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Volume 53 - Issue 3 - August 1994

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Book Reviews—South Asia

India's Colonial Encounter: Essays in Memory of Eric Stokes. Edited by Mushirul Hasan and Narayani Gupta. Delhi: Manohar, 1993. ix, 412 pp.
Thomas R. Metcalf
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26 March 2010, pp. 969-970
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The Analyst and the Mystic: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Religion and Mysticism. By Sudhir Kakar. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1991. xi, 83 pp.
Jeanne Marecek
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26 March 2010, pp. 971-972
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Towards a New Formation: South Indian Society Under Vijayanagar Rule. By Noboru Karashima. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1992. xii, 294 pp. $19.95.
James Heitzman
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26 March 2010, pp. 972-973
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The Frontier Gandhi: His Place in History. By M. S. Korejo. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1993. xiii, 258 pp. $35.00.
Paul Overby
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26 March 2010, pp. 973-974
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Financing Pakistan's Development in the 1990s. Edited by Anjum Nasim. Lahore University of Management Sciences. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1992. xxxi, 631 pp. - The New Economics of India's Green Revolution: Income and Employment Diffusion in Uttar Pradesh. By Rita Sharma and Thomas T. Poleman. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993. xix, 272 pp.
Amita Shastri
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26 March 2010, pp. 974-977
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Hindu and Christian in South-East India. By Geoffrey A. Oddie. London Studies on South Asia No. 6. London: Curzon Press Ltd. and the Riverdale Company, 1991. x, 280 pp.
Eugene F. Irschick
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26 March 2010, pp. 977-978
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Women, Branch Stories, and Religious Rhetoric in a Tamil Buddhist Text. By Paula Richman. Syracuse: Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1998. Foreign and Comparative Studies/South Asian Series 12. xii, 272 pp.
Charles Hallisey
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26 March 2010, pp. 978-979
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Family, Kinship and Marriage in India. Edited by Patricia Uberoi. Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1993. x, 502 pp. $39.95.
Pauline Kolenda
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26 March 2010, pp. 980-981
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Building in the Garden: The Architecture of Joseph Allen Stein in India and California. By Stephen White. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1993. 383 pp. $55.00.
Norma Evenson
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26 March 2010, pp. 981-982
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A Sacred Thread: Modern Transmission of Hindu Traditions in India and Abroad. Edited by Raymond Brady Williams. Chambersburg, Penn.: Anima Publications, 1992. vi, 337 pp. $24.95.
Joanne Punzo Waghorne
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26 March 2010, pp. 982-983
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Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Bangsa Melayu: Malay Concepts of Democracy and Community, 1945–1950. By Ariffin Omar. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1993. xvi, 251 pp. $49.95.
William Case
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26 March 2010, pp. 983-984
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Luang Wichit Wathakan and the Creation of a Thai Identity. By Scott Barmé. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1993. xi, 201 pp. $19.00.
Thongchai Winichakul
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26 March 2010, pp. 985-986
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The Rise and Fall of Revenue Farming: Business Elites and the Emergence of the Modern State. Edited by John Butcher and Howard Dick. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. xviii, 306 pp. $69.95.
Mary Somers Heidhues
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26 March 2010, pp. 986-988
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At War in the Shadow of Vietnam: U.S. Military Aid to the Royal Lao Government, 1955–1975. By Timothy J. Castle. New York: Columbia University Press, 1993. xvii, 210 pp. $47.50.
Randall Ireson
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26 March 2010, pp. 988-989
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Thai Society in Comparative Perspective: Collected Essays. By Erik Cohen. Bangkok: White Lotus Books, 1991. iv, 176 pp. $25.00.
H. Leedom Lefferts, Jr
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26 March 2010, pp. 989-991
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Historical Dictionary of Indonesia. By Robert Cribb. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1992. lxxiv, 661 pp. $72.50.
Robert Van Niel
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26 March 2010, pp. 991-992
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Balanced Development: East Java in the New Order. Edited by Howard Dick James J. Fox and Jamie Mackie. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1993. xxxi, 367 pp. $65.00.
Robert W. Hefner
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26 March 2010, pp. 992-994
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Inside Austronesian Houses: Perspectives on Domestic Designs for Living. Edited by James J. Fox. Canberra: Department of Anthropology, Australian National University, 1993. x, 237 pp. Aust. $25.00.
William M. Schneider, Mary Jo Schneider
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26 March 2010, pp. 994-995
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Indonesia: A Country Study. Edited by William J. Frederick and Robert L. Worden. Fifth Edition Washington, D.C.: Area Handbook Series, Library of Congress, 1993. xlix, 462 pp. $25.00.
Thomas R. Leinbach
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26 March 2010, pp. 996-997
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Nationalism as Political Paranoia in Burma: An Essay on the Historical Practice of Power. By Mikael Gravers. Copenhagen: The Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 1993. 96 pp.
James F. Guyot
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26 March 2010, pp. 997-998
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Book Reviews—South Asia

India's Colonial Encounter: Essays in Memory of Eric Stokes. Edited by Mushirul Hasan and Narayani Gupta. Delhi: Manohar, 1993. ix, 412 pp.

The Analyst and the Mystic: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Religion and Mysticism. By Sudhir Kakar. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1991. xi, 83 pp.

Towards a New Formation: South Indian Society Under Vijayanagar Rule. By Noboru Karashima. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1992. xii, 294 pp. $19.95.

The Frontier Gandhi: His Place in History. By M. S. Korejo. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1993. xiii, 258 pp. $35.00.

Hindu and Christian in South-East India. By Geoffrey A. Oddie. London Studies on South Asia No. 6. London: Curzon Press Ltd. and the Riverdale Company, 1991. x, 280 pp.

Women, Branch Stories, and Religious Rhetoric in a Tamil Buddhist Text. By Paula Richman. Syracuse: Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1998. Foreign and Comparative Studies/South Asian Series 12. xii, 272 pp.

Family, Kinship and Marriage in India. Edited by Patricia Uberoi. Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1993. x, 502 pp. $39.95.

Building in the Garden: The Architecture of Joseph Allen Stein in India and California. By Stephen White. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1993. 383 pp. $55.00.

A Sacred Thread: Modern Transmission of Hindu Traditions in India and Abroad. Edited by Raymond Brady Williams. Chambersburg, Penn.: Anima Publications, 1992. vi, 337 pp. $24.95.

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Bangsa Melayu: Malay Concepts of Democracy and Community, 1945–1950. By Ariffin Omar. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1993. xvi, 251 pp. $49.95.

Luang Wichit Wathakan and the Creation of a Thai Identity. By Scott Barmé. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1993. xi, 201 pp. $19.00.

The Rise and Fall of Revenue Farming: Business Elites and the Emergence of the Modern State. Edited by John Butcher and Howard Dick. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. xviii, 306 pp. $69.95.

At War in the Shadow of Vietnam: U.S. Military Aid to the Royal Lao Government, 1955–1975. By Timothy J. Castle. New York: Columbia University Press, 1993. xvii, 210 pp. $47.50.

Thai Society in Comparative Perspective: Collected Essays. By Erik Cohen. Bangkok: White Lotus Books, 1991. iv, 176 pp. $25.00.

Historical Dictionary of Indonesia. By Robert Cribb. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1992. lxxiv, 661 pp. $72.50.

Balanced Development: East Java in the New Order. Edited by Howard Dick James J. Fox and Jamie Mackie. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1993. xxxi, 367 pp. $65.00.

Inside Austronesian Houses: Perspectives on Domestic Designs for Living. Edited by James J. Fox. Canberra: Department of Anthropology, Australian National University, 1993. x, 237 pp. Aust. $25.00.

Indonesia: A Country Study. Edited by William J. Frederick and Robert L. Worden. Fifth Edition Washington, D.C.: Area Handbook Series, Library of Congress, 1993. xlix, 462 pp. $25.00.

Nationalism as Political Paranoia in Burma: An Essay on the Historical Practice of Power. By Mikael Gravers. Copenhagen: The Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 1993. 96 pp.

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