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.
Histories of Children and Childhood in Meiji Japan
1st Edition
Edited
By Christian Galan, Harald Salomon
June 27, 2025
This book bridges the gap between historical research on Japan and the field of childhood history by writing children and childhood into the general historical record of the Meiji period. To explore the widely varying circumstances of childhood during the Japanese transition to modernity, the ...
Japanese Diplomacy and East Asian International Politics, 1918–1931
1st Edition
By Ryuji Hattori
May 27, 2025
This book provides an overall picture of East Asian international politics during the early interwar period and examines the various foreign policy trends of the major powers involved, including Japan, China, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Based on extensive original research, it...
Pandemics in Singapore, 1819–2022: Lessons for the Age of COVID-19
1st Edition
By Kah Seng Loh, Li Yang Hsu
April 14, 2025
Singapore has faced many pandemics over the centuries, from plague, smallpox and cholera to influenza and novel coronaviruses. By examining how different governments responded, this book considers what we can learn from their experiences. Public health strategies in the city-state were often ...
Nationalism and Decolonisation in Singapore: The Malayan Generation, 1953 – 1963
1st Edition
By Thum Ping Tjin
December 19, 2024
Nationalism and Decolonisation in Singapore analyses Singapore’s decolonisation movement between 1953 and 1963 and provides a framework to understand the deepest and most important unresolved conflicts in Singaporean society. This book demonstrates how these conflicts stem from four unresolved ...
Competing Imperialisms in Northeast Asia: New Perspectives, 1894-1953
1st Edition
Edited
By Aglaia De Angeli, Peter Robinson, Peter O’Connor, Emma Reisz, Reiko Tsuchiya
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 ...