Asian Studies
A beautifully illustrated, interdisciplinary look at the ceremonies and protocols of the dynastic court of Joseon Korea
Why and how local coffee bars in Italy—those distinctively Italian social and cultural spaces—have been increasingly managed by Chinese baristas since the Great Recession of 2008
How undetonated bombs from a war that ended more than fifty years ago still affect Cambodian farmers and their land
A richly diverse collection of classical Indian terms for expressing the many moods and subtleties of emotional experience
A rich, discovery-filled history that tells how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient world
A comprehensive, fully illustrated field guide to the birds of China
A monumental illustrated survey of the architecture of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century China
How climate change ushered in the collapse of one of history’s mighty empires
How Arabic influenced the evolution of vernacular literatures and anticolonial thought in Egypt, Indonesia, and Senegal