Peter Sowden, Editor, Asia and Russia and Eastern Europe

Peter Sowden commissions books (mainly research monographs) on all areas of Asia, including Central Asia, Russia and Eastern Europe, as well as some books on the Middle East. He has started, and continues to handle, over twenty important monograph series, some of which cover all of Asia (e.g., Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia, Religion in Contemporary Asia, and Law in Asia series), and others which focus on particular parts of Asia (e.g., Studies on the Chinese Economy and the Malaysian Studies series). Peter has over thirty years' experience commissioning academic books.