Monthly Archives: May 2014

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 3 The Lahu Minority in Southwest China: A Response to Ethnic Marginalization on the Frontier Jianxiong Ma Oxon: Routledge, 2013, xvii+254 p. Ever since economic liberalization in the 1980s, modernization and policies that deal with ethnic minorities have become important issues in the study of present day […]

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 3 Ghosts of the Past in Southern Thailand: Essays on the History and Historiography of Patani Patrick Jory, ed. Singapore: NUS press, 2013, xxix+336 p. “While the southern insurgency continues, the history of Patani will continue to be a battleground” (intro. xix). Since the outbreak of the […]

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 3 Freedom from the Press: Journalism and State Power in Singapore Cherian George Singapore: NUS Press, 2012, xiii+272 p. This multi-disciplinary study of the relationship between the Singapore government and the press comes from the author of one of the most widely cited books on Singapore politics […]

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 3 Questioning Modernity in Indonesia and Malaysia Wendy Mee and Joel S. Kahn, eds. Singapore and Kyoto: NUS Press in association with Kyoto University Press, 2012, vi+257 p. In Asia, there is a lot of emphasis on the progress. In this light, the term “modernity” is one […]

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 3 The Perfect Business? Anti-trafficking and the Sex Trade along the Mekong Sverre Molland Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2012, viii+276 p. Transnational Crime and Human Rights: Responses to Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Subregion Susan Kneebone and Julie Debeljak Oxon: Routledge, 2012, xiii+276 p. Recently, as […]

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 3 The Authority of Influence: Women and Power in Burmese History Jessica Harriden Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2012, xiii+370 p. European visitors to Burma in the nineteenth century frequently remarked on what they perceived to be the startling freedom and equality enjoyed by Burmese women, and currently the […]

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 3 Japan’s Relations with Southeast Asia: The Fukuda Doctrine and Beyond Lam Peng Er, ed. London and New York: Routledge, 2013, xvii+203 p. The Fukuda Doctrine, enunciated in 1977, is one of the most important developments in Japanese relations with Southeast Asia after the Second World War. […]

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 3 The Encyclopedia of Indonesia in the Pacific War: In Cooperation with the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation Peter Post, William H. Frederick, Iris Heidebrink, and Shigeru Sato, eds. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2010, xxix+684 p. The twentieth century has been characterized as the century of wars. […]

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 3 Surabaya, 1945–2010: Neighbourhood, State and Economy in Indonesia’s City of Struggle Robbie Peters Singapore: NUS Press, 2013, 272 p. Before moving to Jakarta, I lived in Surabaya as a student from 1982 to 1990. The Surabaya of then was just beginning to represent itself as a […]

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 3 BOOK REVIEWS Strong Soldiers, Failed Revolution: The State and Military in Burma, 1962–88 Yoshihiro Nakanishi Singapore and Kyoto: NUS Press in association with Kyoto University Press, 2013, xxi+358 p. Millions of words have been written about politics in Myanmar since the collapse of General Ne Win’s […]

Contents>> Vol. 3, No. 1 The Spirit of Things: Materiality and Religious Diversity in Southeast Asia Julius Bautista, ed. Ithaca, NY: Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 2012, x+220p. Southeast Asia is a region of great religious diversity. A variety of ethnic religions interact with world religions such as Christianity, Islam, […]

Contents>> Vol. 3, No. 1 Greater Mekong Subregion: From Geographical to Socio-economic Integration Omkar L. Shrestha and Aekapol Chongvilaivan, eds. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing, 2013, xvi+270p. The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), arguably the most glittering development opportunity in Asia, is steadily attracting an international audience. After a period of mistrust and […]