The Journal of Asian Studies

Vol. 50, No. 1, Feb., 1991

Published by: Association for Asian Studies

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Volume Information (pp. 2-4)
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Front Matter
Front Matter (pp. i-5)
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Political, Social, and Cultural Reproduction via Civil Service Examinations in Late Imperial China
Political, Social, and Cultural Reproduction via Civil Service Examinations in Late Imperial China (pp. 7-28)
Benjamin A. Elman
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Forum on Universalism and Relativism in Asian Studies: Editor's Introduction
Forum on Universalism and Relativism in Asian Studies: Editor's Introduction (pp. 29-34)
David D. Buck

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Rational-Choice Models and Asian Studies
Rational-Choice Models and Asian Studies (pp. 35-52)
Daniel Little
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Reconciling Universalism and Relativism in Political Culture: A View Based on Economic and Psychological Perspective
Reconciling Universalism and Relativism in Political Culture: A View Based on Economic and Psychological Perspective (pp. 53-66)
Richard W. Wilson
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Knowledge and Power in the Discourse of Modernity: The Campaigns Against Popular Religion in Early Twentieth-Century China
Knowledge and Power in the Discourse of Modernity: The Campaigns Against Popular Religion in Early Twentieth-Century China (pp. 67-83)
Prasenjit Duara
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Research Themes in Ming-Qing Socioeconomic History--The State of the Field
Research Themes in Ming-Qing Socioeconomic History--The State of the Field (pp. 84-111)
Evelyn S. Rawski
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Book Review
- Asia General
  - The Dissolution of the Colonial Empire. by Franz Ansprenger
    
    The Dissolution of the Colonial Empire. by Franz Ansprenger (pp. 113-114)
    Review by: Bouda Etemad
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057478
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  - Bouddhismes et sociétés asiatiques: clergés, sociétés et pouvoirs by Alain Forest, Eiichi Kato, Léon Vandermeersch
    
    Bouddhismes et sociétés asiatiques: clergés, sociétés et pouvoirs by Alain Forest, Eiichi Kato, Léon Vandermeersch (pp. 114-115)
    Review by: John Strong
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057479
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  - The Urban Transition: Reflections on the American and Asian Experience. by Norton Ginsburg
    
    The Urban Transition: Reflections on the American and Asian Experience. by Norton Ginsburg (pp. 115-116)
    Review by: Robert W. McColl
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057480
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  - Pathways from the Periphery: The Politics of Growth in the Newly Industrializing Countries. by Stephan Haggard
    
    Pathways from the Periphery: The Politics of Growth in the Newly Industrializing Countries. by Stephan Haggard (pp. 117-118)
    Review by: William R. Clark
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057481
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  - The Asiastic Mode of Production: Oriental Despotism, Historial Materialism and Indian History. by Brendan O'Leary, Ernest Gellner
    
    The Asiastic Mode of Production: Oriental Despotism, Historial Materialism and Indian History. by Brendan O'Leary, Ernest Gellner (pp. 118-119)
    Review by: John A. Rapp
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057482
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  - Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans. by Ronald Takaki
    
    Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans. by Ronald Takaki (pp. 120-121)
    Review by: Paul F. Hooper
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057483
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  - Out of Time: History and Evolution in Anthropological Discourse. by Nicholas Thomas
    
    Out of Time: History and Evolution in Anthropological Discourse. by Nicholas Thomas (pp. 121-122)
    Review by: Murray J. Leaf
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057484
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  - Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations. by Paul Williams
    
    Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations. by Paul Williams (pp. 122-124)
    Review by: Todd T. Lewis
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057485
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  - Changing Cities of Pacific Asia: A Scholarly Interpretation. by Yue-Man Yeung
    
    Changing Cities of Pacific Asia: A Scholarly Interpretation. by Yue-Man Yeung (pp. 124-125)
    Review by: David R. Meyer
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057486
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- China and Inner Asia
  - The Perilous Frontier: Nomadic Empires and China. by Thomas J. Barfield
    
    The Perilous Frontier: Nomadic Empires and China. by Thomas J. Barfield (pp. 126-127)
    Review by: Ruth W. Dunnell
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057487
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  - Friends and Enemies: The United States, China, and the Soviet Union, 1948-1972. by Gordon H. Chang
    
    Friends and Enemies: The United States, China, and the Soviet Union, 1948-1972. by Gordon H. Chang (pp. 127-129)
    Review by: Robert S. Ross
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057488
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  - The Silk Industry of Modern China, 1860-1945. by Chen Tsu-Yu
    
    The Silk Industry of Modern China, 1860-1945. by Chen Tsu-Yu (pp. 129-130)
    Review by: Robert Y. Eng
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057489
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  - Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance. by Joseph W. Esherick, Mary Backus Rankin
    
    Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance. by Joseph W. Esherick, Mary Backus Rankin (pp. 130-132)
    Review by: Jerry Dennerline
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057490
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  - Ritual Opera, Operatic Ritual: "Mu-lien Rescues His Mother" in Chinese Popular Culture. by David Johnson
    
    Ritual Opera, Operatic Ritual: "Mu-lien Rescues His Mother" in Chinese Popular Culture. by David Johnson (pp. 132-133)
    Review by: R. David Arkush
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057491
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  - Mao Zedong on Dialectical Materialism: Writings on Philosophy. 1937. by Nick Knight; Report from Xunwu by Mao Zedong, Roger R. Thompson
    
    Mao Zedong on Dialectical Materialism: Writings on Philosophy. 1937. by Nick Knight; Report from Xunwu by Mao Zedong, Roger R. Thompson (pp. 133-135)
    Review by: Timothy Cheek
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057492
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  - Chinese Urban Reform: What Model Now? by R. Yin-Wang Kwok, William L. Parish, Anthony Gar-On Yeh, Xu Xueqiang
    
    Chinese Urban Reform: What Model Now? by R. Yin-Wang Kwok, William L. Parish, Anthony Gar-On Yeh, Xu Xueqiang (pp. 135-137)
    Review by: Laurence J. C. Ma
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057493
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  - Dai Wangshu: The Life and Poetry of a Chinese Modernist. by Gregory Lee
    
    Dai Wangshu: The Life and Poetry of a Chinese Modernist. by Gregory Lee (pp. 137-138)
    Review by: Michelle Yeh
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057494
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  - Violence in China: Essays in Culture and Counterculture. by Jonathan N. Lipman, Stevan Harrell
    
    Violence in China: Essays in Culture and Counterculture. by Jonathan N. Lipman, Stevan Harrell (pp. 138-139)
    Review by: David Ownby
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057495
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  - How to Read the Chinese Novel. by David L. Ralston
    
    How to Read the Chinese Novel. by David L. Ralston (pp. 139-142)
    Review by: Timothy C. Wong
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057496
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  - Heritage of China: Contemporary Perspectives on Chinese Civilization. by Paul S. Ropp
    
    Heritage of China: Contemporary Perspectives on Chinese Civilization. by Paul S. Ropp (pp. 142-144)
    Review by: Beatrice S. Bartlett
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057497
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  - Political Change and the Crisis of Legitimacy in Hong Kong. by Ian Scott
    
    Political Change and the Crisis of Legitimacy in Hong Kong. by Ian Scott (pp. 144-145)
    Review by: John Bryan Starr
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057498
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  - Peasant Society and Marxis̀t Intellectuals in China. Fang zhimin and the Origin of a Revolutionary Movement in the Xinjiang Region. by Kamal Sheel
    
    Peasant Society and Marxis̀t Intellectuals in China. Fang zhimin and the Origin of a Revolutionary Movement in the Xinjiang Region. by Kamal Sheel (pp. 145-147)
    Review by: Mark Selden
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057499
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  - Education in Hong Kong Pre-1841 to 1941: Fact and Opinion, Materials for a History of Education in Hong Kong. by Anthony Sweeting
    
    Education in Hong Kong Pre-1841 to 1941: Fact and Opinion, Materials for a History of Education in Hong Kong. by Anthony Sweeting (pp. 147-148)
    Review by: Heidi Ross
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057500
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  - A History of the Chinese Communist Party. by Stephen Uhalley, Jr.
    
    A History of the Chinese Communist Party. by Stephen Uhalley, Jr. (pp. 148-149)
    Review by: Raymond Wylie
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057501
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  - The Confucian's Progress: Autobiographical Writings in Traditional China. by Pei-Yi Wu
    
    The Confucian's Progress: Autobiographical Writings in Traditional China. by Pei-Yi Wu (pp. 149-151)
    Review by: Joanna F. Handlin Smith
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057502
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- Japan
  - Japan and the North East of England. by Marie Conte-Helm
    
    Japan and the North East of England. by Marie Conte-Helm (pp. 151-152)
    Review by: Steven J. Ericson
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057503
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  - Japanese Business Down Under. by David W. Edgington
    
    Japanese Business Down Under. by David W. Edgington (pp. 152-153)
    Review by: Chung H. Lee
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057504
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  - Patchwork Protectionism: Textile Trade Policy in the United States, Japan, and West Germany. by H. Richard Friman
    
    Patchwork Protectionism: Textile Trade Policy in the United States, Japan, and West Germany. by H. Richard Friman (pp. 153-154)
    Review by: Koji Taira
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057505
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  - Crested Kimono: Power and Love in the Japanese Business Family. by Matthews Masayuki Hamabata
    
    Crested Kimono: Power and Love in the Japanese Business Family. by Matthews Masayuki Hamabata (p. 155)
    Review by: Stephen P. Nussbaum
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057506
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  - Fueling Growth: The Energy Revolution and Economic Policy in Postwar Japan. by Laura E. Hein
    
    Fueling Growth: The Energy Revolution and Economic Policy in Postwar Japan. by Laura E. Hein (pp. 155-157)
    Review by: Walter Arnold
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057507
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  - Crafting Selves: Power, Gender and Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace. by Dorinne K. Kondo
    
    Crafting Selves: Power, Gender and Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace. by Dorinne K. Kondo (pp. 157-158)
    Review by: Nancy Rosenberger
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057508
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  - Sharing World Leadership? A New Era for America and Japan. by John H. Makin, Donald C. Hellman
    
    Sharing World Leadership? A New Era for America and Japan. by John H. Makin, Donald C. Hellman (pp. 158-159)
    Review by: Robert M. Orr, Jr.
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057509
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  - Divided Self: A Biography of Arishima Takeo. by Leith Morton
    
    Divided Self: A Biography of Arishima Takeo. by Leith Morton (pp. 160-161)
    Review by: Richard Torrance
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057510
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  - Okinawa: Two Postwar Novellas. by Ōshiro Tatsuhiro, Higashi Mineo, Steve Rabson
    
    Okinawa: Two Postwar Novellas. by Ōshiro Tatsuhiro, Higashi Mineo, Steve Rabson (pp. 161-163)
    Review by: David Fahy
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057511
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  - The Atomic Bomb: Voices from Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Kyoko Selden, Mark Selden
    
    The Atomic Bomb: Voices from Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Kyoko Selden, Mark Selden (pp. 163-164)
    Review by: Marleigh Grayer Ryan
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057512
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  - Created in Japan: From Imitators to World-Class Innovators. by Sheridan M. Tatsuno
    
    Created in Japan: From Imitators to World-Class Innovators. by Sheridan M. Tatsuno (pp. 164-166)
    Review by: Panos Mourdoukoutas
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057513
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  - The Future Japan. by Tokutomi Sohō, Vinh Sinh, Matsuzawa Hiroaki, Nicholas Wickenden
    
    The Future Japan. by Tokutomi Sohō, Vinh Sinh, Matsuzawa Hiroaki, Nicholas Wickenden (pp. 166-167)
    Review by: W. Dean Kinzley
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057514
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  - Moral and Spiritual Cultivation in Japanese Neo-Confucianism: The Life and Thought of Kaibara Ekken (1630-1714). by Mary E. Tucker
    
    Moral and Spiritual Cultivation in Japanese Neo-Confucianism: The Life and Thought of Kaibara Ekken (1630-1714). by Mary E. Tucker (pp. 167-168)
    Review by: Ma-Ji Rhee
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057515
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2057515
    
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  - Japanese Agriculture: A Comparative Economic Analysis. by Cornelis L. J. Van Der Meer, Saburo Yamada
    
    Japanese Agriculture: A Comparative Economic Analysis. by Cornelis L. J. Van Der Meer, Saburo Yamada (pp. 169-170)
    Review by: Leon Hollerman
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057516
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  - The Human Face of Japan's Leadership: Twelve Portraits. by Martin E. Weinstein
    
    The Human Face of Japan's Leadership: Twelve Portraits. by Martin E. Weinstein (pp. 170-171)
    Review by: William D. Hoover
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057517
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  - Word in Flower: The Visualization of Classical Literature in Seventeenth-Century Japan. by Carolyn Wheelwright
    
    Word in Flower: The Visualization of Classical Literature in Seventeenth-Century Japan. by Carolyn Wheelwright (pp. 171-173)
    Review by: Louise Allison Cort
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057518
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  - The Ambivalence of Nationalism: Modern Japan between East and West. by James W. White, Michio Umegaki, Thomas R. H. Havens
    
    The Ambivalence of Nationalism: Modern Japan between East and West. by James W. White, Michio Umegaki, Thomas R. H. Havens (pp. 173-174)
    Review by: Michiko Y. Aoki
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057519
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- Korea
  - The Colonial Origins of Korean Enterprise, 1919-1945. by Dennis L. McNamara
    
    The Colonial Origins of Korean Enterprise, 1919-1945. by Dennis L. McNamara (pp. 174-175)
    Review by: Youn-Suk Kim
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057520
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  - Misery of the Republic: The Structure of Crop Failure in North Korea. by U-hong Yi; Absurdity of the Republic: The Outrages of North Korean Industry. by U-hong Yi
    
    Misery of the Republic: The Structure of Crop Failure in North Korea. by U-hong Yi; Absurdity of the Republic: The Outrages of North Korean Industry. by U-hong Yi (pp. 175-177)
    Review by: Mitsuhiko Kimura
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057521
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2057521
    
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- South Asia
  - The New Cambridge History of India: The Politics of India Since Independence. by Paul R. Brass
    
    The New Cambridge History of India: The Politics of India Since Independence. by Paul R. Brass (pp. 177-179)
    Review by: Robin Jeffrey
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057522
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  - Rethinking Working-Class History: Bengal 1890-1940. by Dipesh Chakrabarty
    
    Rethinking Working-Class History: Bengal 1890-1940. by Dipesh Chakrabarty (pp. 179-180)
    Review by: Peter Sahlins
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057523
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  - The Shrine and Cult of Mu'īn al-dīn Chishtī of Ajmer. by P. M. Currie
    
    The Shrine and Cult of Mu'īn al-dīn Chishtī of Ajmer. by P. M. Currie (pp. 180-181)
    Review by: David Gilmartin
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057524
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  - Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka. by Richard Gombrich, Gananathan Obeyesekere; The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka: Religious Tradition, Reinterpretation and Response. by George D. Bond
    
    Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka. by Richard Gombrich, Gananathan Obeyesekere; The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka: Religious Tradition, Reinterpretation and Response. by George D. Bond (pp. 181-183)
    Review by: John D. Rogers
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057525
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  - The Forest Book of the Rāmāyaṇa of Kampaṉ by George L. Hart, Hank Heifetz
    
    The Forest Book of the Rāmāyaṇa of Kampaṉ by George L. Hart, Hank Heifetz (pp. 183-184)
    Review by: James D. Ryan
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057526
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2057526
    
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  - Chant the Names of God: Musical Culture in Bhojpuri-speaking India. by Edward O. Henry
    
    Chant the Names of God: Musical Culture in Bhojpuri-speaking India. by Edward O. Henry (pp. 184-186)
    Review by: David N. Lorenzen
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057527
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  - The State and Village Society: The Political Economy of Agricultural Development in Bangladesh. by Shakeeb Adnan Khan; India in Transition: Issues of Political Economy in a Plural Society. by F. Tomasson Jannuzi
    
    The State and Village Society: The Political Economy of Agricultural Development in Bangladesh. by Shakeeb Adnan Khan; India in Transition: Issues of Political Economy in a Plural Society. by F. Tomasson Jannuzi (pp. 186-188)
    Review by: Alice W. Clark
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057528
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  - Encyclopedia of Indian Temple Architecture. Volume II, Part 1, North India: Foundations of North Indian Style, c. 250 B-C.-A.D. 100. by Michael W. Meister, M. A. Khaky, Krishna Deva
    
    Encyclopedia of Indian Temple Architecture. Volume II, Part 1, North India: Foundations of North Indian Style, c. 250 B-C.-A.D. 100. by Michael W. Meister, M. A. Khaky, Krishna Deva (pp. 188-189)
    Review by: Gary Michael Tartakov
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057529
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  - The British Conquest and Dominion of India. by Sir Penderel Moon
    
    The British Conquest and Dominion of India. by Sir Penderel Moon (pp. 190-191)
    Review by: Robert Eric Frykenberg
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057530
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2057530
    
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  - The Devs of Cincvad, A Lineage and the State in Maharashtra. by Laurence W. Preston
    
    The Devs of Cincvad, A Lineage and the State in Maharashtra. by Laurence W. Preston (pp. 191-192)
    Review by: Gregory C. Kozlowski
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057531
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2057531
    
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  - Labour Movements in India: Documents: 1850-1890, Vol. 1: Mines and Plantations. by S. D. Punekar, R. Varickayil; Labour Movements in India; Documents: 1918-1920. by A. R. Desai
    
    Labour Movements in India: Documents: 1850-1890, Vol. 1: Mines and Plantations. by S. D. Punekar, R. Varickayil; Labour Movements in India; Documents: 1918-1920. by A. R. Desai (pp. 192-194)
    Review by: Samita Sen
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057532
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2057532
    
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  - Population Growth and Poverty in Rural South Asia. by Gerry Rodgers
    
    Population Growth and Poverty in Rural South Asia. by Gerry Rodgers (pp. 194-195)
    Review by: Ashok Bhargava
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057533
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2057533
    
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  - The Political Economy of Commerce: Southern India, 1500-1650. by Sanjay Subrahmanyam
    
    The Political Economy of Commerce: Southern India, 1500-1650. by Sanjay Subrahmanyam (pp. 195-196)
    Review by: Burton Stein
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057534
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  - The Break-up of Sri Lanka: The Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict. by A. Jeyaratnam Wilson
    
    The Break-up of Sri Lanka: The Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict. by A. Jeyaratnam Wilson (pp. 196-197)
    Review by: Bryan Pfaffenberger
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057535
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2057535
    
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- Southeast Asia
  - National Unification and Economic Development in Vietnam. by Melanie Beresford
    
    National Unification and Economic Development in Vietnam. by Melanie Beresford (pp. 198-199)
    Review by: David Wurfel
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057536
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  - U.S. Bases in the Philippines: The Evolution of a Special Relationship. by William E. Berry, Jr.
    
    U.S. Bases in the Philippines: The Evolution of a Special Relationship. by William E. Berry, Jr. (pp. 199-200)
    Review by: Benjamin N. Muego
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057537
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  - Energy Efficiency Strategies for Thailand: The Needs and the Benefits. by Deborah Lynn Bleviss, Vanessa Lide
    
    Energy Efficiency Strategies for Thailand: The Needs and the Benefits. by Deborah Lynn Bleviss, Vanessa Lide (pp. 201-202)
    Review by: Tom Cutler
    https://doi.org/10.2307/2057538
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2057538
    
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  - The Peasant Robbers of Kedah 1900-1929: Historical and Folk Perceptions. by Cheah Boon Kheng
    
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Obituary: Edwin Oldfather Reischauer (1910-1990): An Appreciation
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Back Matter
Back Matter
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The Journal of Asian Studies

Vol. 50, No. 1, Feb., 1991

Table of Contents

Book Review

Asia General

China and Inner Asia

Japan

Korea

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Film and Video Reviews