Divided into sections which examine Southeast Asia in the World, early modern Southeast Asia and modern Southeast Asia, these works engage with issues ranging from the Age of Commerce and…

Positions Southeast Asia on the stage of world history.

This book argues that Western ideas of freedom have become widely accepted in Asia, as the key determinant for measuring a range of legal, ethical and political practices. The book…

It is 2174 and Earth is a barren desert. All of humanity lives under a bubble that protects mankind from the sun’s deadly rays. A communist government controls everything. Strict…

This volume traces the second great expansion of the Islamic world eastwards from the eleventh century to the eighteenth. The essays in this collection demonstrate that it was during this…

Bringing together ten essays by an international group of historians, Southeast Asia in the Early Modern Era shows how various states adapted to new pressures and compares economic, religious, and…

A comprehensive history of Islamic civilization, tracing its development from its beginnings in seventh-century Arabia to its wide and varied presence in the globalised world of today. The six volumes…

Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty explores the religious freedom implications of defining marriage to include same-sex couples. It represents the only comprehensive, scholarly appraisal to date of the church-state conflicts…