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Volume 15 - Issue 4 - August 1956

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Book Reviews

Japan—Land and Men. An Account of the Japanese Land Reform Program—1945–51. By Laurence I. HewesJr., Ames: Iowa State College Press, 1955. ix, 154. Bibliography, Maps, Illustrations. $4.00.
Kurt Steiner
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23 March 2011, pp. 600-602
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Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868. Tr. and ed. W. G. Beasley. London: Oxford University Press, 1955. xii, 359. Appendices, Bibliography, Index. $8.00.
Robert S. Schwantes
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23 March 2011, pp. 602-604
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Anthology of Japanese Literature. From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century. Comp. and ed. Donald Keene. New York: Grove Press, 1955. 442. Introduction, Short Bibliography. $6.50.
Donald H. Shively
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23 March 2011, pp. 604-605
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A Grass Path. Tr. Yukuo Uyehara and Marjorie Sinclair. Illus. Shikō Munakata. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1955. xvi, 72. Illustrations. $3.00.
Edward G. Seidensticker
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23 March 2011, p. 606
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Korea Tomorrow: Land of the Morning Calm. By Kyung Cho Chung. New York: Macmillan, 1956. xxv, 384. Maps, Illustrations, Plate, Tables, Charts, Appendices, Bibliography, Notes, Index. $5.95.
Pow-key Sohn
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23 March 2011, pp. 607-608
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The Economic Development of Malaya. Report of a Mission Organized by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1955. xix, 707. Appendix, Index. $7.50.
Charles Wolf, Jr.
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23 March 2011, pp. 608-610
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Anh-Viêt Tu-Diên (English-Vietnamese Dictionary). By Nguyên-vǎn-Khôn. Viêt-Dǎng, 1955. Distributed by Educational Services, Washington, D. C. 1741.
Robert B. Jones
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23 March 2011, pp. 610-611
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The Impact of the West on Government in Thailand. By Walter F. Vella. University of California Publications in Political Science, Vol. IV, No. 3. Berkeley: The University of California Press, 1955. vi, 317–410. Bibliography, Index. $1.50.
David A. Wilson
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23 March 2011, pp. 611-612
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The Republic of Indonesia. By Dorothy Woodman. New York: Philosophical Library, 1955. ix, 443. Bibliography, Index, Map. $6.00.
Charles Wolf, Jr.
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We the Judges: Studies in American and Indian Constitutional Law from Marshall to Mukherjea. By William O. Douglas. New York: Doubleday, 1956. 480. Index. $6.00.
Lawrence F. Ebb
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23 March 2011, pp. 614-617
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Jobs and Workers in India. By Oscar A. Ornati. Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Report No. 3. Ithaca: Cornell University, 1955. xix, 215. Tables, Appendices, Index. $3.00 paper, $4.00 cloth.
Morris David Morris
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23 March 2011, pp. 617-620
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Indian Village. By S. C. Dube. Foreword by Morris E. Opler. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1955. xiv, 248. Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $3.00.
Gitel P. Steed
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A History of Indian Philosophy. Vol. V: The Southern Schools of Saivism. By Sukendranath Dasgupta. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1955. xiv, 204. Index. $5.00.
Karl H. Potter
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23 March 2011, pp. 622-623
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The Life of the Buddha. By Anil de Silva-Vigier. New York: Phaidon, 1955. 199. Plates, Glossary, Notes, Illustrations. $8.50.
Benjamin Rowland, Jr.
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23 March 2011, pp. 623-625
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The Golden Age of Indian Art, Vth–XIIIth Century. By Pierre Rambach and Vitold de Marie-Golish. New York: Studio Crowell, 1955. 180. Photographs, Color Plates, Diagrams and Ground Plans, Map, Notes. $8.50.
Stella Kramrisch
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23 March 2011, pp. 625-626
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Hindi Exercises and Readings. By Gordon H. Fairbanks, John Gumperz, Walter Lehn, and Harsh Vardhan. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1955. vii, 116. Glossary. $3.00 (paper).
Carleton T. Hodge
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The Asian-African Conference. By George McTurnan Kahin. New York: Cornell University Press, 1956. vi, 88. Appendix, Index. $2.00 (cloth); $1.25 (paper).
Melvin Conant
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23 March 2011, p. 627
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Hands Across Frontiers: Case Studies in Technical Cooperation. Ed. by Howard M. TeafJr., and Peter G. Franck. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1955. 579. $5.50.
Merle Curti
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United States Relations With Southeast Asia With Special Reference to Indochina 1950–1955. By Miriam S. Farley. New York: American Institute of Pacific Relations, 1955. vii, 81 (mimeo.). Appendix, Notes. $1.25.
Lawrence Finkelstein
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Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan. By Ferdinand Kuhn. Illus. J. Graham Kaye. New York: Random House, 1955. v, 183. Index. $1.50.
George Alexander Lensen
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Japan—Land and Men. An Account of the Japanese Land Reform Program—1945–51. By Laurence I. HewesJr., Ames: Iowa State College Press, 1955. ix, 154. Bibliography, Maps, Illustrations. $4.00.

Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868. Tr. and ed. W. G. Beasley. London: Oxford University Press, 1955. xii, 359. Appendices, Bibliography, Index. $8.00.

Anthology of Japanese Literature. From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century. Comp. and ed. Donald Keene. New York: Grove Press, 1955. 442. Introduction, Short Bibliography. $6.50.

A Grass Path. Tr. Yukuo Uyehara and Marjorie Sinclair. Illus. Shikō Munakata. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1955. xvi, 72. Illustrations. $3.00.

Korea Tomorrow: Land of the Morning Calm. By Kyung Cho Chung. New York: Macmillan, 1956. xxv, 384. Maps, Illustrations, Plate, Tables, Charts, Appendices, Bibliography, Notes, Index. $5.95.

The Economic Development of Malaya. Report of a Mission Organized by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1955. xix, 707. Appendix, Index. $7.50.

Anh-Viêt Tu-Diên (English-Vietnamese Dictionary). By Nguyên-vǎn-Khôn. Viêt-Dǎng, 1955. Distributed by Educational Services, Washington, D. C. 1741.

The Impact of the West on Government in Thailand. By Walter F. Vella. University of California Publications in Political Science, Vol. IV, No. 3. Berkeley: The University of California Press, 1955. vi, 317–410. Bibliography, Index. $1.50.

The Republic of Indonesia. By Dorothy Woodman. New York: Philosophical Library, 1955. ix, 443. Bibliography, Index, Map. $6.00.

We the Judges: Studies in American and Indian Constitutional Law from Marshall to Mukherjea. By William O. Douglas. New York: Doubleday, 1956. 480. Index. $6.00.

Jobs and Workers in India. By Oscar A. Ornati. Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Report No. 3. Ithaca: Cornell University, 1955. xix, 215. Tables, Appendices, Index. $3.00 paper, $4.00 cloth.

Indian Village. By S. C. Dube. Foreword by Morris E. Opler. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1955. xiv, 248. Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $3.00.

A History of Indian Philosophy. Vol. V: The Southern Schools of Saivism. By Sukendranath Dasgupta. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1955. xiv, 204. Index. $5.00.

The Life of the Buddha. By Anil de Silva-Vigier. New York: Phaidon, 1955. 199. Plates, Glossary, Notes, Illustrations. $8.50.

The Golden Age of Indian Art, Vth–XIIIth Century. By Pierre Rambach and Vitold de Marie-Golish. New York: Studio Crowell, 1955. 180. Photographs, Color Plates, Diagrams and Ground Plans, Map, Notes. $8.50.

Hindi Exercises and Readings. By Gordon H. Fairbanks, John Gumperz, Walter Lehn, and Harsh Vardhan. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1955. vii, 116. Glossary. $3.00 (paper).

Shorter Notices

The Asian-African Conference. By George McTurnan Kahin. New York: Cornell University Press, 1956. vi, 88. Appendix, Index. $2.00 (cloth); $1.25 (paper).

Hands Across Frontiers: Case Studies in Technical Cooperation. Ed. by Howard M. TeafJr., and Peter G. Franck. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1955. 579. $5.50.

United States Relations With Southeast Asia With Special Reference to Indochina 1950–1955. By Miriam S. Farley. New York: American Institute of Pacific Relations, 1955. vii, 81 (mimeo.). Appendix, Notes. $1.25.

Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan. By Ferdinand Kuhn. Illus. J. Graham Kaye. New York: Random House, 1955. v, 183. Index. $1.50.

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