Clayton. Monash University. 1993. Tables, xxiii + 249pp, bibliography, paperback. Looks at overseas students in Australia, factors influencing the decision to go abroad, structural factors influencing destination choice, factors influencing decision choice from the student perspective and policy and planning implications. When referring to this item please quote stockid 53732..... More
Beijing. Peking University Press. Colour illustrations, v + 122 pages, paperback. The Vault of Teaching Games is written for teachers, student teachers and tutors, who want to teach Mandarin in a more active and fun way. This book consists of two volumes, including over 100 language games which are not..... More
Singapore. Singapore University Press. 2019. Reprint. Maps, xiii + 318pp, notes, index, paperback. "Contesting Malayness assembles research on the theme of how Malays have identified themselves in time and place, developed by a wide range of scholars. While the authors describe some of the historical and cultural patterns that make..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2010. xiii + 283 pages, index, bibliography, notes, paperback. Transforming Brickfields: Development and Governance in a Malaysian City is about the transformation of urban space and the reordering of the demographic character of Brickfields, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Kuala Lumpur. Baxstrom offers an ethnographic account..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2014. Colour and black and white illustrations, 450pp, index, paperback. The Temiar are a Mon-Khmer-speaking group living in the uplands of northern Peninsular Malaysia. People in the region once practised Mahayana Buddhism and later Islam, but when Geoffrey Benjamin began his fieldwork in 1964, the Temiar practised..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2012. Maps, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 459 pages, index, bibliography, notes, paperback. Singapore fell to Japan on 15 February 1942. Within days, the Japanese had massacred thousands of Chinese civilians, and taken prisoner more than 100,000 British, Australian and Indian soldiers. A...... More
Malaysia. MBRAS. 1996. 2nd impression. Maps, 1 colour folding map, black and white illustrations, 761pp, appendices, references, index, pictorial upper board, octavo, hardback. Monograph No. 16. This work, from a study that took over a period of forty years, discusses the history, custom and independence of Naning in Malacca. When..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2017. Reprint of 4th Edition revised and enlarged. Black and white photographic illustrations, 375pp, index, paperback. "Red Star Over Malaya is an account of the inter-racial relations between Malays and Chinese during the final stages of the Japanese occupation. In 1947, none of the three major race..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2014. 2nd Edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, xv + 162pp, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, paperback. In the early twentieth century, social banditry was endemic in the countryside near the border between the northern Malaysian state of Kedah and Siam, and some outlaws became local heroes. Cheah..... More
Beijing. Beijing Language and Culture University Press. 2008. Boxed set of 200 picture cards, 1 MP3 CD. This box of picture cards is part of the Chinese Handbook series. It includes carefully selected short sentences expressing the basic needs in daily life and expansion expressions annotated with pinyin, English translation..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2012. Black and white photographic plates, 375pp, bibliography, index. Paperback. New. "Following the fall of the Melaka Sultanate to the Portuguese in 1511, the sultanates of Johor and Aceh emerged as major trading centers alongside Portuguese Melaka. Each power represented wider global interests. Aceh had links with..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2023. Black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 249pp, bibliography, index. Hardback. New. "A study of interlocutor reference that significantly deepens our understanding of the ways in which self-other relations are linguistically mediated in social interaction, based on the analysis of Southeast Asian languages. Terms used by..... More
United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley Ltd, 2018. 360pp, paperback. With over 10,000 fully illustrated terms arranged by theme and an audio app, Mandarin Chinese language learning has never been easier. Perfect for tourist and business travellers alike, DK's Bilingual Visual Dictionary series is by your side when buying food, talking about..... More
Tokyo. Tuttle. 2012. Reprint. Illustrated by Jun Hashimoto. Profuse black and white illustrations, xv + 206pp, index. Paperback. New. "A collection of 200 Japanese proverbs with illustrations and explanations for each saying." (Publisher's description). When referring to this item please quote stockid 218073. More
United States. NUS Press. 2015. Map, xii + 166pp, bibliography, index, paperback. Malaysia is a major rubber producing country, and the country's rubber manufacturing sector is a prime example of an industry based on a locally produced agricultural resource. In Rubber Manufacturing in Malaysia, C.C. Goldthorpe draws on industrial policy..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2011. 324pp, appendix, bibliography, index, paperback. "In Victorious Wives, Mulaika Hijjas uses tools drawn from literary criticism and gender studies to look at a previously neglected corpus of Malay literature in a new light. The relatively equal gender relations in Southeast Asia have long been presented as..... More
Hong Kong. The Commercial Press, Ltd., 2009. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations and line drawings, 100 pages, glossary, paperback. Stories in the Read About China series for Intermediate - Advanced learners of Chinese. Rope, jade rings, goat, goose cage, chrysanthemum ... Imagine how these commonplace things can be..... More
Collingwood. Black Inc., 2013. 105pp. Paperback. New. "Whether we're aware of it or not, we spend much of our time in this globalised world in the act of translation. Language is a big part of it, of course, as anyone who has fumbled with a phrasebook in a foreign country..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2008. xii + 285pp, bibliography, index, paperback. This pioneering volume develops an institutionalist analysis of Malaysia's post-colonial economy by exploring the political economy of development and particularly the interface between economics and law. The various authors show that economic policy initiatives in Malaysia have often been accompanied..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2006. Maps, xxv + 228pp, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. This stimulating new reading of constructions of ethnicity in Malaysia and Singapore is an important contribution to understanding the powerful linkages between ethnicity, religious reform, identity and nationalism in multi-ethnic Southeast Asia. When referring to this item..... More
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Canberra. Canberra Publishing. 2023. Translated by 董佳 [Dong Jia] and 韩超 [Han Chao]. Black and white illustrations, graphs and tables, 233pp. Paperback. New. 20.5 x 13.3cm. Text in Simplified Chinese. When referring to this item please quote stockid 216151. More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2024. viii + 260pp, notes, selected bibliography, index. Paperback. New. "By 1946, the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) had become one of the most successful communist parties in Asia. From its foundation in 1930, it had built up a membership in the thousands, mainly among Chinese and Indian..... More
Singapore. Asian Studies Association in Association with NUS Press. 2015. 310pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. ASAA Southeast Asia Publications Series. In Malaysia race is viewed not as an external attribute attached to a person but rather as an innate characteristic. Starting from this foundation, race and indigeneity have featured prominently..... More
Kuala Lumpur. MBRAS. 1997. Reprint. 146pp, hardcover. Topics include botany, history, language, natural history, folklore, social customs, medicine, games, miscellaneous, biography, and demonology. First published as a separate booklet for MBRAS members with their copies of the Journal (JSBEAS 14-17) and covered the years 1885-1887. When referring to this item..... More
Kuala Lumpur. MBRAS. 1997. Reprint. Black and white maps and illustrations, viii + 339pp, hardback, minor wear and bumps to covers, but a nice clean and firm copy. New introduction by Cheah Boon Kheng. Translated from the Portuguese. When referring to this item please quote stockid 224499. More