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Volume 54 - Issue 3 - August 1995

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Book Reviews—South Asia

Manmohini Zutshi Sahgal: An Indian Freedom Fighter Recalls Her Life. Edited by Geraldine Forbes. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1994. xxvii, 167 pp. $46.50 (cloth); $16.95 (paper).
Michelle Maskiell
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26 March 2010, pp. 873-874
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Anatomy of a Confrontation: Ayodhya and the Rise of Communal Politics in India. Edited by Sarvepalli Gopal. London: Zed Books, 1993. viii, 240 pp. Rs. 195 (cloth).
Peter van der Veer
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26 March 2010, pp. 874-875
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Journey through the Twelve Forests, an Encounter with Krishna. By David L. Haberman. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. xx, 244 pp. $35.00 (cloth).
Norvin Hein
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26 March 2010, pp. 875-877
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Communications and Power: Propaganda and the Press in the Indian Nationalist Struggle, 1920–1947. By Milton Israel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. xiii, 336 pp. $24.95 (paper).
Michael H. Fisher
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26 March 2010, pp. 877-878
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U.S.-Indian Relations: The Pursuit of Accommodation. By Satu P. Limaye. Boulder: Westview Press, 1993. x, 293 pp. $42.40 (paper). - The Cold War on the Periphery: The United States, India, and Pakistan. By Robert J. McMahon. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994. xii, 431 pp. $30.00 (cloth).
Stephen P. Cohen
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26 March 2010, pp. 878-881
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The Illegitimacy of Nationalism: Rabindranth Tagore and the Politics of Self. By Ashis Nandy. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. 94 pp. $8.95 (paper).
Henry Schwarz
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26 March 2010, pp. 881-882
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Dr. Ambedkar, Buddhism and Social Change. Edited by A. K. Narain and D. C. Ahir. Delhi: B. R. Publishing Corporation, 1994. xviii, 214 pp. $28.00 (cloth).
Laurie Hovell McMillin
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26 March 2010, pp. 882-883
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Hermeneutics and Tradition in the Saṃdhinirmocana-sūtra. By John Powers. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1993. xxi, 186 pp.
Todd T. Lewis
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26 March 2010, pp. 883-885
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Sufi Music of India and Pakistan: Sound, Context and Meaning in Qawwali. By Regula Burckhardt Qureshi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Second Edition. Cambridge Studies in Ethnomusicology. xviii, 281 pp. $24.95 (paper).
Daniel M. Neuman
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26 March 2010, pp. 885-887
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The Limits of Scripture: Vivekananda's Reinterpretation of the Vedas. By Anatanand Rambachan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994. xi, 170 pp. $31.00 (cloth).
Harold Coward
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26 March 2010, pp. 887-888
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Formations of Ritual: Colonial and Anthropological Discourses on the Sinhala Yaktovil. By David Scott. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1994. xxxi, 300 pp. $21.95 (paper).
Steven Kemper
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26 March 2010, pp. 888-890
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Science in Participatory Development. The Achievements and Dilemmas of a Development Movement: The Case of Kerala. By Mathew Zachariah and R. Sooryamoorthy. London and Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Zed Books, 1994. 187 pp. $55.00 (hardback), $19.95 (paper).
Robin Jeffrey
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26 March 2010, pp. 890-891
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Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Historical Dictionary of Myanmar. By Jan Becka. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1995. xxii, 328 pp. $47.50.
Michael W. Charney
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26 March 2010, pp. 891-893
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The Late Colonial State in Indonesia: Political and Economic Foundations of the Netherlands Indies, 1880–1942. Edited by Robert Cribb. Leiden: KITLV Press, 1994. xiii, 295 pp. $29.00 (paper).
Robert Van Niel
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26 March 2010, pp. 893-894
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Illusions of Influence: The Political Economy of United States–Philippines Relations, 1942–1960. By Nick Cullather. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1994. xii, 263 pp. $29.50
Paul A. Rodell
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26 March 2010, pp. 894-895
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U.S. Containment Policy and the Conflict in Indochina. By William Duiker. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1994. xii, 453 pp. $49.50.
Lloyd C. Gardner
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26 March 2010, pp. 895-897
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The Folk Art of Java. By Joseph Fischer. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1994. xv, 134 pp. $65.00.
Felicia Hughes-Freeland
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26 March 2010, pp. 897-898
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Food and Population in a Northeast Thai Village. By Hayao Fukui. Translated by Peter Hawkes. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1993. xxii, 421 pp. $48.00 (cloth), $30.00 (paper).
Charles B. Mehl
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26 March 2010, pp. 898-899
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The People of the Alas Valley: A Study of an Ethnic Group of Northern Sumatra. By Akifumi Iwabuchi. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994. xxi, 241 pp.
Rita Smith Kipp
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26 March 2010, pp. 899-900
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Marriage and Divorce in Islamic Southeast Asia. By Gavin W. Jones. Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and New York: Oxford University Press. 1994. xvii, 348 pp.
Judith Nagata
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26 March 2010, pp. 900-901
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Book Reviews—South Asia

Manmohini Zutshi Sahgal: An Indian Freedom Fighter Recalls Her Life. Edited by Geraldine Forbes. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1994. xxvii, 167 pp. $46.50 (cloth); $16.95 (paper).

Anatomy of a Confrontation: Ayodhya and the Rise of Communal Politics in India. Edited by Sarvepalli Gopal. London: Zed Books, 1993. viii, 240 pp. Rs. 195 (cloth).

Journey through the Twelve Forests, an Encounter with Krishna. By David L. Haberman. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. xx, 244 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

Communications and Power: Propaganda and the Press in the Indian Nationalist Struggle, 1920–1947. By Milton Israel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. xiii, 336 pp. $24.95 (paper).

U.S.-Indian Relations: The Pursuit of Accommodation. By Satu P. Limaye. Boulder: Westview Press, 1993. x, 293 pp. $42.40 (paper). - The Cold War on the Periphery: The United States, India, and Pakistan. By Robert J. McMahon. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994. xii, 431 pp. $30.00 (cloth).

The Illegitimacy of Nationalism: Rabindranth Tagore and the Politics of Self. By Ashis Nandy. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. 94 pp. $8.95 (paper).

Dr. Ambedkar, Buddhism and Social Change. Edited by A. K. Narain and D. C. Ahir. Delhi: B. R. Publishing Corporation, 1994. xviii, 214 pp. $28.00 (cloth).

Hermeneutics and Tradition in the Saṃdhinirmocana-sūtra. By John Powers. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1993. xxi, 186 pp.

Sufi Music of India and Pakistan: Sound, Context and Meaning in Qawwali. By Regula Burckhardt Qureshi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Second Edition. Cambridge Studies in Ethnomusicology. xviii, 281 pp. $24.95 (paper).

The Limits of Scripture: Vivekananda's Reinterpretation of the Vedas. By Anatanand Rambachan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994. xi, 170 pp. $31.00 (cloth).

Formations of Ritual: Colonial and Anthropological Discourses on the Sinhala Yaktovil. By David Scott. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1994. xxxi, 300 pp. $21.95 (paper).

Science in Participatory Development. The Achievements and Dilemmas of a Development Movement: The Case of Kerala. By Mathew Zachariah and R. Sooryamoorthy. London and Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Zed Books, 1994. 187 pp. $55.00 (hardback), $19.95 (paper).

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Historical Dictionary of Myanmar. By Jan Becka. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1995. xxii, 328 pp. $47.50.

The Late Colonial State in Indonesia: Political and Economic Foundations of the Netherlands Indies, 1880–1942. Edited by Robert Cribb. Leiden: KITLV Press, 1994. xiii, 295 pp. $29.00 (paper).

Illusions of Influence: The Political Economy of United States–Philippines Relations, 1942–1960. By Nick Cullather. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1994. xii, 263 pp. $29.50

U.S. Containment Policy and the Conflict in Indochina. By William Duiker. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1994. xii, 453 pp. $49.50.

The Folk Art of Java. By Joseph Fischer. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1994. xv, 134 pp. $65.00.

Food and Population in a Northeast Thai Village. By Hayao Fukui. Translated by Peter Hawkes. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1993. xxii, 421 pp. $48.00 (cloth), $30.00 (paper).

The People of the Alas Valley: A Study of an Ethnic Group of Northern Sumatra. By Akifumi Iwabuchi. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994. xxi, 241 pp.

Marriage and Divorce in Islamic Southeast Asia. By Gavin W. Jones. Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and New York: Oxford University Press. 1994. xvii, 348 pp.

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