In 1987 South Korea began a democratic transition after almost three decades of significant economic development under authoritarian rule. Increased civil unrest caused by dissatisfaction resulted in
Who owns traditional Tibetan herbal medicine? Saxer (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) takes on a unique topic in this anthropological-ethnographic study of an industry in the making: the recent
Esta obra revolucionaria revela las poderosas herramientas de la tradicion milenaria taoista para transformar los sentimientos de duelo en felicidad y salud. Los llamados sentimientos negativos son, e
A groundbreaking book, Emotional Wisdom reveals powerful ancient tools for transforming our painful emotions into happiness and health. So-called negative emotions are valuable messages that let us kn
Social-Ecological Resilience and Sustainability by Shelley Ross Saxer and Jonathan Rosenbloom is designed to help students understand and address new, changing, and complex economic, environmental, an
For the nations on its borders, the rapid rise of China represents an opportunity—but it also brings worry, especially in areas that have long been disputed territories of contact and exchange. This b
In Asia, where authoritarian-developmental states have proliferated, statehood and social control are heavily contested in borderland spaces. As a result, in the post-Cold War world, borders have not
