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Volume 35 - February 2004

Book Reviews

Malaysia. Chinese business in the making of a Malay state, 1882–1941: Kedah and Penang. By WU XIAO AN. London and New York: Routledge, 2003. Pp 239. Index, Bibliography, Illustrations.

Treasure hunting? Collectors and collections of Indonesian artifacts. Edited by REIMAR SCHEFOLD and HAN F. VERMEULEN. Leiden: CNWS, 2002. Pp. x, 321. Photographs, Notes, Bibliography, Index.

Pertimbangan ekologis. Penempatan situs masa Hindu-Buda di daerah Yogyakarta. By MUNDARDJITO. Jakarta: Wedatama Widya Sastra/École Française d'Extrême-Orient. 2002. Diagrams, Tables, Illustrations, Bibliography, Index. Pp. xvii, 380. [In Indonesian with English summary]

Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia: A testament. By GEORGE MCT. KAHIN. London: Routledge/Curzon, 2003. Pp. xxii, 350. Maps, Photographs, Notes, Index.

The Philippines. Barons, brokers, and buyers: The institutions and cultures of Philippine sugar. By MICHAEL S. BILLIG. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003. Pp. xiv, 320. Map, Notes, Bibliography, Index.

Indonesia: Peoples and histories. By JEAN GELMAN TAYLOR. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2003. Pp. xxii, 420. Maps, Photographs, Bibliography, Index.

Thailand. Lords of things: The fashioning of the Siamese monarchy's modern image. By MAURIZIO PELEGGI. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002. Pp. ix, 232. Photographs, Notes, Bibliography, Index.

Indonesia. Kebudayaan dan pelestarian alam: Penelitian interdisipliner di pedalaman Kalimantan. Edited by CRISTINA EGHENTER and BERNARD SELLATO. Jakarta: WWF Indonesia, 1999. Pp. 573. Maps, Plates, Tables, Notes, Bibliography.

Vietnam. Viêt-Nam exposé: French scholarship on twentieth-century Vietnamese society. Edited by GISÈLE L. BOUSQUET and PIERRE BROCHEUX. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2002. Pp 476. Footnotes. Index.

Malaysia. Malaysia: Mahathirism, hegemony and the new opposition. By JOHN HILLEY. London and New York: Zed Books, 2001. Pp.viii, 305. Tables, Abbreviations, Appendix, Index.

Laos. Breaking new ground in Lao history. Essays on the seventh to twentieth centuries. Edited by MAYOURY NGAOSRIVATHANA and KENNON BREAZEALE. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 2002. Pp. xv, 383. Maps, Notes, Bibliography, Index.

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Rethinking Malaysia: Malaysian studies 1. Edited by JOMO KS. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Social Science Association, 1999. Pp. i, 292. Tables, Notes, References.

Thailand. Bangkok: Place, practices and representation. By MARC ASKEW. London: Routledge, 2002. Pp. xvii, 358. Tables, Maps, Plates, Bibliography, Index.

Vietnam. Diem's final failure: Prelude to America's war in Vietnam. By PHILIP CATTON. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2002. Pp. x, 298. Map, Notes, Bibliography, Index.

Wong Ah Fook: Immigrant, builder and entrepreneur. By P. LIM PUI HUEN. Singapore: Times Editions, 2002. Pp. 185. Illustrations.

Singapore. New culture in a new world: The May Fourth Movement and the Chinese diaspora in Singapore, 1919–1932. By DAVID KENLEY. London, New York: Routledge, 2003. Pp. 231. Illustrations.

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Thailand. Redefining nature: Karen ecological knowledge and the challenge to the modern conservation paradigm. By PINKAEW LAUNGARAMSRI. Chennai: Earthworm Books, 2001. Pp. xv, 257. Plates, Notes, Bibliography.

Timor Leste. Bitter dawn: East Timor, a people's story. By IRENA CRISTALIS. London: Zed Books, 2002. Pp. xiii, 306. Plates, Maps, Notes, Bibliography, Index.

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