Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes is a 13-book series with 13 primary works first released in 2000 with contributions by Hue-Tam Ho Tai, Marcia Yonemoto, Madeleine Yue Dong, Heonik Kwon, Mary Elizabeth Berry, Kathryn Edgerton-Tarpley, Kären E. Wigen, Andrew Gordon, Elizabeth J. Perry, Amy Stanley, and Fabian Drixler.