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GalleryBook Review: The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
In The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company, William Dalrymple gives a new character-driven account of the ascent […]
GalleryBook Review: Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media by Sarah T. Roberts
In Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media, Sarah T. Roberts explores the work conditions and […]
GalleryBook Review: The Archive of Loss: Lively Ruination in Mill Land Mumbai by Maura Finkelstein
In The Archive of Loss: Lively Ruination in Mill Land Mumbai, Maura Finkelstein confronts the assumption that the city’s textile industry […]
GalleryBook Review: Emergency Chronicles: Indira Gandhi and Democracy’s Turning Point by Gyan Prakash
In Emergency Chronicles: Indira Gandhi and Democracy’s Turning Point, Gyan Prakash challenges historiography that presents the Emergency of 1975-77 as […]
GalleryBook Review: Think Tanks: The New Knowledge and Policy Brokers in Asia by James G. McGann
In Think Tanks: The New Knowledge and Policy Brokers in Asia, James G. McGann examines the role of think tanks in […]
GalleryBook Review: Unwanted Neighbours: The Mughals, the Portuguese and their Frontier Zones by Jorge Flores
In Unwanted Neighbours: The Mughals, the Portuguese and their Frontier Zones, Jorge Flores explores the ways in which the Portuguese Estado […]
GalleryLong Read Review: Beyond Debt: Islamic Experiments in Global Finance by Daromir Rudnyckyj
In Beyond Debt: Islamic Experiments in Global Finance, Daromir Rudnyckyj takes the reader into the world of Malaysian financial, religious and state […]
GalleryBook Review: Precarious Labour and Informal Economy: Work, Anarchy and Society in an Indian Village by Smita Yadav
In Precarious Labour and Informal Economy: Work, Anarchy and Society in an Indian Village, Smita Yadav explores the life, labour and […]
GalleryBook Review: Belt and Road: A Chinese World Order by Bruno Maçães
In Belt and Road: A Chinese World Order, Bruno Maçães discusses the contours and possibilities of China’s Belt and […]
GalleryBook Review: Empire’s Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers and the Transcontinental Railroad by Manu Karuka
In Empire’s Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers and the Transcontinental Railroad, Manu Karuka challenges longstanding myths surrounding the history of the […]
GalleryBook Review: Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora by Gayatri Gopinath
In Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora, Gayatri Gopinath offers an interwoven exploration of diaspora, visuality and queer studies, […]
GalleryBook Review: Boys’ Love, Cosplay and Androgynous Idols: Queer Fan Cultures in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan edited by Maud Lavin, Ling Yang and Jing Jamie Zhao
In Boys’ Love, Cosplay and Androgynous Idols: Queer Fan Cultures in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, editors Maud […]
GalleryBook Review: Maoism: A Global History by Julia Lovell
The Marxist for our times? Julia Lovell’s fascinating new history of Maoism, Maoism: A Global History, reveals the resonance […]
GalleryBook Review: Nightmarch: Among India’s Revolutionary Guerillas by Alpa Shah
The Naxalite movement in India is one of the longest-running guerilla insurgencies in the world. Shortlisted for the Orwell […]
GalleryLong Read Review: Inside the World of the Eunuch by Melissa Dale and After Eunuchs by Howard Chiang
Tom Marling reviews two recent studies that examine the institution of eunuchism towards the end of the Qing Dynasty in […]
