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Volume 41 - Issue 1 - November 1981

Book Reviews—South Asia

The Divine Player: A Study of Kṛṣṇa Līlā. By David R. Kinsley. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1979. xii, 306 pp. Selected Bibliography, Index. Rs 65.

Doctors and Society: Three Asian Case Studies. By T. N. Madan New Delhi, India: Vikas Publishing, 1980. viii, 303 pp. Contributors, Tables, References, Index. N.p.

Administration of Lord Elgin in India: 1894–99. By P. L. Malhotra. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing, 1979. xviii, 216 pp. Bibliography, Index. $15. (Distributed by Advent Books, New York, N.Y.)

The Disintegrating Village: Social Change in Rural Sri Lanka. Edited by Barrie M. Morrison, M. P. Moore, and M. U. Ishak Lebbe. Colombo: Lake House Investments, 1979. ix, 273 pp. Index. N.p.

The Play of the Gods: Locality, Ideology, Structure, and Time in the Festivals of a Bengali Town. By Akos Östör. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980. x, 218 pp. Notes, Glossary, References, Index. $27 (cloth).

Bharatiya Jana Sangh: Organization and Ideology. By Geeta Puri. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1980. ix, 292 pp. Selected Bibliography, Index. Rs 90.

Basic Needs, Poverty and Government Policies in Sri Lanka. By Peter Richards and Wilbert Gooneratne. Geneva: International Labour Office, 1980. 176 pp. Sw F 17.50.

The Politics of Inequality: Competition and Control in an Indian Village. By Miriam Sharma. Hawaii: The University Press of Hawaii (Asian Studies at Hawaii, No. 22), 1978. 262 pp. Plates, Maps, Tables, Glossary, Notes and References, Bibliography, Index. $9.50.

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

The Imagination of Reality: Essays in Southeast Asian Coherence Systems. Edited by A. L. Becker and Aram A. Yengoyan. Norwood, N.J.: Ablex, 1979. xvi, 336 pp. Figures, Tables, Appendixes, References, Indexes. $25 (cloth).

The British in Malaya 1880-1941: The Social History of a European Community in Colonial South-East Asia. By John G. Butcher. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1979. xix, 293 pp. Plates, Figures, Maps, Tables, Glossary, Appendixes, Notes, Bibliography, List of Persons Interviewed, Index. $34.95.

The Iloilo Zarzuela: 1903–1930. By Doreen G. Fernandez. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1978. xiv, 268 pp. Plates, Appendixes, Bibliography, Index. $21.25 (cloth). (Distributed by the Cellar Book Shop)

Language and Cultural Description: Essays by Charles O. Frake. By Charles O. Frake; compiled by Anwar S. Dil. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1980. Bibliography. $17.50.

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