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Brunei

Monographs, Symposia, and Reference

John A. Lent and Kent Mulliner, eds. Malaysian Studies: Archaeology, Historiography, Geography, and Bibliography. Occasional Paper, 11. 1985. Bibliographies. 235pp. $16.00
 

Burma (Myanmar)

Language Texts and Tapes

John Okell, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Introduction to the Spoken Language, Book 1, with 12 tapes. $56.00
Introduction to the Spoken Language, Book 2, with 14 tapes. $62.00
Introduction to the Script, with 7 tapes. $51.00
Introduction to the Literary Style, with 1 tape. $23.00
Burmese Complete Course, all 4 volumes, with 34 tapes. $179.95

Monographs, Symposia, and Reference

  • Michael Aung-Thwin. Irrigation in the Heartland of Burma: Foundations of the Pre-Colonial State. Occasional Paper, 15. 1990. Maps and chart. 76pp. $9.95.
  • Carol J. Compton and John F. Hartmann, eds. Papers on Tai Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures: In Honor of Professor William J. Gedney on his 77th Birthday. Occasional Paper, 16. 1992. 302pp. $26.95
  • Marilyn Longmuir. The Money Trail: Burmese Currencies in Crisis, 1942-1947. Available Spring 2002. $16.95
  • Susan D. Russell, ed. Ritual, Power, and Economy: Upland-Lowland Contrasts in Mainland Southeast Asia. Occasional Paper, 14. 1989. 143pp. $12.95
  • Muriel C. Williamson. The Burmese Harp: Its Classical Music, Tunings, and Modes. $24.95
  • See also Phil Scanlon, Jr. Southeast Asia: A Cultural Study through Celebration. Special Report, 23. 1985. Photographs, index. 185pp. $16.95

Journals on Burma

  • Sun Laichen. Chinese Historical Sources on Burma: A Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Works. The Journal of Burma Studies, Volume 2 (Special Issue). $16.00
  • The Journal of Burma Studies

Cambodia

Monographs, Symposia, and Reference

  • Lawrence F. Ashmun. Resettlement of Indochinese Refugees in the United States: A Selective and Annotated Bibliography. Occasional Paper, 10. 1983. 207pp. $25.95
  • Judy Ledgerwood, Editor. Cambodia Emerges from the Past: Eight Essays. The Eight Essays exemplify the best trends of recent scholarship, employing new data on contemporary Cambodia and new theoretical approaches to the study of the Khmer Rouge. A collection of eight essays from the foremost Khmer scholars in our time.This book contains eight essays from the foremost experts in Khmer Studies, with chapters from David Chandler, Steve Heder, May Ebihara, John Marston, Susan Cook, Alex Hinton, Carol Mortland, John Vijghen, Keang Un, and Judy Ledgerwood, this book is a must have for Cambodian scholars. ISBN 1-891134-23-X   $19.95

Indonesia

Monographs, Symposia, and Reference

  • See also Phil Scanlon, Jr. Sutheast Asia: A Cultural Study through Celebration. Special Report, 23. 1985. 185pp. $16.95
  • R. Anderson Sutton. Variation in Central Javanese Gamelan Music: Dynamics of a Steady State. Special Report, 28. 1993. 295pp. $26.95
  • Penny Van Esterik, ed. Women of Southeast Asia, rev. ed. Occasional Paper, 17. 1996. 250pp. $18.95
  • Robert Wessing. The Soul of Ambiguity: The Tiger in Southeast Asia. Special Report, 24. 1986. 148pp. $14.95

Laos

Monographs, Symposia, and Reference

  • Lawrence F. Ashmun. Resettlement of Indochinese Refugees in the United States: A Selective and Annotated Bibliography. Occasional Paper, 10. 1983. 207pp. $25.95
  • Carol J. Compton and John F. Hartmann, eds. Papers on Tai Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures: In Honor of Professor William J. Gedney on his 77th Birthday. Occasional Paper, 16. 1992. 302pp. $26.95
  • Martha Ratliff. Meaningful Tone: A Study of Tonal Morphology in Compounds, Form Classes, and Expressive Phrases in White Hmong. Special Report, 27. 1992. 275pp. $19.95
  • Sahai, Sachchidanand., ed., trans. The Rama Jataka in Laos: A Study in the Phra Lak Phra Lam. 1996. 688 pages (in two volumes). Hard cover only. ISBN 81-7018-839-3. $49.95

Malaysia

Monographs, Symposia, and Reference

  • H. S. Barlow. Swettenham. A new biography. Illus., maps, appendix, bibliography, index. Hardcover, 783 pages plus 95 illustrations. ISBN 1-983-99915-1-5. $69.95 hardcover.
  • Collins, Elizabeth Fuller. Pierced by Murugan's Lance: Ritual, Power, and Moral Redemption among Malaysian Hindus. 1997. 246pp. $22.95
  • John A. Lent and Kent Mulliner, eds. Malaysian Studies: Archaeology, Historiography, Geography, and Bibliography. Occasional Paper, 11. 1985. 235pp. $16.00
  • Craig A Lockard. Reflections of Change: Sociopolitical Commentary and Criticism in Malaysian Popular Music Since 1950. Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 6, no. 1. 1991. Index. 112pp. $12.00.
  • Penny Van Esterik, ed. Women of Southeast Asia, rev. ed. Occasional Paper, 17. 1996. 250pp. $18.95
  • See also Phil Scanlon, Jr. Southeast Asia: A Cultural Study through Celebration. Special Report, 23. 1985. 185pp. $16.95
  • See also Robert Wessing. The Soul of Ambiguity: The Tiger in Southeast Asia. Special Report, 24. 1986. 148pp. $14.95

The Philippines

Monographs, Symposia, and Reference

  • Carl H. Lande, with the assistance of Shirley Advincula, Augusto Ferreros, and James Frane.Southern Tagalog Voting, 1946-1963: Political Behavior in a Philippine Region. Special Report, 7. 1973.
  • Howard M. Leichter. Political Regime and Public Policy in the Philippines: A Comparison of Bacolod and Iloilo Cities. Special Report, 11. 1975.
  • Robert J. Morais. Social Relations in a Philippine Town. Special Report, 19. 1981. 151pp. $14.95
  • Penny Van Esterik, ed. Women of Southeast Asia, rev. ed. Occasional Paper, 17. 1996. 250pp. $18.95
  • See also Phil Scanlon, Jr. Southeast Asia: A Cultural Study through Celebration. Special Report, 23. 1985. 185pp. $16.95

Singapore

Monographs, Symposia, and Reference

  • John A. Lent and Kent Mulliner, eds. Malaysian Studies: Archaeology, Historiography, Geography, and Bibliography. Occasional Paper, 11. 1985. 235pp. $16.00

Thailand

Language Texts and Tapes

Jantharat, Prawet. Thai Sound System and Reading Rules. 1995. ISBN 1-877979-31-7. $16.95

Monographs, Symposia, and Reference

  • Robert J. Bickner. An Introduction to the Thai Poem Lilit Phra Law (The Story of King Law). Special Report, 25. 1991. 254pp. $16.95
  • Theodora Bofman. The Poetics of the Ramakian. 1984. Special Report, 21. 258pp. $16.95.
  • Carol J. Compton and John F. Hartmann, eds. Papers on Tai Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures: In Honor of Professor William J. Gedney on his 77th Birthday. Occasional Paper, 16. 1992. 302pp. $26.95
  • E. Paul Durrenberger. Lisu Religion. Occasional Papers, no. 13. 1989. 44pp. Figures. Reprinted January 1996. ISBN 1-877979-13-9. $9.95.
  • John F. Hartmann, ed. In Celebration of King Ramkhamhaeng of Sukhothai: Seven Hundred Years of the Development of the Thai Language. Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 3, no. 1. 1986. 153pp. Reprint $12.00.
  • Bryan Hunsaker, Theodore Mayer, Barbara Griffiths, and Robert Dayley, with an introduction by Clark Neher. Loggers, Monks, Students, and Entrepreneurs: Four Essays on Thailand. Occasional Paper, No. 18. 1996. ISBN 1-877979-18-X. $14.95
  • Konrad Kingshill. Ku Daeng-Thirty Years Later: A Village Study in Northern Thailand, 1954-1984. Special Report, 26. 1991.314pp. $19.95
  • Terry E. Miller and Jarernchai Chonpairot. A History of Siamese Music Reconstructed from Western Documents, 1505-1932. Special issue of Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 8, Number 2. Article is 192pp.267pp. 1995. $17.95.
  • Ronald Provencher, ed. Two Hundred Years of the Chakri Dynasty. Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 2, no. 2. 1985. 145pp. $12.00.
  • Martha Ratliff. Meaningful Tone: A Study of Tonal Morphology in Compounds, Form Classes, and Expressive Phrases in White Hmong. Special Report, 27. 1992. 275pp. $19.95
  • Michael R. Rhum. The Ancestral Lords: Gender, Descent, and Spirits in a Northern Thai Village. Special Report, 29. 1994. 202pp. $18.95
  • Susan D. Russell, ed. Ritual, Power, and Economy: Upland-Lowland Contrasts in Mainland Southeast Asia. Occasional Paper, 14. 1989. 143pp. $12.95
  • Smith, George Vinal. The Dutch in Seventeenth-Century Thailand. Special Reports, no. 16. 1977. 200 pp. ISBN 1-877979-66-X. $14.95
  • Tai in Tai Context. Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 5, no. 1. 1990. 79pp. $12.00
  • Penny Van Esterik, ed. Women of Southeast Asia, rev. ed. Occasional Paper, 17. 1996. 250pp. $18.95
  • See also Phil Scanlon, Jr. Southeast Asia: A Cultural Study through Celebration. Special Report, 23. 1985. 185pp. $16.95

Upland Peoples

Monographs, Symposia, and Reference

  • Lawrence F. Ashmun. Resettlement of Indochinese Refugees in the United States: A Selective and Annotated Bibliography. Occasional Paper, 10. 1983. 207pp. $25.95
  • Carol J. Compton and John F. Hartmann, eds. Papers on Tai Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures: In Honor of Professor William J. Gedney on his 77th Birthday. Occasional Paper, 16. 1992. 302pp. $26.95
  • Martha Ratliff. Meaningful Tone: A Study of Tonal Morphology in Compounds, Form Classes, and Expressive Phrases in White Hmong. Special Report, 27. 1992. 275pp. $19.95
  • Susan D. Russell, ed. Ritual, Power, and Economy: Upland-Lowland Contrasts in Mainland Southeast Asia. Occasional Paper, 14. 1989. 143pp. $12.95
  • Penny Van Esterik, ed. Women of Southeast Asia, rev. ed. Occasional Paper, 17. 1996. 250pp. $18.95

Vietnam

Language Texts and Tapes

  • Nguyen Long, Marybeth Clark, and Nguyen Bich Thuan. Spoken Vietnamese for Beginners. The most widely used classroom text for Vietnamese. Comes with three audio tapes.
    • Book and 3 tapes. ISBN 1-877979-45-7 - $42.95
    • Book only - ISBN 1-877979-48-1 - $33.95
    • Tapes only - ISBN 1-877979-33-3 - $12.00
  • Le Pham Thuy-Kim. Activities Manual to accompany Spoken Vietnamese for Beginners. Listening, writing, and in-class communication practice, along with pattern drills. Published by Le Pham Thuy-Kim in 1996 and distributed exclusively by NIU's Center for Southeast Asian Studies. In two volumes:

  • Book 1
    Book 1 (135 pp.) with 4 cassette tapes - ISBN 1-877979-27-9 - $29.95
    Book 1 only - ISBN 1-877979-25-2 - $15.00
    Tapes only - ISBN 1-877979-26-0 - $20.00

Book 2
Book 2 (120 pp.) with 3 cassette tapes - ISBN 1-877979-30-9 - $27.95
Book 2 only - ISBN 1-877979-28-7 - $15.00
Tapes only - ISBN 1-877979-29-5 - $15.00

Instructor's Manual (answers and tape scripts) - ISBN 1-877979-32-5 - $12.95
 

  • Nguyen Bich Thuan. Contemporary Vietnamese: An Intermediate Text. This is a companion to our best-selling Spoken Vietnamese for Beginners, by Nguyen Long, Marybeth Clark, and Nguyen Bich Thuan. 340pp. including extensive glossary.

Book with 4 cassettes of 90 minutes each (ISBN 1-877979-46-5) - $39.95

Book only (ISBN 1-877979-39-2) - $29.95

Tapes only (ISBN 1-877979-40-6) - $12.00

  • Nguyen Bich Thuan. Contemporary Vietnamese Readings (for advanced intermediate students). 218pp. 1999. ISBN 1-891134-00-0 - $27.95

Monographs, Symposia, and Reference

  • Lawrence F. Ashmun. Resettlement of Indochinese Refugees in the United States: A Selective and Annotated Bibliography. Occasional Paper, 10. 1983. 207pp. $25.95
  • Carol J. Compton and John F. Hartmann, eds. Papers on Tai Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures: In Honor of Professor William J. Gedney on his 77th Birthday. Occasional Paper, 16. 1992. 302pp. $26.95
  • Martha Ratliff. Meaningful Tone: A Study of Tonal Morphology in Compounds, Form Classes, and Expressive Phrases in White Hmong. Special Report, 27. 1992. 275pp. $19.95

Southeast Asia - General and Multi-Country

Monographs, Symposia, and Reference

  • Lawrence F. Ashmun. Resettlement of Indochinese Refugees in the United States: A Selective and Annotated Bibliography. Occasional Paper, 10. 1983. 207pp. $25.95
  • Carol J. Compton and John F. Hartmann, eds. Papers on Tai Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures: In Honor of Professor William J. Gedney on his 77th Birthday. Occasional Paper, 16. 1992. 302pp. $26.95
  • John A. Lent and Kent Mulliner, eds. Malaysian Studies: Archaeology, Historiography, Geography, and Bibliography. Occasional Paper, 11. 1985. Bibliographies. 235pp. $16.00
  • Clark Neher. Southeast Asia: Crossroads of the World. Edition 2000. $14.95
  • Martha Ratliff. Meaningful Tone: A Study of Tonal Morphology in Compounds, Form Classes, and Expressive Phrases in White Hmong. Special Report, 27. 1992. 275pp. $19.95
  • Susan D. Russell, ed. Ritual, Power, and Economy: Upland-Lowland Contrasts in Mainland Southeast Asia. Occasional Paper, 14. 1989. 143pp. $12.95
  • Phil Scanlon, Jr. Southeast Asia: A Cultural Study through Celebration. Special Report, 23. 1985. 185pp. $16.95
  • Southeast Asian Studies and International Business. Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 1, no. 3. 1983. 120pp. $12.00.
  • Penny Van Esterik, ed. Women of Southeast Asia, rev. ed. Occasional Paper, 17. 1996. 250pp. $18.95
  • Robert Wessing. The Soul of Ambiguity: The Tiger in Southeast Asia. Special Report, 24. 1986. 148pp. $14.95

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