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Asia in Western Fiction. Edited byRobin W. Winks And James R. Rush. Manchester University Press: Manchester, 1990. Pp. x, 229. - Imagining India. Essays on Indian History. By Ainslie T. Embree, edited byMark Juergensmeyer. Oxford University Press:Delhi, 1989. Pp. 220. - Imagining India. By Ronald Inden. Basil Blackwell:Oxford, 1990. Pp. vii, 299.
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