Glossary of Chinese Islamic Terms

Jiangping Wang

• Hardcover | Engels | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
• The most comprehensive glossary to date of Hui Muslim terms and the first to fully match the Chinese term (stated in Chinese script and pinyin) to its... Lees meer

Managing Marital Disputes in Malaysia

Sven Cederoth Cederroth, Sharifa Zaleha Syed Hassan

• Paperback | Engels | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies | nr. 75
• A trend found in many Islamic societies in recent years has been the increasing regulation of family life by Islamic law and a corresponding move away... Lees meer

Rethinking Development in East Asia

Pietro Masina

• Hardcover | Engels | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies | nr. 29
• Focuses on three interrelated aspects: the impact of evolving international and regional dynamics on national development strategies; the rethinking o... Lees meer

The State and Its Enemies in Papua New Guinea

Alexander Wanek

• Paperback | Engels | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies | nr. 64
• A study of nation-building processes in the young state of Papua New Guinea, and of opposition to these in one of the country's peripheral provinces, ... Lees meer

Constructing the Colonial Encounter

Niels Brimnes

• Hardcover | Engels | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies | nr. 81
• This book offers a systematic analysis of the violent clashes between the South Indian 'right' and 'left' hand caste divisions that repeatedly rocked ... Lees meer

Japanese Influences and Presences in Asia

Ian Reader, Marie Soederberg

• Hardcover | Engels | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies | nr. 25
• While scholarly works on this topic have to date mainly concentrated on Japan's influences in economic and political terms, this volume examines Japan... Lees meer

Nationalism as Political Paranoia in Burma

Mikael Gravers

• Hardcover | Engels | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies | nr. 11
• This study probes the complex relationship between nationalism, violence and Buddhism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Burma. Gravers' study bring... Lees meer

Democracy in Malaysia

Khoo Boo Teik Khoo, Francis Loh

• Hardcover | Engels | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
• Analyses discourses pertinent to democratic politics in Malaysia, including the political elite's interpretation of 'Asian values' and 'Asian democrac... Lees meer

Glossary of Chinese Islamic Terms

Jiangping Wang

• Paperback | Engels | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
• The most comprehensive glossary to date of Hui Muslim terms and the first to fully match the Chinese term (stated in Chinese script and pinyin) to its... Lees meer

Constructing the Colonial Encounter

Niels Brimnes

• Paperback | Engels | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies | nr. 81
• This book offers a systematic analysis of the violent clashes between the South Indian 'right' and 'left' hand caste divisions that repeatedly rocked ... Lees meer

Accepting Population Control

Cecilia Nathansen Milwertz

• Paperback | Engels | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies | nr. 74
• China's one-child family policy has been applauded by demographers and condemned by human rights activists. This study argues that most city district ... Lees meer

Organising Women's Protest

Eldrid Mageli

• Hardcover | Engels | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies | nr. 72
• This study examines the nature of two women's activist groups in Madras and their activities since 1979, focusing on their work with the media, slum i... Lees meer

Language Planning and Language Change in Japan

Tessa Carroll

• Hardcover | Engels | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
• Highlights the shift in language planning and language change in Japan at the end of the 20th century against a background of significant socio-cultur... Lees meer

Japanese Influences and Presences in Asia

Ian Reader, Marie Soederberg

• Paperback | Engels | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies | nr. 25
• While scholarly works on this topic have to date mainly concentrated on Japan's influences in economic and political terms, this volume examines Japan... Lees meer

The Traditional Chinese Iron Industry and Its Modern Fate

Donald B Wagner

• Paperback | Engels | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
• This book explores the economic history of the traditional Chinese iron industry in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with particular emphasis o... Lees meer

Pirates in Paradise

Stefan Eklof

• Paperback | Engels | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
• Southeast Asia contains some of the world's busiest shipping waters, particularly the Indonesian archipelago, the Straits of Malacca and the South Chi... Lees meer

Elections in Indonesia

• Hardcover | Engels | Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
• It has sometimes been argued that many Indonesians had little sympathy with western notions of elections being events for the contesting and transfer ... Lees meer