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Modern China-Myanmar Relations

Dilemmas of Mutual Dependence

David I. Steinberg and Hongwei Fan

NIAS Monographs # 121
Hardback - 2012, In production
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Asian Cities

Globalization, Urbanization and Nation-Building

Malcolm McKinnon

NIAS Monographs # 120
Hardback - 2011, Available
ISBN 9788776940782, £50.00
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ISBN 9788776940799, £17.99
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Performing the Divine

Mediums, Markets and Modernity in Urban Vietnam

Kirsten W. Endres

NIAS Monographs # 118
Hardback - 2011, Recently Published
ISBN 978 87 7692 075 1, £50.00
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ISBN 978 87 7694 076 8, £16.99
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Cambodians and Their Doctors

A Medical Anthropology of Colonial and Post-Colonial Cambodia

Jan Ovesen and Ing-Britt Trankell

NIAS Monographs # 117
Hardback - 2010, Available
ISBN 978 87 7694 057 7, £50.00
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Between Frontiers

Nation and Identity in a Southeast Asian Borderland

by Noboru Ishikawa

NIAS Monographs # 116
Paperback - 2010, Available
ISBN 978 87 7694 050 8, £16.99
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Fiery Dragons

Banks, Moneylenders and Microfinance in Burma

by Sean Turnell

NIAS Monographs # 114
Hardback - 2009, Available
ISBN 978 87 7694 041 6, £45.00
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ISBN 978 87 7694 040 9, £18.99
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Creating Laos

The Making of a Lao Space between Indochina and Siam, 1860-1945

by Søren Ivarsson

NIAS Monographs # 112
Hardback - 2008, Available
ISBN 978 87 7694 022 5, £35.00
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ISBN 978 87 7694 023 2, £17.99
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Other Landscapes

Colonialism and the Predicament of Authority in Nineteenth-Century South India

by Deborah Sutton

NIAS Monographs # 111
Hardback - 2009, Available
ISBN 978 87 7694 027 0, £40.00
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Land and Longhouse

Agrarian Transformation in the Uplands of Sarawak

by R. A. Cramb

NIAS Monographs # 110
Paperback - 2007, Available
ISBN 978 87 7694 010 2, £25.00
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Burma and Japan Since 1940

From ’Co-Prosperity’ to ’Quiet Dialogue’

by Donald M. Seekins

NIAS Monographs # 106
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ISBN 978 87 91114 98 4, £40.00
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ISBN 978 87 7694 017 1, £16.99
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Village China at War

The Impact of Resistance to Japan, 1937-1945

by Dagfinn Gatu

NIAS Monographs # 104
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ISBN 978 87 91114 83 0, £55.00
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Disease and Demography in Colonial Burma

by Judith Richell

NIAS Monographs # 103
Paperback - 2006, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 70 0, £17.99
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17th-Century Burma and the Dutch East India Company 1634-1680

by Wil O. Dijk

NIAS Monographs # 102
Paperback & CD - 2006, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 69 4, £25.00
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Trade and Society in the Straits of Melaka

Dutch Melaka and English Penang, 1780-1830

by Nordin Hussin

NIAS Monographs # 100
Hardback - 2006, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 47 2, £50.00
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ISBN 978 87 91114 88 5, £19.99
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Modernization and Effeminization in India

Kerala Cashew Workers Since 1930

by Anna Lindberg

NIAS Monographs # 95
Hardback - 2005, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 21 2, £40.00
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The UP Saga

by Susan M. Martin

NIAS Monographs # 94
Hardback - 2003, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 20 5, £50.00
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ISBN 978 87 91114 51 9, £19.99
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Red Hills

Migrants and the State in the Highlands of Vietnam

by Andrew Hardy

NIAS Monographs # 93
Hardback - 2003, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 80 9, £50.00
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ISBN 978 87 91114 74 8, £19.99
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Private Academies of Chinese Learning in Meiji Japan

The Decline and Transformation of the Kanguku Juku

by Margaret Mehl

NIAS Monographs # 92
Hardback - 2003, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 03 8, £40.00
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ISBN 978 87 91114 94 6, £15.99
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In Search of Chin Identity

A Study in Religion, Politics and Ethnic Identity in Burma

by Lian H. Sakhong

NIAS Monographs # 91
Hardback - 2003, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 15 1, £45.00
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Tanegashima

The Arrival of Europe in Japan

by Olof G. Lidin

NIAS Monographs # 90
Hardback - 2002, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 10 6, £42.00
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ISBN 978 87 91114 12 0, £16.99
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Ancestors in Borneo Societies

Death, Transformation, and Social Immortality

edited by Pascal Couderc and Kenneth Sillander

NIAS Studies in Asian Topics # 50
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ISBN 978-87-7694-091-1, £50
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The State and the Iron Industry in Han China

by Donald B. Wagner

NIAS Reports # 44
Hardback - 2000, Available
ISBN 978 87 87062 83 1, £30.00
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ISBN 978 87 87062 77 0, £14.99
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A Brief History of Tibetan Academic Degrees in Buddhist Philosophy

by Tarab Tulku

NIAS Reports # 43
Paperback - 2000, Available
ISBN 978 87 87062 85 5, £5.00
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Breeds of Empire

The ’Invention’ of the Horse in Southeast Asia and Southern Africa 1500-1950

by Greg Bankoff & Sandra Swart

NIAS Studies in Asian Topics # 42
Hardback - 2007, Available
ISBN 978 87 7694 014 0, £35.00
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ISBN 978 87 7694 021 8, £14.99
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Beyond Chinatown

New Chinese Migration and the Global Expansion of China

edited by Mette Thuno

NIAS Studies in Asian Topics # 41
Paperback - 2007, Available
ISBN 978 87 7694 000 3, £14.99
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Clouds over Tianshan

Essays on Social Disturbance in Xinjiang in the 1940s

by David D. Wang

NIAS Reports # 36
Paperback - 1999, Available
ISBN 978 87 87062 62 6, £13.99
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Contesting Visions of the Lao Past

Lao Historiography at the Crossroads

edited by Christopher E. Goscha & Soren Ivarsson

NIAS Studies in Asian Topics # 32
Hardback - 2003, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 02 1, £45.00
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Vietnam or Indochina?

Contesting Concepts of Space in Vietnamese Nationalism, 1887-1954

by Christopher E. Goscha

NIAS Reports # 28
Paperback - 1995,
ISBN 978 87 87062 43 5, £
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The Impossibility of Liberalism and Democracy in Indonesia 1840-1940

by Thommy Svensson

NIAS Reports # 13
Paperback - 1994, Available
ISBN 978 87 87062 17 6, £5.00
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Nature and Nation

Forests and Development in Peninsular Malaysia

by Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells

Man and Nature in Asia # 9
Hardback - 2005, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 22 9, £65.00
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ISBN 978 87 91114 49 6, £19.99
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Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts

Early Acquisitions and the Nepal Collection

Hartmut Buescher

COMDC series # 7
Hardback - 2010, Available
ISBN 978 87 7694 077 5, £100.00
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The Authority of Influence

Women and Power in Burmese History

Jessica Harriden

Gendering Asia # 7
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ISBN 978-87-7694-088-1, £50
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Pirates in Paradise

A Modern History of Southeast Asia’s Maritime Marauders

by Stefan Eklof

Studies in Contemporary Asian History # 6
Hardback - 2006, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 36 6, £33.00
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ISBN 978 87 91114 37 3, £13.99
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Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts

Codices Arabici and Codices Arabici Additamenta; Volume 1-3

by Irmeli Perho

COMDC series # 5.3
Hardback, 3 vols - 2008, Available
ISBN 978 87 7694 012 6, £200.00
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Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts

Codices Arabici Arthur Christenseniani

by Irmeli Perho

COMDC series # 5.2
Hardback - 2003, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 07 6, £100.00
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Historical Dictionary of the Indochina War (1945-1954)

An International and Interdisciplinary Approach

Christopher E. Goscha

NIAS Reference Library # 4
Hardback - 2011, Recently Published
ISBN 978 87 7694 063 8, £100.00
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Lost Goddesses

The Denial of Female Power in Cambodian History

by Trudy Jacobsen

Gendering Asia # 4
Paperback - 2008, Available
ISBN 978 87 7694 001 0, £17.99
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Going Indochinese

Contesting Concepts of Space and Place in French Indochina

Christopher E. Goscha

NIAS Classics # 3
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ISBN 978 87 7694 069 0, £30.00
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Power and Political Culture in Suharto's Indonesia

The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) and Decline of the New Order (1986-98)

by Stefan Eklof

Studies in Contemporary Asian History # 3
Hardback - 2003, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 18 2, £50.00
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ISBN 978 87 91114 50 2, £18.99
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Politicized Society

The Long Shadow of Taiwan's One-Party Legacy

Mikael Mattlin

Governance in Asia # 1
Hardback - 2011, Available
ISBN 978 87 7694 061 4, £50.00
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ISBN 978 87 7694 062 1, £18.99
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A Poisonous Cocktail?

Aum Shinrikyo’s Path to Violence

by Ian Reader

Paperback - 1996, Available
ISBN 978 87 87062 55 8, £13.00
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China and Denmark

Relations since 1674

edited by Kjeld Erik Brodsgaard & Mads Kirkebæk

Paperback - 2000, Available
ISBN 978 87 87062 71 8, £19.99
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Digital Atlas of Indonesian History

by Robert Cribb

DVD & paperback guide - 2010, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 66 3, £25.00
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Heritage Tourism in Southeast Asia

edited by Michael Hitchcock, Victor T. King and Michael Parnwell

Hardback - 2010, Available
ISBN 978 87 7694 059 1, £50.00
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ISBN 978 87 7694 060 7, £18.99
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Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya

Negotiating Urban Space in Malaysia

by Ross King

Paperback - 2009, Available
ISBN 978 87 7694 046 1, £19.99
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Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and the Evolution of the Chinese Communist Leadership

by Thomas Kampen

Hardback - 1999, Available
ISBN 978 87 87062 80 0, £30.00
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ISBN 978 87 87062 76 3, £16.00
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Peace and Friendship

Denmark's Official Relations with China 1675-2000

by Christopher Bo Bramsen

Hardback - 2000, Available
ISBN 978 87 87062 82 4, £19.99
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Post-war Laos

The Politics of Culture, History and Identity

by Vatthana Pholsena

Paperback - 2006, Available
ISBN 978 87 7694 005 8, £14.99
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Towards a Feudal Mode of Production

West Java, 1680-1800

by Mason C. Hoadley

Hardback - 1994, Available
ISBN 978 87 87062 38 1, £35.00
Paperback - 1994, Available
ISBN 978 87 87062 36 7, £16.00
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  • Jan. 24 2012

    Apparently, the hot travel destinations this year are Uganda and Burma – at least according to Lonely Planet aficionados. If true, then sales of a recent NIAS Press book – listed as recommended reading in the latest edition of the Lonely Planet guide to Myanmar/Burma – might be about to explode (or maybe not, given its subject matter).

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