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.
Competing Imperialisms in Northeast Asia: New Perspectives, 1894-1953
1st Edition
Edited
By Aglaia De Angeli, Peter Robinson, Peter O’Connor, Emma Reisz, Tsuchiya Reiko
December 18, 2024
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Japan, China, and both Tsarist Russia and later the USSR, vied for imperial dominance in Northeast Asia. In the process, they contested and at the same time adopted many of the physical and rhetorical features of Old-World imperialism, mitigated...
Women in Asia under the Japanese Empire
1st Edition
Edited
By Tatsuya Kageki, Jiajia Yang
December 18, 2024
Contributors to this book provide an Asian women’s history from the perspective of gender analysis, assessing Japanese imperial policy and propaganda in its colonies and occupied territories and particularly its impact on women. Tackling topics including media, travel, migration, literature, and ...
A History of the 1957 Federation of Malaya Constitution
1st Edition
By Joseph M. Fernando
December 09, 2024
Fernando examines important aspects of the drafting of 1957 Federation of Malaya constitution related to the system of governance, division of legislative and executive powers, the conceptualisation of citizenship and the roles of the judiciary and election commission. The book sheds new light on ...
Winning North Vietnam’s Hearts and Minds during the Vietnam War (1954-1975): Chosen Glories
1st Edition
By Hai-Chung Pham
December 02, 2024
Pham explores North Vietnam’s unique challenges and perspectives to provide a holistic understanding of the Vietnam War. Delving into the emotional, philosophical and cultural dimensions of Northern Vietnamese experiences, this book transcends mere military strategy to illuminate how these elements...
The Rice Trade in Asia
1st Edition
By A. J. H. Latham
November 29, 2024
This book analyses the development of the rice trade in Asia since 1945. This book focuses on the three historically important exporters Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam as well as the two key importers Indonesia and the Philippines. The book addresses the impacts of several major transitions during ...
Revisiting Colonialism and Colonial Labour: The South Asian Working Class in British Malaya
1st Edition
Edited
By Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja, Shivalinggam Raymond
November 28, 2024
This book argues that the prevailing view of colonialism – that it was a negative and destructive phenomenon – needs to be rethought. It focuses on the experiences of the South Indian working class, large numbers of which came to Malaya in the early years of the twentieth century, emigrating from ...
The Asia Pacific War: Impact, Legacy, and Reconciliation
1st Edition
By Yasuko Claremont
November 28, 2024
This book examines key aspects of the Asia Pacific War (1931–1945), that was initially waged between Japan and China, before Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor drew in the U.S.-led allied forces from 1941 to 1945. Part I of the book examines three interlocking components, the origins of the war; ...
The Crafting of the Postwar Peace Treaty with Japan, 1945–1951
1st Edition
By Seung Mo Kang
November 20, 2024
This book examines how the Treaty of Peace with Japan, a momentous agreement that delineated postwar order in the Pacific, was negotiated between Japan and 48 other nations in 1951. Even though the treaty was created to legally end the state of war between Japan and its Pacific War enemies, many ...
Beer in East Asia: A Political Economy
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul Chambers, Nithi Nuangjamnong
October 08, 2024
Chambers, Nuangjamnong, and their contributors look at how the development of the beer industry in East Asia presents a unique opportunity for understanding the region’s political economy. Asia is both the world’s largest beer-consuming and beer-producing region, and the fastest growing beer market...
End of Empire Migrants in East Asia: Repatriates, Returnees and Finding Home
1st Edition
Edited
By Svetlana Paichadze, Jonathan Bull
October 08, 2024
This book provides an interdisciplinary study about the migration of approximately 9 million people who became end of empire migrants in East Asia following the collapse of the Japanese Empire in 1945. Through the collection of first-hand testimonies and examination of four key themes, the book ...
Reassessing Lee Kuan Yew's Strategic Thought
1st Edition
By Ang Cheng Guan
October 08, 2024
Building on the author’s 2012 book, Lee Kuan Yew’s Strategic Thought, this new book presents a comprehensive overview of Lee Kuan Yew’s strategic thought over the course of his entire life. It analyses the factors underlying Lee Kuan Yew’s thinking, discusses his own writings and speeches, and ...
Fighting Japan's Cold War: Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and His Times
1st Edition
By Ryuji Hattori
October 04, 2024
Yasuhiro Nakasone, who served as prime minister for more than five years in the 1980s, was one of Japan’s leading postwar politicians. This book is a biography of him, but by interweaving international politics and media appraisals of him, it also serves as an examination of Japan’s postwar ...