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Living Standards in Southeast Asia : Changes over the Long Twentieth Century, 1900-2015 / by Booth, Anne, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Assessing changes in living standards in Southeast Asia in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries -- The colonial period: population and output growth in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors -- The colonial period: measures of welfare and changing living standards -- Confronting the challenges of independence -- Estimating poverty and inequality: country estimates from the 1950s to the 1970s -- The 1980s and the 1990s: the fast and the slow in Southeast Asia -- Growth, poverty and distribution in the early twenty-first century -- Government policy interventions -- What have we learned? …”
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New Global Cities in Latin America and Asia : Welcome to the Twenty-First Century /

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Pride, Not Prejudice : National Identity as a Pacifying Force in East Asia / by Chung, Eunbin

Subjects: “…Identity politics East Asia. 173975…”
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Charting Thoughts : Essays on Art in Southeast Asia /

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Between Declarations and Dreams : Art in Southeast Asia since the 19th Century /

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Taiwan and China : Fitful Embrace /

Table of Contents: “…US security relations with Taiwan & the prospects for stability in the Taiwan Strait / Ping-Kuei Chen, Scott Kastner & William Reed -- Xi Jinping's Taiwan policy: boxing Taiwan in with the one China framework / Jing Huang -- Strategies of China's expansionism and Taiwan's survival in Southeast Asia: a comparative analysis / Samuel Ku -- China, Taiwan and the waning dream of reunification / Lowell Dittmer.…”
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China's Political Worldview and Chinese Exceptionalism : International Order and Global Leadership / by Ho, Benjamin Tze Ern

“…Transforming Asia…”
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New Lives in Anand : Building a Muslim Hub in Western India / by Verstappen, Sanderien

“…Global South Asia…”
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China : radiografía de una potencia en ascenso /

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Borderland City in New India : Frontier to Gateway / by McDuie-Ra, Duncan

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Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Workers around the World : Case Studies 1950-2010 /

Table of Contents: “…Cockatoo Island, Australia: Industry, labour, and protest culture / Lisa Milner; Asia.…”
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