For two thousand years the disparate groups that now reside in Zomia (a mountainous region the size of Europe that consists of portions of seven Asian countries) have fled the projects of the organized state societies that surround them?slavery, conscription, taxes, corvée labor, epidemics, and warfare. This book, essentially an ?anarchist history,? is the first-ever examinatio...(展开全部)

For two thousand years the disparate groups that now reside in Zomia (a mountainous region the size of Europe that consists of portions of seven Asian countries) have fled the projects of the organized state societies that surround them - slavery, conscription, taxes, corvee labour, epidemics and warfare. This book, essentially an 'anarchist history', is the first-ever examinat...(展开全部)

This concise, updated edition of the award-winning "A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia" (Princeton, 2000) is the most comprehensive, compact guide to this magnificent bird-rich region. It is a complete field and reference guide to the birds of Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. It also covers a wide range of species found in the ...(展开全部)

A History of Southeast Asia: Critical Crossroads presents a comprehensive history of Southeast Asia from our earliest knowledge of its civilizations and religious patterns up to the present day. Incorporates environmental, social, economic, and gender issues to tell a multi-dimensional story of Southeast Asian history from earliest times to the present Argues that while the reg...(展开全部)

A History of Southeast Asia: Critical Crossroads presents a comprehensive history of Southeast Asia from our earliest knowledge of its civilizations and religious patterns up to the present day. * Incorporates environmental, social, economic, and gender issues to tell a multi-dimensional story of Southeast Asian history from earliest times to the present * Argues that while the...(展开全部)

G.赛代斯，法国著名东方学学家，尤其精于东南亚研究，尤精于碑铭研究，享有很高的学术声誉。曾任巴黎埃努里博物馆馆长，并被选为碑铭和文学科学院及海外科学院院士、不列颠科学院通讯院士。 蔡华，北京大学社会学系教授。 杨保筠，北京大学教授。

G.赛代斯，法国著名东方学学家，尤其精于东南亚研究，尤精于碑铭研究，享有很高的学术声誉。曾任巴黎埃努里博物馆馆长，并被选为碑铭和文学科学院及海外科学院院士、不列颠科学院通讯院士。 蔡华，北京大学社会学系教授。 杨保筠，北京大学教授。

How did ordinary people in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) deal with the demands of the state? In The Art of Being Governed, Michael Szonyi explores the myriad ways that families fulfilled their obligations to provide a soldier to the army. The complex strategies they developed to manage their responsibilities suggest a new interpretation of an important period in China's history ...(展开全部)