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Volume 44 - Issue 2 - February 1985

Book Reviews—Korea

Balance of Intrigue: International Rivalry in Korea and Manchuria 1884–1899. Vols. 1 and 2. By George Alexander Lensen. Gainsville, Fla.: University Presses of Florida, 1982. xviii, 986 pp. Notes, Bibliography, Index. $62.60 (cloth).

Une Femme à la recherche d'une illusion et cinq autres nouvelles [A Woman in Search of an Illusion and Five Other Short Stories]. Translated from Korean by Marc Orange. Paris: Eibel/Fanlac, 1980. 281 pp. N.p. (Distributed by Les Argonautes, 9 rue Edouard-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France.)

Book Reviews—South Asia

Novelists and Political Consciousness: Literary Expression of Indian Nationalism, 1919–1947. By Suresht Renjen Bald. Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press, 1982. xvi, 175 pp. Bibliography, Index. $16.25.

Colonialism in Sri Lanka: The Political Economy of the Kandyan Highlands, 1833–1866. By Asoka Bandarage. Berlin: Mouton, 1983. xiv, 404 pp. Appendixes, References, Figures, Maps, Tables. DM 156.

Aspects of Indo-British Economic Relations, 1858–1898. By A. K. Banerji. Bombay: Oxford University Press, 1982. xvii, 255 pp. Tables, Statements, References, Index. Rs 120.

Emergence of Bangladesh and Role of Awami League. By Md. Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan. Delhi: Vikas, 1982. vii, 288 pp. Tables, Select Bibliography, Index. $30. (Distributed by Advent Books in the United States and Canada.)

Dance and Music in South Asian Drama—Chhau, Mayākālī pyākhan, and Yakshagāna: Report of Asian Traditional Performing Arts, 1981. Tokyo: The Japan Foundation, 1983. xx, 354 pp. Illustrations, Musical and Dance Notations, Bibliography, Glossary-Index, Appendixes. N.p.

The The Religious System of the Mahānubhāva Sect: The Mahānubhāva Sūtrapāṭha. By Anne Feldhaus. Delhi: Manohar, 1983. ix, 285 pp. Appendixes, Bibliography and Abbreviations, Indices, Glossary. $27.50. (Distributed in the United States by South Asia Books, P.O.B. 502, Columbia, Mo. 65205.)

Pakistan: The Roots of Dictatorship (The Political Economy of a Praetorian State). Edited by Hassan Gardezi and Jamil Rashid. London: Zed Press, 1983. xviii, 394 pp. Tables, Bibliography, Index. $40.50 (cloth); $12.50 (paper).

Śiva in Dance, Myth, and Iconography. By Anne-Marie Gaston. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1982. xi, 242 pp. Tables, Appendixes, Glossary, Bibliography, Notes, Index. Rs200.

India Within the Ganges. By Susan Gole. New Delhi: Jayaprints, 1983. 283 pp. Illustrations, Maps, Bibliography, Indices. $34.

Krishna, The Butter Thief. By John Stratton Hawley. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1983. xxi, 415pp. Illustrations, Appendixes, Glossary, Index. $40.

Islamic Society and Culture: Essays in Honour of Professor Aziz Ahmad. Edited by Milton Israel and N. K. Wagle. Delhi: Manohar, 1983. x, 383 pp. $32.

Karma: An Anthropological Inquiry. Edited by Charles F. Keyes and E. Valentine Daniel. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. x, 314 pp. Tables, Index, Glossary. $27.50.

Brick Temples of Bengal: From the Archives of David McCutchion. Edited by George Michell. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1983. xvii, 254 pp. 803 Illustrations, Maps, Bibliographies. List of Principal Temples and Index. $85.

India: History and Thought (Essays in Honour of A. L. Basham). Edited by S. N. Mukherjee. Calcutta: Subarnarekha, 1982. xii, 331 pp. Tables, Glossary, Maps, Bibliography. Rs 180.

Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation. By T. J. Nossiter. Berkeley: University of California Press (for the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London), 1982. xv, 462 pp. Maps, Tables, Appendixes, Bibliography, Index. $35.

An Anthology of Modern Writing from Sri Lanka. Edited by Ranjini Obeyesekere and Chitra Fernando. (Association for Asian Studies Monograph, no. 38). Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, 1981. xv, 307 pp. $12.95 (cloth); $6.50 (paper).

Concepts of Person: Kinship, Caste, and Marriage in India. Edited by Ákos Östör, Lina Fruzzetti, and Steve Barnett. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982. xv, 271 pp. Figures, Tables, References, Index. $35.

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