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Volume 51 - Issue 1 - February 1992

Book Reviews—South Asia

Jewels of the Doctrine: Stories of the Saddharma Ratnāvaliya. By Dharmasena Thera. Translated by Ranjini Obeyesekere. Albany: State University of New York Press. 1991. xi, 259 pp.

The Child and the State in India. By Myron Weiner. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. 1991. xiv, 213 pp. $45.00 (cloth); $14.95 (paper).

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

“The Tragedy of Wanit”: A Japanese Account of Wartime Thai Politics. Edited by Benjamin A. Batson and Shimizu Hajime. Singapore: The National University of Singapore, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Special Publications Series No. 1. 1990. xi, 148 pp.

Liberalism and the Quest for Islamic Identity in the Philippines. By Kenneth E. Bauzon. Durham, N.C.: The Acorn Press. 1991. xx, 219 pp. $28.50.

Guangdong Ceramics from Butuan and Other Philippine Sites. Edited by Roxanna M. Brown. Singapore: Oxford University Press. 1989. 127 pp. 39.95.

Rebellion in Laos: Peasant and Politics in a Colonial Backwater. By Geoffrey C. Gunn. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. 1990. xv, 224 pp. $28.50.

The Wheel of Fortune: The History of a Poor Community in Jakarta. By Lea Jellinek. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. 1991. xxviii, 214 pp.

Margins and Minorities: The Peripheral Areas and Peoples of Malaysia. Edited by Victor T. King and Michael J. G. Parnwell. Hull: Hull University Press. 1990. vii, 290 pp.

From Jail to Jail. By Tan Malaka. Three volumes. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. 1991. Vol. 1: cxlvi, 303 pp. Vol 2: vii, 306 pp. Vol 3: viii, 454 pp. $55.00 paper.

Transmigration and Spontaneous Migrations in Indonesia: Propinsi Lampung. Edited by Marc Pain. Bondy, France: Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique Pour Le Devéloppement en Coopération. 1989. 443 pp.

Rethinking the Substantive Economy in Southeast Asia: On the Margins between Utilities and Meaning. By Takashi Tomosugi. Tokyo: Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo. 1991. xvii, 258 pp.

Vietnam's Economic Policy Since 1975. By Vo Nhan Tri. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 1990. xii, 253 pp. $19.50.

Book Reviews—Flim and Video Reviews

Westward to China. By James Culp. Productions for the Film History Foundation, 650 Fifth Street, No. 202, San Francisco, Calif. 94107. Video Format, 1990. 57 minutes, 45 seconds; color and b/w. VHS $295.00; BETA $295.00; 3/4” $350.00.

The Emperor's Eye: Art and Power in Imperial China. Produced and direct by Lisa Hsia. New York. Filmakers Library, 1989. VHS format 58 minutes. $495.00; rental, $85.00.

Theatre of the Palms: Puppet Master Lee Tien-lu. Directed by Oren Rudavsky. Filmakers Library, Inc., 1990. 1990. 30 minutes. $295.00; rental, $55.00.

Unit 731: Did Emperor Hirohito Know? A TVS Production. London, 1985. Videocassette distributed by Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Princeton N.J. 52 minutes. $149.00.

People Power. Directed by Ilan Ziv. Icarus/Tamouz Media in association with Channel Four Television (England), 1989. 53 minutes. $390.00; rental, $75.00.

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