Forthcoming Asian & Asian American Titles, 2017

A list of the latest and soon-to-be-released publications through July 2018.

Posted on September 21, 2017 in Forthcoming Academic Titles

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Humanities

Art & Architecture

Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World, by Alexandra Munroe with Philip Tinari, Hou Hanru. Includes text by Jane DeBevoise, Katherine Grube, Lu Mingjun, Stephanie H. Tung, Anthony Yung, Xiaorui Zhu-Nowell. Guggenheim Museum Publications, Oct. 2017. $75.00 ISBN not yet set

Art and Literature in China, Berkshire Publishing Group, Dec. 2017e. pbk ISBN 9781614729822 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9781614729839 Price not yet set

Art Worlding: Gender and Globalization in Chinese Contemporary Art, by Sasha Su-Ling Welland. Duke University Press, Mar. 2018e. ISBN 9780822369288 $99.95e; pbk ISBN 9780822369431 $27.95e; ebook ISBN 9780822372479 $27.95e

Chiura Obata: An American Modern, ed. by ShiPu Wang. University of California Press, Jan. 2018. ISBN 9780520296541 $50.00 

Circles and Circuits: Chinese Caribbean Art, ed. by Alexandra Chang. Published by the Chinese American Museum with the assistance of the Getty Foundation and distributed by Duke University Press, Sep 2017e. pbk ISBN 9780998745107 $45.00e; ebook ISBN 9780998745114 $45.00e

Expressing the Heart’s Intent: Explorations in Chinese Aesthetics, by Marthe Atwater Chandler. SUNY Press, Sep. 2017. $90.00 ISBN 9781438466576 $90.00; ebook ISBN 9781438466590 $90.00 

The Great Land of China, Encyclopedia of China Publishing House, Dec. 2017e. pbk ISBN 9781614728801 $19.99 

Kuniyoshi X Kunisada, by Sarah E. Thompson et al. MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Nov. 2017.

Paths to Perfection: Buddhist Art at the Freer/Sackler, by Debra Diamond. D Giles Ltd in association with the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Nov 2017. pbk ISBN 9781907804649 $19.95

Repentant Monk: Illusion and Disillusion in the Art of Chen Hongshou, ed. by Julia White. University of California Press, Oct. 2017. ISBN 9780520294332 $60.00

The Shrine of Chinese Art, Encyclopedia of China Publishing House, Dec. 2017e. pbk ISBN 9781614728955 $19.99 

Tattoos in Japanese Prints, by Sarah E. Thompson. MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts text: MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston popup: yes), Oct. 2017. ISBN 9780878468461 $24.95

Terracotta Army: Legacy of the First Emperor of China, by Li Jian and Hou-Mei Sung. Yale University Press/Distributed for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Nov. 2017. ISBN 9780300230567 $45.00 

Film & Television

Asian Video Cultures: In the Penumbra of the Global, ed. by Joshua Neves and Bhaskar Sarkar. Duke University Press, Dec 2017e. ISBN 9780822368915 $99.95e; pbk ISBN 9780822368991 $28.95e; ebook ISBN 9780822372547 $28.95e

Citing China: Politics, Postmodernism, and World Cinema, by Gina Marchetti. University of Hawaii Press, Mar 2018. ISBN 9780824866570 $68.00

A Dream of Resistance: The Cinema of Kobayashi Masaki, by Stephen Prince. Rutgers University Press, Nov 2017. ISBN 9780813592350 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9780813592374 Price not yet set

Early Cinema in Asia, ed. by Nick Deocampo. Indiana University Press, Oct 2017. ISBN 9780253025364 $100.00; pbk ISBN 9780253025548 $42.00; ebook ISBN 9780253027283 $41.99

The End of Japanese Cinema: Industrial Genres, National Times, and Media Ecologies, by Alexander Zahlten. Duke University Press, Oct 2017e. ISBN 9780822369295 $94.95e; pbk ISBN 9780822369448 $26.95e; ebook ISBN 9780822372462 $26.95e

Language & Literature

Asian Pacific American Librarians and Library Services Today, by Janet Hyunju Clarke et al. Rowman & Littlefield, Nov 2017. ISBN 9781442274914 $113.00; pbk ISBN 9781442274921 $50.00; ebook ISBN 9781442274938 $47.00

Becoming a Dragon: Forty Chinese Proverbs for Lifelong Learning and Classroom Study, by Haiwang Yuan, ed. by Marjolijn Kaiser. Berkshire Publishing Group, Sep 2017e. pbk ISBN 9781614720393 $15.95 

Blasian Invasion: Racial Mixing in the Celebrity Industrial Complex, by Myra S. Washington. University Press of Mississippi, Dec 2017. ISBN 9781496814227 $65.00

The Book of Swindles, by Zhang Yingyu. Columbia University Press, Sep 2017. ISBN 9780231178624 $75.00; pbk ISBN 9780231178631 $28.00; ebook ISBN 9780231545648 $27.99

China through American Eyes Early Depictions of the Chinese People and Culture in the US Print Media, by Wenxian Zhang. World Scientific Publishing, Oct 2017. ISBN 9789813202252 $58.00 

Chinese Script, by Thomas O. Höllmann. Columbia University Press, Nov 2017. ISBN 9780231181723 $55.00; pbk ISBN 9780231181730 $18.00; ebook ISBN 9780231543736 $17.99

Chinese Surplus: Biopolitical Aesthetics and the Medically Commodified Body, by Ari Larissa Heinrich. Duke University Press, Mar 2018e. ISBN 9780822370413 $94.95e; pbk ISBN 9780822370536 $25.95e; ebook ISBN 9780822372042 $25.95e

Contemporary Chinese Short-Short Stories: A Parallel Text, translated and edited by Aili Mu with Mike Smith. Columbia University Press, Oct 2017. ISBN 9780231181525 $120.00; pbk ISBN 9780231181532 $40.00; ebook ISBN 9780231543637 $39.99

Education and Female Entrepreneurship in Asia, ed. by Mary Ann Maslak. Palgrave Macmillan, Oct 2017e. ISBN 9781137554826 $99.00; ebook ISBN 9781137554826 $74.99

Erotic Poems from the Sanskrit, ed. by R. Parthasarathy. Columbia University Press, Sep 2017. ISBN 9780231184380 $75.00; pbk ISBN 9780231184397 $25.00; ebook ISBN 9780231545464 $24.99

Growing Up Asian American in Young Adult Fiction, ed. by Ymitri Mathison. University Press of Mississippi, Dec 2017. ISBN 9781496815064 $65.00

Intimate Memory: Gender and Mourning in Late Imperial China, by Martin W. Huang. SUNY Press, Apr 2018. ISBN 9781438468990 $85.00; ebook ISBN 9781438469010 $85.00 

Journey of a Goddess: Chen Jinggu Subdues the Snake Demon, ed. by Fan Pen Li Chen. SUNY Press, Dec 2017. ISBN 9781438467078 $75.00; ebook ISBN 9781438467092 $75.00 

Karen Tei Yamashita: Fictions of Magic and Memory, ed. by A. Robert Lee. University of Hawaii Press, Apr 2018. ISBN 9780824872946 $65.00

LatinAsian Cartographies: History, Writing, and the National Imaginary, by Susan Thananopavarn. Rutgers University Press, Feb 2018. ISBN 9780813589855 $95.00; pbk ISBN 9780813589848 $27.95; ebook ISBN 9780813589862 Price not yet set

Premodern Korean Literary Prose: An Anthology, ed. by Michael J. Pettid, Gregory N. Evon, and Chan Park. Columbia University Press, Jan 2018. ISBN 9780231165808 $105.00; pbk ISBN 9780231165815 $35.00; ebook ISBN 9780231546010 $34.99

Quelling the Demons’ Revolt: A Novel from Ming China, by Luo Guanzhong. Columbia University Press, Sep 2017. ISBN 9780231183062 $85.00; pbk ISBN 9780231183079 $28.00; ebook ISBN 9780231544733 $27.99

The Story of Chinese Characters, Encyclopedia of China Publishing House, Dec 2017e. pbk ISBN 9781614728948 $19.99

The Work of Mothering: Globalization and the Filipino Diaspora, by Harrod J. Suarez. University of Illinois Press, Nov 2017. ISBN 9780252041440 $95.00; pbk ISBN 9780252082962 $30.00; ebook ISBN 9780252050046 $27.00 

Unveiling Desire: Fallen Women in Literature, Culture, and Films of the East, ed. by Devaleena Das and Colette Morrow. Rutgers University Press, Jan 2018. ISBN 9780813587851 $95.00; pbk ISBN 9780813587844 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9780813587868 Price not yet set

Waka and Things, Waka as Things, by Edward Kamens. Yale University Press, Nov 2017. ISBN 9780300223712 $65.00; ebook ISBN 9780300231793

We Have Not Stopped Trembling Yet: Letters to My Filipino-Athabascan Family, by E. J. R. David. SUNY Press, May 2018. pbk ISBN 9781438469522 $24.95; ebook ISBN 9781438469539 $24.95

Religion & Philosophy

Birth in Ancient China: A Study of Metaphor and Cultural Identity in Pre-imperial China, by Constance A. Cook and Xinhui Luo. SUNY Press, Nov 2017. ISBN 9781438467115 $75.00; ebook ISBN 9781438467122 $75.00

Cambodian Buddhism in the United States, by Carol A. Mortland. SUNY Press, Sep 2017. ISBN 9781438466637 $95.00; ebook ISBN 9781438466651 $95.00 

Confucianism for the Contemporary World: Global Order, Political Plurality, and Social Action, ed. by Tze-ki Hon and Kristin Stapleton. SUNY Press, Oct 2017. ISBN 9781438466514 $85.00; ebook ISBN 9781438466521 $85.00 

Encountering China: Michael Sandel and Chinese Philosophy, ed. by Michael J. Sandel and Paul J. D’Ambrosio. Harvard University Press, Jan 2018. ISBN 9780674976146 $29.95

Food of Sinful Demons, by Geoffrey Barstow. Columbia University Press, Oct 2017. ISBN 9780231179966 $65.00; ebook ISBN 9780231542302 $64.99

Genuine Pretending, by Hans-Georg Moeller and Paul J. D’Ambrosio. Columbia University Press, Oct 2017. ISBN 9780231183987 $105.00; pbk ISBN 9780231183994 $35.00; ebook ISBN 9780231545266 $34.99

Having a Word with Angus Graham: At Twenty-Five Years into His Immortality, ed. by Carine Defoort and Roger T. Ames. SUNY Press, Mar 2018. ISBN 9781438468556 $85.00; ebook ISBN 9781438468563 $85.00

The Light of Chinese Philosophy, Encyclopedia of China Publishing House, Dec 2017e. pbk ISBN 9781614728917 $19.99

Protestant Christianity in the Indian Diaspora: Abjected Identities, Evangelical Relations, and Pentecostal Visions, by Robbie B. H. Goh. SUNY Press, May 2018. ISBN 9781438469430 $95.00; ebook ISBN 9781438469447 $95.00

Religious Journeys in India: Pilgrims, Tourists, and Travelers, ed. by Andrea Marion Pinkney, John Whalen-Bridge. SUNY Press, Sep 2017. ISBN 9781438466033 $90.00; ebook ISBN 9781438466040 $90.00

Ritual Innovation: Strategic Interventions in South Asian Religion, ed. by Brian K. Pennington and Amy L. Allocco. SUNY Press, Apr 2018. ISBN 9781438469034 $95.00; ebook ISBN 9781438469041 $95.00

Shimmering Mirrors: Reality and Appearance in Contemplative Metaphysics East and West, by Patrick Laude. SUNY Press, Nov 2017. ISBN 9781438466811 $90.00; ebook ISBN 9781438466835 $90.00

Walāyah in the Fāṭimid Ismā‘īlī Tradition, by Elizabeth R. Alexandrin. SUNY Press, Sep 2017. ISBN 9781438466279 $85.00; ebook ISBN 9781438466286 $85.00

Social Sciences

History

ASEAN at Fifty: A Political History, by Donald E. Weatherbee. Rowman & Littlefield, Feb 2018. ISBN 9781442272514 $85.00; pbk ISBN 9781442272521 $35.00; ebook ISBN 9781442272538 $34.99

Asian American History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to Events, by Jonathan H.X. Lee. Greenwood, Dec 2017. ISBN 9780313399275 $94.00; ebook ISBN 9780313399282

Asian Cuisines, Berkshire Publishing Group, Apr 2018e. pbk ISBN 9781614720300 $39.95

Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, ed. by Kerry Brown. Berkshire Publishing Group, Jul 2018e. ISBN 9781614721888 $1888.00e

Berkshire Encyclopedia of Chinese Cuisines, ed. by Sidney C.H. Cheung et al. Berkshire Publishing Group. ISBN 9781614729020 $895.00

Between History and Philosophy: Anecdotes in Early China, ed. by Paul van Els and Sarah A. Queen. SUNY Press, Sep 2017. ISBN 9781438466118 $90.00; ebook ISBN 9781438466132 $90.00 

Child’s Play: Multi-Sensory Histories of Children and Childhood in Japan, ed. by Sabine Frühstück and Anne Walthall. University of California Press, Oct 2017. pbk ISBN 9780520296275 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9780520968844

China Gadabouts: New Frontiers of Humanitarian Nursing, 1941–51, by Susan Armstrong-Reid. UBC Press, Oct 2017. ISBN 9780774835923 $85.00; ebook ISBN 9780774835947 $99.00 

The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power, ed. by Jennifer Rudolph and Michael Szonyi. Harvard University Press, Jan 2018. ISBN 9780674979406 $27.95

Chronicle of the Hungarians, by Janos Thuroczy. Indiana University Press, Sep 2017. ISBN 9780933070271 $40.00

Cold War Monks: Buddhism and America’s Secret Strategy in Southeast Asia, by Eugene Ford. Yale University Press, Oct 2017. ISBN 9780300218565 $40.00; ebook ISBN 9780300231281 $40.00

Consuming Japan: Popular Culture and the Globalizing of 1980s America, by Andrew C. McKevitt. University of North Carolina Press, Oct 2017. pbk ISBN 9781469634470 $27.95

Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meiji Japan, by Rebecca Corbett. University of Hawaii Press, Mar 2018. ISBN 9780824872076 $68.00

The Delicacy of Chinese Food, Encyclopedia of China Publishing House, Dec 2017e. pbk ISBN 9781614729198 $19.99

Diaspora’s Homeland: Modern China in the Age of Global Migration, by Shelly Chan. Duke University Press, Mar 2018e. ISBN 9780822370420 $94.95e; pbk ISBN 9780822370543 $25.95e; ebook ISBN 9780822372035 $25.95e

Diasporic Intimacies: Queer Filipinos and Canadian Imaginaries, ed. by Robert Diaz, Marissa Largo, and Fritz Pino. Northwestern University Press, Nov 2017. ISBN 9780810136526 $99.95; pbk ISBN 9780810136519 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9780810136533 $34.95

A Different Shade of Justice: Asian American Civil Rights in the South, by Stephanie Hinnershitz. University of North Carolina Press, Oct 2017. ISBN 9781469633695 $39.95

Down and Out in Late-Meiji Japan, by James L. Huffman. University of Hawaii Press, Apr 2018. ISBN 9780824872915 $68.00

The End of Concern: Maoist China, Activism, and Asian Studies, by Fabio Lanza. Duke University Press, Sep 2017e. ISBN 9780822369325 $94.95e; pbk ISBN 9780822369479 $25.95e; ebook ISBN 9780822372431 $25.95e

Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period: 1644–1911/12, by Arthur W. Hummel. Berkshire Publishing Group, Sep 2017e. ISBN 9781614720331 $119.95; pbk ISBN 9781614728504 Price not yet set; ebook ISBN 9781614728498 Price not yet set

Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America, by Mark Padoongpatt. University of California Press, Sep 2017. ISBN 9780520293731 $85.00; pbk ISBN 9780520293748 $29.95; ebook ISBN 9780520966925 $29.95

A Frontier Made Lawless: Violence in Upland Southwest China, 1800–1956, by Joseph Lawson. UBC Press, Sep 2017. ISBN 9780774833691 $65.00; ebook ISBN 9780774833714 $99.00

Ginseng and Borderland: Territorial Bound-aries and Political Relations between Qing China and Choson Korea, 1636–1912, by Seonmin Kim. University of California Press, Sep 2017. pbk ISBN 9780520295995 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9780520968714

Hasan Mustapa: Ethnicity and Islam in Indonesia, ed. by Julian Millie. Monash University Publishing, Oct 2017. pbk ISBN 9781925495553 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9781925495560 $39.95

The Hegemony of Heritage: Ritual and the Record in Stone, by Deborah L. Stein. University of California Press, Jan 2018. pbk ISBN 9780520296336 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9780520968882

Hidden Atrocities, by Jeanne Guillemin. Columbia University Press, Sep 2017. ISBN 9780231183529 $35.00; ebook ISBN 9780231544986 $34.99

Hidden Horrors: Japanese War Crimes in World War II, by Yuki Tanaka. Rowman & Littlefield, Oct 2017. ISBN 9781538102688 $89.00; pbk ISBN 9781538102695 $39.00; ebook ISBN 9781538102701 $37.00

In Plain Sight: Impunity and Human Rights in Thailand, by Tyrell Haberkorn. University of Wisconsin Press, Jan 2018. ISBN 9780299314408 $79.95

In Women’s Words: Violence and Everyday Life during the Indonesian Occupation of East Timor, 1975–1999, by Hannah Loney. Sussex Academic Press, Dec 2017. ISBN 9781845198916 $74.95

India, China, and the World: A Connected History, by Tansen Sen. Rowman & Littlefield,Sep 2017. ISBN 9781442220911 $99.00; ebook ISBN 9781442220928 $94.00

The International Politics of East Asia: Regional Power Dynamics from 1000 to the Present, by Paul Midford. Rowman & Littlefield, Feb 2018. ISBN 9781442255531 $95.00; pbk ISBN 9781442255548 $39.00; ebook ISBN 9781442255555 $37.00

Journey of a Thousand Miles: An Extraordinary Life, by Dr. Ruey J. Yu. University of Ottawa Press, Oct 2017e. pbk ISBN 9780776625676 $19.95; ebook ISBN 9780776625683 $14.99

Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World’s Most Infamous Diamond, by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand. Bloomsbury, Sep 2017. ebook ISBN 9781635570779 $17.99

Language of the Snakes: Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the Language Order of Premodern India, by Andrew Ollett. University of California Press, Oct 2017. pbk ISBN 9780520296220 $39.95; ebook ISBN 9780520968813

The Life of Paper: Letters and a Poetics of Living beyond Captivity, by Sharon Luk. University of California Press, Nov 2017. ISBN 9780520296237 $85.00; pbk ISBN 9780520296244 $29.95; ebook ISBN 9780520968820 $29.95

Lolas’ House: Filipino Women Living with War, by M. Evelina Galang. Curbstone/Northwestern University Press, Sep 2017. pbk ISBN 9780810135864 $18.95; ebook ISBN 9780810135871 $18.95

The Making of Modern China: The Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty (1368–1912), by Jing Liu. Stone Bridge Press, Nov 2017. pbk ISBN 9781611720396 $16.95; ebook ISBN 9781611729276 $10.99

Materia Medica and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Encyclopedia of China Publishing House, Dec 2017e. pbk ISBN 9781614728832 $19.99

Memories of the Land, Encyclopedia of China Publishing House, Dec 2017e. pbk ISBN 9781614728818 $19.99

The Merchant’s Tale, by Simon Partner. Columbia University Press, Dec 2017. ISBN 9780231182928 $60.00; ebook ISBN 9780231544467 $59.99

Outcasts of Empire: Japan’s Rule on Taiwan’s “Savage Border,” 1874–1945, by Paul D. Barclay. University of California Press, Nov 2017. pbk ISBN 9780520296213 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9780520968806

Parameters of Disavowal: Colonial Representation in South Korean Cinema, by Jinsoo An. University of California Press, Jan 2018. pbk ISBN 9780520295308 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9780520968103

Porous Borders: Multiracial Migrations and the Law in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, by Julian Lim. University of North Carolina Press, NNov 2017. ISBN 9781469635491 $32.50

The Road to Sleeping Dragon: Learning China from the Ground Up, by Michael Meyer. Bloomsbury, Oct 2017. ISBN 9781632869357 $28.00; ebook ISBN 9781632869371 $19.99 

Sanitized Sex: Regulating Prostitution, Venereal Disease, and Intimacy in Occupied Japan, 1945–1952, by Robert Kramm. University of California Press, Oct 2017. ISBN 9780520295971 $70.00; ebook ISBN 9780520968691 $70.00

Silk Road: The Study of Drama Culture, by Qiang Li. World Scientific Publishing, ISBN 9789813202955 $138.00

Southeast Asia’s Cold War: An Interpretive History, by Ang Cheng Guan. University of Hawaii Press, Feb 2018. ISBN 9780824872571 $68.00

Traditional Chinese Medicine, by Paul U. Unschuld. Columbia University Press, Dec 2017. ISBN 9780231175005 $60.00; pbk ISBN 9780231175012 $20.00; ebook ISBN 9780231546263 $19.99

Treasures of Cultural Heritage, Encyclopedia of China Publishing House, Dec 2017e. pbk ISBN 9781614728825 $19.99

Truth’s Fool: Derek Freeman and the War over Cultural Anthropology, by Peter Hempenstall. University of Wisconsin Press, Dec 2017. ISBN 9780299314507 $34.95

Political Science & Law

Aftermath: Fukushima and the 3.11 Earthquake, ed. by Hiroaki Inatsugu and Yutaka Tsujinaka. Trans Pacific Press, Nov 2017. ISBN 9781925608960 $79.95

The China Order: Centralia, World Empire, and the Nature of Chinese Power, by Fei-Ling Wang. SUNY Press, Sep 2017. ISBN 9781438467498 $95.00; ebook ISBN 9781438467504 $95.00

China’s Rise and Power Transition in Asia, by Lowell Dittmer. Rowman & Littlefield, Feb 2018. ISBN 9781442237551 $85.00; pbk ISBN 9781442237568 $34.00; ebook ISBN 9781442237575 $32.00

China’s Township System Governance and Reform, by Licai Wu. World Scientific Publishing, Dec 2017. ISBN 9789814675529 $166.00

Chinese Visions of World Order: Tianxia, Culture, and World Politics, ed. by Ban Wang. Duke University Press, Sep 2017e. ISBN 9780822369318 $99.95e; pbk ISBN 9780822369462 $27.95e; ebook ISBN 9780822372448 $27.95e

Institutional Change and Rural Industrialization in China: The Putting-Out System in Handicraft Industry in Late Qing and Early Republic Period, by Feizhou Zhou. World Scientific Publishing, Oct 2017. ISBN 9789814569910 $108.00

Is This the Asian Century?, by Jong-Wha Lee. World Scientific Publishing, Dec 2017. ISBN 9789813227583 $48.00

Japan, South Korea, and the United States Nuclear Umbrella, by Terence Roehrig. Columbia University Press, Sep 2017. ISBN 9780231157988 $90.00; pbk ISBN 9780231157995 $30.00; ebook ISBN 9780231527835 $29.99

Moralization of China, ed. by Xin Liu. World Scientific Publishing, Dec 2017. ISBN 9781944659523 $98.00

Multilateral Approach in China’s Foreign Policy, by Joseph Yu-Shek Cheng. World Scientific Publishing, Dec 2017. ISBN 9789813221109 $158.00

The New ASEAN, by Shaun Narine. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Feb 2018. ISBN 9781626376892 $78.00e

Nontraditional Security Challenges in Southeast Asia: The Transnational Dimension, by Amy L. Freedman and Ann Marie Murphy. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Dec 2017e. ISBN 9781626376854 $75.00e

Politics, Culture and Identities in East Asia: Integration and Division, ed. by Peng Er Lam and Tai Wei Lim. World Scientific Publishing, Sep 2017. ISBN 9789813226227 $88.00

Power versus Law in Modern China: Cities, Courts, and the Communist Party, by Qiang Fang and Xiaobing Li. University Press of Kentucky, Dec 2017. ISBN 9780813173931 $80.00; ebook ISBN 9780813173955 $80.00

Public Policy in the ‘Asian Century,’ ed. by Sara Bice et al. Palgrave Macmillan, Sep 2017. ISBN 9781137602510 $159.99; ebook ISBN 9781137554826 $119.00

Race, Nation, and Refuge: The Rhetoric of Race in Asian American Citizenship Cases, by Doug Coulson. SUNY Press, Oct 2017. ISBN 9781438466613 $90.00; pbk ISBN $.00; ebook ISBN 9781438466620 $90.00

Repositioning China: How a New Global Power Is Reshaping the Developing World, by Xiangming Chen. Rowman & Littlefield, Feb 2018. ISBN 9781442261761 $90.00; pbk ISBN 9781442261778 $27.00; ebook ISBN 9781442261785 $25.00

Rulers and Capital in Historical Perspective: State Formation and Financial Development in India and the United States, by Abhishek Chatterjee. Temple University Press, Sep 2017. ISBN 9781439915004 $64.5.00; pbk ISBN 9781439915011 Price not yet set; ebook ISBN 9781439915028 $64.50

Seeking Balance: Asia Responds to China’s Rise, by Jeff M. Smith. Rowman & Littlefield, Nov 2017. ISBN 9781538106334 $60.00

South Korea at the Crossroads, by Scott A. Snyder. Columbia University Press, Jan 2018. ISBN 9780231185486 $35.00; ebook ISBN 9780231546188 $34.99

Taiwan and China: Fitful Embrace, ed. by Lowell Dittmer. University of California Press, Sep 2017. pbk ISBN 9780520295988 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9780520968707

Sociology & Economics

Becoming Refugee American: The Politics of Rescue in Little Saigon, by Phuong Tran Nguyen. University of Illinois Press, Nov 2017. ISBN 9780252041358 $95.00; pbk ISBN 9780252082887 $28.00; ebook ISBN 9780252099953 $25.19e

Between Foreign and Family: Return Migration and Identity Construction among Korean Americans and Korean Chinese, by Helene K. Lee. Rutgers University Press, Jan 2018. ISBN 9780813586144 $95.00; pbk ISBN 9780813586137 $26.95; ebook ISBN 9780813586151 Price not yet set

China’s Logic: The Balance Development, by Lixing Zou. World Scientific Publishing, Oct 2017. ISBN 9789813222625 $138.00

Contemporary South Korean Economy: Challenges and Prospects, by Min-Hua Chiang. World Scientific Publishing, Sep 2017. ISBN 9789813207233 $88.00

The Development of International Banking in Asia, ed. by Takeshi Nishimura and Ayumu Sugawara. Springer, Nov 2017. ISBN 9781137554826 $139.00e; ebook ISBN 9781137554826 Price not yet set

Diasporic Media beyond the Diaspora: Korean Media in Vancouver and Los Angeles, by Sherry Soo Min Yu. UBC Press, Nov 2017. ISBN 9780774835785 $75.00; ebook ISBN 9780774835800 $99.00

Dilemmas of a Trading Nation: Japan and the United States in the Evolving Asia-Pacific Order, by Mireya Solís. Brookings Institution Press, Aug 2017e. pbk ISBN 9780815729198 $34.99e

Embroidering within Boundaries: Afghan Women Creating a Future, by Rangina Hamidi and Mary Littrell. Thrums Books, Oct 2017. pbk ISBN 9780998452302 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9780998452364 $12.99 

Everyday Sustainability: Gender Justice and Fair Trade Tea in Darjeeling, by Debarati Sen. SUNY Press, Nov 2017. ISBN 9781438467139 $85.00; ebook ISBN 9781438467153 $85.00

The Great Han: Race, Nationalism, and Tradition in China Today, by Kevin Carrico. University of California Press, Sep 2017. ISBN 9780520295490 $85.00; pbk ISBN 9780520295506 $29.95; ebook ISBN 9780520967687 $29.95

The Heart Is a Shifting Sea: Love and Marriage in Mumbai, by Elizabeth Flock. HarperCollins, Feb 2018. ISBN 9780062456489 $27.99; ebook ISBN 9780062456502 $21.99

Hindu Pasts: Women, Religion, Histories, by Vasudha Dalmia. SUNY Press, Sep 2017. ISBN 9781438468051 $90.00; ebook ISBN 9781438468075 $90.00 

A Nation on the Line: Call Centers as Postcolonial Predicaments in the Philippines, by Jan M. Padios. Duke University Press, Mar 2018e. ISBN 9780822370475 $89.95e; pbk ISBN 9780822370598 $24.95e; ebook ISBN 9780822371984 $24.95 

Owners of the Map: Motorcycle Taxi Drivers, Mobility, and Politics in Bangkok, by Claudio Sopranzetti. University of California Press, Nov 2017. ISBN 9780520288485 $85.00; pbk ISBN 9780520288507 $29.95; ebook ISBN 9780520963399 $29.95

The Resilient Self: Gender, Immigration, and Taiwanese Americans, by Chien-Juh Gu. Rutgers University Press, Dec 2017. ISBN 9780813586069 $95.00; pbk ISBN 9780813586052 $25.95; ebook ISBN 9780813586076 Price not yet set

Rethinking Japanese Feminisms, ed. by Julia C. Bullock, Ayako Kano, and James Welker. University of Hawaii Press, Dec 2017. ISBN 9780824866693 $65.00

Robo sapiens japanicus: Robots, Gender, Family, and the Japanese Nation, by Jennifer Robertson. University of California Press, Nov 2017. ISBN 9780520283190 $85.00; pbk ISBN 9780520283206 $29.95; ebook ISBN 9780520959064 $29.95

Silk Weavers of Hill Tribe Laos, by Joshua Hirschstein and Maren Beck. Thrums Books, Oct 2017. pbk ISBN 9780997216899 $34.95; ebook ISBN 9780999051702 $12.99

Understanding Contemporary China, ed. by Robert E. Gamer and Stanley W. Toops. 5th ed. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Sep 2017. pbk ISBN 9781626376533 $28.50

When Trees Fall, Monkeys Scatter: Rethinking Democracy in China, by John Keane. World Scientific Publishing, Sep 2017. ISBN 9781786343598 $58.00

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