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  • Republicanism, Communism, Islam

    Cosmopolitan Origins of Revolution in Southeast Asia

    by John T. Sidel ...
    In Republicanism, Communism, Islam**, John T. Sidel provides an alternate vantage point for understanding the variegated forms and trajectories of revolution across the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam, a perspective that is de-nationalized, internationalized, and transnationalized.** Sidel positions this new vantage point against the conventional framing of revolutions in modern Southeast ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Philippine Politics and Society in the Twentieth Century

    Colonial Legacies, Post-Colonial Trajectories

    Edited by Eva-Lotta Hedman, John Sidel ...
    Series series Politics in Asia
    The only book length study to cover the Philippines after Marco's downfall, this key title thematically explores issues affecting this fascinating country, throughout the last century. Appealing to both the academic and non academic reader, topics covered include: national level electoral politics economic growth the Philippine Chinese law and order opposition the Left local and ethnic politics. ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

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    What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate

    by Robert D. Kaplan ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “ambitious and challenging” (The New York Review of Books) work, the bestselling author of Monsoon and Balkan Ghosts offers a revelatory prism through which to view global upheavals and to understand what lies ahead for continents and countries around the world.In The Revenge of Geography, Robert D. Kaplan builds on the insights, discoveries, and theories of ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Planet of Slums

    by Mike Davis ...
    Series series Essential Mike Davis
    THE BEST-SELLING MODERN CLASSIC: The world’s leading urbanist offers a “profound . . . brilliant” account of the rise of the world’s slums and the failures of modern urbanization (Arundhati Roy, activist and Booker Prize–winning author).According to the United Nations, more than one billion people now live in the slums of the cities of the South. In this brilliant and ambitious book, Mike Davis ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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  • Asia's Cauldron

    The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific

    by Robert D. Kaplan ...
    **NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FINANCIAL TIMESFrom Robert D. Kaplan, named one of the world’s Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine, comes a penetrating look at the volatile region that will dominate the future of geopolitical conflict.**Over the last decade, the center of world power has been quietly shifting from Europe to Asia. With oil reserves of several billion ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • Imagined Communities

    Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism

    by Benedict Anderson ...
    **This world-famous work on the origins and development of nationalism examines what drives people to live, die, and kill in the name of nations.“One of the greatest.” —London Review of Books“Anderson transformed the study of nationalism.” —The New York Times“Boldly original.” —Guardian**The full magnitude of Benedict Anderson’s intellectual achievement is still being appreciated and debated. ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

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  • The Transformation of the World

    A Global History of the Nineteenth Century

    by Jürgen Osterhammel ...
    Translated by Patrick Camiller ...
    Series series America in the World
    A panoramic global history of the nineteenth centuryA monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition. Jürgen Osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the Braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional Eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia

    by David Vine ...
    The American military base on the island of Diego Garcia is one of the most strategically important and secretive U.S. military installations outside the United States. Located near the remote center of the Indian Ocean and accessible only by military transport the base was a little-known launch pad for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and may house a top-secret CIA prison where terror suspects ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • A Short History of South-East Asia

    Edited by Peter Church ...
    The success of the first four editions shows that this book fills a vacuum for readers who wish to learn about the countries of South-East Asia. Recent years have seen a number of important developments all of which are covered here. With the global climate becoming more uncertain and the threat of terrorism spilling over, this book will aid readers' knowledge of this region by addressing its ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • The Chinese in Indonesia: An English Translation of Hoakiau di Indonesia

    by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Max Lane ...
    Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925-2006) was undoubtedly Indonesia’s most significant novelist and writer. After the 1960 publication of this book, now translated for the first time, Promoedya spent some 20 years in prison often in appalling conditions. The book sets out in the form of nine letters much of the author’s humanist and deeply anti-racialist philosophy as it discussed the history and needs of ... Read more

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  • Ottawa and Empire

    Canada and the Military Coup in Honduras

    by Tyler Shipley ...
    In June 2009, the democratically elected president of Honduras was kidnapped and whisked out of the country while the military and business elite consolidated a coup d’etat. To the surprise of many, Canada implicitly supported the coup and assisted the coup leaders in consolidating their control over the country.Since the coup, Canada has increased its presence in Honduras, even while the country ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • A Short History of Laos

    The land in between

    by Grant Evans ...
    Laos, perhaps the least known country in mainland Southeast Asia, stands at the region's crossroads. This small 'land in between' is surrounded by China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Burma-countries that, in pre-modern times, provided Lao kings with a field for territorial expansion. But more often, Laos has been a bridge between these powerful neighbours, and an arena in which they and their ... Read more

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