Southeast Asian Studies
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Why the Sea Is Full of Salt and Other Vietnamese Folktales
By Minh Tran Huy; Translated by Harry Aveling
Silkworm Books
Remembering the Samsui Women
Migration and Social Memory in Singapore and China
UBC Press
A study of the Samsui women who migrated from China to Singapore, where they have been commemorated as nation-builders.
The Business of Culture
Cultural Entrepreneurs in China and Southeast Asia, 1900-65
Edited by Christopher Rea and Nicolai Volland
UBC Press
The first critical analysis of Chinese “cultural entrepreneurs,” businesspeople whose entrepreneurial endeavours in China and Southeast Asia the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries transformed the cultural sphere.
The Voyage of the Komagata Maru
The Sikh Challenge to Canada's Colour Bar, Expanded and Fully Revised Edition
UBC Press
A sweeping revision and reconsideration of the Komogata Maru incident as a defining moment in Canadian, British Empire, and Indian History.
The Face of Resistance
Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma's Fight for Freedom
By Aung Zaw
Silkworm Books
The Face of Resistance demystifies the volatile state of contemporary Burmese politics and shows that, despite international accolades, Burma is far from free.
Land Politics and Livelihoods on the Margins of Hanoi, 1920-2010
UBC Press
An engaging study of the rapid urbanization of a former village subsumed by the expanding city of Hanoi.
