Regional and Area Studies
Featured Books
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Planning for Water Security in Southeast Asia
Community-Based Infrastructure During the Urban Transition
September, 2022
£40.00 / $40.00
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Religion and Identity in South Asia and Beyond
Essays in Honor of Patrick Olivelle
Edited by Steven E. Lindquist
This volume brings together sixteen articles on the religions, literatures and histories of South and Central Asia in tribute to Patrick Olivelle, one of North America's leading Sanskritists and historians of early India.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857287908
October 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume brings together sixteen articles on the religions, literatures and histories of South and Central Asia in tribute to Patrick Olivelle, one of North America’s leading Sanskritists and historians of early India.
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Stages of Life
Indian Theatre Autobiographies
Kathryn Hansen
Four autobiographies of early twentieth-century actors and playwrights are presented in English translation, with substantive chapters on the Parsi theatre and strategies for reading autobiography in the Indian context.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857286604
October 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00Four autobiographies of early twentieth-century actors and playwrights are presented in English translation, with substantive chapters on the Parsi theatre and strategies for reading autobiography in the Indian context.
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India and China: Interactions through Buddhism and Diplomacy
A Collection of Essays by Professor Prabodh Chandra Bagchi
compiled by Bangwei Wang, Tansen Sen
This volume collates the classic works of the preeminent Indian scholar of Chinese history and Buddhism, Professor Prabodh Chandra Bagchi (1898–1956).
Anthem Press
Hardback
9789380601175
October 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume collates the classic works of the preeminent Indian scholar of Chinese history and Buddhism, Professor Prabodh Chandra Bagchi (1898–1956).
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Changing France
Literature and Material Culture in the Second Empire
Anne Green
Focusing on cultural areas such as exhibitions, transport, food, dress and photography, ‘Changing France’ shows how apparently trivial aspects of modern life provided Second Empire writers with a versatile means of thinking about deeper issues.
Anthem Press
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9780857287779
July 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00Focusing on cultural areas such as exhibitions, transport, food, dress and photography, ‘Changing France’ shows how apparently trivial aspects of modern life provided Second Empire writers with a versatile means of thinking about deeper issues.
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FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Popularity and Neglect
Edited by Adrian Poole, Christine van Ruymbeke, William H. Martin, Sandra Mason
For all its fame in the wider world, Edward FitzGerald’s ‘Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám’ (1859) has been largely ignored by the academic establishment. This volume explores the reasons for both its popularity and neglect.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857287816
July 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00For all its fame in the wider world, Edward FitzGerald’s ‘Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám’ (1859) has been largely ignored by the academic establishment. This volume explores the reasons for both its popularity and neglect.
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ICTs and Development in India
Perspectives on the Rural Network Society
T. T. Sreekumar
'ICTs and Development in India' is a unique attempt to study the nature and consequences of the growing presence of Information Technology in development projects in India.
Anthem Press
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9781843318439
May 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00‘ICTs and Development in India’ is a unique attempt to study the nature and consequences of the growing presence of Information Technology in development projects in India.
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Aboard the Democracy Train
A Journey through Pakistan's Last Decade of Democracy
Nafisa Hoodbhoy
'Aboard the Democracy Train' is a gripping front-line account of Pakistan's decade of turbulent democracy (1988-1999), as told through the eyes of the only woman reporter working during the Zia era for the nation's leading English language newspaper.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9780857289674
April 2011
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£24.95 / $24.95‘Aboard the Democracy Train’ is a gripping front-line account of Pakistan’s decade of turbulent democracy (1988-1999), as told through the eyes of the only woman reporter working during the Zia era for the nation’s leading English language newspaper.
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The Non-Geometric Lenin
Essays on the Development of the Bolshevik Party 1910-1914
Carter Elwood
This book is a collection of eleven essays dealing with Lenin’s attempt to develop a Bolshevik Party between 1910 and 1914 as well as his curious relations with a tsarist police spy and a female Bolshevik during that period.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857287786
April 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This book is a collection of eleven essays dealing with Lenin’s attempt to develop a Bolshevik Party between 1910 and 1914 as well as his curious relations with a tsarist police spy and a female Bolshevik during that period.
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Civilizing Missions in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia
From Improvement to Development
Edited by Carey A. Watt, Michael Mann
This collection provides a historical exploration of the tensions and complexities of civilizing missions undertaken by British or Indian states or organizations in nineteenth- and twentieth-century South Asia.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318644
March 2011
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£99.00 / $99.00This collection provides a historical exploration of the tensions and complexities of civilizing missions undertaken by British or Indian states or organizations in nineteenth- and twentieth-century South Asia.
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Trysts with Democracy
Political Practice in South Asia
Edited by Stig Toft Madsen, Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Uwe Skoda
This volume offers a collection of lucid, theoretically stimulating articles that explore and analyse the institutions and values which are salient in understanding political practices in South Asia.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857287731
March 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume offers a collection of lucid, theoretically stimulating articles that explore and analyse the institutions and values which are salient in understanding political practices in South Asia.
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The Anti-Politics Machine in India
State, Decentralization and Participatory Watershed Development
Vasudha Chhotray
This book assesses the validity of ‘anti-politics’ critiques of development, first popularised by James Ferguson, in the peculiar context of India. It examines the extent to which it is possible to keep politics out of a highly technocratic state watershed development programme that also seeks to be participatory.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857287670
March 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This book assesses the validity of ‘anti-politics’ critiques of development, first popularised by James Ferguson, in the peculiar context of India. It examines the extent to which it is possible to keep politics out of a highly technocratic state watershed development programme that also seeks to be participatory.
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Global Connections and Emerging Inequalities in Europe
Perspectives on Poverty and Transnational Migration
Edited by Deema Kaneff, Frances Pine
This book explores connections between poverty and migration in the context of the expansion of neoliberalism in Europe, examining these global concerns from a local perspective.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857289698
February 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This book explores connections between poverty and migration in the context of the expansion of neoliberalism in Europe, examining these global concerns from a local perspective.
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Developing Qualifications Frameworks in EU Partner Countries
Modernising Education and Training
Edited by Jean-Marc Castejon, Borhène Chakroun, Mike Coles, Arjen Deij, Vincent McBride
This publication puts forward the view that qualifications systems are useful tools for modernising education and training. National qualifications frameworks are treated as one aspect of qualifications systems which is useful for improving education.
Anthem Press
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9780857289841
February 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This publication puts forward the view that qualifications systems are useful tools for modernising education and training. National qualifications frameworks are treated as one aspect of qualifications systems which is useful for improving education.
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Liberal Peace In Question
Politics of State and Market Reform in Sri Lanka
Edited by Kristian Stokke, Jayadeva Uyangoda
This book examines the politics of crafting liberal peace in contemporary intrastate conflicts using Sri Lanka’s failed attempt to negotiate peace with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318965
January 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This book examines the politics of crafting liberal peace in contemporary intrastate conflicts using Sri Lanka’s failed attempt to negotiate peace with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
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Christian Fiction and Religious Realism in the Novels of Dostoevsky
Wil van den Bercken
This study offers a literary analysis and theological evaluation of the Christian themes in the five great novels of Dostoevsky - 'Crime and Punishment', 'The Idiot', 'The Adolescent', 'The Devils' and 'The Brothers Karamazov'.
Anthem Press
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9780857289766
January 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This study offers a literary analysis and theological evaluation of the Christian themes in the five great novels of Dostoevsky – ‘Crime and Punishment’, ‘The Idiot’, ‘The Adolescent’, ‘The Devils’ and ‘The Brothers Karamazov’.
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Locating the Anglo-Indian Self in Ruskin Bond
A Postcolonial Review
Debashis Bandyopadhyay
This study explores the dialogue between the biographical and authorial selves of the writer Ruskin Bond, whose liminal subjectivity is informed by the fantasies of space and time.
Anthem Press
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9789380601045
January 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This study explores the dialogue between the biographical and authorial selves of the writer Ruskin Bond, whose liminal subjectivity is informed by the fantasies of space and time.
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A New India?
Critical Reflections in the Long Twentieth Century
Edited by Anthony P. D'Costa
foreword by Deepak NayyarThis volume critically examines the notion of a ‘new’ India by recognizing that India is changing remarkably and by exposing the many economic, social, and political contradictions that are integral to contemporary India.
Anthem Press
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9780857286642
December 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume critically examines the notion of a ‘new’ India by recognizing that India is changing remarkably and by exposing the many economic, social, and political contradictions that are integral to contemporary India.
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The Atlas of Climate Change Impact on European Cultural Heritage
Scientific Analysis and Management Strategies
Edited by Cristina Sabbioni, Peter Brimblecombe, May Cassar
'The Atlas of Climate Change Impact on European Cultural Heritage' is comprised of a vulnerability atlas and its accompanying guidelines, which together reveal the effects of future climate variations on cultural heritage.
Anthem Press
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9781843317982
October 2010
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£250.00 / $250.00‘The Atlas of Climate Change Impact on European Cultural Heritage’ is comprised of a vulnerability atlas and its accompanying guidelines, which together reveal the effects of future climate variations on cultural heritage.
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Imagined Mobility
Migration and Transnationalism among Indian Students in Australia
Michiel Baas
This book critically examines the history and current issues on the migration of Indian students to Australia.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318934
October 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00This book critically examines the history and current issues on the migration of Indian students to Australia.
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Taiwan Today
Edited by Anita Sharma, Sreemati Chakrabarti
Inspired by a conference titled 'Taiwan Today' organized by the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, this collection analyses contemporary India-Taiwan economic relations.
Anthem Press India
Hardback
9780857289667
August 2010
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£99.00 / $99.00Inspired by a conference titled ‘Taiwan Today’ organized by the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, this collection analyses contemporary India-Taiwan economic relations.
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Anton Chekhov Through the Eyes of Russian Thinkers
Vasilii Rozanov, Dmitrii Merezhkovskii and Lev Shestov
Edited by Olga Tabachnikova
This volume offers modern perspectives, from a strong international team of scholars, on the perception of Anton Chekhov's works by three leading cultural figures of the Silver Age of Russian culture - Vasilii Rozanov, Dmitrii Merezhkovskii and Lev Shestov.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318415
July 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume offers modern perspectives, from a strong international team of scholars, on the perception of Anton Chekhov’s works by three leading cultural figures of the Silver Age of Russian culture – Vasilii Rozanov, Dmitrii Merezhkovskii and Lev Shestov.
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Fat China
How Expanding Waistlines are Changing a Nation
Paul French, Matthew Crabbe
'Fat China' provides an in-depth analysis of the growing problem of obesity in China and its relationship to the nation's changing diet, lifestyle trends and healthcare system.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857289780
July 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Fat China’ provides an in-depth analysis of the growing problem of obesity in China and its relationship to the nation’s changing diet, lifestyle trends and healthcare system.
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Bulgaria and Europe
Shifting Identities
Edited by Stefanos Katsikas
'Bulgaria and Europe: Shifting Identities' offers a comprehensive analysis of Bulgaria's relationship with the European continent, focusing particularly on its accession to the EU and the aftermath.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318460
June 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Bulgaria and Europe: Shifting Identities’ offers a comprehensive analysis of Bulgaria’s relationship with the European continent, focusing particularly on its accession to the EU and the aftermath.
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Dialogics of Self, the Mahabharata and Culture
The History of Understanding and Understanding of History
Lakshmi Bandlamudi
'Dialogics of Self, the Mahabharata and Culture: The History of Understanding and Understanding of History' explores the interrelationships between individual and cultural historical dynamics in interpreting texts, using key concepts from Bakhtin’s theory of dialogics.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318354
May 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Dialogics of Self, the Mahabharata and Culture: The History of Understanding and Understanding of History’ explores the interrelationships between individual and cultural historical dynamics in interpreting texts, using key concepts from Bakhtin’s theory of dialogics.