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This volume critically examines the notion of a ‘new’ India by recognizing that India is changing remarkably and by exposing the many economic, social, and political contradictions that are integral to contemporary India.

'The Voice of the People' presents a series of essays on literary aspects of the pan-European folk revival from the late eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth.

'The World Bank needs India more than India needs it.' So goes an emerging consensus on both sides of the relationship between the Bank and its largest borrower. This book analyzes the politics of aid and influence, with a particular focus on sub-national state-level reforms in India.

'Politics and the Theory of Language in the USSR 1917-1938' provides ground-breaking research into the relationship between linguistic theory and politics during the first two decades of the USSR.

'South Asian Media Cultures' examines a wide range of media cultures and practices from across South Asia, using a common set of historical, political and theoretical engagements.

'Petrified Utopia' redresses the lack of scholarship on the issue of the pursuit of collective happiness in Soviet culture, and presents a collection of essays that discuss different manifestations of happiness in literature and visual culture.

'Russia's Penal Colony in the Far East: A Translation of Vlas Doroshevich's Sakhalin' is the first English language translation of the Russian journalist Vlas Doroshevich's 1903 account of his visit to tsarist Russia's largest penal colony, Sakhalin, in the north Pacific.

An invaluable compendium of writing on the Middle East including extracts from canonical and less well known travellers' works.

‘Civilizing Missions in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia’ offers a series of analyses that highlights the complexities of British and Indian civilizing missions in original ways and through various historiographical approaches. The book applies the concept of the civilizing mission to a number of issues in the colonial and postcolonial eras in South Asia: economic development, state-building, pacification, nationalism, cultural improvement, gender and generational relations, caste and untouchability, religion and missionaries, class relations, urbanization, NGOs, and civil society.

‘Diagnosing the Philippine Economy’ describes the conditions that depress economic growth in the Philippine economy and their causes and potential solutions.

This book examines the politics of crafting liberal peace in contemporary intrastate conflicts using Sri Lanka's failed attempt to negotiate peace with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

‘National Strategies for Regional Integration: South and East Asian Case Studies’ analyses the way Asian economies develop and implement effective approaches to regional cooperation and integration.

This volume critically examines the notion of a ‘new’ India by recognizing that India is changing remarkably and by exposing the many economic, social, and political contradictions that are integral to contemporary India.

'Fat China' provides an in-depth analysis of the growing problem of obesity in China and its relationship to the nation's changing diet, lifestyle trends and healthcare system.

'Politics and the Theory of Language in the USSR 1917-1938' provides ground-breaking research into the relationship between linguistic theory and politics during the first two decades of the USSR.

'India and the Global Financial Crisis' offers a collection of key speeches delivered by Reddy during his tenure as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, and provides insights into the challenges facing the management of India's calibrated integration within the global economy.

'The Retreat of Democracy' presents an expanded and reworked selection of Basu's best journalistic writings on political and economic themes since the late 1990s.

This fascinating compilation of extracts from proposals for uniting Europe, drawn up over the centuries, shows that the idea of European integration is far older than is often imagined.

'Friends and Enemies' delivers a thorough account of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), explaining its origins and evolution, looking at options for its future, and laying bare its inner workings.

'Petrified Utopia' redresses the lack of scholarship on the issue of the pursuit of collective happiness in Soviet culture, and presents a collection of essays that discuss different manifestations of happiness in literature and visual culture.

'Russia's Penal Colony in the Far East: A Translation of Vlas Doroshevich's Sakhalin' is the first English language translation of the Russian journalist Vlas Doroshevich's 1903 account of his visit to tsarist Russia's largest penal colony, Sakhalin, in the north Pacific.

The first ever book on Mumbai written in the Marathi language, this is a historically fascinating and revealing urban biography of nineteenth-century India.

This timely collection of essays from Peter Nolan offers deep insight into the challenges faced in integrating China with the global political economy.

Through oral histories, interviews and fictional retellings, 'Bengal Partition Stories' unearths and articulates the collective memories of a people traumatised by the brutal division of their homeland.

A comprehensive evaluation of the Russian oil and natural gas industry and its pivotal role in the volatile Russian economy.

A unique volume about the relationship between politics and sport in South Asia.

A remarkable collection of essays, considering every angle of the Chechen conflict.

Moss's engaging historical account includes full treatment of politics, economics, foreign affairs and wars, and also of everyday life, women, legal developments, religion, literature, art and popular culture. This fully-revised edition features new text and illustrations.

A comprehensive chronological analysis of India's vibrant and diverse history.

A wide-ranging review of China's economic boom and the way in which it has been rapidly transformed beyond all recognition.