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Volume 60 - Issue 1 - February 2001

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Book Reviews—South Asia

Military, State, and Society in Pakistan. By Hasan-Askari Rizvi. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. xix, 307 pp. $79.95 (cloth)
Ian Talbot
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26 March 2010, pp. 274-275
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Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India. By Tirthankar Roy. Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. ix, 252 pp. $64.95 (cloth).
Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber
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26 March 2010, pp. 275-277
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Politics of the Possible: Essays on Gender, History, Narratives, Colonial English. By Kumkum Sangari. New Delhi: Tulika, 1999. xlix, 503 pp. Rs 650 (cloth).
Parama Roy
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26 March 2010, pp. 277-279
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The Work of Kings: The New Buddhism in Sri Lanka. By H. L. Seneviratne. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999. xii, 368 pp. $22.00 (paper).
Bradley S. Clough
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26 March 2010, pp. 279-282
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Masnavi: A Study of Urdu Romance. By Anna A. Suvorova. Translated by M. Osama Faruqi. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2000. xxvi, 292 pp. $29.95 (cloth).
Frances W. Pritchett
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26 March 2010, pp. 282-283
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When the Body Becomes All Eyes: Paradigms, Discourses, and Practices of Power in Kalarippayattu, A South Indian Martial Art. By Phillip A. Zarrilli. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. xxii, 310 pp. $32.00 (cloth).
Devesh Soneji
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26 March 2010, pp. 283-284
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Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Growth, Employment and Migration in Southeast Asia: Structural Change in the Greater Mekong Countries. By Prema-Chandra Athukorala, Chris Manning, and Piyasiri Wickramasekara. Cheltenham, UK.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2000. xiii, 142 pp. $70.00 (cloth).
Thomas R. DeGregori
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26 March 2010, pp. 284-286
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Myth and History in the Historiography of Early Burma. Paradigms, Primary Sources, and Prejudices. By Michael A. Aung-Thwin. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, Monographs in International Studies, No. 102, 1998. $25.00 (paper).
Bénédicte Brac de la Perriére
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26 March 2010, pp. 286-288
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Varieties of Javanese Religion: An Anthropological Account. By Andrew Beatty. Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, no. 111. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. xv, 272 pp. $23.95 (paper); $64.95, (cloth).
Anna M. Gade
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26 March 2010, pp. 288-289
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Indonesia Beyond Suharto. Edited by Donald K. Emmerson. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1999. xxviii, 395 pp. $26.95 (paper); $69.95 (cloth).
William H. Frederick
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26 March 2010, pp. 289-290
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Political Culture and Ethnicity: An Anthropological Study in Southeast Asia. Edited by Toh Goda. Quezon City, Philippines: New Day Publishers, 1999. xvi, 182 pp. $42.50 (paper).
Robert Lawless
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26 March 2010, pp. 291-292
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Genders and Sexualities in Modern Thailand. Edited by Peter A. Jackson and Nerida M. Cook. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books, 1999. xi, 289 pp. $24.50 (paper).
LeeRay Costa
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26 March 2010, pp. 292-293
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Lady Boys, Tom Boys, Rent Boys: Male and Female Homosexualities in Contemporary Thailand. Edited by Peter A. Jackson and Gerard Sullivan. Binghamton, NY.: Harrington Park Press, 1999. xviii, 237 pp. $19.95 (paper).
LeeRay Costa
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26 March 2010, pp. 293-295
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Mythology and Folklore in South-East Asia. By Jan Knappert. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1999. xviii, 315 pp. $19.95 (paper).
Thomas John Hudak
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26 March 2010, pp. 295-296
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Economic Development of Burma, a Vision and a Strategy: A Study by Burmese Economists. By Khin Maung Kyi, Ronald Findley, R.M. Sundrum, Mya Maung, Myo Nyunt, Zaw Oo Singapore: Singapore University Press, 2000. xiv, 233 pp. $25.00 (paper); $42.50 (cloth).
David I. Steinberg
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26 March 2010, pp. 296-298
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The Limits of Empire: The United States and Southeast Asia Since World War II. By Robert J. McMahon. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. xxii, 276 pp. $18.50 (paper); $45.00 (cloth).
Donald Hindley
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26 March 2010, pp. 298-299
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Colonial ‘Reformation’ in the Highlands of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, 1892–1995. By Albert Schrauwers. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. xiii, 279 pp. $24.95 (paper); $60.00 (cloth).
Lorraine V. Aragon
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26 March 2010, pp. 299-300
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Volume 60 - Issue 1 - February 2001

Book Reviews—South Asia

Military, State, and Society in Pakistan. By Hasan-Askari Rizvi. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. xix, 307 pp. $79.95 (cloth)

Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India. By Tirthankar Roy. Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. ix, 252 pp. $64.95 (cloth).

Politics of the Possible: Essays on Gender, History, Narratives, Colonial English. By Kumkum Sangari. New Delhi: Tulika, 1999. xlix, 503 pp. Rs 650 (cloth).

The Work of Kings: The New Buddhism in Sri Lanka. By H. L. Seneviratne. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999. xii, 368 pp. $22.00 (paper).

Masnavi: A Study of Urdu Romance. By Anna A. Suvorova. Translated by M. Osama Faruqi. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2000. xxvi, 292 pp. $29.95 (cloth).

When the Body Becomes All Eyes: Paradigms, Discourses, and Practices of Power in Kalarippayattu, A South Indian Martial Art. By Phillip A. Zarrilli. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. xxii, 310 pp. $32.00 (cloth).

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Growth, Employment and Migration in Southeast Asia: Structural Change in the Greater Mekong Countries. By Prema-Chandra Athukorala, Chris Manning, and Piyasiri Wickramasekara. Cheltenham, UK.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2000. xiii, 142 pp. $70.00 (cloth).

Myth and History in the Historiography of Early Burma. Paradigms, Primary Sources, and Prejudices. By Michael A. Aung-Thwin. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, Monographs in International Studies, No. 102, 1998. $25.00 (paper).

Varieties of Javanese Religion: An Anthropological Account. By Andrew Beatty. Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, no. 111. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. xv, 272 pp. $23.95 (paper); $64.95, (cloth).

Indonesia Beyond Suharto. Edited by Donald K. Emmerson. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1999. xxviii, 395 pp. $26.95 (paper); $69.95 (cloth).

Political Culture and Ethnicity: An Anthropological Study in Southeast Asia. Edited by Toh Goda. Quezon City, Philippines: New Day Publishers, 1999. xvi, 182 pp. $42.50 (paper).

Genders and Sexualities in Modern Thailand. Edited by Peter A. Jackson and Nerida M. Cook. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books, 1999. xi, 289 pp. $24.50 (paper).

Lady Boys, Tom Boys, Rent Boys: Male and Female Homosexualities in Contemporary Thailand. Edited by Peter A. Jackson and Gerard Sullivan. Binghamton, NY.: Harrington Park Press, 1999. xviii, 237 pp. $19.95 (paper).

Mythology and Folklore in South-East Asia. By Jan Knappert. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1999. xviii, 315 pp. $19.95 (paper).

Economic Development of Burma, a Vision and a Strategy: A Study by Burmese Economists. By Khin Maung Kyi, Ronald Findley, R.M. Sundrum, Mya Maung, Myo Nyunt, Zaw Oo Singapore: Singapore University Press, 2000. xiv, 233 pp. $25.00 (paper); $42.50 (cloth).

The Limits of Empire: The United States and Southeast Asia Since World War II. By Robert J. McMahon. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. xxii, 276 pp. $18.50 (paper); $45.00 (cloth).

Colonial ‘Reformation’ in the Highlands of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, 1892–1995. By Albert Schrauwers. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. xiii, 279 pp. $24.95 (paper); $60.00 (cloth).

Obituaries

James P. Geiss 1950–2000

Shimada Kenji (1917–2000)

Shao-Chuan Leng (1921–2000)

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