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Volume 59 - Issue 1 - February 2000

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Book Reviews—Japan

Japan's Protoindustrial Elite: The Economic Foundations of the Gōnō. By Edward E. Pratt. Cambridge.: Harvard University Asia Center, 1999. xvi, 260 pp. $39.50.
David L. Howell
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26 March 2010, pp. 179-180
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An Artless Art: The Zen Aesthetic of Shiga Naoya. By Roy Starrs. Richmond, Surrey.: Japan Library, 1998. v, 261 pp. £40.00.
Philip Gabriel
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26 March 2010, pp. 180-182
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Les Sources Spirituelles de la Peinture de Sesshū. By Hiromi Tsukui. Paris.: Collège de France Institut des Hautes Etudes Japonaises, 1998. 364 pp.
Christine Guth
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26 March 2010, pp. 182-183
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A Vision of a New Liberalism? Critical Essays on Murakami's Anticlassical Analysis. Edited by Kozo Yamamura. Standford.: Stanford University Press, 1997. 312 pp. $49.50.
Terutomo Ozawa
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26 March 2010, pp. 183-185
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Sandakan Brothel No. 8: An Episode in the History of Lower-class Japanese Women. ByYamazaki Tomoko. Translated by Karen Colligan-Taylor. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1999. xliv, 215 pp. $19.95.
Sally A. Hastings
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26 March 2010, pp. 185-186
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Chaos and Order in the Works of Natsume Sōseki. By Angela Yiu. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1998. ix, 247 pp. $42.00.
Atsuko Sakaki
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26 March 2010, pp. 186-188
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Book Reviews—South Asia

The Sculpture of Early Medieval Rajasthan. By Cynthia Packert Atherton. Studies in Asian Art and Archaeology. Continuation of Studies in South Asian Culture. Edited by Jan Fontein. Vol. 21. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997. xiv, 130 pp. $88.50 (cloth).
Darielle Mason
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26 March 2010, pp. 188-189
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Community Conflicts and the State in India. Edited by Amrita Basu and Atul Kohli. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. xi, 287 pp. $29.95(cloth).
Robert Moog
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26 March 2010, pp. 189-191
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Constructing the Colonial Encounter: Right and Left Hand Castes in Early Colonial South India. By Niels Brimnes. London: Curzon Press, 1999. viii, 280 pp.
Pamela Price
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26 March 2010, pp. 191-192
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Indian Art Worlds in Contention: Local, Regional and National Discourses on Orissan Patta Paintings. By Helle Bundgaard. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series, No. 80. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 1999. 247 pp. $45.00 (cloth).
Elinor W. Gadon
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26 March 2010, pp. 192-194
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Land and Labor Relations in South-West Bangladesh: Resources, Power and Conflict. By Anjan Kumar Datta. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. xvii, 282 pp. $69.95 (cloth).
K. Sivaramakrishnan
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26 March 2010, pp. 194-195
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Splitting the Difference: Gender and Myth in Ancient Greece and India. By Wendy Doniger. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. xii, 376 pp. $20.00 (paper).
Elizabeth A. Petroff
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26 March 2010, pp. 195-197
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A Subaltern Studies Reader, 1986–1995. Edited by Ranajit Guha. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997. xxii, 302 pp. $57.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper). - Subaltern Studies IX: Writings on South Asian History and Society. Edited by Shahid Amin and Dipesh Chakrabarty. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. x 284 pp. $29.95 (cloth); $9.95 (paper).
Christopher V. Hill
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26 March 2010, pp. 197-199
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Mohammed Ayub Khuhro: A Life of Courage in Politics. By Hamida Khuhro. Lahore: Ferozsons Ltd., 1998. 576 pp. Rs.595(cloth).
Robert Nichols
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26 March 2010, pp. 200-201
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Colonialism, Property and the State. By Dharma Kumar. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. viii, 385 pp. $35.00 (cloth).
Sudipta Sen
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26 March 2010, pp. 201-202
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The Artful Universe: An Introduction to the Vedic Religious Imagination. By William K. Mahony. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. xii, 325 pp. $65.50 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).
Laurie L. Patton
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26 March 2010, p. 203
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The Character of Logic in India. By Bimal Krishna Matilal. Edited by Jonardon Ganeri and Heeraman Tiwari. SUNY Series in Indian Thought: Texts and Studies, Wilhelm Halbfass, Editor. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999. ix, 180 pp. $59.50 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).
Edwin Gerow
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26 March 2010, pp. 203-205
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Public Finance: Policy Issues for India. Edited by Sudipto Mundle. Oxford India Themes in Economics. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. vii, 312 pp. $29.95 (cloth).
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal
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26 March 2010, pp. 205-206
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Gandhian Visions and Values: The Moral Quest for Change in Indian Agriculture. By Vivek Pinto. New Delhi, Thousand Oaks, Calif, and London: Sage Publications, 1998. 176 pp. $29–95 (cloth).
Bradley S. Clough
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26 March 2010, pp. 206-208
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From the Ocean of Painting: India's Popular Paintings, 1589 to the Present. By Barbara Rossi. With contributions by Roy Craven, Jr. and Stuart Cary Welch. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. xiv, 295 pp. $49.50 (cloth).
Mary-Ann Milford-Lutzker
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26 March 2010, pp. 208-209
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Book Reviews—Japan

Japan's Protoindustrial Elite: The Economic Foundations of the Gōnō. By Edward E. Pratt. Cambridge.: Harvard University Asia Center, 1999. xvi, 260 pp. $39.50.

An Artless Art: The Zen Aesthetic of Shiga Naoya. By Roy Starrs. Richmond, Surrey.: Japan Library, 1998. v, 261 pp. £40.00.

Les Sources Spirituelles de la Peinture de Sesshū. By Hiromi Tsukui. Paris.: Collège de France Institut des Hautes Etudes Japonaises, 1998. 364 pp.

A Vision of a New Liberalism? Critical Essays on Murakami's Anticlassical Analysis. Edited by Kozo Yamamura. Standford.: Stanford University Press, 1997. 312 pp. $49.50.

Sandakan Brothel No. 8: An Episode in the History of Lower-class Japanese Women. ByYamazaki Tomoko. Translated by Karen Colligan-Taylor. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1999. xliv, 215 pp. $19.95.

Chaos and Order in the Works of Natsume Sōseki. By Angela Yiu. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1998. ix, 247 pp. $42.00.

Book Reviews—South Asia

The Sculpture of Early Medieval Rajasthan. By Cynthia Packert Atherton. Studies in Asian Art and Archaeology. Continuation of Studies in South Asian Culture. Edited by Jan Fontein. Vol. 21. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997. xiv, 130 pp. $88.50 (cloth).

Community Conflicts and the State in India. Edited by Amrita Basu and Atul Kohli. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. xi, 287 pp. $29.95(cloth).

Constructing the Colonial Encounter: Right and Left Hand Castes in Early Colonial South India. By Niels Brimnes. London: Curzon Press, 1999. viii, 280 pp.

Indian Art Worlds in Contention: Local, Regional and National Discourses on Orissan Patta Paintings. By Helle Bundgaard. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series, No. 80. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 1999. 247 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Land and Labor Relations in South-West Bangladesh: Resources, Power and Conflict. By Anjan Kumar Datta. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. xvii, 282 pp. $69.95 (cloth).

Splitting the Difference: Gender and Myth in Ancient Greece and India. By Wendy Doniger. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. xii, 376 pp. $20.00 (paper).

Mohammed Ayub Khuhro: A Life of Courage in Politics. By Hamida Khuhro. Lahore: Ferozsons Ltd., 1998. 576 pp. Rs.595(cloth).

Colonialism, Property and the State. By Dharma Kumar. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. viii, 385 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

The Artful Universe: An Introduction to the Vedic Religious Imagination. By William K. Mahony. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. xii, 325 pp. $65.50 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).

The Character of Logic in India. By Bimal Krishna Matilal. Edited by Jonardon Ganeri and Heeraman Tiwari. SUNY Series in Indian Thought: Texts and Studies, Wilhelm Halbfass, Editor. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999. ix, 180 pp. $59.50 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

Public Finance: Policy Issues for India. Edited by Sudipto Mundle. Oxford India Themes in Economics. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. vii, 312 pp. $29.95 (cloth).

Gandhian Visions and Values: The Moral Quest for Change in Indian Agriculture. By Vivek Pinto. New Delhi, Thousand Oaks, Calif, and London: Sage Publications, 1998. 176 pp. $29–95 (cloth).

From the Ocean of Painting: India's Popular Paintings, 1589 to the Present. By Barbara Rossi. With contributions by Roy Craven, Jr. and Stuart Cary Welch. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. xiv, 295 pp. $49.50 (cloth).

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