Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2012

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• Race and Racism in Modern East Asia

  • Type: E-Book
  • Editors Rotem Kowner; Walter Demel
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  • Race and Racism in Modern East Asia juxtaposes Western racial constructions of East Asians with constructions of race and their outcomes in modern East Asia. This groundbreaking volume also offers an analysis of these constructions, their evolution and their interrelations.

• Revisiting Rituals in a Changing Tibetan World

  • Type: E-Book
  • Editor Katia Buffetrille
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  • Through ten contributions written by specialists, Revisiting Rituals in a Changing Tibetan World examines the changes rituals have undergone in Tibet, Nepal and Mongolia in the wake of political and socio-cultural upheavals.

• The Rise of Mahāsena

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: Richard D. Mann
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  • This study argues from textual and material sources that Skanda-Kāttikeya’s cult in the north of India during the Kuṣāṇa and Gupta eras moves from being a broad-based Graha and Mātṛ tradition to one that advanced the ruler’s prestige and authority.

• Russia in Asia

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  • Traces the successive stages of the growth of Asiatic Russia, and describes the policies which have brought it about. More than two hundred authorities were consulted, including Russian primary sources and British official documents.