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First-Rate Cambria Press Book Review! Asian Anthropologist hails Japan’s Shrinking Regions in the 21st Century for being “very substantial” and a “must read”!

Cambria Press congratulates Peter Matanle, Anthony Rausch, and the Shrinking Regions Research Group on the review on their highly acclaimed book Japan’s Shrinking Regions in the 21st Century: Contemporary Responses to Depopulation and Socioeconomic Decline! The reviewer for Asian Anthropologist praises the book, stating that this is “an ambitious project. I should also note that it is largely successful in achieving...

Outstanding Cambria Press Book Review! The China Quarterly hails Africans in China as “essential reading for scholars”!

Cambria Press congratulates Professor Adams Bodomo on the outstanding book review of Africans in China by The China Quarterly. The review states that: “Scholars from a variety of countries and disciplines have produced recent essays on the African presence in China … They have adopted a more nuanced approach than the media and none more so than Adams Bodomo in this pioneering, full-length...

Excellent Cambria Press Book Review! Journal of American-East Asian Relations finds “much to commend” in Japanese and Nikkei at Home and Abroad!

Cambria Press congratulates Professor Nobuko Adachi on the excellent book review of Japanese and Nikkei at Home and Abroad: Negotiating Identities in a Global World by the Journal of American-East Asian Relations. The review states that there is “much to commend. In addition to its contribution to the literature on immigration and transnationalism, its highly accessible style and detailed bibliography make...

The Memory of Slavery and Human Trafficking Today – Cambria Studies in Slavery: Past and Present (General Editor: Ana Lucia Araujo)

This new series by Cambria Press will feature high-quality, innovative, and peer-reviewed monographs and edited books that examine the history of slavery and how its memories and legacies remain alive in various regions of the globe. With this aim, the series will include studies on contemporary slavery and human trafficking as well. The geographical scope of the series is broad. It...

Cambria Press New Series! Cambria Studies in Slavery: Past and Present

Cambria Press is proud to announce a new, exciting series–the Cambria Studies in Slavery: Past and Present, which will have Professor  Ana Lucia Araujo (author of the highly praised book Public Memory of Slavery: Victims and Perpetrators in the South Atlantic and editor of Paths of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Interactions, Identities, and Images. The series will feature high-quality, innovative,...

Cambria Press Author, Adams Bodomo, on Voice of America segment for “African Immigrants Talk About Life in Beijing”

A recent segment on Voice of America asked Africans living in Beijing about their experiences living in China. Naturally, Professor Adams Bodomo, author of the first book-length study on Africans living in China (appropriately titled Africans in China), was consulted on his take on the situation. Please click on the following links to read the article and to listen to...

Cambria Press New Book: Q&A for Digital Media in East Asia

Cambria Press is pleased to announce that Digital Media in East Asia: National Innovation and the Transformation of a Region by Carin Holroyd and Kenneth Coates is now available! While many observers understand that East Asian companies and countries have played a significant role in the growth of the digital sector, few understand the scale of the region’s presence in what...

Cambria Press Book Review: The Sex Goddess in American Film — A Model for Other Books!

Cambria Press congratulates Professor Jessica Hope Jordan on the laudatory review of her book, The Sex Goddess in American Film, 1930–1965: Jean Harlow, Mae West, Lana Turner, and Jayne Mansfield, by the Journal of Popular Culture. The book review commends the book because it “makes unique contributions to popular film studies.” It further adds that while “too many books on...

Cambria Press Must-See Video! Love or Hate Rap? Think gangster rap and hip hop are the same thing? You need to watch this!

Cambria Press is proud to be the first academic publisher to bring out a book on this topic related to rap music. Whether you love or hate rap, the fact is that rap music and its gangster rap variant are now far too important and influential in American life to be ignored by the general public and research communities alike....

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