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Volume 58 - Issue 1 - February 1999

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Book Reviews—South Asia

A Part, Yet Apart: South Asians in Asian America. Edited by Lavina Dhingra Shanra and Rajini Srikanth. Asian American History and Culture Sucheng Chang, David Palumbo-Liu, and Michael Omi, Series Editors. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998. xv, 270 pp. $59.95(cloth); $22.95 (paper).
Brian Keith Axel
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26 March 2010, pp. 249-250
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Many Heads, Arms and Eyes: Origin, Meaning and Form of Multiplicity in Indian Art. By Doris Meth Srinivasan. Studies in Asian Art and Archaeology, volume xx. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997. 355 pp.
Carol Radcliffe Bolon
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26 March 2010, pp. 250-251
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The Land of the Tiger: A Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent. By Valmik Thapar. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. Copublication with BBC Books. 288 pp. $29.95 (cloth).
Richard P. Tucker
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26 March 2010, pp. 252-253
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A Carnival for Science: Essays on Science, Technology and Development. By Shiv Visvanathan. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997, 249 pp.
Itty Abraham
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26 March 2010, pp. 253-255
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Imaging Sound: An Ethnomusicological Study of Music, Art, and Culture in Mughal India. By Bonnie C. Wade. Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Series. Philip V. Bohlman and Bruno Nettl, Series Editors. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1998, lvi, 276 pp. $80.00 (cloth).
Milo C. Beach
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26 March 2010, pp. 255-256
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Kerala's Demographic Transition: Determinants and Consequent. Edited by K. C. Zachariah and S. Irudaya Rajan. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1997, 367 pp. $39.95 (cloth).
Bertil Egerö
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26 March 2010, pp. 256-258
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Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Democracy and Authoritarianism in Indonesia and Malaysia: The Rise of the Post- Colonial State. By Syed Farid Alatas. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998, xix, 233 pp. $59.95 (cloth).
Daniel S. Lev
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26 March 2010, pp. 258-259
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Exemplary Centre, Administrative Periphery: Rural Leadership and the New Order in Java. By Hans Antlöv. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series, No. 68. Richmond: Curzon Press, 1995, 222 pp.
Robert W. Hefner
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26 March 2010, pp. 259-260
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Economic Change in South-East Asia, c. 1830–1980. By Ian Brown, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997, xvii, 300 pp. $52.00.
Craig A. Lockard
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26 March 2010, pp. 260-262
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Hindu-Buddhist Architecture in Southeast Asia. By Daigoro Chihara. Translated by Rolf W. Giebel. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996, xxiii, 278 pp. $172.50.
Robert L. Brown
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26 March 2010, pp. 262-264
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Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors. Compiled by Dith Pran. Introduction by Ben Kiernan. Edited by Kim DePaul. New Haven, Conn. and London: Yale University Press, 1997. xvii, 199 pp.
Nancy J. Smith-Hefner
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26 March 2010, pp. 264-265
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Officiële Bescheiden betreffende de Nederlands-Indonesische Betrekkingen 1945–1950. Vol. 20 (Sept. 16–Dec. 31, 1949). Edited by P. J. Drooglever and M. J. B. Schouten. Gravenhage: Instituut voor Geschiedenis, 1996. xxxi, 929 pp. Fl. 95.00.
Paul W. van der Veur
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26 March 2010, pp. 265-267
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Leadership and Culture in Indonesian Politics. By R. William Liddle. Sydney: Asian Studies Association of Australia in association with Allen and Unwin, 1996. v, 314 pp. $34.95 (paper). Distributed by Paul and Company.
Marvin L. Rogers
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26 March 2010, pp. 267-268
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Ancient History. Edited by John Miksic. Singapore: Archipelago Press, 1997. 148 pp.
Ian C. Glover
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26 March 2010, pp. 268-269
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Mansfield and Vietnam: A Study in Rhetorical Adaptation. By Gregory A. Olsen. East Lansing: University of Michigan Press, 1995. xi, 349 pp. $39.95.
Marc Jason Gilbert
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26 March 2010, pp. 269-271
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Southeast Asia: The Human Landscape of Modernization and Development. By Jonathan Rigg. London and New York: Routledge, 1997. xxv, 326 pp. $69.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).
James F. Eder
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26 March 2010, pp. 272-273
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Politics in Indonesia: Democracy, Islam and the Ideology of Tolerance. By Douglas E. Ramage. London and New York: Routledge, 1995. xviii, 272 pp. $25.99 (paper).
Robert W. Hefner
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26 March 2010, pp. 271-272
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Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition. By John Stevenson and John Guy. Chicago: Art Media Resources and Avery Press, 1997. 422 pp. $125.00.
Nora A. Taylor
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26 March 2010, pp. 274-275
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Java en Madura in de Uitvoerende Kunsten: Th. G. Th. Pigeaud's Javaanse Volksvertoningen en Latere Studies, 1817–1995. By Victoria M. Clara Van Groenendael. Leiden: KITLV Press, 1995. vii, 267 pp. $33.50 (paper).
Pauline D. Milone
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26 March 2010, pp. 275-276
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26 March 2010, p. 277
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Volume 58 - Issue 1 - February 1999

Book Reviews—South Asia

A Part, Yet Apart: South Asians in Asian America. Edited by Lavina Dhingra Shanra and Rajini Srikanth. Asian American History and Culture Sucheng Chang, David Palumbo-Liu, and Michael Omi, Series Editors. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998. xv, 270 pp. $59.95(cloth); $22.95 (paper).

Many Heads, Arms and Eyes: Origin, Meaning and Form of Multiplicity in Indian Art. By Doris Meth Srinivasan. Studies in Asian Art and Archaeology, volume xx. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997. 355 pp.

The Land of the Tiger: A Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent. By Valmik Thapar. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. Copublication with BBC Books. 288 pp. $29.95 (cloth).

A Carnival for Science: Essays on Science, Technology and Development. By Shiv Visvanathan. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997, 249 pp.

Imaging Sound: An Ethnomusicological Study of Music, Art, and Culture in Mughal India. By Bonnie C. Wade. Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Series. Philip V. Bohlman and Bruno Nettl, Series Editors. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1998, lvi, 276 pp. $80.00 (cloth).

Kerala's Demographic Transition: Determinants and Consequent. Edited by K. C. Zachariah and S. Irudaya Rajan. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1997, 367 pp. $39.95 (cloth).

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Democracy and Authoritarianism in Indonesia and Malaysia: The Rise of the Post- Colonial State. By Syed Farid Alatas. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998, xix, 233 pp. $59.95 (cloth).

Exemplary Centre, Administrative Periphery: Rural Leadership and the New Order in Java. By Hans Antlöv. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series, No. 68. Richmond: Curzon Press, 1995, 222 pp.

Economic Change in South-East Asia, c. 1830–1980. By Ian Brown, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997, xvii, 300 pp. $52.00.

Hindu-Buddhist Architecture in Southeast Asia. By Daigoro Chihara. Translated by Rolf W. Giebel. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996, xxiii, 278 pp. $172.50.

Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors. Compiled by Dith Pran. Introduction by Ben Kiernan. Edited by Kim DePaul. New Haven, Conn. and London: Yale University Press, 1997. xvii, 199 pp.

Officiële Bescheiden betreffende de Nederlands-Indonesische Betrekkingen 1945–1950. Vol. 20 (Sept. 16–Dec. 31, 1949). Edited by P. J. Drooglever and M. J. B. Schouten. Gravenhage: Instituut voor Geschiedenis, 1996. xxxi, 929 pp. Fl. 95.00.

Leadership and Culture in Indonesian Politics. By R. William Liddle. Sydney: Asian Studies Association of Australia in association with Allen and Unwin, 1996. v, 314 pp. $34.95 (paper). Distributed by Paul and Company.

Ancient History. Edited by John Miksic. Singapore: Archipelago Press, 1997. 148 pp.

Mansfield and Vietnam: A Study in Rhetorical Adaptation. By Gregory A. Olsen. East Lansing: University of Michigan Press, 1995. xi, 349 pp. $39.95.

Southeast Asia: The Human Landscape of Modernization and Development. By Jonathan Rigg. London and New York: Routledge, 1997. xxv, 326 pp. $69.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).

Politics in Indonesia: Democracy, Islam and the Ideology of Tolerance. By Douglas E. Ramage. London and New York: Routledge, 1995. xviii, 272 pp. $25.99 (paper).

Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition. By John Stevenson and John Guy. Chicago: Art Media Resources and Avery Press, 1997. 422 pp. $125.00.

Java en Madura in de Uitvoerende Kunsten: Th. G. Th. Pigeaud's Javaanse Volksvertoningen en Latere Studies, 1817–1995. By Victoria M. Clara Van Groenendael. Leiden: KITLV Press, 1995. vii, 267 pp. $33.50 (paper).

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