NOURISHING KNOWLEDGE New Books and full stocklist 201819 50 years NIAS 2018-19 catalogue.indd 1 02/11/2018 13:28 NOURISHING KNOWLEDGE New Books and full stocklist 201819 50 years NIAS 2018-19 catalogue.indd 1 02/11/2018 13:28 WELCOME Welcome to the 201819 NIAS Press catalogue, which celebrates 50 years of publishing at NIAS. Here, we present our new books for the coming season, highlight our most recent publications and provide a full stocklist of titles published under the NIAS Press imprint since 2002. We offer books f N EW NEW TITLE Asia Through Nordic Eyes Fifty Years of Nordic Scholarship on Asia Geir Helgesen and Gerald Jackson (eds) A feast of writing on Asia from the Nordic region. Celebrates 50 years of publishing at NIAS. Contact between Asia and the Nordic countries goes back at least 500 years. Scho EW N NEW TITLE Hearing Southeast Asia Sounds of Hierarchy and Power in Context Nathan Porath (ed.) A long-overdue study of sound in Southeast Asia. Offers non-Western perspectives in a Eurocentric field. Goes beyond examining sound in isolation to consider the sociocultural context. Acoustics N EW NEW TITLE Performing the Arts of Indonesia Malay Identity and Politics in the Music, Dance and Theatre of the Riau Islands Margaret J. Kartomi (ed.) A fascinating and innovative study of the Malay performing arts of Kepri, the first of its kind. Adds greatly to our knowledge of the culture re ce nt RECENTLY PUBLISHED Warring Societies of Pre-colonial Southeast Asia Local Cultures of Conflict Within a Regional Context Michael W. Charney and Kathryn Wellen (eds) First book to identify and explain the diverse cultures of precolonial warfare across Southeast Asia. Aims to decipher wa N EW NEW TITLE Soul Catcher Javas Fiery Prince Mangkunagara I, 172695 M.C. Ricklefs Mangkunagara I (172695) was one of the most flamboyant figures of 18th-century Java. A charismatic rebel from 1740 to 1757 and one of the foremost military commanders of his age, he won the loyalty of many follow RELATED STUDIES Recruit to Revolution Adventure and Politics during the Indonesian Struggle for Independence John Coast (edited by Laura Noszlopy) This gripping memoir narrates the formative years of the Indonesian nation through the lens of English adventurer John Coast, an ex-POW who made his wa N EW NEW TITLE Campaigning in Europe for a Free Indonesia Indonesian Nationalists and the Worldwide Anticolonial Movement, 19171931 Klaas Stutje Explores Indonesian transnational political networks in the late colonial period. Connects the history of Indonesian nationalism with that of anticolo re ce nt RECENTLY PUBLISHED Resilience and the Localisation of Trauma in Aceh, Indonesia For sale in Europe only Catherine Smith Peace/conflict studies Psychological anthropology Medicine Indonesia Studies the long shadow of violence and how people deal with it. Promises to open up a valuable N EW NEW TITLE Unmarked Graves Death and Survival in the Anti-Communist Violence in East Java, Indonesia For sale in Europe only Vannessa Hearman The first book to seriously tackle the killing and repression of 196568 as a topic in its own right. Focuses on the experiences of individuals in a INDONESIAN STUDIES For sale in Europe only Power and Political Culture in Suhartos Indonesia The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) and Decline of the New Order (198698) Stefan Eklöf Eklöf assesses broad questions of political culture, political participation, regime maintenance and opposition in nt ce re RECENTLY PUBLISHED Contemporary Indonesian Art Artists, Art Spaces, and Collectors For sale in Europe only Yvonne Spielmann Comprehensive overview of the art scene in Indonesia today. Makes the case for an emerging player on the global art market. Indonesian art entered the global con re ce nt RECENTLY PUBLISHED Fieldwork in Timor-Leste Understanding Social Change through Practice Maj Nygaard-Christensen and Angie Bexley (eds) Anthropology Nationalism studies History Development studies Timor-Leste BISAC codes SOC019000, SOC002010, POL045000, HIS027130, HIS048000, POL047000 N EW NEW TITLE Haunted Houses and Ghostly Encounters Ethnography and Animism in East Timor, 18601975 Christopher J. Shepherd Readership: The book will appeal to scholars and students interested in religion, animism, history (esp. that of the Portuguese empire), the colonial encounter, race, the c BORNEO STUDIES Land and Longhouse Beyond the Green Myth Agrarian Transformation in the Uplands of Sarawak Borneos Hunter-Gatherers in the Twenty-First Century R. A. Cramb Peter Sercombe and Bernard Sellato (eds) Combining in-depth village case studies with an account of regional changes in lan BORNEO STUDIES Tuked Rini, Cosmic Traveller Life and Legend in the Heart of Borneo Monica Janowski This innovative and visually engaging study presents a legend from Borneo in which the Kelabit hero Tuked Rini ventures out into the cosmos to do battle in remote spirit-laden places, returning to his re ce nt RECENTLY PUBLISHED Caring for Strangers Filipino Medical Workers in Asia Megha Amrith First book-length ethnography of migrant medical workers in contemporary Southeast Asia. Recounts the personal narratives, experiences and aspirations of Filipino medical workers living and working in nt ce re RECENTLY PUBLISHED Departing from Java Javanese Labour, Migration and Diaspora Rosemarijn Hoefte and Peter Meel (eds) First systematic examination of the Javanese diaspora as a global phenomenon. Traces the origins and analyses the development of this diaspora. Surveys Javanese migrat re ce nt RECENTLY PUBLISHED Follow the Maid Domestic Worker Migration in and from Indonesia Olivia Killias First ethnographic monograph to explore domestic worker migration in and from Indonesia, one of the main labour-sending countries in the world. Follows the process of Indonesian women bein N EW NEW TITLE At a Moments Notice Indonesian Maids Write on Their Lives Abroad Edited and translated by Jafar Suryomenggolo 23 short stories by Indonesian domestic workers on their lives working abroad. Gives voice to the hopes, fears and everyday reality of maids lives. First translation int Not for sale in N. America RELATED STUDIES Submitting to God Proper Islamic Consumption Women and Islam in Urban Malaysia Shopping among the Malays in Modern Malaysia Sylva Frisk Challenges current theories of female agency and power, and counters common representations of Muslim women as victi nt ce re RECENTLY PUBLISHED Chinese Ways of Being Muslim Negotiating Ethnicity and Religiosity in Indonesia Hew Wai Weng Offers unique insights into the cultural politics of Muslim and Chinese identity in Southeast Asia today. Explores the intersection between Islam and Chineseness, and the for re ce nt RECENTLY PUBLISHED Charismatic Monks of Lanna Buddhism Paul T. Cohen (ed.) First scholarly book on the Lanna Buddhist tradition of charismatic monks. Explores the utopian visions of Lanna holy men in relation to Buddhist cosmology and conceptions of time. Buddhist studies Thai studies N EW NEW TITLE Gender and the Path to Awakening Hidden Histories of Nuns in Modern Thai Buddhism Martin Seeger Rich in ethnographic detail, this book offers new insights into the complexities of female renunciation and gender relations in modern Thai Buddhism. Supported by interviews and careful RELATED STUDIES Asian Cities Vietnams New Middle Classes Globalization, Urbanization and Nation-Building Gender, Career, City Malcolm McKinnon Focusing on young women graduates who hope to find success in Ho Chi Minh Citys growing graduate labour market, this volume explores the social conseque nt ce re RECENTLY PUBLISHED A Meeting of Masks Status, Power and Hierarchy in Bangkok Sophorntavy Vorng Investigates how Thai urban, middle-class identity is shaped by conceptions of consumption, modernity and city life. Explores the challenges of everyday middle-class life in Bangkok. Reveals re ce nt RECENTLY PUBLISHED Thai Military Power A Culture of Strategic Accommodation Gregory Vincent Raymond Strategic and security studies International relations Politics (esp. civil military relations) Thailand BISAC codes POL012000, POL011010, POL069000, POL031000, HIS027130, HIS048000, POL0 nt ce re RECENTLY PUBLISHED Khaki Capital The Political Economy of the Military in Southeast Asia Paul Chambers and Napisa Waitoolkiat (eds) First book to scrutinize the linkage between income sources of militaries and their political power in Southeast Asia. Explores the military-industrial co re ce nt RECENTLY PUBLISHED Debating the East Asian Peace What it is. How it came about. Will it last? Elin Bjarnegård and Joakim Kreutz (eds) Debates the meaning and relevance of peace in the East Asian region. Explores how peace came about, and how sustainable it is. Brings together scholars nt ce re RECENTLY PUBLISHED Explaining the East Asian Peace A Research Story Stein Tønnesson Why is there relative peace in the East Asian region and can it last? Fascinating and controversial story of a 6-year research programme. This is a personal story of a multinational research programme th RELATED STUDIES End of Empire 100 Days in 1945 that Changes Asia and the World David P. Chandler, Robert Cribb and Li Narangoa (general eds) History Military history Nationalism studies Cold War studies East Asia Southeast Asia (most countries) End of Empires innovative approach to collaborative N EW NEW TITLE The Nagasaki Peace Discourse City Hall and the Quest for a Nuclear Free World Geoffrey C. Gunn Examines political dynamics on nuclear issues locally and nationally. Explains the Nagasaki discourse on peace as embodied in the citys annual memorial declaration. Focuses on the cont RELATED STUDIES Not for sale in USA or Canada Historical Dictionary of the Indochina War (19451954) An International and Interdisciplinary Approach Christopher E. Goscha History (military, political, socioeconomic) Imperial studies Cold War studies International relations Vietnam, Cambodia Laos, nt ce re RECENTLY PUBLISHED Monarchical Manipulation in Cambodia France, Japan, and the Sihanouk Crusade for Independence Geoffrey C. Gunn First book to explain the agency of Cambodian monarchs in the face of broader colonial manipulation and international power plays. Explores the historic inte RELATED STUDIES Mobile Citizens French Indians in Indochina, 18581954 Natasha Pairaudeau History Colonial and postcolonial studies Migration studies Nationalism studies For sale in Europe only Vietnam Cambodia Laos India Natasha Pairaudeau has produced a path-breaking book. Not only does she t N EW NEW TITLE Engaging Asia Essays on Laos and Beyond in Honour of Martin Stuart-Fox Desley Goldston (ed.) Makes significant new contributions to Lao studies. A welcome addition to the understudied history of Laos, concentrating on the colonial and revolutionary periods. Provides new and in-d CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED UNESCO in Southeast Asia King Norodoms Head World Heritage Sites in Comparative Perspective Phnom Penh Sights Beyond the Guidebooks Victor T. King (ed.) Steven S. Boswell Southeast Asias 36 UNESCO World Heritage Sites make a significant contribution to their respective cou N EW NEW TITLE Laotian Pages A Classic Account of Travel in Upper, Middle and Lower Laos Alfred Raquez (transl./annot. by William L. Gibson and Paul Bruthiaux) First scholarly translation of Raquezs classic travel account. Insightful and humorous travel writing. Extensively annotated with hist RELATED STUDIES Hot Science, High Water Cultivating Gender Assembling Nature, Society and Environ mental Policy in Contemporary Vietnam Meanings of Place and Work in Rural Vietnam Eren Zink Cecilia Bergstedt Offers unique insights into global warming and the economy and politics of science, hi nt ce re RECENTLY PUBLISHED Mythbusting Vietnam Facts, Fictions, Fantasies Catherine Earl (ed.) First book to examine knowledge production processes and practices through the interdisciplinary case of Vietnam. Explores the results of new original research in cross-cutting areas of Vietnam studie RELATED STUDIES Governing Cambodias Forests The International Politics of Policy Reform Andrew Cock Natural resource governance Environmental studies Politics Policy studies Geography Internationl relations Development studies The widespread destruction of Cambodias forests in recent decades has nt ce re RECENTLY PUBLISHED New and updated paperback edition Energy, Governance and Security in Thailand and Myanmar (Burma) A Critical Approach to Environmental Politics in the South Adam Simpson Across the world states are seeking out new and secure supplies of energy but this search is manif re ce nt RECENTLY PUBLISHED Empire and Environment in the Making of Manchuria Norman Smith (ed.) For sale in Europe only This unique and compelling analysis of Manchurias environmental history demonstrates how the regions geography has shaped Chinas past. Since the 17th century, the call of the M nt ce re RECENTLY PUBLISHED Breast Cancer Meanings Not for sale in Asia and the Pacific Journeys Across Asia Cynthia Chou and Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen (eds) Offers compelling narratives and analysis on the breast cancer epidemic sweeping Asia. Explores the spectrum of breast cancer meanings For sale in Europe only GENDER STUDIES Gender Politics in Asia Working and Mothering in Asia Women Manoeuvring within Dominant Gender Orders Images, Ideologies and Identities Wil Burghoorn, Kazuki Iwanaga, Cecilia Milwertz & Qi Wang (eds) Demonstrates the diversity in gender politics and womens GENDER STUDIES Gendered Entanglements Revisiting Gender in Rapidly Changing Asia Ragnhild Lund, Philippe Doneys & Bernadette P. Resurrección (eds) The overall objective of this volume is to revisit gender as a concept that can engage simultaneously with change and continuity in todays Asia, but wi RELATED STUDIES Cambodia Votes Democracy, Authority and International Support for Elections 19932013 Michael Sullivan This detailed study charts the evolution of internationally assisted elections in Cambodia beginning in 1993 with the vote supervised by the United Nations Transitional Authority (U nt ce re RECENTLY PUBLISHED Politicized Society Taiwans Struggle with Its One-Party Past Mikael Mattlin This book explores a relatively uncharted area of democratic transitions. In particular, it addresses the problems of protracted transitions that occur when a one-party state has been incomple RELATED STUDIES Queer/Tongzhi China New Perspectives on Research, Activism and Media Cultures Elisabeth L. Engebretsen and William F. Schroeder (eds) This book brings together some of the most exciting, original and cutting-edge work being conducted on contemporary queer China. Original essays by s nt ce re RECENTLY PUBLISHED Queer Comrades Gay Identity and Tongzhi Activism in Postsocialist China Hongwei Bao A quantum leap in scholarship on queer China. First book on gay identity and queer activism in the PRC examined from a cultural studies perspective. Offers keen insights on the PRCs RELATED STUDIES Lifestyle and Entertainment in Yangzhou Lucie Olivová and Vibeke Børdahl (eds) This richly illustrated volume celebrates Yangzhous rich cultural tradition through a well-balanced spectrum of topics spanning the period from the late 17th century to modern times. These are grouped into nt ce re RECENTLY PUBLISHED Western Han A Yangzhou Storytellers Script Vibeke Børdahl and Liangyan Ge with editorial assistance by Yalong Wang First publication of a genuine storytellers script from a Chinese oral tradition in the original and complete form. Unique documentation of the interpl re ce nt RECENTLY PUBLISHED The Continuation of Ancient Mathematics Wang Xiaotongs Jigu suanjing, Algebra and Geometry in 7thCentury China Tina Su Lyn Lim and Donald B. Wagner Translation and analysis of the most important Chinese mathematical text of the Tang period. The first modern study of t N EW NEW TITLE Han Xins Challenge A Tale of the Founding of the Western Han Translated and edited by Vibeke Børdahl and Liangyan Ge with editorial assistance by Yalong Wang A sweeping drama on the fall of Chinas first imperial dynasty. First work to bring the Western Han saga to a broad Englis re ce nt RECENTLY PUBLISHED In the Land of Pagodas A Classic Account of Travel in Hong Kong, Macao, Shanghai, Hubei, Hunan and Guizhou Alfred Raquez (edited & transl. William L. Gibson and Paul Bruthiaux) Takes readers on a vivid tour of fin-de-siècle China in the company of a Parisian boulevard N EW NEW TITLE Yuan Shikai A Reappraisal Patrick Shan Statesman or warlord? Yuan Shikai (18591916) has been hailed as Chinas George Washington for his key role in the countrys transition from empire to republic. In any list of significant modern Chinese figures, he stands in the first rank. Yet, RELATED STUDIES Violence and Belonging Not for sale in S. Asia Land, Love and Lethal Conflict in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan Are Knudsen Rather than address honour, this important study examines the meanings of lethal conflict in a little-studied tribal society in Pakistans unruly N EW NEW TITLE Afghanistan Beyond the Fog of War Persistent Failure of a Rentier State Michael Fredholm First book to scrutinize the root causes of problems with Afghan reconstruction. Explores the ebb and flow of institutional development in Afghanistan against the backdrop of foreign involveme RELATED STUDIES Pattern and Loom A Practical Study of the Development of Weaving Techniques in China, Western Asia and Europe John Becker (with Donald Wagner) Reconstruction of an important but long out-of-print work that revealed much new knowledge on the development of weaving techniques across t N EW NEW TITLE South Asian Ways of Silk A Patchwork of Biology, Manufacture, Culture and History Ole Zethner, Rie Koustrup, Dilip Barooah, et al. First book on sericulture and silk manufacture in South Asia. Mainly written by a group of South Asian people involved in silk or sericulture. Aims RELATED STUDIES In Search of Chin Identity A Study in Religion, Politics and Ethnic Identity in Burma Lian H. Sakhong Written by an exiled former Secretary General of the Chin National League for Democracy, this study contains valuable data on the Chin and their role in the history of Burma, and pr CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar The Kachin Ceasefire, 19942011 Mandy Sadan (ed.) Offers important insights into Myanmar and its ethnic situation. A must-read for anyone working with conflict issues. In 2011 armed hostilities between the Kachin Independence Organis RELATED STUDIES Modern China-Myanmar Relations David I. Steinberg & Hongwei Fan Burma/Myanmar Where Now? Mikael Gravers and Flemming Ytzen (eds) This is the first book-length study exam ining the increasingly important and dynamic relationship between China and Myanmar. Drawing on hitherto unavai nt ce re RECENTLY PUBLISHED Mapping Cultural Nationalism The Scholars of the Burma Research Society, 19101935 Carol Ann Boshier Offers insights into development of nationalist in colonial Burma. Informs current identity debates in Myanmar today. An important reference work for the study of bou RELATED STUDIES Catalogue of Tibetan Mandalas and Other Images Anne Burchardi This visually stunning catalogue presents c. 300 iconographical materials and texts from the Tibetan collections of the Danish Royal Library and National Museum of Denmark. Most of the entries describe mandalas, elemental N EW NEW TITLE Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts The Pandit Collection Hartmut Buescher Essential reference to the Sanskrit manuscript holdings at the Royal Library, Copenhagen. Companion to the first Sanskrit volume in the COMDC series. Detailed entries including physical appearance, transcrip RELATED STUDIES Catalogue of Korean Manuscripts and Rare Books Bent Lerbæk Pedersen Catalogue of Japanese Manuscripts and Rare Books Merete Pedersen This essential reference describes 110 Korean manuscripts and rare books belonging to the Danish Royal Library. The texts portray a traditional Confu nt ce re RECENTLY PUBLISHED Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts Codices Persici, Codices Eyseriani, Codex Persicus Add. Irmeli Perho Essential reference to the Persian manuscript holdings at the Royal Library, Copenhagen. Companion to the first Persian volume (see opposite). Detailed entries incl re ce nt RECENTLY PUBLISHED Catalogue of Ethiopic Manuscripts Denis Nosnitsin Essential reference to the Ethiopic manuscript holdings at the Royal Library, Copenhagen. A major addition to catalogued Ethiopic manuscripts worldwide. Detailed entries including transcriptions and illustrations ena TITLE INDEX, 20022019 Author/Title Page Al-Badri/After the Great East Japan Earthquake 31 Al-Badri/After the Great East Japan Earthquake 31 Amrith/Caring for Strangers 16 Amrith/Caring for Strangers 16 Bangsbo/Teaching and Learning in Tibet 56 Bankoff/Breeds of Empire 43 Bankoff/Breeds of Empire 43 TITLE INDEX, 20022019 Author/Title Page Drummond/Gender Practices in Contemporary Vietnam 44 Earl/Mythbusting Vietnam 39 Earl/Mythbusting Vietnam 39 Earl/Vietnams New Middle Classes 24 Earl/Vietnams New Middle Classes 24 Eklöf/Pirates in Paradise 27 Eklöf/Pirates in Paradise 27 Eklöf/Power and Polit TITLE INDEX, 20022019 Author/Title Page Hudson/Beyond the Singapore Girl 45 Hudson/Beyond the Singapore Girl 45 Hughes/Cambodias Economic Transformation 40 Hughes/Cambodias Economic Transformation 40 Hussin/Trade and Society in the Straits of Melaka 6 Hussin/Trade and Society in the Straits of Melak TITLE INDEX, 20022019 Author/Title Page Mattlin/Politicized Society (2nd ed.) 47 Mattlin/Politicized Society (2nd ed.) 47 McCargo/Mapping National Anxieties 26 McCargo/Mapping National Anxieties 26 McCargo/Reforming Thai Politics McCargo/Reforming Thai Politics McCargo/Thaksinization of Thailand 25 TITLE INDEX, 20022019 Author/Title Page Schönbeck/All Religions Merge in Tranquebar 58 Seeger/Gender and the Path to Awakening 23 Seekins/Burma and Japan Since 1940 63 Seekins/Burma and Japan Since 1940 63 Sellato/Plaited Arts from the Borneo Rainforest 14 Sercombe/Beyond the Green Myth 14 Sercombe/ ... when big friends help While we manage our European home market ourselves with the help of our excellent UK warehouse and distribution centre, our books are marketed in the rest of the world by local experts. 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