A critical, multi-disciplinary study of economics, politics, society and culture, this collection of essays examines the concepts of “change” and “continuity” in contemporary Japan.

A compelling exploration of the complex relationship between Thai national identity and prostitution and gender.

Covering topics from pop music in Korea to TV commercials in Malaysia, this collection shows how imported cultural forms have been invested with fresh meaning and transformed by local artists to result in new forms of assertion and resistance.

Representing the work of distinguished Japanese scholars, this is the first comprehensive English-language overview of forestry, forest management, and the forest products industry in Japan.

A forceful look at the long-term social and psychological impact of warfare on modern China’s civilian population.

This book offers a concise history of the Sri Lankan Tamil nation, examining its culture and political evolution.

The Mountain Is Moving describes postwar Japanese society and the roles that women are expected to play within it.

Now updated with a chapter-length afterword by the editors on the end of the Deng era and its aftermath, this book provides a comprehensive survey of a nation in transition.

The topics in this comprehensive volume, which offer Canadian perspectives on contemporary Asian law, include securities, prostitution, environmental, and constitutional law.

This social and political history of the struggle for literacy in rural China shows how China's revolutionary leaders conceived and promoted literacy in the countryside and how villagers made use of the literacy education they were offered.

This is the first comprehensive study of modern Japanese historians and their relationship to nationalism and how they interpreted ancient myths of their origins.

This book throws light on Japanese-Canadian relations in the first few decades of this century.

This book introduces the reader to this unique theatrical form through an exciting series of photographs of operatic performances from many regions of the country.