Download or read book New Developments in Asian Studies written by Paul van der Velde and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging volume presents new developments in Asian studies across many fields and periods of history. The geographical scope of the work ranges from Gujerat to the mountains of western Japan and from Tibet to Madagascar. They cover a time-scale from tenth century China to the present situation in the Pacific Rim, and deal with such political issues as minority rights and legal reforms, and analyses of academic discourse in Asia.