This is the first volume in the The New Rich in Asia series which examines the economic, social and political construction of the 'new rich' in the countries and territories of East and South East Asia, as well as their impact internationally. From a western perspective the rise…
Introduction: globalization and deimperialization -- The imperialist eye : the discourse of the southward advance and the subimperial imaginary -- Decolonization : a geocolonial historical materialism -- De/cold war : the im/possibility of "great reconciliation"--Deimperializati…
"Centering his analysis in the dynamic forces of modern East Asian history, Kuan-Hsing Chen recasts cultural studies as a politically urgent global endeavor. He argues that the intellectual and subjective work of decolonization begun across East Asia after the Second World War w…
"Centering his analysis in the dynamic forces of modern East Asian history, Kuan-Hsing Chen recasts cultural studies as a politically urgent global endeavor. He argues that the intellectual and subjective work of decolonization begun across East Asia after the Second World War w…
"Cinema is a dominant force in the lives of many people living in Asia, a continent that has a number of distinguished national film industries. A concept central to much of Asian film production is melodrama. This path-breaking study examines the importance of melodrama in the …
A selection of essays from Takeshi Hamashita's oeuvre on Asian trade is here presented to introduce the work of this important historian on China and East Asia's incorporation to the world economy to the English-speaking reader.
A selection of essays from Takeshi Hamashita's oeuvre on Asian trade is here presented to introduce the work of this important historian on China and East Asia's incorporation to the world economy to the English-speaking reader.
Introduction: An Overview / Benjamin A. Elman -- Part 1. Is World History Possible? -- Is There Still Value in National History in the Trend towards Global History? / Zhaoguang Ge -- Is a World History of Ideas Possible? / Federico Marcon -- Part 2. What Forms of Globalism Took …
"The 'Global' and the 'Local' in Early Modern and Modern East Asia presents a unique set of historical perspectives by scholars from three important universities in the East Asian region--The University of Tokyo (Tōdai), Fudan University, and Princeton University. Two of the ess…
Confucianism, a habit of the heart
"Asia Pacific in the Age of Globalization examines United States-East Asian relations in the framework of global history, incorporating fresh insights that have been offered by scholars on such topics as globalization, human rights, historical memory, and trans-cultural relation…