Asian Studies
A beautifully illustrated, interdisciplinary look at the ceremonies and protocols of the dynastic court of Joseon Korea
Why and how local coffee bars in Italy—those distinctively Italian social and cultural spaces—have been increasingly managed by Chinese baristas since the Great Recession of 2008
How undetonated bombs from a war that ended more than fifty years ago still affect Cambodian farmers and their land
A richly diverse collection of classical Indian terms for expressing the many moods and subtleties of emotional experience
A rich, discovery-filled history that tells how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient world
A comprehensive, fully illustrated field guide to the birds of China
A monumental illustrated survey of the architecture of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century China
How climate change ushered in the collapse of one of history’s mighty empires
How Arabic influenced the evolution of vernacular literatures and anticolonial thought in Egypt, Indonesia, and Senegal
A groundbreaking history of fengshui’s roles in public life and law during China’s last imperial dynasty
A provocative defense of a forgotten Chinese approach to identity and difference
The discriminatory logic at the heart of multilateralism
How China’s economic development combines a veneer of unprecedented progress with the increasingly despotic rule of surveillance over all aspects of life
A monumental intellectual history of the pivotal figure of Hindu nationalism
A multifaceted history of Ho Chi Minh’s climactic victory over French colonial might that foreshadowed America’s experience in Vietnam
A fascinating history of China’s relations with the West—told through the lives of two eighteenth-century translators
A pioneering history that transforms our understanding of the colonial era and China's place in it
An inside view of Chinese academia and what it reveals about China’s political system
Muslim intellectuals who sought to establish the boundaries of modern Muslim identity
The unknown history of economic conservatism in India after independence
How the Chinese Communist Party maintains its power by both repressing and responding to its people
A riveting account of how a popularly elected leader has steered the world's largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intolerance
How social networks shaped the imperial Chinese state
The surprising story of how Greek classics are being pressed into use in contemporary China to support the regime’s political agenda
Why some of Asia’s authoritarian regimes have democratized as they have grown richer—and why others haven’t
An exciting and richly detailed new history of the Silk Road that tells how it became more important as a route for diplomacy than for trade
How poor migrants shape city politics during urbanization
An iconoclastic history of the first two decades after independence in India
How decolonization and the cold war influenced literature from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean
A major history of Central Asia and how it has been shaped by modern world events
A beautifully illustrated study of the caves at Dunhuang, exploring how this important Buddhist site has been visualized from its creation to today
The first book to put the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India’s Chola dynasty in social context
A look at the painting traditions of northwestern India in the eighteenth century, and what they reveal about the political and artistic changes of the era
How China's art students develop their aesthetic styles and enter the nation's creative economy
An unprecedented survey of the origins and evolution of Chinese architecture, from the last millennia BCE to today
An illustrated guide to one of the most enduring masterworks of world literature
A sweeping account of how the sea routes of Asia have transformed a vast expanse of the globe over the past five hundred years, powerfully shaping the modern world
A delightful collection of modern Chinese tales
A sweeping look at Chinese art across the millennia that upends traditional perspectives and offers new pathways for art history
A richly illustrated history of textiles in the Mughal Empire