Catalogue 2012 - GB Gerakbudaya

New New
Domestic Tourism in Asia
Diversity and Divergence
Edited by Shalini Singh
Many countries have a rich tradition
of domestic travel and holidaying that
not only pre-dates but exceeds mass
international travel. This is particularly
the case in Asia, where recent economic
prosperity and trends in globalization
have continued to shape traditions in
domestic tourism. This book is the first
to address specifically the continuities
and changes in domestic tourism in Asia. It explores the
ethos of domestic travel and holiday-making in order to
understand the distinctive common strands that underlie
conventional and contemporary tourism practices, against
the local and global backdrop. A considerable range of
countries is covered in the case studies, including those
with patrimonial histories (namely China and India),
the economically developed nation-state of Japan, the
microstates of Taiwan, Singapore, Macao and Hong Kong,
the coastal countries of Malaysia, Philippines, Laos and
Vietnam, and the land-locked countries of Kyrgyzstan and
Mongolia.
Publisher: ISEAS & Earthscan Publishing
2011: 335 pp
ISBN: 9789814311939: RM120.00 / S$49.90
New
India and Asean
Partners at Summit
Edited by PV Rao
India's relations with ASEAN have
surpassed the original contours of the
Look East policy. ASEAN has been
used by India as a springboard to reach
out into the wider Asia-Pacific region.
India's early diplomatic initiatives and
the various steps through which she
graduated to the Summit level with
ASEAN are thoroughly analyzed in this
book. Association with ASEAN
has enabled India to gain access to several regional and
multilateral forums such as the ARF, East Asia Summit and
ASEM. As a matter of fact, interaction with ASEAN has
fuelled greater dynamism to India's regional multilateralism
in contrast to that by SAARC.
Publisher: ISEAS & KW Publishers Pvt. Ltd
2011: 438 pp
ISBN: 9789814311922: RM96.00 / S$39.90
Sikhs in Southeast Asia
Negotiating an Identity
Edited by Shamsul AB & Arunajeet Kaur
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Sikhs arrived and settled in
Southeast Asia during the arrival
of Western colonial powers in the
region. They came primarily as
auxiliaries of the British and many
took the opportunity to travel into
and explore the region. As prospects
for prosperity became clear to the
early Sikh migrants they brought
their families and encouraged
relatives and friends to migrate to
Southeast Asia. Sikhs in Southeast Asia are currently
into their fifth generation; they settled into Southeast
Asia much earlier than the Sikhs settled in Britain,
Europe, or America, yet very little remains researched
or written about them. This volume attempts to fill the
niche and hopefully entice researchers to further explore
possibilities of taking up research in the area of Sikh
Studies in Southeast Asia. Historians, sociologists,
anthropologists as well as economists have contributed to
this volume, each attempting to highlight their fragment
of understanding of Sikh communities in Southeast Asia
spanning from the colonial to the contemporary era.
Publisher: ISEAS
2011: 321 pp
ISBN: 9789814279642: RM100.00 / S$39.90
New
Japanese-Trained Armies in
Southeast Asia
Joyce C. Lebra
This is the first study by a Western
scholar of a significant facet of the
history of World War II - Japanesetrained
independence and volunteer
armies as agents of revolution and
modernization. At the time, the
Japanese did not see that their
military imprinting would affect a
whole generation of political/military
leadership of nations of post-World
War II Southeast Asia. Leaders like Suharto, Ne Win and
Park are all products of Japanese military training.
Publisher: ISEAS
2010: 226 pp
ISBN: 9789814279444: RM120.00 / S$49.90