Singapore. NUS Press, 2018. 241pp, appendix, index, paperback. Breast cancer is now the most common cancer among women in most Asian countries. Many lives are at stake. Even in places where state-of-the-art medical services are available, thousands of women in Asia are dying of the disease largely due to late..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2016. 270pp. Paperback. New. "At the core of this book is a seemingly simple question: What is Asia? In search of common historical roots, traditions and visions of political-cultural integration, first Japanese, then Chinese, Korean and Indian intellectuals, politicians and writers understood Asianisms as an umbrella for..... More
Melbourne. Trans Pacific Press. 2007. Black and white illustrations, xiv + 351pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. "In this collection, thirteen essays by Japanese and Korean sociologists and anthropologists explore a variety of methods of social inquiry. They include: urban research, wartime anthropology, folklore studies, the studies of local knowledge of..... More
Ithaca. Cornell University Press. 2006. Black and white illustrations, x + 314pp, index. "The Ambivalent Consumer is deeply researcehd and elegantly written. In a book that addresses a wide range of problems that extend well beyond consumers' desires and decision-making, the authors highlight the synergistic roles plaeyd by governemtns on..... More
Chicago. The University of Chicago Press. 2017. 196pp, notes, paperback copy. "Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first major book of nonfiction since In..... More
Singapore: NUS Press, 2016. 395pp, paperback. The history of regional sporting events in 20th-century Asia yields insights into Western and Asian perspectives on what defines modern Asia, and can be read as a staging of power relations in Asia and between Asia and the West. The Far Eastern Championship Games..... More
Singapore. ISEAS. 2012. xi + 174pp, index, bibliography, paperback. When referring to this item please quote stockid 137835. More
Folkestone. Global Oriental Ltd., 2005. 442pp, appendix, index. New hardback in dustjacket, remainder price sticker upper cover. Focuses on the global challenges, combined with an increasing interest in re-examining important socio-economic, political and cultural issues of Asia's past, as well as any 'historic' mythology that may be at play. This..... More
London. Routledge. 2009. Second edition. xii + 212pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. "This new, and fully updated 2nd edition of Families in Asia provides a unique and comparative analysis of family trends in Asia by focusing on the most relevant and significant aspects of family and kin, from the process..... More
Singapore. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 2002. ix + 196pp, bibliography, index, paperback. "The studies of pollution management in East Asia's newly industrialized economies (NIEs) include successful government responses in Singapore and Taiwan, qualified results in China and Indonesia, and much more limited success in Thailand and Malaysia. In each..... More
Australia. Trans Pacific Press. 2008. xviii + 241pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. "Exploring the myriad ways that status and stratification manifest in different cultural contexts, this collection presents in-depth studies of a variety of cultural forms in Asia. The first of its three parts focuses upon status concepts among the..... More
Australia. Text Publishing. 2009. xiv + 221p, notes, index, paperback. Most of us are absolutely certain that we wouldn't hesitate to save a drowning child, and that we would do it at considerable cost to ourselves. Yet while thousands of children die each day, we spend money on things we..... More
Bangkok. White Lotus. 2002. xvi + 272pp, bibliography, paperback. Beyond the Beach examines drifter-style tourism, a sanitized and institutionalized tourism alternative, in Asia. Over the last thirty years drifter tourism has developed its own myth and spawned a mobile subculture of Western travellers. The study seeks to illustrate the historical..... More
Australia: Tilde Publishing, 2013. Ideal for those undertaking research in the fields of librarianship and information management, "Research Methods for Information Management and Systems: Techniques and Questions" is a wide-ranging text that guides students through the literature so that they can pursue their own investigations efficiently and in greater detail..... More