Asian Studies

Predicting Gender Violence in India: A Counterintuitive Theoretical Approach (St. James’s Studies in World Affairs)

Author: 

Vasudevan, Shritha K., University of Florida

In this provocative new book, Shritha Vasudevan argues that feminist international relations (IR) theory has inadvertently resulted in a biased worldview, the very opposite of what feminist IR set out to try to rectify. This book contests theoretical presumptions of Western feminist IR and attempts to reformulate it in contexts of non-Western cultures. Vasudevan deftly utilizes the theoretical constructs of IR to explore the ramifications for India.

Market: 
International Relations, Political Science, Asian Studies, Women’s Studies, International Relations Theory, India, Gender-Based Violence, International Law, Subaltern Studies, Identity Politics
Release Date: 
May 1, 2020
ISBN: 
978-1680530926 Hardcover
Price: 
$159.95
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
334
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

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Washington, DC 20036
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Warfare in the Russian Arctic: The Military History of Chukotka from the Early First Millennium to the Nineteenth Century

Author: 

Nefedkin, Alexander K., St. Petersburg State University (Russia)

Translator: Richard L. Bland, Archeologist (retired), U.S. National Park Service, Heritage Research Associates, University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History

Market: 
Anthropology, Archeology, Ethnography, Folklore, Migration, War Studies, Asia, Asian Studies, Eurasia, Russian Studies, Arctic, Polar Studies, Russia, History, Russian History, Siberia, Chukotka, Ancient History
Release Date: 
May 1, 2020
ISBN: 
978-1680531435 Hardcover
Price: 
$139.95
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
448
Illustrations: 
Yes
Yes
Publisher: 

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Washington, DC 20036
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Discourses of Asian Societies: Cases from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan

Author: 

Li, Simin, University of Victoria (Canada)

In this pathbreaking collections of essays, Canada-based Chinese scholar Simin Li explores the latest insights into information, knowledge, political communication, and identity in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and their neighbors, friends, and adversaries. Discourses of Asian Societies follows the social dynamics of these East Asian nations and reflects their recent political discourses and civil practices, grouped into four themes: memory and diaspora, civil practice and discourse in China, political discourses in Hong Kong, and youth identity and nationalism in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Market: 
Sociology, Political Science, Social Science, Asia, Asian Studies, East Asia, Development Studies, Youth Studies, China, Chinese Society, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Post-Colonial Studies, Information Technology, Social Media
Release Date: 
December 13, 2019
ISBN: 
978-1680531626  Hardcover
Price: 
$139.95
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
194
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

ACADEMICA PRESS
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Washington, DC 20036
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In the ‘Wild Countries’ of Central Asia: Ethnography, Science, and Empire in Imperial Russia

Author: 

Bailey, Scott, Ph.D.

Credentials: 

Assistant Professor of Asian Studies, Kansai Gaidai University (Japan)

In this stimulating and timely book, Scott Bailey, an American teaching Russian and Eurasian history in Japan, traces the history of the dynamic Russian Geographical Society, which carried out major research expeditions to Central Eurasia during the second half of the nineteenth century. The immediate goal of its expeditions was to collect ethnographic, geographic, and natural-scientific information on these regions and their peoples. Their wider benefits established and extended Russia’s imperial control in Central Eurasia, including some regions under direct or indirect Chinese control.

Market: 
Asia, Asian Studies, Russia, Russian Empire, Russian History, Eurasia, Eurasian Studies, Central Asia, Science, Ethnography, Imperial Studies, Colonization, China, Imperial China, Turkestan, Geography
Release Date: 
June 1, 2019
ISBN: 
978-1680530872: Hardcover
Price: 
$139.95
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
284
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

ACADEMICA PRESS
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Washington, DC 20036
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Sports and Foreign Policy in Taiwan: Nationalism in International Politics

Author: 

Lin, Catherine Kai-Ping, Ph.D.

Credentials: 

Georgetown University

In this exciting new book, Taiwanese scholar Catherine Kai-Ping Lin examines Taiwan’s diplomatic history since the 1970s through the lens of sports in the development of nationalism in foreign relations. Since 1971, when Taiwan lost its United Nations seat to the communist People’s Republic of China, the country has gradually shifted its foreign policy.

Market: 
Asia, International Relations, Political Sciences, Diplomacy, Asian Studies, Taiwan, China, Sports, Sports Diplomacy, Cold War, Pacific Rim, East Asia, Nationalism, National Identity
Release Date: 
June 15, 2019
ISBN: 
978-1680531466: Hardcover
Price: 
$139.95
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
350
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

ACADEMICA PRESS
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Washington, DC 20036
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China Moves South: Human Rights Implications in the Paracel and Spratly Islands (St. James’s Studies in World Affairs)

Author: 

Mai, Tam, PhD

Credentials: 

Florida Atlantic University

Vietnam has claimed the Paracel and Spratly Island groups for hundreds of years. China’s invasion and capture of the Paracels from South Vietnam in 1974, and its ongoing occupation of the Spratlys, have created increasing opposition and anger not only among Vienamese citizens but worldwide. This book insists that China’s illegal violation of Vietnamese sovereignty rights in the Paracels and Spratlys has included serious human rights violations and decelerated the process of human emancipation.

Market: 
Asian Studies, International Relations, International Law, Asia-Pacific Region, Southeast Asia, Indochina, Human Rights, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Border Disputes, Maritime Law, Paracel Islands, Spratly Islands, South China Sea, Sino-Vietnamese Relations
Release Date: 
December 1, 2018
ISBN: 
Hardcover: 978-1680534771
Price: 
$199.95
Trim Size: 
6 x 9
Pages: 
146
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

ACADEMICA PRESS
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Washington, DC 20036
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Mapping Human Security Challenges in the Kashmir Valley (St. James's Studies in World Affairs)

Author: 

Rather, Mohd Aarif, Ph.D.

Credentials: 

Centre for Security Studies and Research, Central University of Gujarat

In this penetrating study, Mohd Aarif Rather tackles the problem of the Kashmir Valley, one of the most complex situations in international politics, from the perspective of human security. The Kashmir conflict involves disputed borders between two nuclear power, India and Pakistan, and a local population that has become increasingly alienated from Indian federal rule. Kashmir has also witnessed intense militarization, resulting in various security issues,problematized identities, and disputed demarcation of frontiers.

Market: 
International Relations, International Security, South Asian Studies, Security Studies, Human Rights Studies, India, Pakistan, Kashmir
Release Date: 
October 15, 2018
ISBN: 
Hardcover: 978-1680534726
Price: 
$139.95
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
201
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

ACADEMICA PRESS
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Washington, DC 20036
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Honor Killings: Socio-Legal Dimensions (Saint James’ Studies in World Affairs)

Author: 

Jan, Aneeda, University of Kashmir

In this fascinating new study, Aneeda Jan examines an enduring problem prevailing on an international scale. In the absence of any comprehensive approach, the phenomenon of honor killings is mainly viewed as a social menace than a criminal act demanding global solutions. Why is the menace of honor killing so rampant? How can we analyze or focus on social and legal measures adopted by different countries to prevent honor killings? To what extent have judicial bodies provided guidance to set standards regarding the prevention and control of honor killings?

Market: 
Sociology, Religion, South Asian Studies, Traditional Cultures, Religion, Honor Killings, Human Rights, Human Rights Law, Development Studies, India, Pakistan
Release Date: 
October 1, 2018
ISBN: 
978-1680530766: Hardcover
Price: 
$139.95
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
204
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

ACADEMICA PRESS
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Washington, DC 20036
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The Luciferic Verses: The Daodejing and the Chinese Roots of Esoteric History

Author: 

Cunningham, Ph.D., Eric

Credentials: 

Professor of Philosophy, Gonzaga University

Eric Cunnigham’s exciting new book combines a new translation of the Chinese classic Daodejing with a synthetic interpretation of the Dao. It innovatively employs the interweaving perspectives of Anthroposophy and esoteric world history. Among the inspirations for this work’s unique reading of the verses of the Daodejing is the speculation of contemporary esoteric scholars that the Yellow Emperor of Chinese mytho-history was actually a human incarnation of the spirit known elsewhere as Lucifer.

Market: 
Philosophy, History, Asian Studies, Chinese Studies, Anthropology, Daoism, Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Anthroposophy, Mysticism, Gnosticism, Ancient Philosophy, Plato, the *Daodejing*, Humanism, Esotericism
Release Date: 
November 1, 2018
ISBN: 
Hardcover: 978-1680530834
Price: 
$139.95
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
199
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

ACADEMICA PRESS
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Washington, DC 20036
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Conflict, Gender, and Body Politic in Nepal: Anthropological Engagement with the Threatened Lives and Well-Being of Women (St. James’s Studies in World Affairs)

Author: 

Dahal, Kapil Babu, Ph.D.

Credentials: 

Central Department of Anthropology, Tribhuvan University (Nepal)

More than 13,000 people lost their lives and many others suffered in other ways during the Maoist-led armed conflict that lasted for ten years (1996-2006) in Nepal. Many people are still missing and many more have been displaced. The lives of women in particular have been affected, with a heightened prevalence of gender-based violence during the armed conflict and post-conflict transition period. The warring sides used gendered strategies of the war wage war against each other and this book deals about the implications of such tactics.

Market: 
Asian Studies, Women’s Studies, Anthropology, Psychology, Gender, Women and Conflict, Civil Conflict, War Studies, Nepal, Nepalese Civil War, International Relations, Wellness, Women’s Health, Trauma Studies
Release Date: 
September 1, 2018
ISBN: 
Hardcover: 978-1680530810
Price: 
$139.95
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
164
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

ACADEMICA PRESS
1727 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 507
Washington, DC 20036
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