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BL Religions. Mythology. Rationalism

DS History of Asia

DS 701-799.9 China

DS 801-897 Japan

GR Folklore

JQ 21-1852 Political institutions and public administration (Asia)

JS 6950-7520 Local government. Municipal government (Asia)

PL 501-889 Japanese language and literature

PL 1001-1960 Chinese language and literature

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An Introduction to Japanese Society by Yoshio Sugimoto
Essential reading for students of Japanese society, An Introduction to Japanese Society now enters its third edition. Here, internationally renowned scholar, Yoshio Sugimoto, writes a sophisticated, yet highly readable and lucid text, using both English and Japanese sources to update and expand upon his original narrative.
Mutual Security in the Asia-Pacific by Kang Choi (Editor); James Manicom (Editor); Simon Palamar (Editor)
Mutual Security in the Asia-Pacific: Roles for Australia, Canada and South Korea addresses the economic and security challenges that loom in the region and the role that these three countries can play to ensure a stable, predictable political environment.
Seeds of Control by David Fedman; Paul S. Sutter
Holding up for scrutiny the notion of conservation, Seeds of Control examines the roots of Japanese ideas about the Korean landscape, as well as the consequences and aftermath of Japanese approaches to Korea's "greenification." Drawing from sources in Japanese and Korean, Fedman writes colonized lands into Japanese environmental history, revealing a largely untold story of green imperialism in Asia.
Forget Chineseness by Allen Chun
Forget Chineseness provides a critical interpretation of not only discourses of Chinese identity--Chineseness--but also of how they have reflected differences between "Chinese" societies, such as in Hong Kong, Taiwan, People's Republic of China, Singapore, and communities overseas.

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