Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Cai, Yunci (ed.), The Museum in Asia. (Leicester Readers in Museum Studies) 336 pp. 2025:2 (Routledge, UK) <735-524>
ISBN 978-0-367-41565-5 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00
ISBN 978-0-367-41564-8 paper ¥10,253.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99

The Museum in Asia advances understanding of the flourishing museum landscape in the region by offering a variety of conceptual tools and frameworks through which museum development can be analysed and understood.Informed by the key theoretical tenets of critical museology and heritage studies, this volume seeks to deconstruct the idea of museology and the museum phenomenon in East, South and Southeast Asia to identify common themes and trends unique to Asia. Drawing on case studies from ten different countries in Asia, including China and India, it proffers a set of analytical tools to think though how we can understand and conceptualise the study of museums and museology in Asia. Contributions to this edited volume are drawn from both Asian and Western academic contexts, thus offering both 'inside' and 'outside' perspectives on the museum phenomenon in Asia.The Museum in Asia is the first academic book to explore the museum phenomenon in Asia from theoretical perspectives informed by museum and critical heritage studies, making it an essential text for the teaching of courses relating to museum studies, cultural heritage studies or Asian studies. Academics, students and professionals who are interested in learning more about the theory behind the museum phenomenon in Asia will find this book to be a useful resource.

グローバル・サウスにおける中国のデジタルな拡大
Heeks, Richard / Foster, Christopher et al. (eds.), China's Digital Expansion in the Global South. 122 pp. 2024:12 (Routledge, UK) <735-525>
ISBN 978-1-03-294328-2 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00

For those wanting to understand implications for the Global South of China's emergence as a digital superpower, this book analyses China's digital impact in Latin America, North Africa and Asia, covering issues including platforms, e-commerce, technology transfer and digital surveillance. It also incorporates a major literature review that outlines a six-part future research agenda.At the intersection of China's growing global presence and growing digital power lies its digital expansion in the low- and middle-income countries of the Global South. Worth billions of USD annually in trade and investment, and having a significant impact on these countries' social and economic development, this phenomenon has been relatively ignored by researchers to date. This major new volume provides significant new insights that help advance our knowledge of this important topic. A systematic review of literature identifies key issues within the field and outlines a six-part future research agenda. Those issues are then explored in greater depth: reviewing the relationship between activities of Chinese platform firms, the state's Belt and Road Initiative, and local context in the Global South; investigating the activities of Alibaba as it has sought to grow its operations in Mexico; analysing whether two Chinese tech giants - Huawei and ZTE - are contributing to an upgrading of local technological capabilities in Algeria and Egypt; and digging behind portrayals of China exporting "digital authoritarianism" to understand the realities of surveillance system exports to countries in Latin America. Overall, the book fills important gaps in our understanding of China's digital expansion in the Global South, and challenges preconceptions and one-sided views of this major recent activity. It was originally published as a special issue of The Information Society.

Lo, Kwai-Cheung / Li, Hung-chiung (eds.), Entangled Waterscapes in Asia. (African and Asian Anthropocene: Studies in the Environmental Humanities 1) 206 pp. 2025:2 (Brill, NE) <735-526>
ISBN 978-90-04-71916-3 hard ¥29,425.- (税込) EUR 125.00

This volume, edited by Kwai-Cheung Lo and Hung-chiung Li, explores the notion of entangled waterscape to reflect beyond the traditional continental perspectives. It understands Asia and beyond through the multifaceted interplay of history, economics, politics, culture, and ecological concerns. The conceptualization of waterscape echoes contemporary geopolitical tensions, economic interdependencies, military strategies, and historical-cultural dynamics, offering fresh viewpoints on rethinking cultural politics and engaging with Anthropocene concerns and ecological imperatives. The volume reverberates with the discourses of the Global South, complicating prevailing worldviews and ideological underpinnings, and thereby prompts a re-evaluation of the concept of "Asia."

益田肇編　冷戦期のアジア
Masuda, Hajimu (ed.), Cold War Asia: Unlearning Narratives, Making New Histories. (Interconnections: The Global Twentieth Century) 368 pp. 2025:5 (U. North Carolina Pr., US) <735-527>
ISBN 978-1-4696-8630-1 hard ¥25,872.- (税込) US$ 120.00
ISBN 978-1-4696-8631-8 paper ¥8,181.- (税込) US$ 37.95