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1. Cover image for 'State Institutions, Civic Associations, and Identity Demands'
Regional Movements in Greater Southeast Asia
Amy H. Liu and Joel Sawat Selway, Editors
An in-depth look at why autonomy movements fail or succeed
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Web Open Access Forthcoming
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The Authoritarian Roots of South Korea's Democracy
Joan E. Cho
Examines the roles of industrialization and tertiary education in Korea’s nonlinear path to democracy
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Web Open Access Forthcoming
3. Cover image for 'China as Number One?'
The Emerging Values of a Rising Power
Yang Zhong and Ronald F. Inglehart
Examining the contemporary rise in China’s political, economic, and military power through the opinions of its citizens
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Web Open Access Forthcoming
4. Cover image for 'Cosmopolitan Love'
Utopian Vision in D. H. Lawrence and Eileen Chang
Sijia Yao
Analyzes the writing of D. H. Lawrence and Eileen Chang to envision how love crosses cultural boundaries
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Web Open Access Forthcoming
5. Cover image for 'Poetry, History, Memory'
Wang Jingwei and China in Dark Times
Zhiyi Yang
The first comprehensive biography of  Wang Jingwei, a poet, politician, and the most controversial figure in modern Chinese history
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Web Open Access Forthcoming
6. Cover image for 'Realisms in East Asian Performance'
Jessica Nakamura and Katherine Saltzman-Li, Editors
Essays by leading scholars expand understandings of theatrical realism through East Asian performances across premodern, modern, and contemporary periods
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Web Open Access Forthcoming
7. Cover image for 'The Time of Laughter'
Comedy and the Media Cultures of Japan
Volume: 101
David Humphrey
David Humphrey is Assistant Professor of Japanese and Global Studies at Michigan State University.
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Ebook Forthcoming View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "The Time of Laughter"
8. Cover image for 'Listening with a Feminist Ear'
Soundwork in Bombay Cinema
Pavitra Sundar
On the cultural politics and possibilities of sound in cinema
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Web Open Access Forthcoming
9. Cover image for 'Toward a Gameic World'
New Rules of Engagement from Japanese Video Games
Volume: 100
Ben Whaley
Examines the ways in which Japanese video games engage with social issues and national traumas
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Ebook 2023 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Toward a Gameic World"
10. Cover image for 'Where FDI Goes in Decentralized Authoritarian Countries'
The Politics of Taiwanese Site Selection for Investment in Mainland China
Kelan Lu
Explores the conditional effect of fiscal decentralization on FDI inflows at county level in China and explores whether FDI sourced from adversarial states is more dependent upon local government fiscal autonomy than those sourced from the non-adversarial states
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Ebook 2023 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Where FDI Goes in Decentralized Authoritarian Countries"
11. Cover image for 'Negative, Nonsensical, and Non-Conformist'
The Films of Suzuki Seijun
Volume: 99
Peter A. Yacavone
The definitive study of the pathbreaking and controversial Japanese film director who expanded the form, rhetoric, and philosophy of popular genre movies
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Web 2023 Open Access Available Read Online
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Newsmaking and the Late-Socialist Imaginaries of China's Digital Era
Emily H. C. Chua
Explores the complex interpersonal networks and differing ethical standpoints that shape the news in China
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Web 2023 Open Access Available Read Online
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Governing Chinese Society with Interactive Authoritarianism
Taiyi Sun
How authoritarian states adapt to new phenomena
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Web 2023 Open Access Available Read Online
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Youth Organizations and Elite Renewal in Post-Mao China
Jérôme Doyon
How the Chinese party-state attracts young officials to renew its elite
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Web 2023 Open Access Available Read Online
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Yosano Akiko and the Invention of Romantic Love
Volume: 98
Leith Morton
Explores romantic love in modern Japanese literature through the work of the leading poet in the Myōjō circle
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Ebook 2023 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "How Dark Is My Flower"
16. Cover image for 'The Three Treasures'
A Revised and Illustrated Study and Translation of Minamoto No Tamenori's Sanboe
Volume: 97
Edward Kamens and Ethan Bushelle
An updated, augmented, and illustrated study and translation of this landmark collection of Buddhist tales
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Ebook 2023 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "The Three Treasures"
17. Cover image for 'Ghosts in the Neighborhood'
Why Japan Is Haunted by Its Past and Germany Is Not
Walter F. Hatch
Uneasy neighbors
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Web 2023 Open Access Available Read Online
18. Cover image for 'Thirty-two New Takes on Taiwan Cinema'
Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh, Darrell William Davis, Wenchi Lin, Editors

A film-by-film introduction to Taiwan cinema and cultures

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Ebook 2022 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Thirty-two New Takes on Taiwan Cinema"
19. Cover image for 'Yosano Akiko and The Tale of Genji'
Revised Edition
Volume: 28
G. G. Rowley
A major contribution to the study of an important Japanese woman writer and a masterwork of reader reception studies
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Web 2022 Open Access Available Read Online
20. Cover image for 'Queer Subjects in Modern Japanese Literature'
Male Love, Intimacy, and Erotics, 1886–2014
Stephen D. Miller, Editor
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Ebook 2022 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Queer Subjects in Modern Japanese Literature"
21. Cover image for 'India as Kingmaker'
Status Quo or Revisionist Power
Michael O. Slobodchikoff and Aakriti A. Tandon
Predicting India’s future global influence
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Ebook 2022 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "India as Kingmaker"
22. Cover image for 'Minor Salvage'
The Korean War and Korean American Life Writings
Stephen Hong Sohn
Explores the forgotten archives and life writings of Korean War refugees
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Ebook 2022 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Minor Salvage"
23. Cover image for 'Empire and Environment'
Ecological Ruin in the Transpacific
Jeffrey Santa Ana, Heidi Amin-Hong, Rina Garcia Chua, Zhou Xiaojing, Editors
Explores environmental violence and recovery in Indigenous Pacific Islander, Asian North American, and Asian diasporic cultural expressions
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Web 2022 Open Access Available Read Online
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Hu Shih's Political Writings
Chih-p’ing Chou and Carlos Yu-Kai Lin, Editors
Collection of several previously unpublished works from one of China’s most important scholars in the 20th century
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Web 2022 Open Access Available Read Online
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The Dynamics of India-Pakistan Conflict
Surinder Mohan
A new model to understand the India–Pakistan rivalry
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Ebook 2022 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Complex Rivalry"
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The University of Michigan Press offers many titles as electronic books in EPUB, PDF, Kindle, and Audiobook formats.

Our EPUB and PDFs may be read using free Adobe Digital Editions software. Digital Editions is available for PC, Mac, major mobile platforms, and many e-reader devices. Visit the Adobe Digital Editions Supported Ebook Devices page for a complete list of e-reader devices that are compatible with the software and their FAQ page for other questions about the software.

Available Ebook reading systems vary widely in their support for accessibility features. For EPUB, visit EPUB Test for accessibility support information for specific platforms. Contact us if you have a question about the best reading system for your needs at umpress.accessibility@umich.edu.

Our Ebooks are currently offered under a single-user license, which means that your Ebook can be accessed by using one Adobe ID. Any computer authorized to this Adobe ID will be able to open the file. Learn more at the Adobe ID and Membership FAQ page.

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