General Adult / Mature Content (Adult 18+)

• Author(s): Zhiqun Janet Xing • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: ChineseThis book provides a research-based account of how to teach and learn Chinese as a foreign language. In addition ...

• Author(s): Charles Le Blanc • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: EasternThe universe, in Chinese eyes, is a harmonious organism; its pattern of movement is inherent and not imposed from ...

• Author(s): Chris Berry • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Film - GeneralWhat difference does a region make? Are the new regional cultures of Northeast Asia the product of individuals f...

• Author(s): Koichi Iwabuchi • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Television - GeneralThe recent transnational reach of Japanese television dramas in East and Southeast Asia is unprecedent...

• Author(s): Stephen Wing-Kai Chiu • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralStudies of Hong Kong society have long focused one-sidedly upon economic proserity and political ...

• Author(s): Lysa Hong • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asia - Southeast AsiaRather than presenting another narrative of Singapore history, The Scripting of a National History Singapor...

• Author(s): Peter Gendolla • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Communication StudiesFeatures chapters that focus on the following questions: In which literary projects can we discover a ...

• Author(s): Denis Bray • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: PoliticalApart from eleven years in England for school, university and National Service, and a three-year ‘overseas posting’ as...

• Author(s): Tze-Yue G. Hu • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Film - GeneralThis book is an inter-disciplinary study of the subject of anime, a popular form of Japanese animation. Using ...

• Author(s): Michael Ingham • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Anthologies (multiple authors)City Stage is an anthology of recent Hong Kong English-language drama written for Hong Kong p...

• Author(s): Bob Adamson • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - General"This book traces the history of English education in the People's Republic of China from 1949 to the pre...

• Author(s): Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: GeneralThis book critically assesses the implementation of the “one country, two systems” in the Hong Kong Special Admi...

• Author(s): Yukichi Fukuzawa • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Historical - GeneralYukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901) was a leading figure in the cultural revolution that transformed Japan f...

• Author(s): Stephen Wing-Kai Chiu • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asia - ChinaThe relationship between government and society in Hong Kong has become an intensely debated topic as th...

• Author(s): Lisa Lim • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asia - GeneralEnglish in Singapore provides an up-to-date, detailed and comprehensive investigation into the various issues surro...

• Author(s): Jeremy Clarke • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asia - ChinaThe Chinese Catholic Church traces its living roots back to the late sixteenth century and its historical roots ...

• Author(s): Edward J. M. Rhoads • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asia - ChinaThe Chinese Educational Mission was the earliest effort at educational modernization in China. As part of ...

• Author(s): Leo F. Goodstadt • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: GeneralBetween 1935 and 1985, Hong Kong’s growth seemed unstoppable. The economy flourished despite wars, revolution and ...

• Author(s): Philip Bowring • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Historical - GeneralReformer, intellectual, colonial governor, Sir John Bowring (1792–1872) was the archetype of the ambiti...

• Author(s): Shane N. Phillipson • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralLearning and Teaching in the Chinese Classroom provides an essential starting point for understan...

• Author(s): Eleftheria Thanouli • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asian - GeneralDoes the term 'post-classical' have any relevance in current debates on contemporary cinema? This book ...

• Author(s): John Young • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: ConfucianismThis is a pioneer study of the Christian missionaries in late Ming and early Ch'ing China - in the sense that it dr...

• Author(s): Yue Chim Richard Wong • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: LaborWhen discussing inequality and poverty in Hong Kong, scholars and politicians often focus on the failures of go...

• Author(s): Newman M. K. Lam • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asia - ChinaThe small city of Macao — formerly a Portuguese colony, now a Special Administrative Region of China — libera...

• Author(s): Anne Rademacher • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: EcologyEssays follow rapidly proliferating and resource-intensive Indian urbanism in everyday environments. Case studies o...

• Author(s): Johannes Rambarter • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: HistoryThe University Museum and Art Gallery collaborates with the Austrian Consulate for Hong Kong and Macau as well a...

• Author(s): Kin Yuen Wong • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Science Fiction & FantasyWorld Weavers is the first ever study on the relationship between globalization and science fic...

• Author(s): Peter D. Hershock • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Educational Policy & ReformThis book responds to the growing unease of educators and non-educators alike about the i...

• Author(s): Chris Davison • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: English as a Second LanguageThis book presents a critical analysis and investigation of current developments and debates in ...

• Author(s): Wing On Lee • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Civil RightsThis book is a landmark in citizenship and citizenship education discourse. It combines conceptual debates with ca...

• Author(s): Scott Ian • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asia - ChinaThis book describes and analyses the role of the public sector in the often-charged political atmosphere of post-199...

• Author(s): Beng Huat Chua • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Media StudiesThe international group of contributors of this volume provides, collectively, a multi-layered analysis of the...

• Author(s): Kingsley Bolton • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralThe dominant view of many linguists and educators has been that Hong Kong English is a variety of the...

• Author(s): Jing Leng • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: GeneralThe world economy is facing unprecedented challenges brought by the still unfolding global financial crisis. At this crit...

• Author(s): Ora Kwo • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Teaching Methods & Materials - GeneralIn movements of educational reform across the world, educators are forging new roles, id...

• Author(s): Thomas Lamarre • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialImpacts of Modernities, the third volume of the Traces series, explores the problem of ...

• Author(s): Ruru Li • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Theater - History & CriticismShashibiya is an intriguing discussion of the levels of ‘filtering’ that any Shakespeare performa...

• Author(s): Paul French • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Historical - GeneralCarl Crow arrived in Shanghai in 1911 and made the city his home for the next quarter of a century, workin...

• Author(s): Stephen Teo • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Film - GeneralDirector in Action examines the career of Johnnie To, whose art-house action hits include A Hero Never Dies, The...

• Author(s): Wing On Lee • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: ResearchCitizenship education calls for the education of knowledge, skills and values that help the young to become informed a...

• Author(s): Roberto Simanowski • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: GeneralDigital media is increasingly finding its way into the discussions of the humanities classroom. This book presen...

• Author(s): Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Volunteer WorkDo Chinese voluntary organizations continue to have a role in modern societies enmeshed in a globalizin...

• Author(s): Pui-Tak Lee • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asia - ChinaThe evolution of Hong Kong, as a British colony and now a Special Administrative Region at China’s door step, has ...

• Author(s): Gavin Ure • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asia - ChinaThis book fleshes out the impact of political figures and how their actions, and inactions, affect various imperial ...

• Author(s): Eugene Bak • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Eastern Europe - GeneralThe author chronicles the experiences of his family in pre-war and wartime Poland, the Soviet Union, Ir...

• Author(s): Scott D. Seligman • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Historical - GeneralChinese in America endured abuse and discrimination in the late nineteenth century, but they had a l...

• Author(s): Chris Berry • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismThe New Chinese Documentary Film Movement is the first English-language book on Chinese document...

• Author(s): Eileen Chang • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asian - GeneralThe Fall of the Pagoda, the first of two semi-autobiographical novels written originally by Eileen Chang in En...

• Author(s): Harold J. Noah • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: HistoryThe writings of Harold J. Noah and Max A. Eckstein are well known in the field of comparative education. For over th...

• Author(s): Peter Wesley-Smith • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Criminal Law - GeneralHong Kong has a curious mixture of laws old and new, written and unwritten, home-grown and import...

• Author(s): Jessica Milner Davis • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - Historical & ComparativeThis volume covers modern and contemporary forms of humour in China’s publi...

• Author(s): Brett De Bary • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: HigherIn the world of English-language academic publishing, the future of the university has increasingly attracted the atte...

• Author(s): Yee Lin Elaine Ho • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialChina Abroad Travels, Subjects, Spaces is a pioneering work which brings together ac...

• Author(s): Ying Zhu • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asian - GeneralArt, politics, and commerce are intertwined everywhere, but in China the interplay is explicit, intimate, and elem...

• Author(s): Michael Tilbury • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Administrative Law & Regulatory PracticeAs a special administrative region of China, Hong Kong has its own legal syste...

• Author(s): Richard Pemberton • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralWhereas in previous decades autonomous, self-directed or ‘independent’ learning may have been assum...

• Author(s): Mitsura Misawa • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: GeneralWhile Japan’s export-oriented economy has been advancing with astounding speed, significant differences remain betwe...

• Author(s): Chi Ming Fung • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asia - ChinaThrough the history of rickshaw pullers in Hong Kong and Canton, Reluctant Heroes provides a rich portrait of th...