Asian Studies Catalogue 2022 by Cambridge University Press, Asia

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2022

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Asian Studies

American history

Archaeology

American history after 1945

Archaeology of Asia, SubSaharan Africa, Pacific

American Survivors Trans-Pacific Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Naoko Wake | Michigan State University

Examining the little-known history of U.S. casualties of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, American Survivors brings to light the compellingly personal stories of U.S. survivors about war, illness, gender, and community in transPacific contexts. • The first book-length study of U.S. casualties of the 1945 atomic bombings • Draws on fascinating oral histories of Japanese and Korean American survivors of the atomic bombings to tell a story that is people-centered rather than nation-centered • Provides a gendered analysis to the history of nuclear weaponry 408pp 6. 2021 9781108835275 Hardback GBP 25.00 / USD 29.95 eISBN 9781108892094

Anthropology Social, cultural Anthropology Deceptive Majority Dalits, Hinduism, and Underground Religion Joel Lee | Williams College, Massachusetts

An account of contemporary religious life in Lucknow illuminates the embrace and contestation of Hinduization in a Dalit community, it examines the practices by which signs of the community’s Hindu affiliation are amplified and tied to a new ethic of publicity. Lee tracks Dalit religion to encompass it within a newly imagined Hindu body politic. • Ethnographic history of religious majoritarianism • Challenges presuppositions at the very foundation of the study of caste and religion in South Asia South Asia in the Social Sciences 354pp 6. 2021 9781108843829 Hardback GBP 94.99 / USD 125.00 6. 2021 9781108826662 Paperback GBP 36.99 / USD 48.99 eISBN 9781108920193

Ghosts and Religious Life in Early China Mu-Chou Poo | The University of Hong Kong

The idea of ghost is more than an enduring source of imagination, fear, and even entertainment in human society. It is an alternative key to deconstruct the nature and character of a society. Mu-chou Poos explores the ghosts of ancient China, the ideas that they nurtured, and their cultural role. • Constructs an overview of the development of the concept of ghost in ancient China • Provides separate treatment of the concept of ghosts in Chinese society, literature, Daoism, and Buddhism • Offers a succinct comparison of Chinese ghosts and those of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome 350pp 2. 2022 9781316514672 Hardback GBP 0.00 eISBN 9781009086523

Classical studies Ancient history Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China Hans Beck | Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany

Explores the creative potential of juxtaposing the cultural foundations of the Mediterranean world and ancient China. Embarking from the observation that Greek, Roman, and Han-Chinese societies were governed by comparable features, the contributors to this volume explain the dynamic interplay between political rulers and the ruled masses. • Captures the political cultures of the two largest civilizations in antiquity • Focusses on the relation between political leaders and the masses • Fosters a new comparative approach to the ancient world 448pp 2. 2021 9781108485777 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781108641166

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Earth and environmental science

History - cross discipline

Climatology and climate change

The Reserve Bank of India

Monsoon Rains, Great Rivers and the Development of Farming Civilisations in Asia Peter D. Clift | Louisiana State University

A detailed review of variations in the Asian monsoon since the mid-Holocene and its impacts on farming systems. This book assesses data and climate models predicting changes to the monsoon in the coming centuries, and discusses how past adaptive strategies might provide clues for how to manage future change. • Integrates Archaeology and environmental science data, allowing the reader to assess the impacts of past climate change on the development of farming strategies • Provides an up-to-date synthesis of the scientific literature on past climate changes with proxy data • Contains a detailed summary of predicted future changes in rainfall, temperature and sea-level, providing an objective overview of future potential risks to farming systems in Asia 350pp 1. 2021 9781107030084 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781139342889

European and world literature Asian literature The Comic Storytelling of Western Japan Satire and Social Mobility in Kamigata Rakugo M. W. Shores | University of Sydney

Rakugo (comic storytelling) has played a major role in Japanese culture and society, and yet has been largely overlooked in scholarship. This pioneering study of Kamigata rakugo - the ‘other’ rakugo tradition - is a corrective to works that view rakugo and other facets of Japan through a distorting Tokyo-centric lens. • The first English monograph on Kamigata rakugo • First English translation of complete rakugo stories • Comprehensive study of Kamigata rakugo from the seventeenth century to the present day. 270pp 8. 2021 9781108831505 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108917476

Economic history 1997–2008 Volume 5 Tirthankar Roy | London School of Economics and Political Science

The fifth volume on the history of the Reserve Bank of India covers the years from 1997–98 to 2007–08. It is a narrative history of the Bank and also a rich resource for understanding how an emerging market central bank manages change and shapes the economy to face future challenges. • Economic history of the central bank of India • Utilises data from archives and photograph to substantiate the narration 750pp 10. 2021 9781316511329 Hardback GBP 115.00 / USD 150.00 eISBN 9781009052252

Military history The Malayan Emergency Revolution and Counterinsurgency at the End of Empire Karl Hack | The Open University, Milton Keynes

This is the first truly multi-perspective and in-depth study of anti-colonial resistance and counterinsurgency in the Malayan Emergency. Drawing on oral history, memoirs and documents from the UK and Asia, Karl Hack sheds new light on terror and violence, how insurgency and decolonisation interacted, and how revolution was defeated. • Draws on recently declassified material from the UK Public Record Office and Malaysian archival materials as well as oral history interviews • Provides comprehensive coverage of the Malayan Emergency • Essential reading for those interested in the Malayan Emergency, Malaysian history, general insurgency, and counterinsurgency, and violent decolonisation. Especially students, academics and military practitioners Cambridge Military Histories 340pp 2. 2022 9781107080102 Hardback GBP 79.99 / USD 105.00 2. 2022 9781107439481 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 eISBN 9781139942515

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History - other areas East Asian history An Early Modern Economy in China The Yangzi Delta in the 1820s Bozhong Li | Peking University, Beijing

The first English translation of Li Bozhong’s pioneering study An Early Modern Economy in China, which uses sophisticated analysis to reconstruct the GDP of the Lower Yangzi Delta. An innovative Economic history that contributes to the Great Divergence debate, Li draws comparisons the Netherlands in the same period. • Makes available in English the ground-breaking work of one of China’s leading economic historians • The first attempt to apply methods of HSNA (historical system of national account) study to pre-modern Chinese GDP • Establishes a benchmark for future reconstructions of regional economies through GDP The Cambridge China Library 360pp 6 maps 75 tables 7. 2021 9781108479202 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781108782753

An Urban History of China Toby Lincoln | University of Leicester

For thousands of years China had a vibrant imperial urban civilization, which over the last century has been transformed into the largest urban society in the world. Toby Lincoln offers the first comprehensive history of Chinese cities from their origins to the present. • Accessible and engaging introduction both to urban history and the history of China • Includes extracts from primary sources • Examines the legacy of China’s cities in contemporary rapid urbanization New Approaches to Asian History 320pp 5. 2021 9781107196421 Hardback GBP 69.99 / USD 89.99 5. 2021 9781316647288 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781108164733

Designing Boundaries in Early China The Composition of Sovereign Space Garret Pagenstecher Olberding | University of Oklahoma

Designing Boundaries in Early China explores how ritual structures signified the organization of sovereign space in early China. By drawing on a range of source materials, Garret Pagenstecher Olberding makes a compelling case for how sovereign boundaries were formed and negotiated in the ancient world. • Appeals to scholars of early, pre-modern, and modern China, as well as historians of the ancient world, political theorists and philosophers • Includes classical Mediterranean societies in cross-cultural analytical frameworks • Demonstrates structural similarities across the ancient world 300pp 12. 2021 9781316513699 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009075862

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Dialect and Nationalism in China, 1860–1960 Gina Anne Tam | Trinity University, Texas

Challenging the widely accepted narrative that national languages create national identity, Tam narrates the history of the Chinese nation and Chinese nationalism from the perspective of fangyan - dialects or regional languages distinct from Mandarin - and in so doing, shows how they were central to the making of modern nationalism in China. • Challenges the widely accepted historical narrative that language standardization creates national citizens • Introduces a novel way of studying nationalism that highlights diverse visions of the nation without ignoring those who seek to maintain it as a homogenous concept • Encourages readers to expand the history of information methodology to consider both how knowledge is constructed and how that knowledge is filtered down and subsequently shapes all areas of public and private life

275pp 9. 2021 9781108745697 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 5. 2020 9781108478281 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108776400

Ho Chi Minh in Hong Kong Anti-Colonial Networks, Extradition and the Rule of Law Geoffrey C. Gunn

With extradition a major political issue today, this examination of the legal case of Ho Chi Minh in colonial Hong Kong offers timely insights into rule of law and extradition issues in general. Gunn sheds new light on Ho Chi Minh, communist and anticolonial networks and Franco–British relations. • Uncovers details regarding Ho Chi Minh’s arrest, incarceration and successful legal defense in Hong Kong • Explores the rule of law and the issue of extradition in Hong Kong • Examines communist and anti-colonial networks across East and Southeast Asia 300pp 7. 2021 9781108833257 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108973809

Island Fantasia Imagining Subjects on the Military Frontline between China and Taiwan Wei-Ping Lin | National Taiwan University

This in-depth study of the Matsu islands between China and Taiwan charts their sudden transition from a forbidden outpost in the Qing period to a military frontline during the Cold War and the Communist-Nationalist conflict, and showcases the cultural vibrancy of the people as they imagine their future. • A vital source of information on the Matsu islands, which straddle a highly strategic position between China and Taiwan • An excellent case study for exploring crucial issues of theoretical importance in Anthropology • Proposes a new framework of studying society from the perspective of the ‘imagining subject’ • This title is Open Access Taiwan Studies 250pp 9. 2021 9781316519370 Hardback GBP 79.99 / USD 105.00 9. 2021 9781009010405 Paperback GBP 18.99 / USD 25.99 eISBN 9781009023481

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June Fourth The Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989 Jeremy Brown | Simon Fraser University, British Columbia

In this vivid new social history of the Tiananmen protests, Beijing massacre, and nationwide crackdown of 1989, Jeremy Brown explores the key turning points of the crisis in China and shows how the massacre and its aftermath were far from inevitable. • An up-to-date and comprehensive approach to the complex history of the Tiananmen protests in a single, reader-friendly book • Utilises a wide range of previously untapped sources and shows the nationwide nature of the protest movement • Explores alternative paths based on participants’ own memories

New Approaches to Asian History 288pp 4. 2021 9781107042070 Hardback GBP 59.99 / USD 79.99 4. 2021 9781107657809 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781107323728

Mao Zedong A Biography Volume 2 1949–1958 Chongji Jin

Volume 2 of the official Chinese Communist Party biography of Mao Zedong. This volume covers Mao’s career in the period, 1949–1958. This is a unique source through which to view the ways in which the transformative events of the twentieth century have been understood and portrayed in contemporary China. • Introduces the official Chinese interpretation of the Mao period • Based on archives to which no Western scholars have yet had access • Introductory essay provides context and highlights differences in interpretation The Cambridge China Library 600pp 10. 2021 9781107092747 Hardback GBP 125.00 / USD 165.00 eISBN 9781316136522

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Realistic Revolution Contesting Chinese History, Culture, and Politics after 1989 Els van Dongen | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Realistic Revolution covers the major Chinese intellectual debates on radicalism in history, culture, and politics after 1989 from a transnational perspective. Interdisciplinary and comprehensive, the book is relevant for anyone with an interest in modern China, including historians, intellectual historians, political scientists and sociologists. • Offers a broad overview of the main intellectual debates behind reform in China • Traces scholarly networks from mainland China, to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and the United States • Illuminates the ideological contradictions between economic liberalization and political control 288pp 3. 2021 9781108431729 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 6. 2019 9781108421300 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108367783

Rumor in the Early Chinese Empires Zongli Lu | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

This is the first English translation of Lu Zongli’s study of how rumor formed and spread through non-official channels in early Chinese history. Utilising popular songs, mythology and prophetic texts, Lu explores rumors in all their diverse forms, dissecting their nature, function and implications for politics and culture. • The first English translation of a major work of Chinese scholarship • Highlights the significance of public opinion and how it formed and spread through non-official channels in Chinese politics • Explores early Chinese history using an interdisciplinary framework The Cambridge China Library 396pp 3. 2021 9781108479264 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781108782913

A Biography Volume 3 1958–1976 Chongji Jin

Soju

Volume 3 of the official Chinese Communist Party biography of Mao Zedong. This volume covers Mao’s career in the period, 1958–1976. This is a unique source through which to view the ways in which the transformative events of the twentieth century have been understood and portrayed in contemporary China. • Introduces the official Chinese interpretation of the Mao period • Based on archives to which no Western scholars have yet had access • Introductory essay provides context and highlights differences in interpretation

The first global study of the distinctive Korean soju beverage. Tracing the history of soju from the premodern world to the twenty-first century, Hyunhee Park provides fascinating new insights into the transfer of technology, flows of trade, cross-cultural encounters, and Korea’s place in Eurasian history. • Uncovers the importance of long-distance, cross-cultural exchanges in the history of Korea • Based on interdisciplinary methods including global history, food studies, and the history of science and technology • Includes a comparative discussion of distillation methods around the world

The Cambridge China Library 600pp 9. 2021 9781107092761 Hardback GBP 125.00 / USD 165.00 eISBN 9781316136546

A Global History Hyunhee Park | City University of New York

Asian Connections 300pp 2. 2021 9781108842013 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108895774

Asian Studies

State and Family in China

The Chinese Communist Party

Filial Piety and Its Modern Reform Yue Du | Cornell University, New York

A Century in Ten Lives Timothy Cheek | University of British Columbia, Vancouver

State and Family in China examines the intersection of politics and intergenerational family relations in China from the Qing period to 1949 through the concept of filial piety. In this ambitious study, Yue Du explores changes in family law, parent-child relationships and the changing nature of the Chinese state during this period. • Shows how the state in China shaped family relations through concrete legal mechanisms • Examines parent-child relations that define the Chinese family and how this is connected to the state • Engages those interested in Chinese history and politics, as well as scholars of family law, gender, childhood or state building

Ten engaging personal histories introduce readers to what it was like to live in and with the most powerful political machine ever created: the Chinese Communist Party. These essays reveal the Party’s one-hundred year history, reflecting on power, setbacks, adaptability and change, and illuminating possible paths for China’s future. • Lively and accessible introduction to one-hundred years of Chinese history • Presents innovative personal histories of the Chinese Communist Party • Brings together an international team of leading historians

350pp 1. 2022 9781108838351 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108974479

The Cambridge Economic history of China Debin Ma | Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo

The first comprehensive synthesis of Chinese Economic history, past and present, in English. Volume II covers the period from 1800 to the present in twenty-one thematically and chronologically organized chapters, charting the development of the institutions, ideas, technologies, and social and political forces that shaped China’s modern economy. • Comprehensive but accessible coverage of all aspects of the modern Chinese economy • Combines thematic organization with broad temporal coverage across all of Chinese history in modern times • Contributions by a diverse range of international experts draw on the latest methodology of social science disciplines and scholarship in Chinese, Japanese, and Western languages The Cambridge Economic history of China 700pp 2. 2022 9781108425537 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 175.00 2. 2022 9781108442688 Paperback eISBN 9781108348485

The Cambridge Economic history of China HB Set Debin Ma | Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo

The first comprehensive synthesis of Chinese Economic history, past and present. Original contributions by an international team of noted experts survey all fields of Economic history, including environment, demography, law, household, money, finance, philosophy, political economy, foreign trade, human capital, and sociology. • Comprehensive but accessible coverage of all aspects of Chinese Economic history • Together the two volumes provide broad temporal coverage across all of Chinese history, including recent developments in contemporary China • Draws on contributions by a diverse range of international experts The Cambridge Economic history of China 1400pp 2. 2022 9781107146068 Multiple copy pack GBP 200.00 / USD 260.00 eISBN 9781316536360

302pp 5. 2021 9781108842778 Hardback GBP 59.99 / USD 79.99 5. 2021 9781108822619 Paperback GBP 18.99 / USD 24.99 eISBN 9781108904186

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The Great Exodus from China Trauma, Memory, and Identity in Modern Taiwan Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang | University of Missouri, Columbia

Yang uncovers the traumatic aftermath of the Chinese civil war by examining the lives of ordinary people who were displaced from China to Taiwan in 1949. He presents a trajectory of repeated traumatization and a search for home, belonging, and identity that reconsiders notions of trauma, memory, diaspora, and reconciliation. • Uncovers the painful aftermath of Chinese civil war from the perspective of those traumatized and displaced by it • Discusses conflicting cultural traumas/historical memories between Taiwan and China • Offers a powerful critique of the Eurocentric notions of trauma and memory

329pp 9. 2021 9781108746878 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 9. 2020 9781108478120 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108784306

Violence and the Rise of Centralized States in East Asia Mark Edward Lewis | Stanford University, California

This Element examines how states in ancient East Asia wielded violence to create and display authority. It also explores how their licit violence was entangled in the violence whose suppression justified their power, suggesting that violence is a version of the problem it claims to solve. Elements in Ancient East Asia 75pp 9. 2021 9781108972147 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108975551

World History and National Identity in China The Twentieth Century Xin Fan

Xin Fan utilizes a variety of archival sources to tell the story of four generations of Chinese historians who created the field of world history in China over the course of the twentieth century, and offers a long-term view of the rise of nationalism in China today. • Provides a narrative of Chinese intellectual history over the course of the entire twentieth century • Considers the influence of critics of narrow nationalism on the formation of Chinese identity • Evaluates the legacy of world-historical studies in China 11000pp 2. 2021 9781108842600 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99

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Arabic Poetics Aesthetic Experience in Classical Arabic Literature Lara Harb | Princeton University, New Jersey

Revealing how an aesthetic of wonder underlies classical Arabic treatments of poetry, the Quran, and Aristotelian poetics, this fresh look at the question of literary quality, using the framework of aesthetic theory, is essential reading for scholars and students of Arabic literature, Islamic Studies, literary theory and Islamic art history. • Gives the modern reader tools to read and appreciate classical Arabic literature, the Quran, and to understand the idiosyncratic interpretation of Aristotle’s Poetics in Arabic • Engages with, and deepens understanding of aesthetic theory and classical Arabic literary theory • Considers works from the thirteenth and fourteenth century, which have received much less attention in modern scholarship on classical Arabic literature

Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization 319pp 10. 2021 9781108748292 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 5. 2020 9781108490214 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108780483

In the Mirror of Persian Kings The Origins of Perso-Islamic Courts and Empires in India Blain Auer | Université de Lausanne, Switzerland

Examines how and why the image of the Persian king played such a prominent role in the political history of Islamicate societies, and how that legacy had an impact on the establishment of Delhi as a capital of Muslim rulers. • A complete study of Perso-Islamic kingship in India, key to understanding the political and cultural history of Muslim courts in India • Examines contributions made by kings, poets, historians, political and moral philosophers in the imperial project of the sultans of the medieval period • Demonstrates how the image of the Persian king played a prominent role in the political history of Islamicate societies and its legacy in the establishment of Delhi as a capital of Muslim rulers 250pp 5. 2021 9781108832311 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108935876

South Asian history Acts of Aid The Politics of Relief and Reconstruction after the 1934 Bihar-Nepal Earthquake Eleonor Marcussen | Universität Erfurt, Germany

Acts of Aid analyses the relationship between civil society, international organisations and the colonial state in disaster relief and reconstruction and the questions it gives rise to about the impact of aid on social groups, communities and inequality. • In disaster research, it holds a strong multidisciplinary appeal across the social sciences to geographers, sociologists and ethnographers interested in resilience • Deepens understanding on how society approached disaster relief and reconstruction in the increasingly politicised climate of late colonial period • Discusses ‘natural’ disaster in relation to how famine relief was organised and perceived by the colonial state and contemporary civil society organisations. How did it differ, or what were the common features and why? 300pp 11. 2021 9781108838092 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781108937160

Citizens of Everywhere Indian Women, Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism, 1920–1952 Rosalind Parr

Citizens of Everywhere is a global history of Indian women’s activism during the final decades of colonial rule, demonstrating their contributions to both the international women’s movement and to the Indian independence struggle. • Uses transnational methodology to read transnational history, utilising archive sources found in multiple geographic locations • Emphasises Indian women’s agency in an international context, nuancing the common depiction of Indian women simply as objects of western feminism • Constructs a polycentric history of women’s activism Global South Asians 300pp 9. 2021 9781108838146 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108937290

Fleeting Agencies A Social History of Indian Coolie Women in British Malaya Arunima Datta | Idaho State University

In Fleeting Agencies, the author revises and decolonizes the history of transnational female plantation labour and acknowledges the agency of women workers. This is the first book to examine the history of Indian coolie women who migrated to British Malaya and contributed to the making of the Rubber Empire. • Revises a traditional understanding and definition of the term agency • Critically examines how gendered South Asian labour played a foundational role in building the modern world of global capitalism • Brings together a remarkable combination of archival sources and oral histories to present a nuanced narrative on feminist transnational labour and migration history Global South Asians 200pp 9. 2021 9781108837385 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108937115

Asian Studies Hidden Histories of Pakistan

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Censorship, Literature, and Secular Nationalism in Late Colonial India Sarah Fatima Waheed | Davidson College, North Carolina

Sikh Nationalism

A timely examination of the role of progressive Muslim intellectuals in the Pakistan movement. In Hidden Histories of Pakistan, Sarah Waheed offers deeper understanding of India and Pakistan’s complex and intertwined history through explorations of censorship, Urdu literature and progressive secular nationalisms in colonial India and Pakistan. • Speaks to a wide range of historians and literary scholars working on South Asia • Makes complex and multi-faceted literary traditions accessible to readers • Provides readers with an overview of colonialism and nationalism from the margins 320pp 3. 2022 9781108834520 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108993517

India and the World A History of Connections, c. 1750–2000 Claude Markovits

This pioneering history of modern India explores a multiplicity of connections between India and the world. Situating India in global context over two and a half centuries, Claude Markovits challenges dominant state-centred histories by focusing on the lived experiences of people who circulated between India and the outside world. • Situates India’s history in a global context • Provides a synthetic view of India’s global connections over a period of two and a half centuries • Challenges dominant state-centred histories by focusing on the lived experiences of people 304pp 3. 2021 9781107186750 Hardback GBP 64.99 / USD 84.99 3. 2021 9781316637456 Paperback GBP 19.99 / USD 25.99 eISBN 9781316899847

Making a Muslim Reading Publics and Contesting Identities in Nineteenth-Century North India S. Akbar Zaidi

Post 1857, colonial India witnessed the emergence of numerous new forms of Muslim identities, some emerging as new Islamic ‘sects’ (maslaks), and others based on educational priorities. This book critically examines, how a feeling of utter humiliation - zillat - acted as an agentive force allowing Muslims to remake their many identities. • Uses previously unseen Urdu sources to further our knowledge and understanding of Muslim North India • Challenges the definition of unitary Muslim quam and identity • Acknowledges zillat as an agentive force in the remaking of Muslim identities in North India after 1857. 300pp 9. 2021 9781108490535 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108781152

Paper, Performance, and the State Social Change and Political Culture in Mughal India Farhat Hasan | University of Delhi

Looking at the political processes in early modern South Asia as shaped by state formation from below, this work argues that, outside the imperial and trans-regional contexts, the Mughal state subsisted on the mutually-empowering relations with the elites and common people. • Uses a comparative and cross-cultural approach to study the political processes in early modern South Asia • Draws on insights from Anthropology, literary theory, sociology, and political thought in substantiating the centrals arguments • Uses lucid prose in deconstructing complex historical concepts thus making it an interesting read for researchers and the general public alike

From a Dominant Minority to an EthnoReligious Diaspora Gurharpal Singh | School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

A concise and comprehensive guide to the history of Sikh nationalism from the late nineteenth century to the present, this volume uses a new methodological approach to understand the historical origins of Sikh nationalism and emphasises the importance of integrating the study of the diaspora with the Sikhs in South Asia. • Presents a new integrative methodology to the study of Sikh nationalism which is of interest to both historical and contemporary debates • Considers the history of Sikh nationalism within the context of broader discussions about language, caste and religion in colonial and postcolonial South Asia • Provides a fresh perspective on Sikh nationalism that reflects contemporary developments New Approaches to Asian History 250pp 1. 2022 9781107136540 Hardback GBP 69.99 / USD 89.99 1. 2022 9781316501887 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781316479940

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Tea Environments and Plantation Culture Imperial Disarray in Eastern India Arnab Dey | State University of New York, Binghamton

This book showcases the history of commodity production in the British Empire and its impact on the natural and human worlds. Focused on the tea plantation economy of east India, it highlights the ecological consequences, legal workings, and labor conditions of this early form of global capital and monopoly trade. • Provides a new perspective on the local history of a global commodity • Highlights unseen aspects of labor exploitation in plantation systems and the human costs of imperial commerce • Exposes the impact of commodity production on biodiversity, ecologies, and human lives 254pp 16 b/w illus. 2 maps 5 tables 6. 2021 9781108457613 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 12. 2018 9781108471305 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781108687034

The Frontier Complex Geopolitics and the Making of the India-China Border, 1846–1962 Kyle J. Gardner | George Washington University, Washington DC

Kyle J. Gardner reveals how colonial bordermaking practices in the Himalayas transformed a historical crossroads into a disputed borderland and geography into politics. Despite a century of attempts, experts failed to produce a border through the mountainous Himalayas, leading to war between India and China in 1962. • Offers a new history of the rise of geopolitics • Based on a wide range of archival research in multiple languages • Highlights how ongoing border disputes between India and China are rooted in colonial British border-making practices 300pp 1. 2021 9781108840590 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108886444

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The Frontier in British India

Colonizing Animals

Space, Science, and Power in the Nineteenth Century Thomas Simpson | University of Cambridge

Interspecies Empire in Myanmar Jonathan Saha | Durham University

An innovative account of how distinctive forms of colonial power and knowledge developed at the territorial fringes of British India. Thomas Simpson considers the role of frontier officials as surveyors, cartographers and ethnographers, military violence in frontier regions and the impact of the frontier experience on colonial administration. • The first connected and comparative analysis of frontiers in northwest and northeast colonial India • Advances an innovative framework for understanding colonial power and knowledge • Moves beyond conventional disciplinary boundaries and critically engages with various distinct fields of theory and historiography 350pp 1. 2021 9781108840194 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108879156

Animals were vital to the British colonization of Myanmar. This pathbreaking history of British imperialism in Myanmar from the early nineteenth century to 1942 explores how animals were transformed by colonial subjugation and introduces readers to an innovative historical methodology for exploring interspecies relationships in the imperial past. • Contributes to the history of capitalism in colonial Myanmar by uncovering the processes through which animals were rendered into commodities • Appeals to scholars and students of the environmental humanities, animal history and Asian histories • Situates imperial ideologies and practices regarding animals within their interactions with Burmese ideologies and practices, including the overlooked history of animals in anticolonial thought

Waiting for Swaraj

280pp 1. 2022 9781108839402 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108990240

Inner Lives of Indian Revolutionaries Aparna Vaidik

The First Vietnam War

This book contributes to a lively and burgeoning field of historical scholarship on the history of revolutionaries and revolutionary organizations in the Indian subcontinent. It reimagines the revolutionaries’ self-conception and its relationship with time. Its narrative style will appeal to the specialists in the field, graduate students and general readers. • Uses an experimental narrative structure that will encourage researchers to rethink the ways of narrativizing the past • Examines the inner lives of male Indian revolutionaries that has hitherto been ignored because the scholarly focus has been on studying ‘ideology’ and the more sensational and masculinized actions that they carried out • Redefines the history of Indian revolutionism and what it meant to be a revolutionary 220pp 9. 2021 9781108838085 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108937146

South-East Asian history A History of Manners and Civility in Thailand Patrick Jory | University of Queensland

Patrick Jory presents the first ever history of manners in Thailand. Utilising Thai etiquette manuals dating from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century, he explores how societies have regulated personal and social behaviour over time. • Presents the first history of manners in Thailand • Places the history of manners in Thailand within a global historical framework • Based on a wide range of little-known primary source materials 350pp 1. 2021 9781108491242 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108868006

Violence, Sovereignty, and the Fracture of the South, 1945–1956 Shawn F. McHale | George Washington University, Washington DC

In this ambitious new analysis of the first Indochina War, Shawn McHale explores why the communistled Resistance in Vietnam won the anticolonial war against France, except in the South. Based on extensive archival research, this is the first definitive account in English exploring southern Vietnam’s transition from colonialism to independence. • The first book, in English, to focus on southern Vietnam’s transition from colonialism to independence • Based on extensive primary sources in Vietnamese and French • Makes multiple novel and provocative arguments on pacification, sovereignty, violence and decolonization 350pp 8. 2021 9781108837446 Hardback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781108936002

The Indentured Archipelago Experiences of Indian Labour in Mauritius and Fiji, 1871–1916 Reshaad Durgahee | University of Nottingham

A text for historians and historical geographers on a key moment in postabolition labour history, focusing on the experiences of Indian indentured labourers in the Indo-Pacific. It analyses the spatial experiences of labourers in Mauritius and Fiji, and reveals previously unexplored intracolonial labour movements, prompting debate on subaltern agency. • Uses historical geographical approach to analyse Indian indentured labour • Enables the reader to contextualise wider concepts within the Indian indenture system, by viewing excerpts of individual life stories of labourers • Reveals the scale of intra-colonial movements of Indian indentured labourers which has not been analysed before, promoting debate on agency Global South Asians 285pp 9. 2021 9781316512265 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009058094

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Language and linguistics Asian language, linguistics The Cambridge Handbook of Korean Linguistics Sungdai Cho | Binghamton University, State University of New York

With contributions from global experts in Korean, this handbook gives a state-of-the-art overview of key trends in Korean linguistics, ranging from phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics to sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics and language pedagogy. Researchers and students will find the Handbook an invaluable resource. • A state-of-the-art overview of contemporary research in Korean Linguistics, covering all key current areas of study • Brings together contributions from a range of internationally renowned experts in Korean Language and linguistics • Uses theory from a range of linguistic disciplines to explain features of Korean to researchers and advanced students with no prior experience of the language. Cambridge Handbooks in Language and linguistics 800pp 11. 2021 9781108418911 Hardback GBP 120.00 / USD 155.00 eISBN 9781108292351

The Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia N. J. Enfield | University of Sydney

This comprehensive survey of the history and structures of the languages of mainland Southeast Asia draws on examples from over 100 languages, to give students a rich source of information on the languages of this unique area, of relevance to the study of languages, linguistics, Anthropology, sociology, and history. • Includes detailed descriptions of the nature of mainland Southeast Asian languages, with examples from more than a hundred languages • Provides a rich account of the prehistorical background to human and linguistic diversity in mainland Southeast Asia • Offers a compact and comprehensive overview of the historical relationships between the languages and language families of mainland Southeast Asia Cambridge Language Surveys 466pp 4. 2021 9781108476331 Hardback GBP 120.00 / USD 155.00 eISBN 9781108605618

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Law Constitutional and administrative Law, public Law Courting Constitutionalism The Politics of Public Law and Judicial Review in Pakistan Moeen Cheema | Australian National University, Canberra

This book is of immense relevance to anyone interested in the history of public Law, constitutional politics, legal system and state structure in Pakistan. It is also of significant interest to the scholars of the judicial power, comparative constitutional Law, constitutionalism in Asia and comparative administrative Law. • Provides a distinctive contribution to the growing body of literature on ‘postcolonial legality’. • Situates Pakistan as a case-study in the judicialization of politics and governance literature. • Presents a deeply contextualized account of Law in Pakistan and situates the judicial review jurisprudence of the superior courts. Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law 256pp 10. 2021 9781108831888 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108913065

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Sovereignty in China A Genealogy of a Concept since 1840 Maria Adele Carrai | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Provides a comprehensive history of the emergence and formation of the concept of sovereignty in China from the year 1840 to the present. It will be of interest to students and scholars of international and comparative Law as well as scholars of modern China and policy makers. • Provides a comprehensive history of the concept of sovereignty in China, exploring where China’s claim to sovereignty originated and might be heading in the future • Shows how the Chinese conceptions diverted from Western Eurocentric legal norms and contributed to the globalisation of international Law • Demonstrates how Chinese diplomats used sovereignty and new legal categories to defend against Western imperialism and successfully expand China’s interests Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law 299pp 4 b/w illus. 3. 2021 9781108463942 Paperback GBP 23.99 / USD 35.99 1. 2019 9781108474191 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108564861

Korean Syntax and Semantics EunHee Lee | State University of New York, Buffalo

An accessible yet in-depth introduction to the structure and meaning of Korean and modern linguistic theory, which will be essential reading for both professional linguists and students in syntax, semantics, and Asian Language and linguistics. • Contains new theoretical analyses of Korean, that provides an important reference for theoretical discussions • Provides key words, exercises and further reading lists to help develop the application of mainstream linguistic theories to Korean • Uses innovative applications of modern syntax-semantics theoretical technology in a step-by-step way

300pp 102 b/w illus. 2 tables 10. 2021 9781108404686 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 10. 2019 9781108417198 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 130.00

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Rule of Law Intermediaries

Divorce and Democracy

Brokering Influence in Myanmar Kristina Simion | Australian National University, Canberra

A History of Personal Law in Post-Independence India Saumya Saxena | University of Cambridge

It captures the Indian state’s difficult dialogue with divorce, mediated largely through religion. By mapping the trajectories of marriage and divorce Laws of Hindu, Muslim, and Christian communities in postcolonial India, it explores the dynamic interplay between Law, religion, family, minority rights, and gender in Indian politics. • Studies the interplay between Law, family, religion and politics • Explains how family Law emerged as a particularly hospitable arena for conversations between religious and legal regimes • Shows how religious personal Law plays a key role in determining the legal place for religion in India’s secular democracy

350pp 12. 2021 9781108498340 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108653459

Law and the Party in China Ideology and Organisation Rogier J. E. H. Creemers | Universiteit Leiden

This book is aimed at legal and political scholars and professionals. It will provide them with a coherent explanation of how Law is conceived within its ideological context, and how the Chinese Communist Party uses it as part of its governance toolkit. • The first legal study of China that explicitly embeds Law in the Party-state framework that will enable Lawyers and politics scholars to better grasp its intricate architecture • Explores the role of Party ideology in the legal system, drawing attention to the importance of indigenous Party thought, and provides a framework for understanding Chinese Law in the Xi Jinping era • Explores the implications of ideology and organisation in a number of case studies to ensure the book contains vivid examples of its ideas in practice, as well as theory 250pp 1. 2021 9781108836357 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108864596

Rights Claiming in South Korea Celeste L. Arrington | George Washington University, Washington DC

How do people claim rights in South Korea? This collection analyzes how rights are interpreted and acted upon via petitions, court claims, protest, media coverage, and counter-mobilization. It covers women, people with disabilities, workers, migrants, and sexual minorities, and the processes they navigate to protect and develop their rights. • Provides comparative and detailed insights into how and when rights claiming works in Korea • Includes research from multiple disciplines and about diverse groups of claimants • Will appeal to readers in political science, sociology, Law, Anthropology, history, and other social sciences 300pp 5. 2021 9781108841337 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781108893947

During Myanmar’s political opening, intermediaries played a key role in the field of rule of Law development.This book brings to light these neglected players, focusing on who they are, the influence they have, their double agency, their challenges and their crucial importance for rule of Law progress. • The first in-depth study of intermediaries active in the rule of Law assistance field • The first comprehensive overview of the rule of Law assistance field in Myanmar during it’s decade of political transition • Draws on the personal experiences of over 100 research participants Cambridge Studies in Law and Society 280pp 5. 2021 9781108830867 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108914345

Thai Legal History From Traditional to Modern Law Andrew Harding | National University of Singapore

Provides a broad coverage of Thai legal history in the English Language. As a major contribution to Thai studies, it introduces readers to Thai Law, Thailand’s legal system and its constitutional development. Of great interest to comparative Lawyers, especially those interested in the diffusion of the civil Law. • Provides a very useful introduction to Thai Law and legal system • Recognizes the Thai experience is not unique and facilitates comparison with other similar legal history narratives such as Japan, China, Korea • Links legal development with society in terms of legal values and legal consciousness and provides insights into Law and society generally. 350pp 6. 2021 9781108830874 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108914369

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China’s Gilded Age The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption Yuen Yuen Ang | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

By unbundling corruption into four distinct categories, Ang shows that the type of corruption that dominates in China - ‘access money’ (elite exchanges of power and profit) - perversely stimulates investment and growth while producing serious risks for the economy and political system. • Provides the most data-rich study of Chinese corruption to date • Explains the enduring puzzle of economic boom and vast corruption in China by highlighting the differential effects of different types of corruption • Proposes a typology that unbundles corruption into four distinct varieties, paired with a new Unbundled Corruption Index (UCI) that covers fifteen countries, including China • Through a comparative-historical lens, it shows that the rise of capitalism was not accompanied by the eradication of corruption, but rather by its evolution from thuggery and theft to access money

273pp 49 b/w illus. 27 tables 7. 2021 9781108745956 Paperback GBP 23.99 / USD 29.99 5. 2020 9781108478601 Hardback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781108778350

Colonial Institutions and Civil War Indirect Rule and Maoist Insurgency in India Shivaji Mukherjee | University of Toronto

Mukherjee shows how colonial indirect rule and land tenure create weak state capacity, land inequality and ethnic grievances which have led to Maoist insurgency in India. His research includes archival data, interviews, analysis of Maoist documents, and statistical testing using subnational datasets, and helps to explain insurgency world-wide. • Analyzes how historical institutions created the structural conditions for the grievances that cause insurgency • Links the scholarship on colonial legacies with that on civil wars • Uses a multi-method research design that combines qualitative data from archival sources and interviews, nested within a quantitative analysis of sub-national datasets on Maoist insurgency Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics 300pp 6. 2021 9781108844994 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108954266

Health Policy in Asia A Policy Design Approach M. Ramesh | National University of Singapore

This book argues that the absence of accessible healthcare is a policy problem which requires a problem-solving approach if it is to be addressed. We study the types of policy tools that select Asian governments have used to address this problem and assess their efficacy. • First book-length study of health policy design • Develops a design framework to compare policy tools that governments use to achieve universal health coverage • Assesses reform efforts underway to achieve universal coverage in Asia

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Labor and Politics in Indonesia Teri L. Caraway | University of Minnesota

Two decades after Indonesia’s transition to democracy, Indonesia’s labor movement is a vibrant political actor. This book provides the first in-depth analysis of this development, investigating the unique tactics Indonesia’s labor movement used to gain a strategic foothold in a country with no recent history of union engagement in politics. • Provides the first in-depth analysis of the Indonesian labor movement since the fall of Suharto • Breaks new theoretical ground in analyzing the puzzling success of Indonesia’s labor movement • Challenges prominent theories of Indonesian politics that sideline subaltern actors

Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics 224pp 15 b/w illus. 16 tables 6. 2021 9781108745857 Paperback GBP 23.99 / USD 29.99 5. 2020 9781108478472 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108777858

Rioting for Representation Local Ethnic Mobilization in Democratizing Countries Risa J. Toha | National University of Singapore

Incorporating new data from Indonesia and an array of methods, this book demonstrates that excluded ethnic groups mobilize violence during political transition in multi-ethnic settings to demand representation in local politics. Once these demands are met, violence dissipates. For students and scholars of Comparative politics and ethnic conflict. • Applies a mixed-methods approach, combining a large-n statistical analysis of local administrative units in Indonesia over a large period of time and interview-based controlled case comparison • Provides evidence from Indonesia, which heretofore has been understudied in the literature of conflict and political violence • Offers possible institutional solutions to conflict Problems of International Politics 355pp 11. 2021 9781316518977 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781009004190

When People Want Punishment Retributive Justice and the Puzzle of Authoritarian Popularity Lily L. Tsai | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Against the global backdrop of rising populism, democratic backsliding, and the emergence of the China model as an alternative to liberal democracy that is compelling to many, this book explains why authoritarian leaders appeal to ordinary people, focusing on public opinion and citizen concerns about retributive justice. • Integrates insights from moral psychology and political philosophy with empirical political science. • Provides a unified framework for understanding citizen-government relations in authoritarian and democratic regimes. • Offers an analysis of China in comparative perspective. 278pp 8. 2021 9781108841474 Hardback GBP 64.99 / USD 84.99 8. 2021 9781108794862 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781108882545

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Asian Studies East Asian government, politics, policy Chairman Mao’s Children Generation and the Politics of Memory in China Bin Xu | Emory University, Atlanta

In the 1960s and 1970s, around 17 million Chinese youths were mobilized or forced by the state to migrate to rural villages and China’s frontiers. Bin Xu tells the story of how this ‘sentdown’ generation have come to terms with their difficult past, caught between the political and the personal. • Provides a fresh perspective on the legacy of the Mao years in contemporary China • Theoretically grounded analysis of generation and memory in historical context • Addresses important political and ethical issues related to social inequality and historical responsibility 300pp 6. 2021 9781108844253 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108934114

China and the International Human Rights Regime 1982–2017 Rana Siu Inboden | University of Texas, Austin

Rana Siu Inboden analyses China’s role in the international human rights regime from the early 1980s until 2017. She provides insights into the motivations and influences driving China’s subtle yet persistent efforts to constrain the international human rights regime and explores China’s rising position as a global power. • Examines China’s impact on the international human rights regime • Provides insights into the motivations and influences driving China’s behaviour • Introduces, develops and applies a range of possible roles for states in international regimes 320pp 3. 2021 9781108841078 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108888745

Coevolutionary Pragmatism Approaches and Impacts of China-Africa Economic Cooperation Xiaoyang Tang | Tsinghua University, Beijing

Written in plain language, the book proposes a new perspective of Chinese development. Coevolutionary transformation is the key. Effects of China-Africa cooperation are examined through solid first-hand research with a theoretical reinterpretation of industrial capitalism. Readers include those interested in China, Africa and global development. • Proposes a new perspective to understand development and globalization to appeal to readers unsatisfied with mainstream development theories and the West-centred view of globalization • Demonstrate the non-linear circular causality through solid case studies where readers can understand theoretic arguments through vivid narrations and plain explanation • Provides an overview of the China-Africa relationship and uses data and materials collected from decades-long research in over a dozen of countries. 254pp 1. 2021 9781108415293 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108233118

North Korea and the Geopolitics of Development Kevin Gray | University of Sussex

Gray and Lee focus on three geopolitical ‘moments’ that have been crucial to the shaping of the North Korean system: colonialism, the Cold War, and the rise of China, to examine how the emergence and subsequent development of the North Korean political economy was fundamentally shaped by broader processes of geopolitical contestation. • Provides a broad historical overview of the development of the North Korean political economy • Draws on a wide range of sources, including North Korean materials and interviews with North Korean defectors • Emphasises North Korea’s developmental history from within the context of postcolonial national development 350pp 4. 2021 9781108843652 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108919579

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Playing by the Informal Rules Why the Chinese Regime Remains Stable despite Rising Protests Yao Li | Harvard University, Massachusetts

This book highlights the important role of informal norms in structuring state-protester interactions, mitigating conflict, and explaining regime resilience amid mounting unrest. It will appeal to scholars of social movements, Comparative politics, civil society, international relations, governance, democratization, and area studies. • Presents a new view of political mobilization and authoritarian resilience • Provides a novel theoretical framework in which to monitor the trajectory of political contention in China and beyond • Proposes fresh perspectives on power, rules, legitimacy, and resistance in modern societies Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics 229pp 19 b/w illus. 13 tables 5. 2021 9781108456654 Paperback GBP 23.99 / USD 29.99 12. 2018 9781108470780 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 100.00 eISBN 9781108557054

Rethinking Chinese Politics Joseph Fewsmith | Boston University

This book is for anyone wanting to understand how Chinese politics work. Tracing four decades of elite politics, Joseph Fewsmith focuses on how people gain positions and consolidate power, challenging conclusions of those who study authoritarian systems and arguing that Chinese politics at the top are not institutionalized. • Helps readers to understand how to think about Chinese politics • Examines elite politics from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping, making patterns clear • Includes data and tables as an accessible reference for students 250pp 6. 2021 9781108831253 Hardback GBP 59.99 / USD 74.99 6. 2021 9781108926607 Paperback GBP 19.99 / USD 25.99 eISBN 9781108923859

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The East Asian Covid-19 Paradox Yves Tiberghien | University of British Columbia, Vancouver

This Element argues that high levels of institutional preparation, social cohesion, and global strategic reinforcement in a context of situational convergence explain why East Asian countries (with caveats) managed to control Covid-19 better than most other countries.

Elements in Politics and Society in East Asia 75pp 9. 2021 9781108977913 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108973533

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The Politics of the Core Leader in China Culture, Institution, Legitimacy, and Power Xuezhi Guo | Guilford College, North Carolina

This book provides the most comprehensive study of the ‘core’ of the Chinese Communist Party’s leadership and meticulously analyses its cultural, philosophical, and ideological origins. It introduces a new direction of research and offers an alternative conceptual approach for the study of the ‘core’ leader and the CCP elite politics. • Provides the first full-length scholarly study of the Chinese paramount leader and the role of the ‘core’ leader in the Chinese Communist Party elite politics • Proposes an eclectic approach that facilitates interpretation of the ‘core’ leader in Chinese politics • Introduces a new direction of research and an alternative conceptual approach for the study of the ‘core’ leader and the Chinese Communist Party elite politics

437pp 7 b/w illus. 10 tables 9. 2021 9781108727563 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 9. 2019 9781108480499 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781108635011

Workers and Change in China Resistance, Repression, Responsiveness Manfred Elfstrom

Strikes, protests and riots by Chinese workers are rising. Using interviews and statistics, Elfstrom shows that this unrest is altering governance in China at all levels. However, the result is political development of a profoundly contradictory sort: the state is becoming more responsive and more repressive at the same time. • Expands the study of social movement outcomes with implications both within and beyond China • Introduces a new model of bottom-up change in authoritarian systems • Combines a range of methods including interviews, analysis of government documents and interpretation of statistics Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics 200pp 1. 2021 9781108831109 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108923286

International relations, international organisations Fractured China How State Transformation Is Shaping China’s Rise Lee Jones | Queen Mary University of London

Fractured China reshapes the central debate in contemporary International Relations. Rejecting the fLawed notion that everything Chinese actors do reflects a topdown strategy, this book highlights the fragmentation, decentralisation and internationalisation of the party-state, resulting in complex and even contradictory foreign policy behaviours. • Advances a novel state transformation framework for explaining the dynamics and outcomes of China’s rise • Includes in-depth, fieldwork-based analyses of policy formation and outcomes in several Southeast Asian states • Provides three detailed case studies of key policy domains: the South China Sea, non-traditional security, and development financing 280pp 7 b/w illus. 12 tables 9. 2021 9781316517796 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 9. 2021 9781009048460 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 eISBN 9781009047487

Geopolitics, Supply Chains, and International Relations in East Asia Etel Solingen | University of California, Irvine

Global supply chains connect the world in unprecedented and complex ways. The US-China trade and technology war, economic nationalism, and Covid-19 have catapulted supply chains to centre stage. This accessible volume clarifies their political, economic, and strategic implications for international relations and the future of globalization. • An interdisciplinary collection on the political, economic, social, and strategic dimensions of global supply chains • Explains how political-economy and security considerations interact in the Asia-Pacific • Sheds new light on contemporary globalization and its future evolution 350pp 21 b/w illus. 16 tables 5. 2021 9781108833561 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 11. 2021 9781108984829 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 eISBN 9781108985468

Political economy The Dravidian Model Interpreting the Political economy of Tamil Nadu Kalaiyarasan A.

Maps the politics and processes contributing to the distinct developmental trajectory of Tamil Nadu, southern India. Drawing upon fresh data, literature, policy documents and primary fieldwork, it seeks to explain the social and economic development of the state in terms of populist mobilization against caste based inequalities. • Contributes to conceptualization of social justice within caste society • Shows how addressing status-based inequality can generate social and economic development in the global South • Utilises fresh secondary data and literature to establish the links between policy processes and outcomes in Tamil Nadu 220pp 9. 2021 9781108844130 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108933506

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Theorizing Confucian Virtue Politics The Political Philosophy of Mencius and Xunzi Sungmoon Kim | City University of Hong Kong

Ancient Chinese philosophers Mencius and Xunzi were key figures in the development of Confucian political and constitutional theory and in particular of virtue politics. Leading scholar Sungmoon Kim analyses the differences and agreements between them in the context of the politics of the late Warring States period. • Explains the difference between Mencius and Xunzi as political thinkers • Provides a deep philosophical analysis of Mencius’s and Xunzi’s political thought • Explains the debate between Mencius and Xunzi in its historical context

251pp 8. 2021 9781108460569 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 11. 2019 9781108499422 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108645089

South Asian government, politics, policy Bureaucratic Archaeology State, Science, and Past in Postcolonial India Ashish Avikunthak | University of Rhode Island

This book uncovers an endemic link between micro-practice of Archaeology in the trenches of Archaeological Survey of India to the manufacture of archaeological knowledge wielded in the making of political and religious identity by Indian state and summoned as indelible evidence in the juridical adjudication in the highest Indian courts. • Provides an exclusive insight into the daily working of largest archaeological organization in the world, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) • A rare ethnography of the daily practice of a postcolonial Indian bureaucracy from within rather than from the outside • Opens up the social, cultural and the political ecology of ASI archaeologists, hitherto cloaked in bureaucratic maze 350pp 9. 2021 9781316512395 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781009067119

Epicentre to Aftermath Rebuilding and Remembering in the Wake of Nepal’s Earthquakes Michael Hutt | School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Insisting on the importance of fine-grained cultural, political, and historical context, this book dramatically expands the field of knowledge relevant to understanding disasters, their outcomes and appropriate interventions. In so doing, it shows that disaster aftermaths are never inevitable but are the outcomes of situated human agency. • Enhances approaches to disaster studies by offering a multidisciplinary regional perspective • Provides a multi-sited analysis of long term disaster impacts • Demonstrates the need for grounded and localised approaches to disaster studies that foreground the ‘endogenous response’ 400pp 9. 2021 9781108834056 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781108991636

Governing Thirdness State, Society and Non-Binary Identities Muhammad Azfar Nisar | Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan

Khawaja Sira of Pakistan are a heterogeneous group of gender nonconforming individuals who defy traditional notions of gender and sexuality. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Lahore, Pakistan, this book provides important insights about the identity, marginalization and governance of the Khawaja Sira as they try to live an unlivable life. • It is the first book consisting of Khawaja Sira perspectives and narratives about their identity and inclusion • It is the first book which analyzes the governance of the Khawaja Sira through Law and policy • It will help inform academics, policy makers and the public about the unique identity of the Khawaja Sira 240pp 11. 2021 9781316516713 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009030045

In the Shadow of the Mill Transformation of Workers’ Neighbourhoods in Ahmedabad, 1920s to 2000s Rukmini Barua

Follows the multiple histories of Ahmedabad’s labour landscapes from the times when the city acquired prominence as an important site of Gandhian political activity and as a key centre of the textile industry, through the decades of industrial collapse and periods of sectarian violence in the recent years. • Combines both archival and ethnographic methods to write a historical ethnography of two workers’ neighbourhoods • Study of the city’s history presents a way of approaching broader historical processes while engaging with specifically local questions 300pp 11. 2021 9781108838115 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781108937221

Kashmir in the Aftermath of Partition Shahla Hussain

It is intended for audience interested in decolonization, identity, sovereignty. It shifts focus from the statist perceptions that construe Kashmir as a disputed region between India and Pakistan. It takes a people-centered approach to delve into Kashmiri experiences to capture the complexity of popular discourses and nationalist rhetoric. • Contributes to understanding of themes of identity, sovereignty, and self-determination • Provides a historically grounded study of post-colonial Kashmir • Addresses the political trajectory that led to India’s recent unilateral decision to ultimately abrogate Article 370 and Article 35 A of the Indian constitution, the basis of Kashmir’s constitutional relationship with India 402pp 6. 2021 9781108490467 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108780995

South Asian Borderlands Mobility, History, Affect Farhana Ibrahim | Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Goes beyond the importance of borderlands as territorial or geopolitical entities, providing new perspectives on their historical, temporal and affective dimensions and how they manifest in a range of historical and contemporary experiences. It will be of interest to students and researchers in history, Anthropology, sociology and literature. • Theoretically and thematically innovative • Transnational perspective throughout the South Asian region • Goes beyond the idea of borders as territorial and geo-political alone, allowing the reader a new perspective on concepts like history, memory and affect in the context of borderland studies 300pp 9. 2021 9781108844512 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108951500

Asian Studies The Dragon from the Mountains

What Went Right

The CPEC from Kashgar to Gwadar Matthew McCartney | University of Oxford

Sustainability Versus Dependence in Nepal’s Hydropower Development Mark Liechty | University of Illinois, Chicago

Chinese investment in Pakistan has generated a debate - economic saviour or economic takeover? This book utilises an in-depth understanding of economic change in contemporary China and Pakistan, and economic theory and studies of big infrastructure projects from the contemporary and historical world to make an original contribution to this debate. • A rigorous approach to evaluating the likely economic impact of CPEC in Pakistan • A consideration of how the economic development of China will influence the likely economic impact of CPEC • Looks back to learn from China’s history and experience with FDI, infrastructure investment and SEZs. 280pp 9. 2021 9781108834155 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108991902

The Punjab Borderland Mobility, Materiality, and Militancy, 1947–1987 Ilyas Chattha | Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan

Studies how the new international boundary between India and Pakistan was shaped and offers an alternative history, problematising current conceptions of the international boundary between India and Pakistan. Contraband, consumption, clan, caste, class, and state-building weave together in this evolving socio-Economic history of the borderland. • Non-security-oriented approach to the borders between India and Pakistan • Studies contraband as a tool of analysis for a catalyst for enabling social mobility • Draws on previously unexplored local police records to dispel the myth that the border was closed, even in the wake of the 1965 IndoPakistan War 330pp 11. 2021 9781316517956 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781009049184

Vernacular Rights Cultures The Politics of Origins, Human Rights, and Gendered Struggles for Justice Sumi Madhok | London School of Economics and Political Science

The book proposes that decolonising human rights requires historically and politically specific conceptual, empirical and theoretical investigations of rights politics. It tracks contemporary subaltern movements across India and Pakistan to show how and why marginalised groups deploy the language of rights to demand justice. • Introduces an original theoretical framework for understanding the historical, conceptual and political specificity of rights politics in ‘most of the world’ • Contributes by making a conceptually, theoretically and empirically grounded case for decolonizing global human rights • Shows how the Urdu word haq resonates across religious, linguistic and geographical divides to emerge as a key word to demand a ‘right’ across contemporary subaltern mobilisations in the subcontinent 280pp 9. 2021 9781108832625 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108961844

What Went Right describes how Nepal managed to build up an indigenous hydropower development sector thereby largely (though not entirely) escaping the common relations of debt, dependency, and exploitation that most poor developing countries are forced to accept as the price for developing national energy infrastructure. • Brings a vision for sustainable development into vigorous conversation • Provides pros and cons of the dominant development paradigms by offering a detailed account of an alternative approach • Analytically addresses both the engineering and social dimensions 400pp 2. 2022 9781316514900 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781009091299

When Ideas Matter Democracy and Corruption in India Bilal A. Baloch | University of Pennsylvania

Breaks new ground in the study of the role of ideas in government decision-making in India. It traces where ideas come from, how they are chosen, and when they are most salient for explaining political behaviour in developing democracies. • Focuses on ideas to explain checks and balances on government in contexts where material pressures are high • Utilizes over 4000 government records from three national archives as well as 120 elite interviews for a rich and unique data set • Develops and deploys an innovative constructivist approach using philosophy of science, social psychology, sociology, and Political theory to study decision-making South Asia in the Social Sciences 320pp 9. 2021 9781316519837 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009019316

South-East Asian government, politics, policy Democracy and Nationalism in Southeast Asia From Secessionist Mobilization to Conflict Resolution Jacques Bertrand | University of Toronto

A unique, comparative analysis of five nationalist conflicts in Southeast Asia that challenges existing debates on democracy’s impact on insurgent violence. Bertrand explains why and how democracy reduces the intensity of violent nationalist conflicts, producing a range of outcomes from persistent lowlevel violence to broad-based autonomy. • Provides a comparative analysis of five cases of secessionist mobilization in Southeast Asia • Examines how democratization affects nationalist conflicts and violence • Evaluates conflict resolution measures and their limitations 280pp 4. 2021 9781108491280 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108868082

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Democratic Deconsolidation in Southeast Asia Marcus Mietzner | Australian National University, Canberra

In 2016, Freedom House recorded the eleventh consecutive year of declining democratic freedoms, adding material to the growing political science literature on a global democratic recession. This Element explains the failure of democratization efforts in Southeast Asia, and why have autocracies proved so resistant to democratic opening?

Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia 75pp 8. 2021 9781108468954 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108677080

Systems Thinking Analyses for Health Policy and Systems Development A Malaysian Case Study Jo. M. Martins

Using systems-thinking tools for the first time to understand an entire national health system, this book will be of immense value to academics, students and policymakers. The case study of Malaysia shows that a people-centred health system can be constructed successfully within existing and evolving resource constraints and priorities. • This title is Open Access • Shows how systems-thinking tools can be used effectively to analyze national health systems • The case study allows readers to make comparisons between health systems worldwide • Will appeal to academics, practitioners, and policymakers interested in applying systems-thinking within their own 250pp 8. 2021 9781108845205 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108954846

Texts in political thought The Essentials of Governance Wu Jing

Wu Jing’s eighth-century collection of dialogues between Emperor Taizong and his officials is a seminal work in Chinese literature addressing core themes of East Asian thinking about the politics of power. This accessible translation will be indispensable for students of East Asian and international political thought. • Offers an accessible and reliable translation of a seminal work of East Asian political thought • Makes available for the first time a central and still current vision of imperial government • Detailed introductory survey by two leading scholars of Chinese intellectual history offers indispensable insights into the contents, historical context, and history of its global reception Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought 442pp 1. 2021 9781108831048 Hardback GBP 64.99 / USD 84.99 1. 2021 9781108926287 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781108923118

Religion Buddhism, Eastern Religions The Aura of Confucius Relics and Representations of the Sage at the Kongzhai Shrine in Shanghai Julia K. Murray | University of Wisconsin, Madison

This groundbreaking study will intrigue anyone interested in Confucianism. It shows how visual images and literary production enabled the creation of a shrine for Confucius’s robe and cap, allegedly buried 1000 years after his death on the outskirts of modern Shanghai, and now suppressed. • Critically analyzes documentary and visual evidence from over 700 years to recover the history of a remarkable shrine from its contemporary oblivion • Offers new material for understanding Confucian religious expression and the veneration of Confucius himself through physical artifacts and visual images • Shows how Kongzhai itself emerged as a ‘representation’ that influenced both the reputation and survival of the physical site 350pp 10. 2021 9781316516324 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009029681

Sociology Political Sociology In Search of Home Citizenship, Law and the Politics of the Poor Kaveri Haritas

Explores new, yet less explored space of urban poverty – rehabilitation housing that houses the displaced poor and increasingly dots the peripheries of Indian cities and examines the politics of the poor focusing on Law, citizenship and gender. It studies how the state produces illegalities, and how state institutions and actors stand to gain. • A nuanced and granular understanding of life in rehabilitation housing, in the peripheries, margins of the city • Provides different lens used in the disciplines of Sociology, Anthropology and development studies, to examine citizenship, Law and politics of the poor • Provides rich theoretical insights that contribute to existing theoretical frameworks and proposes new concepts South Asia in the Social Sciences 270pp 9. 2021 9781108834049 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108991612

Asian Studies The Secret Life of Another Indian Nationalism Transitions from the Pax Britannica to the Pax Americana Shail Mayaram

This book focuses on exclusivist Indian nationalism, and identifies its distinction from inclusivist nationalism. It highlights shifts in ‘another Indian nationalism’ over the last two centuries as the geopolitical context has transitioned from the Pax Britannica to the Pax Americana and its war on terror. • Discusses the modern idea of Religion as embodied in Hindutva in contrast to Lived Hinduism • Provides a genealogy of exclusivist nationalism over nearly two centuries • Analyses the making of popular history (as distinct from professional history Metamorphoses of the Political: Multidisciplinary Approaches 220pp 11. 2021 9781108832571 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108961615

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