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Volume 44 - February 1985

Book Reviews—South Asia

Sri Lanka: The National Question and the Tamil Liberation Struggle. By Satchi Ponnambalam. London: Zed Books, 1983. xxii, 273 pp. Maps, Glossary, Chronology, Statistical and Documentary Appendix, Select Bibliography, Tables. $30.

Urbanization in India: Spatial Dimensions. By V. L. S. Prakasa Rao. New Delhi: Concept Publishing, 1983. xxiii, 327 pp. Figures, Tables, Bibliography, Index. $22; Rs 110.

Work, Union, and Community: Industrial Man in South India. By Uma Ramaswamy. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1983. xv, 163 pp. Bibliography, Index. Rs. 70.

Ghadar Movement: Ideology, Organization, and Strategy. By Harish K. Puri. Amritsar: Guru Nanak Dev University Press, 1983. iii, 218 pp. Bibliography, Index. N.p.

The Indian Response to European Technology and Culture (A.D. 1498–1707). By Ahsan Jan Qaisar. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1982. 225 pp. Plates, Abbreviations, Appendixes, Bibliography, Index. $35.

Hymns for the Drowning: Poems for Vishnu by Nammalvar. Translated by A. K. Ramanujan. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1982. xvii, 176 pp. Notes, Afterword, References. $18.50 (cloth); $6.95 (paper).

Legislative Politics and the Freedom Struggle in the Punjab, 1897–1947. By Satya M. Rai. New Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research, 1984. xviii, 373 pp. Appendixes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. Rs 100.

Gandhi: Soundings in Political Philosophy. By Ramashray Roy. Delhi: Chanayaka Publications, 1984. ix, 159 pp. Index. Rs. 80. (Distributed in the U.S. by South Asia Books, Columbia, Mo.)

Caste Conflict and Elite Formation: The Rise of a Karava Elite in Sri Lanka, 1500–1931. By Michael Roberts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. xxviii, 293 pp. Tables, Appendixes, Select Bibliography, Index, Index of Names. $59.50.

On Music and Musicians of Hindoostan. By Ashok D. Ranade. New Delhi: Promila, 1984. 208 pp. Illustrations, Glossary, Index. $32.50. (Distributed in the U.S. by South Asia Books, Columbia, Mo.)

The Islamic Syncretistic Tradition in Bengal. By Asim Roy. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1983. xxv, 310 pp. Bibliography, Index. $30.

Can Pakistan Survive? The Death of a State. By Tariq Ali. New York: Penguin Books (A Pelican Original), 1983. 237 pp. $2.95 (paper).

A Reference Grammar of Spoken Kannada. By Harold F. Schiffman. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1983. xxii, 177 pp. Notes, Bibliography, Index. $25.

The Politics of Development: Transportation Policy in Nepal. By Aran Schloss. Berkeley, Calif., and Lanham, Md.: University of California, Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies, and University Press of America, 1983. 178 pp. Maps, Tables, Index. $21.50 (cloth); $10.25 (paper).

Śiva dans le Mahābhārata. By Jacques Scheuer. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1982. 376 pp. Bibliography, Index. Fr 180.

Classical Marāṭhī Literature. By Shankar Gopal Tulpule. (Vol. 9, fasc. 4, of A History of Indian Literature, edited by Jan Gonda.) Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1979. N.p.

Fires of Love, Waters of Peace: Passion and Renunciation in Indian Culture. By Lee Siegel. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1983. xi, 109 pp. Notes. $12.50.

Essays on Gupta Culture. Edited by Bardwell L. Smith. Columbia, Mo.: South Asia Books, 1983. xvii, 360 pp. Isllustrations, Bibliographic Essays, General Index and Author Index for Bibliographic Essays. $34 (cloth); $ 18 (paper).

Nepal Mandala: A Cultural Study of the Kathmandu Valley. By Mary Shepherd Slusser. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1982. 2 vols. Vol. 1: Text, Bibliography, Index (xix, 491 pp.). Vol. 2: Plates (xix, 599 black-and-white plates). $ 125.

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