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.
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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.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 324-326
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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.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 837-838
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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).
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 95-97
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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.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 326-327
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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).
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 838-839
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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)
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 575-576
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Machinery and Economic Development. Edited by Martin Fransman. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. xviii, 274 pp. $35.00.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 97-98
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Heidegger and Asian Thought. Edited by Graham Parkes. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1987. x, 282 pp. $25.00.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 576-578
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Ethnic Groups in Conflict. By Donald L. Horowitz. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1985. xiv, 697 pp. $25.00.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 839-841
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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.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 98-100
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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.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 328-329
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A Comparative History of Ideas. By Hajime Nakamura. 2nd ed.New York: K.P.I., 1986. xx, 572 pp. $58.75.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 329-330
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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.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 841-842
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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).
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 100-102
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Land Reform and Democratic Development. By Roy L. Prosterman and Jeffrey M. Riedinger. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. xii, 313 pp. $29.50.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 578-579
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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).
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 330-331
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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.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 579-580
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Asian Power and Politics: The Cultural Dimensions of Authority. By Lucian W. Pye. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1985. xvi, 414 pp. $25.00.
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- 23 March 2011, pp. 842-843
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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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- 23 March 2011, pp. 102-103
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