Locke, Burke, Wakefield and the British Empire
A review of Colonial Capitalism and the Dilemmas of Liberalism: Locke, Burke, Wakefield and the British Empire, by Onur Ulas…
Development in Rural Cambodia
A review of Tides of Empire: Merit, Morality, and Development in Rural Cambodia, by Courtney Work. The ebb and flow…
Capitalism, Liberalism, and the British Empire
A review of Colonial Capitalism and the Dilemmas of Liberalism: Locke, Burke, Wakefield and the British Empire, by Onur Ulas…
The Southeast Asian Sesquisyllable
A review of Deconstructing the Southeast Asian sesquisyllable: a gestural account, by Becky Ann Butler Among linguistic typologists, mainland Southeast…
Urban Development and Modernization in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan
A review of Post-Socialist Dreamworlds: Housing Boom and Urban Development in Kazakhstan, by Alima Bissenova. The relocation of Kazakhstan’s capital…
Chinese Muslims & Shari’a
A review of The Prophet and the Party: Shari’a and Sectarianism in China’s Little Mecca, by Matthew Erie. Since the…
Translation Banks, Little Magazines & Online Venues
Parallel Publications: Translation Banks, Little Magazines, Online Venues Many scholars of East Asian Studies who are preparing dissertations based on…
Han Clothing Movement & Nationalism
A review of The Imaginary Institution of China: Dialectics of Fantasy and Failure in Nationalist Identification, as Seen through China’s…
Philippines, International Expositions, Identity Politics
A review of Identity Politics in the Architectures of Philippine Displays in International Expositions, 1887-1998, by Edson Roy G. Cabalfin.…
Lawmaking & Land Rights in Colonial East Indies
A review of Subjects, Lawmaking and Land Rights: Agrarian Regime and State Formation in Late Colonial Netherlands East Indies, by…