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GalleryBook Review: Natural Resources and the New Frontier: Constructing Modern China’s Borderlands by Judd C. Kinzley
In Natural Resources and the New Frontier: Constructing Modern China’s Borderlands, Judd C. Kinzley tracks Xinjiang’s transformation from a disregarded ‘wasteland’ […]
GalleryBook Review: The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State by Elizabeth Economy
In The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State, Elizabeth Economy offers an exhaustive study of Xi Jinping’s first […]
GalleryBook Review: Nationalism, Development and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka by Rajesh Venugopal
In Nationalism, Development and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka, Rajesh Venugopal offers a fresh look at how colonial legacies, nationalist ideology and […]
GalleryFeature Essay: Language Movements and Democracy in India by Mithilesh Kumar Jha
In this feature essay, Language Movements and Democracy in India, Mithilesh Kumar Jha draws on his recent book Language Politics […]
GalleryBook Review: Global Health Governance in International Society by Jeremy Youde
In Global Health Governance in International Society, Jeremy Youde reflects on the challenges facing global health governance and the […]
GalleryBook Review: Five Heads (Tavan Tolgoi): Art, Anthropology and Mongol Futurism edited by Hermione Spriggs
In Five Heads (Tavan Tolgoi): Art, Anthropology and Mongol Futurism, editor Hermione Spriggs brings together visual and verbal documentation of five art-anthropology exchange […]
GalleryBook Review: Stepping into the Elite: Trajectories of Social Achievement in India, France and the United States by Jules Naudet
In Stepping into the Elite: Trajectories of Social Achievement in India, France and the United States, Jules Naudet draws […]
GalleryBook Review: Comic Performance in Pakistan: The Bhānd by Claire Pamment
In Comic Performance in Pakistan: The Bhānd, Claire Pamment explores the centuries-old tradition of Pakistani bhānd performances which have used comedy to […]
GalleryBook Review: The Blue Frontier: Maritime Vision and Power in the Qing Empire by Ronald Po
In The Blue Frontier: Maritime Vision and Power in the Qing Empire, Ronald C. Po challenges the notion that the Qing […]
GalleryBook Review: Dreamers: How Young Indians are Changing the World by Snigdha Poonam
In Dreamers: How Young Indians are Changing the World, Snigdha Poonam seeks to understand the values, motivations and worldviews of young […]
GalleryBook Review: The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture and the Nation by Ravish Kumar
The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture and the Nation, journalist Ravish Kumar presents an incisive critique of the contemporary state of […]
GalleryBook Review: Where India Goes: Abandoned Toilets, Stunted Development and the Costs of Caste by Diane Coffey and Dean Spears
In Where India Goes: Abandoned Toilets, Stunted Development and the Costs of Caste, authors Diane Coffey and Dean Spears propose that […]
GalleryBook Review: Modern India: A Very Short Introduction by Craig Jeffrey
In Modern India: A Very Short Introduction, Craig Jeffrey summarises India’s political developments from the seventeenth-century beginnings of colonial […]
GalleryBook Review: The Geopolitics of Spectacle: Space, Synecdoche and the New Capitals of Asia by Natalie Koch
In The Geopolitics of Spectacle: Space, Synecdoche and the New Capitals of Asia, Natalie Koch critically explores the ‘spectacular urbanism’ that […]
GalleryBook Review: Taking Back Philosophy: A Multicultural Manifesto by Bryan W. Van Norden
In Taking Back Philosophy: A Multicultural Manifesto, Bryan W. Van Norden challenges the Western and Eurocentric domination of philosophy curricula […]
