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Volume 57 - Issue 4 - November 1998

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Book Reviews—China

Chinese Intellectuals on the World Frontier: Blazing the Black Path. By J. A. English-Lueck. Westport, Conn.: Bergin and Garvey, 1997. x, 171 pp. $59.95.
Lawrence R. Sullivan
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26 March 2010, pp. 1118-1120
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Face Off: China, the United States, and Taiwan's Democratization. By John W. Garver. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1997. xii, 193 pp. $18.95 (paper).
Byron S. J. Weng
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26 March 2010, pp. 1120-1121
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The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet, and the Dalai Lama. By Melvyn C. Goldstein. Berkeley.: University of California Press, 1997. xiii, 152 pp. $19.95 (cloth).
James D. Seymour
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26 March 2010, pp. 1121-1123
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Borders of Chinese Civilization: Geography and History at Empire's End. By D. R. Howland. Durham, N.C..: Duke University Press, 1996. ix, 341 pp. $54.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).
Peter Zarrow
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26 March 2010, pp. 1123-1124
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Culture and State in Chinese History: Conventions, Accommodations, and Critique. Edited by Theodore Huters R. Bin Wong and Pauline Yu. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. 500 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Prasenjit Duara
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26 March 2010, pp. 1124-1126
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Women's Work in Rural China: Change and Continuity in an Era of Reform. By Tamara Jacka. Cambridge and New York.: Cambridge University Press, 1997. vii, 264 pp. $64.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).
Norma Diamond
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26 March 2010, pp. 1126-1127
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Two Revolutions: Village Reconstruction and the Cooperative Movement in Northern Shaanxi, 1934–1945. By Pauline B. Keating. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. ix, 340 pp. $49.50.
Stephen Averill
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26 March 2010, pp. 1127-1129
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Producing Guanxi: Sentiments, Self, and Subculture in a North China Village. By Andrew B. Kipnis. Durham, N.C. and London: Duke University Press, 1997. xii, 226 pp. $49.95 (cloth); $16.95 (paper). - The Flow of Gifts: Reciprocity and Social Networks in a Chinese Village. By Yunxiang Yan. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1996. 278 pp. $45.00 (cloth); $15.95 (paper).
Xin Liu
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26 March 2010, pp. 1129-1132
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Adversaries and Authorities: Investigations into Ancient Greek and Chinese Science. By Geoffrey Lloyd. Cambridge.: Cambridge University Press, 1996. xvii, 250 pp. $54.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).
Lisa Raphals
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26 March 2010, pp. 1132-1133
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No Tears for Mao: Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution. By Niu Niu. Translated by Enne and Peter Amman. Chicago.: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1995. 279 pp. $22.95.
King-fai Tam
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26 March 2010, pp. 1134-1135
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Danwei: The Changing Chinese Workplace in Historical Perspective. Edited by Elizabeth Perry and Xiaobo Lu. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. 259 pp. $72.95 (cloth); $34.95 (paper).
Corinna-Barbara Francis
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26 March 2010, pp. 1135-1137
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Before Confucius: Studies in the Creation of the Chinese Classics. By Edward L. Shaughnessy. Albany.: State University of New York Press, 1997. x, 262 pp. $19.95.
David Schaberg
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26 March 2010, pp. 1137-1138
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Political Participation in Beijing. By Tianjian Shi. Cambridge.: Harvard University Press, 1997. xv, 322 pp. $49.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).
Melanie Manion
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26 March 2010, pp. 1138-1140
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Policing Shanghai, 1927–1937. By Frederic WakemanJr. Berkeley.: University of California Press, 1995. xvii, 507 pp. $18.95 (paper).
David Strand
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26 March 2010, pp. 1140-1142
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Writing Women in Late Imperial China. Edited by Ellen Widmer and Kang-I Sun Chang. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. xiii, 544 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Paul Rouzer
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26 March 2010, pp. 1142-1143
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Freeing China's Farmers: Rural Restructuring in the Reform Era. By David Zweig. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. xiii, 365 pp. $62.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Thomas P. Bernstein
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26 March 2010, pp. 1143-1145
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Book Reviews—Inner Asia

Apparitions of the Self: The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary, A Translation and Study of Jigme Lingpa's Dancing Moon in the Water and Dākki's Grand Secret-Talk. By Jig-med-glin Pa; translated by Janet Ġyatso. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. xxiv, 360 pp. $39.50 (cloth).
Roger Jackson
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26 March 2010, pp. 1145-1147
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Les habitants du toit du monde. Études recueillies en hommage à Alexander W. Macdonald. Edited by Samten Karmay and Philippe Sagant. Nanterre: Societé d'Ethnologie, 1997. 747 pp.
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
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26 March 2010, pp. 1147-1151
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Prisoners of Shangri-la: Tibetan Buddhism and the West. By Donald S. LopezJr. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1998. 283 pp. $25.00.
Matthew T. Kapstein
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26 March 2010, pp. 1151-1153
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Through the Ocean Waves: The Autobiography of Bazaryn Shirendev; By Bazaryn Shirendev; translated by Temujin Onon. Bellingham, Wash.: Center for East Asian Studies at Western Washington University, 1997. liv, 231 pp. $40.00 (paper).
Christopher Atwood
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26 March 2010, pp. 1153-1154
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Book Reviews—China

Chinese Intellectuals on the World Frontier: Blazing the Black Path. By J. A. English-Lueck. Westport, Conn.: Bergin and Garvey, 1997. x, 171 pp. $59.95.

Face Off: China, the United States, and Taiwan's Democratization. By John W. Garver. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1997. xii, 193 pp. $18.95 (paper).

The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet, and the Dalai Lama. By Melvyn C. Goldstein. Berkeley.: University of California Press, 1997. xiii, 152 pp. $19.95 (cloth).

Borders of Chinese Civilization: Geography and History at Empire's End. By D. R. Howland. Durham, N.C..: Duke University Press, 1996. ix, 341 pp. $54.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).

Culture and State in Chinese History: Conventions, Accommodations, and Critique. Edited by Theodore Huters R. Bin Wong and Pauline Yu. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. 500 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

Women's Work in Rural China: Change and Continuity in an Era of Reform. By Tamara Jacka. Cambridge and New York.: Cambridge University Press, 1997. vii, 264 pp. $64.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

Two Revolutions: Village Reconstruction and the Cooperative Movement in Northern Shaanxi, 1934–1945. By Pauline B. Keating. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. ix, 340 pp. $49.50.

Adversaries and Authorities: Investigations into Ancient Greek and Chinese Science. By Geoffrey Lloyd. Cambridge.: Cambridge University Press, 1996. xvii, 250 pp. $54.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

No Tears for Mao: Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution. By Niu Niu. Translated by Enne and Peter Amman. Chicago.: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1995. 279 pp. $22.95.

Danwei: The Changing Chinese Workplace in Historical Perspective. Edited by Elizabeth Perry and Xiaobo Lu. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. 259 pp. $72.95 (cloth); $34.95 (paper).

Before Confucius: Studies in the Creation of the Chinese Classics. By Edward L. Shaughnessy. Albany.: State University of New York Press, 1997. x, 262 pp. $19.95.

Political Participation in Beijing. By Tianjian Shi. Cambridge.: Harvard University Press, 1997. xv, 322 pp. $49.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).

Policing Shanghai, 1927–1937. By Frederic WakemanJr. Berkeley.: University of California Press, 1995. xvii, 507 pp. $18.95 (paper).

Writing Women in Late Imperial China. Edited by Ellen Widmer and Kang-I Sun Chang. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. xiii, 544 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

Freeing China's Farmers: Rural Restructuring in the Reform Era. By David Zweig. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. xiii, 365 pp. $62.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

Book Reviews—Inner Asia

Apparitions of the Self: The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary, A Translation and Study of Jigme Lingpa's Dancing Moon in the Water and Dākki's Grand Secret-Talk. By Jig-med-glin Pa; translated by Janet Ġyatso. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. xxiv, 360 pp. $39.50 (cloth).

Les habitants du toit du monde. Études recueillies en hommage à Alexander W. Macdonald. Edited by Samten Karmay and Philippe Sagant. Nanterre: Societé d'Ethnologie, 1997. 747 pp.

Prisoners of Shangri-la: Tibetan Buddhism and the West. By Donald S. LopezJr. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1998. 283 pp. $25.00.

Through the Ocean Waves: The Autobiography of Bazaryn Shirendev; By Bazaryn Shirendev; translated by Temujin Onon. Bellingham, Wash.: Center for East Asian Studies at Western Washington University, 1997. liv, 231 pp. $40.00 (paper).

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