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Volume 40 - Issue 2 - February 1981

Book Reviews—Japan

Dōgen's Formative Years in China: An Historical Study and Annotated Translation of the Hōkyō-ki. By Takashi James Kodera. Boulder, Colo.: Prajñā Press, 1980. xx, 258 pp. Glossary, Bibliography, Chinese text. $25.00.

The Art of Kabuki: Famous Plays in Performance. Translated with commentary by Samuel L. Leiter. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979. xxi, 319 pp. Illustrations, Glossary, Selected Bibliography, Index. $16.95.

Encounter at Shimoda: Search for a New Pacific Partnership. Edited by Herbert Passin and Akira Iriye. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press (Special Studies on China and East Asia), 1979. xii, 257 pp. Illustrations, Tables, Figures, Appendixes. $17.50.

The Moon in the Water: Understanding Tanizaki, Kawabata, and Mishima. By Gwen Boardman Petersen. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, 1979. xi, 366 pp. Bibliography, Index. $14.95.

Long Engagements: Maturity in Modern Japan. By David W. Plath. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1980. 235 pp. Notes. $17.50.

Book Reviews—Korea

Studies on Korea in Transition. Edited by David R. McCann, John Middleton, and Edward J. Shultz. Honolulu: Center for Korean Studies, 1979. xii, 245 pp. Tables, Maps, Notes, Index. $8.00.

Book Reviews—South Asia

Caste and Social Stratification Among Muslims in India. Edited by Imtiaz Ahmed. 2nd rev., and enl. ed. Columbia, Mo.: South Asia Books, 1978. 314 pp. Notes, Glossary, Index. $16.50.

The Village Entrepreneur: Change Agents in India's Rural Development. By Wayne G. BroehlJr. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1978. x, 228 pp. Appendixes, Notes, Index. No price.

The Indian Economy: Poverty and Development. By Pramit Chaudhuri. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1979. xi, 179 pp. Bibliographic References, Index. $18.95.

The Sociology of Contemporary India. By Danesh A. Chekki. Columbia, Mo.: South Asia Books, 1978. xii, 216 pp. Appendix, Index. $12.00.

Chronicles of the Raj: A Study of Literary Reaction to the Imperial Idea towards the End of the Raj. By Shamsul Islam. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman and Littlefield, 1979. xii, 130 pp. Notes, Bibliography, Index. $21.50.

The Indian Ocean: A Select Bibliography of Resources for Study in the National Library of Australia. Canberra: The National Library of Australia, 1979. ix, 190 pp. Index. $22.50.

Kingship and Authority in South Asia. Edited by John F. Richards. Madison: University of Wisconsin (South Asian Studies Pub. No. 3), 1978. xi, 303 pp. $5.00.

The Fieldworker and the Field: Problems and Challenges in Sociological Investigation. Edited by M. N. Srinivas, A. M. Shah, and E. A. Ramaswamy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. xii, 288 pp. Authors Index. $13.95.

Art and Material Culture in the Paintings of Akbar's Court. By Som Prakash Verma. Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1979. xxix, 150 pp. Glossary, Plates, Appendix, Bibliography, List of Drawings, Index. $20.00. (Distributed in U.S. by Humanities Press, Atlantic Highlands, N.J.)

Sons of the Soil: Migration and Ethnic Conflict in India. By Myron Weiner. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1978. xviii, 383 pp. Maps, Tables, Notes, Appendixes, Bibliographies, Index. $22.50.

Land Use in Big Cities: A Study of Delhi. By C. S. Yadav. Delhi: Inter-India Publications, 1979. xix, 272 pp. Appendixes, Bibliography, Index. $17.00.

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Volume 40 - Issue 2 - February 1981

Book Reviews—Japan

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Book Reviews—South Asia