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Volume 44 - Issue 2 - February 1985

Book Reviews—South Asia

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.

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.

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

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).

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.

The Legend of King Aśoka: A Study and Translation of the Aśokāvadāna. By John S. Strong. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1983. xii, 336 pp. Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $28.50.

Islam in India: Studies and Commentaries. Vol. 1: The Akbar Mission and Miscellaneous Studies. Edited by Christian W. Troll. New Delhi: Vikas, 1982. xxi, 231 pp. Plates, Index. $30. (Distributed in the United States and Canada by Advent Books.)

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

The Indian Minority and Political Change in Malaya, 1945–1957. By Rajeswary Ampalavanar. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1981. xvi, 260 pp. Glossary, Select Bibliography, List of Persons Interviewed, Index. $34.50.

A History of Malaysia. By Barbara Watson Andaya and Leonard Y. Andaya. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. xxi 350 pp. Maps, Notes and Further Reading, Glossary, Index. $30.

A History of Cambodia. By David P. Chandler. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1983. xvi, 237 pp. Notes, Bibliographic Essay, Index. $29.95.

SOE in the Far East. By Charles Cruickshank. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. Illustrations, Abbreviations, Bibliography, Notes, Appendixes, xv, 285 pp. $25.

Two Achehnese Poems. Edited and translated by G. W. J. Drewes. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1980. vii, 100 pp. Map. $20.

Vietnam: Nation in Revolution. By William J. Duiker. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1983. xii, 171 pp. Illustrations, Annotated Bibliography, List of Abbreviations, Index. $18.50.

Reflections on Rebellion: Stories from the Indonesian Upheavals of 1948 and 1965. Edited by William H. Frederick. Translated by William H. Frederick and John H. McGlynn. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University, Center for International Studies, Southeast Asia Program, 1983. 168 pp. $9 (paper).

Regional Organization and Order in Southeast Asia. By Arnfinn Jorgensen-Dahl. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. xx, 278 pp. Preface, Introduction, Notes, References, Index. $29.95.

Five Essays on the Indonesian Arts: Music, Theatre, Textiles, Painting, and Literature. Edited by Margaret Kartomi. Melbourne, Victoria: Monash University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 1981. iv, 87 pp. Illustrations, Biographies of Authors, Bibliographies, Sketches, Maps. A$4.50.

The Teachers of Mad Dog Swamp. By Khammaan Khonkhai. Translated by Gehan Wijeyewardene. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1982. xliv, 263 pp. Introduction by the General Editors, Note on the Orthography of Thai Words, Translator's Introduction, Glossary. $9.50 (paper).

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