Background Information
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia by ISBN: 0684806177Publication Date: 2002-11-27A monumental scholarly work of 800 contributors from around the world -- including 25 Asian countries -- provide 6,000 articles on Modern Asia from a global perspective.
- The Sage Handbook of Asian Foreign PolicyVOLUME 1: PART 1: Theories; PART 2: Themes; PART 3: Transnational Politics; PART 4: Domestic Politics; PART 5; Transnational Economics. VOLUME 2: PART 6: Foreign Policies of Asian States; Part 6a: East Asia; Part 6b: Southeast Asia; Part 6c: South & Central Asia; Part 7: Offshore Actors; Part 8: Bilateral Issues; Part 9: Comparison of Asian Sub-Regions.
South Asian Politics by ISBN: 9780415434294Publication Date: 2010The Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics examines key issues in politics of the five independent states of the South Asian region: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.
Other Resources
- South Asia Open ArchivesThe South Asia Open Archives (SAOA), a subset of the South Asia Materials Project (SAMP), creates and maintains a collection of open access materials for the study of South Asia. This major collaborative initiative is aimed at addressing the current scarcity of digital resources pertinent to South Asia studies and at making collections more widely accessible both to North American scholars and to researchers worldwide
- South and Southeast Asian Literature This link opens in a new windowCollection of fiction and poetry written in English by authors from South and Southeast Asia and their Diasporas. Focuses on works composed during the late-colonial and postcolonial eras.
- Japanese Text InitiativeCollaborative effort to make texts of classical Japanese literature available (from University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library)
- National Institute for Japanese Language and LinguisticsScientific research and survey work on the Japanese language for both native speakers and second language learners of Japanese. (Links to sites in Japanese)