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Volume 51 - Issue 2 - May 1992

Book Reviews—South Asia

The Vedic Sacrifice in Transition: A Translation and Study of the Trikāṇḍamaṇḍana of Bhāskara Miśra. By Frederick M. Smith. Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1987. Bhandarkar Oriental Series 22. xxxii, 520 pp.

The Disputed Mosque: A Historical Inquiry. By Sushil Srivastava. New Delhi: Vistaar Publications, 1991. 142 pp. Rs. 58.00. - Muslim Shrines in India: Their Character, History and Significance. Edited by Christian W. Troll. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1989. xvi, 327 pp. Rs. 240.00.

Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Trapped By Success: The Eisenhower Administration and Vietnam, 1953–1961. By David L. Anderson. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. xiv, 276 pp. $39.50.

Indonesian Economic History in the Dutch Colonial Era. Edited by Anne Booth, W. J. O'Malley and Anna Weidemann. New Haven: Yale University Southeast Asia Studies, 1990. 369 pp.

Unholy Grail: The U.S. and the Wars in Vietnam, 1965–68. By Larry Cable. New York: Routledge, 1991. ix, 292 pp.

The Indonesian Killings: Studies from Java and Bali. Monash Papers on Southeast Asia No. 21. Edited by Robert Cribb. Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash University, 1990. xx, 279 pp.

The Philippines: Land of Broken Promises. By James B. Goodno. Zed Books Ltd., 1991, xxi, 316 pp.

Indonesian Cinema: National Culture on Screen. By Karl G. Heider. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1991. x, 154 pp. $28.00 (cloth); $9.95 (paper).

The Voyage of the Peacock: A Journal by Benajah Ticknor, Naval Surgeon. Edited by Nan Powell Hodges. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1991. viii, 366 pp.

Reshaping Local Worlds: Formal Education and Cultural Change in Rural Southeast Asia. Edited by Charles F. Keyes; assisted by E. Jane Keyes and Nancy Donnelly. New Haven: Yale Southeast Asia Studies, Monograph 36, 1991. vii, 223 pp.

Taming the Wind of Desire: Psychology, Medicine, and Aesthetics in Malay Shamanistic Performance. By Carol Laderman. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. xvi, 366 pp. $39.95.

Southeast Asia in the New International Era. By Clark D. Neher. Boulder: Westview Press, 1991. xii, 240 pp. $48.50 (cloth); $18.95 (paper).

Book Reviews—Film and Video Reviews

The Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century. CEL Educational Resources, New York. Laser discs, printed volumes, laser disc player, $11,600. “20th Century Navigator,” search-and-find software, $1,500.

The Japanese Version. Produced and directed by Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker. Center for New American Media, New York, N.Y. VHS and 3/4″ format. 55 minutes.

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Cecil Hobbs (1907–1991)

Minor Lee Rogers (1930–1991)

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