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Volume 58 - Issue 2 - May 1999

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Book Reviews—Asia General

Poverty, Female-Headed Households, and Sustainable Economic Development. By Nerina Vecchio and Katrik C. Roy. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1998. xii, 117 pp.
Haleh Afshar
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26 March 2010, pp. 472-473
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America's Wars in Asia: A Cultural Approach to History and Memory. Edited by Philip West, Steven I. Levine, and Jackie Hiltz. Armonk, N.Y. and London: M. E. Sharpe, 1998. vii. 286 pp.
Geoffrey White
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26 March 2010, pp. 474-475
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Taiwan's Expanding Role in the International Arena. Edited by Maysing H. Yang. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. 216 pp. $52.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Bruce Dickson
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26 March 2010, pp. 475-476
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The Chinese in Europe. Edited by Gregor Benton and Frank N. Pieke. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. xi, 390 pp. $75.00 (cloth).
Marilyn A. Levine
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26 March 2010, pp. 477-478
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George C. Marshall's Mediation Mission to China, December 1945-January 1947. Edited by Larry I. Bland. Lexington, Va.: George C. Marshall Foundation, 1998. xx, 661 pp.
Samuel C. Chu
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26 March 2010, pp. 478-479
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The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China. By Timothy Brook. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, 1998. xxv, 320 pp. $40.00.
William T. Rowe
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26 March 2010, pp. 479-481
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The Cultural Contribution of British Protestant Missionaries and British-American Cooperation to China's National Development During the 1920s. By Dan Cui. Foreword by R. G. Tiedemann. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1998. xxii, 405 pp. $59.00.
Ryan Dunch
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26 March 2010, pp. 481-483
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Confucianism and Human Rights. Edited by Wm. Theodore de Bary and Tu Weiming. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. xxiii, 327 pp. $40.00.
Marina Svensson
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26 March 2010, pp. 483-484
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The Problematic of Self in Modern Chinese Literature: Hu Feng and Lu Ling. By Kirk A. Denton. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1998. xiv, 324 pp. $49.50.
Q. S. Tong
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26 March 2010, pp. 484-486
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Writing Women in Modern China: An Anthology of Literature by Chinese Women from the Early Twentieth-Century. Edited by Amy D. Dooling and Kristina M. Torgeson. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. xii, 394 pp. $49.50 (cloth); $18.50 (paper).
Wendy Larson
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26 March 2010, pp. 486-487
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Changing Stories in the Chinese World. By Mark Elvin. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. xiv, 265 pp. $49.50 (cloth); $18.95 (paper).
Xiaobing Tang
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26 March 2010, pp. 487-489
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Reading Illustrated Fiction in Late Imperial China. By Robert E. Hegel. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998. xxii, 484 pp.
Ellen Widmer
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26 March 2010, pp. 489-490
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State Sacrifices and Music in Ming China: Orthodoxy, Creativity, and Expressiveness. By Joseph S. C. Lam. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. xvi, 205 pp. $74.50 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Kathryn Lowry
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26 March 2010, pp. 491-492
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Migration and Ethnicity in Chinese History: Hakkas, Pengmin, and Their Neighbors. By Sow-Theng Leong. Edited by Tim Wright. Introduction and maps by G. William Skinner. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. xix, 234 pp. $45.00 (cloth).
Philip A. Kuhn
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24 May 2010, pp. 492-494
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Precious Records: Women in China's Long Eighteenth Century. By Susan Mann. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. xiv, 326 pp. $49.50.
Cynthia Brokaw
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24 May 2010, pp. 494-496
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Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt: Environment and Economy in Late Imperial South China. By Robert B. Marks. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xv, 383 pp. $64.95.
Peter C. Perdue
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24 May 2010, pp. 497-498
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Beyond the Pass: Economy, Ethnicity, and Empire in Qing Central Asia, 1759–1864. By James A. Millward. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998. xxii, 353 pp. $55.00.
Beatrice Bartlett
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24 May 2010, pp. 498-500
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Underground: The Shanghai Communist Party and the Politics of Survival, 1927–1937. By Patricia Stranahan. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1998. xii, 289 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).
Yoshihiro Ishikawa
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24 May 2010, pp. 500-501
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A Season of High Adventure: Edgar Snow in China. By S. Bernard Thomas. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. xviii, 416 pp. $34.95.
Brian L. Evans
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24 May 2010, pp. 501-503
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Zouping in Transition. The Process of Reform in Rural North China. Edited by Andrew G. Walder. Harvard Contemporary China Series, 11. Cambridge, Mass, and London: Harvard University Press, 1998. xv, 277 pp. $45.00 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).
Stig Thogersen
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24 May 2010, pp. 503-504
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Volume 58 - Issue 2 - May 1999

Book Reviews—Asia General

Poverty, Female-Headed Households, and Sustainable Economic Development. By Nerina Vecchio and Katrik C. Roy. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1998. xii, 117 pp.

America's Wars in Asia: A Cultural Approach to History and Memory. Edited by Philip West, Steven I. Levine, and Jackie Hiltz. Armonk, N.Y. and London: M. E. Sharpe, 1998. vii. 286 pp.

Taiwan's Expanding Role in the International Arena. Edited by Maysing H. Yang. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. 216 pp. $52.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

Book Reviews—China

The Chinese in Europe. Edited by Gregor Benton and Frank N. Pieke. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. xi, 390 pp. $75.00 (cloth).

George C. Marshall's Mediation Mission to China, December 1945-January 1947. Edited by Larry I. Bland. Lexington, Va.: George C. Marshall Foundation, 1998. xx, 661 pp.

The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China. By Timothy Brook. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, 1998. xxv, 320 pp. $40.00.

The Cultural Contribution of British Protestant Missionaries and British-American Cooperation to China's National Development During the 1920s. By Dan Cui. Foreword by R. G. Tiedemann. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1998. xxii, 405 pp. $59.00.

Confucianism and Human Rights. Edited by Wm. Theodore de Bary and Tu Weiming. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. xxiii, 327 pp. $40.00.

The Problematic of Self in Modern Chinese Literature: Hu Feng and Lu Ling. By Kirk A. Denton. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1998. xiv, 324 pp. $49.50.

Writing Women in Modern China: An Anthology of Literature by Chinese Women from the Early Twentieth-Century. Edited by Amy D. Dooling and Kristina M. Torgeson. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. xii, 394 pp. $49.50 (cloth); $18.50 (paper).

Changing Stories in the Chinese World. By Mark Elvin. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. xiv, 265 pp. $49.50 (cloth); $18.95 (paper).

Reading Illustrated Fiction in Late Imperial China. By Robert E. Hegel. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998. xxii, 484 pp.

State Sacrifices and Music in Ming China: Orthodoxy, Creativity, and Expressiveness. By Joseph S. C. Lam. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. xvi, 205 pp. $74.50 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

Migration and Ethnicity in Chinese History: Hakkas, Pengmin, and Their Neighbors. By Sow-Theng Leong. Edited by Tim Wright. Introduction and maps by G. William Skinner. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. xix, 234 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Precious Records: Women in China's Long Eighteenth Century. By Susan Mann. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. xiv, 326 pp. $49.50.

Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt: Environment and Economy in Late Imperial South China. By Robert B. Marks. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xv, 383 pp. $64.95.

Beyond the Pass: Economy, Ethnicity, and Empire in Qing Central Asia, 1759–1864. By James A. Millward. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998. xxii, 353 pp. $55.00.

Underground: The Shanghai Communist Party and the Politics of Survival, 1927–1937. By Patricia Stranahan. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1998. xii, 289 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).

A Season of High Adventure: Edgar Snow in China. By S. Bernard Thomas. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. xviii, 416 pp. $34.95.

Zouping in Transition. The Process of Reform in Rural North China. Edited by Andrew G. Walder. Harvard Contemporary China Series, 11. Cambridge, Mass, and London: Harvard University Press, 1998. xv, 277 pp. $45.00 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

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