Frank Broeze 
Gateways Of Asia [PDF ebook] 
Port Cities of Asia in the 13th-20th Centuries

Ethnography, with all its limitations, has as its strongest impulse the quest to see and understand “others” on their own terms and to step out of our own viewpoints in order to do so. Conjoining eth …

Established as the foremost textbook on communication, the seventh edition of Owen Hargie’s Skilled Interpersonal Communication is thoroughly revised and updated with the latest research findings, th …

First published in 1958.This volume translates one of the major works of modern Chinese philosophy and in so doing makes a major contribution to the study of comparative philosophy. The volume contai …

The popularity of Stephen Hawking”s work has put cosmology back in the public eye. The question of how the universe began, and why it hangs together, still puzzles scientists. Their puzzlement began …

Drawing on social-legal, cultural and media theory, this book is one of the first to examine the media politics of human rights. It examines how the media construct the story of human rights, investi …

This volume argues the case that public health communication has affected health behavior. It brings together 16 studies of large-scale communication in a variety of substantive health areas–tobacco …

Finding life’s secret is not the exclusive domain of conventional medical research; living longer is a personal experience and only the one who has experienced longevity is able to explain its secret …

A clear and concise introduction to contemporary Slovenia. It examines the country”s rapid transition from a collection of provinces in the southern part of the Habsburg Empire, to a republic within …

The growth economies of Southeast Asia are presented by the World Bank and others as exemplars of development – ”miracle” economies to be emulated. How did the region attain such status? Are the ” …

Thailand Beyond the Crisis includes recent research to give an accurate and up to date picture of the status of Thailand”s economic recovery. The Asian economic crisis began in Thailand and ended a …