R&L Singapore and Malaysia Catalogue

books on Singapore & malaysia

2020

Historical Dictionary of Malaysia, Second Edition P.5

CONTENTS Handbook of Comparative Education Law

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Historical Dictionary of Malaysia, Second Edition

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Regime Resilience in Malaysia and Singapore

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Mobile Communication and Low-Skilled Migrants’ Acculturation to Cosmopolitan Singapore

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Classical Chinese Poetry in Singapore

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The Edge of the World

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Sacred Inception

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Imagining Asia

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Punks, Monks and Politics

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Handbook of Comparative Education Law British Commonwealth Nations Edited by Charles J. Russo

October 2017 130 pages Paperback 9781475821680 $27.00 Hardback 9781475821673 $53.00

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Handbook of Comparative Educational Law: British Commonwealth Nations, Volume 1 provides detailed analysis of education law in Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore, so that researchers and others can learn from one another.

Charles J. Russo, M. Div., J.D., Ed. D., is the Joseph Panzer Chair in Education in the School of Education and Health Sciences, Director of its Ph.D. Program, and Research Professor of Law in the School of Law at the University of Dayton. Author or co-author more than 280 articles in peer-reviewed journals; authored, co-authored, edited, or coedited more than 60 books, and more than 1,000 publications, Russo speaks extensively on issues in Education Law in the United States and other Nations.

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Historical Dictionary of Malaysia

By Ooi Keat Gin

December 2017 686 pages Hardback 9781538108840 $153.00

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Malaysia contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture.

Ooi Keat Gin is an award-winning author and editor of historical works on Southeast Asia. Currently a professor of history and coordinator of the Asia Pacific Research Unit (APRU-USM), School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Dr Ooi is an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (London).

Table of Contents Editor’s Foreword Jon Woronoff Preface Acknowledgments Reader’s Notes Acronyms and Abbreviations Maps Key Indicators Chronology Introduction THE DICTIONARY Appendixes A. Yang Di-Pertuan Agong (Kings of Malaysia) B. Prime Ministers Glossary Bibliography About the Author 3

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Regime Resilience in Malaysia and Singapore Edited by Greg Lopez and Bridget Welsh

August 2018 328 pages Hardback 9781498575843 $110.00

Prominent scholars analyze how the dominant political parties in Malaysia and Singapore, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and the People’s Action Party (PAP), have stayed in power. With a focus on developments in the last decade and the tenures of prime ministers, the authors offer explanations for how these regimes remained resilient.

Greg Lopez is research fellow with the Murdoch University Executive Education Centre.

Bridget Welsh is associate professor of political science at John Cabot University in Rome.

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Mobile Communication and Low-Skilled Migrants’ Acculturation to Cosmopolitan Singapore

By Rajiv George Aricat and Rich Ling

April 2018 242 pages

This book is a socially situated exploration of South Asian migrants in Singapore that critically examines migrants’ negotiations of cultural identity, power, and friendship networks in mediated mobile phone spaces.

Hardback 9781498552509 $95.00

Rajiv Aricat is research fellow at the School of Social Sciences, NTU, Singapore.

Rich Ling is Shaw Foundation Professor of Media Technology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and adjunct at the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Labor Migration and ICT Chapter 3. Social Science of Technology Appropriation and Impact Chapter 4. Acculturation and Mobile Communication Chapter 5. Methods Chapter 6. Mobile Phone Appropriation Chapter 7. Acculturation and Adaptation Chapter 8. Conclusion Appendixes References About the Author

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Classical Chinese Poetry in Singapore Witnesses to Social and Cultural Transformations in the Chinese Community

By Bing Wang

November 2017 202 pages

This book examines classical Chinese poetry in Singapore from a sociocultural perspective. It is suitable for the readers in Chinese studies, Asian studies, and cultural studies.

Hardback 9781498535151 $90.00

Bing Wang is assistant professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction: Forgotten Classical Chinese Poetry in Singapore Chapter 2 Identity: Whose Nanyang Is It? Chapter 3 Community: How to Shape Cultural Space?

Chapter 4 Medium: What Are the Influences on Classical Poetry?

Chapter 5 Conclusion: Literary Value and Classification

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The Edge of the World A Visual Adventure to the Most Extraordinary Places on Earth

By The Editors of Outside Magazine

January 2019 288 pages Paperback 9781493041008 $19.95 Hardback 9781493029969 $26.00

The Edge of the World is a stunning collection of the best photography ever published by Outside magazine, the leader in outdoor adventure photography and journalism.

Covering Outside’s most compelling stories from throughout the years, it offers readers an inside look through the lens of the world’s top adventure photographers.

Outside is an American magazine focused on the outdoors. The first issue was published in September 1977. Its mission statement is “to inspire active participation in the world outside through award-winning coverage of the sports, people, places, adventure, discoveries, health and fitness, gear and apparel, trends and events that make up an active lifestyle.”

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Sacred Inception Reclaiming the Spirituality of Birth in the Modern World Edited by Marianne Delaporte and Morag Martin

June 2018 274 pages Hardback 9781498546690 $100.00

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This interdisciplinary book examines the shifting meaning of spirituality and birth practices in the modern world in the context of biomedical advances as well as colonial incursions.

It indicates that spirituality in the birth place has managed to reemerge in many parts of the world.

Marianne Delaporte is professor of religious studies at Notre Dame de Namur University.

Morag Martin is associate professor of history at the College of Brockport, SUNY.

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Imagining Asia Cultural Citizenship and Nation Building in the National Museums of Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau

By Emily Stokes-Rees

July 2019 268 pages Hardback 9781786609045 $135.00

From new museum construction to the re-purposing of colonial monuments, and from essentialized narratives to spaces which encourage visitors to dream, this book explores the development and influence of national museums in three contemporary Asian societies – Singapore, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Emily Stokes-Rees is associate professor of museum studies at Syracuse University, USA. Table of Contents Introduction Part 1: ‘Legacies’ Part 2: ‘Performances’ Part 3: Transformations Cusions

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Punks, Monks and Politics Authenticity in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia Edited by Julian C H Lee and Marco Ferrarese

May 2018 304 pages Paperback 9781786600219 $44.95 Hardback 9781786600202 $150.00

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Explores the notion of authenticity in three Southeast Asian countries with a high degree of cross-border mobility where the boundaries between the local and international are blurred Julian CH Lee is Senior Lecturer in Global Studies at RMIT and a member of the Centre for Global Research. He is the author of Second Thoughts: On Malaysia, Globalisation, Society and Self, and the editor of Narratives of Globalization: Reflections on the Global Human Condition.

Marco Ferrarese is an independent researcher and freelance writer. He is author of Nazi Goreng, and Banana Punk Rawk Trails: A Euro-Fool's Metal Punk Journeys in Malaysia, Borneo and Indonesia, and has reported from all over Asia for a number of international publications including BBC, CNN and National Geographic Traveller.

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