New Books at ISEAS Library – Aug 2024

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Highlights

Defying Beijing: societal resistance to the Belt and Road in Myanmar / Debby S.W. Chan. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press, 2024.

Call no: DS740.5 B9C451

Defying Beijing advances our understanding of Chinese–Myanmar BRI relations and demonstrates how citizens can change the course of events of BRI cooperation despite oppressive political environments and an imbalanced bargaining structure — Publisher.


New media in the margins: lived realities and experiences from the Malaysian peripheries / Benjamin YH Loh, James Chin, editors. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.

Call no: HM851 N53

The book makes a strong contribution to Malaysian studies which highlights the other and represents minority viewpoints to challenge the belief that Malaysia’s online space is monolithic and limited to several mainstream discourses in Malaysian scholarship — Publisher.



Other new arrivals

by country in alphabetical order, then by region

Indonesia

Boen Bio: benteng terakhir umat Khonghucu / Shinta Devi I.S.R.; kata pengantar, Dahlan Iskan, Bingky Irawan.  Surabaya: JP Books, 2005.
Call no: BL1882 I5S55

Capita selecta geopolitik dan hubungan internasional / Dian Wirengjurit.  Jakarta: Penerbit Buku Kompas, 2023.
Call no: DS638 W79

Domestic workers in Indonesia: feminist activism and a politics of presence / Mary Austin.  Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2024.
Call no: HD8039 D5A93

Ekspansi kapital: kebangkitan konglomerat Indonesia di Asia Tenggara / Faris Al-Fadhat; penerjemah: Mirza Jaka Suryana.  Jakarta: Penerbit Buku Kompas, 2023.
Call no: HG4244.7 A68 2023

Gender, Muslim & sinema: citra maskulinitas dan feminitas tradisional dalam film-film Islami Indonesia pasca Orde Baru / Dwiki Aprinaldi.  Sleman, Yogyakarta: Warning Books, 2022.
Call no: HQ1236.5 I5A65

Kapata kewang Haruku & sasi aman haru-ukui / Eliza Kissya.  Makassar: Ininnawa & Layarnusa, 2013.
Call no: GE320 I5K61

Kehampaan hak: masyarakat vs perusahaan sawit di Indonesia / penulis, Ward Berenschot, Ahmad Dhiaulhaq, Afrizal, O. Hospes; penerjemah, Taufiq Hanafi; dengan kontribusi dari Rebekha Adriana and eleven others..  Jakarta: Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia, 2023.
Call no: HD9490.5 P343I5B48

Lucunya Prabowo: tegas, santuy, ikhlas, dan senyumin aja / Ahmad Subagya, Sunano.  Jakarta: PT Kompas Media Nusantara, 2023.
Call no: DS644.62 S95S94

Nuklir Sukarno: kajian awal atas politik tenaga atom Indonesia 1958-1967 / Teuku Reza Fadeli; editor: Muhammad Iqbal.  Tangerang Selatan: Marjin Kiri, 2021.
Call no: HD9698 I52F14

Politik dan ideologi PDI Perjuangan, 1987-1999: penemuan dan kemenangan / Djarot Saiful Hidayat, Endi Haryono.  Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, 2023.
Call no: JQ779 A5114H63

Politik mantan serdadu: purnawirawan dalam politik Indonesia, 1998-2014 / M. Faishal Aminuddin.  Mulyorejo, Surabaya: Airlangga University Press, 2019.
Call no: DS644.5 A514

Ras, kelas, bangsa: politik pergerakan antikolonial di Surabaya abad ke-20 / Andi Achdian.  Serpong, Tangerang Selatan: Marjin Kiri, 2023.
Call no: DS646.29 S98A17

Rekam jejak Anies di Jakarta / Nico Andrianto.  Jakarta: Pustaka Al-Kautsar, 2023.
Call no: DS646.29 D5B32

Sukarno & modernisme Islam / M. Ridwan Lubis; pengantar, Goenawan Mohamad; catatan penutup, Giat Wahyudi.  Depok: Komunitas Bambu, 2010.
Call no: DS644.1 S8L921

Swiss mercenaries in the Dutch East Indies: a transimperial history of military labour, 1848-1914 / Philipp Krauer.  Leiden, Netherlands.: Leiden University Press, 2024.
Call no: UB148 K91

The Indonesian economy and the surrounding regions in the 21st century: essays in honor of Iwan Jaya Azis / Budy Prasetyo Resosudarmo, Yuri Mansury, editors.  Singapore: Springer, 2024.
Call no: HC412 I41


Malaysia

Shattered hopes: the promise, reality, and collapse of new Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan 1.0 government / Romen Bose.  Singapore: Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2024.
Call no: JQ1062 A56C6B74


Myanmar

A-Maze: Myanmar’s struggle for democracy, 2011-2023 / Ma Thida; translated from the Burmese by Maung Zaw.  London: Balestier Press, 2024.
Call no: DS530.65 S621

General Ne Win’s legacy of Burmanization in Myanmar: the challenge to peace in the twenty-first century / Saw Eh Htoo, Tony Waters.  Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., 2024.
Call no: DS528 E33


Philippines

Bichara: Moro chanceries and Jawi legacy in the Philippines / Isaac Donoso.  Singapore, Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Call no: DS664 D68


Singapore

Commentary on Singapore 1 foreign policy, governance and leadership / edited by Gillian Koh.  Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2024.
Call no: DS610.4 C73 V. 1

Living the Asian century: an undiplomatic memoir / Kishore Mahbubani.  New York: PublicAffairs, 2024.
Call no: DS610.73 M21A3



ASEAN and Southeast Asia

Courts and politics in Southeast Asia / Björn Dressel.  Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Call no: KNC455 D77

Indigenous entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia: theoretical and practical implications / Emiel L. Eijdenberg, Thirumaran K, Pengji Wang, Caroline Wong, editors.  Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024.
Call no: HB615 I39

Performing arts and the royal courts of Southeast Asia / edited by Mayco A. Santaella.  Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2024.
Call no: PN2960 A9P43 V.1


Asia-Pacific

Gendering the Ḥadīth tradition: recentring the authority of Aisha, mother of the believers / Sofia Rehman.  Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2024.
Call no: BP135.8 W6R34

The divine economy: how religions compete for wealth, power, and people / Paul Seabright.  Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2024.
Call no: HB72 S43


Climate change and the environment

Plastic waste trade: a new colonialist means of pollution transfer / Sedat Gündoğdu, editor.  Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024.
Call no: TD798 P71


Media, technology and society



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