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ISSN: 0022-4634

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Volume 17 - March 1986

Book Reviews

Pioneers of Singapore: A Catalogue of Oral History Interviews. Singapore: Archives and Oral History Department, Ministry of Culture, 1984. Pp xi, 171. Synopsis, Index.

The Buddhist Saints of the Forest and the Cult of Amulets. By S. J. Tambiah. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. Pp. x, 414. Introduction and manifesto, Index.

Red Star Over Malaya: Resistance and Social Conflict During and After the Japanese Occupation of Malaya, 1941–46. By Cheah Boon Kheng. Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1983. Pp. xvi, 366. Plates, Maps, Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Appendices, Bibliography, Index.

Resource Scarcity and the Hmong Response. By Robert Cooper. Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1984. Pp. xxiii, 314. Tables, Maps, Illustrations, Foreword, Preface, Notes, Bibliography, Author Index, Subject Index.

The Reflowering of Malaysian Islam: Modern Religious Radicals and Their Roots. By Judith Nagata. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1984. Pp. xxv, 282. Glossary, Notes, Bibliography, Appendices, Index.

Feasts of Honor: Ritual and Change in the Toraja Highlands. By Toby Alice Volkman. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1985. Pp. xi, 217. Photographs, Maps, Bibliography, Index. Paperback.

Coolies and Mandarins: China's Protection of Overseas Chinese during the Late Ch'ing Period (1851–1911). By Yen Ching-Hwang. Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1985. Pp. xvi, 413. Foreword by Wang Gungwu, Glossary, Bibliography, Index.

Indonesian Legal History 1602–1848. By John Ball. Sydney: Oughtershaw Press, 1982. Pp. viii, 300. Notes, Bibliography, Index.

Indonesian Legal History: British West Sumatra 1685–1825. By John Ball. Sydney: Oughtershaw Press, 1984. Pp. viii, 307. Notes, Bibliography, Index.

The Philippine Economy and the United States: Studies in Past and Present Interactions. Edited by Norman G. Owen. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Center for South and Southeast Asia, 1983. Pp. xv, 208.

Understanding Indonesia. Edited by Leslie Palmier. Aldershot, Hampshire: Gower Publishing Company, 1985. Pp. xii, 113. Maps, Authors, Preface, Introduction, Further Reading. Hardcover. £13.50.

Thailand: A Short History. By David K. Wyatt. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984. Pp. xviii, 351. Illustrations, Tables, Appendices, Further Reading, Index.

Travellers' Tales of Old Singapore. Compiled by Michael Wise and Mun Him Wise. Singapore: Times Books International, 1985. Pp. 275. List of Authors, Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Index.

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The End of the Absolute Monarchy in Siam. By Benjamin A. Batson. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1984. Pp. xviii, 349. Plates, Appendices, Bibliography, Index.

Revolution and its Aftermath in Kampuchea: Eight Essays. Edited by David P. Chandler and Ben Kiernan. New Haven: Yale University Southeast Asia Studies Monograph Series No. 25. Pp. x, 319. Acknowledgements, Introduction, Notes on Contributors.

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Western Impressions of Nature and Landscape in Southeast Asia. By Victor R. Savage. Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1984. Pp. xiii, 456. Maps, Plates, Appendix, Bibliography, Index.

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