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Volume 58 - Issue 1 - February 1999

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Book Reviews—Inner Asia

China's Last Nomads: The History and Culture of China's Kazaks. By Linda Benson and Ingvar Svanberg. Armonk, N.Y. and London England: M. E. Sharpe, 1998. xiv, 251 pp. $63.95 (cloth); $24.95 (cloth).
James A. Millward
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26 March 2010, pp. 184-185
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Nationalism and Hybridity in Mongolia. By Uradyn E. Bulag. Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. ill, 320 pp. $75.00 (cloth).
Christopher Atwood
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26 March 2010, pp. 185-187
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Tibet Through Dissident Chinese Eyes: Essays on Self-Determination. Edited by Cao Changching and James D. Seymour. New York: M. E. Sharpe, 1998. xxviii, 133 pp. $22.50 (paper).
Tashi Rabgey
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26 March 2010, pp. 187-188
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Book Reviews—Japan

Nō and Kyōgen in the Contemporary World. Edited by James R. Brandon. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997. x, 249 pp. $39.00.
Steven T. Brown
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26 March 2010, pp. 189-190
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Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887–1941. By David C. Evans and Mark R. Peattie. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1997. xxv, 663 pp. $49.95 (cloth).
Alvin D. Coox
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26 March 2010, pp. 190-192
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From My Grandmother's Bedside: Sketches of Postwar Tokyo. By Norma Field. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. xv, 204 pp. $24.95.
James A. Fujii
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26 March 2010, pp. 192-193
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Child of Darkness: Yōko and Other Stories. By Furui Yoshikichi. Translated with an introduction and critical commentaries by Donna George Storey Ann Arbor: Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan 1997. vii, 205 pp. $38.95 (cloth); $16.95 (paper).
Roy Starrs
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26 March 2010, pp. 193-196
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Cultural Difference, Media Memories: Anglo-American Images of Japan. Edited by Phil Hammond. London: Cassell, 1997. xxv, 229 pp. $15.99.
Harumi Befu
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26 March 2010, pp. 196-197
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Foreign Workers and Law Enforcement in Japan. By Wolfgang Herbert. New York: Kegan Paul International, 1997. x, 375 pp. $93.50.
Eric A. Feldman
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26 March 2010, pp. 197-199
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Japan: The Childless Society?. By Muriel Jolivet. New York: Routledge, 1997. 244 pp. $18.95 (paper).
Merry I. White
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26 March 2010, pp. 199-200
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Intergenerational Programs: Support for Children, Youth, and Elders in Japan. By Matthew Kaplan Atsuko Kusano Ichiro Tsuji and Shigeru Hisamichi. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. xi, 267 pp. $59.50 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).
Ruth Campbell
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26 March 2010, pp. 200-202
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The Stars Who Created Kabuki: Their Lives, Loves, and Legacy. By Laurence Kominz. Tokyo, London, New York: Kodansha International, 1997. 300 pp. $28.00.
Ted T. Takaya
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26 March 2010, pp. 202-203
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The Book in Japan: A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century. By Peter Kornicki. Handbuch der Orientalistik, Abt. 5, Japan; Bd. 7 Leiden, Boston, Küln: Brill, 1998. xviii, 498 pp. $91.25.
J. Marshall Unger
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26 March 2010, pp. 204-205
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The Origins of Japan's Medieval World: Courtiers, Clerics, Warriors, and Peasants in the Fourteenth Century. Edited by Jeffrey P. Mass. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. ix, 504 pp. $65.00.
William Wayne Farris
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26 March 2010, pp. 205-206
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Principles of Japanese Discourse: A Handbook. By Senko K. Maynard. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. viii, 309 pp. $64.95.
Mari Noda
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26 March 2010, pp. 207-208
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History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan. By Margaret Mehl. London: Macmillan Press Limited, and New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc., 1998. x, 210 pp. $65.00 (cloth).
John S. Brownlee
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26 March 2010, pp. 208-209
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Translation and Subjectivity: On “Japan” and Cultural Nationalism. By Naoki Sakai. Foreword by Meaghan Morris. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997. xxiii, 230 pp. $22.95 (paper).
Richard Torrance
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26 March 2010, pp. 210-211
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The Voyage of Contemporary Japanese Theatre. By Senda Akihiko. Translated by J. Thomas Rimer. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997. xix, 306 pp. $45.00.
David G. Goodman
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26 March 2010, pp. 211-213
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The Perception of Work in Tokugawa Japan: A Study of Ishida Baigan and Ninomiya Sontoku. By Eiji Takemura. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1997. xi, 229 pp. $46.00.
Herbert Ooms
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26 March 2010, pp. 213-214
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Religion in Japanese Culture: Where Living Traditions Meet a Changing World. Edited by Noriyoshi Tamaru and David Reid. Tokyo, New York, and London: Kodansha International, 1996. 238 pp. $28.00.
Robert Kisala
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26 March 2010, pp. 214-216
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Volume 58 - Issue 1 - February 1999

Book Reviews—Inner Asia

China's Last Nomads: The History and Culture of China's Kazaks. By Linda Benson and Ingvar Svanberg. Armonk, N.Y. and London England: M. E. Sharpe, 1998. xiv, 251 pp. $63.95 (cloth); $24.95 (cloth).

Nationalism and Hybridity in Mongolia. By Uradyn E. Bulag. Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. ill, 320 pp. $75.00 (cloth).

Tibet Through Dissident Chinese Eyes: Essays on Self-Determination. Edited by Cao Changching and James D. Seymour. New York: M. E. Sharpe, 1998. xxviii, 133 pp. $22.50 (paper).

Book Reviews—Japan

Nō and Kyōgen in the Contemporary World. Edited by James R. Brandon. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997. x, 249 pp. $39.00.

Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887–1941. By David C. Evans and Mark R. Peattie. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1997. xxv, 663 pp. $49.95 (cloth).

From My Grandmother's Bedside: Sketches of Postwar Tokyo. By Norma Field. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. xv, 204 pp. $24.95.

Child of Darkness: Yōko and Other Stories. By Furui Yoshikichi. Translated with an introduction and critical commentaries by Donna George Storey Ann Arbor: Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan 1997. vii, 205 pp. $38.95 (cloth); $16.95 (paper).

Cultural Difference, Media Memories: Anglo-American Images of Japan. Edited by Phil Hammond. London: Cassell, 1997. xxv, 229 pp. $15.99.

Foreign Workers and Law Enforcement in Japan. By Wolfgang Herbert. New York: Kegan Paul International, 1997. x, 375 pp. $93.50.

Japan: The Childless Society?. By Muriel Jolivet. New York: Routledge, 1997. 244 pp. $18.95 (paper).

Intergenerational Programs: Support for Children, Youth, and Elders in Japan. By Matthew Kaplan Atsuko Kusano Ichiro Tsuji and Shigeru Hisamichi. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. xi, 267 pp. $59.50 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

The Stars Who Created Kabuki: Their Lives, Loves, and Legacy. By Laurence Kominz. Tokyo, London, New York: Kodansha International, 1997. 300 pp. $28.00.

The Book in Japan: A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century. By Peter Kornicki. Handbuch der Orientalistik, Abt. 5, Japan; Bd. 7 Leiden, Boston, Küln: Brill, 1998. xviii, 498 pp. $91.25.

The Origins of Japan's Medieval World: Courtiers, Clerics, Warriors, and Peasants in the Fourteenth Century. Edited by Jeffrey P. Mass. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. ix, 504 pp. $65.00.

Principles of Japanese Discourse: A Handbook. By Senko K. Maynard. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. viii, 309 pp. $64.95.

History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan. By Margaret Mehl. London: Macmillan Press Limited, and New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc., 1998. x, 210 pp. $65.00 (cloth).

Translation and Subjectivity: On “Japan” and Cultural Nationalism. By Naoki Sakai. Foreword by Meaghan Morris. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997. xxiii, 230 pp. $22.95 (paper).

The Voyage of Contemporary Japanese Theatre. By Senda Akihiko. Translated by J. Thomas Rimer. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997. xix, 306 pp. $45.00.

The Perception of Work in Tokugawa Japan: A Study of Ishida Baigan and Ninomiya Sontoku. By Eiji Takemura. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1997. xi, 229 pp. $46.00.

Religion in Japanese Culture: Where Living Traditions Meet a Changing World. Edited by Noriyoshi Tamaru and David Reid. Tokyo, New York, and London: Kodansha International, 1996. 238 pp. $28.00.

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