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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"East Asian Studies"”.
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The lands west of the lakes: the history of Ajattappareng, South Sulawesi, AD 1200 to 1600
The period AD 1200-1600 was a time of great change in South Sulawesi, which saw the rise and development of the major kingdoms that came to dominate the political landscape in later centuries. The advent of regular external trade with other parts of the Indonesian archipelago from about 1300, and …
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Nagas in the museum: an anthropological study of the material culture of the hill peoples of the Assam-Burma border
… hill peoples on the periphery of mainland South-East Asia, predominantly those around what is now the international border of India and Myanmar. Hokishe Sena, a Naga, gives a contemporary view in noting that 'it is a name given by outsiders' and was long resented by the people 'till political …
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Gender, development and social change in Rote, eastern Indonesia
This thesis explores gender relations in the island of Rote in Indonesia. It examines Rotenese social organization and the role of women in development. In this case the researcher is of the same culture of the people being studied: the analysis is derived from social science informed by local …
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Nationalism and regional integration arrangements : a case study of Indonesia and the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement
… of ASEAN industries and to make the Southeast Asian region an attractive investment location. This thesis analyses the contemporary attitude of Indonesians towards this trade agreement. During the signing of this trade agreement, little opposition was expressed by Indonesian domestic …
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Brunei's political development and the formation of Malaysia : 1961-1967
The years immediately following the formation of Malaysia in May 1961, were an especially critical time in Brunei's political development. The key issues connected with the Malaysia proposal, namely the Brunei Revolt 1962, Brunei's refusal to join the Federation, Communist connections with the …
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Gender, migration decision-making and social changes in Roi-et Province, Northeastern Thailand
The main objective of this study is to examine to what extent, how and why gender issues influence the process of migration decision-making and social change through the combination of household relations and gender relations. The rationale underpinning this objective was that such changes have …
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Saudara (1928-1941): its contribution to the debate on issues in Malay society and the development of a Malay world-view
… show that parts of the Malay elite, at least, had an ambiguous attitude towards the British role as 'protector' of the Malay community in Malaya, and that a 'loyalist' attitude towards Britain need not conflict with a fundamentally nationalist perspective. The thesis is an extension in …
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Ecotourism, conservation and sustainability : a case study of Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, Indonesia.
… national park of Bromo Tengger Semeru, in East Java. Beforehand, the salient features and contradictions of sustainability, tourism and protected areas management were examined. It was found that some development strategies failed to achieve the desired outcomes through incompatibility with …
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Economic interaction between China and the Malacca Straits region, tenth to fourteenth centuries A.D.
There are nine chapters in the present study. Chapter one consists of the introduction. Chapters two to four contain brief surveys of the sources from which the present study draws much of its primary information. Chapter five details the changes in the administration of maritime trade in China, …
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To Do as Said and Written: Excavated Manuals and the Performance of Medicine and Spirit Power in Early China
This dissertation examines excavated medical, incantatory, and divinatory manuals from early China. These manuals are studied collectively as medicine and people's engagement with the spirit world were inseparable. While there has been much research into the early Chinese medical and divinatory …
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Gender, Family, and New Styles of Fatherhood: Modernization and Globalization in Japan
Ikumen, meaning fathers with small children who are--or look like they are--actively involved in childrearing are a new phenomenon in contemporary Japan, despite the prevalent images of patriarchic and absent fatherhood. But why and how did yesterday's notorious company soldiers turn into today's …
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The Making Of New Farmers In Chinese Risk Society
My research investigates the making of new farmers in Chinese risk society. I argue that the socialist peasants are in the transformation into neoliberal new farmers. I define the "new farmers" as a dispositive agricultural population that embodies neoliberal ideologies and practices. The purpose …
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Worldly ecologies: Landscape, history, and environmental politics on Jeju Island
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01
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Competition between V₂ of RVC and Verb-Final Le in L2 Learners' Mandarin Interlanguage
This study aims to explore how English-speaking learners of Chinese acquire Resultative Verb Compounds (RVC). The specific research questions are: Do learners think that change of state is achieved by using an RVC? Do learners assign resultative meaning to V₁-le uniformly or only in certain types …