About this ebook
By challenging the reader to “unthink” what modern development is, each chapter offers a case study which discovers and reconstructs indigenous forms of knowledge and local practice related to material change. In doing so, the book illuminates the point where modern notions of development emerged and thus aids in the process of understanding how they achieved hegemonic status. This in turn expands the notion of what development can and should entail and provides valuable pathways for rethinking our relations with the social world and the environment.
This book will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of Asian development, Asian history and environmental history.
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About the author
Timothy D. Amos is Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sydney, Australia.
Akiko Ishii is Lecturer at the Department of Japanese Studies at the National University of Singapore.
Samson Lim is Senior Lecturer in the History Program at Monash University, Australia.
