edited by Josine Stremmelaar and Paul van der Velde
Amsterdam University Press, 2006
Paper: 978-90-5356-959-7 | eISBN: 978-90-485-0459-6
Library of Congress Classification DS32.8.W53 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 350

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

As Asia has become more prominent on the international scene in recent decades—economically, politically, and culturally—the scholarly discipline of Asian studies has grown commensurately. But major questions remain about the scope of the discipline and its goals. What about Asia? both surveys the current state of the debate on Asian studies and suggests several fruitful directions for future exploration, especially through the use of multiregional and interdisciplinary approaches.