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Archaeology Archaeology of Asia, SubSaharan Africa, Pacific NEW IN PAPERBACK
The Archaeology of South Asia From the Indus to Asoka, c.6500 BCE–200 CE Robin Coningham | University of Durham
This book offers a critical synthesis of the archaeology of South Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE), when domestication began and permanent settlements were established across the subcontinent, to the spread of Buddhism which accompanied the reign of the Mauryan Emperor Asoka in the third century BCE.
Cambridge World Archaeology 555pp 178 b/w illus. 28 maps Mar. 2023 9780521609722 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 44.99 eISBN 9781139020633
Earth and environmental science Climatology and climate change Explaining Transformative Change in ASEAN and EU Climate Policy Multilevel Problems, Policies and Politics Charanpal Bal | Satya Wacana Christian University
This Element provides novel insights into the conditions under which policy entrepreneurs can bring about transformative policy change in regional settings, with a focus on the European Union (EU) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. Organizational Response to Climate Change: Businesses, Governments 75pp Apr. 2023 9781009395953 Paperback GBP 17.00 / USD 22.00 eISBN 9781009395960
British and Irish history
Economics, business studies
20C history of Britain
International economics
Imperial Heartland Immigration, Working-class Culture and Everyday Tolerance, 1917–1947 David Holland | University of Sheffield
Working-class Britons played a crucial role in the pioneering settlement and integration of South Asians in imperial Britain. Using a host of new and neglected sources, Imperial Heartland revises the history of early South Asian immigration to Britain, presenting a fresh and inspiring picture of settlement and inter-racial tolerance.
Modern British Histories 350pp Aug. 2023 9781009216197 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781009216210
Classical studies
The East Asian Electronics Sector The Roles of Exchange Rates, Technology Transfer, and Global Value Chains Willem Thorbecke | Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry
The lion’s share of smartphones, computers, televisions, semiconductor devices, and other electronics goods is made in East Asia. How did Asia become the center of electronics manufacturing? How did learning take place that allowed Asian workers to produce cutting-edge products? This Element addresses these issues. Cambridge Elements in International Economics 75pp Feb. 2023 9781009216814 Paperback GBP 17.00 / USD 22.00 eISBN 9781009216838
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European and world literature
Empires of Faith in Late Antiquity
European and world literature (general)
Classical art, architecture
Histories of Art and Religion from India to Ireland Jaś Elsner | University of Oxford
Reveals the rewards of exploring the relationship between art and religion in the first millennium, and the problems of comparing the visual cultures of emergent and established religions of the period in Eurasia - Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and the pagan religions of the Roman world. 531pp Mar. 2023 9781108460941 Paperback GBP 34.99 / USD 45.99 eISBN 9781108564465
Persianate Verse and the Poetics of Eastern Internationalism Samuel Hodgkin | Yale University, Connecticut
This is the first book to bring together the modern literature of Iran, Turkey, the multinational Soviet Union, and South Asia into a single connected story. It traces the process by which leftist poets from across Eurasia made classical Persianate poetry into the beating heart of non-Western literary internationalism.
Cambridge Studies in World Literature 296pp Feb. 2024 9781009411639 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781009411622
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Film, media and sport / Language and linguistics / Law
Film, media and sport Editing Evacuee Cinema Bombay and Lahore in Partition Transit, 1940–1960 Salma Siddique | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of South Asian history and popular culture. It examines partition’s impact on cultural production, based on hard to access archives and collections situated in India, Pakistan, United Kingdom and the United States.
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Metamorphoses of the Political: Multidisciplinary Approaches 276pp Feb. 2023 9781009151207 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781009151214
Language and linguistics Applied linguistics and second language acquisition Is English an Asian Language? Andy Kirkpatrick | Griffith University, Queensland
Asian multilingual speakers are continuously adapting and reshaping English to reflect their varying needs. This book describes how new Asian varieties of English develop, how these reflect the cultural values of users and the types of topics Asian speakers talk about and the communicative strategies they adopt when using English. 0pp Jun. 2023 9781316500774 Paperback GBP 21.99 / USD 32.99 eISBN 9781316471166
Asian language, linguistics The Evolution of Chinese Grammar Yuzhi Shi | National University of Singapore
Illustrated with a wide range of examples from every stage of the development of the language, this pioneering book provides an evolutionary perspective on the history of Chinese grammar. Comprehensive yet accessible, it is essential reading for academic researchers and students of Asian linguistics, historical linguistics and syntactic theory.
500pp Mar. 2023 9781108844055 Hardback GBP 125.00 / USD 165.00 eISBN 9781108921831
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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.
Cambridge Language Surveys 466pp Aug. 2023 9781108700214 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 eISBN 9781108605618
Sociolinguistics Conversation in World Englishes Turn-Taking and Cultural Variation in Southeast Asian and Caribbean English Theresa Neumaier | Technische Universität Dortmund
Bringing together research from Conversation Analysis and World Englishes for the first time, this novel book explores conversation in World Englishes, focusing on how turn-taking is organised in Southeast Asian and Caribbean English. It is essential reading for advanced students and scholars exploring language, variation, and social interaction. Studies in English Language 280pp Apr. 2023 9781108838023 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781108936996
Law Competition law, anti-trust law Competition Law in South Asia Policy Diffusion and Transfer Amber Darr | University of Manchester
Offers insight into the political economy of competition enforcement, the mechanisms and institutions that are more likely to yield successful legal transplants, and the benchmarks for measuring this success. The book provides lessons for comparative competition law scholars and anyone interested in economic law reform, particularly in South Asia. Global Competition Law and Economics Policy 400pp Feb. 2023 9781009247177 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781009247184.
Law
Corporate law, commercial law, company law
Law and technology, science, communication
Social Enterprises in Asia
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A New Legal Form Ernest Lim | National University of Singapore
The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms
The first and only book to provide a legal analysis of social enterprises in Asia from a critical and comparative perspective. This indispensable work advances a comprehensive and nuanced legal framework for social enterprises, allowing policymakers and regulators to evaluate, design and implement the laws and regulations on social enterprises.
International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation 350pp Mar. 2023 9781108838153 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108937313
Sustainability and Corporate Mechanisms in Asia Ernest Lim | National University of Singapore
Critically examines how corporate law and governance can be used to promote sustainability in Asia. It will be of interest to a broad audience, ranging from students and scholars to regulators and observers of comparative sustainability, corporate social responsibility, comparative corporate law and corporate governance, as well as Asian studies.
International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation 429pp 2 tables Apr. 2023 9781009376235 Paperback GBP 27.99 / USD 41.99 eISBN 9781108658508
International economic and trade law, WTO law NEW IN PAPERBACK
New Asian Regionalism in International Economic Law Pasha L. Hsieh | Singapore Management University
This book explores cutting-edge areas of new Asian regionalism in international economic law. It provides a guide for policy-makers, business and legal professionals to understand the new dynamics of trade and investment agreements in the Asia-Pacific.
Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law 295pp Jul. 2023 9781108970044 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 34.99 eISBN 9781108980210
Woodrow Barfield | University of Washington
Featuring thirty-five chapters from US, EU, and Asian scholars, this volume explores how algorithms are not only challenging current law, but also the foundations of society itself. The book’s interdisciplinary approach makes it a key resource for scholars of law, information and computer science, and engineering, as well as legislators.
Cambridge Law Handbooks 807pp Mar. 2023 9781009293150 Paperback GBP 34.99 / USD 52.99 eISBN 9781108680844
Legal skills and practice The Good Chinese Lawyer A Student Guide to Law and Ethics Adrian Evans | Monash University, Victoria
This book fills the gap in Asian legal ethics teaching by using global moral frameworks, including Confucian teaching, to encourage ‘good’ legal practice in a Greater China setting. It compares what each framework requires of a good lawyer and allows students to develop a personal sense of proper professional judgment.
312pp Jan. 2023 9781009208512 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 Jan. 2023 9781009208499 Hardback GBP 69.99 / USD 89.99 eISBN 9781009208505
Medical law, health law Advance Directives Across Asia A Comparative Socio-legal Analysis Daisy Cheung | The University of Hong Kong
This book will appeal not only to Asian scholars, students, policymakers and practitioners in the fields of health law and ethics and end-of-life care more generally, but will also be of wider interest to an international academic audience in the fields of law, ethics and health and social care research.
350pp Feb. 2023 9781009152624 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781009152631
The Emerging Autonomous Legal Order of the Eurasian Economic Union Maksim Karliuk
In this original study of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Maksim Karliuk assesses the law, present dynamics, and the likely future development of the EAEU. Karliuk considers the legal, institutional and decision-making issues of the EAEU as an attempt to encourage post-Soviet integration and offers solutions to the most problematic concerns. 300pp Jul. 2023 9781316514061 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781009082464
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Law / Music / Politics, social theory, history of ideas
Socio-legal studies Law and Precarity Legal Consciousness and Daily Survival in Vietnam Tu Phuong Nguyen | University of Adelaide
This book will be of interest to researchers and students of law and society, political economy, anthropology, and Asian studies. It offers an original understanding of the paradoxical effects of law in the survival strategies of people who are caught to live and work in precarious circumstances.
Cambridge Studies in Law and Society 200pp Mar. 2023 9781009180474 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781009180481
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Regime Type and Beyond The Transformation of Police in Asia Weitseng Chen | National University of Singapore
This book explores the impact of regime type on the police and their accountability in East and Southeast Asian countries, comparing authoritarian states to young democracies. It fills a gap in the literature by exploring how authoritarian policing has transformed and developed the rule of law in the region.
400pp Jun. 2023 9781316517413 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 135.00 eISBN 9781009042154
The Asian Law and Society Reader Lynette J. Chua | National University of Singapore
Asian law and society research has rapidly expanded worldwide. This first-ever reader features original commentaries on key works, debates, and methods. For students and scholars interested in law, culture, politics, and society in Asian countries, it is an essential teaching tool for courses in law, social sciences, and justice studies.
450pp Mar. 2023 9781108818995 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 Mar. 2023 9781108836418 Hardback GBP 89.99 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781108864824
Twentieth-century and contemporary music The Cambridge Companion to Serialism Martin Iddon | University of Leeds
As the central trend in twentieth-century art music, serialism is unparalleled in multi-perspectival range and depth. This Companion introduces readers to diverse perspectives on serialism, its composers, performers, champions and detractors, from its foundations in fin-de-siècle Vienna through to the Soviet Union, South America, and Asia.
Cambridge Companions to Music 350pp Feb. 2023 9781108716864 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 Feb. 2023 9781108492522 Hardback GBP 80.00 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781108592116
Politics, social theory, history of ideas American government, politics, policy Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World Claire Jean Kim | University of California, Irvine
For scholarly and lay readers who are looking for a theoretically powerful, historically grounded, richly textured analysis of U.S. racial dynamics, with a special focus on how people of Asian descent have been positioned relative to whites and Black people for nearly two centuries.
400pp Jun. 2023 9781009222259 Hardback GBP 30.00 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781009222280
Comparative politics NEW IN PAPERBACK
Health Policy in Asia
Music Eighteenth-century music Music and Musicians in Late Mughal India Histories of the Ephemeral, 1748–1858 Katherine Butler Schofield | King’s College London
Based on a vast, virtually unstudied archive in Indian languages and Persian, this book reawakens the lost voices of celebrated Indian musicians, men and women, who endured the momentous transition from Mughal to British rule. It will appeal to readers interested in Indian music, global music history, South Asian history, empire and colonialism.
320pp Dec. 2023 9781316517857 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781009047685
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.
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy 269pp Mar. 2023 9781108728775 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781108692656
Political Patronage in Asian Bureaucracies B. Guy Peters | University of Pittsburgh
The book explores how politicians use discretionary powers to appoint individuals to key positions in the public sector. It compares this practice across Asia: Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
350pp Aug. 2023 9781009208062 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00 eISBN 9781009208055
Politics, social theory, history of ideas / Religion / Sociology
International relations, international organisations
Organized Labor in Southeast Asia
Recentering Pacific Asia
This Element describes the geopolitics of the early postwar period and the economic and political dynamics that perpetuated labor’s containment yet produced a resurgence of labor mobilization in the 21st century. It also explains why democratization has had mixed effects on organized labor in Southeast Asia region.
Regional China and World Order Brantly Womack | University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Brantly Womack argues that China’s regional context is the key to both its economic success and its major political challenges. Pacific Asia is now the world’s largest and most cohesive economic region, and China has returned to its center. China’s regional experience and challenges will therefore shape its global outlook and prospects.
300pp Aug. 2023 9781009393836 Paperback GBP 25.99 / USD 34.99 Aug. 2023 9781009393812 Hardback GBP 80.00 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781009393867
South Asian government, politics, policy Freedom in Captivity Negotiations of Belonging along Kashmir’s Frontier Radhika Gupta | Leiden University, The Netherlands
Teri L. Caraway | University of Minnesota
Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia 75pp Feb. 2023 9781108722407 Paperback GBP 17.00 / USD 22.00 eISBN 9781108630818
Religion Judaism Jewish Communities in Modern Asia Their Rise, Demise and Resurgence Rotem Kowner | University of Haifa, Israel
N ethnography of postcolonial sectarian politics in South Asia along the frontiers of Kashmir, this book speaks to interdisciplinary audience from anthropology, sociology and political science. It is a transregional study that explores how politics in South Asia are informed by the travel of religiouscultural ideas from west Asia.
The first comprehensive exploration of Jewish communities across the entire continent of Asia in modern times, this unique and ground-breaking volume addresses their rise and fall in each major region while assessing fresh signs of recent communal resurgence. It is essential reading for scholars of Asian Studies and Jewish Studies.
South Asia in the Social Sciences 290pp May 2023 9781009201612 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781009201629
446pp Jun. 2023 9781009162586 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781009162609
Nund Rishi
Sociology
Poetry and Politics in Medieval Kashmir Abir Bazaz | Ashoka University
This book is a critical study of the mystical poetry of one of Kashmi’s greatest Sufis - Nund Rishi. It analyses his poetry as a form of ‘negative theology’. This volume will be of value to those interested in poetry, South Asian literature, Kashmir, Sufism and bhakti.
250pp Sep. 2023 9781009100458 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781009118811
South-East Asian government, politics, policy Contesting Social Welfare in Southeast Asia Andrew Rosser | University of Melbourne
Historical sociology Public Interest and State Legitimation Early Modern England, Japan, and China Wenkai He | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Safeguarding public interest was vital to early modern state legitimacy in Western Europe and East Asia. Wenkai He identifies similar patterns in state-society interactions surrounding public goods provision and explores how conflicts over public interest led to calls for fundamental political change and to modern representative politics.
Cambridge Studies in Historical Sociology 320pp Sep. 2023 9781009334556 Paperback GBP 25.99 / USD 34.99 Sep. 2023 9781009334518 Hardback GBP 80.00 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781009334525
This Element reflects Southeast Asia’s political dominance within predatory and technocratic elements and the relative weakness of progressive elements. Innovations without fundamentally altering the pre-existing arrangements ensures that social protection systems continue to have strong conservative, productivist and predatory attributes.
Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia 75pp Jul. 2023 9781108814362 Paperback GBP 17.00 / USD 22.00 eISBN 9781108886642
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