Asian Studies
The first book of poems by the great Japanese surrealist to be published in English
Inviting new translations of classical Buddhist texts about why the self is an illusion鈥攁nd why giving it up can free us from suffering
The first major exploration of the mural tradition in early modern South India
The extraordinary multiplicity of religions and religious cultures in India, chronicled over two thousand years
How and why China has pursued information-age weapons to gain leverage against its adversaries
How the world鈥檚 largest e-commerce market highlights a digital path to development
How ordinary forms of writing鈥攊ncluding manuals, petitions, almanacs, and magazines鈥攕haped the way colonial subjects understood their place in empire
Co-Winner of the Senior Book Prize, American Ethnological Society
What the struggle over the Indonesian rainforests can teach us about the social frictions that shape the world around us
A sweeping account of how the sea routes of Asia have transformed a vast expanse of the globe over the past five hundred years, powerfully shaping the modern world