Reading Southeast Asia

by Takashi Shiraishi (Editor)

Overview

In this collection, Japanese scholars examine the literature of and about Southeast Asia and its relationship to culture, history, and politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780877274001
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1990
Series:	Translation Series , #1
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 12.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Takashi Shiraishi is Vice President and Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Japan and the author or editor of many books, including three award-winning books. Among his English-language books are An Age in Motion: Popular Radicalism in Java, 1912-1926 and After the Crisis: Hegemony, Technocracy and Governance in Southeast Asia.

Editorial Reviews

Discloses an appealing and unknown angle of Southeast Asian studies to non-Japanese readers.... A most engaging contribution to the field.

Pacific Affairs

Discloses an appealing and unknown angle of Southeast Asian studies to non-Japanese readers.... A most engaging contribution to the field.

-- "Pacific Affairs"

From the Publisher