New Zealand. Visual Education Media. 2011. A set of 5 posters featuring sentences in Japanese script and Romanji (e.g. Speaking Japanese is easy! Welcome to the Japanese Classroom) and a graphic. Nihongo de hanasu no wa yasashii desu yo! Maemuki ni ganbarimashoo! Koko dewa hihongo o hanshimasu! Doozo egao de... More
Australia. inspiredmedia, 2010. Set of 36 laminated cards. Make vocab learning fun! Students match up Indonesian words with pictures. all vocab is based on the Reader Series. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 137819). More
Australia. inspiredmedia, 2010. Set of 36 laminated cards. Pack of 5. Make vocab learning fun! Students match up Indonesian words with pictures. all vocab is based on the Reader Series. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 137886). More
U.K. Mantra. 2008. Durable, card signs, pack of 9. Strong durable laminated paper card signs, ideal for secondary school. Multilingual with English and up to 10 different languages on the same card. Languages include Bengali, Urdu, Turkish and Arabic. Great for creating a cultural environment and brightening up a school... More
New York. Princeton Arch Press, 1998. Profuse colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 158pp, paperback, quarto. "The work of Tokyo-based architect Takasaki Masaharu, one of the most exciting and original architects working today, has captivated those interested in individual and animated design. Although his work is not widely known... More
Bangkok. Orchid Press. 2004. 2nd Edition. Maps, illustrations, 192pp, appendix, bibliography, paperback. "When the author assumed a two year lecturing position in English language at a college in Mandalay in 1986, little did he realize that he was to witness the lead-up to one the most brutal political crackdowns in... More
London. Routledge. 2009. xxiii + 322pp, bibliography, index, paperback. This second edition of "Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia" takes the excellent framework from Acharya's first edition and brings it up-to-date, looking at ASEAN's comprehensive and critical account of the evolution of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)... More
Canberra. Research School of Pacific Studies. Australian National University. 2002. Portrait frontispiece, 216pp, paperback. Small quarto. The 12 papers in this volume are: Salako morphology and the interrelation between voice, mood and aspect - Sander Adelaar; Formalism or phoneyism? The history of Kayan final glottal stop - Robert Blust; Split... More
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1999. Tables and figures, xxviii + 417pp, index, dustjacket. "Presents the first theoretical analysis of the Asian Financial Crisis and draws out the general lessons of an event whose potential long term effects have been likened to those of the Crash of 1929. Part I presents... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2014. 293pp, bibliography, index, paperback. Since the 1960s, overseas migration has become a major factor in the economy of the Philippines. It has also profoundly influenced the sense of nationhood of both migrants and nonmigrants. Migrant workers learned to view their home country as part of a.... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2014. Maps, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 328pp, glossary, bibliography, index. During the half century following Malaysian independence in 1957, the country’s National Museum underwent a transformation that involved a shift from serving as a repository for displays of mounted butterflies and stuffed... More
Kuala Lumpur. MBRAS. 1984. Map, black and white illustrations, 224pp, appendices, bibliography, paperback, large octavo. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 48547). More
Kuala Lumpur. MBRAS. 1984. Map, one black and white illustration, tables, 224pp, appendices, bibliography, large octavo, paperback with little wear. Introduction: Geographical Background, Historical Background; The Economy of Kedah 1879-1905; The Financial Problems of Kedah; The Kedah Politicial System 1879-1905; The Years of Transition 1905-1911; Kedah-British Conflict: Malay Reaction to... More
Australia. Curriculum Corporation. 1998. Teacher's resource book. The sources included in Hanabi are all texts from or about modern Japan. Some are by Japanese authors while others are by non-Japanese who have lived and worked in Japan. A variety of text types is included. The book is made up of... More
Australia. Curriculum Corporation. 2000. Maps, illustrations, 128pp, paperback. Exploring North-East Asia: China, Japan, Korea looks at cultural, historical and environmental aspects of China, Japan and Korea. The book provides students with fact files about China, Japan, Korea and Australia, and invites comparisons between the countries for better understanding. There are... More
New Delhi. Sterling Publishers Private. (c.1990). 327pp, index, notes, paperback, priceclipped. Asian Studies Association of Australia, South Asian Publications No. 7. "This collection of essays, six written by anthropologists and three by historians, is intended as a contribution to our understanding of some of the seeming paradoxes in the social... More
Singapore. Singapore University Press. 2003. xii + 269pp, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, paperback. In this book, the author sets out some of the major issues in English language research and suggests where to look for more information and ideas. Exercises in the text add practical ways of engaging with research... More
Singapore. Singapore University Press. 2010. viii + 262 pages, index, paperback. Late industrializing countries are able to pick strategies for economic development based on the experiences of countries that preceded them. Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (the CLMV countries) were closed off from the international community for many years, and... More
Bangkok. White Lotus. 2009. Maps, colour photographic illustrations, ix + 100 pages, index, references, notes, paperback. Dress, Textiles, and Identity of the Black Tai of Loei Province, Northeast Thailand examines the contemporary role of traditional and tradition-based Black Tai textiles and dress as material and symbolic representations of Black Tai... More
Singapore. NUS Press, 2014. Map, xxiv + 276 pp, glossary, bibliography, index, paperback. In this original and perceptive study Donna J. Amoroso argues that the Malay elites' preeminent position after the Second World War had much to do with how British colonialism reshaped old idioms and rituals - helping to... More
Folkestone. Global Oriental. 2007. vii + 240pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket. Described as an epiphany for the Asian and African countries craving post-war independence from foreign domination, the Bandung (Indonesia) conference created a sense of critical mass between the states that became known as the Third World and the West in... More
New Delhi. Munshiram Manoharlal. 1979. Third edition. Black and white illustrations, 95 + 44pp, little foxing page edges, dustjacket extremities worn and little rubbed with sunned spine, a good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161323). More
Thailand. White Lotus. 2009. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xxii + 479 pages, index, appendices, paperback. Provides a fascinating eye witness summary of two expeditions made in pursuit of what can only be described as a misconceived dream. The idea of a 'back door' to China, which excited British... More
Bangkok. Silkworm Books. 2010. Black and white photographic illustrations, x + 185 pages, index, references, paperback. This longitudinal, anthropological study challenges the single, dominant narrative of Muslim discourse in Thailand. It focuses on Thai Muslims in the Nipa Island (pseud.) community on the Andaman coast, whose economic and education aspirations... More
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
