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Featured Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series
We are pleased to highlight our Routledge Hindu Studies Series! Until the end of May we are offering 20% discount all titles in the series with the code RHS15.
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Asia’s Transformations Series - Online Catalog
The books in this series explore the political, social, economic and cultural forces that have shaped Asia's twentieth and twenty-first century transformations. The series emphasizes the tumultuous interplay of local, national, regional and global forces as Asia emerges as the hub of the world economy in an era of deepening geopolitical conflicts. While focusing on the contemporary, it also looks back to analyze the antecedents of Asia's contested rise. Asia's Transformations aims to address the needs of students and teachers.
This online catalog features all books within the Asia's Transformations series. Explore the catalog here.
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New Title | Routledge Handbook of Families in Asia
Research on the family has expanded considerably across Asia but studies tend to be fragmented, focusing on narrow issues within limited areas (cities, towns, small communities) and may not be accessible to international readers. These limitations make it difficult for researchers, students, policy makers, and practitioners to obtain the information they need. The Routledge Handbook of Families in Asia fills that gap by providing a current and comprehensive analysis of Asian families by a wide range of experts in a single publication.
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New Title | Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media
The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media is a prestigious reference work providing an overview of the study of Chinese media. Gary and Ming-Yeh Rawnsley bring together an interdisciplinary perspective with contributions by an international team of renowned scholars on subjects such as television, journalism and the internet and social media. Locating Chinese media within a regional setting by focusing on ‘Greater China’, the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and overseas Chinese communities; the chapters highlight the convergence of media and platforms in the region; and emphasise the multi-directional and trans-national character of media/information flows in East Asia.
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New Title | Routledge Handbook of Asian Demography
This handbook will provide a comprehensive study of population changes in Asia and related theoretical issues through systematically examining demographic transitions on the continent, their considerable variations and their relationships with a wide range of social, economic, political and cultural factors.
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Featured Author | Dilip K Das
Author Dilip Das talks to us about his recent publications with Routledge.
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South Asian Studies Catalog 2015 Now Available
The Routledge South Asian Studies Catalog 2015 is now available!
This catalog contains key textbooks, cutting edge research and supplemental reading in South Asian Studies. From key research on vital topics, to textbooks for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, you will find whatever you need to further your own research, challenge your students, and provide essential reference materials for your institutional library.
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Featured Author | Willy Lam
Willy Lam’s just-released 'Chinese Politics in the Era of Xi Jinping: Renaissance, Reform or Retrogression?' is the climax of a series of his acclaimed earlier works on Chinese leaders from Deng Xiaoping to Hu Jintao. Chinese Politics in the Era of Xi Jinping is the first English-language book that gives a detailed account of President and General Secretary Xi’s ideology and statecraft. There are detailed accounts of Xi’s strategy for upholding the status of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as the country’s “perennial ruling party.” Other chapters explore the Xi team’s unique approach to economic growth under “new normal” conditions as well as Beijing’s proactive foreign policy and ultimate goal of challenging the global supremacy of the United States.
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New Books in South Asian Studies interviews Mukulika Banerjee author of Why India Votes?
New Books in South Asian Studies interviews Mukulika Banerjee author of Why India Votes?
Listen to the entire interview here: http://newbooksinsouthasianstudies.com/2015/03/18/mukulika-banerjee-why-india-votes-routledge-2014/
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Philosophy and the Martial Arts
Are you looking for the perfect book covering the martial arts, Eastern philosophy, the philosophy of sport, or the study of physical culture?
If so Philosophy and the Martial Arts: Engagement, by Graham Priest and Damon Young may well be just what you are looking for.