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Publisher of academic/other nonfiction books in the social sciences & humanities
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NUS Press is the academic press of the National University of Singapore. We publish Asia-related social sciences and humanities and general non-fiction
Book launch: Being Present
Book launch: Being Present
Join us for the launch of "Being Present: Emerging Ethnographic Perspectives and the Study of Laos" hosted by NUS Press with the University of Cologne's Glob...
NEW: The Economic History of Singapore
NEW: The Economic History of Singapore
Just published! Keen Meng Choy and Ichiro Sugimoto Singapore’s transformation from a trading port to a global city offers a compelling case study in long-term economic change. The Economic History of Singapore presents a detailed account of the city-state’s evolving economic roles, from regional entrepôt in the fourtee
Books of the Year 2025: Part 2 | History Today
Books of the Year 2025: Part 2 | History Today
Bangkok Transformed: An Economic History
Bangkok Transformed: An Economic History
NEW: Ink Studies
NEW: Ink Studies
In the Mirror
In the Mirror
The Chinese in Maritime Southeast Asia
The Chinese in Maritime Southeast Asia
Just published! Marie-Sybille de Vienne The 17th century represents a turning point in the global history of trade, as connections between Asian and European markets increased dramatically at this time. The Dutch East-India Company (or VOC) was central to this process, but— counter to the VOC’s aims—the winners of the
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Everyday Modernism: 2nd edition!
Everyday Modernism: 2nd edition!
2nd reprint, brand new cover! WINNER of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain's Colvin Prize 2023! Jiat-Hwee Chang and Justin Zhuang, photographs by Darren Soh Everyday Modernism is the first comprehensive documentation of Singapore’s modern built environment. Through a lens of social and architectur
BBC Radio 4 - Travellers: Ida Pfeiffer
BBC Radio 4 - Travellers: Ida Pfeiffer
A 19th-century solo female traveller who opened up the idea of travel for everyone.
#TBT: Wanderlust: The Amazing Ida Pfeiffer, the First Female Tourist
#TBT: Wanderlust: The Amazing Ida Pfeiffer, the First Female Tourist
Wanderlust is the true story of Ida Pfeiffer (1797–1858), one of the most remarkable female travellers who ever lived. Hers is a tale that culminates in spies, intrigue, a botched revolution and a remarkable career cut tragically short by one voyage too many.
NEW: Early Southeast Asia
NEW: Early Southeast Asia
Infectious Disease Emergencies: Preparedness and Response
Infectious Disease Emergencies: Preparedness and Response
NEW: Ethics, Business and Capitalism
NEW: Ethics, Business and Capitalism
Tiw-Tiwong - An Uncyclopedia to Life, Living and Art in Baguio, the Cordilleras, and Beyond
Tiw-Tiwong - An Uncyclopedia to Life, Living and Art in Baguio, the Cordilleras, and Beyond
Everyday Materials
Everyday Materials
Home is Not Here
Home is Not Here
NEW paperback edition! Wang Gungwu Praise for Home is Where We Are, winner of the Singapore Literature Prize 2022:The life of the mind celebrated in this memoir is at once exciting and sobering, a corrective of sorts to the acceleration of the age. This is a book read slowly - a book to cherish. Wang Gungwu is one of A
NEW: The Airport as Urban Territory
NEW: The Airport as Urban Territory
Anna Gasco Airports are major drivers of economic development. Serving as vital links to global networks while being firmly rooted in local landscapes. But airports' massive infrastructures and externalities like noise and pollution create tensions, and present considerable challenges. What does this mean for spatial p
Pursuing Morality
Pursuing Morality
Justine Chambers Pursuing Morality is an in-depth and fascinating study of ordinary life in Myanmar’s southeast through a unique ethnographic focus on Buddhist Plong (Pwo) Karen. Based on extensive in-depth fieldwork in the small city of Hpa-an, the capital of Karen State, Chambers shines new light on Plong Buddhists'
Buddhist Landscapes
Buddhist Landscapes
Malaysiakini and the Power of Independent Media in Malaysia
Malaysiakini and the Power of Independent Media in Malaysia
Singapore Book Award WINNER: The Comfort Women of Singapore
Singapore Book Award WINNER: The Comfort Women of Singapore
Belitung: the Afterlives of a Shipwreck
Belitung: the Afterlives of a Shipwreck
A New World in the Making
A New World in the Making
Singapore's Grand Strategy
Singapore's Grand Strategy
Jakarta
Jakarta
BBC World Service interview of John van Wyhe
BBC World Service interview of John van Wyhe
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