Search Results: Authors starting with N from Asia Bookroom

Yogyakarta.: Lkis.. 2004.. Maps, black and white illustrations, 263pp, index, bibliography, a very good paperback copy. Text in Indonesian. .

New York.: Oxford University Press.. 2000.. Contents, conclusion, notes, references, index, 241pp., an excellent copy in paperback. "In this study of South Indian village Hinduism, Nabokov documents and analyzes rituals performed by what she calls "congregations of suffering" and "congregations of kinship." She looks at the expertise, motivation and predilection of those who particiapte in these rituals and attempts to explain their transformations. Her comprehensive and original analysis show how the Tamil rituals reframe personal and interpersonal identitites both in this world and in the hereafter." (Publisher's description). .

Croom Helm.. 1978.. Tables, 212pp, biblio, index, spine dustjacket faded. Advances a theory of bureaucratic culture, which involves several elements of central concern to the relationships among public bureaucracy, democracy and national development. .

Mansfield Center.: Martino.. 2002.. Facsimile edition, two volumes in one. xvi + 832pp, indices. A classified list of the literature issued in European languages since the publication of Fr. Von Wenckstern's "Bibliography of the Japanese Empire" up to the year 1926. Originally published in two volumes in 1928. .

Malaysia.: Pelanduk Publications.. 2000.. Colour photographic plates, 244pp, index, gilt title spine and upper cover, dustjacket. Biography of Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen, a veteran politician who has been in the Malaysian political scene from the time of the country's independence in 1957. .

Calcutta.: Nadjarian, H. M.. 1958.. 34pp, worn and marked wrappers, internally sound and clean, good copy. 22 x 14.5cm. A historical sketch depicting the spread of Christianity in Armenia in the early 4th century. .

Jakarta.: Pustaka Utama Grafiti.. [Reprint].. 1992.. 243pp, paperback. Light shelfwear covers, name of previous owner and date printed in ink half title. Indonesian language. Critical analysis of broad range of topics including religion, social conditions and politics in Indonesia. .

Karimkhan.: Gooya Art House.. 2005.. Plans, colour photographic illustrations, 151pp, slip case, spine slightly sunned, a very good hardback copy. 24.2x 24.2cm. Text in Persian and English. .

東京. [Tokyo].: 岩波書店. [Iwanami Shoten].. Showa 61 [1986].. 511pp, endpapers a little sellotape stained but overall very good hardback in slipcase with paper band. This is the third volume of 7 volume set of Nagai Kafu's novels. .

東京. [Tokyo].: 岩波書店. [Iwanami Shoten].. Showa 61 [1986].. Colour plate, 485pp, hardback, very good copy in slipcase with band. This is the second volume of a 7 volume set of Nagai Kafu's novels. Text in Japanese. .

東京. [Tokyo].: 岩波書店. [Iwanami Shoten].. Showa 61 [1986].. Black and white plate, 476pp, hardback in slipcase with paper book band, very good copy. This is the fifth volume of 7 volume set of Nagai Kafu's novels. .

東京. [Tokyo].: 岩波書店. [Iwanami Shoten].. Showa 61 [1986].. Portrait frontispiece, 458pp, hardback, very good copy in slipcase with band. This is the first volume of a 7 volume set of Nagai Kafu's novels. .

[Bhutan].. 2010.. Colour photographic illustrations, 100pp. Extremities trifle shelf worn, overall a very good paperback copy. .

Singapore.: NUS Press.. 2015.. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 248pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. "During the First World War, ill-advised steps by colonial officials in the Philippines created a financial crisis which lasted from 1919 until 1922. The circumstances shook the foundations of the American colonial state and contributed to Manuel L. Quezon's successful effort to replace Sergio Osmeña as leader of the politically dominant Nacionalista Party. These events have generally been blamed on a corruption scandal at the Philippine National Bank, which had been established in 1916 as a multi-purpose, semi-governmental agency whose purpose was to provide loans for the agricultural export industry, to do business as a commercial bank, to issue bank notes, and to serve as a depository for government funds. Based on detailed archival research, Yoshiko Nagano argues that the crisis in fact resulted from mismanagement of currency reserves and irregularities in… Read More

Minneapolis.: University of Minnesota Press.. 2006.. xlvii + 181pp, notes, glossary, bibliography, a very good paperback copy. "Seven voices contribute to this rare glimpse of the work being done on the front lines of the fight for social change in India. Playing with Fire is written in the collective voice of women employed by a large NGO as activists in their communities and is based on diaries, interviews, and conversations among them. Together their personal stories reveal larger themes and questions of sexism, casteism, and communalism, and a startling picture emerges of how NGOs both nourish and stifle local struggles for solidarity. The Hindi edition of the book, Sangtin Yatra, published in 2004, created controversy that resulted in backlash against the authors by their employer. The publication also drew support for the women and instigated a public conversation about the issues exposed in the book. Here, Richa Nagar addresses the dispute in the context of the politics of NGOs and feminist… Read More

Boston.: Wisdom Publications.. Reprint.. 1998.. Translated by John Dunne and Sara McClintock. 136pp, notes, appendix, a very good paperback copy. 21.3 x 13.8cm. .

東京. [Tokyo].: 汲古書院. [Suikoshoin].. Show 55 [1980].. 3 volumes complete, 26.5 x 19.5 cm, Volume 1: 573 pp; Volume 2: 401 pp; Volume 3: 415 pp, hardbacks in card slipcases, transparent glassine wrappers chipped. Neat stamp along upper edges. This 3 volume set of Japanese transcriptions of 儀礼経伝通解 was based on a Chinese philosopher, Zhu Xi's work on social structures. It was transcribed into Japanese in the 17th and 18th centuries. The set includes an interpretive essay on the original work by Togawa Yoshio. .

Nagoya.: 名古屋市博物館 [Nagoyashi Hakubutsukan], 中日新聞社 [Chūnichi Shinbunsha] et al.. 1984.. Colour illustrations, 32pp, a good paperback copy. Exhibition catalogue of the Nagoya City Museum. .

Leiden.: KITLV Press.. 1996.. Maps, 250pp, glossary, bibliography, index, light pencilling in the epilogue, from the library of Professor Anthony Reid with name front endpaper, covers slightly shelf worn, otherwise a good paperback copy. .

New Delhi.: The Humanities Review.. 1981.. xvi (advertisements) + 72pp, wrappers little worn, considerable wear and some loss on spine, still a sound copy. Articles on Indian English, Punjabi and Tamil fiction as well as Education in India and Japan, and English as a Second Language. .