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
Why some of Asia鈥檚 authoritarian regimes have democratized as they have grown richer鈥攁nd why others haven鈥檛
A groundbreaking account of translation and identity in the Chinese literary tradition before 1850鈥攚ith important ramifications for today
An exciting and richly detailed new history of the Silk Road that tells how it became more important as a route for diplomacy than for trade
A groundbreaking history of the political ideas that made modern India
The Quran is a sacred book with profound, and familiar, Old and New Testament resonances. And the message it promulgated, Islam, came of age during an extraordinarily rich era of interaction among monotheists. Jews, Christians, and...
Mr. Harrison warns that unless a new democratic lender arises when Nehru steps down, India will face Balkanization or authoritarian control based on army force. His disturbing book "is a study of enduring value, fully annotated and...
From bestselling cartoonist C. C. Tsai, a delightful graphic version of the stories and teachings of the important Chinese philosopher Mencius
A compelling new reading of The Tragedy of King Lear that finds parallels in twentieth-century Chinese history
Volume two of the acclaimed three-volume series on modern Japanese colonialism and imperialism
An examination of China鈥檚 participation in the World Trade Organization, the conflicts it has caused, and how WTO reforms could ease them