Association for Asian Studies (AAS) 2012 Annual Meeting

Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel in Toronto, Canada

Featured Books at this Event

1. Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan

   Response and Recovery after Japan's 3/11

   Edited by Jeff Kingston

   Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

   The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan plunged the country into a state of crisis. As the nation struggled to recover from a record breaking magnitude 9 earthquake and a tsunami that was as high as thirty-eight meters in some places, news trickled out that Fukushima had experienced...

   Published March 4th 2012 by Routledge
2. Understanding Chinese Society

   Edited by Xiaowei Zang

   As China gains power – economically, politically, and militarily – and interaction between the Chinese and people outside China increases, it becomes more and more important that we understand the social factors that influence the daily lives of China's population. This new...

   Published October 9th 2011 by Routledge
3. Japan's International Relations

   Politics, Economics and Security, 3rd Edition

   By Glenn D. Hook, Julie Gilson, Christopher W. Hughes, Hugo Dobson

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   The latest edition of this comprehensive and user-friendly textbook provides a single volume resource for all those studying Japan's international relations. It offers a clear and concise introduction to the most important aspects of Japan's role in the globalized economy of the twenty-first...

   Published August 29th 2011 by Routledge
4. Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Politics

   Edited by Richard Robison

   This Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of the major themes that have defined the politics of Southeast Asia. It provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge examination of this important subject. The introductory chapter provides an overview of the theoretical and ideological themes that have...

   Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge
5. The Routledge Atlas of Central Eurasian Affairs

   By Stanley D. Brunn, Stanley W. Toops, Richard Gilbreath

   Providing concisely written entries on the most important current issues in Central Asia and Eurasia, this atlas offers relevant background information on the region’s place in the contemporary political and economic world. Features include: Profiles of the constituent countries of Central Asia,...

   To Be Published June 25th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Asian Economy

   Spearheading the Recovery from the Global Financial Crisis

   By Dilip Das

   The global financial crisis of 2007-09, and the Great Recession that it engendered, were both a challenge and an opportunity for Asia. The region not only remained unharmed by the global financial crisis initially but also recovered the fastest. In addition, it was also the principal driver of the...

   Published July 20th 2011 by Routledge
7. Malaysia's Development Challenges

   Graduating from the Middle

   Edited by Hal Hill, Tham Siew Yean, Ragayah Haji Mat Zin

   Series: Routledge Malaysian Studies Series

   This book examines the various economic, political and developmental policy challenges that Malaysia faces in her shift from a middle income to high-income economy. This issue is of great interest to academics, policy makers and development practitioners in the developing world, particularly in...

   Published September 11th 2011 by Routledge
8. Understanding Central Asia

   Politics and Contested Transformations

   By Sally N. Cummings

   Since Soviet collapse, the independent republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have faced tremendous political, economic, and security challenges. Focusing on these five republics, this textbook analyzes the contending understandings of the politics of the past,...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge