Interdisciplinary studies books

A rare account by a foreigner working in Japan in the 20th century; a unique insight into this important period...  Read More >>

In Colonialism, Capitalism and Racism, Jan Breman shows how racial favoritism is no longer contained to ‘faraway,...  Read More >>

First study published in English. An intractable, divisive social problem with roots in pre-history, the ongoing...  Read More >>

This volume discusses how Japan responds to a more threatening security environment while managing its domestic...  Read More >>

The book presents an original framework that examines, compares, and contrasts local actors from a bigger, connected,...  Read More >>

Development Zones in Asian Borderlands maps the nexus between global capital flows, national economic policies,...  Read More >>

John Pilcher’s appointment as HM Ambassador to Japan in 1967, three years after the Tokyo Olympics, was both judicious...  Read More >>

This collection adopts a transnational approach that highlights the complexity of Timor-Leste’s road to independence....  Read More >>

Olonkho is the general name for the entire Yakut heroic epic including ‘Nurgun Botur the Swift’ – some 36,000 lines...  Read More >>

In 1862, a British merchant was killed by samurai at Namamugi, a quiet village near Yokohama. One year later, a...  Read More >>

This volume provides a valuable selection of new research on the subject of the generation, dissemination and application...  Read More >>

This book provides original, nuanced insights into social meanings of money and wealth in moral economies of Asia....  Read More >>

An accomplished linguist and writer, A.B. Mitford was the outstanding chronicler of the Meiji Restoration, complementing...  Read More >>

Louis Cullen’s research on archival sources and of the problems they pose for the interpretation of Japanese history...  Read More >>

This volume comprises some fifty essays on different themes and personalities, grouped thematically: portraits of...  Read More >>

Its 57 essays continue to celebrate the life and work of the men and women who played roles in a variety of spheres...  Read More >>

Carmen Blacker was an outstanding scholar of Japanese culture, known for her writings on religion, myth and folklore...  Read More >>

This new study examines the history of the relations between the British and Japanese monarchies over the past 150...  Read More >>

Illustrated in colour – first introduction in English to a Korean cultural asset – the banchado (painting of the...  Read More >>

This book provides a systematic investigation into the ways in which Chinese decisionmakers approached sanctions...  Read More >>

Cities have always been pictured, in many media and for many different purposes. This edited collection explores...  Read More >>

Gavan McCormack’s latest work argues that Abe Shinzo’s efforts to re-engineer the Japanese state may fail, but his...  Read More >>

“Japan had a tortuous relationship with internationalism between 1840, when Shibusawa was born, and 1931, the year...  Read More >>

Sorge’s activities between 1930 and 1942 have tended to be lauded as those of a superlative human intelligence operator...  Read More >>

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