"First-rate. Jaffe's research is utterly original; virtually none of the issues covered have been seriously investigated in any other Western-language study, and there are precious few Japanese second
“Representing a wide range of disciplines, the authors are nonetheless single-minded in their passion for a social transformation that produces a caring, equitable, and productive society with the hum
In the last two decades, Indonesia has seen a dramatic proliferation of environmental disputes in a variety of sectors, triggered by intensified deforestation and large scale mining operations in the
This is the most useful and comprehensive English-Tahitian, Tahitian-English dictionary available. The author, who was a devoted student of Tahitian for more than three decades, provides an extensive
For the first time, a construction of the history of early radio in the Philippines is attempted through the author’s painstaking examination of archival records, extant publications, and private memo
Committed to doing history the old-fashioned way, Akita (emeritus history, U. of Hawai'i) declares that documentary sources are central to the craft, and approaches research with a positivist methodol
On the Subject of the Nation looks at fiction and nonfiction produced since the martial law era in light of two historical developments that have definitively shaped Philippine experience: revolution
Despite the significance of Korea in world Christianity and the crucial role Christianity plays in contemporary Korean religious life, the tradition has been little studied in the West. Christianity i
There have been many studies that focus on aspects of the history of Japanese Buddhism. Until now, none have addressed important questions of organization and practice in contemporary Buddhism, questi
This book examines how identities emerge, persist and change in various Pacific societies. The ?shifting images? of identity are explored in pre-colonial, colonial as well as post-colonial circumstanc
Lebra (anthropology, U. of Hawai`i) analyzes Japanese culture through different conceptualizations of the self as it exists in linguistic and spatial categories. She applies two different modes of cul
Readings in Modern Korean Literature provides advanced students (those with at least four years of college-level training in Korean) with materials that will help them understand and appreciate modern
Wetzel (Japanese, Portland State U.) provides a cogent analysis of the rich and prevalent uses of keigo , roughly translated as honorifics, or honorific language, commonly used in Japanese to indica
Leiter (theater, State U. of New York-Brooklyn College has assembled 15 of his essays on the traditional Japanese theater form. They explore actors, performance, theaters, and history. Annotation (c)
In humiliating circumstances, Indonesia's first democratically elected president, Abdurrahman Wahid, was forced from office in July 2001 after less than two years in the job. Wahid, almost blind and s
In a secret 1969 agreement between President Nixon, National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, and Japanese Prime Minister Sato Eisaku, an arrangement was made where the U.S. would return the Okinawan
Making Sense of Japanese Grammar explains in a lively and highly informative manner basic principles that underlie a wide range of phenomena in Japanese. Students--irrespective of proficiency level an
A genuinely authoritative, encyclopedic treatment of the islands of the Pacific, drawing on the expertise of hundreds of Pacific scholars and writers. Focuses on the traditional culture regions of Me
This dictionary, also available in a pocket edition, ushers in a new era in Chinese lexicography. The first strictly alphabetically ordered and Pinyin computerized dictionary, it offers the simplest a
The contributors to this collection of seven essays (plus an editor’s introduction and a comparative afterword) have framed debates about the construction of commercial culture in China. They all have
America's efforts at economic development in the Caroline, Mariana, and Marshall Islands proved to be about transforming in dramatic fashion people who occupied real estate deemed vital to American st
China: Understanding Its Past aims to fill a conspicuous gap in conventional world history texts, which are often Eurocentric and give scant attention to Asia. Using role-playing, simulations, debates
Written as the ludicrous and disturbing ramblings of an errant, pseudo-intellectual urbanite secluding himself from the underworld in an impoverished coastal village of Taiwan in the early 1960s, this
A powerful depiction of the tensions generated by conflicts of sexuality and ethnicity in contemporary China. These tensions evolved partly from the sense of estrangement from Chinese culture felt by
Written as the ludicrous and disturbing ramblings of an errant, pseudo-intellectual urbanite secluding himself from the underworld in an impoverished coastal village of Taiwan in the early 1960s, this
Mythology flows like a subterranean stream throughout Hawai‘i. Rita Knipe has selected a number of characteristic myths and mythological figures from the rich pantheon of Hawaiian deities. As she rete
This is the first book in English to offer an extensive introduction to the Tongmunson (Selections of Refined Literature of Korea)—the largest and most important Korean literary collection created pri
Japanese zuihitsu (essays) offer a treasure trove of information and insights rarely found in any other genre of Japanese writing. Especially during their golden age, the Edo period (1600–1868), zuihi
Half a century after his shocking samurai-style suicide, Yukio Mishima (1925–1970) remains a deeply controversial figure. Though his writings and life-story continue to fascinate readers around the wo
At the start of the twentieth century, the Korean Buddhist tradition was arguably at the lowest point in its 1,500-year history in the peninsula. Discriminatory policies and punitive measures imposed
Found in Translation is a rich account of language and shifting cross-cultural relations on a Christian mission in northern Australia during the mid-twentieth century. It explores how translation shap
During his lifetime Austrian novelist Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) was among the most widely read German-language writers in the world. Always controversial, he fell into critical disfavor as writers and
The city of Tokyo, renamed after the Meiji Restoration, developed an urban culture that was a dynamic integration of Edo’s highly developed traditions and Meiji renovations, some of which reflected th
The city of Tokyo, renamed after the Meiji Restoration, developed an urban culture that was a dynamic integration of Edo’s highly developed traditions and Meiji renovations, some of which reflected th
The widespread destruction of Cambodia’s forests in recent decades saw the loss of the last major area of pristine tropical forest in Southeast Asia. The proceeds of often indiscriminate logging and
The widespread destruction of Cambodia’s forests in recent decades saw the loss of the last major area of pristine tropical forest in Southeast Asia. The proceeds of often indiscriminate logging and
New Visions of the Zhuangzi is a collection of thirteen essays on the ancient Daoist philosophical work, presenting new angles and approaches. It overcomes the traditional division of schools in favor
Women Pre-Scripted explores the way ideas about women and their social roles changed during Korea's transformation into a modern society. Drawing on a wide range of materials published in periodicals—
This is the first book in more than thirty years to discuss critically both the historical and contemporary experiences of Hawaii’s Japanese Americans. Given that race was the foremost organizing prin
The years 1925–1951 marked a period of world changing political, social, and economic upheavals in China, with few provinces more affected than Fukien (Fujian), where the ambitions of the Nationalists
