Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
About the Book Series
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Asia has undergone immense and far reaching changes: war, revolution, occupation, industrialization. This series includes in-depth research on aspects of economic, political and social history of individual countries as well as more broad-reaching analyses of regional issues.
Japanese-American Civilian Prisoner Exchanges and Detention Camps, 1941-45
1st Edition
By Bruce Elleman
December 01, 2007
The important and previously undocumented event in the history of the Second World War: the negotiation of 'prisoner' exchanges between the United States and Japan during 1941 to 1943, is examined here by Bruce Elleman.Approximately 7000 American citizens had been arrested by the Japanese ...
Beijing - A Concise History
1st Edition
By Stephen G. Haw
November 30, 2006
Stephen Haw sets out the history of the city of Beijing, charting the course of its development from its early roots before 2000 BC to its contemporary position as capital of the People’s Republic of China. Stephen Haw, a well-established author on China, outlines the establishment of the earliest ...
Nationalism in Southeast Asia: If the People Are with Us
1st Edition
By Nicholas Tarling
August 02, 2004
Nationalism in Southeast Asia seeks a definition of nationalism through examining its role in the history of southeast Asia, a region rarely included in general books on the topic. By developing such a definition and testing it out, Tarling hopes at the same time to make a contribution to southeast...
The Rise and Decline of Thai Absolutism
1st Edition
By Kullada Kesboonchoo Mead
August 02, 2004
This book examines the development of Thailand from the integration of Siam into the European world economy at the beginning of the nineteenth century, up to the emergence of Thailand as a modern nation state in the twentieth century. It concentrates in particular on the reign of King Chulalongkorn...
The United States and Cambodia, 1969-2000: A Troubled Relationship
1st Edition
By Kenton Clymer
April 28, 2004
Beginning with the restoration of diplomatic relations between the US and Cambodia in 1969, this book is the first to systematically explore the controversial issues and events surrounding the relationship between the two countries in the latter half of the 20th century. It traces how the secret ...
The United States and Cambodia, 1870-1969: From Curiosity to Confrontation
1st Edition
By Kenton Clymer
March 26, 2004
Spanning from the first US contacts with Cambodia in the 19th century up until the late 1960s and the outbreak of war with Vietnam, this book is the first to systematically explore American relations with Cambodia. A discussion of adventurers, tourists and missionaries initially sets the scene for ...
Ending the Vietnam War: The Vietnamese Communists' Perspective
1st Edition
By Ang Cheng Guan
November 06, 2003
Existing studies of the Vietnam War have been written mostly from an American perspective, using western sources, and viewing the conflict through western eyes. This book, based on extensive original research, including Vietnamese, Chinese and former Soviet sources, tells the story of the war from ...
Hong Kong in Transition: One Country, Two Systems
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Ash, Peter Ferdinand, Brian Hook, Robin Porter
December 13, 2002
Hong Kong in Transition offers a perspective on the exceptional constitutional and administrative experiment that has been taking place in Hong Kong, based on a substantial period under Chinese rule. There have been both successes and failures, and a perceptible process of change which is important...
The Aftermath of Partition in South Asia
1st Edition
By Gyanesh Kudaisya, Tan Tai Yong
April 18, 2002
This book draws upon new theoretical insights and fresh bodies of data to historically reappraise partition in the light of its long aftermath. It uses a comparative approach by viewing South Asia in its totality, rather than looking at it in narrow 'national' terms. As the first book to focus on ...
Japanese Industrialisation: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
1st Edition
By Ian Inkster
April 05, 2001
Japan's escape from colonialism and its subsequent industrialisation has taken it to the point where its economy is second only to that of the US. This comprehensive volume examines how this rapid change of fortunes occurred, and the impact it has had on East Asia and the world at large. Taking a ...
Contemporary Taiwanese Cultural Nationalism
1st Edition
By A-Chin Hsiau
August 07, 2000
Drawing on a wide range of Chinese historical and contemporary texts, Contemporary Taiwanese Cultural Nationalism addresses diverse subjects including nationalist literature; language ideology; the crafting of a national history; the impact of Japanese colonialism and the increasingly strained ...
Japan and Singapore in the World Economy: Japan's Economic Advance into Singapore 1870-1965
1st Edition
By Hitoshi Hirakawa, Hiroshi Shimizu
August 17, 1999
This pioneering work examines Japan's economic activities in Singapore from 1870 to 1965. Drawing upon a wide range of published and unpublished sources, the authors shed new light on issues such as:* prostitution* foreign trade by Kobe's overseas Chinese* fishermen in the inter-war period* ...