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This volume explores new ways to understand the dynamics of change and mobility in ideas, people, organisations and cultural paradigms. Using case studies of change in China past and present, it offers global (and not just Chinese) insights and questions all-embracing theories of globalization.

This volume explores new ways to understand the dynamics of change and mobility in ideas, people, organisations and cultural paradigms. Using case studies of change in China past and present, it offers global (and not just Chinese) insights and questions all-embracing theories of globalization.

Explores Chinese oral professional storytelling and its relations with literary culture in the past and present. "[A]n indispensable aid to scholars in the field." (Anne McLaren, University of Melbourne)

Explores Chinese oral professional storytelling and its relations with literary culture in the past and present. "[A]n indispensable aid to scholars in the field." (Anne McLaren, University of Melbourne)

In the mid-1990s, the formerly pliant Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) was transformed into an active opposition party by Megawati Sukarnoputri (now President of Indonesia). The subsequent backlash from the Suharto regime ultimately led to its downfall.

Southeast Asia contains some of the world's busiest shipping waters, particularly the Indonesian archipelago, the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea. The natural geography and human ecology of maritime Southeast Asia makes the area particularly apt for piracy, which has a long history in the region. In several instances during the last 250 years, pirates have disrupted peaceful trade and communications. Pirates in Paradise traces the s...

Despite a severe economic crisis, social unrest and growing pressure for political change, President Suharto's position seemed secure until the revolt of 1998. This book describes the unfolding events since 1996 which led to his resignation and evaluates the actors involved in shaping the future.

Despite a severe economic crisis, social unrest and growing pressure for political change, President Suharto's position seemed secure until the revolt of 1998. This book describes the unfolding events since 1996 which led to his resignation and evaluates the actors involved in shaping the future.

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This selection of 80 traditional short stories and legends from the vast Maldivian oral tradition - the first of its kind - offers a unique insight into the history, culture and beliefs of the Maldivians and into the world they live in. Of great interest not only to scholars but also would-be travellers.

This intriguing volume explains why, after centuries of Western scholars studying Asia, Asian scholars are beginning to study Western societies in return. But it also shows how cultural and political differences pose challenges to mutual understanding and learning.

This selection of 80 traditional short stories and legends from the vast Maldivian oral tradition - the first of its kind - offers a unique insight into the history, culture and beliefs of the Maldivians and into the world they live in. Of great interest not only to scholars but also would-be travellers.

This absorbing study of Buddhism as practised in a rural Thai community describes how esoteric spells and magical diagrams were the main interest of children and adolescents, while full ritual knowledge was obtained in adulthood and tempered by life experiences. New edition that updates and offers a contemporary perspective on the original study.

Explores the individualization of Chinese social, economic and political life - not only changing perceptions of the individual but also rising expectations for individual freedom, choice and individuality. This book is suitable for those wanting to understand Chinese society, with its ambivalences, contingencies and contradictions.

Reviews the fascinating history of the modern Thai monarchy and analyses the forces shaping its popular image. In this manner, the book offers valuable insights into the relationships between monarchy, religion and democracy in Thailand - topics that, after the September 2006 coup d'etat, gained renewed national and international interest.

Why in 1945 did Javanese become Indonesian whereas the Vietnamese balked at becoming Indochinese? In a classic study whose innovative concept of space has wide applicability, Goscha shows the Vietnamese came remarkably close to building an Indochinese identity but Lao and Cambodian nationalists rejected this precisely because of its Vietnamese hue.

A unique indigenous account of everyday tribal life in highland Southeast Asia with fascinating descriptions of hunting and fishing technologies and practices. This new edition is augmented by new material on food cultivation and its preparation.

Explores the individualization of Chinese social, economic and political life - not only changing perceptions of the individual but also rising expectations for individual freedom, choice and individuality. This book is suitable for those wanting to understand Chinese society, with its ambivalences, contingencies and contradictions.