Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
About the Book Series
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Asia has undergone immense and far reaching changes: war, revolution, occupation, industrialization. This series includes in-depth research on aspects of economic, political and social history of individual countries as well as more broad-reaching analyses of regional issues.
Alternative Histories of Development in Japan and East Asia: Unthinking Modernization, Recreating Lifeworlds
1st Edition
Edited
By Timothy D. Amos, Akiko Ishii, Samson Lim
November 24, 2026
This book examines the history of development in East Asia in terms of material change and human-nature relations from the perspectives of people living in Asia in modern and pre-modern periods. By challenging the reader to “unthink” what modern development is, each chapter offers a case study ...
Projecting British Ideas on Post-War Japan: Propaganda, Cultural Exchange and Overseas Information Policy, 1945–1975
1st Edition
By Yoshiomi Saito
November 24, 2026
Drawing from a wide array of English and Japanese primary sources, Saito examines the pivotal role of Britain’s overseas information policy in shaping post-war Anglo–Japanese relations. While the historiography of post-war Japan’s international relations has predominantly centred on US–Japan ...
US-China Naval Co-operation Against the Soviet Union: Carter’s Navy
1st Edition
By Bruce A Elleman
October 16, 2026
This book discusses the key role of the transfer of naval technology from the U.S. to China in building up the Chinese Navy during the Cold War. Revealing how this process began in the late 1970s under the Carter Administration when Deng Xiaoping was newly in power, and how it accelerated under ...
A History of the 1957 Federation of Malaya Constitution
1st Edition
By Joseph M. Fernando
July 20, 2026
Fernando examines important aspects of the drafting of 1957 Federation of Malaya constitution related to the system of governance, division of legislative and executive powers, the conceptualisation of citizenship and the roles of the judiciary and election commission. The book sheds new light on ...
Winning North Vietnam’s Hearts and Minds during the Vietnam War (1954-1975): Chosen Glories
1st Edition
By Hai-Chung Pham
July 20, 2026
Pham explores North Vietnam’s unique challenges and perspectives to provide a holistic understanding of the Vietnam War. Delving into the emotional, philosophical and cultural dimensions of Northern Vietnamese experiences, this book transcends mere military strategy to illuminate how these elements...
Youth in Chinese History: Educational Practices and Representations of Children and Young People Between Tradition and Modernity
1st Edition
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By Giulia Falato, Renata Vinci
June 26, 2026
This book explores the pedagogical practices and representations of young people in Chinese history from a multidisciplinary perspective, addressing education and childhood in modern and premodern Chinese sources. Drawing on a varied corpus of sources spanning from the Tang period (618–907) to the ...
The Rice Trade in Asia
1st Edition
By A. J. H. Latham
May 22, 2026
This book analyses the development of the rice trade in Asia since 1945. This book focuses on the three historically important exporters Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam and the two key importers Indonesia and the Philippines. The book addresses the impacts of several major transitions during this ...
The Crafting of the Postwar Peace Treaty with Japan, 1945–1951
1st Edition
By Seung Mo Kang
May 22, 2026
This book examines how the Treaty of Peace with Japan, a momentous agreement that delineated postwar order in the Pacific, was negotiated between Japan and 48 other nations in 1951. Even though the treaty was created to legally end the state of war between Japan and its Pacific War enemies, many ...
Comfort Women of the Japanese Empire: Colonial Rule and the Battle over Memory
1st Edition
By Park Yuha
January 30, 2026
This is an important and controversial work, hitherto available only in Korean, Japanese, and Chinese, a book which has been subject to court cases attempting to have some parts deleted. The author reconsiders the issue of the “comfort women,” that is the Korean women who were compelled to provide ...
Cultures of Modernity and the U.S.-Japan Cold War Alliance
1st Edition
By Masami Kimura
December 26, 2025
Cultures of Modernity and the U.S.-Japan Cold War Alliance reconsiders the origins of postwar U.S.-Japan relations by focusing on “modernization” ideologies that the Americans and the Japanese shared in the 1940s–early 1950s. Mobilizing a wealth of English and Japanese-language sources, the author ...
Sino-Muslims, Networking, and Identity in Late Imperial China: Longstanding Natives and Dispersed Minorities
1st Edition
By Shaodan Zhang
December 26, 2025
This book explores the everyday life of Muslims in late imperial China proper (“Sino-Muslims”), revealing how they integrated themselves into Chinese society, while also maintaining distinct Islamic features. Deeming “identity” as practical, interactive, and processual, it focuses on ...
Traditional Malay Monarchy
1st Edition
By Haji Awg Asbol bin Haji Mail
December 26, 2025
This remarkable book brings to an English-speaking audience detailed scholarship originally conceived and written in the Malay language and with a Malay perspective. It examines the nature of monarchy in the Malay world, which includes present-day Malaysia and Indonesia, before and during the onset...