Onium ions are often used as catalysts in reactions and found as reagents and electrophilic reagents in chemical synthesis, as such onium ions play a significant role in chemistry. Written by George Olah, who in 1995 won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, this book covers the use of onium ions as reagents in synthesis and catalysts, and also explains how they can be prepared.

This volume brings together an impressive array of internationally recognized scholars from around the world to examine the many facets of gender politics in Asia. Its central concern is how women in various gendered contexts in Asia position themselves in the (re)production of gender relations, and how they manoeuver in order to preserve or alter these. It covers fields as varied as the use of dress as a political weapon, the practice of healing as an indirect challenge to the dominant gender and political orders, and religious ordination as a struggle for equity in Buddhism.