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The question of the meaning of progress and development is back on the political agenda. How to frame this discontent and search for new alternatives when either Marxism or liberalism no longer provi …

The sustained remarkable economic growth in the East Asian countries – Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore – has brought about a great deal of debate over the role of the state in the …

The History of Mitsubishi Corporation in London examines the culture clashes, the friendships and the changing businesses that Mitsubishi Corporation”s London branch oversaw in the eighty-five years …

This book is about the Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, living in and around Tokyo; it is, therefore, about what has been pushed to the margins of history. Customarily, anthropologists and publi …

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Negotiating nations 2. Claiming Pakistan 3. Resisting Hindutva 4. Redoing South Asia 5. Conclusion Bibliography Index …

How can countries decide what kind of military forces they need, if threats are uncertain and history is full of strategic surprises? This is a question that is more pertinent than ever, as countries …

Intergroup competition and conflict create pervasive problems in human society, giving rise to such phenomena as prejudice, terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and interstate war. Citizens, policy makers, s …

Study of the impact of Britain”s economic and financial crises on currency and monetary policy-making in India between the wars, analysing colonial policies during Anglo-US efforts to reconstruct th …

The modern metropolis has been called ”the symbol of our times”, and life in it epitomizes, for many, modernity itself. But what to make of inherited ideas of modernity when faced with life in Mexi …

The main emphasis of this book is upon political, social and economic developments, as conditioned by Japan”s interaction with the outside world, the advance of industrialisation and the emergence o …