Asian Studies

By considering the practice of globalization, these essays describe changes, variations and innovations to Chinese food in many parts of the world. Reviews and broadens theories about ethnic and social identity formation...

India’s increased exposure to world markets and relaxation of domestic controls has given a spurt to the GDP growth rate, but its impact on poverty, inequality and employment have been controversial. This book examines these aspects of the post-reform scene, discerning the changes in trends which th..

India’s increased exposure to world markets and relaxation of domestic controls has given a spurt to the GDP growth rate, but its impact on poverty, inequality and employment have been controversial. This book examines these aspects of the post-reform scene, discerning the changes in trends which th..

This book examines the evolution and development pattern of Taipei against a background of increasing globalization, each contributor considering from a different perspective the historical and current trends at work in this key Asian Dragon city...

The most comprehensive glossary to date of Hui Muslim terms and the first to fully match the Chinese term (stated in Chinese script and pinyin) to its Arabic or Persian counterpart (stated in Arabic script with Latin transcription)...

This study of the Qur'an arises from an interest in a pressing contemporary issue, the relationship between Muslims and non-Muslims ('the Ummah and the Other'). This text explores how the Qur'an comments on this relationship as it changed in the course of Muhammad's ministry...

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Focuses on three major themes from Islam: migration, pilgrimage and travel. Discussed separately, they are linked by the fact that they examine the cosmopolitan Islamic social order which emerged in a large part of the Afro-Eurasian land mass and that they reflect Muhammad's call to seek knowledge...

The book highlights the complex interaction between historical contexts, institutional reforms and economic development, and the implication of such interaction for the design and assessment of institutional governance reforms in both domestic and international reform efforts._x005F_x000D_ This book..

First Published in 1967. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

A reprint of the third edition, originally published in 1939, this grammar offers an introduction to the Tibetan language, as well as to a culture and way of life - which have changed dramatically in the last 50 years. The grammar uses a typeset Tibetan script...