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  • Frontier Livelihoods

    Hmong in the Sino-Vietnamese Borderlands

    by Christine Bonnin, Sarah Turner, Jean Michaud ...
    Do ethnic minorities have the power to alter the course of their fortune when living within a socialist state? In Frontier Livelihoods, the authors focus their study on the Hmong - known in China as the Miao - in the Sino-Vietnamese borderlands, contending that individuals and households create livelihoods about which governments often know little.The product of wide-ranging research over many ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

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  • The Vietnam War

    by Chris McNab, Professor Andrew Wiest ...
    Series series Military Classics
    The Vietnam War is a timely account of the 6,000-day conflict in Southeast Asia. The book begins with the history of South East Asia during World War II, before discussing the French involvement in the First Indochina War, and the subsequent drawing-in of the United States and its allies, Australia and South Korea. The repercussions of this bitter, tragic and costly conflict were far-reaching, for ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Short History of Cambodia: From empire to survival

    From empire to survival

    by John Tully ...
    New in the Short History of Asia series edited by Milton Osborne this is a concise and readable history of Cambodia from its rich and powerful past through the era of French protection the Vietnamese conflict the Pol Pot regime and to its present day incarnation as a constitutional monarchy and popular tourist destination. Temples and killing fields mighty rivers and impenetrable forests a past ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Demokrasi

    Indonesia in the 21st Century

    by Hamish McDonald ...
    Indonesia, a nation of thousands of islands and almost 250 million people, straddles the junction of the Pacific and Indian oceans. Current President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has presided over 6 per cent average yearly growth of its economy, to surpass $1 trillion. If this rate continues, Indonesia will join the world's ten biggest economies in a decade or so, just behind the so-called BRIC ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Mekong

    Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future

    by Milton Osborne ...
    A "remarkable" history of the great river of Southeast Asia ( Jill Ker Conway, author of The Road from Coorain).The Mekong River runs over nearly three thousand miles, beginning in the mountains of Tibet and flowing through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam before emptying into the China Sea. Its waters are the lifeblood of Southeast Asia, and first begot civilization on the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Short History of South-East Asia

    by Peter Church ...
    Explore the fascinating history of south-east AsiaA Short History of South-East Asia, Sixth Edition is the latest in a series of updated texts spotlighting this fascinating region. With revised chapters for all of the countries in this geographic area, this interesting text paints a remarkable overview of the characters and events that have shaped this part of the world. Founded upon a deeply ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Colonial Pathologies

    American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines

    by Warwick Anderson ...
    Colonial Pathologies is a groundbreaking history of the role of science and medicine in the American colonization of the Philippines from 1898 through the 1930s. Warwick Anderson describes how American colonizers sought to maintain their own health and stamina in a foreign environment while exerting control over and “civilizing” a population of seven million people spread out over seven thousand ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Bangkok People

    by James Eckardt ...
    From boxers, business tycoons, bargirls and body-snatchers to street vendors, slum-dwellers, socialites and singers, Bangkok People takes the reader into the daily lives of city denizens, both Thai and expat, and from the filthy rich to the just plain filthy. Penned by one of Thailand's best-known expat writers, this fascinating, funny, sometimes serious, and occasionally odd collection plunges ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Burma's Economy in the Twentieth Century

    by Ian Brown ...
    At the beginning of the twentieth century, Burma was among the most prosperous territories in the East. Yet since gaining independence in 1948, its economy has struggled. Burma's developmental failure has often been attributed to gross mismanagement of the economy by the military who took power in 1962 but in this illuminating book, Ian Brown, one of the leading economic historians of Southeast ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • A Brief History Of Bali

    Piracy, Slavery, Opium and Guns: The Story of a Pacific Paradise

    by Willard A. Hanna ...
    Series series Brief History of Asia Series
    This book tells the story of Bali—the "paradise island of the Pacific"—its rulers and its people, and their encounters with the Western world.Bali is a perennially popular tourist destination. It is also home to a fascinating people with a long and dramatic history of interactions with foreigners, particularly after the arrival of the first Dutch fleet in 1597. In this first comprehensive history ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Philippines: Islands of Enchantment

    by Alfred A. Yuson ...
    Full of stunning photography, this travel pictorial and Philippines guidebook captures the soul of a tropical island nation.The Philippines: Islands of Enchantment captures all the marvels and excitement found throughout the 7000-island archipelago. Beautiful photographs by award-winning photographer George Tapan are paired with rich text by author Alfred A. Yuson to make this new paperback ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Comfort Woman

    A Filipina's Story of Prostitution and Slavery under the Japanese Military

    by Maria Rosa Henson, Sheila S. Coronel ...
    Series series Asian Voices
    From Comfort Woman:“We began the day with breakfast, after which we swept and cleaned our rooms. Then we went to the bathroom downstairs to wash the only dress we had and to bathe. The bathroom did not even have a door, so the soldiers watched us. We were all naked, and they laughed at us, especially me and the other young girl who did not have any pubic hair.“At two, the soldiers came. My work ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD