asians nations. This book uses case studies from Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, to examine language policies that are explicitly articulated in the form of State constitutions or in public proclamations of political leaders. more...









