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Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850–1945
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Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850–1945
Daniel F. Doeppers
Fall 2015

Dreams of the Hmong Kingdom
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Dreams of the Hmong Kingdom
The Quest for Legitimation in French Indochina, 1850–1960
Mai Na M. Lee
Spring 2015

Archiving the Unspeakable
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Archiving the Unspeakable
Silence, Memory, and the Photographic Record in Cambodia
Michelle Caswell
Spring 2014

The Government of Mistrust
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The Government of Mistrust
Illegibility and Bureaucratic Power in Socialist Vietnam
Ken MacLean
Fall 2013

Voices from the Plain of Jars
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Voices from the Plain of Jars
Life under an Air War
Edited by Fred Branfman with essays and drawings by Laotian villagers
Spring 2013

The Burma Delta
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The Burma Delta
Economic Development and Social Change on an Asian Rice Frontier, 1852–1941
Michael Adas
Spring 2011

Revolution Interrupted
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Revolution Interrupted
Farmers, Students, Law, and Violence in Northern Thailand
Tyrell Haberkorn
Spring 2011

The Floracrats
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The Floracrats
State-Sponsored Science and the Failure of the Enlightenment in Indonesia
Andrew Goss
Fall 2010

The Hispanization of the Philippines
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The Hispanization of the Philippines
Spanish Aims and Filipino Responses, 1565–1700
John Leddy Phelan
Fall 2010

Policing America’s Empire
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Policing America’s Empire
The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State
Alfred W. McCoy
Fall 2009

The Trashing of Margaret Mead
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The Trashing of Margaret Mead
Anatomy of an Anthropological Controversy
Paul Shankman
Fall 2009

Amazons of the Huk Rebellion
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Amazons of the Huk Rebellion
Gender, Sex, and Revolution in the Philippines
Vina A. Lanzona
Spring 2009

Colonial Crucible
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Colonial Crucible
Empire in the Making of the Modern American State
Edited by Alfred W. McCoy and Francisco A. Scarano
Spring 2009

The Social World of Batavia
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The Social World of Batavia
Europeans and Eurasians in Colonial Indonesia
Jean Gelman Taylor
Spring 2009

The Mekong Delta
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The Mekong Delta
Ecology, Economy, and Revolution, 1860–1960
Pierre Brocheux
Fall 2008

An Anarchy of Families
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An Anarchy of Families
State and Family in the Philippines
Edited by Alfred W. McCoy
Fall 2008

From Rebellion to Riots
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From Rebellion to Riots
Collective Violence on Indonesian Borneo
Jamie S. Davidson
Spring 2008

Anthropology Goes to War
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Anthropology Goes to War
Professional Ethics and Counterinsurgency in Thailand
Eric Wakin
Spring 2008

Ireland’s New Worlds
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Ireland’s New Worlds
Immigrants, Politics, and Society in the United States and Australia, 1815–1922
Malcolm Campbell
Fall 2007

Pretext for Mass Murder
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Pretext for Mass Murder
The September 30th Movement and Suharto’s Coup d’État in Indonesia
John Roosa
Fall 2006

Viêt Nam
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Viêt Nam
Borderless Histories
Edited by Nhung Tuyet Tran and Anthony Reid
Spring 2006

Hmong in America
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Hmong in America
Journey from a Secret War
Tim Pfaff
Spring 2005

Recalling the Revolution
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Recalling the Revolution
Memoirs of a Filipino General
Santiago V. Alvarez, Translated by Paula Carolina S. Malay
Spring 2004

Population and History
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Population and History
The Demographic Origins of the Modern Philippines
Edited by Daniel F. Doeppers and Peter Xenos
Spring 2004

Inventing a Hero
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Inventing a Hero
The Posthumous Re-Creation of Andres Bonifacio
Glenn Anthony May
Spring 2004

Lives at the Margin
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Lives at the Margin
Biography of Filipinos Obscure, Ordinary, and Heroic
Edited by Alfred W. McCoy
Spring 2004

The Imperial Screen
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The Imperial Screen
Japanese Film Culture in the Fifteen Years’ War, 1931–1945
Peter B. High
Spring 2003

Breaking the Chains
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Breaking the Chains
Slavery, Bondage, and Emancipation in Modern Africa and Asia
Edited by Martin A. Klein
Fall 1993