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Volume 47 - November 1988

Book Reviews—Asia General

An Introduction to Shi'i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi'ism. By Moojan Momen. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985. xxii, 397 pp.

The Emergence of a World Economy, 1500–1914: Papers of the Ninth International Congress of Economic History. Part 1: 1500–1850. Part 2: 1850–1914. Edited by Wolfram Fischer, R. Marvin McInnis, and Juergen Schneider. Wiesbaden, West Germany: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1986. 749 pp.

Encyclopedia of Asian History. Edited by Ainslee T. Embree, Robin J. Lewis, Richard W. Bulliet, Edward L. Farmer, Marius B. Jansen, David S. Lelyveld and David K. Wyatt. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988. Vol. 1: xvi, 528 pp.; vol. 2: 538 pp.; vol. 3: 516 pp.; vol. 4: 478 pp. $325.00.

Religion and the Family in East Asia. Edited by George A. DeVos and Takao Sofue. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1986. x, 267 pp. $15.95 (paper).

Movements and Issues in World Religions: A Sourcebook and Analysis of Developments Since 1945—Religion, Ideology, and Politics. Edited by Charles Wei-hsun Fu and Gerhard E. Spiegler. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1987. xii, 570 pp.

The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850–1940. By Daniel R. Headrick. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. x, 405 pp. $32.50 (cloth); $11.95 (paper).

Economic Growth in Monsoon Asia. By Harry T. Oshima. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1987. xii, 371 pp. $47.50. (Distributed by Columbia University Press)

Machinery and Economic Development. Edited by Martin Fransman. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. xviii, 274 pp. $35.00.

Heidegger and Asian Thought. Edited by Graham Parkes. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1987. x, 282 pp. $25.00.

Ethnic Groups in Conflict. By Donald L. Horowitz. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1985. xiv, 697 pp. $25.00.

Human Conditions: The Cultural Basis of Educational Developments. By Robert A. LeVine and Merry I. White. New York: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986. viii, 245 pp. $19.95.

Law and the State in Traditional East Asia: Six Studies on the Sources of East Asian Law. Edited by Brian E. McKnight. Asian Studies at Hawaii 33. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1987. x, 182 pp. $20.00.

A Comparative History of Ideas. By Hajime Nakamura. 2nd ed.New York: K.P.I., 1986. xx, 572 pp. $58.75.

Comparative Technology Choice in Development: The Indian and Japanese Cotton Textile Industries. By Keijiro Otsuka, Gustav Ranis and Gary Saxonhouse. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. viii, 247 pp. $45.00.

Pacific-Asian Issues: American and Chinese Views. Edited by Robert A. Scalapino and Chen Qimao. Research Papers and Policy Studies 17. Berkeley: University of California, Institute of East Asian Studies, 1986. viii, 289 pp. $20.00 (paper).

Land Reform and Democratic Development. By Roy L. Prosterman and Jeffrey M. Riedinger. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. xii, 313 pp. $29.50.

Women in World Religions. Edited by Arvind Sharma. McGill Studies in the History of Religions. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1987. xii, 302 pp. $34.50 (cloth); $10.95 (paper).

The Role of the Judiciary in Plural Societies. Edited by Neelan Tiruchelvam and Radhika Coomaraswamy. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. xii, 193 pp. $29.95.

Asian Power and Politics: The Cultural Dimensions of Authority. By Lucian W. Pye. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1985. xvi, 414 pp. $25.00.

Fertility in Asia: Assessing the Impact of Development Projects. Edited by John Stoeckel and Anrudh K. Jain. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. xx, 177 pp. $37.50.

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