Asian Studies
A provocative book that demystifies China鈥檚 great democratic leap backward under Xi Jinping, revealing why the country鈥檚 embrace of capitalism has given rise to hard authoritarianism, mass surveillance, and one-man rule instead of democracy as many in the West had hoped
A vivid new translation of selections from an inspiring guide to self-transformation through kindness by an eighth-century Buddhist monk
A new translation of the Buddha鈥檚 teachings on mindfulness鈥攁nd how it can help us to be less controlled by our emotions
How the social organization of Europe and China shaped their divergent economic and political trajectories over the past millennium
A panoramic history of Japan鈥檚 iconic mountain from the Ice Age to the present
A beautifully illustrated history of one of the most important cultural categories in Japan
An interconnected, nuanced, and nonlinear view of Chinese family life since 1949
The hidden histories of empire, told through the haunted afterlives of colonial migrations
The first complete English translation of the Dialogues, a rediscovered companion to the Analects