The Story of Southeast Asia
The Story of Southeast Asia tells how the peoples of the region have crafted their diverse societies and cultures over thousands of years. The region has been a remarkable crossroads of global connections for millennia. Its story is one of complex networks of trade, ideas, and social relationships.
Paper $26.00
Singaporean Creatures
Histories of Humans and Other Animals in the Garden City
With Contributions by Ruizhi Choo, Anthony Medrano, Miles Alexander Powell, Esmond Soh, Nicole Tarulevicz, Jennifer Yip, and Faizah Zakaria
Modern Singapore is the Garden City, a biophilic urban space that includes a variety of animals, from mosquitoes to humans, even polar bears. Singaporean Creatures brings together historians to contemplate this human-animal relationship and how it has shaped society—socially, economically, politically, and environmentally.
Paper $36.00
Malaysiakini and the Power of Independent Media in Malaysia
“Steele’s intimate portrait shows how Malaysiakini’s independent, progressive journalism not just chronicled momentous events in Malaysia, but also made history as part of the country’s democracy movement.”—Cherian George, author of Media and Power in Southeast Asia
Paper $32.00
Public Subsidy, Private Accumulation
The Political Economy of Singapore’s Public Housing
Public Subsidy, Private Accumulation examines the ways Singapore’s impressive public housing program is central to the political legitimacy of the city‑state’s single‑party regime, and the growing contradictions of its success. This book is a culmination of Chua Beng Huat’s study of Singapore’s public housing system, its dynamics, and the ways it functions in Singapore’s politics.
Paper $36.00
Kebalian
The Dialogic Construction of Balinese Identity
Kebalian presents a fascinating picture of religious change, identities in motion, and culture. Scholars of religion, cultural change, and Southeast Asian area studies will find this to be a fascinating and important book.
Paper $38.00
Fighting for Health
Medicine in Cold War Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia has long been treated as a static backdrop for the exploits and discoveries of Western biomedical scientists. Yet, Southeast Asians have been vital to the significant developments in the prevention and treatment of diseases that have taken place in the region and beyond. Many of the institutions and people that shaped subsequent responses to outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics first began their work in Southeast Asia during the Cold War.
Paper $36.00
History of Medicine in Southeast Asia