The Journal of Asian Studies

Vol. 59, No. 2, May, 2000

Published by: Association for Asian Studies

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Front Matter (pp. i-247)
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Knowledge, Power, and Racial Classification: The "Japanese" in "Manchuria"
Knowledge, Power, and Racial Classification: The "Japanese" in "Manchuria" (pp. 248-276)
Mariko Asano Tamanoi
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Colonial Masters, National Politicos, and Provincial Lords: Central Authority and Local Autonomy in the American Philippines, 1900-1913
Colonial Masters, National Politicos, and Provincial Lords: Central Authority and Local Autonomy in the American Philippines, 1900-1913 (pp. 277-306)
Paul D. Hutchcroft
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Migration and Native Place: Qiaokan and the Imagined Community of Taishan County, Guangdong, 1893-1993
Migration and Native Place: Qiaokan and the Imagined Community of Taishan County, Guangdong, 1893-1993 (pp. 307-331)
Madeline Y. Hsu
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Managing the Truth of Sex in Imperial Japan
Managing the Truth of Sex in Imperial Japan (pp. 332-358)
Sabine Frühstück
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Hong Kong's Problematic Democratic Transition: Power Dependency or Business Hegemony?
Hong Kong's Problematic Democratic Transition: Power Dependency or Business Hegemony? (pp. 359-381)
Alvin Y. So
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Book Reviews
- Asia General
  - Strategic Cultures in the Asia-Pacific Region by Ken Booth, Russell Trood
    
    Strategic Cultures in the Asia-Pacific Region by Ken Booth, Russell Trood (pp. 382-384)
    Review by: Pauline Kerr
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  - Australia and Asia: Cultural Transactions by Maryanne Dever
    
    Australia and Asia: Cultural Transactions by Maryanne Dever (pp. 384-385)
    Review by: Richard White
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  - Food and Love: A Cultural History of East and West by Jack Goody
    
    Food and Love: A Cultural History of East and West by Jack Goody (pp. 385-387)
    Review by: R. S. Khare
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  - Weaving a New Tapestry: Asia in the Post Cold War World: Case Studies and General Trends by William P. Head, Edwin G. Clausen
    
    Weaving a New Tapestry: Asia in the Post Cold War World: Case Studies and General Trends by William P. Head, Edwin G. Clausen (pp. 387-388)
    Review by: Stuart Harris
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  - The Cultures of Globalization by Fredric Jameson, Masao Miyoshi
    
    The Cultures of Globalization by Fredric Jameson, Masao Miyoshi (pp. 388-390)
    Review by: Arvind Rajagopal
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658665
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  - Asia's Environmental Movements: Comparative Perspectives by Yok-Shiu F. Lee, Alvin Y. So
    
    Asia's Environmental Movements: Comparative Perspectives by Yok-Shiu F. Lee, Alvin Y. So (pp. 390-392)
    Review by: Mike Parnwell
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658666
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  - Globalisation and the Asia-Pacific: Contested Terrains by Kris Olds, Peter Dicken, Philip F. Kelly, Lily Kong, Henry Wai-Chung Yeung
    
    Globalisation and the Asia-Pacific: Contested Terrains by Kris Olds, Peter Dicken, Philip F. Kelly, Lily Kong, Henry Wai-Chung Yeung (pp. 392-393)
    Review by: Aihwa Ong
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658667
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  - East Asia by the Year 2000 and Beyond: Shaping Factors by Wolfgang Pape
    
    East Asia by the Year 2000 and Beyond: Shaping Factors by Wolfgang Pape (pp. 393-394)
    Review by: F. Gerard Adams
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  - Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia and Oceania by Jan van Breman, Akitoshi Shimizu
    
    Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia and Oceania by Jan van Breman, Akitoshi Shimizu (pp. 394-396)
    Review by: Miriam Sharma
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  - Nation and Religion: Perspectives on Europe and Asia by Peter van der Veer, Harmut Lehmann
    
    Nation and Religion: Perspectives on Europe and Asia by Peter van der Veer, Harmut Lehmann (pp. 396-398)
    Review by: Bruce B. Lawrence
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658670
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  - The Legend of the Golden Boat: Regulation, Trade and Traders in the Borderlands of Laos, Thailand, China and Burma by Andrew Walker
    
    The Legend of the Golden Boat: Regulation, Trade and Traders in the Borderlands of Laos, Thailand, China and Burma by Andrew Walker (pp. 398-399)
    Review by: Dennis Rumley
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- China
  - Martino Martini S. J. Opera Omnia. Volume 1, Lettere e Documenti by Giuliano Bertuccioli
    
    Martino Martini S. J. Opera Omnia. Volume 1, Lettere e Documenti by Giuliano Bertuccioli (pp. 400-401)
    Review by: Eugenio Menegon
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  - Britain in China: Community, Culture and Colonialism 1900-1949 by Robert Bickers
    
    Britain in China: Community, Culture and Colonialism 1900-1949 by Robert Bickers (pp. 401-403)
    Review by: Paul A. Cohen
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  - A Flourishing Yin: Gender in China's Medical History, 960-1665 by Charlotte Furth
    
    A Flourishing Yin: Gender in China's Medical History, 960-1665 by Charlotte Furth (pp. 403-405)
    Review by: Yi-Li Wu
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  - Cosmopolitan Capitalists: Hong Kong and Chinese Diaspora at the End of the Twentieth Century by Gary G. Hamilton
    
    Cosmopolitan Capitalists: Hong Kong and Chinese Diaspora at the End of the Twentieth Century by Gary G. Hamilton (pp. 405-406)
    Review by: Susan J. Henders
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  - Lessons in Being Chinese-Minority Education and Ethnic Identity in Southwest China by Mette Halskov Hansen; China's National Minority Education-Culture, Schooling, and Development by Gerard A. Postiglione
    
    Lessons in Being Chinese-Minority Education and Ethnic Identity in Southwest China by Mette Halskov Hansen; China's National Minority Education-Culture, Schooling, and Development by Gerard A. Postiglione (pp. 406-408)
    Review by: Chih-yu Shih
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658676
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  - China, the United Nations, and Human Rights: The Limits of Compliance by Ann Kent
    
    China, the United Nations, and Human Rights: The Limits of Compliance by Ann Kent (pp. 409-410)
    Review by: Andrew J. Nathan
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  - One Quarter of Humanity: Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities by James Z. Lee, Wang Feng
    
    One Quarter of Humanity: Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities by James Z. Lee, Wang Feng (pp. 410-412)
    Review by: Peter C. Perdue
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  - Ideal and Actual in The Story of the Stone by Dore J. Levy
    
    Ideal and Actual in The Story of the Stone by Dore J. Levy (pp. 412-413)
    Review by: Mary Scott
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  - After the Propaganda State: Media, Politics, and "Thought Work" in Reformed China by Daniel C. Lynch
    
    After the Propaganda State: Media, Politics, and "Thought Work" in Reformed China by Daniel C. Lynch (pp. 413-414)
    Review by: Richard Kraus
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  - The Enlightened Judgments, Ch'ing-ming Chi, The Sung Dynasty Collection by Brian E. McKnight, James T. C. Liu
    
    The Enlightened Judgments, Ch'ing-ming Chi, The Sung Dynasty Collection by Brian E. McKnight, James T. C. Liu (pp. 414-416)
    Review by: Valerie Hansen
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  - Rural China Takes Off: Institutional Foundations of Economics Reform by Jean C. Oi
    
    Rural China Takes Off: Institutional Foundations of Economics Reform by Jean C. Oi (pp. 416-418)
    Review by: Carsten A. Holz
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  - Property Rights and Economic Reform in China by Jean C. Oi, Andrew G. Walder
    
    Property Rights and Economic Reform in China by Jean C. Oi, Andrew G. Walder (pp. 418-419)
    Review by: Wang Feng
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658683
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  - Cadres and Kin: Making a Socialist Village in West China, 1921-1991 by Gregory Ruf
    
    Cadres and Kin: Making a Socialist Village in West China, 1921-1991 by Gregory Ruf (pp. 419-421)
    Review by: Yunxiang Yan
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658684
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  - Contesting Citizenship in Urban China: Peasant Migrants, the State, and the Logic of the Market by Dorothy J. Solinger
    
    Contesting Citizenship in Urban China: Peasant Migrants, the State, and the Logic of the Market by Dorothy J. Solinger (pp. 421-422)
    Review by: Stanley Rosen
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658685
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  - Women in the Chinese Enlightenment: Oral and Textual Histories by Wang Zheng
    
    Women in the Chinese Enlightenment: Oral and Textual Histories by Wang Zheng (pp. 423-424)
    Review by: Wendy Larson
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658686
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- Inner Asia
  - To the Harbin Station: The Liberal Alternative in Russian Manchuria, 1898-1914 by David Wolff
    
    To the Harbin Station: The Liberal Alternative in Russian Manchuria, 1898-1914 by David Wolff (pp. 424-426)
    Review by: James Carter
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658687
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- Japan
  - Traditional Japanese Theater: An Anthology of Plays by Karen Brazell
    
    Traditional Japanese Theater: An Anthology of Plays by Karen Brazell (pp. 426-428)
    Review by: Jonah Salz
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658688
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  - A World of Crisis and Progress: The American YMCA in Japan 1890-1930 by Jon Thares Davidann
    
    A World of Crisis and Progress: The American YMCA in Japan 1890-1930 by Jon Thares Davidann (pp. 428-429)
    Review by: A. Hamish Ion
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658689
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  - The Only Woman in the Room by Beate Sirota Gordon
    
    The Only Woman in the Room by Beate Sirota Gordon (pp. 429-431)
    Review by: Linda Isako Angst
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658690
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  - Das Bild der Familie in den japanischen Medien by Hilaria Gössmann
    
    Das Bild der Familie in den japanischen Medien by Hilaria Gössmann (pp. 431-432)
    Review by: Ulrike Wöhr
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658691
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  - Of Brigands and Bravery-Kuniyoshi's Heroes of the Suikoden by Inge Klompmakers
    
    Of Brigands and Bravery-Kuniyoshi's Heroes of the Suikoden by Inge Klompmakers (pp. 432-433)
    Review by: Allen Hockley
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658692
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  - Bicycle Citizens: The Political World of the Japanese Housewife by Robin LeBlanc
    
    Bicycle Citizens: The Political World of the Japanese Housewife by Robin LeBlanc (pp. 433-435)
    Review by: Kathleen Uno
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658693
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  - Pachinko Monogatari: Soziokulturelle Exploration der japanische Glücksspielindustrie by Wolfram Manzenreiter
    
    Pachinko Monogatari: Soziokulturelle Exploration der japanische Glücksspielindustrie by Wolfram Manzenreiter (pp. 435-437)
    Review by: Allen Guttmann
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658694
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  - Christianity Made in Japan: A Study of Indigenous Movements by Mark R. Mullins
    
    Christianity Made in Japan: A Study of Indigenous Movements by Mark R. Mullins (pp. 437-438)
    Review by: Paul B. Watt
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658695
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  - Office Ladies and Salaried Men: Power, Gender, and Work in Japanese Companies by Yuko Ogasawara
    
    Office Ladies and Salaried Men: Power, Gender, and Work in Japanese Companies by Yuko Ogasawara (pp. 438-440)
    Review by: Joyce Gelb
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658696
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  - La Japonésie: Géopolitique et géographie historique de la surinsularité au Japon by Philippe Pelletier
    
    La Japonésie: Géopolitique et géographie historique de la surinsularité au Japon by Philippe Pelletier (pp. 440-441)
    Review by: Philippe Forêt
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658697
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  - Riding the Black Ship: Japan and Tokyo Disneyland by Aviad E. Raz
    
    Riding the Black Ship: Japan and Tokyo Disneyland by Aviad E. Raz (pp. 441-442)
    Review by: William W. Kelly
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658698
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  - Fictions of Femininity: Literary Inventions of Gender in Japanese Court Women's Memoirs by Edith Sarra
    
    Fictions of Femininity: Literary Inventions of Gender in Japanese Court Women's Memoirs by Edith Sarra (pp. 442-444)
    Review by: Edward Kamens
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658699
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  - Japan's Economic Diplomacy with China, 1945-1978 by Yoshihide Soeya
    
    Japan's Economic Diplomacy with China, 1945-1978 by Yoshihide Soeya (pp. 444-445)
    Review by: Allen S. Whiting
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658700
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  - Shredding the Tapestry of Meaning: The Poetry and Poetics of Kitasono Katue (1902-1978) by John Solt
    
    Shredding the Tapestry of Meaning: The Poetry and Poetics of Kitasono Katue (1902-1978) by John Solt (pp. 445-447)
    Review by: Steve Rabson
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658701
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  - Charisma and Community Formation in Medieval Japan: The Case of the Yugyō-ha (1300-1700) by S. A. Thornton
    
    Charisma and Community Formation in Medieval Japan: The Case of the Yugyō-ha (1300-1700) by S. A. Thornton (pp. 448-449)
    Review by: George J. Tanabe Jr.
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658702
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  - Passages to Modernity: Motherhood, Childhood, and Social Reform in Early Twentieth Century Japan by Kathleen S. Uno
    
    Passages to Modernity: Motherhood, Childhood, and Social Reform in Early Twentieth Century Japan by Kathleen S. Uno (pp. 449-450)
    Review by: E. Patricia Tsurumi
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658703
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  - The Weak Body of a Useless Woman: Matsuo Taseko and the Meiji Restoration by Anne Walthall
    
    The Weak Body of a Useless Woman: Matsuo Taseko and the Meiji Restoration by Anne Walthall (pp. 450-452)
    Review by: Suzanne Gay
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658704
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  - Japanese and American Education: Attitudes and Practice by Harry Wray
    
    Japanese and American Education: Attitudes and Practice by Harry Wray (pp. 452-453)
    Review by: Catherine Lewis
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658705
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- South Asia
  - Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in South Asia after the Test Ban by Eric Arnett
    
    Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in South Asia after the Test Ban by Eric Arnett (pp. 453-455)
    Review by: Sumit Ganguly
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658706
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  - Nationalism, Development, and Democracy: State and Politics in India by Sugata Bose, Ayesha Jalal; The State and Development Planning in India by Terence J. Byres; Development Planning in India: Exploring an Alternative Approach by Kamal Narayan Kabra; India: Fifty Years of Democracy and Development by Yogendra K. Malik, Ashok Kapur; Globalization, Liberalization, and Policy Change: A Political Economy of India's Communications Sector by Stephen D. McDowell
    
    Nationalism, Development, and Democracy: State and Politics in India by Sugata Bose, Ayesha Jalal; The State and Development Planning in India by Terence J. Byres; Development Planning in India: Exploring an Alternative Approach by Kamal Narayan Kabra; India: Fifty Years of Democracy and Development by Yogendra K. Malik, Ashok Kapur; Globalization, Liberalization, and Policy Change: A Political Economy of India's Communications Sector by Stephen D. McDowell (pp. 455-459)
    Review by: Arun Agrawal
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658707
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  - Gender, Slavery and Law in Colonial India by Indrani Chatterjee
    
    Gender, Slavery and Law in Colonial India by Indrani Chatterjee (pp. 459-460)
    Review by: Durba Ghosh
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658708
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  - Charred Lullabies: Chapters in an Anthropography of Violence by E. Valentine Daniel
    
    Charred Lullabies: Chapters in an Anthropography of Violence by E. Valentine Daniel (pp. 460-461)
    Review by: Pradeep Jeganathan
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658709
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  - Devi: The Great Goddess. Female Divinity in South Asian Art by Vidya Dehejia
    
    Devi: The Great Goddess. Female Divinity in South Asian Art by Vidya Dehejia (pp. 461-462)
    Review by: Kathleen M. Erndl
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658710
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  - A Matter of Time by Shashi Deshpande
    
    A Matter of Time by Shashi Deshpande (pp. 463-464)
    Review by: Josna E. Rege
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658711
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  - Epic Narratives in the Hoysala Temples: The Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata and Bhāgavata Purāṇa in Haḷebīd, Belūr and Amṛtapura by Kirsti Evans
    
    Epic Narratives in the Hoysala Temples: The Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata and Bhāgavata Purāṇa in Haḷebīd, Belūr and Amṛtapura by Kirsti Evans (pp. 464-465)
    Review by: Robert J. Del Bontà
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658712
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  - Kin State Intervention in Ethnic Conflicts: Lessons from South Asia by Rajat Ganguly
    
    Kin State Intervention in Ethnic Conflicts: Lessons from South Asia by Rajat Ganguly (pp. 465-466)
    Review by: Maya Chadda
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658713
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  - Mother of Bliss: Ānandamayī Mā (1896-1982) by Lisa Lassell Hallstrom
    
    Mother of Bliss: Ānandamayī Mā (1896-1982) by Lisa Lassell Hallstrom (pp. 466-468)
    Review by: Rachel Fell McDermott
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658714
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  - Nationalism, Terrorism, Communalism: Essays in Modern Indian History by Peter Heehs
    
    Nationalism, Terrorism, Communalism: Essays in Modern Indian History by Peter Heehs (pp. 468-469)
    Review by: Vivek Bhandari
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658715
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  - The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History by Peter Jackson
    
    The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History by Peter Jackson (pp. 469-470)
    Review by: Gregory C. Kozlowski
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658716
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  - State, Society and the Environment in South Asia by Stig Toft Madsen
    
    State, Society and the Environment in South Asia by Stig Toft Madsen (pp. 470-472)
    Review by: Ruhi Grover
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658717
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  - Architecture and Arts of the Deccan Sultanates by George Michell, Mark Zebrowski
    
    Architecture and Arts of the Deccan Sultanates by George Michell, Mark Zebrowski (pp. 472-473)
    Review by: Catherine B. Asher
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658718
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  - The Trading World of the Tamil Merchant: Evolution of Merchant Capitalism in the Coromandel by Kanakalatha Mukund
    
    The Trading World of the Tamil Merchant: Evolution of Merchant Capitalism in the Coromandel by Kanakalatha Mukund (pp. 473-475)
    Review by: M. N. Pearson
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658719
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  - The Secret Politics of Our Desires: Innocence, Culpability and Popular Cinema by Ashish Nandy
    
    The Secret Politics of Our Desires: Innocence, Culpability and Popular Cinema by Ashish Nandy (pp. 475-476)
    Review by: Gayatri Chatterjee
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658720
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  - Sri Lankan Theater in a Time of Terror: Political Satire in a Permitted Space by Ranjini Obeyesekere
    
    Sri Lankan Theater in a Time of Terror: Political Satire in a Permitted Space by Ranjini Obeyesekere (pp. 476-477)
    Review by: Nalin Jayesena
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658721
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  - History of Indian Science, Technology and Culture a.d. 1000-1800 by A. Rahman
    
    History of Indian Science, Technology and Culture a.d. 1000-1800 by A. Rahman (pp. 477-478)
    Review by: Kapil Raj
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658722
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  - Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Other Indo-Aryan Languages by Richard Salomon
    
    Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Other Indo-Aryan Languages by Richard Salomon (pp. 478-480)
    Review by: Richard H. Davis
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658723
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  - Social Structure and Change. Volume 1: Theory and Method-Evaluation of the Work of M. N. Srinivas by M. N. Srinivas, A. M. Shah, B. S. Baviskar, E. A. Ramaswamy; Social Structure and Change. Volume 2: Women in Indian Society by A. M. Shah, B. S. Baviskar, E. A. Ramaswamy; Social Structure and Change. Volume 3: Complex Organizations and Urban Communities by A. M. Shah, B. S. Baviskar, E. A. Ramaswamy; Social Structure and Change. Volume 4: Development and Ethnicity by A. M. Shah, B. S. Baviskar, E. A. Ramaswamy
    
    Social Structure and Change. Volume 1: Theory and Method-Evaluation of the Work of M. N. Srinivas by M. N. Srinivas, A. M. Shah, B. S. Baviskar, E. A. Ramaswamy; Social Structure and Change. Volume 2: Women in Indian Society by A. M. Shah, B. S. Baviskar, E. A. Ramaswamy; Social Structure and Change. Volume 3: Complex Organizations and Urban Communities by A. M. Shah, B. S. Baviskar, E. A. Ramaswamy; Social Structure and Change. Volume 4: Development and Ethnicity by A. M. Shah, B. S. Baviskar, E. A. Ramaswamy (pp. 480-482)
    Review by: David L. Curley
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658724
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2658724
    
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  - ABIA South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index. Volume 1 by Karel R. van Kooij
    
    ABIA South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index. Volume 1 by Karel R. van Kooij (pp. 483-484)
    Review by: Donald Clay Johnson
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658725
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- Southeast Asia
  - A Siamese Tragedy: Development and Disintegration in Modern Thailand by Walden Bello, Shea Cunningham, Li Kheng Poh
    
    A Siamese Tragedy: Development and Disintegration in Modern Thailand by Walden Bello, Shea Cunningham, Li Kheng Poh (pp. 484-485)
    Review by: Chris Baker
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658726
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  - Cambodia from Red to Blue: Australia's Initiative for Peace by Ken Berry
    
    Cambodia from Red to Blue: Australia's Initiative for Peace by Ken Berry (pp. 485-487)
    Review by: Arne Kislenko
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658727
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2658727
    
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  - War in the Blood: Sex, Politics and AIDS in Southeast Asia by Chris Beyrer
    
    War in the Blood: Sex, Politics and AIDS in Southeast Asia by Chris Beyrer (pp. 487-488)
    Review by: Cornelia Ann Kammerer
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658728
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2658728
    
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  - Theater and Martial Arts in West Sumatra: Randai and Silek of the Minangkabau by Kirstin Pauka
    
    Theater and Martial Arts in West Sumatra: Randai and Silek of the Minangkabau by Kirstin Pauka (pp. 488-489)
    Review by: Richard W. Anderson
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658729
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  - Cooperation and Community in Rural Thailand: An Organizational Analysis of Participatory Rural Development by Shin'ichi Shigetomi
    
    Cooperation and Community in Rural Thailand: An Organizational Analysis of Participatory Rural Development by Shin'ichi Shigetomi (pp. 489-490)
    Review by: Nicola Tannenbaum
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658730
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2658730
    
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- Film and Video Reviews
  - Makiko's New World by Media Production Group
    
    Makiko's New World by Media Production Group (pp. 491-492)
    Review by: James L. Huffman
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658731
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  - Fishing in the Sea of Greed by Anand Patwardhan
    
    Fishing in the Sea of Greed by Anand Patwardhan (pp. 492-493)
    Review by: Peter Reeves
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2658732
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2658732
    
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Other Books Received
Other Books Received (pp. 494-503)
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Erratum: Concerned Theatre Japan: The Graphic Art of Japanese Theatre 1960-1980
Erratum: Concerned Theatre Japan: The Graphic Art of Japanese Theatre 1960-1980 (p. 504) https://doi.org/10.2307/2658734
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Back Matter
Back Matter
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The Journal of Asian Studies

Vol. 59, No. 2, May, 2000

Table of Contents

Book Reviews

Asia General

China

Inner Asia

Japan

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Film and Video Reviews