Regional studies books

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Postcolonial Transition and Global Business History is the first in-depth historical study on how British firms...  Read More >>

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This four-volume set is an English translation for the first time of a Chinese linguistics classic on modern Chinese...  Read More >>

Focusing on the fundamental grammatical units and construction in modern Chinese, the title is the second volume...  Read More >>

Focusing on the fundamental grammatical units and construction in modern Chinese, the title is the first volume...  Read More >>

Drawing on the thought of Durkheim, this book examines contemporary debates surrounding matters of community and...  Read More >>

Modern Art in Cold War Beirut: Drawing Alliances examines the entangled histories of modern art and international...  Read More >>

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This book explores the complex relationship between societies, architecture and urbanism of market halls, traditional...  Read More >>

From aesthetic promenades in noble palaces to the performativity of religious apparatus, this edited volume reconsiders...  Read More >>

This book examines Afrofuturism in African American art, focusing specifically on images of black women and how...  Read More >>

Covering the 1960s and 1970s, this volume explores new ways of investigating, comparing and interpreting the different...  Read More >>

This book explores the cultural exchange between Italy and Spain in the seventeenth century, examining Spanish collectors’...  Read More >>

This book analyses the household demand for consumer goods using a diverse database, consisting of 45 developed...  Read More >>

This book studies the significance and representation of the ‘city’ in the writings of Indian poets, graphic novelists,...  Read More >>

Drawing upon research carried out in several different languages and across a variety of disciplines, The Mongol...  Read More >>

This book analyses the impact of the Fukushima disaster on civil society in Japan with particular attention to the...  Read More >>

This book looks at the trajectories of reproduction and abortion rights in diverse socio-cultural contexts in various...  Read More >>

This book focuses on issues of family, work, and gender, with a focus on gender inequality. Women are disadvantaged...  Read More >>

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This volume on sustainable-use practises throughout India indetifies the policies, management strategies, and knowledge...  Read More >>

This book is set in Karachi, Pakistan and investigates the possibility of achieving localness through identifying...  Read More >>