Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso, known as Upper Volta until its independence from France in 1960, and locally called the “land of the upright people,” is a medium-sized … Read more
Southeast Asian Languages
Collecting the Self: Body and Identity in Strange Tale Collections of Late Imperial China
Chinese strange tale collections contain short stories about ghosts and animal spirits, supra-human heroes and freaks, exotic lands and haunted homes, earthquake and floods, and … Read more
Imitations of the Self: Jiang Yan and Chinese Poetics
Imitations of the Self reevaluates the poetry of Jiang Yan (444 505), long underappreciated because of its pervasive reliance on allusion, by emphasizing the self-conscious … Read more
An Introduction to the History and Culture of the Teochews in Singapore
This book is one of the first few books written in English on Chaozhou culture and history. It compiles information from Chinese and English sources … Read more
Humanities Data Analysis: Case Studies with Python
A practical guide to data-intensive humanities research using the Python programming language The use of quantitative methods in the humanities and related social sciences has … Read more
The Archaeology of Coastal Bengal
Research work on coastal Bengal has mostly focused on maritime trading networks. In a clear departure from the existing scholarship, this volume questions the linearity … Read more
The Karma of Words: Buddhism and the Literary Arts in Medieval Japan
“A masterly book . . . will prove of great assistance to a student of Japanese literature and thought from the eleventh century onwards.”–Times Literary … Read more
Telling Stories: Witchcraft and Scapegoating in Chinese History
This book analyzes the role of oral stories in Chinese witch-hunts. Successive chapters deal with the implications of Chinese versions of the Little Red Riding … Read more
Fir and Empire: The Transformation of Forests in Early Modern China
The disappearance of China?s naturally occurring forests is one of the most significant environmental shifts in the country?s history, one often blamed on imperial demand … Read more
New Terms for New Ideas: Western Knowledge and Lexical Change in Late Imperial China
This volume is about the lasting impact of new (Western) notions on the 19th and early 20th century Chinese language; their invention, spread and standardization. … Read more
Mirroring the Past: The Writing and Use of History in Imperial China
Why do we spend so much on health services, and levels of treatment do not improve? Why do we spend so much on education, and … Read more