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Volume 61 - Issue 2 - May 2002

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Book Reviews—South Asia

The Rumour of Calcutta: Tourism, Charity, and the Poverty of Representation. By John Hutnyk. London and New Jersey: ZED Books, 1996. 246 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $22.50 (paper).
Bodhisattva Kar
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26 March 2010, pp. 752-753
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Sharing Water: Irrigation and Water Management in the Hindukush–Karakoram–Himalaya. Edited by Hermann Kreutzmann. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. xxii, 283 pp. $35.00 (cloth).
R. Thomas Rosin
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26 March 2010, pp. 753-755
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Lessons from Schools: The History of Education in Banaras. By Nita Kumar. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2000. 232 pp. $45.00 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).
Manu Bhagavan
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26 March 2010, pp. 755-757
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Dissenting Knowledges, Open Futures: The Multiple Selves and Strange Destination of Ashis Nandy. Edited by Vinay Lal. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. 352 pp. $35.00 (cloth).
Bodhisattva Kar
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26 March 2010, pp. 757-758
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Kinship, Honour, and Money in Rural Pakistan: Subsistence Economy and the Effects of Internal Migration. By Alain Lefebvre. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 1999. 303 pp. $49.00 (cloth).
Stephen Lyon
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26 March 2010, pp. 758-760
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Ambiguities of Heritage: Fictions and Polemics. By C. M. Naim. New York: City Press, 1999. 213 pp.
Bob Pokrant
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26 March 2010, pp. 760-761
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Mirza Ghalib: A Creative Biography. By Natalia Prigarina. Translated by M. Osama Faruqi. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2000. 361 pp. $38.00 (cloth).
Frances W. Pritchett
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26 March 2010, pp. 761-763
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Providence and the Raj: Imperial Mission and Missionary Imperialism. By Gerald Studdert-Kennedy. New Delhi: Sage Publications; London: Thousand Oaks, 1998. 273 pp. $44.95 (cloth).
Ines G. Županov
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26 March 2010, pp. 763-764
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Penumbral Visions: Making Polities in Early Modern South India. By Sanjay Subrahmanyam. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2001. xvi, 295 pp. $49.50 (cloth).
Michael H. Fisher
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26 March 2010, pp. 764-766
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Making Meaning of Indian Cinema. Edited by Ravi S. Vasudevan. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 317 pp. $12.95 (cloth).
Herman van Olphen
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26 March 2010, pp. 766-767
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Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Bugis Navigation. By Gene Ammarell. New Haven: Yale University Southeast Asian Studies, 1999. xiv, 299 pp., plus 4 folded maps. $38.00 (cloth); $27.00 (paper).
Jennifer L. Gaynor
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26 March 2010, pp. 767-769
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Structuralism's Transformations: Order and Revision in Indonesian and Malaysian Societies. Edited by Lorraine V. Arragon and Susan D. Russell. Tempe: Arizona State University Program for Southeast Asian Studies, 1999. lxii, 402 pp. $24.95 (paper).
Barbara Watson Andaya
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26 March 2010, pp. 769-772
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Chinese Business in Malaysia: Accumulation, Accommodation, and Ascendance. By Edmund Terence Gomez. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999. xxi, 234 pp. $42.00 (cloth).
Chia Oai Peng
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26 March 2010, pp. 773-774
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Civil Islam: Muslims and Democratization in Indonesia. By Robert W. Hefner. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000. xxiv, 286 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $17.95 (paper).
Richard C. Martin
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26 March 2010, pp. 774-776
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The Politics of Multiculturalism: Pluralism and Citizenship in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. Edited by Robert W. Hefner. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2001. 410 pp. $54.00 (cloth); $27.95 (paper).
Rita Smith Kipp
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26 March 2010, pp. 776-778
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Raiding, Trading, and Feasting: The Political Economy of Philippine Chiefdoms. By Laura Lee Junker. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999. x, 477 pp. $46.00 (cloth).
Thomas Gibson
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26 March 2010, pp. 778-779
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Prisoner of the Word: A Memoir of the Vietnamese Reeducation Camps. By Le Hu'u Tri. Seattle: Black Heron Press, 2001. 275 pp. $25.95 (cloth).
Craig Loomis
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26 March 2010, pp. 780-781
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The Mass Media in Vietnam. Edited by David G. Marr. Political and Social Change Monograph 25. Canberra: Department of Political and Social Change, The Australian National University, 1998. 166 pp.
John A. Lent
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26 March 2010, pp. 781-782
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American Exiles in the Philippines, 1941–1996: A Collected Oral Narrative. Collected and edited by Joseph P. McCallus. Quezon City: New Day Publishers, 1999. xxx, 254 pp. $53.00 (paper).
Donald E. Douglas
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26 March 2010, pp. 782-784
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Inside Thai Society: Religion, Everyday Life, Change. By Niels Mulder. Chiangmai: Silkworm Books, 2000. vi, 152 pp. $18.95 (paper).
Hjorleifur Jonsson
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26 March 2010, pp. 784-786
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Book Reviews—South Asia

The Rumour of Calcutta: Tourism, Charity, and the Poverty of Representation. By John Hutnyk. London and New Jersey: ZED Books, 1996. 246 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $22.50 (paper).

Sharing Water: Irrigation and Water Management in the Hindukush–Karakoram–Himalaya. Edited by Hermann Kreutzmann. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. xxii, 283 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

Lessons from Schools: The History of Education in Banaras. By Nita Kumar. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2000. 232 pp. $45.00 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).

Dissenting Knowledges, Open Futures: The Multiple Selves and Strange Destination of Ashis Nandy. Edited by Vinay Lal. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. 352 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

Kinship, Honour, and Money in Rural Pakistan: Subsistence Economy and the Effects of Internal Migration. By Alain Lefebvre. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 1999. 303 pp. $49.00 (cloth).

Ambiguities of Heritage: Fictions and Polemics. By C. M. Naim. New York: City Press, 1999. 213 pp.

Mirza Ghalib: A Creative Biography. By Natalia Prigarina. Translated by M. Osama Faruqi. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2000. 361 pp. $38.00 (cloth).

Providence and the Raj: Imperial Mission and Missionary Imperialism. By Gerald Studdert-Kennedy. New Delhi: Sage Publications; London: Thousand Oaks, 1998. 273 pp. $44.95 (cloth).

Penumbral Visions: Making Polities in Early Modern South India. By Sanjay Subrahmanyam. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2001. xvi, 295 pp. $49.50 (cloth).

Making Meaning of Indian Cinema. Edited by Ravi S. Vasudevan. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 317 pp. $12.95 (cloth).

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Bugis Navigation. By Gene Ammarell. New Haven: Yale University Southeast Asian Studies, 1999. xiv, 299 pp., plus 4 folded maps. $38.00 (cloth); $27.00 (paper).

Structuralism's Transformations: Order and Revision in Indonesian and Malaysian Societies. Edited by Lorraine V. Arragon and Susan D. Russell. Tempe: Arizona State University Program for Southeast Asian Studies, 1999. lxii, 402 pp. $24.95 (paper).

Chinese Business in Malaysia: Accumulation, Accommodation, and Ascendance. By Edmund Terence Gomez. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999. xxi, 234 pp. $42.00 (cloth).

Civil Islam: Muslims and Democratization in Indonesia. By Robert W. Hefner. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000. xxiv, 286 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $17.95 (paper).

The Politics of Multiculturalism: Pluralism and Citizenship in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. Edited by Robert W. Hefner. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2001. 410 pp. $54.00 (cloth); $27.95 (paper).

Raiding, Trading, and Feasting: The Political Economy of Philippine Chiefdoms. By Laura Lee Junker. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999. x, 477 pp. $46.00 (cloth).

Prisoner of the Word: A Memoir of the Vietnamese Reeducation Camps. By Le Hu'u Tri. Seattle: Black Heron Press, 2001. 275 pp. $25.95 (cloth).

The Mass Media in Vietnam. Edited by David G. Marr. Political and Social Change Monograph 25. Canberra: Department of Political and Social Change, The Australian National University, 1998. 166 pp.

American Exiles in the Philippines, 1941–1996: A Collected Oral Narrative. Collected and edited by Joseph P. McCallus. Quezon City: New Day Publishers, 1999. xxx, 254 pp. $53.00 (paper).

Inside Thai Society: Religion, Everyday Life, Change. By Niels Mulder. Chiangmai: Silkworm Books, 2000. vi, 152 pp. $18.95 (paper).

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