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1 Nordic Institute of Asian Studies New and recently published titles plus full stocklist 2009

2 2 Welcome Welcome to the 2009 NIAS Press catalogue, with our new and recent titles plus full stocklist of titles published since the Press was established in As usual we offer books on a wide variety of countries and disciplines, and trust that something in this catalogue is of interest. Enjoy your reading! Gerald Jackson Editor in Chief About NIAS Press NIAS Press specializes in publishing innovative research in modern Asia. Our main focus is on Southeast Asia and the social sciences (but this is not exclusive). Based in Copenhagen, we are a globally focused publisher with books available in all parts of the world. The Press is a scholarly publisher with the rigorous academic standards expected of a university press. Our books are reviewed in major Asian Studies journals and are becoming well known and appreciated in the wider scholarly community. We aim to publish titles a year. Publishing with NIAS Press There are many reasons to publish with NIAS Press. Should you be interested, you can send your book proposal directly to the Press, addressing it to: Commissioning Editor NIAS Press Leifsgade 33, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark tel: fax: publish@nias.ku.dk However, we suggest that you first visit our website at and read our advice on book proposals (essentially, we want a detailed proposal plus CV and covering letter; a sample chapter is also preferable). Design and production by NIAS Press Printed in the Netherlands Front cover photo by Andrew Walker: a collection of tribute objects in Thailand Where to obtain NIAS books Personal and Institutional Orders No matter where you are in the world, any NIAS book can be ordered via your local bookseller or from online booksellers like Amazon. Libraries can order from their normal library supplier. You can also place direct orders with one of our distributors from the list below. Book Trade Orders Please place orders with the appropriate stockholding distributor: Europe, Middle East and Africa Marston Book Services PO Box 269, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4SD, UK fax: +44 (0) trade.order@marston.co.uk web: North America (also Latin America) University of Hawaii Press 2840 Kolowalu Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA fax: +1 (800) (N. Am. only) uhpbooks@hawaii.edu web: Japan United Publishers Services Ltd Higashi-shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan fax: +81 (0) info@ups.co.jp Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam Silkworm Books 6 Sukkasem Road, Suthep, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand fax orders@silkwormbooks.com web: Rest of Asia, Australia, New Zealand Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Tce, Pasir Panjang, Singapore fax: pubsunit@iseas.edu.sg web: Prices The prices listed in this catalogue apply to sales through our European distributor, Marston. Customers in other territories should contact the relevant distributor for local currency prices. Prices quoted are accurate as at October 2008, but subject to change. Errors and ommissions excepted. New titles and recent backlist 2009

3 Fiery Dragons Banks, Moneylenders and Microfinance in Burma Sean Turnell - NIAS Monograph series, no. 114 February 2009, 416 pp. Tai Lands and Thailand Community and State in Southeast Asia Edited by Andrew Walker Tai Lands and Thailand - - ASAA Southeast Asia series NEW TITLE NEW TITLE 1 For more details of all of our books, visit

4 2 NEW TITLE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Negotiating Urban Space in Malaysia Ross King ASAA Southeast Asia series Proper Islamic Consumption Shopping among the Malays in Modern Malaysia Johan Fischer New titles and recent backlist 2009

5 Submitting to God Women and Islam in Urban Malaysia Sylva Frisk Gendering Asia series, no. 6 Gendered Inequalities in Asia Configuring, Contesting and Recognizing Women and Men Edited by Helle Rydstrøm NEW TITLE 3 NEW TITLE For more details of all of our books, visit

6 4 PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED Constructing Singapore Elitism, Ethnicity and the Nation-Building Project Michael D. Barr and Zlatko Skrbiš Constructing Singapore Democracy in Asia series, no. 11 NEW TITLE Violence and Belonging Land, Love and Lethal Conflict in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan Are Knudsen With a foreword by Fredrik Barth - New titles and recent backlist 2009

7 Between Frontiers Nation and Identity in a Southeast Asian Border Zone Noboru Ishikawa Between Frontiers NIAS Monograph series, no. 116 NEW TITLE 5 Digital Atlas of Indonesian History Robert Cribb Historical Atlas of Indonesia Schoolatlas van Nederlandsch Oost-Indië Historical Atlas of Indonesia Digital Atlas of Indonesian History March 2009, DVD + user guide (64 pp., maps) PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED For more details of all of our books, visit

8 6 NEW TITLE Beyond Democracy in Cambodia Political Reconstruction in a Post-Conflict Society Edited by Joakim Öjendal and Mona Lilja Democracy in Asia series, no. 12 PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED People of Virtue Reconfiguring Religion, Power and Moral Order in Cambodia Today Edited by Alexandra Kent and David Chandler New titles and recent backlist 2009

9 Tourism in Southeast Asia Challenges and New Directions Edited by Michael Hitchcock, Victor T. King and Michael Parnwell Tourism in Southeast Asia - Tourism in South-East Asia - - PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED 7 Getting Published A Companion for the Humanities and Social Sciences Gerald Jackson and Marie Lenstrup PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED For more details of all of our books, visit

10 8 PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED Lifestyle and Entertainment in Yangzhou Edited by Lucie Olivová and Vibeke Børdahl literati - - NIAS Studies in Asian Topics series, no. 44 PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED Other Landscapes Colonialism and the Predicament of Authority in Nineteenth-Century South India Deborah Sutton - Other Landscapes NIAS Monograph series, no. 111 New titles and recent backlist 2009

11 9 RECENTLY PUBLISHED Gender Politics in Asia Women Manoeuvring within Dominant Gender Orders Edited by Wil Burghoorn, Kazuki Iwanaga, Cecilia Milwertz and Qi Wang Making Fields of Merit Buddhist Nuns and Gendered Orders in Thailand Monica Lindberg Falk Village China at War The Impact of Resistance to Japan, Dagfinn Gatu Creating Laos The Making of a Lao Space between Indochina and Siam, Søren Ivarsson Women and Politics in Thailand Continuity and Change Edited by Kazuki Iwanaga Women s Political Participation and Representation in Asia Obstacles and Challenges Edited by Kazuki Iwanaga Lost Goddesses The Denial of Female Power in Cambodian History Trudy Jacobsen The Sociology of Southeast Asia Transformations in a Developing Region Victor T. King Power, Resistance and Women Politicians in Cambodia Discourses of Emancipation Mona Lilja Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts Codices Arabici & Codices Arabici Additamenta Irmeli Perho For more details of all of our books, visit

12 10 NIAS TITLES PUBLISHED , BY AUTHOR Author/Editor Title Pub. Ed. ISBN Price New titles and recent backlist 2009

13 11 NIAS TITLES PUBLISHED , BY AUTHOR Author/Editor Title Pub. Ed. ISBN Price For more details of all of our books, visit

14 12 NIAS TITLES PUBLISHED , BY AUTHOR Author/Editor Title Pub. Ed. ISBN Price New titles and recent backlist 2009

15 TITLE INDEX 13 For more details of all of our books, visit

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