The definitive, bestselling book on the origins and development of nationalism. Imagined Communities, Benedict Anderson's brilliant book on nationalism, forged a new field of study when it first appeared in 1983. Since then it has sold over a quarter of a million copies and is widely considered the most important book on the subject. In this greatly anticipated revised edition, Anderson update…
Rezim-rezim tata kelola sumberdaya yang bergantung pada modal dan energi, seiring modernisasi dan pembangunan berjalur industrialisasi, telah mengakselerasi sirkuit kapital serta menata ulang ruang hidup kita melalui pembongkaran hutan dan pengerukan sumberdaya alam. Kehancuran lingkungan serta krisis iklim pun menjadi isu yang makin terdepan. Kini kita dihadapkan pada epos baru Antroposen deng…
Asia Tenggara abad ke-13 sampai abad ke-18, yang cenderung digambarkan statis oleh sebagian sejarawan, kontras dengan pembangunan monumen pada Negara klasik dan dinamika perdagangan dari kolonialis modern, dalam pandangan Anthony Reid harus diubah. Justru pada abad ke-15 hingga pertengahan abad ke-17 inilah, Asia tenggara mengalami kotanisasi atau orientasi kota. Di kota-lah serangkaian ide …
James C. Scott menempatkan masalah utama rumahtangga petani (subsistensi) pada titik kajian ini. Kecemasan terhadap kekurangan pangan menjelaskan banyak teka-teki sosial dan moral dalam masyarakat tani, seperti penolakan terhadap inovasi, keinginan untuk memiliki tanah, hubungan dengan orang lain, dan lembaga-lembaga, termasuk negara. "Buku ini sangat orisinil dan berharga luar biasa, hingga…
The extended metropolitan regions of Southeast Asia are the dynamic cores of their national economies and societies and the frontiers of accelerating globalization. The City in Southeast Asia explores ways of moving beyond outmoded paradigms of the Third World City or a Southeast Asian city "type". It begins by contrasting the acknowledged world cities of Singapore and Hong Kong with the aspiri…
Asian Cultural Studies or Cultural Studies in Asia is a new and burgeoning field, and the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Journal is at its cutting edge. Committed to bringing Asian Cultural Studies scholarship to the international English speaking world and constantly challenging existing conceptions of cultural studies, the journal has emerged as the leading publication in Cultural Studies in Asi…
In this book, distinguished historian Philip A. Kuhn tells the remarkable five-century story of Chinese emigration as an integral part of China's modern history. Although emigration has a much longer past, its "modern" phase dates from the sixteenth century, when European colonialists began to collaborate with Chinese emigrants to develop a worldwide trading system. The author explores both int…