Containing more information on Asian culture than any other English-language reference work, Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture is the first of its kind: a set of more …
… Introduction The East Asian area encompasses countries at widely different levels of … , are the founding members of the Association of South Asian Nations (ASEAN). They include, with …
… While Asian universities have diverse historical roots and patterns of higher education … believe that Asian countries can learn from one another. Although no common" Asian reality" …
… In 1975, one out of every two Asians lived in poverty. By 1995 this ratio fell to one in four. … Although life has improved for most rural Asians, about 670 million still live in poverty, and they …
The collection of essays in this volume was first published in 1982 by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. In this revised edition, another 180 pages have been added …
Given its sensitivity, let me explain both the reasons why and the context in which I raise the issue. First, I believe that if one had to ask one single, key question that could determine the …
… to the importance of classic Asian texts, not merely in their … In the case of the contrast between classic Asian philosophy … if they asked the questions of classic Asian texts. Nine previously …
… what is meant by Asian management research, and the methods used to identify the Asian research. We will next summarize the major findings of the review of existing Asian literature, …
… response might be the result of attempts to generalize the East Asian export model of growth… some analysts have cited the merits of the East Asian export model not only for growth but …
For a long time now the focus of my work has been on the problems of modernization and development. An art collector will naturally be drawn to Florence, a mountain climber to the …