A Kamigata Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Metropolitan Centers, 1600-1750 Edited by Sumie Jones and Adam L. Kern with Kenji Watanabe Available for purchase at the University of Hawaii Press and for pre-order at Amazon. …
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Interaction in Mandarin Chinese and English as a Multilingua Franca
Interaction in Mandarin Chinese and English as a Multilingua Franca: Context, Practice, and Perception proposes a model of context, practice, and perception and raises awareness of the importance of understanding language use and perception …
The Grand Scribe’s Records, Volume I The Basic Annals of Pre-Han China Ssu-ma Ch’ien
"An essential source for the study of events in early China, a guide to the moral philosophy of the gentlemen of Han, and a splendid work of literature which may be read for the pleasure …
The Penguin Book of Haiku
The first Penguin anthology of Japanese haiku, in vivid new translations by Adam L. Kern. Now a global poetry, the haiku was originally a Japanese verse form that flourished from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. …
In Plain Sight: Impunity and Human Rights in Thailand
Following a 1932 coup d’état in Thailand that ended absolute monarchy and established a constitution, the Thai state that emerged has suppressed political dissent through detention, torture, forced reeducation, disappearances, assassinations, and massacres. In Plain Sight shows …
Revolution Interrupted: Farmers, Students, Law, and Violence in Northern Thailand
In October 1973 a mass movement forced Thailand’s prime minister to step down and leave the country, ending nearly forty years of dictatorship. Three years later, in a brutal reassertion of authoritarian rule, Thai state …
Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature. Volumes 1 and 2
The second volume to The Indiana Companion to TraditionalChinese Literature is both a supplement and an update to the original volume. VolumeII includes over 60 new entries on famous writers, works, and genres of traditionalChinese …
Japanese Applied Linguistics: Discourse and Social Perspectives
This book showcases recent developments in the field of Japanese applied linguistics. It covers a wide range of current issues and influential theoretical and methodological frameworks, many of which are of concern not only for …
New Directions in the Study of Meiji Japan
This volume of proceedings from the Conference on Meiji Studies presents a rare multinational interchange among professors, researchers, and graduate students investigating Japan. The essays reflect both an appreciation of past scholarship and a determination …
Medical Texts and Manuscripts in Indian Cultural History
This book presents a collection of the latest research on ayurveda by an international group of leading historians of medicine and Indian culture. The book begins with papers by C Pecchia and P A Maas …