Long before Magellan entered the Pacific in 1521 Westerners entertained ideas of undiscovered oceans, mighty continents, and paradisal islands at the far ends of the earth. First set down by Egyptian
In these articles, Gregory Schopen once again displays the erudition and originality that have contributed to a major shift in the way that Indian Buddhism is perceived, understood, and studied.
Using close readings of a range of premodern and modern texts, Atsuko Sakaki focuses on the ways in which Japanese writers and readers revised—or in many cases devised—rhetoric to convey "Chineseness"
Lau (emeritus, civil engineering, U. of Hawai'i) and Mink (a former engineering consultant with Mink and Yuen, Inc) introduce the fundamentals of hydrology in the Hawaiian islands. They begin with an
Widely perceived as an overwhelmingly Catholic nation, Brazil has experienced in recent years a growth in the popularity of Buddhism among the urban, cosmopolitan upper classes. In the 1990s Buddhism
The fall of Singapore and the brilliant victories achieved since the start of the war mean we are protected, but I don’t know just how grateful I should be. —Takahashi Aiko, housewife, February 1942Th
As Ch'oe (Korean history, U. of Hawai`i) notes in the introduction, hibiscus is both the national flower of Korea and the state flower of Hawai`i, hence the highlighting of hibiscus in the title of th
Providing a view of Japan that diverges considerably from the convention, Burkman (Asian studies, State U. of New York-Buffalo) describes how the Empire joined the League of Nations at the end of Worl
The Tay Son uprising (1771-1802) was a cataclysmic event that profoundly altered the eighteenth-century Vietnamese political and social landscape. This book offers a new look at an important and cont
Asian Settler Colonialism is a groundbreaking collection that examines the roles of Asians as settlers in Hawai‘i. Contributors from various fields and disciplines investigate aspects of Asian settler
In its quest for national identity, international status and validation for the relationships between intellectuals and politics, China has sought the Nobel prize in literature for decades. In 2000, G
Despite their substantial influence in contemporary art, few Taiwanese artists receive serious critical attention. These nine essays seek to remedy this by explaining Taiwanese visual culture and land
Mana Tuturu is a timely, valuable, and immensely wise meditation on the complex and difficult problems that arise when the treasures of indigenous peoples, especially Maori, enter a commercial world t
Yano (anthropology, U. of Hawai'i) argues that the beauty contest for Japanese American women in Hawai'i is embedded within, is a product of, and contributes to a specific geopolitical order that incl
Eleven international academics and museum curators contribute nine chapters examining the functional, ritual, and everyday contexts of art works produced in different parts of Asia, in particular Indo
Marra (Japanese literature, aesthetics, and hermeneutics; U. of California-Los Angeles) translates and comments on Japanese intellectual Norinaga's (1730-1801) Sugagasa no Nikki (The Sedge Hat Diary),
According to Des Forges (Chinese, U. of Massachusetts), there are four narrative tropes that constitute the conceptual foundation on which the social reality of the Chinese city of Shanghai is built:
Approaching the subject as an artist rather than a print scholar, Rebecca Salter focuses on the craftsmen and the complex visual culture within which they worked. Through information gained from inte
Dr. Kauka Billy Bergen (State of Hawai'i Department of Agriculture), who was born on the Big Island, served as chief veterinarian at the Parker Ranch--one of the largest in the US --from 1970 to 1995.
