Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2012

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• Opening the Hidden Land

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: Saul Mullard
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  • Using seventeenth and eighteenth century sources from the former Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim, this book examines the construction of Sikkimese historiography and presents an interpretation of the history of state formation of Sikkim.

• Optical Allusions

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: Joseph T. Sorensen
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  • In Optical Allusions: Screens, Paintings, and Poetry in Classical Japan (ca. 800-1200), Joseph T. Sorensen illustrates how painted screens and other visual art objects contributed to the development of some of the essential characteristics of Japanese court poetry.

• Origins and Migrations in the Extended Eastern Himalayas

  • Type: E-Book
  • Editors Toni Huber; Stuart Blackburn
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  • Origins and migration are core elements in the histories, identities and stories of Tibeto-Burman-speaking populations in the extended eastern Himalayas. These essays explore theories of explaining origins and migration, methods for studying them and expressions of them in local cultures.