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ASlowReckoning
TheUSSR,theAfghan Communists,andIslam VassilyKlimentov
NIUSeriesinSlavic,EastEuropean,and EurasianStudies
February 2024 312pp 18b&w halftones,4maps
9781501773808£49.00/ $54.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
ExaminestheSovietUnion'sandtheAfghan communists'viewsofandpoliciestowardIslamand IslamismduringtheSoviet-AfghanWar (1979–1989).AsKlimentovdemonstrates,the SovietandcommunistAfghandisregardforIslam wastellingoftheoverallcommunistapproachto reformingAfghanistanandhelpsexplainthefailure oftheirmodernizationproject.
ArchaismandActuality
JapanandtheGlobalFascist Imaginary
HarryHarootunian
TheoryinForms
November 2023 304pp
9781478025221£24.99/ $28.95PB
9781478020363£97.00/$107.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Explorestheformationofcapitalismandfascismin Japanasaprimeexampleoftheuneven developmentofcapitalism.DrawingonJapanese philosophersMikiKiyoshiandTosakaJun,Marxist theory,andGramsci’snotionofpassiverevolution, HarootunianshowshowtheMeijiRestorationof 1868anditsprogramdedicatedtotransformingthe countryintoamodernsocietyexemplifiedaunique pathtocapitalism.
AtthePivotofEastand West
Ethnographic,Literary,andFilmic Arts
MichaelM.J.Fischer
ExperimentalFutures
August 2023 368pp 15illus.
9781478019893£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781478017189£98.00/$109.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Examinesdocumentaryfilmmaking,literature,and innovativedancefromSoutheastAsiaandSingapore fortheirpara-ethnographicinsightsintopolitics, culture,andaesthetics.Fischerexemplifieshowart andfictiontracethewaysinwhichtaken-for-granted commonsensechangesovertimeandtracksignalsof thefuturebeforetheysurfaceinpublicawareness.
Abundance
Sexuality’sHistory
AnjaliArondekar
TheoryQ
August 2023 176pp 14illus.
9781478019909£21.99/ $24.95PB
9781478017240£85.00/$94.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Arondekarrefusesthehistoricalcommonsensethat archivallossisfoundationaltoasubalternhistoryof sexuality,bytheorizingtheradicalabundanceof sexualitythroughthearchivesofacaste-oppressed DevadasicollectiveinSouthAsia.Summoning abundanceoverlossupendssettledgenealogiesof historicalrecuperationandworksagainstthe imperativetofixsexualitywithinwiderstructuresof vulnerability,damage,andprecarity.
AsiansonDemand
MediatingRaceinVideoArtand Activism
Feng-MeiHeberer
September 2023 200pp 23b&willus.
9781517914813£21.99/ $25.00PB
9781517914806£90.00/$100.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Grappleswiththepressing questionofwhetherrepresentationisenoughto advanceracialjustice.Surveyingacontemporary, cutting-edgearchiveofvideoworksfromtheAsian diasporainNorthAmerica,Europe,andEastAsia,this bookuncoversthewaysthatdiasporicartists challengethenarrow—anddamaging—conceptions ofAsianidentitypervadingmainstreammedia.
BirthoftheGeopolitical Age
GlobalFrontiersandtheMaking ofModernChina
ShellenXiaoWu
September 2023 328pp
9781503636842£27.99/ $32.00PB
9781503636415£85.00/$95.00 HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Fromthe1850suntilthemid-20thcentury,aperiod markedbyglobalconflictsandanxietyabout dwindlingresourcesandclosingopportunitiesafter decadesofexpansion,thefrontierbecameamirror forhistoricallyandgeographicallyspecifichopesand fears.XiaoWudemonstrateshowglobalexamplesof frontiersettlementsrefractedthroughChina'sunique historyandinformedthemakingofthemodern Chinesestate.
BorderlandDreams TheTransnationalLivesof KoreanChineseWorkers JuneHeeKwon
November 2023 248pp 30illus.
9781478025337£22.99/ $26.95PB
9781478020516£92.00/$102.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
DocumentsthediverseaspirationsofKorean ChinesemigrantworkersmovingfromChinato SouthKoreawhocaughtbetweenarisingChinese andthewaningoftheKoreandream.Chartingthe interplayofbodies,money,andtime,the ethnographyrevealshowthesemigrantworkers,in thecourseofpursuingtheirborderlanddreams,are transformedintoatransnationalethnicizedclass.
ChinaandtheInternet UsingNewMediafor DevelopmentandSocialChange
SongShi
December 2023 354pp 36b&wfigures and36tables
9781978834736£29.99/ $34.95PB
9781978834743£108.00/$120.00 HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
ChinaandtheInternet analyzeshowChinese activists,NGOs,andgovernmentofficeshaveused theInternettofightruralmalnutrition,thedigital divide,theCOVID-19pandemic,andotherurgent problemsaffectingmillionsofpeople.Itpresentsfive theoretically-informedcasestudiesofhownew mediahavebeenusedininterventionsfor developmentandsocialchange,includinghow activistsbattledagainstCOVID-19.
ClassicisminDigital Times
CulturalRemembranceas
ReimaginationintheSinophone Cyberspace
EditedbyDavidDer-weiWang
&ZhiyiYang
January 2024 250pp 41illus.
9781478024811£13.99/ $16.00PB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
TopicscoveredincludeChinese/Sinophoneidentityin thedigitalage;thechallengesandopportunitiesof digitalmedia,includingtheimpactofcensorship; decentralizationversusthehegemonicexerciseof culturalmemoryinChinaandbeyond;andthepower ofsocialmediaandpopularcultureinidentity formation.
BrownSaviorsandTheir Others Race,Caste,Labor,andthe GlobalPoliticsofHelpinIndia
ArjunShankar
August 2023 360pp 11illus.
9781478025092£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781478020110£98.00/$109.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Drawsfromtheauthor’slong-termethnographic workwithaneducationalNGOinIndiatocritique theroleofthe“brownsavior”—thegroupof globallymobile,upper-caste,liberalIndianand IndiandiasporictechnocratswhodominateIndia’s contemporaryhelpeconomy.Introducesa frameworkforthestudyoftheglobalhelp economies.
ChineseMarriagesin Transition
FromPatriarchytoNewFamilism
XiaolingShu&JingjingChen
PoliticsofMarriageandGender:Global IssuesinLocalContexts
September 2023 218pp 24color,25b&w images,11tables
9781978804661£24.99/ $28.95PB
9781978804678£108.00/$120.00 HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
OutdatedmodelsofChinesegenderroles,marriage, andfamilytransitionsportraythesechangesas streamlinedandunidirectional,fromtraditionalto modern,publictoprivate,collectivetoindividual. ChineseMarriagesinTransition documentsthe complex,nuanced,andmultidirectionalnatureof theseculturaltransformations.
ColdWarDeceptions
TheAsiaFoundationandtheCIA DavidH.Price
February 2024 320pp 2tables
9780295752242£27.99/ $32.00PB
9780295752235£94.00/$105.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
DuringtheearlyColdWar,the CentralIntelligenceAgency createddozensoffundingfrontstosupportworkthat alignedwithCIAgoals,fromclandestineoperations andresearchtoliberalanticommunistprograms. Cold WarDeceptions providesarareviewintothe bureaucraticfunctioningofacovertoperationin whichmostemployeesdidnotknowtheywere workingfortheCIA.
Drones,Tones,and Timbres
SoundingPlaceamongNomads oftheInnerAsianMountainSteppes
CarolePegg
January 2024 344pp 30b&wphotos,1 chart,4tables
9780252045455£76.00/ $85.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS
AnindispensablestudyofthemusicofAltai-Sayan peoples.Basedonmorethantwentyyearsof collaborativeresearch,CarolePegg’slong-awaited participatoryethnographyexploreshowIndigenous nomadicpeoplesofRussia’ssouthernSiberian republics(Altai,Khakassia,Tyva)sound multiphoniesofplaceinapost-Sovietglobalworld.
EncounteringViolence MediaandMemoryinAsia
EditedbyHanSangKim&
SandeepRay
October 2023 250pp 23illus.
9781478024804£11.99/ $14.00PB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Topicscoveredincludefilmand radiobroadcastingaspropaganda inwartimeandpostwarAsia;meaningconstruction ofarchivalfilmfootageinthepoliticsofmemory; historicalfictionfilms’representationofcolonial memoryinthepostcolonialsociety;howarchival practicesanddocumentary-makingcollectivelyresist forgettingstateviolence;andtheuseofvirtualreality technologyintherepresentationofhistoricaltrauma inmuseums.
GloriousQing
DecorativeArtsinChina, 1644-1911
ClaudiaBrown
February 2024 226pp 277colorillus.,3
maps
9780295751917£63.00/ $70.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
Withover250colorillus.,this companionvolumetoClaudiaBrown'sGreatQing: PaintinginChina,1644–1911coversanarrayof superblycraftedobjectsofartproducedduring China'slastdynasty.ArthistorianBrownprobesthe materials,motivations,technologies,andskillsof Qingperiodartists,alongwithtrendsinart patronageandcollecting.
EightDogs,or "Hakkenden"
PartTwo—HisMaster'sBlade KyokuteiBakin,Translatedby GlynneWalley
February 2024 592pp 104b&w halftones,17colorplates
9781501773907£32.00/ $36.95PB
9781501773891£112.00/$125.00 HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
ThesecondpartofHakkendenbeginsthestoryof theeightDogWarriors.ThefirstisInuzukaShino, orphaneddescendentofproudwarriors.Shinoand theotherDogWarriorsaredrawnintoaworldof vendettasandquests,gallants,androgues,aseach strivestolearnhistruenatureandfindhisplacein theeight-manfraternity.
FrontierFieldwork
BuildingaNationinChina’s Borderlands,1919–45
AndresRodriguez
ContemporaryChineseStudies
June 2023 240pp 16b&wphotos,2 maps
9780774867566£34.00/ $37.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFBRITISHCOLUMBIA PRESS
Explorestheworkofsocialscientists,agriculturists, photographers,andmissionarieswhotooktothe fieldinChina’ssouthwestatatimewhenforeign politicalpowerswerecontestingChina’sclaimsover itsfrontiers.Rodriguezexposesthetransformative powerofthefieldworkers’efforts,whichplaced China’smarginsatthecentreofitsnation-making processandracetomodernity.
GodzillaandGodzilla RaidsAgain
ShigeruKayama,Translatedby JeffreyAngles
October 2023 256pp
9781517915230£16.99/ $19.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
ThisbookfinallyprovidesEnglishspeakingfansandcriticsthe originaltextswiththesefirst-everEnglish-language translationsof GodzillaandGodzillaRaidsAgain.The novellasrevealvaluableinsightsintoKayama’svision fortheGodzillastory,featureplotsthatdifferfrom thefilms,andclearlydisplaytheauthor’sstrong antinuclear,proenvironmentalconvictions.
ILoveBillandOther Stories
AnyiWang,Translatedby ToddFoley,Forewordby XudongZhang
September 2023 260pp
9781501771064£27.99/ $31.95PB
9781501771057£112.00/$125.00 HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
ShowcasestheworkofWangAnyi,oneofChina's mostprolificandhighlyregardedwriters,intwo novellasandthreeshortstories.Inthisthoughtful translation, ILoveBillandOtherStories offers poignantandnuancedportrayalsoflifeduring China'seconomicandculturaltransitionattheturn ofthemillennium.
Infrastructuresof Impunity
NewOrderViolenceinIndonesia
ElizabethF.Drexler
December 2023 276pp 20b&w
halftones
9781501773105£23.99/ $27.95PB
9781501773099£112.00/$125.00 HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Drexlerarguesthatthecreationandpersistenceof impunityfortheperpetratorsoftheColdWar Indonesiangenocide(1965–66)isnotonlyalegal status,butalsoaculturalandsocialprocess.
Impunityfortheinitialkillingsandforsubsequent actsofpoliticalviolencehasmanyelementsand togethertheirexistenceexplainsthepersistenceof impunity.
IslandX
TaiwaneseStudentMigrants, CampusSpies,andColdWar
Activism
WendyCheng
November 2023 232pp 22b&willus.,1 map
9780295752051£25.99/ $30.00PB
9780295752068£94.00/$105.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
IslandX delvesintothecompellingpoliticallivesof TaiwanesemigrantswhocametotheUnitedStatesas studentsfromthe1960sthroughthe1980s.Often depictedascompliantmodelminorities,manywere infactdeeplypolitical.Asactivists,theyfoughtto makeTaiwanesepeoplevisibleassubjectsofinjustice anddeservingofself-determination.
Indifference OnthePraxisofInterspecies Being NaisargiN.Davé
August 2023 208pp
9781478025139£21.99/ $25.95PB
9781478020158£90.00/$99.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Examinesthecomplexworldsofanimalistsand animalisminIndia.Throughethnographicfieldwork withanimalhealers,animalactivists,farmers, laborers,transporters,andanimalsthemselves,and movingacrossanimalsheltersanddairyfarmsto citystreetsandabattoirs,Davéshowshowhumananimalrelationsoftenmanifestthroughcareand violence.
IslamicEcumene
ComparingMuslimSocieties
EditedbyDavidS.Powers& EricTagliacozzo
November 2023 312pp 6b&whalftones, 2maps
9781501772399£29.99/ $34.95PB
9781501772382£112.00/$125.00 HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
TheessaysaddressthewaysinwhichMuslimsfrom MoroccotoIndonesiaandfromsub-SaharanAfricato thesteppesofUzbekistanaremembersofabroad culturalunit. IslamicEcumene seekstounderstand Islamicidentityasadynamicphenomenonthatis reflectedinthemultivalentpracticesofthemore thanonebillionpeoplewhoidentifyasMuslims.
KoreaLettersinthe WilliamElliotGriffis Collection
AnAnnotatedSelection
EditedbyYoung-meeYuCho, SungminPark&WilliamEilliot Griffis
January 2024 290pp 42b&wimagesand 1table
9781978828797£36.00/ $39.95HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
Newlyavailableandaccessiblethroughthis collection,theselettersdevelopamultifaceted historyofearlyAmericanmissionariesinKorea,the Koreanindependencemovement,andGriffis'sviews onKoreanculture.
LaborsofDivision
GlobalCapitalismandthe EmergenceofthePeasantin ColonialPanjab
NavyugGill
SouthAsiainMotion
January 2024 264pp
9781503637498£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781503636958£81.00/$90.00 HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
GilluncovershowandwhyBritishofficialsand ascendantPanjabisdisruptedexistingformsof identityandoccupationtogenerateanewagrarian orderinthecountryside.Thenotionofthe hereditarycastepeasantengagedintimeless cultivationthusemerged,paradoxically,asaresult ofadramaticseriesofconceptual,juridical,and monetarydivisions.
MasterPlansand Encroachments
TheArchitectureofInformalityin Islamabad
FaizaMoatasim
TheCityintheTwenty-FirstCentury
December 2023 248pp 65b&willus.
9781512825206£67.00/ $75.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA
LateIndustrialization, Tradition,andSocial ChangeinSouthKorea
Yong-ChoolHa
KoreanStudiesoftheHenryM.Jackson
SchoolofInternationalStudies
February 2024 288pp 15tables
9780295752273£27.99/ $32.00PB
9780295752266£94.00/$105.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
SouthKorea'srapidindustrializationoccurredwith theriseofpowerfulchaebǒl(family-owned businessconglomerates)thatcontrolledvastswaths ofthenation'seconomy.Haelucidateshowa countrycanprogresseconomicallywhilerelyingon traditionalsocialstructuresthatusuallyfragment politicalandeconomicvitality.
MonsoonMarketplace Capitalism,Media,and ModernityinManilaand Singapore
ElmoGonzaga
November 2023 272pp 14b&willus.
9781531505288£29.99/ $35.00PB
9781531505271£112.00/$125.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
PRESS
Examinesinformalityinthehigh-modernistcityof Islamabadasastrategicconformitytoofficial schemesandregulationsratherthanasadeviation fromthem.Thebookhighlightshowlow-,middle-, andupper-incomepeoplestrategicallyuse architecturaltechniquestosupporttheirinformal claimstospace.
MoreThanMedals
AHistoryoftheParalympicsand
DisabilitySportsinPostwar
Japan
DennisJ.Frost
December 2023 336pp 6charts
9781501772436£24.99/ $28.95PB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Frostanalyzesinstitutional materialsandusesclosereadingsofmedia, biographicalsources,andinterviewswithJapanese athletestohighlighttheprofound—thoughoften ambiguous—waysinwhichsportshaveshapedhow postwarJapanhasperceivedandaddressed disability.Hisnovelapproachhighlightsthe importanceoftheParalympicsandtheimpactthat disabilitysportshavehadonJapanesesociety.
Uncoverstheentangledvernacularculturesof capitalistmodernity,massconsumption,andmedia spectatorshipinunderstudiedpostcolonialManila andSingaporeacrossthreecrucialhistorical moments.Thebookexamineshowcapitalism,media, andmodernitytheirconfigurationsandexperiences arecontingent,variable,pluralistic,andarchipelagic.
MurderinManchuria
TheTrueStoryofaJewish
Virtuoso,RussianFascists,a FrenchDiplomat,andaJapanese
SpyinOccupiedChina
ScottD.Seligman
October 2023 224pp 20photos,4maps, 1chronology,1glossary,index
9781640125841£32.00/ $36.95HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
Exploresanunsolvedmurdersetamidthechaosthat reignedinChinaintherun-uptoWorldWarII.The storyunfoldsagainstthebackdropofathree-country struggleforcontrolofManchuria—anareasome calledChina’s“WildEast”—andanexplosivemixture ofnationalities,religions,andideologies.
OutofPlace
TheLivesofKoreanAdoptee
Immigrants
SunAhMLaybourn
AsianAmericanSociology
January 2024 256pp
9781479814787£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781479814770£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITY
Koreanadopteesroutinelyexperiencerefusalsof belonging,whetherbystateagents,laws,and regulations,ineverydayinteractions,oreven throughmediaportrayals.Laybourn,herselfa KoreanAmericanadoptee,examinesthislong-term journey,withaparticularfocusontherace-making processandthecontradictionsinherenttothe modelminoritymyth.
Poet-Monks
TheInventionofBuddhistPoetry inLateMedievalChina
ThomasJ.Mazanec
February 2024 318pp 3b&whalftones,2 b&wlinedrawings,4maps,2charts
9781501773839£58.00/ $64.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Focusesontheliteraryand religiouspracticesofBuddhistpoet-monksinTangdynastyChinatoproposeanalternativehistoricalarc ofmedievalChinesepoetry.Mazanecdescribeshow Buddhistpoet-monksassertedaboldnewvisionof poetrythatproclaimedtheunionofclassicalverse withBuddhistpracticesofrepetition,incantation, andmeditation.
ResourceNationalismin Indonesia
Booms,BigBusiness,andthe State
EveWarburton
November 2023 248pp 7charts,7
graphs
9781501771972£27.99/ $31.95PB
9781501771965£112.00/$125.00 HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
InIndonesiatheintensityofnationalistpolicy interventionsincreasedaftertheearlytwenty-firstcenturycommodityboomcametoanend.
Warburtonshowshowthecentralityofpatronageto Indonesia'sdemocraticpoliticaleconomyenhanced boththeinstrumentalandstructuralpowerofmajor domesticcompanies.
PakistanDesires
QueerFuturesElsewhere
EditedbyOmarKasmani
November 2023 288pp 36illus.
9781478025238£23.99/ $27.95PB
9781478020325£94.00/$104.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Offersamultidisciplinaryview onfiguresandformsof queernessinPakistan,invitingreflectiononqueer’s myriadmeaningsinPakistanandexplorehow desirecanserveasamodeofqueerfuture-making. Byembracingformsofdesireelsewhere,onesthat cannotcorrelatetooroftenfalloutsidedominant Westerntheorizationsofqueerness,thisvolume gathersotherwaysofbeingqueerintheworld.
Qaum,Mulk,Sultanat CitizenshipandNational BelonginginPakistan
AliUsmanQasmi
SouthAsiainMotion
December 2023 432pp
9781503637788£29.99/ $35.00PB
9781503637283£94.00/$105.00 HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Drawingonaricharchiveofdiversesources,Ali Qasmitracesthecomplexdevelopmentofideasof citizenshipandnationalbelonginginthepostcolonial Muslimstate,offeringanuancedandsweeping historyofthecountry'sformativeperiod.
RightsRefused
GrassrootsActivismandState ViolenceinMyanmar
ElliottPrasse-Freeman
StanfordStudiesinHumanRights
September 2023 336pp
9781503636712£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781503634725£81.00/$90.00 HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Takingthereaderfromprotestcamps,toflophouses, toprisons,andpresentingpracticesasvariedas courtroomimmolation,occultcursingceremonies, andlandreoccupations, RightsRefused showshow Burmesesubalternpoliticscompelustoreconsider howrightsframeworksoperateeverywhere.
ScienceInterrupted
RethinkingResearchPractice withBureaucracy,Agroforestry, andEthnography
TimothyG.McLellan
Expertise:CulturesandTechnologiesof Knowledge
January 2024 180pp
9781501773334£22.99/ $26.95PB
9781501773327£112.00/$125.00 HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
ExamineshowscientistsinChinapursue environmentalsustainabilitywithintheconstraints ofdomesticandinternationalbureaucracies. McLellanoffersatheoreticalframeworkfor analyzingtheformalproceduralworkofChinese bureaucracy.
SensingOthers
VoicingBatekEthicalLivesatthe EdgeofaMalaysianRainforest
AliceRudge
October 2023 316pp 12photos,2 appendixes,index
9781496235466£67.00/ $75.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
ExploresthelivesofBatek hunter-gatherersinPeninsularMalaysiaamidthe strangeandthenewintheborderlandbetween protectednationalparkandoilpalmplantation. Drawingonmeticulous,long-termethnographic researchwithBatekpeople,Rudgearguesthatas peopleseektomakehabitableaconstantlychanging landscape,whatcountsasOthernessisalwaysunder negotiation.
ShadowsofNagasaki
Trauma,Religion,andMemory
aftertheAtomicBombing
EditedbyChadR.Diehl
WorldWarII:TheGlobal,Human,and EthicalDimension
December 2023 368pp 12b&willus.
9781531504960£29.99/ $35.00PB
9781531504953£112.00/$125.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
AcriticalintroductiontohowtheNagasakiatomic bombinghasbeenremembered,especiallyin contrasttoHiroshima. ShadowsofNagasaki traces howNagasaki'strauma,history,andmemoryofthe bombingmanifestedthroughsomeofthecity'smany postatomicmemoryscapes,suchasliterature, religiousdiscourse,artandcommemorativespaces.
SellingtheFuture Community,Hope,andCrisisin theEarlyHistoryofJapanese LifeInsurance
RyanMoran
January 2024 282pp 14b&whalftones, 1map
9781501773297£52.00/ $57.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Moranexplainshowthelifeinsuranceindustryin Japanexploiteditsassociationwithmutualityand communitytocommodifyandgovernlives.Life insuranceinJapanoffersanimportantvehiclefor examiningtheconfluenceofmodesofmobilizing andorganizingbodies,theexpropriationoffinancial resources,andtheactionofdiscipliningworkers intoacapitalistsystem.
SexTourisminThailand
InsideAsia’sPremierErotic Playground
RonaldWeitzer
November 2023 352pp 41b&willus.
9781479813414£27.99/ $32.00PB
9781479813407£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITY
Weitzershowsthatalthough someofthecentralpillarsofThailand’ssexindustry remainunalteredoverthepastfourdecades,inother respectstherehasbeenaprofoundtransformation. SexTourisminThailand exploresthedevelopmentsin conjunctionwithrelatedstructuralandexperiential dimensionsinanilluminatingaccountofsexual commerceinSoutheastAsia.
ShareholderCities LandTransformationsAlong UrbanCorridorsinIndia
SaiBalakrishnan
TheCityintheTwenty-FirstCentury August 2023 240pp 29b&willus.
9781512825503£25.99/ $29.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
ShiftingthefocusofthestudyofIndia's contemporaryurbanizationawayfrommegacities, Balakrishnanexplorestheproductionofuneven urbandevelopment.Shehighlightsthepossibilities forademocraticpoliticsofinclusioninwhich agrarian-urbanencounterscancreateopportunities forpreviouslyexcludedgroupstostakenewclaims forthemselvesinthecorridorregions.
Singingwiththe Mountains
TheLanguageofGodinthe AfghanHighlands
WilliamSherman
December 2023 320pp 1b&willus.and 1map
9781531505684£29.99/ $35.00PB
9781531505677£112.00/$125.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
IntheAfghanhighlandsofthesixteenthcentury, themessianiccommunityknownastheRoshaniyya attemptedtodeveloptechniquesoflanguage intendedtorendertheirowntonguestheorgansof continuousrevelation.Theirstoryendsinatower ofskulls.Shermandiscoversasetofquestionsand anxietiesaboutthecapacitiesoflanguage.
SufiCivilities
ReligiousAuthorityandPolitical
ChangeinAfghanistan
AnnikaSchmeding
November 2023 296pp
9781503637535£27.99/ $32.00PB
9781503633384£85.00/$95.00 HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Basedonlong-termethnographic fieldresearchamongmultipleSuficommunitiesin differenturbanareasofAfghanistan,thebook examinesnavigationalstrategiesemployedbySufi leadersoverthepastfourdecadestoweather periodsofinstabilityandpersecution,showinghow theyadaptedtochangingconditionsinnovelways thatcraftedSufismasaforceinthecivilsphere.
TextualCacophony
OnlineVideoandAnonymityin
Japan
DanielJohnson
October 2023 180pp 16b&whalftones
9781501772269£22.99/ $26.95PB
9781501772252£112.00/$125.00 HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Exploresthebehaviorsand routinesofcommunicationwithinanonymous internetcultureinJapan.Johnsonuncoversthese sites'complexculturesofwritingthatobscure meaningthroughplayfulandopaqueformsof deviantscriptandoverwhelmingwavesoftext.Those practicesconflatelanguagewithimages,meaning withplay,andconfoundindividualrepresentation withaggregateformsofsocialidentity.
StrangersintheFamily Gender,Patriliny,andthe ChineseinColonialIndonesia
Guo-QuanSeng
November 2023 264pp 8b&w halftones,1map,7charts
9781501772511£29.99/ $34.95PB
9781501772504£112.00/$125.00 HB
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Guo-QuanSengprovidesagenderedhistoryof settlerChinesecommunityformationinIndonesia duringtheDutchcolonialperiod(1816–1942).At theheartofthisstoryliesthecreolizationof patrilinealConfucianmaritalandfamilialnormsto thecoloniallegal,moralandsexualconditionsof urbanJava.
TaiwanLives
ASocialandPoliticalHistory
NikiJ.P.Alsford
TaiwanandtheWorld
February 2024 240pp 2maps,3tables
9780295752167£27.99/ $32.00PB
9780295752150£94.00/$105.00 HB
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Alsfordpresentsacomprehensive examinationoftheislandnation’srichandcomplex past,toldthroughthelifestoriesofthosewhohave livedit.Rangingacrosstime,socialstrata,ethnicity, andpoliticalalliance,thesetalesoffersnapshotsof historicalerasandillustratetheinterwovenfabricof colonialism.
TheChineseRevolution ontheTibetanFrontier BennoWeiner
StudiesoftheWeatherheadEastAsian Institute,ColumbiaUniversity
November 2023 312pp 8b&whalftones, 4maps
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Weinerprovidesthefirstin-depthstudyofanethnic minorityregionduringthefirstdecadeofthe People'sRepublicofChina:theAmdoregioninthe Sino-Tibetanborderland.Hedemonstratesthatthe CommunistParty'sgoalin1950sAmdowasnotjust state-building,butalsonation-building.Suchan objectiverequiredtheconstructionofnarrativesand policiescapableofconvincingTibetansoftheir membershipinawiderpoliticalcommunity.
TheCoalitions PresidentsMake
PresidentialPowerandItsLimits
inDemocraticIndonesia
MarcusMietzner
December 2023 306pp 2graphs
9781501772658£32.00/ $36.95PB
9781501772641£112.00/$125.00 HB
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MietznerexplainshowIndonesiahasturnedits volatilepost-authoritarianpresidentialsysteminto oneoftheworld'smoststable.Hearguesthatsince 2004,Indonesianpresidentshavedeployed nuancedstrategiesofcoalitionbuildingto consolidatetheirauthority,andthatthese coalitionsareresponsiblefortheregimestabilityin placetoday.
TheMinjianAvant-Garde
ArtoftheCrowdin
ContemporaryChina
ChangTan
February 2024 232pp 29b&whalftones, 28colorhalftones
9781501773181£42.00/ $46.95HB
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Studieshowexperimentalartists inChinamixedwith,broughtchangesto,andlet themselvesbetransformedbyminjian,thevolatile anddiversepublicofthepost-Maoera.ChangTan proposesanewanalyticalframeworkinthetheories ofsociallyengagedartthatstressesthecritical agencyofparticipantsandtheversatilityofthe artistsindiversesociopoliticalspheres.
ThePulseoftheEarth PoliticalGeologyinJava
AdamBobbette
August 2023 248pp 42illus.
9781478025054£22.99/ $26.95PB
9781478020073£92.00/$102.95 HB
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Drawingonarchivalresearch, interviews,andfieldworkat Javanesevolcanoesandinscientificobservatories, BobbetteexploreshowIndonesianIslamshapedthe theoryofplatetectonics,howDutchcolonial volcanologistslearnedtoseetheearthinnewways fromJavanesespiritualtraditions,andhownew scientifictechnologiesradicallyrecastnotionsofthe humanbody,distance,andtheearth.
TheIndebtedWoman Kinship,Sexuality,and Capitalism
IsabelleGuérin,Santosh Kumar&G.
Venkatasubramanian
CultureandEconomicLife
September 2023 248pp
9781503636903£23.99/ $28.00PB
9781503636316£81.00/$90.00 HB
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TheIndebtedWoman discussesthecrucialyet invisiblerolespoorwomenplayinmakingand consolidatingdebtandcreditmarkets.Guérin, Kumar,andVenkatasubramanianspentovertwo decadesobservingacreditmarketthatspecifically targetswomenintheIndiancountrysideofeastcentralTamilNadu.
ThePromiseofPiety
IslamandthePoliticsofMoral OrderinPakistan
ArsalanKhan
February 2024 234pp 6b&whalftones
9781501773570£27.99/ $31.95PB
9781501773525£112.00/$125.00 HB
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ShowshowTablighisconstitutea distinctformofpiousrelationalityintheritual processesandeverydaypracticesofdawat.Khan exploresboththepromiseandlimitsoftheTablighi projectofcreatinganIslamicmoralorderthatcan transcendthepoliticalfragmentationandviolenceof lifeinpostcolonialPakistan.
TheStarvingEmpire
AHistoryofFamineinFrance's Colonies
YanSlobodkin
November 2023 312pp 10b&w
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9781501772351£45.00/ $49.95HB
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Tracesthehistoryoffaminein themodernFrenchEmpire,showingthathungeris intenselylocalandsweepinglyglobal.Byintegrating foodcrisesinAlgeria,WestandEquatorialAfrica,and Vietnam,SlobodkinrevealshowtheFrenchcolonial stateandanemerginginternationalcommunitytook increasingresponsibilityforsubsistence,but ultimatelyfailedtofulfillthisresponsibility.
TheStigmaMatrix
Gender,Globalization,andthe AgencyofPakistan'sFrontline
Women
FauziaHusain
GlobalizationinEverydayLife
January 2024 248pp
9781503636057£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781503632370£81.00/$90.00 HB
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Asdevelopingstatesadoptneoliberalpolicies,more andmoreworking-classwomenfindthemselves pulledintothepublicsphere.Husaindrawsonthe experiencesofpolicewomen,ladyhealthworkers, andairlineattendants,allfrontlineworkerswho helpthePakistanistate,anditsglobalallies, address,surveil,anddisciplineveiledwomen citizens.
TheWrongWar
AmericanPolicyandthe
DimensionsoftheKorean Conflict,1950–1953
RosemaryFoot
CornellStudiesinSecurityAffairs
September 2023 300pp
9781501772061£25.99/ $29.95PB
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DespitethestatedintentoftheU.S.inthe1950sto keeptheKoreanconflictfromspreading,thedebate onextendingthewarwasfarmoreintenseand protractedthanpreviousaccountsofthisperiodhave suggested.Concentratingonthedebateover expansion,RosemaryFootrevealsthestrainsit causedbothwithintheU.S.bureaucracyandwithits NorthAtlanticallies.
ViolenceofDemocracy
InterpartyConflictinSouthIndia
RuchiChaturvedi
August 2023 272pp
9781478020776£23.99/ $27.95PB
9781478020011£94.00/$104.95 HB
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Drawingonethnographic fieldworkandextensivearchival research,Chaturvediinvestigatestheunique characteroftheconflictbetweenthepartyleftand theHinduright.Thisconflict,sheshows,defies explanationscenteringreligious,caste,orideological differences.Itoffersinsteadnewwaysof understandinghowquotidianpoliticalcompetition canproduceantagonisticmajoritariancommunities.
TheViolenceof Recognition
AdivasiIndigeneityandAntiDalitnessinIndia
PinkyHota
TheEthnographyofPoliticalViolence
November 2023 232pp 2maps
9781512824858£27.99/ $32.50PB
9781512824841£108.00/$120.00 HB
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Offersafirsthandaccountoftheoperationsof Hindunationalistsandtheirroleinsparkingthe largestincidentofanti-ChristianviolenceinIndia’s history.Hotaexplorestherootsofethnonationalist conflictbetweentwohistoricallymarginalized groupsanddocumentshowHindutvamobilization ledtolarge-scaleviolence.
TrustMatters
ParsiEndowmentsinMumbai andtheHoroscopeofaCity
LeilahVevaina
December 2023 224pp 12illus.
9781478025399£22.99/ $26.95PB
9781478020578£92.00/$102.95 HB
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Althoughnumberingfewerthan 60,000inacityofover12million,Mumbai’sParsi communityisoneofthelargestprivatelandowners inthecityduetoitsnetworkofpubliccharitable trusts.ThisbookexploreshowtheParsicharitable trustsinMumbaishapeandconstrainthelifeand deathoftheParsicommunityandthecityasawhole.
WombsofEmpire
PopulationDiscoursesand BiopoliticsinModernJapan
SujinLee
October 2023 258pp
9781503637009£23.99/ $28.00PB
9781503636392£81.00/$90.00 HB STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Bringingafeministperspective andFoucauldiantheorytobearonthehistoryof Japan'swartimescientificfascism,Leeshowshow anxietiesoverdemographicshaveundergirded justificationsforethnonationalismandracism, colonialismandimperialism,andgendersegregation formuchofJapan'smodernhistory.
WordslikeWater
QueerMobilizationandSocial ChangeinChina
CaterinaFugazzola
October 2023 188pp
9781439921470£21.99/ $25.95PB
9781439921463£71.00/$79.50 HB
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AfterChinaofficially“decriminalized”same-sex behaviorin1997,boththevisibilityandpublic acceptanceoftongzhi,aninclusiveidentityterm thatreferstononheterosexualandgender nonconformingidentitiesinthePeople’sRepublicof China,hasimproved.Thisbookexploresthe nonconfrontationalstrategiesthetongzhi movementusesincontemporaryChina.
AmongWomenacross Worlds
NorthKoreaintheGlobalCold War
SuzyKim
February 2023 348pp 40b&whalftones, 1map
9781501767302£51.00/ $56.95HB
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Kimexcavatesthetransnationallinkagesbetween womenofNorthKoreaandaworldwidewomen's movement.Thisbookisanarchaeologyofforgotten movements.Theirintersectionalprogramclaimed thatthereis"nopeacewithoutjustice,"that"the personalisthepolitical,"andthat"women'srights arehumanrights"manydecadesbeforeactivistsof theWestembracedsuchagendas.
ChangingtheSubject
FeministandQueerPoliticsin NeoliberalIndia
SrilaRoy
NextWave:NewDirectionsinWomen's Studies
October 2022 280pp 7illus.
9781478018889£22.99/ $26.95PB
9781478016243£90.00/$99.95 HB
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Roymapstherapidlytransformingterrainofgender andsexualpoliticsinIndiaundertheconditionsof globalneoliberalism.Tracingchangesinfeminist governmentalitythatwereentangledintransnational neoliberalism,Royshowshowhistoricalandhighly localfeministcurrentsshapedcontemporaryqueer andnonqueerneoliberalfeminisms.
ACenturyofModern ChinesePoetry AnAnthology
EditedbyMichelleYeh,
ZhangbinLi&FrankStewartDecember 2022 352pp
9780295751160£27.99/ $30.00PB
9780295751146£94.00/$105.00 HB
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Thisvolume—anupdatedversionofMichelleYeh’s 1992classic AnthologyofModernChinesePoetry bringstogethermorethan280modernpoemsfrom theChinese-speakingworlddatingfromthe1910s tothe2010s.
AntinuclearCitizens
SustainabilityPolicyand
GrassrootsActivisminPostFukushimaJapan
AkihiroOgawa
June 2023 288pp
9781503635401£58.00/ $65.00HB
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Nuclearpowersignificantly contributedtoJapan'seconomicprosperityuntilthe GreatEastJapanEarthquakein2011causedtsunamis toengulftheFukushimaDaiichinuclearpowerplant. ThisdisasterbecameacriticaljunctureforJapanese nuclearpolicymaking.Ogawaargues,theprimary agentforchangeiswhathecalls"antinuclear citizens"—aconscientiousJapanesepublicwho envisionasustainablelifeinanuclear-freesociety.
ChineseFilm
RealismandConventionfrom theSilentEratotheDigitalAge
JasonMcGrath
January 2023 424pp 67b&willus.
9781517914035£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781517914028£108.00/$120.00 HB
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ThehistoryofChinesecinemais aslongandcomplicatedasthetumultuoushistoryof Chinaitself.EachChinesecinematicerahas necessitateditsownforminconversationwith broadertrendsinpoliticsandculture.In ChineseFilm, JasonMcGrathtellsthisfascinatingstorybytracing thevariedclaimstocinematicrealismmadeby Chinesefilmmakers,officials,critics,andscholars.
ComposingViolence
TheLimitsofExposureandthe MakingofMinorities
MoyukhChatterjee
February2023 184pp
9781478019664£21.99/ $24.95PB
9781478017028£85.00/$94.95 HB
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Chatterjeeexamineshowhighlyvisiblepolitical violenceagainstminoritiesactsasacatalystfor radicalchangesinlaw,publicculture,andpower. Heshowsthatstate-sanctionedanti-Muslim violencesetthestagefortransformingIndiaintoa Hindusupremaciststate.Chatterjeedemonstrates thatviolenceisintrinsictoliberaldemocracy.
IndiaIsBroken
APeopleBetrayed, IndependencetoToday
AshokaMody
February 2023 536pp
9781503630055£29.99/ $35.00HB
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Aprovocativenewaccountof howIndiamovedrelentlessly fromitshope-filledfoundingin1947tothedramatic economicanddemocraticbreakdownsoftoday.
Challengingprevailingnarratives,Modycontends thatsuccessivepost-independenceleaders,starting withthefirstIndianPrimeMinister,Jawaharlal Nehru,failedtoconfrontIndia'strueeconomic problems,seekingeasysolutionsinstead.
MotherCow,Mother India
AMulti-SpeciesPoliticsofDairy inIndia
YaminiNarayanan
SouthAsiainMo�on
February 2023 424pp
9781503634374£29.99/ $35.00PB
9781503634367£94.00/$105.00 HB
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Narayanantraceshowtheunravelingofhuman dominationandexploitationoffarmedanimalsis integraltoprogressivemultispeciesdemocratic politics,speculatingontherealpossibilityofapostdairysociety,basedonveganagriculturalpoliciesfor livelihoodsandfoodsecurity.
Cruisy,Sleepy, Melancholy
SexualDisorientationinthe FilmsofTsaiMing-liang
NicholasdeVilliers
September2022 216pp17 b&willus.
9781517913182£21.99/ $25.00PB
9781517913175£90.00/$100.00 HB
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AcriticalfigureinqueerSinophonecinema—and thefirstdirectorevercommissionedtocreatea filmforthepermanentcollectionoftheLouvre— TsaiMing-liangisamajorforceinTaiwancinema andglobalmovingimageart. Cruisy,Sleepy, Melancholy offersafascinating,systematic methodforanalyzingthequeernessofTsai’sfilms.
LahoreCinema
BetweenRealismandFable IftikharDadi
GlobalSouthAsia
November 2022 332pp 30b&willus.
9780295750811£27.99/ $30.00PB
9780295750798£85.00/$99.00 HB
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Probestheroleoflanguage, rhetoric,lyric,andforminthemakingofcinematic meaningaswellastherelevanceoftheUrducultural universetomidcenturyBombayfilmmaking.Dadi exploreshowfilmsallowedtheiraudiencesto navigateanacceleratingmodernityandtensepolitics byanchoringsocialchangeacrosstheterrainof deeperculturalimaginaries.
NarrativesofCivicDuty
HowNationalStoriesShape
DemocracyinAsia
AramHur
StudiesoftheWeatherheadEastAsian Institute,ColumbiaUniversity
November 2022 210pp 2charts,11 graphs
9781501766213£21.99/ $24.95PB
9781501765476£112.00/$125.00 HB
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In NarrativesofCivicDuty,AramHurinvestigatesthe impulsebehindasenseofcivicdutyin democracies.Drawingonpersonalnarratives, statisticalsurveys,andexperiments, Narrativesof CivicDuty offersaprovocativenationaltheoryofcivic dutythatcutstotheheartofwhatmakes democraciesthrive.
OneChina,Many Taiwans
TheGeopoliticsofCross-Strait
Tourism
IanRowen
January 2023 192pp 7b&whalftones,1 map
9781501767692£23.99/ $27.95PB
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OneChina,ManyTaiwans showshowtourism performsandtransformsterritory.IanRowen's treatmentoftourismasapoliticaltechnology providesanewlensforsocialscientistsandarea specialiststoexaminetheimpactsofChinese tourism,whichisincreasinginimportancenotonly intheregionbutworldwide.
RobotsWon'tSave Japan
AnEthnographyofEldercare Automation
JamesWright
TheCultureandPoliticsofHealthCare Work
February 2023 204pp 8b&whalftones
9781501768040£42.00/ $46.95HB
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AddressestheJapanesegovernment'seffortsto developcarerobotsinresponsetothechallenges ofanagingpopulation,risingdemandforelder care,andacriticalshortageofcareworkers.Wright revealshowsuchdevicesarelikelytotransformthe practices,organization,meanings,andethicsof care-givingifimplementedatscale.
TheCultivatedForest
PeopleandWoodlandsinAsian History
EditedbyIanM.Miller, BradleyCampDavis,Brian LanderandJohnS.Lee
November 2022 274pp6b&willus.,4 maps,1chart,3tables 9780295750903£27.99/ $32.00PB
9780295751320£94.00/$105.00 HB
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ThisexaminationofwoodandwoodlandsinEastand SoutheastAsiabringstogethercasestudiesfrom China,Japan,Korea,Taiwan,andSumatratoexplore continuitiesinthehistoryofforestmanagement acrosstheseregionsandthedistinctivequalitiesof human-forestrelationswithineachcontext.
Porcelainforthe Emperor ManufactureandTechnocracyin QingChina
KaiJunChen
June 2023 248pp24b&willus.,23color plates
9780295750828£58.00/ $65.00HB
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AddressestheJapanesegovernment'seffortsto developcarerobotsinresponsetothechallengesof anagingpopulation,risingdemandforeldercare, andacriticalshortageofcareworkers.Wright revealshowsuchdevicesarelikelytotransformthe practices,organization,meanings,andethicsof care-givingifimplementedatscale.
TerrorTrials
LifeandLawinDelhi'sCourts
MayurR.Suresh
ThinkingfromElsewhere
November 2022 272pp 4b&willus.
9781531501778£27.99/ $32.00PB
9781531501761£99.00/$110.00 HB
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Inanethnographyofterrorism trialsinDelhi,theauthorshowshowthosecharged withterrorengagewithlegaltechnicalities.Thebook showshowtheordinaryproceduresthatlieatthe heartofthetrialarethemodethroughwhichhuman expressivenessandvulnerabilityemergeintheface ofthelaw.
TheOpiumBusiness AHistoryofCrimeand CapitalisminMaritimeChina PeterThilly
October 2022 312pp
9781503634107£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781503628861£81.00/$90.00 HB
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Fromitsriseinthe1830stoits pinnacleinthe1930s,theopiumtradewasaguiding forceintheChinesepoliticaleconomy.Opiummoney wasinextricablyboundupinlocal,national,and imperialfinances,andthepeoplewhopilotedthe tradewereintegraltothefabricofChinesesociety. Thillynarratesthedangerouslivesandshrewd businessoperationsofopiumtraffickersinsoutheast China,situatingthemwithinaglobalhistoryof capitalism.
