Asian Studies

This book explores new perspectives, concepts, and theories that are socially relevant, culturally suitable, and normatively attractive in the East Asia context...

This book enables petroleum reservoir engineers to predict the flow of fluids within a hydrocarbon deposit. Laboratory techniques are described for both steady-state and unsteady state measurements, and the calculation of relative permeability from field data is illustrated...

This is a major new contribution to comparative and multidisciplinary scholarship on the alignment of religion and violence in South and Southeast Asia...

Presenting a study of politics at grassroots level among young Japanese, this book examines the alliance between the religious movement Soka Gakkai (the ‘Value-creation Society’) and Komeito (the ‘Clean Government Party’), which shared power with the Liberal Democratic Party from 1999 to 2009...

Subtle-body practices are found particularly in Indian, Indo-Tibetan and East Asian societies, but have become increasingly familiar in Western societies, especially through the various healing and yogic techniques and exercises associated with them. This book explores subtle-body practices from a v..

Subtle-body practices are found particularly in Indian, Indo-Tibetan and East Asian societies, but have become increasingly familiar in Western societies, especially through the various healing and yogic techniques and exercises associated with them. This book explores subtle-body practices from a v..

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Beginning with ancient times, this volume shows how some of the early superstitions became purified through the influence of the Confucianist philosophy...

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Looks at the similarities and differences between Jewish, Canon, Islamic, Chinese, Hindu and Buddhist law...

Looks at the similarities and differences between Jewish, Canon, Islamic, Chinese, Hindu and Buddhist law...